The support for graduate students as Graduate Research Associates (GTA) on faculty projects and Graduate Teaching Associates to teach undergraduate nuclear engineering courses was found. The National sci.nce Foundatio...
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The support for graduate students as Graduate Research Associates (GTA) on faculty projects and Graduate Teaching Associates to teach undergraduate nuclear engineering courses was found. The National sci.nce Foundation sponsors a K-12 Teaching Fellows program and a variety of other projects in which sci.nce students serve as resource persons in public schools classrooms. Scholarships and fellowships are offered by universities, professional organizations, non-profit foundations, government agencies and industries. The various branches of the armed forces also provide support for some of their officers to pursue advanced degrees in nuclear engineering on a full-time basis.
Now, evaporative cooling systems are being used in northwest area of China, but there is scarcely any application of autocontrol technology in evaporative cooling systems in this area and published literature is much ...
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Now, evaporative cooling systems are being used in northwest area of China, but there is scarcely any application of autocontrol technology in evaporative cooling systems in this area and published literature is much less. This paper presents a practical autocontrol application in evaporative cooling systems. Author designed a central evaporative cooling air conditioning system that includes reasonable arrangement of evaporative cooling equipments and running program. As a result the system not only can protect equipments, save manpower and energy consumption, but also can produce a more controllable supply air temperature. In this paper, by means of psychrometric charts, author analyzed evaporative cooling control process.
The ternary interaction of pontachrome violet SW (PCV) with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and Cu(II) at pH 10.5 has been investigated by a microsurface adsorptionspectral correction (MSASC) technique. The aggr...
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The ternary interaction of pontachrome violet SW (PCV) with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and Cu(II) at pH 10.5 has been investigated by a microsurface adsorptionspectral correction (MSASC) technique. The aggregation of PCV on CTAB obeyed the Langmuir isothermal adsorption. Results showed that the binding constant of the CTABPCV aggregate was K = 2.68·105 liter·mole-1. The ternary monomer complex Cu·PCV·CTAB2 was formed. The complexation between Cu and PCV is sensitive in the presence of CTAB and selective in the presence of thioglycolic acid, trisodium citrate, and pphenanthroline, and it was applied to the determination of Cu trace with satisfactory result.
At the 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, a new multi-stakeholder partnerships initiative was launched. It was hoped that partnerships would catalyze nongovernmental participation in and additional fundi...
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The multiple benefits through integrated end-user water management strategies are discussed. The potential for integrated water management strategies to provide significant energy savings is studied. It is found that ...
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The multiple benefits through integrated end-user water management strategies are discussed. The potential for integrated water management strategies to provide significant energy savings is studied. It is found that stormwater capture for groundwater recharge, and other innovative water capture strategies are enhancing water supply reliability. The water efficiency potential in commercial, industrial and institutional sectors is also elaborated.
The objective of this material development program is to develop a new class of nanostructured material that is lighter and has better erosion and insulation characteristics than current ablatives. Nanocomposite rocke...
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The objective of this material development program is to develop a new class of nanostructured material that is lighter and has better erosion and insulation characteristics than current ablatives. Nanocomposite rocket ablative materials (NRAMs) exploit the ablation resistance of both the base resin and nanoparticles. Borden Chemical's SC-1008, a resole phenolic, was selected as the base resin for this study. Several nanoparticles such as montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclays, carbon nanofibers (CNFs), and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS®) have been evaluated with the SC-1008 phenolic resin. Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used as screening tools to determine the degree of dispersion before producing prepregs for testing. Several MX-4926 alternates were fabricated by replacing the carbon black filler with different nanoparticle loadings. A few NRAMs showed excellent erosion rate and heat-soaked temperature rise performance over the baseline MX-4926.
Odours in waters used for various purposes, especially musty odours, is a worldwide problem. To establish an early warning system, the nuisance odour in an aquatic environ.ent, the causative microorganisms and compoun...
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Odours in waters used for various purposes, especially musty odours, is a worldwide problem. To establish an early warning system, the nuisance odour in an aquatic environ.ent, the causative microorganisms and compounds, and the mechanism of odour in Lake Kasumigaura, the second biggest lake in Japan, were examined using in situ studies. In this study, the mechanism for the occurrence of musty odours was determined, and the level of musty odour was discriminated, based on 32 months of phytoplankton data from three sampling stations. The results indicate that the cell numbers of Phormidium tenue, Synedra and Ankistrodesmus were significantly related to the occurrence of 2-methlisoborneol (MIB) and geosmin. Furthermore, the odour occurrence for both MIB and geosmin was effectively predicted and validated using environ.ental factors as explanatory variables, using multiple linear regression and artificial neural network technology.
The major objective of this material development program is to develop a lighter nanostructured material that has better erosion and insulation characteristics than current ablative materials used for solid rocket noz...
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The major objective of this material development program is to develop a lighter nanostructured material that has better erosion and insulation characteristics than current ablative materials used for solid rocket nozzles. Nanocomposite rocket ablative materials (NRAMs) exploit the ablation resistance of both the base resin and nanoparticles. Borden Chemical's SC-1008, a resole phenolic, was selected as the base resin for this study. Several nanoparticles such as montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclays, carbon nanofibers (CNFs), and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS®) have been evaluated with the SC-1008 phenolic resin. Wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used as screening tools to determine the degree of dispersion before producing prepregs for testing. Several NRAMs were fabricated at Cytec Engineered Materials by replacing the carbon black filler with different nanoparticle loadings. A small-scale supersonic liquid-fueled rocket motor burning kerosene and oxygen was used to study the ablation and insulation characteristics of the ablatives. The simulated solid rocket motor (SSRM) has been demonstrated as a cost-effective, laboratory device to evaluate different ablatives under identical conditions for initial material screening and development. A few NRAMs showed excellent erosion rate and heat-soaked temperature rise performance over the baseline MX-4926.
In this (two-part) series of articles, we develop and present a series of life-cycle-assessment-based (LCA-based) decision analysis models, based on multiattribute value theory (MAVT), which utilize data from multiple...
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In this (two-part) series of articles, we develop and present a series of life-cycle-assessment-based (LCA-based) decision analysis models, based on multiattribute value theory (MAVT), which utilize data from multiple life-cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods and/or levels of analysis. In part I of this series, we began the task of developing a theoretically sound decision analysis methodology for accomplishing this. We also provided a preliminary introduction to the concept of proxy attributes, which are central to our overall methodological approach. In this part, we expand the decision analysis model developed previously to include (1) the combination of end-point indicators from multiple LCIA methods, (2) the combination of midpoint indicators, and (3) the combination of multiple end-point and midpoint damage indicators in a single decision model. In our models, we consider the LCIA damage indicators to be proxy attributes for actual consequences. In order to combine the LCIA indicators (as proxy attributes) from multiple methods, the decision maker must make a combination of value- and factual-based judgments concerning the actual consequences associated with the proxy attributes. We address the imprecise relationship between damage indicators and actual consequences in a way that we believe to be more appealing to most decision makers, based on linguistic variables (e.g., "much greater") represented as fuzzy variables. By utilizing the methodological approaches presented here and in part I, an LCA practitioner or decision maker can construct theoretically based decision models utilizing damage indicators (including both end points and midpoints) from any combination of LCIA methods. Given the inherent limits of LCIA, we believe that decision models developed on this basis provide for better and more informed decision making, through the explicit assessment and treatment of individual decision-maker preferences and the additional information provided through
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