Effects of helium massive gas injection level on disruption mitigation on EAST

In this study, NIMROD simulations are performed to investigate the effects of massive helium gas injection level on the induced disruption on EAST tokamak. It is demonstrated in simulations that two different scenarios of plasma cooling(complete cooling and partial cooling) take place for different amounts of injected impurities. For the impurity injection above a critical level, a single MHD activity is able to induce a complete core temperature collapse. For impurity injection below the critical level, a series of multiple minor disruptions occur before the complete thermal quench.     

Effects of Microwave Heating and Gamma Irradiation on Phytate and Phospholipid Contents of Soybean (Glycine max. L.)

The effect of microwave heating and gamma irradiation treatments on phosphorus compounds of soybean seeds were studied. Inorganic phosphorus was significantly (P < 0.05) increased while, phytate and phospholipids were significantly decreased when soybean seeds were microwave-heated for 9 min or more. Furthermore, gamma-irradiation treatments of 20 KGy or more significantly increased inorganic phosphorus and decreased phytate and phospholipids of the beans. Two dimensional thin-layer chromatography was employed to study the phospholipid pattern. Gamma-irradiation at doses from 40 to 100 KGy produced lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidic acid. The data of this study showed that, the increase of inorganic phosphorus was mainly due to the decomposition of phytic acids and phosphates of inositol.     

Presence of Nonprotein Trypsin Inhibitor in Soy and Winged Beans

The total trypsin inhibitor was determined in extracts of 11 cultivars of soybeans and 11 strains of winged beans. The proteins in the extracts were precipitated by 16% trichloroacetic acid (w/v), and nonprotein trypsin inhibitor activities were determined in the protein-free supernatants. The nonprotein trypsin inhibitor activities varied between 10.32 ± 1.39 and 24.41 ± 1.04 units/mg defatted soybean samples and in winged beans ranged between 2.65 ± 0.62 and 6.79 ± 0.27 units/mg defatted samples. The nonprotein trypsin inhibitor composed 27–55% of the total trypsin inhibitor activity in the soybeans, and 5–14% of the total activity in winged beans.     

A new effective patch radius expression obtained by using a modified tabu search algorithm for the resonant frequency of electrically thick circular microstrip antennae

A new, very simple expression for the effective patch radius is presented for the resonant frequency of electrically thick circular microstrip patch antennae. It is obtained by using a modified tabu search algorithm, and is useful for the computer-aided design (CAD) of microstrip antennae. The theoretical resonant frequency results obtained by using this new effective patch radius expression are in very good agreement with the experimental results available in the literature.     

EFFECTS OF ADDED WEIGHTING AGENT AND XANTHAN GUM ON STABILITY AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF BEVERAGE CLOUD EMULSIONS FORMULATED USING MODIFIED STARCH

Stability of beverage emulsion is measured by the rate at which the emulsion creams, flocculates or coalesces, and is generally dependent on rheology of water phase, difference in specific gravities of the two phases and droplet size/distribution of the emulsion. The effects of weighting agents (sucrose acetate isobutyrate and brominated vegetable oil) and xanthan gum on modified starch‐based emulsions were evaluated in this study. Emulsion was formed by addition of 9% coconut oil, in the presence or absence of weighting agents, into the water phase containing modified starch at 10, 12 or 14% without or with the addition of 0.3% xanthan gum. Stabilities of emulsions were evaluated both in the concentrated form used for storage and dilute form used in beverages. The addition of xanthan gum into the water phase decreased the flow behavior index (n) from 0.88 down to 0.31 and increased elastic modulus (G′) over 20 times at elevated frequency (ω = 50 rad/s) and elevated the stability of the emulsion. The xanthan gum‐added emulsion had smaller particle size and demonstrated 14 and 5 times slower phase separation compared to the emulsions without or with the addition of weighting agents, respectively. When the elastic modulus was larger than the viscous modulus (G′ > G″), the emulsions demonstrated greater stability. In dilute beverage solutions, creaming was observed in the absence of xanthan gum.     

