A Method to Measure Emissions from Dryers with Diffuse Leakages,Using Evaporated Water as a Tracer

Abstract

This paper describes a novel method to measure emission from dryers. The method resolves the known difficulties caused by diffuse emissions, and also solves the problems associated with high moisture content of the drying medium. The basic idea is to use water vapor to determine the exhaust flow, while a dry ice trap is used both to preconcentrate emitted VOCs and to determine the moisture content of the drying medium.     

Kinetics of fluidised bed melt granulation III: Tracer studies

Previous work (Proceedings of World Congress on Particle Technology, Sydney 2002, 629-636.) has shown that granule breakage occurs during fluidised bed melt granulation (FBMG) and should not be neglected when it comes to addressing granulation kinetics. In the current work, we have developed and verified tracer experiments in FBMG, in an attempt to decouple the influence of granule size and age on breakage kinetics. The tracer data during granulation shows that granule breakage is occurring at a much slower rate than aggregation, while the breakage-only tracer experiments reveal the breakage selection rate to be independent of size at an approximate value of . The observations allow us to deduce that the aggregation rate for smaller granules is actually faster than larger ones during granulation.     

Particle motion in L-valve as observed by positron emission particle tracking

L-valves are widely used in circulating fluidized beds (CFB) to control the solid circulation rate. Positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) is used to view and study the real-time particle motion in the L-valve. The paper presents experimental results of the solid motion and solid flux in the L-valve, G_s, as a function of the superficial injection air velocity, U. Results are compared with earlier work. The size of the L-valve is 4.5 cm I.D. Two different experimental configurations (L-valve discharge in a CFB riser and free discharge) were used. The L-valve flow regime is stable until approximately 6 U / U_mf, with proportionality between solid flux and U / U_mf. At a higher U / U_mf, unsteady fluctuations in the solid flow gradually increase due to cavity formation around the L-valve elbow. Increasing the air flow even further, a maximum flow is reached, corresponding to the maximum discharge rate through the cyclone or hopper apex. PEPT has also confirmed the existence of a dune flow. For the first time, it gives quantitative data of the velocity profile of the dune flow which is governed by two important factors. The first factor is the distance of solids from the base of the L-valve, with solid velocity increasing away from the base. The second factor is the location of solids with respect to the dune, i.e. solid velocity is minimum at the base of the dunes and maximum at the top of the dunes. The average voidage in the L-valve is approximately constant and independent of U.     

示踪剂监测井间动态技术研究及应用

示踪剂监测技术是用以描述油藏,监测油层有无高渗透层或大孔道存在,跟踪注水流向及贡献率,分析油水井注采状况和判断断层密封性的一种特殊的动态监测技术。三叠系长4＋5、长6油藏在早期的注水开发中,出现了部分井注入水单方向突进现象,引起主方向油井水淹,超低渗透引入示踪剂监测井间动态技术,对监测结果绘出示踪剂产出曲线加以分析,得出了储层井间连通状况,物性分布特征等参数,从而为评价储层非均质性以及油藏的注采调整提供了重要依据。     

Modelling acute renal failure using blood and breath biomarkers in rats

This paper compares three methods for estimating renal function, as tested in rats. Acute renal failure (ARF) was induced via a 60-min bilateral renal artery clamp in 8 Sprague-Dawley rats and renal function was monitored for 1 week post-surgery. A two-compartment model was developed for estimating glomerular filtration via a bolus injection of a radio-labelled inulin tracer, and was compared with an estimated creatinine clearance method, modified using the Cockcroft-Gault equation for rats. These two methods were compared with selected ion flow tube-mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) monitoring of breath analytes. Determination of renal function via SIFT-MS is desirable since results are available non-invasively and in real time. Relative decreases in renal function show very good correlation between all 3 methods (R² = 0.84, 0.91 and 0.72 for breath-inulin, inulin-creatinine, and breath-creatinine correlations, respectively), and indicate good promise for fast, non-invasive determination of renal function via breath testing.     

包气带中不同示踪源层条件下核素迁移对比试验

为研究不同示踪源层材料对水份运移和核素迁移的影响，开展了以石英砂和黄土分别为示踪源层载体时Sr、Nd、Ce在包气带中迁移的对比试验。试验历时470d，在两种源层条件下各取土芯样4次。试验结果表明：在喷淋强度为5mm/h、3h/d条件下，Nd和Ce无论在石英砂示踪源层还是黄土示踪源层中浓度峰位均没有明显向下迁移；对于Sr，在黄土示踪源层中，470d后其峰位向下迁移约15cm(按质心计算为10cm左右)，而从石英砂示踪源层中向下迁移不明显（按质心计算，迁移约2.7cm），只是峰位有些展宽。上述结果表明，极薄（7mm）的细石英砂层也能对非饱和入渗水产生明显屏流作用，使得核素从石英砂示踪源层中向下迁移速度减慢。     

野外大气扩散试验中四面体气球示踪实验的初步评价

1985年11月在瑞士北部进行了一次以探讨“冷池”条件下的扩散和湍流特征为目的的国际野外大气试验,本文介绍其中的四面体气球示踪实验的结果。一共进行了三次由雷达跟踪的四面体示踪实验,释放了10个四面体球。按多轨迹法和单轨迹法分别估算并比较了其中两次示踪实验得到的水平扩散参数σ_y,探讨了风摆效应的贡献。采用“体源模式”并结合单轨迹法估算了微弱风场不定风向条件下的扩散参数,分析了静风,弱风条件下的水平风向标准差和湍流强度。