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A Comparison Of The Dynamic Performance Of Facts With Energy Storage To A Unified Power Flow Controller, Lin Zhang, Shen Chen, Zhiping Yang, Aysen Arsoy, Yilu Liu, Stan Atcitty, Mariesa Crow
A Comparison Of The Dynamic Performance Of Facts With Energy Storage To A Unified Power Flow Controller, Lin Zhang, Shen Chen, Zhiping Yang, Aysen Arsoy, Yilu Liu, Stan Atcitty, Mariesa Crow
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The integration of an energy storage system into FACTS devices may lead to a more economical and/or flexible transmission controller. Various energy storage systems have received considerable attention in power utility applications due to their characteristics that range from rapid response, high power, high efficiency, and four-quadrant control. The enhanced performance of combined FACTS/ESS may have greater appeal to transmission service providers. Integrating an energy storage system into a FACTS device can provide dynamic decentralized active power capabilities and much needed flexibility for mitigating transmission level power flow problems. This paper presents a comprehensive comparison between the dynamic performances of …
Prediction Of Axial Liquid Velocity Profile In Bubble Columns, Yuanxin Wu, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan
Prediction Of Axial Liquid Velocity Profile In Bubble Columns, Yuanxin Wu, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The Liquid Flow and Mixing Behavior in Bubble Columns is Partially Described by Means of Global Liquid Recirculation Velocity Profile. Due to the Complex Character of the Flow in Bubble Columns, the Prediction of the Axial Liquid Circulation is Still a Difficult Task. in This Work, the Following Correlation is Proposed for the Liquid Recirculation Profile: VLO/ VL(R)= 1 - 2.65 * N0.44 * C[R/r] 2.65, N0.442,c , Where N and C Are the Gas Radial Holdup Profile Parameters Evaluated by the Correlations Proposed by Wu, Ong and Al-Dahhan (Chemical Engineering Science, 56 (2001) 1207-1210). N = 2.188 X 103 …
Predictions Of Radial Gas Holdup Profiles In Bubble Column Reactors, Yuanxin Wu, Boon Cheng Ong, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan
Predictions Of Radial Gas Holdup Profiles In Bubble Column Reactors, Yuanxin Wu, Boon Cheng Ong, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Gas Holdup and its Profile Are Important Parameters to Be Characterized in Bubble Column Reactors. Proper Prediction of the Radial Gas Holdup Profiles is Necessary for Determining Liquid Mixing, Flow Regime Transition, Heat and Mass Transfer. in This Study, the Following Gas Holdup Profile Form, Which Can Be Fitted to the Observed Holdup Profiles, is Proposed: EG = EG (N + 2/n + 2 - 2c) [1 - C(R/R)n]. the Parameters N and C Needed to Describe the Gas Holdup Profile Are Correlated with Appropriate Dimensionless Groups. N = 2.188 X 103 ReG-0.598 Frg0.146 MoL-0.004, C = 4.32 X 10-2 …
Comparison Of Single- And Two-Bubble Class Gas-Liquid Recirculation Models - Application To Pilot-Plant Radioactive Tracer Studies During Methanol Synthesis, Puneet Gupta, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Bernard A. Toseland
Comparison Of Single- And Two-Bubble Class Gas-Liquid Recirculation Models - Application To Pilot-Plant Radioactive Tracer Studies During Methanol Synthesis, Puneet Gupta, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Bernard A. Toseland
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Radioactive Gas Tracer Measurements Conducted during Liquid-Phase Methanol Synthesis from Syngas in a Pilot-Scale Slurry Bubble Column at the Alternate Fuels Development Unit (AFDU), La Porte Have Been Compared with Simulations from Two Mechanistic Reactor Models - Single-Bubble Class Model (SBCM) and Two-Bubble Class Model (TBCM). the Model Parameters Are Estimated from an Independent Sub-Model Gas and Liquid Recirculation, and the Long-Time-Averaged Slip Velocity between the Gas and Liquid/slurry in the Column Center Can Be as High as 50-60 Cm/s Depending on the Operating Conditions. Comparison of Experimental Data with Simulation Results from the Two Models Indicates that Accurate Description …
Gas Holdup In A Trayed Cold-Flow Bubble Column, A. Kemoun, N. Rados, F. Li, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic', P. L. Mills, T. M. Leib, J. J. Lerou
Gas Holdup In A Trayed Cold-Flow Bubble Column, A. Kemoun, N. Rados, F. Li, M. (Muthanna) H. Al-Dahhan, M. P. Dudukovic', P. L. Mills, T. M. Leib, J. J. Lerou
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