Optimization and comparison of two different 3D culture methods to prepare cell aggregates as a bioink for organ printing

The ultimate goal of tissue engineering is to design and fabricate functional human tissues that are similar to natural cells and are capable of regeneration. Preparation of cell aggregates is one of the important steps in 3D tissue engineering technology, particularly in organ printing. Two simple methods, hanging drop (HD) and conical tube (CT) were utilized to prepare cell aggregates. The size and viability of the aggregates obtained at different initial cell densities and pre-culture duration were compared. The proliferative ability of the cell aggregates and their ability to spread in culture plates were also investigated. In both methods, the optimum average size of the aggregates was less than 500 μm. CT aggregates were smaller than HD aggregates. 5,000 cells per drop HD aggregates showed a marked ability to attach and spread on the culture surface. The proliferative ability reduced when the initial cell density was increased. Comparing these methods, we found that the HD method having better size controlling ability as well as enhanced ability to maintain higher rates of viability, spreading, and proliferation. In conclusion, smaller HD aggregates might be a suitable choice as building blocks for making bioink particles in bioprinting technique.     

Proposed Model to Match the Experimental Results for Oil Displaced by Externally Generated Foam

A mathematical model was developed to predict the performance of the oil displaced by water foam in porous media. In this model, the diffusivity equations of both water foam (the displacing phase) and oil (the displaced phase) were combined in a single equation, which was solved numerically by a finite difference method, using the implicit-explicit method. The proposed model was compared with Poiseueille's model which represents the porous media by straight capillary tubes. It was found that the proposed model is superior to that of Poiseueille, because the Poiseueille model does not take into account the variations in foam properties along the sand pack. The production data used for the proposed model were obtained experimentally from the displacement of oil by water foam of different qualities (externally generated foam). The plastic viscosity of the water foam was measured experimentally for four foam quality ranges using capillary tubes of different sizes. The effective viscosity of the water foam determined from the plastic viscosity was used in the proposed model. Foam viscosity was found to increase as the quality increases, and the water foam obeys a Bingham plastic fluid model. The porous medium was represented by a sand pack whose length was 36 cm and diameter was 6.3 cm. Its absolute permeability was 341 md and porosity was 22.8%. The foam consisted of tap water, surfactant, and nitrogen gas.     

纤维素氨基甲酸酯溶液制备工艺研究

研究纤维素氨基甲酸酯(CC)溶液的制备工艺及其稳定性。结果表明:在-5~5℃条件下,用聚合度为350~632的纤维素浆粕合成含氮量为2.34%~3.56%的CC能很好地溶解在质量浓度为2.25~3.0 mol/L的氢氧化钠溶液中,形成淡黄色透明溶液。该溶液经过渗透处理,不仅实现了纺丝液中CC与NaOH质量比≥1的要求,且溶液的黏性、稳定性都有所提高,可直接用于纺丝。通过研究发现,尿素、氯化铝及氯化锌在一定范围内对CC有助溶作用。     

VAPOR OPERATED SOLAR PUMP

The choice of a water pumping system in remote areas depends on the type of energy available for power generation. In most of these areas where electricity and other sources of energy are not available or expensive to obtain, solar energy offers a cheap source of energy which can be utilized for operating water pumping systems. This paper describes a simple low technology vapor operated solar pump having minimum number of moving parts. The system is easy to manufacture and requires low maintenance. The performance of the system is experimentally investigated and the results obtained are presented and discussed.     

Breakdown of Evaporating Falling Films as a Function of Surface Tension Gradient

This study has found that liquid film breakdown in isopropanol, ethylene glycol, and water mixtures occurred only in systems with negative surface tension gradients. These systems were characterized by a decrease in local surface tension with a decrease in film thickness. Thus, the direction of surface tension gradient with respect to film thickness can be used as a criterion for predicting falling film breakdown in certain mixture systems.

Visual observations of an evaporating falling film gave insight into the mechanism of film breakdown. It appeared that a lateral surface shear force created by the surface tension gradient caused lateral expansion of valleys of the wavy film liquid film as it flowed over the heating surface. This valley expansion caused localized gradual thinning of the wavy film, so that the film thinned to an unstable thickness and broke down.