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Prediction Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Artificial Neural Network, M. A. Rafe Biswas, Kamwana N. Mwara Oct 2017

Prediction Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Using Artificial Neural Network, M. A. Rafe Biswas, Kamwana N. Mwara

M. A. Rafe Biswas

NASA’s Johnson Space Center has recently begun efforts to eventually integrate air-independent Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems, with landers that can be propelled by LOX-CH4, for long duration missions. Using landers that utilize such propellants, provides the opportunity to use SOFCs as a power option, especially since they are able to process methane into a reactant through fuel reformation. Various lead-up activities, such as hardware testing and computational modelling, have been initiated to assist with this developmental effort.
One modeling approach, currently being explored to predict SOFC behavior, involves the usage of artificial neural networks (ANN). Since SOFC performance …

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Chemical Functional Group Descriptor For Jet Fuel Surrogate, Sang Hee Won, Francis M. Haas, Stephen Dooley, Frederick L. Dryer Mar 2017

Chemical Functional Group Descriptor For Jet Fuel Surrogate, Sang Hee Won, Francis M. Haas, Stephen Dooley, Frederick L. Dryer

Francis (Mac) Haas

The global chemical characters of complex chemical fuel mixtures are explicitly determined by evaluating the abundances of chemical functional groups present within it rather by applying molecular species composition. Statistical analyses on the relationships of each chemical functional group and the chemical property targets of the fuel are rigorously developed. The results demonstrate that the four CPTs currently used in surrogate formulation - H/C molar ratio, derived cetane number (DCN), average molecular weight (MW), and smoke point (SP) - effectively constrain the chemical function group distribution of the fuel, hence, the global combustion behaviors of pre-vaporized fuel/air mixtures. Emulating the …

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Simulation Model Of An Automatic Commercial Ice Machine, Haithem Murgham, David Myszka, Vijay Bahel, Rajan Rajendran, Kurt Knapke, Suresh Shivashankar, Kyaw Wynn Feb 2017

Simulation Model Of An Automatic Commercial Ice Machine, Haithem Murgham, David Myszka, Vijay Bahel, Rajan Rajendran, Kurt Knapke, Suresh Shivashankar, Kyaw Wynn

David Myszka

Automatic commercial ice-making machines that produce a batch of cube ice at regular intervals are known as “cubers." Such machines are commonly used in food service, food preservation, hotel, and health service industries. The machines are typically rated for the weight of ice produced over a 24-hour period at ambient air temperatures of 90°F and water inlet temperature of 70°F.

These cubers typically utilize an air-cooled, vapor-compression cycle to freeze circulating water flowing over an evaporator grid. Once a sufficient amount ice is formed, a valve switches to enable a harvest mode, where the compressor’s discharge gas is routed into …

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