An Experimental Study Was Performed to Investigate the Effect of Sieve Trays on the Time-Averaged Gas Holdup Profiles and the overall Gas Holdup in a Cold-Flow Bubble Column that Was Scaled-Down from a Commercial Unit. Γ-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) Was Used to Scan the Column at Several Axial Locations in the Presence and Absence of Trays from Which the Local Variation of the Gas Holdup Was Extracted. the overall Gas Holdup Was Also Determined using the Same Configuration by Comparing the Expanded and Static Liquid Heights. Air and Water Were Used as the Gas-Liquid System. the Superficial Gas and Liquid …
Modeling And Analysis Of The Electrokinetic Mass Transport And Adsorption Mechanisms Of A Charged Adsorbate In Capillary Electrochromatography Systems Employing Charged Nonporous Adsorbent Particles, B. A. Grimes, Athanasios I. Liapis
Modeling And Analysis Of The Electrokinetic Mass Transport And Adsorption Mechanisms Of A Charged Adsorbate In Capillary Electrochromatography Systems Employing Charged Nonporous Adsorbent Particles, B. A. Grimes, Athanasios I. Liapis
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Mass-transfer systems based on electrokinetic phenomena (i.e., capillary electrochromatography (CEC)) have shown practical potential for becoming powerful separation methods for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. A dynamic mathematical model, consisting of the momentum balance and the Poisson equations, as well as the unsteady-state continuity expressions for the cation and anion of the background electrolyte and of a positively charged analyte (adsorbate), is constructed and solved to determine quantitatively the electroosmotic velocity, the electrostatic potential, the concentration profiles of the charged species in the double layer and in the electroneutral core region of the fluid in the interstitial channels for bulk …
Hydrodynamics Of Churn Turbulent Bubble Columns: Gas-Liquid Recirculation And Mechanistic Modeling, Puneet Gupta, Booncheng Ong, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Bernard A. Toseland
Hydrodynamics Of Churn Turbulent Bubble Columns: Gas-Liquid Recirculation And Mechanistic Modeling, Puneet Gupta, Booncheng Ong, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Dudukovic, Bernard A. Toseland
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A Phenomenological (Mechanistic) Model Has Been Developed for Describing the Gas and Liquid/slurry Phase Mixing in Churn Turbulent Bubble Columns. the Gas and Liquid Phase Recirculation Rates in the Reactor, Which Are Needed as Inputs to the Mechanistic Reactor Model Are Estimated Via a Sub-Model Which Uses the Two-Fluid Approach in Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations. This Sub-Model Estimates the Effective Bubble Diameter in the Reactor Cross-Section and Provides a Consistent Basis for the Estimation of the Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficients. the Strategy for the Numerical Solution of the Sub-Model Equations is Presented Along with the Simulation Results for a Few …
Evolution Of The Resonance And Incommensurate Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Yba2Cu3O6+X, Pengcheng Dai, Herbert A. Mook, Rodney Dale Hunt, Fatih Dogan
Evolution Of The Resonance And Incommensurate Spin Fluctuations In Superconducting Yba2Cu3O6+X, Pengcheng Dai, Herbert A. Mook, Rodney Dale Hunt, Fatih Dogan
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Polarized and unpolarized neutron triple-axis spectrometry was used to study the dynamical magnetic susceptibility X″(q,w) as a function of energy (ħw) and wave vector (q) in a wide temperature range for the bilayer superconductor YBa2Cu3O6+x with oxygen concentrations, x, of 0.45, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.93, and 0.95. The most prominent features in the magnetic spectra include a spin gap in the superconducting state, a pseudo gap in the normal state, the much-discussed resonance, and incommensurate spin fluctuations below the resonance. We establish the doping dependence …
Effects Of Defects On Armatures Within Helical Flux-Compression Generators, Jason Baird, Paul Nicholas Worsey, Mark F. C. Schmidt
Effects Of Defects On Armatures Within Helical Flux-Compression Generators, Jason Baird, Paul Nicholas Worsey, Mark F. C. Schmidt
Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Tubes of aluminum and copper filled with C-4 high-explosive were tested during this study of the effects of explosive flaws and voids, their sizes and locations, and of the effects of armature machining tolerances on the expansion characteristics of armatures within helical flux-compression generators. Flaws and voids were introduced into the explosive fill of 6061-T6 aluminum armatures during assembly. The defects were located along the major axis of the fill, midway between the major axis and the explosive/armature interface, and at the interface. The resulting effects on armature expansion were recorded by high-speed framing camera, intensified charge-coupled display (ICCD) photography …
Advantages Of Using Fuzzy Class Memberships In Self-Organizing Map And Support Vector Machines, Sunghwan Sohn, Cihan H. Dagli
Advantages Of Using Fuzzy Class Memberships In Self-Organizing Map And Support Vector Machines, Sunghwan Sohn, Cihan H. Dagli
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The self-organizing map (SOM) is naturally unsupervised learning, but if a class label is known, it can be used as the classifier. In a SOM classifier, each neuron is assigned a class label based on the maximum class frequency and classified by a nearest neighbor strategy. The drawback when using this strategy is that each pattern is treated by equal importance in counting class frequency regardless of its typicalness. For this reason, the fuzzy class membership can be used instead of crisp class frequency and this fuzzy membership-label neuron provides another perspective of a feature map. This fuzzy class membership …
Experimental Procedure For Testing Of Piles Under Varying Axial And Lateral Loads, Pedro Franco Silva, F. Seible
Experimental Procedure For Testing Of Piles Under Varying Axial And Lateral Loads, Pedro Franco Silva, F. Seible
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A research program was carried out at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to study the seismic response of piles and their connections to the pier cap. As part of this research program, an experimental procedure for testing of piles under simulated seismic loading was developed. This experimental procedure was implemented in a research program to test the as-built piles of the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge piles in order to validate the design criteria recommended by the design team for the seismic retrofit of the Coronado Bay Bridge.
Calibrations Of Cold-Formed Steel Welded Connections, F. M. Tangorra, R. M. Schuster, Roger A. Laboube
Calibrations Of Cold-Formed Steel Welded Connections, F. M. Tangorra, R. M. Schuster, Roger A. Laboube
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Specifications, Standards, Manuals and Research Reports (1946 - present)
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Light Gage Steel Framing, Dale Industries
Light Gage Steel Framing, Dale Industries
CCFSS Library (1939 - present)
No abstract provided.
Metal Drywall Framing And Accessories, Dale Industries
Metal Drywall Framing And Accessories, Dale Industries
CCFSS Library (1939 - present)
No abstract provided.
Re-Examination Of The Crypto-Steady Pressure-Exchanger (Virtual Turbomachine), T. Scott, David W. Riggins
Re-Examination Of The Crypto-Steady Pressure-Exchanger (Virtual Turbomachine), T. Scott, David W. Riggins
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A crypto-steady pressure-exchanger (rotating center body ejecting fluid in a supersonic flow field) is investigated based on fundamental fluid dynamic principles. The results are then compared to computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations of a simplified device. On the basis of this comparison the device studied is correctly classified as an unsteady ejector instead of a type of turbomachinery. Entropy gains (total pressure losses) associated with the complex fluid-fluid and fluid-center body interactions are shown to be greater than total pressure gains due to work addition. Compared to a steady ejector, the virtual turbomachine shows increased entrainment (mixing) of the main …
Factory Automation: A Controls Course For Every University, Kelvin T. Erickson
Factory Automation: A Controls Course For Every University, Kelvin T. Erickson
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The majority of new control engineering positions is now in manufacturing and involves programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The paper describes two courses developed at the University of Missouri-Rolla to satisfy this demand. Both courses present the subject of programming PLCs with an emphasis on the design of the programs. Both courses contain an integral laboratory component that solidifies the concepts presented in the lectures. The philosophy and pedagogical features of the two courses are first described, followed by the structure of the lecture and the laboratory exercises.
