FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF BRINE DRIVEN EVAPORATORS

Concentrated CaCl₂ and LiCl brines were used to evaporatively concentrate liquid foods. The concentration was carried out in double falling film evaporators in which brine flowed down the outside of the tubes and liquid food flowed down the inside. The vapor spaces between the brine and the food were connected and vapor from the food was absorbed in the brine. The heat generated by vapor absorption in the brine provided the heat needed to sustain evaporation, and was transferred to the food because of the boiling point elevation of the brine. Evaporation rates approaching those obtained in commercial evaporators were obtained for skim milk, sugar solutions and orange juice. The evaporation rates were affected by flow rates, temperature, concentration and tube material.     

CLONING, EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL LECTIN FROM ORYZA SATIVA

A lectin gene homolog of Oryza sativa was successfully cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid sequence of the protein product showed a significant similarity with known chitin‐binding lectins. Most of the recombinant lectin was found in an insoluble aggregated form as inclusion bodies and only a small part was in the culture medium in a soluble active form. Functional recombinant lectin was recovered from the inclusion bodies by solubilization with 8 M urea in Tris/HCl buffer, pH 7.0 and renaturation by 10‐fold dilution in the same buffer. The recombinant lectin with His‐tag was simply purified to homogeneity by the process of affinity chromatography and was obtained with a yield of 6–8 mg/L culture. The recombinant lectin was a homo‐dimer composed of 22 kDa. The hemagglutination activity of the recombinant lectin was optimal at pH 4.0–7.0 and it was very sensitive to inhibition by N‐acetylneuraminic acid and thyroglobulin.     

STOKES FLOW BETWEEN TWO CROSSED AND SINUSOIDALLY CORRUGATED PLATES

The flow space formed between two wavy surfaces when the wave directions are mutually orthogonal is a model for flow through a porous medium. The model allows for both tortuosity and connectivity of flow channels but contains surfaces that are described by simple continuous functions. Characteristics of the creeping motion of an incompressible Newtonian fluid in such a flow space are presented. Results from a boundary integral solution to the equations of motion compare well with those obtained from a perturbation expansion valid for a slowly varying distance between channel walls. It is found that under certain conditions one or more recirculation eddies exist in the cavities formed by wall corrugations transverse to the flow direction.     

MODELING OF COPPER ION REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING MODIFIED SILICA BEADS

Silica beads, containing 2-hydroxy-5-nonylacetophenoneoximc (LIX84) were prepared in order to examine the removal of copper ions from aqueous waste solutions. The process for copper ion removal using the modified silica beads was mathematically modeled using both a non-equilibrium model and an equilibrium model. The external mass transfer coefficient and effective diffusivity inside the bead pore were estimated by matching the experimental data and predicted values from the model, and the results were compared. The results of the two models were similar and in good agreement because of the relatively faster reaction rate than mass transfer rate. Sensitivity analyses showed that the external mass transfer has more influence on the copper ion removal system because of hydrophobic effects.     

EFFECTS OF SECONDARY AIR INJECTION ON GAS-SOLID FLOW BEHAVIOR IN CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS

Effects of secondary air injection on the hydrodynamics such as solid holdup and gas-solid flow behavior were investigated in a circulating fluidized bed. The gas velocity in the riser, the ratio of secondary air velocity to that of primary air, and the solid circulating rate were chosen as operating variables. Fluid cracking catalyst(FCC) with a density of 1840 kg/m³ and a mean diameter of 74 um was employed as the solid phase. The secondary air was fed to the riser radially or tangentially at the wall of the column. Pressure drop fluctuations in the riser were measured and analyzed by adopting the stochastic method to characterize the effects of secondary air injection on the gas-solid flow behavior in the bed.

It has been found that the injection of secondary air into the riser can increase the solid holdup in the riser considerably, and that the tangential injection of secondary air is more effective for the increasing the solid holdup than the radial injection. However, the gas-solid flow behavior has been found to become less persistent with the injection of secondary air; the resultant flow behavior is more complex when the air is injected tangentially than radially. The solid holdups in the primary as well as secondary zones of the riser have been well correlated in terms of not only operating variables but also fractal dimension of the pressure fluctuations.     

