Proposal for a benchmark model of a laminated iron core and a large‐scale and highly accurate magnetic analysis

This paper describes a benchmark model proposed for the clarification of the characteristic of various methods for modeling the laminated iron core. In order to obtain a reference solution of the benchmark model, a large‐scale nonlinear magnetostatic field analysis with a mesh fine enough to represent the microscopic structure of the laminated iron core is carried out by using the hybrid finite element–boundary element (FE‐BE) method combined with the fast multipole method (FMM) based on diagonal forms for translation operators. The computational costs and accuracy of two kinds of homogenization methods are discussed, comparing them with the reference solution. As a consequence, it is verified that the homogenization methods can analyze magnetic fields in laminated iron core within acceptable computational costs. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 170(1): 26–35, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20809     

The circadian variation of urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in clinically healthy cats

The circadian variation of urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG, EC 3.2.1.30) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GTP, EC 2.3.2.2) was evaluated in cats. Urine and blood were collected at 4-hr intervals from adult cats (3 males, 9 females) weighing between 2.6 and 5.0 kg. There was no circadian variation in the urine volume, creatinine clearance, creatinine excretion, NAG excretion or gamma-GTP excretion. The average NAG and gamma-GTP indices in the 4-hr urine were similar to those for the 24-hr urine. However, the variance for the 4-hr urine samples was higher than that of 24-hr urine. In conclusion, although 4-hr urine samples can be used to estimate 24-hr urinary enzyme excretion, short-term spot urine samples may cause increased variation in the enzyme index.     

Supercritical fluid extraction of Chinese Maoming oil shale with water and toluene

Chinese Maoming (Guangdong Province) oil shale was subjected to supercritical fluid extraction with water and toluene, respectively, in a batch autoclave. Yields of organic matter were greater with toluene than with water, and more organic compounds of high molecular weight were extracted with toluene than with water, although the weight losses of the oil shale with toluene and water were almost the same. Yield distributions ofn-alkanes were also almost the same, irrespective of the solvent. This paper is dedicated to Dr L K Doraiswamy on his sixtieth birthday.     

Purification and some properties of cholesterol oxidase stable in detergents from gamma-proteobacterium Y-134

Cholesterol oxidase (CHO) with high stability in detergents was found from an isolated strain, Y-134, belonging to the gamma-subclass of Proteobacteria. CHO production reached its maximum by incubation at 30 degrees C for 12 d. It was purified from cell-free extract prepared by mixing the cells with 0.4% Triton X-100. The absorption spectrum of the purified enzyme exhibited maxima at 274 and 410 nm, and a shoulder at 330 nm. The molecular mass was 115 kDa with two identical subunits of 58 kDa. The enzyme oxidized cholest-5-en-3beta-ol (cholesterol) and 5alpha-cholestan-3beta-ol (dihydrocholesterol) at a high reaction rate, and the K(m) value for cholesterol was 65 microM. The stability of the enzyme was higher than other CHOs in nonionic detergents with high values of hydrophilelipophile balance (HLB) such as Triton X-450 and sodium cholate. NH2-terminal sequence analysis showed a high similarity to CHO from Burkholderia cepacia, but not to CHOs from Streptomyces or Brevibacterium.     

Parameter estimation for packed cooling tower operation using a heat input-response technique

A method is proposed for predicting the variations of air and water temperatures and of air humidity in a packed bed counterflow type of cooling tower subjected to a thermal disturbance. Heat input-response measurements are carried out by imposing thermal disturbances on inlet water and inlet air. The air-film and water-film heat transfer coefficients are estimated by fitting in the time domain the measured output temperature/humidity variations to those predicted.     

Distributed feedback laser emitting at 1.3 µm for gigabit communication systems

A distributed feedback (DFB) laser emitting at 1.3 μm for gigabit lightwave communication systems has been developed. The distributed feedback structure has been introduced in a newly developed buried heterostructure and designs for stable single-mode operation, high speed modulation, and low noise have been done. Threshold current of 10-15 mA, differential efficiency of around 0.28 mW/mA, low noise, small signal modulation bandwidth of 13.9 GHz, and satisfactory modulation waveform at 5-Gbit/s NRZ modulation have been attained with high single-mode operation yield.     

Effect of fluid dispersion coefficients on particle-to-fluid heat transfer coefficients in packed beds: Correlation of nusselt numbers

The published heat transfer data obtained from steady and nonsteady measurements are corrected for the axial fluid thermal dispersion coefficient values proposed by Wakao[1].The corrected data in the range of Reynolds number from 15 to 8500 are correlated by the analogous form of the mass correlation proposed by Wakao and Funazkri[2]:Nu= 2 + 1.1 Pr^{$\text{1}\text{3}$} Re^0.6     

GaInAsP/InP phase-adjusted distributed feedback lasers with a step-like nonuniform stripe width structure

Stable single-longitudinal lasing has been achieved in DFB lasers with a step-like nonuniform stripe width structure for phase adjustment. The phase-adjusted DFB laser diode lased at 28 mA, near the Bragg wavelength.     

间歇吸附器内活性炭吸附水中微量三氯甲烷——孔扩散模型和表面扩散模型

<正> 近10多年来,各国对饮水氯化处理中的副作用研究甚多．现已发现氯化饮水中含有不同 性质的有机物约300种“’,其中三卤甲烷含量突出,而活性炭吸附是脱除其中不同性质有机物 的有效方法’‘－‘’．一般情况下,溶质在吸附剂内的扩散过程是整个吸附过程的控制步骤．但目 前文献仅限干研究活性炭吸附三卤甲烷的能力,很少涉及与吸附速率有关的有效扩散系数．