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New Thermoelectric Materials, G. Abdurakhmanov, K Mukimov, A Esbergenova, S. Mamatqulova Dec 2020

New Thermoelectric Materials, G. Abdurakhmanov, K Mukimov, A Esbergenova, S. Mamatqulova

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

Recent achievements in developing of thermoelectric materials of higher efficiency are reviewed. It is shown that these achievements are based on decreasing of thermal conductivity down to values typical for materials having disordered or nanoscale structure. On the other hand these achievements demonstrate that there is no any principal limit for efficiency of thermoelectric devices beyond the Carnot formula.

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The Method For Determining The Temperature Of Solar Cells In A Flat Photovoltaic/Thermal System, O. Tukfatullin, R. Muminov, I. Rakhmatullaev, I. Abdullaev Dec 2020

The Method For Determining The Temperature Of Solar Cells In A Flat Photovoltaic/Thermal System, O. Tukfatullin, R. Muminov, I. Rakhmatullaev, I. Abdullaev

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

In the framework of the theory of heat transfer processes in flat solar collectors, a semiempirical method for calculating the temperature of solar cells in a photovoltaic thermal system is considered.

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Novel Engineered Materials For Integral Photo Elements, N. Zikrillayev, E. Saitov Dec 2020

Novel Engineered Materials For Integral Photo Elements, N. Zikrillayev, E. Saitov

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

The research article reports the phenomenon of self-organized assembly of doped nickel atoms in silicon sample at certain thermodynamic conditions. The author reveal that the concentration and profile of distribution of micro-scale particles in the silicon matrix is essentially uniform. It was found, that in the course of additional annealing the self-organization of micro-particles of impurity eventually occurs

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Change Of Electrophysical Properties Of The Surface Si (111) And Si (100) In The Process Of Ion Implantation And Next Annealing, A. Rysbaev, B. Igamov, M. Khudayberdieva, A. Raximov Dec 2020

Change Of Electrophysical Properties Of The Surface Si (111) And Si (100) In The Process Of Ion Implantation And Next Annealing, A. Rysbaev, B. Igamov, M. Khudayberdieva, A. Raximov

Euroasian Journal of Semiconductors Science and Engineering

The change in the electrical properties of the Si (111) and Si (100) surfaces during ion implantation and subsequent annealing was studied. The possibilities of controlling the electrophysical properties of the surface layers of Si (111) and Si (100) by the implantation of ions of alkaline and alkaline-earth elements are analyzed. Some electrophysical properties of semiconductors containing p- and n-structures and the possibilities of their application in electronics are discussed.

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Search For Lepton-Number- And Baryon-Number-Violating Tau Decays At Belle, D. Sahoo, G. B. Mohanty, K. Trabelsi, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk, H. Aihara, S. Al Said, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, T. Aziz, V. Babu, S. Bahinipati, P. Behera, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, V. Bhardwaj, T. Bilka, J. Biswal, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, M. Campajola, L. Cao, D. Červenkov, M. C. Chang, P. Chang, V. Chekelian, A. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin Dec 2020

Search For Lepton-Number- And Baryon-Number-Violating Tau Decays At Belle, D. Sahoo, G. B. Mohanty, K. Trabelsi, I. Adachi, K. Adamczyk, H. Aihara, S. Al Said, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, R. Ayad, T. Aziz, V. Babu, S. Bahinipati, P. Behera, J. Bennett, M. Bessner, V. Bhardwaj, T. Bilka, J. Biswal, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, M. Campajola, L. Cao, D. Červenkov, M. C. Chang, P. Chang, V. Chekelian, A. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2020 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. We search for lepton-number- and baryon-number-violating decays τ-→p¯e+e-, pe-e-, p¯e+μ-, p¯e-μ+, p¯μ+μ-, and pμ-μ- using 921 fb-1 of data, equivalent to (841±12)×106 τ+τ- events, recorded with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. In the absence of a signal, 90% confidence-level upper limits are set on the branching fractions of these decays in the range (1.8-4.0)×10-8. We set the world's first limits on the first four channels and improve the existing limits by an order of magnitude for the last two channels.

