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Full-Text Articles in Thermodynamics
Thermally Activated Switching In The Presence Of Non-Gaussian Noise, Lora Billings, Mark Dykman, Ira Schwartz
Thermally Activated Switching In The Presence Of Non-Gaussian Noise, Lora Billings, Mark Dykman, Ira Schwartz
Department of Mathematics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
We study the effect of a non-Gaussian noise on interstate switching activated primarily by Gaussian noise. Even weak non-Gaussian noise can strongly change the switching rate. The effect is determined by all moments of the noise distribution. It is expressed in a closed form in terms of the noise characteristic functional. The analytical results are compared with the results of simulations for an overdamped system driven by white Gaussian noise and a Poisson noise. Switching induced by a purely Poisson noise is also discussed.
Fuel Composition Analysis Of Endothermically Heated Jp-8 Fuel For Use In A Pulse Detonation Engine, Eric A. Nagley
Fuel Composition Analysis Of Endothermically Heated Jp-8 Fuel For Use In A Pulse Detonation Engine, Eric A. Nagley
Theses and Dissertations
Waste heat from a pulse detonation engine (PDE) was extracted via zeolite catalyst coated concentric tube-counter flow heat exchangers to produce supercritical pyrolytic conditions for JP-8 fuel. A sampling system and method were developed that enabled samples of reacted fuel to be extracted during steady state operation. Samples were taken over a range of heat exchanger exit temperatures from 820 K (1016° F) to 940 K (1232° F). Offline analysis of liquid and vapor fuel samples indicated fuel decomposition via typical pyrolytic reaction pathways. The liquid analysis showed conversion of parent fuel components with formation of unsaturates (aromatics and alkenes) …
Modeling Of Thermodynamically Coupled Reaction-Transport Systems, Yaşar Demirel
Modeling Of Thermodynamically Coupled Reaction-Transport Systems, Yaşar Demirel
Yaşar Demirel Publications
Nonisothermal reaction-diffusion systems control the behavior of many transport and rate processes in physical, chemical and biological systems, such as pattern formation and chemical pumps. Considerable work has been published on mathematically coupled nonlinear differential equations by neglecting thermodynamic coupling between a chemical reaction and transport processes of mass and heat. This study presents the modeling of thermodynamically coupled system of a simple elementary chemical reaction with molecular heat and mass transport. The thermodynamic coupling refers that a flow occurs without or against its primary thermodynamic driving force, which may be a gradient of temperature or chemical potential or reaction …
Demonstration Of A Strategy To Perform Two-Dimensional Diode Laser Tomography, Ryan N. Givens
Demonstration Of A Strategy To Perform Two-Dimensional Diode Laser Tomography, Ryan N. Givens
Theses and Dissertations
Demonstration of a strategy to perform two-dimensional diode laser tomography using a priori knowledge from symmetry arguments and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculations is presented for a flat flame burner. The strategy uses an optimization technique to determine flame diameter and location using a vector quantization approach. Next, the variance in a training set, produced from CFD calculations, is captured using principal components analysis. The information in the training set allows interpolation between beam paths resulting in temperature and density maps. Finally, the TDLAS temperature and density maps are shown to agree with traditional thermocouple measurements of the flat flame …
Thermodynamically Coupled Transport In Simple Catalytic Reactions, Yaşar Demirel
Thermodynamically Coupled Transport In Simple Catalytic Reactions, Yaşar Demirel
Yaşar Demirel Publications
Considerable work published on chemical reaction-diffusion systems investigates mainly mathematically coupled nonlinear differential equations. This study presents the modeling of a simple elementary chemical reaction with thermodynamically and mathematically coupled heat and mass transport with external mass and heat transfer resistances. The thermodynamic coupling refers that a flow occurs without or against its primary thermodynamic driving force, which may be a gradient of temperature or chemical potential. The modeling is based on the linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics approach and phenomenological equations by assuming that the system is in the vicinity of global equilibrium. This approach does not need detailed coupling mechanisms. …
Nitrogen And Hydrogen Plasma Treatments Of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, John G. Jones, A. R. Waite, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin
Nitrogen And Hydrogen Plasma Treatments Of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, John G. Jones, A. R. Waite, Christopher Muratore, Andrey A. Voevodin
Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications
This article investigates plasma treatment of vertically aligned multiwall carbon nanotube (CNT) films in different plasma environments for modification of surface chemistry and morphology. The surfaces of the CNTs were functionalized with a pulsed dc plasma treatment, where the power was directly applied to the nanotube film in low pressure argon/nitrogen and argon/hydrogen backgrounds. Optical emission spectroscopy was used to detect atomic and molecular excitations in the gas mixtures as well as in pure gases in the vicinity of the CNT films. In situx-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was performed on the treated samples to examine CNT surface chemistry after treatment. …