FABRICATION AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF PZT-PVDF 0–3 TYPE COMPOSITE FILM

ABSTRACT

A film speaker was fabricated with 0–3 type piezoelectric composite. The 0–3 type composite was developed to incorporate the advantages of both ceramic and polymer. The pastes of PZT-PVDF composite were made with various mixing ratio. The paste was printed by conventional screen-printing method on ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) bottom electrode which was deposited on PET (polyethylene terephthalate) polymer film. The prepared composite film was about 80 μm in thickness. After printing the top-electrode of silver-paste, 4 kV/mm of DC field was applied at 120°C for an hour to align the electric dipole in the 0–3 composite film. The piezoelectric charge constant of d₃₃ was increased with increasing the PZT weight percent. The maximum value was 24 pC/N at 70 wt% of PZT. But the piezoelectric voltage constant of g₃₃ had the maximum value about 32 mV · m/N at 65 wt% of PZT. The SPL (Sound Pressure Level) of the speaker fabricated with the 65:35 composite film was tested at various driving voltages of 1 ～ 100V_rms. The SPL was saturated at the driving voltage of 70V_rms and the value was about 68 dB at 1 kHz.     

C-Axis Oriented MOCVD YMnO3 Thin Film and Its Electrical Characteristics in MFIS FeTRAM

Yttrium manganate (YMO) thin films were prepared on SiO₂ buffered silicon as a candidate for ferroelectric transistor random access memory (FeTRAM). The films were deposited by flash evaporated MOCVD at low temperature and post annealed to crystallize the c-axis oriented hexagonal YMO phase. It is found that oxygen content and substrate temperature are major parameters determining c-axis orientation. For the electrical characteristics, P_r (remnant polarization) ～2 μ C/cm² and ? (dielectric constant) ～ 20 are obtained in Pt/YMO/Pt structures. It is also found that a top buffer layer of 30 nm ZrO₂ helps to reduce the leakage current of Pt/top buffer/YMO/SiO₂/Si stack to 10^{? 7} A/cm² and improves the C-V memory window from 0.2 V to 2 V.     

Enhancement of Ferroelectric Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Films Grown by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition on Noble-Alloy Bottom Electrodes

Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ (PZT) films grown on Ir electrodes by a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) have suffered from high leakage and rough surface. We sputtered Pt and Ir simultaneously onto Ti/SiO₂/Si substrates and formed Ir-Pt alloy bottom electrodes with various compositions. With an optimal composition of Ir and Pt, PZT films grown by MOCVD on this substrate showed smoother surface and suppressed leakage via the bottom interface. At the specific composition of Ir and Pt, two different phases seemed to be acquired. They constituted the electrodes and affected the PZT grain nucleation independently so that the grains with different origins grew and restrained the vicinal grains, and finally soothed the faceted-grain-formation. No fatigue was observed even in PZT on Ir-Pt alloy with much Pt content.     

Investigation on Resistive Memory Switching Mechanism of NiO

ABSTRACT

Experimental investigations on the resistive memory switching in sub-micron sized NiO memory cell are presented to elucidate the resistive memory switching mechanism. The voltage or current-biased I-V measurements show that the resistive switching transitions can be regarded as the combination of a voltage-controlled negative differential resistance phenomenon and a current-controlled negative differential resistance phenomenon. Along with experimental observations of multiple resistance states, these indicate that the memory switching in NiO would come from the percolative formation and rupture of filamentary conducting paths. Pulse experiments further suggest that the memory switching would come from local domains inside filaments.     

Test Results for Leakage and Rotordynamic Coefficients of Floating Ring Seals in a High-Pressure,High-Speed Turbopump

Test results are presented for short floating ring seals (D = 53.0 mm, L/D = 0.15) using a smooth surface and a round-hole pattern defined as a damper floating ring seal (h/C_r = 3, γ = 0.34: the ratio of hole area to surface area) for supplied pressures of 3.0, 5.0, and 7.0 MPa, respectively, with the shaft operating speed up to 24,800 rpm. The measured data includes leakage, attitude angle, eccentricity ratio, and rotordynamic coefficients such as stiffness, damping, and inertia. When the floating ring seals are locked up, the eccentricity ratio of the smooth surface floating ring seal is lower than that of the damper floating ring seal. The attitude angle increases linearly with the operating speeds. The damping coefficients of the damper floating ring seal are higher than those of the floating ring seal. Whirl frequency ratios of the floating ring seal are lower than the damper floating ring seal with high eccentricity ratio at low operating speed range. The design parameters determined from these test results will be used for high-pressure and high-speed turbopump seals in a liquid rocket engine system.