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Using Contextualized Materials To Teach English Grammar, Jingyi Yang Dec 2020

Using Contextualized Materials To Teach English Grammar, Jingyi Yang

Master's Projects and Capstones

Grammar learning is the foundation of language learning. Despite its importance, many ESL adult learners consider grammar learning a challenging part, and the effectiveness of grammar instruction has been evaluated low. This is because of inappropriate teaching approaches and the lack of contextualized learning materials. Inappropriate teaching approaches include traditional PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production), which hinder the effectiveness of research-based teaching approaches. Decontextualized and meaningless grammar forms are additional underlying challenges of grammar learning. This field project uses task-based language teaching (TBLT) as a theoretical framework. The three literature review themes explore the importance and challenges of grammar, grammar instruction …

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The Relationship Between Spatial Ability And The Conservation Of Matter In Middle School, Merryn Cole, Jennifer Wilhelm, Briana Marie-Mcknight Vaught, Corinne Fish, Hailey Fish Dec 2020

The Relationship Between Spatial Ability And The Conservation Of Matter In Middle School, Merryn Cole, Jennifer Wilhelm, Briana Marie-Mcknight Vaught, Corinne Fish, Hailey Fish

Teaching and Learning Faculty Research

Research has shown that spatial ability plays a key role in understanding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) content, including chemistry. Conservation of Matter (CoM) is an essential but challenging topic for chemistry students of all ages to grasp; it is often taught in a way where students memorize it but do not learn what it means conceptually. This research explored the relationship between understanding spatial ability and conceptual understanding of CoM in middle school students. CoM was examined in two ways using the Conservation of Matter Assessment (CoMA): through questions on conservation of atoms and the conservation of mass. …

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Magnetic Order And Fluctuations In The Quasi-Two-Dimensional Planar Magnet Sr(Co1-Xnix)2as2, Yaofeng Xie, Yu Li, Zhiping Yin, Rui Zhang, Weiyi Wang, Matthew B. Stone, Huibo Cao, D. L. Abernathy, Leland Harriger, David P. Young, J. F. Ditusa, Pengcheng Dai Dec 2020

Magnetic Order And Fluctuations In The Quasi-Two-Dimensional Planar Magnet Sr(Co1-Xnix)2as2, Yaofeng Xie, Yu Li, Zhiping Yin, Rui Zhang, Weiyi Wang, Matthew B. Stone, Huibo Cao, D. L. Abernathy, Leland Harriger, David P. Young, J. F. Ditusa, Pengcheng Dai

Faculty Publications

We use neutron scattering to investigate spin excitations in Sr(Co1-xNix)2As2, which has a c-axis incommensurate helical structure of the two-dimensional (2D) in-plane ferromagnetic (FM) ordered layers for 0.013=x=0.25. By comparing the wave vector and energy dependent spin excitations in helical ordered Sr(Co0.9Ni0.1)2As2 and paramagnetic SrCo2As2, we find that Ni doping, while increasing lattice disorder in Sr(Co1-xNix)2As2, enhances quasi-2D FM spin fluctuations. However, our band structure calculations within the combined density functional theory and dynamic mean field theory (DFT+DMFT) failed to generate a correct incommensurate wave vector for the observed helical order from nested Fermi surfaces. Since transport measurements reveal increased …

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Fulton V. City Of Philadelphia, And The Rights Of Faith-Based Adoption And Foster Care Agencies, William G. Mcgrath Dec 2020

Fulton V. City Of Philadelphia, And The Rights Of Faith-Based Adoption And Foster Care Agencies, William G. Mcgrath

The Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service

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Mathematical Modelling And Numerical Simulation Of Mass Transfer During Deep-Fat Frying Of Plantain (Musa Paradisiacal Aab) Chips (Ipekere), James Abiodun Adeyanju, John Oluranti Olajide, Emmanuel Olusola Oke, Akinbode A. Adedeji Dec 2020

Mathematical Modelling And Numerical Simulation Of Mass Transfer During Deep-Fat Frying Of Plantain (Musa Paradisiacal Aab) Chips (Ipekere), James Abiodun Adeyanju, John Oluranti Olajide, Emmanuel Olusola Oke, Akinbode A. Adedeji

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

This study developed a mathematical model following the fundamental principles of mass transfer for the simulation of the oil and moisture content change during the Deep-Fat Frying of plantain (ipekere) chip. The explicit Finite Difference Technique (FDT) was used to conduct a numerical solution to the consequential governing equation (partial differential equation) that was used to describe the mass transfer rate during the process. Computer codes that were computed in MATLAB were used for the implementation of FDT at diverse frying conditions. Samples of the plantain were cut into portions of 2 mm thickness, and these sliced portions …

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Forged Text Detection In Video, Scene, And Document Images, Lokesh Nandanwar, Palaiahnakote Shivakumara, Prabir Mondal, Karpuravalli Srinivas, Raghunandan, Umapada Pal, Tong Lu, Daniel Lopresti Dec 2020

