Heat transfer between particle beds and submerged surfaces

Theoretical modelling of heat transfer to particle beds comprises two sequential steps: transfer from the heating surface to contacting particles followed by transfer to the interior of the bed. Two different limiting case can be formulated for the second step: unmixed and homogeneously mixed bed. In the case, heat is transferred gradually via a repeated sequence of heat transfer in the gap between adjacent particles and conduction in the particulate material. In the second case, heat is transferred to the interior of the bed by mixing of particles which have previously attained the temperature of the heating surface. On the other hand, the mixing motion maintains a homogeneous lower temperature throughout the bed. Theory predicts a significant and easily measurable difference in the behaviour of heat transfer coefficients for the two regimes at long contact times t: unmixed beds ∝ $$ \sqrt t $$ and homogeneously mixed beds ∝ 1/t. For short times t, both regimes show the same behaviour, namely of t. From a theoretical standpoint, it makes sense to differentiate further between the behaviour patterns of unmixed beds: at long times t, instantaneous heat transfer coefficients are independent of heat transfer form the heating surface to adjacent particles. Comparison with experimental result from literature shows that the derived models, which are consistent, are suitable for describing the heat transfer from submerged surfaces to unmixed and mixed beds of particles.     

Analysis of nonorthogonal designs: The 2k factorial experiment.

Asimple unweighted means ANOVA of a 2k factorial experiment with unequal and disproportionate cell frequencies resulted in the same sums of squares and F tests as the more complex Method 1 analysis recommended by J. E. Overall et al (see record 1975-20136-001). (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Analysis of the temperature dependence of the fracture stress of sharp notched bending specimens of a structural steel with respect to intermediate transitions

The flow and fracture stresses, σ_y^g and σ_f^g (δ = crack tip displacement), of sharply notched bending specimens of a structural steel U St 37-1 are measured in the temperature range from full scale to small scale yielding. The best adaption of the experimental results for σ_f^g is obtained by a curve which exhibits an intermediate transition, i.e. which follows in a temperature range between an upper, T_tM¹ and a lower, T_tl¹, transition temperature to the curve σ_y^g(T) for the flow stress with a constant δ = δ₁. This transition corresponds to that of the slip to the twin nucleated fracture. Two analyses [3,5] according to the local fracture stress, σ_f^*, concept show that the amount and the temperature dependence of σ_f^* are somewhat different for both methods, but that both exhibit an increase of σ_f^* in the transition range. It is concluded that each transition in the nucleation mode of the fracture is connected with such a transition in the fracture stress. It may, however, become indistinct or even be covered by the scatter of the experimental points.     

Nuclear susceptibility of liquid He3—I

An accurate study of the nuclear molar susceptibility of liquid He ³ has been made. Particularly emphasized was the comparison of in the liquid with that in solid He ³ . The experimental results of this work define a three-dimensional surface T/C versus temperatureT and molar volumeV between 0.35 and 2.2° K and between 26 and 37 cm ³ /mole. HereC is the molar Curie constant of solid He ³ , assumed to beN _A µ ² /k _B T, where is the nuclear magnetic moment and N _A Avogadro's number. The measurements were accomplished using a carefully designed pulsed NMR set, and sample-and-hold circuitry with a digital voltmeter for readout. Most of the measurements were made at fixed temperature relative to a sample of bcc solid He ³ , usually at a density of 22.50 cm ³ /mole. These data were complemented by measurement of versusT at fixed pressure. Except at the highest temperatures, the scatter in the values was about 0.3%, and the results are estimated to be accurate within ±0.5%. At sufficiently high temperatures, the susceptibility is found to tend asymptotically towards Curie's law by comparison with solid He ³ . The deviation from Curie's law, to temperatures near 0.5° K, could be empirically written as (1–T/C)=bT ^d whereb andd are density-dependent parameters. Comparison with theories and previous measurements of the nuclear susceptibility are made. Below 1° K, the present results are about midway between those of Beal and Hatton ⁹ and those of Thomson, Meyer, and Adams. ⁸ Research supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and from the AROD. The results have been presented as an Abstract inBull. Am. Phys. Soc. 14, 601 (1969), submitted in partial fulfillment for the Ph.D. in physics by J. R. Thompson, May 1969.     

Technische Projekt- und Arbeitsorganisation in Anlagenbauunternehmen

Engineering project and labour organization in plant construction companies . Problems and trouble-shooting in the organization of engineering projects are discussed with special emphasis being laid on the prerequisites for the use of matrix-oriented company structures. The current form of project organization, the tasks of project management, the make up of the project team, the project directives and general prerequisites of works organization which are embodied in factory rules and regulations are dealt with.     

Robust DNA microarray image analysis

DNA microarrays are an increasingly important tool that allow biologists to gain insight into the function of thousands of genes in a single experiment. Common to all array-based approaches is the necessity to analyze digital images of the scanned DNA array. The ultimate image analysis goal is to automatically quantify every individual array element (spot), providing information about the amount of DNA bound to a spot. Irrespective of the quantification strategy, the preliminary information to extract about a spot includes the mapping between its location in the digital image and its possibly distorted position in the spot array (gridding). We present a gridding approach divided into a spot-amplification step (matched filter), a rotation estimation step (Radon transform), and a grid spanning step. Quantification of the spots is performed by robustly fitting of a parametric model to pixel intensities with the help of M-estimators. The main advantage of parametric spot fitting is its ability to cope with overlapping spots. If the goodness-of-fit is too bad, a semiparametric spot fitting is employed. We show that our approach is superior to simple quantification strategies such as averaging of the pixel intensities. The system was extensively tested on 1740 images resulting from two DNA libraries.Received: 15 June 2001, Accepted: 21 July 2002, Published online: 3 June 2003 Correspondence to: Norbert Brändle     

Separation of plutonium and neptunium species by capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and application to natural groundwater samples

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) was coupled to ICPMS in order to combine the good performance of this separation technique with the high sensitivity of the ICPMS for the analysis of plutonium and neptunium oxidation states. The combination of a fused-silica capillary with a MicroMist AR 30-I-FM02 nebulizer and a Cinnabar small-volume cyclonic spray chamber yielded the best separation results. With this setup, it was possible to separate a model element mixture containing neptunium (NpO2(+)), uranium (UO2(2+)), lanthanum (La3+), and thorium (Th4+) in 1 M acetic acid. The same conditions were also suitable for the separation of various oxidation states of plutonium and neptunium in different aqueous samples. All separations were obtained within less than 15 min. A detection limit of 50 ppb identical with 2 x 10(-7) M (3-fold standard deviation of a blank) was achieved. To prove the negligible disturbance of the plutonium and neptunium redox equilibria during the CE separations, plutonium and neptunium speciation by CE-ICPMS in acidic solutions was compared with the results of UV/visible absorption spectroscopy and was found to be in good agreement. The CE-ICPMS system was also applied to study the reduction of Pu(VI) in a humic acid-containing groundwater at different pH values.