Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been the fastest increasing fossil fuel in the world energy market due to its low carbon dioxide emission, high energy density, and ease of transport. However, the liquefaction of natur...
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been the fastest increasing fossil fuel in the world energy market due to its low carbon dioxide emission, high energy density, and ease of transport. However, the liquefaction of natural gas is one of the most energy-intensive industrial processes. Thus, it is very important to design new liquefaction processes and optimize the existing ones in order to reduce the energy consumption. In this paper, we present a state-of-the-art review of the recent progress on the design and optimization of NG liquefaction processes for onshore and offshore applications. The current onshore processes include the cascade, mixed refrigerant, and expander-based processes, of which the mixed refrigerant process has received the most attention. The common objective function of the onshore LNG process optimization is the minimization of the energy consumption. However, for the offshore applications, the single mixed refrigerant and nitrogen expansion processes have been considered to be the promising options. For these, deck space and sensitivity to platform waving need be considered apart from energy consumption. Finally, we propose several potential developments for NG liquefaction process design and optimization. (C) 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.v. All rights reserved.
The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique (IACT) has turned Gamma-ray astronomy into a flourishing branch of astrophysics. current IACT telescope arrays (MAGIC, H.E.S.S, vERITAS) use photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to ...
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The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique (IACT) has turned Gamma-ray astronomy into a flourishing branch of astrophysics. current IACT telescope arrays (MAGIC, H.E.S.S, vERITAS) use photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to detect the optical/near-Uv Cherenkov radiation emitted due to the interaction of gamma rays with the atmosphere. Replacing PMTs with Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) is being considered for the next generation of IACT experiments. Among the main drawbacks are the limited physical area of SiPMs (increases the cost and the complexity of the readout of a camera) and their sensitivity to unwanted wavelengths. Here we propose a novel method to build a relatively low-cost pixel consisting on a SiPM attached to a PMMA disk doped with a wavelength-shifting material, which collects light over a much larger area than standard SiPMs with improved sensitivity to near-Uv light and background rejection. We describe the design of a detector that could also open new opportunities in other areas where detection area and cost are crucial. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.v. All rights reserved.
This report presents a design of an electron-optical system (EOS) with triple electron elliptical beams. A current of each beam is 31 mA and a dimension is 300×600 μm2. A magnetic field of 0,55 T is used for foc...
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Spectrometers with ever-smaller footprints are sought after for a wide range of applications in which minimized size and weight are paramount, including emerging in situ characterization techniques. We report on an ul...
Spectrometers with ever-smaller footprints are sought after for a wide range of applications in which minimized size and weight are paramount, including emerging in situ characterization techniques. We report on an ultracompact microspectrometer design based on a single compositionally engineered nanowire. This platform is independent of the complex optical components or cavities that tend to constrain further miniaturization of current systems. We show that incident spectra can be computationally reconstructed from the different spectral response functions and measured photocurrents along the length of the nanowire. Our devices are capable of accurate, visible-range monochromatic and broadband light reconstruction, as well as spectral imaging from centimeter-scale focal planes down to lensless, single-cell-scale in situ mapping.
Cardiac optogenetics is an emergent research area involving the delivery of light-sensitive proteins (opsins) to excitable heart tissue to enable optical modulation of cardiac electrical function. Optogenetic stimulat...
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Cardiac optogenetics is an emergent research area involving the delivery of light-sensitive proteins (opsins) to excitable heart tissue to enable optical modulation of cardiac electrical function. Optogenetic stimulation has many noteworthy advantages over conventional electrical methods, including selective electrophysiological modulation in specifically targeted cell subpopulations, high-resolution spatiotemporal control via patterned illumination, and use of different opsins to elicit inward or outward transmembrane current. This review summarizes developments achieved since the inception of cardiac optogenetics research, which has spanned nearly a decade. The authors first provide an overview of recent methodological advances in opsin engineering, light sensitization of cardiac tissue, strategies for illuminating the heart, and frameworks for simulating optogenetics in realistic computational models of patient hearts. They then review recent cardiac optogenetics applications, including: 1) all-optical, high-throughput, contactless assays for quantification of electrophysiological properties;2) optogenetic perturbation of cardiac tissue to unveil mechanistic insights on the initiation, perpetuation, and termination of arrhythmia;and 3) disruptive translational innovations such as light-based pacemaking and defibrillation. (c) 2018 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
Truly random numbers are in great demand in various applications. Self-testing quantum random number generators provide a way to verify that random numbers indeed come from quantum effects. optical quantum random numb...