Forged Text Detection In Video, Scene, And Document Images, Lokesh Nandanwar, Palaiahnakote Shivakumara, Prabir Mondal, Karpuravalli Srinivas, Raghunandan, Umapada Pal, Tong Lu, Daniel Lopresti

Journal Articles

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence have made it possible to produce forgeries good enough to fool an average user. As a result, there is growing interest in developing robust methods to counter such forgeries. This study presents a new Fourier spectrum-based method for detecting forged text in video images. The authors' premise is that brightness distribution and the spectrum shape exhibit irregular patterns (inconsistencies) for forged text, while appearing more regular for original text. The method divides the spectrum of an input image into sectors and tracks to highlight these effects. Specifically, positive and negative coefficients for sectors and tracks …

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Charge Nurse Orientation, Angela Zafke Dec 2020

Charge Nurse Orientation, Angela Zafke

Nursing Capstones

Traditional undergraduate training focuses heavily on clinical skills with minimal emphasis on leadership. In practice, a nurse with clinical prowess is often promoted to the charge nurse position. Taking on the leadership role of a charge nurse can be a stressful experience without proper training and preparation that leads to burnout and turnover. With more experienced nurses facing retirement, now is the time to prepare future nursing leaders. This starts with adequately preparing a nurse to lead within the unit in the charge nurse role. A comprehensive literature review was conducted regarding charge nurse orientation. Charge nurse competencies were not …

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Electronic Profiling Of Synthetic Dna Using Schottky Junctions, Souhad M.A Daraghma Dec 2020

Electronic Profiling Of Synthetic Dna Using Schottky Junctions, Souhad M.A Daraghma

Student Works (2020-2029)

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has attracted a lot of attention lately owing to the discovery of its semiconducting property and is considered as an interesting material that could find applications in nanotechnology and electronic devices. In-depth understanding of its charge transfer mechanism is however required for effective development of DNA-based technology. This unfortunately remains still a non-trivial task despite the numerous theoretical and experimental studies that have been conducted to date. The complexity of the previously employed methods, and their lack of accuracy has made it difficult to grasp the clear understanding of the electronic behaviors of the DNA molecules under …

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Text Mining: Research Trend Analysis, Forecast And Citation Approach, Amit Kumar Das Dec 2020

Text Mining: Research Trend Analysis, Forecast And Citation Approach, Amit Kumar Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Text Mining (TM) is one of the immerging areas of research, but there are limited studies from the view point of scientometric. Using the bibliometric approach, this paper analyses TM research trend, forecast and citation approach from 2000 to 2019 by locating headings “text mining”, “text clustering”, “text extraction” and “text categorization” in Web of Science database. The paper classified 5006 retrieved articles, using the following ten categories – publication year, citation, country, institution, type of document, language, subject, author, source title and key-word – for distribution status of different areas, in order to explore the trend of researches in …

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A Novel Inter-Personal Area Network Communication Mechanism For Large-Scale Low-Power And Lossy Networks, Huimin She, Harbor Dong, Chuanwei Li, Feiliang Wang Dec 2020

A Novel Inter-Personal Area Network Communication Mechanism For Large-Scale Low-Power And Lossy Networks, Huimin She, Harbor Dong, Chuanwei Li, Feiliang Wang

Defensive Publications Series

For large-scale Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), communications between nodes in different Personal Area Networks (PANs) (i.e., inter-PAN communications) typically have to traverse long routing paths, even for cases in which two nodes may be located physically close to each other. Techniques herein provide a novel mechanism to improve inter-PAN communications by utilizing the nodes that are located at the boundary of PANs.

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Use Of Image Processing Algorithms For Mine Originating Waste Grain Size Determination, Sebastian Iwaszenko Dec 2020

Use Of Image Processing Algorithms For Mine Originating Waste Grain Size Determination, Sebastian Iwaszenko

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The utilization of mineral wastes from the mining industry is one of most challenging phases in the raw materials life cycle. In many countries, there are piles of mineral waste materials that date back to the previous century. There is also a constant stream of accompanying mineral matter excavated during everyday mine operation. This stream of waste matter is particularly notable for deep coal mining. Grain size composition of waste mineral matter is one of most important characteristics of coal originating waste material. This paper presents the use of image analysis for the determination of grain size composition of mineral …