Excitation And Turbine Neurocontrol With Derivative Adaptive Critics Of Multiple Generators On The Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley
Excitation And Turbine Neurocontrol With Derivative Adaptive Critics Of Multiple Generators On The Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Based on derivative adaptive critics, neurocontrollers for excitation and turbine control of multiple generators on the electric power grid are presented. The feedback variables are completely based on local measurements. Simulations on a three-machine power system demonstrate that the neurocontrollers are much more effective than conventional PID controllers, the automatic voltage regulators and the governors, for improving the dynamic performance and stability under small and large disturbances
Robust Adaptive Critic Based Neurocontrollers For Missiles With Model Uncertainties, Zhongwu Huang, S. N. Balakrishnan
Robust Adaptive Critic Based Neurocontrollers For Missiles With Model Uncertainties, Zhongwu Huang, S. N. Balakrishnan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A Lyapunov theory-based controller is proposed in this paper for robustness against model uncertainties in the control of a missile. The controller design consists of two parts; in the first phase, an optimal nonlinear controller is designed with neural networks for tracking. This is based on the adaptive critic method that consists of one neural network called the supervisor or critic and a second network called an action network or a controller. Each network is trained through the output of the other network and equations related to optimal control. When their outputs are mutually consistent, the controller network output is …
Amplitude Modulated Droplet Formation In High Precision Solder Droplet Printing, Qingbin Liu, M. Orme, Ming-Chuan Leu
Amplitude Modulated Droplet Formation In High Precision Solder Droplet Printing, Qingbin Liu, M. Orme, Ming-Chuan Leu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
There are many methods used at present to apply solder to wafers, ceramics, laminate and flex circuit boards, and other substrates. Among these, high-precision solder droplet printing technology, which is noncontact, data driven, flexible and environmentally friendly, is a key enabling technology. This technology selectively deposits solder droplets only where required, and therefore needs no mask or secondary resist removal, uses materials more efficiently and creates less waste than other methods. Currently, continuous droplet formation from capillary streams is mainly achieved by application of the well-known Rayleigh instability in which a sinusoidal disturbance is applied to the stream, resulting in …
Development Of Transparent Lsco And Lscno Conductors For Optical Shutter Systems, Robert W. Schwartz, M. T. Sebastian, M. Charoenwongsa, H. D. Dobberstein
Development Of Transparent Lsco And Lscno Conductors For Optical Shutter Systems, Robert W. Schwartz, M. T. Sebastian, M. Charoenwongsa, H. D. Dobberstein
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
We have prepared lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide (La0.50Sr0.50CoO3; LSCO 50/50) and lanthanum strontium cobalt nickel oxide (La0.50Sr0.50Co0.50Ni0.50O3; LSCNO) as candidate transparent electrodes for use in a shutter-based infrared sensor protection device. The shutter device requires that the electrode be transparent (80% transmission) and have moderate sheet resistance (300 Ω/sq.). Because of the effects of film thickness on intrinsic material properties, such as resistivity and extinction coefficient, and simple engineering issues (i.e., the relationship between film thickness, resistance and transmission), films of various thicknesses were prepared to achieve an optimal balance of electrical and optical performance. van der Pauw measurements and …
Agglomerated Die Casting Lubricant, Mary R. Reidmeyer
Agglomerated Die Casting Lubricant, Mary R. Reidmeyer
Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A lubricant for use in lubricating the shot sleeve of a machine for die casting molten metals is in the form of agglomerated particles. The particles have an inorganic high pressure lubricant agglomerated, with a binder material and with an organic material. The solid lubricant is resistant to dusting, caking and breakage, can be fed through an automatic dispensing machine, and combines inorganic and organic materials to achieve excellent lubrication properties. The product has low flash and low smoke release into the environment.
