Performance of unitary heat pumps: review of ASHRAE Symposium session

1. 1. System design optimization and validation for single-speed heat pump by S.K. Fischer and C.K. Rice, Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

2. 2. Analysis of on/off cycling for an air-to-air heat pump operating in the heating mode by W.A. Miller, Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

3. 3. Field measured cycling, frosting and defrosting losses for a high efficiency air source heat pump by V.D. Baxter and J.C. Moyers, Oak Ridge National Laboratories.

4. 4. Design and available energy analysis of a heating-only residential heat pump for the Western Pacific Northwest by D.E. Elger, C.M. Reistad and S. Lang, Oregon State University.

5. 5. A study of heat pump service life by Nance C. Lovvorn, Alabama Power Company and Carl C. Hiller, Electric Power Research.

Estimating and eliminating redundant data transfers over the web: a fragment based approach

Redundant data transfers over the Web, can be mainly attributed to the repeated transfers of unchanged data. Web caches and Web proxies are some of the solutions that have been proposed, to deal with the issue of redundant data transfers. In this paper we focus on the efficient estimation and reduction of redundant data transfers over the Web. We first prove that a vast amount of redundant data is transferred in Web pages that are considered to carry fresh data. We show this by following an approach based on Web page fragmentation and manipulation. Web pages are broken down to fragments, based on specific criteria. We then deal with these fragments as independent constructors of the Web page and study their change patterns independently and in the context of the whole Web page. After the fragmentation process, we propose solutions for dealing with redundant data transfers. This paper has been based on our previous work on ‘Web Components’ but also on related work by other researchers. It utilises a proxy based, client/server architecture, and imposes changes to the algorithms executed on the Proxy server and on clients. We show that our proposed solution can considerably reduce the amount of redundant data transferred on the Web. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Emission of trace toxic metals during pulverized fuel combustion of Czech coals

A study of the trace elements emission (As, Se, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Zn, Hg, Tl, Pb, Ni, Sn, Sb, V, Mn and Fe) from pulverized coal combustion has been made at six heating and power stations situated in the Czech Republic. The amount of chlorine in coal has considerable influence on volatilization of some elements such as Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg and Tl, which is explained by the formation of thermodynamically stable compounds of these elements with chlorine. Generally, the affinities for Cl follows the order Tl > Cu > Zn > Pb > Co > Mn > Sn > Hg. The experimental data indicates enrichment of some of the trace toxic elements in the emissions (Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, Sn, Sb, Hg and Pb) and good agreement was obtained by thermodynamic equilibrium calculations with a few exceptions. In the case of Fe, Mn, Co, Cr and Sn calculated values are overestimated in the bottom ash and there are zero predicted amounts of these elements in the fly ash. In comparison, the results from experiments show up to 80% of these elements retained in fly ash. This implies that there exist additional steps leading to the enrichment by Fe, Mn, Co, Cr and Sn of small particles. Such mechanisms could include the ejection during devolatilization of small inorganic particles from the coal of bottom ash particles, or disintegration of the char containing these metals to small particles of fly ash. On the other hand, there are slightly overestimated or similar values of relative enrichment factors for As, V, Cu, Cd, Sb, Tl and Pb in the fly ashes and zero predicted values for bottom ashes. Our experimental results show about 5% or less of these elements are retained in bottom ashes, so they probably remain in the bottom ash inside unburned parts of coal. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

40kg试验焦炉的研制

文章介绍了40kg试验焦炉，分析和比较了试验焦炉与生产焦炉的差异，指出它们之间的模拟条件是炭化室宽度、煤料堆密度、炼焦速度和单向传热。     

本钢炼焦煤最佳配比分析

结合本钢的生产实际，对炼焦煤的最佳配比作了比较具体的分析，同时对资源，质量、成本也作了比较详细的调查，并提出了本钢焦化厂最佳配煤比方案，由此可看出，最大限度地降低采购成本，继续开发合理的配煤比例，具有广阔的前景。     

实时多任务操作系统响应性能预估和测试

本文给出了作者开发的一个单处理机实时多任务操作系统的响应性能（响应时间，同步时间）的实验结果和／或估算。与国外同期文献发表的数据相比，指标先进。     

焊接试样的焊缝外形尺寸对爆炸试验的影响

选用水面舰艇用９４５钢和潜艇用９２１Ａ钢，研究了不同焊缝外形尺寸对爆炸试验中三缺口试样的中央缺口开裂行为的影响。通过大量的试验数据，确定了开裂判据ｅ≤ｅ_ｍ，为试验前预示中央缺口开裂与否提供了可靠的依据。     

注聚采出水分离用动态水力旋流器特性研究

原有的地面工艺和设备已不能满足聚合物驱采出水分离的要求。采用自行研制的动态水力旋流器，在增压与不增压两种工艺流程下，分别进行了流量和转数对分离效率的影响、转数与压力降的关系，以及入口压力与处理量的关系等项试验研究。试验结果表明，与静态水力旋流器相比，动态水力旋流器的分离效率明显提高，一般可提高10％左右；压力损失显著降低，约可减少0．1MPa，足见可在低压下工作，易于实现无泵运行；无泵运行明显比有泵增压运行的分离效率高，但处理量会有所降低。将动态水力旋流器应用于聚合物驱产出水的油－水分离处理是完全可行的。     

二元复合驱采出液矿场处理试验

利用研制的二元复合驱采出液矿场处理装置，对辽河油田兴28块兴191井采出液进行了矿场处理试验。结果表明，采用适宜的破乳剂及处理工艺技术，可以使矿场采出液处理达到净化油含水≤0．5％的指标。     

Bite and unconfirmed failures

Electronic BITE is poor at identifying hardware failure and in present design approaches tends to create the reviled ‘unconfirmed failure’. A different approach to BITE and unconfirmed failure could improve both operational performance and the cost of maintenance.