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Hydrometeorological Factors Determining The Development Of Water Table Cave Patterns In High Alpine Zones. The Ordesa And Monte Perdido National Park, Ne Spain, Antonio González-Ramón, Jorge Jódar, José M. Samsó, Sergio Martos-Rosillo, Javier Heredia, Ane Zabaleta, Iñaki Antigüedad, Emilio Custodio, Luis J. Lambán Dec 2020

Hydrometeorological Factors Determining The Development Of Water Table Cave Patterns In High Alpine Zones. The Ordesa And Monte Perdido National Park, Ne Spain, Antonio González-Ramón, Jorge Jódar, José M. Samsó, Sergio Martos-Rosillo, Javier Heredia, Ane Zabaleta, Iñaki Antigüedad, Emilio Custodio, Luis J. Lambán

International Journal of Speleology

This study is focussed on the geomorphological characterization and the processes driving the evolution of the highest karst system in Western Europe, which is located in the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (PNOMP), in the central-southern Pyrenees. The karst system does not seem to have a well-developed epikarst. The studied area shows a karst network of polygenic branchwork type in the vadose zone. Additionally, the explored karst conduits in the epiphreatic zone show a water table cave pattern that is different to the looping one, which is the expected cave pattern development for a karst located in a mountain …

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The Messy Affect(S) Of Writing In The Academy: Taboo 19.5, David Carlson, Kenneth Varner Dec 2020

The Messy Affect(S) Of Writing In The Academy: Taboo 19.5, David Carlson, Kenneth Varner

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

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The Frankenpaper: One Or More Essays On Writing And Frankenstein And Deleuze And . . ., Joshua Cruz, Holly Corkill Dec 2020

The Frankenpaper: One Or More Essays On Writing And Frankenstein And Deleuze And . . ., Joshua Cruz, Holly Corkill

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

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Affective Writing As A Promise Of “Yet-To-Become:” Unearthing The Meaning Of Writing Through The Voices Of Tenure-Track Assistant Professors, Jeong-Hee Kim, Joshua Cruz, Rebecca Hite, Jerry Dwyer, Jessica Gottlieb, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Mihwa Park, Julie Smit, Patriann Smith, Aaron Zimmerman Dec 2020

Affective Writing As A Promise Of “Yet-To-Become:” Unearthing The Meaning Of Writing Through The Voices Of Tenure-Track Assistant Professors, Jeong-Hee Kim, Joshua Cruz, Rebecca Hite, Jerry Dwyer, Jessica Gottlieb, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Mihwa Park, Julie Smit, Patriann Smith, Aaron Zimmerman

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

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Chopped To Pieces, I Write Myself Together, Jim Burns Dec 2020

Chopped To Pieces, I Write Myself Together, Jim Burns

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

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Queer Librettist; Or, Notes On The Composition Of “Fox: An Opera Comique”, Benjamin Arnberg Dec 2020

Queer Librettist; Or, Notes On The Composition Of “Fox: An Opera Comique”, Benjamin Arnberg

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.

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City Tarmita (Old Termez) In The Kushans’ Period, Mamatmusaev Tohir Dec 2020

City Tarmita (Old Termez) In The Kushans’ Period, Mamatmusaev Tohir

The Scientific-Practice Journal of Architecture, Construction and Design

This article is devoted to results of expeditions that were explored by archaeological monuments of Chingiztepa and Karatepa in 2004-2005 yy. in the Old Termez.

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Modeling Intangible Assets Of A Logistic Organization, S. Yadgarov Nomozovich Yadgarov Dec 2020

Modeling Intangible Assets Of A Logistic Organization, S. Yadgarov Nomozovich Yadgarov

Acta of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent

Abstract—The article presents the results of It will be relevant to fill this gap, presumably arising from insufficient elaboration of ap- proaches to the assessment of scientific knowledge, which, along with managerial knowledge and practical competencies of manage- ment in the field of logistics, generates intangible assets. In other words, it is required to show that the "science intensity" of the lo- gistics business is a capitalized asset.

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Is Environmentalism The Right Strategy To Decarbonize The World?, Marco Marini, Ornella Tarola, Jacques-Francois Thisse Dec 2020

Is Environmentalism The Right Strategy To Decarbonize The World?, Marco Marini, Ornella Tarola, Jacques-Francois Thisse

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We study how the supply of environmentalism, which is defined by psychic benefits (costs) associated with the purchase of high-environmental (low-environmental) qualities, affects the way firms choose their products and the ensuing consequences for the global level of pollution. Contrary to general belief, a high supply of environmentalism does not give rise to a better environmental outcome because it endows firms with more market power which they use to maximize profits. By contrast, standard policy instruments such as a minimum quality standard or the use of greener technologies leads to a better ecological footprint.