Surface Fracturing Of Armatures Within Helical Flux-Compression Generators, Paul Nicholas Worsey, Jason Baird
Surface Fracturing Of Armatures Within Helical Flux-Compression Generators, Paul Nicholas Worsey, Jason Baird
Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Tubes of aluminum and of copper filled with C-4 high-explosive were tested during this study of high strain rate effects within thin metallic structures performed as an adjunct to helical flux-compression generator research at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Focusing on the stresses within a relatively thin metallic structure when brisant explosives abutting the structure are detonated, this study directly affects the understanding of flux cutoff and high strain-rate resistivity changes in an expanding armature. The detonation wave is compressive, and the shock waves resulting from its transmission into a thin metallic structure cause both compressive and tensile regions, posing an …
Art/Sofm: A Hybrid Approach To The Tsp, Narayan Vishwanathan, Donald C. Wunsch
Art/Sofm: A Hybrid Approach To The Tsp, Narayan Vishwanathan, Donald C. Wunsch
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
We present a new method of solving large scale travelling salesman problem (TSP) instances using a combination of adaptive resonance theory (ART) and self organizing feature maps (SOFM). We divide our algorithm into three phases: phase one uses ART to form clusters of cities; phase two uses a novel modification of the traditional SOFM algorithm to solve a slight variant of the TSP in each cluster of cities; and phase three uses another version of the SOFM to link all the clusters. The experimental results show that our algorithm finds approximate solutions which are about 13% longer than those reported …
Experimental Studies With Continually Online Trained Artificial Neural Network Identifiers For Multiple Turbogenerators On The Electric Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley
Experimental Studies With Continually Online Trained Artificial Neural Network Identifiers For Multiple Turbogenerators On The Electric Power Grid, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Donald C. Wunsch, Ronald G. Harley
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
The increasing complexity of a modern power grid highlights the need for advanced system identification techniques for effective control of power systems. This paper provides a new method for nonlinear identification of turbogenerators in a 3-machine 6-bus power system using online trained feedforward neural networks. Each turbogenerator in the power system is equipped with a neuro-identifier, which is able to identify its particular turbogenerator and the rest of the network to which it is connected from moment to moment, based on only local measurements. Each neuro-identifier can then be used in the design of a nonlinear neurocontroller for each turbogenerator …
Organizational Change, Ann K. Miller
Organizational Change, Ann K. Miller
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Computer Viruses, S. R. Subramanya, Natraj Lakshminarasmhan
Computer Viruses, S. R. Subramanya, Natraj Lakshminarasmhan
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
No abstract provided.
A Fast Evanescent Wave Algorithm, W. C. Chew, L. (Lijun) J. Jiang, S. Velamparambil
A Fast Evanescent Wave Algorithm, W. C. Chew, L. (Lijun) J. Jiang, S. Velamparambil
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Description of a fast evanescent wave algorithm was presented that traded off the use of memory for increasing the speed. The use of the buffer boxes was avoided by the algorithm which increased its speed. An efficient method to derive or store the evanescent wave spectrum from the propagating wave spectrum was studied.
Robust State Dependent Riccati Equation Based Guidance Laws, S. N. Balakrishnan, Ming Xin
Robust State Dependent Riccati Equation Based Guidance Laws, S. N. Balakrishnan, Ming Xin
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A robust state dependent Riccati equation based guidance/control is investigated in this study. In order to have a better design tool in terms of required interceptor accelerations, the target intercept geometry is formulated in a set of polar coordinates. With this formulation, we formulate a cost function with state dependent weights. In this study, we investigate the effects of such cost functions on the levels of interceptor accelerations. We also synthesize a neural network based extra controller to achieve the robustness in the presence of the target acceleration. In this manner, we will not need target acceleration estimation explicitly in …
Adaptive Critic Based Neuro-Observer, Xin Liu, S. N. Balakrishnan
Adaptive Critic Based Neuro-Observer, Xin Liu, S. N. Balakrishnan
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
A new Neural Network (NN) based observer design method for nonlinear systems represented by nonlinear dynamics and linear/nonlinear measurement is proposed in this paper. In this new approach, as the first step, the observer design problem is changed into a "controller" design problem by establishing the error dynamics, and then the Adaptive Critic (AC) based approach is applied on this error dynamics to design a 'controller', such that the errors are driven to zero. The resulting observer has inherent robustness from the AC based design approach. Some simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of this approach.
Dynamics Of Poly(Vinyl Acetate)-D₃ On Silica, Robert D. O'Connor, Frank D. Blum, Gu Xu
Dynamics Of Poly(Vinyl Acetate)-D₃ On Silica, Robert D. O'Connor, Frank D. Blum, Gu Xu
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) is an important polymer in applications because of both its bulk and surface characteristics. Its chain architecture gives it a low Tg and, generally, good qualities for processing and applications, which include paints, adhesives, thin films and surface coatings. In this study, we investigate the surface dynamics of PVAc absorbed onto silica with deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance (2H NMR). For dynamics studies, 2H NMR is an excellent technique because it uses an innocuous probe that can report on correlation times (τc) from approximately 10-8 s to 10 s. We report the use of two-dimensional exchange NMR (2D-X) …