Nonequilibrium reactions in an arc in a permeable channel with fast gas injection

A study has been made on how parameters influence the target-product yields in plasmochemical reactions involving combining atmospheric nitrogen and converting carbon dioxide.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 576–582, April, 1988.     

Theoretical conformational investigation of thrombin-fibrinogen recognition complex

Theoretical conformational investigation of the thrombin-fibrinogen recognition complex was fulfilled. At first preliminary study was carried out using space-filling molecular models. At the next stage computer simulation was conducted. For this purpose a package of programs for the theoretical conformational analysis of two interacting molecules has been developed in the framework of atom-atom potentials. The package contains an original algorithm for constructing initial approximation based on assumption that the structure of the complex is determined mainly by the ligand-ligand attraction and Van-der-Vaals repulsion. Complex structure with considerable binding energy was obtained. Molecules of that structure are bound mainly by four oppositely charged pairs of side chain groups. The beta -loop of thrombin in the complex is shown to undergo essential structural transformations. A hypothesis is suggested that this transformation may influence active sites allosterically. Some ways and mechanisms of this influence are discussed as well as an approach to its calculation.     

High-efficiency air plasmatron

The results of an investigation of a 1.2-MW plasmatron with air injected through the porous channel in an insert between the electrodes and an efficiency of 0.95 are presented.Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 477–481, September, 1986.     

Excess Heat Power Registration in Experiments with High Voltage Electric Discharge Systems

The author review results on LENR （low-energy nuclear reaction） processes in the cathodes of a high current glow discharge and a HVEC （high-voltage electrolysis cell）. The cathodes used in the experiments were made of Ni foil, Pd foil, Pd coated Re and solid-state nanostructured Pd. Up to 300 W of excess heat power, with a power gain up to 340%, was observed in experiments using a high-voltage electrolysis cell. Based on these experimental results, we propose a phenomenological model for LENR.     

Research into Excited Long Lived 0.6-6.0 keV Energy Levels in the Cathode Solid Medium of Glow Discharge by X-Ray Spectra Emission

X-ray emissions have been registered in experiments with high-current glow discharge from the different cathode and different plasma forming gases within 100 ms and more after turning off the current. The emission X-rays was realized： in the form of laser microbeams （up to 104beams a second and up to 10^10 X-ray of quanta in a beam, angular divergence was up to 10-4）, The fine structure of X-ray spectra were detected using a bent mica crystal X-ray spectrometer and recorded on X-ray film after the discharge current switching off （during up to 20 h afterwards）. The X-ray energy was 0.8-6.0 keV. The possible mechanism and phenomenon model of producing the X-ray emission on the solid medium cathode with the exited energy levels was considered.