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A Sea Of Trouble: The Threat Of Rising Sea Level In New York City, Claudia Kay Keech Dec 2020

A Sea Of Trouble: The Threat Of Rising Sea Level In New York City, Claudia Kay Keech

Student Theses 2015-Present

Sea levels have been rising steadily due to earth’s increasing surface temperature, and they are becoming extremely detrimental to coastal areas, such as New York City. This paper addresses the negative impacts that sea level rise will have on coastal communities and psychological damage it may cause. Additionally, it will discuss sustainable design that will allow these communities to adapt to and mitigate the issue of sea level rise, as well as other policy recommendations to further combat this issue. The introduction illustrates the reality of the citizens of these coastal communities and how their homes and jobs are at …

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Leveraging The Inductive Bias Of Large Language Models For Abstract Textual Reasoning, Christopher Michael Rytting Dec 2020

Leveraging The Inductive Bias Of Large Language Models For Abstract Textual Reasoning, Christopher Michael Rytting

Theses and Dissertations

Large natural language models (such as GPT-2 or T5) demonstrate impressive abilities across a range of general NLP tasks. Here, we show that the knowledge embedded in such models provides a useful inductive bias, not just on traditional NLP tasks, but also in the nontraditional task of training a symbolic reasoning engine. We observe that these engines learn quickly and generalize in a natural way that reflects human intuition. For example, training such a system to model block-stacking might naturally generalize to stacking other types of objects because of structure in the real world that has been partially captured by …

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Career And Technical Education Experiences Relationship To Technology Attitudes, Self-Regulation And Grit, Kendall Hartley, Xue Xing Dec 2020

Career And Technical Education Experiences Relationship To Technology Attitudes, Self-Regulation And Grit, Kendall Hartley, Xue Xing

Teaching and Learning Faculty Research

Career and Technical Education (CTE) secondary school experiences have a positive impact on career development and academic achievement. This study explores other positive impacts such as technology attitudes, persistence, and cognitive traits that are associated with career and academic success. This study investigated the relationships between high school CTE experiences of 103 pre-service education students and technology attitudes, grit, and self-regulated learning. The results demonstrate a statistically significant positive correlation between the number of CTE courses taken in high school and technology dependence. Similarly, there is a positive correlation between CTE courses and self-regulatory skills. Grit was positively correlated with …

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Efficient Low-Cost Procedure For Microextraction Of Estrogen From Environmental Water Using Magnetic Ionic Liquids, Paula Berton, Noureen Siraj, Susmita Das, Sergio De Rooy, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Isiah M. Warner Dec 2020

Efficient Low-Cost Procedure For Microextraction Of Estrogen From Environmental Water Using Magnetic Ionic Liquids, Paula Berton, Noureen Siraj, Susmita Das, Sergio De Rooy, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Isiah M. Warner

Faculty Publications

In this study, three magnetic ionic liquids (MILs) were investigated for extraction of four estrogens, i.e., estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), and ethinylestradiol (EE2), from environmental water. The cation trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium ([P66614]+), selected to confer hydrophobicity to the resulting MIL, was combined with tetrachloroferrate(III), ferricyanide, and dysprosium thiocyanate to yield ([P66614][FeCl4]), ([P66614]3[Fe(CN)6]), and ([P66614]5[Dy(SCN)8]), respectively. After evaluation of various strategies to develop a liquid-liquid microextraction technique based on synthesized MILs, we placed the MILs onto a magnetic stir bar and used them as extracting solvents. After extraction, the MIL-enriched phase was dissolved in methanol and injected into an HPLC-UV for …

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The Effect Of Operating Parameters On The Performance Of A Steam Ejector Refrigeration System With Barometric Condenser., Y. Abdel-Ghaffar Dec 2020

The Effect Of Operating Parameters On The Performance Of A Steam Ejector Refrigeration System With Barometric Condenser., Y. Abdel-Ghaffar

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The main the performance of main concern of this work is to investigate experimentally the effect of operating parameters and primary nozzle position the steam ejector refrigeration system with barometric condenser. In this study, a steam ejector refrigeration system of 7.0 TR (24.42 kW) cooling capacity was used. The boiler pressure of 600 to 800 kPa, condenser temperature of 30 C to 48 C and, evaporator temperature of 6°C to 1/C are used. The primary nozzle is constructed so that it can be movable inside the mixing chamber The experimental results of this work show that the entrainment ratio and …

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