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Truly random numbers are in great demand in various applications. Self-testing quantum random number generators provide a way to verify that random numbers indeed come from quantum effects. optical quantum random number generators of this type are the most promising but due to their relative complexity have been realized only as a macroscopic prototype. Miniaturization of such devices opens the way to commercial use. Quantum photonics provides the means to achieve this goal. We discuss general design of self-testing optical quantum random number generator and the ways to implement it as a compact integrated photonic circuit within current technological reach.
This paper demonstrates a novel design of Notch filter circuit availing voltage Difference Transconductance Amplifier (vDTA) active element. The proposed circuit utilizes two vDTA blocks, two capacitors without the us...
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This paper demonstrates a novel design of Notch filter circuit availing voltage Difference Transconductance Amplifier (vDTA) active element. The proposed circuit utilizes two vDTA blocks, two capacitors without the use of resistor and operates in voltage-mode. The devised Notch filter circuit uses 150 µA biasing current and operates with ±0.9 v supply voltage. The transconductance value of this element is electronically controllable/tunable with the bias currents. The proposed filter operates at low voltage and is widely used in optical communication systems, biomedical applications and audio applications. The circuit is implemented in the Cadence virtuoso tool of the gpdk 180 nm CMOS process.
With the development of injection semiconductor lasers (ISL) that generates electromagnetic energy in the optical range, a possibility of miniaturization of data transmission and processing systems operating at freque...
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With the development of injection semiconductor lasers (ISL) that generates electromagnetic energy in the optical range, a possibility of miniaturization of data transmission and processing systems operating at frequencies of 1014 Hz and higher has emerged. The current state of solid-state laser technology makes it possible to talk about modulation frequencies up to 30 GHz. It gives the possibility of development of optical microwave modulators, and providing radio transmitting devices of the optical range with a basic element base. In the present work, a prototype of a new optoelectronic device is proposed, that combines two generator elements in a single package, providing simultaneous generation of a carrier and modulating oscillations. In such a device, microwave modulation of the ISL occurs based on internal physical mechanisms, as a result of coupling between the generating crystals. The design of a multifunctional optoelectronic device and its operating principle are discussed.
Perovskite based tandem solar cells are of increasing interest as they approach commercialisation. Here we use time-resolved and steady-state optical spectroscopy on state-of-the-art low- and high-bandgap perovskite f...
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Perovskite based tandem solar cells are of increasing interest as they approach commercialisation. Here we use time-resolved and steady-state optical spectroscopy on state-of-the-art low- and high-bandgap perovskite films for tandems to quantify intrinsic recombination rates and absorption coefficients. We apply these experimental parameterised data to calculate the limiting efficiency of perovskite-silicon and all-perovskite two-terminal tandems employing currently available bandgap materials as 42.0 % and 40.8 % respectively. By including luminescence coupling between sub-cells, i.e. the re-emission of photons from the high-bandgap sub-cell and their absorption in the low-bandgap sub-cell, we reveal the stringent need for current matching is relaxed when the high-bandgap sub-cell is a luminescent perovskite compared to calculations that do not consider luminescence coupling. We show that luminescence coupling becomes important in all-perovskite tandems when charge carrier trapping rates are 6 s-1 (corresponding to carrier lifetimes longer than 1 µs at low excitation densities) in the high-bandgap sub-cell, which is lowered to 105 s-1 in the better-bandgap-matched perovskite-silicon cells. In both tandem technologies, this threshold corresponds to a high-bandgap sub-cell with an external luminescence quantum efficiency of at least ~0.1 % at maximum power point. We demonstrate luminescence coupling endows greater flexibility in both sub-cell thicknesses, increased tolerance to different spectral conditions and a reduction in the total thickness of light absorbing layers. To maximally exploit luminescence coupling we reveal a key design rule for luminescent perovskite-based tandems: the high-bandgap subcell should always have the higher short-circuit current. Importantly, this can be achieved by reducing the bandgap or increasing the thickness in the high-bandgap sub-cell with minimal reduction in efficiency, thus allowing for wider, unstable bandgap compositions (>1
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