Research of the physical-chemical properties of adhesive radiation-modified thermosetting materials based on polyolefins and their composites

The present paper surveys the investigation results of the adhesive behavior with steel of different polyethylenes (LDPE, HDPE) irradiated with γ-radiation in vacuum, oxygen, and air, using rheological, optical, thermomechanical and other methods. To study the adhesive contact, the technological parameters applicable to thermosetting polymer material were taken into consideration. The results show the suitable methods in order to obtain thermosetting polymer materials with improved adhesive and thermomechanical properties.     

Comparative analysis of energy requirements of CO2 removal from metallurgical fuel gases

The paper presents preliminary results of the analysis concerning a CO₂ removal process, applied to metallurgical fuel gases: blast-furnace gas and Corex gas. The CO₂ removal is realised by the physical absorption process with the Selexol solvent as the absorbing liquid. The analysis is focused on the energy consumption in the case of such installations, when blast-furnace gas or Corex gas are supposed to be treated. The CO₂ removal from metallurgical gases can be attractive from both technological and environmental points of view. Decreased CO₂ content in the gases and increased lower heating value (LHV) results in better conditions for its utilisation e.g. in a gas turbine-based combined heat and power (CHP) plant or direct utilisation within the process, e.g. as an auxiliary fuel or reducing gas in a blast furnace. As the composition, flow rate and LHV of the raw blast furnace and Corex gases differ strongly, the physical absorption installation has different requirements and operation parameters in the two cases. The optimisation leads to minimal energy consumption with the assumed CO₂ removal efficiency. The results indicate which technology of pig-iron production has greater potential in the field of mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, with respect to the technological possibilities of utilisation of the treated fuel gases.     

Off-design analysis of SOFC hybrid system

This paper sets out the results of mathematical modeling and numerical simulations of the off-design (part-load) operation of the solid oxide fuel cell hybrid system (SOFC-HS).     

Nonhomogeneos Boundary-Value Problem for Semilinear Hyperbolic Equation. Stability

We discuss the solvability of the nonhomogeneous boundary-value problem for the semilinear equation of the vibrating string x _tt (t, y) − Δx(t, y) + f(t, y, x(t, y)) = 0 in a bounded domain and a certain type of superlinear nonlinearity. To this end, we deduce new dual variational method. Next, we discuss the stability of solutions with respect to the boundary control and initial conditions.      

Microstructural stability and creep properties of die casting Mg–4Al–4RE magnesium alloy

The AE44 (Mg–4Al–4RE) alloy was prepared by a hot-chamber die casting method. The microstructure, microstructural stability and creep properties at 175 °C were investigated. The microstructure was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the Rietveld method. The results show that die cast AE44 magnesium alloy consists of α-Mg, Al₁₁RE₃, Al₂RE and Al_2.12RE_0.88 phases. The Al₁₁RE₃ phase is thermally stable at 175 °C whereas the metastable Al_2.12RE_0.88 phase undergoes a transition into the equilibrium Al₂RE phase. The alloy investigated is characterized by good creep properties at temperatures of 175 °C and 200 °C.     

On the solutions of maxwell-stefan equations for multicomponent film model

Literature dealing with multicomponent mass transfer presents two distinctly different relationships defining diffusion fluxes at a phase boundary in mThe first relationship results from the solution of continuity equations according to the so-called linearized theory of multicomponent mass transfer.According to the first “linearized approach” this influence depends solely on the net total mixture flux, in the second “exact” approach this iTheoretical analysis presented in this paper shows that the influence of finite mass transfer rates on diffusion fluxes can be attriuted only to the neThe difference between the relationships describing diffusion fluxes based on the linearized model and those based on the exact solution is accounted f     

Excited triplet states in bituminous coal

The intensities of the broad and narrow lines constituting the e.p.r. spectrum of coal depend on the temperature of measurement. The system of paramagnetic centres related to the broad line does not obey the Curie law and consists of free radicals ($\text{S =}\text{1}\text{2}$) and of centres with singlet ground state (S = 0) and lowest-excited triplet state (S = 1). The singlet-triplet excitation energy, J, is comparable with thermal energy, kT, of lattice vibrations. The system of paramagnetic centres related to the narrow line obeys the Curie law ($\text{S =}\text{1}\text{2}$).     

Chemistry and application of organic isocyanates,IX. Conversion of tolylene-2,4-diisocyanate into urethane derivatives by means of heptane-1,4,7-triol

Investigations on the conversion of tolylene-2,4-diisocyanate (2,4-TDI or TDI) with heptane-1,4,7-triol 1,4,7-HPT or HPT) at 55–85°C and various molar ratios of starting materials are described. By means of mass spectroscopic analysis and gel permeation chromatography, molecular weights of six oligomers and their percent contents in the products have been estimated. Moreover, a scheme of the formation of all prepared isocyanate prepolymers has been proposed. It has been shown, that apart from oligomers having the structures resulting from the reaction of 1,4,7-HPT with the isocyanate group in the position “4”, reaction products contained oligomers, which confirmed the reactivity of isocyanate group in the position “2”, too.