Velocity Profile in Fixed Beds: A Study on the Representativeness of the Experimental Measurement of Downstream Flow Characteristics

Although considerable progress has been made in the development of experimental techniques for investigating velocity distribution inside a fixed bed, these techniques were limited to special cases. Consequently, the velocity distribution is normally measured at downstream of the fixed bed and then this measurement is considered to be representative for the flow inside the bed. To evaluate the representativeness of this technique, this work presents a study of the change in the flow characteristics, starting from the boundary of the fixed bed within the pipe to a downstream position where the experimental measurement is taken, by using simulations based on computational fluid dynamics methods.     

Experimental investigations of the effect of new passive safety systems on the temperature state of fuel elements

Results of experiments conducted on a large-scale integral PSB-VVéR bench and directed toward investigation of the performance of new passive safety systems for nuclear plants with a water-cooled power reactor, an additional system for passive flooding of the active zone, and a system for the passive removal of heat from steam generators are presented. __________ Translated from élektricheskie Stantsii, No. 9, September 2007, pp. 7–10.     

Assessment of Capillary Rise from Shallow Groundwater by the Simulation Model SIMWASER Using Either Estimated Pedotransfer Functions or Measured Hydraulic Parameters

The performance of the water balance and crop growth model SIMWASER to estimate the water supply of a lawn by capillary rise from shallow ground water was investigated by using lysimeter measurements with a sandy and a clayey soil. Moreover the robustness of the model was evaluated by running it either with measured hydraulic soil parameters or with estimated pedotransfer functions (PTFs) derived from texture and bulk density. Simulations were performed for the years 1996–1998 with input data from the lysimeter station Berlin-Dahlem (Germany) for lysimeters containing undisturbed sandy or clayey soil monoliths, with groundwater at 135 cm depth. Simulated evapotranspiration and percolation/capillary rise were in good agreement with the measured data for all variants, while simulated soil water storage was acceptable only for the variants using hydraulic soil data based on laboratory measurements or using PTFs derived from known soil class and bulk density. PTFs based on mean total pore volume of the respective soil classes yielded soil water storages which were evidently too high; therefore they should be used with care and must be avoided at all in simulating the soil water balance of arid sites with shallow groundwater.     

A unified proposal for characteristic testing methods and figure of merit of 8‐kV/3.5‐kVA class light‐triggered thyristors

Power devices with high capability have been developed. 8‐kV/3.5‐kA‐class light‐triggered thyristors have the highest capability among power devices. These devices are used in the Kii Channel HVDC transmission system in Japan. In this paper, we report the extracted problems of conventional testing methods of 8‐kV/3.5‐kA‐class light‐triggered thyristors among manufacturers, and the proposed unified testing methods on the basis of element characteristics and operating conditions in the Kii Channel HVDC system. Furthermore, we propose a figure of merit for power devices for the practical use, and try to extract elements used at the Kii Channel HVDC system with small margins and low withstand capabilities. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 140(3): 61–70, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10024     

MV2000T智能变送器

较全面地介绍了ABB公司MV2 0 0 0T智能变送器的市场开发背景、工作原理、技术规格、性能特点及设计选型要点     

On the solvability of the positive real lemma equations

In this paper, we consider the classical equations of the positive real lemma under the sole assumption that the state matrix A has unmixed spectrum: σ(A)∩σ(−A)=. Without any other system-theoretic assumption (observability, reachability, stability, etc.), we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the positive real lemma equations.     

石英砂脱水性能的研究

通过大量试验结果 ,研究了各种粒度范围的石英砂的脱水性能 ,包括沉降特性、过滤性能、极限压缩浓度等 ,为进行此类产品的固液分离提供了重要的参考数据     

百色水利枢纽进水塔结构抗震分析研究

用空间三维有限元方法对百色水利枢纽进水塔结构进行抗震分析研究，用直接滤频法按顺河向和横河向分别求出了进水塔前六阶自振频率和振型。在此基础上，采用完全二次型组合法对进水塔结构的地震响应进行了详细的分析研究，研究中考虑了塔架，底板与地基的动力相互作用，并考虑了水体的动力影响，最后对进水塔结构考虑动荷载，静荷载共同作用下的底板的地基承载力和整体抗倾覆稳定性进行了分析研究，结果表明，按目前设计方案进水塔结构的底板的地基承载力和整体抗倾覆稳定性均满足规范要求。     

等离子体横向刻蚀硅的特性研究

研究了用SiO2 +Al作掩模 ,SF6 +O2 混合气体等离子体对Si的横向刻蚀 ,其结果表明 ,在SF6 +O2 等离子体气氛中 ,Al是很好的保护膜 ,可以在待悬浮器件下形成大的开孔。因此 ,预计用这种技术 ,可以在Si片上集成横向尺寸为数百微米 ,具有优良高频性能的MEMSRF/MW无源器件 ,如开关、传输线、电感和电容等。     

MATLAB在离心式水泵性能曲线测定中的应用

长期以来 ,离心式水泵性能测定和曲线绘制工作无论是对生产厂家还是对用户都是很必要 ,但又是很繁杂的 .随着计算机技术的发展 ,数学正以其解决实际问题的卓越能力进入到各种领域 .从而使离心式水泵性能测定和曲线绘制工作得以简化 .MATLAB的出现又使离心式水泵的性能曲线的绘制达到了更加快速、准确、直观 .