FIG. 1.-Diagram of gas-generator. 1 = metal lid. 2 = aperture of container. 3 = tap with automatic valve. 4 = space (+ of container) for collecting the gas mixture produced. 5 = pipes for conducting the mixed coal-gas to filters. 6 = space (Q of container) serving as fuel bed for the charcoal (combustion chambers). 7 = iron chamber with inner wall of firebricks (height: 1-50 m, diameter: 0 70 m...

Grassland songbird populations across North America have experienced dramatic population declines due to habitat loss and degradation. In Canada, energy development continues to fragment and disturb prairie habitat, but effects of oil and gas development on reproductive success of songbirds in North American mixed-grass prairies remains largely unknown. From 2010-2012, in southeastern Alberta, ...

A correlation spectroscopy (COSPEC) based on a multiwavelength fiber laser is first proposed for the detection of gas concentration. The lasing wavelengths are selected to match several characteristic absorption peaks of the gas under test, and the gas concentration is easily measured by correlating it with the reference gas. The present method is immune from the instability of the light source...

Monitoring automotive exhaust gas aftertreatment components is required by law as part of the on-board diagnostics (OBD). For this purpose, a novel sensor device that determines directly the catalyst conversion could be used. It consists of a single, self-heated yttria stabilized ZrO2-based disc, separating two gas atmospheres. Two identical mixed-potential electrodes yield a voltage signal by ...

Recently, the introduction of advanced “Hydrogen Gas Cutting” was investigated but finally abandoned due to the problems of several accidents occurred, cost merit and safety. The facility is called “Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture Gas Generation System” and stores the hydrogen detonating gas (when hydrogen and oxygen are mixed to 2:1 in volume ratio, the mixture gas violently explodes if ignited), so t...

The dual mixed refrigerant (DMR) cycle, which pre-cools natural gas with the mixed refrigerants and then liquefies the natural gas with another set of mixed refrigerants, is well known for having the highest efficiency among the liquefaction cycles. Its possible application to LNG FPSO is also extensively investigated. In this study, the optimal operating conditions, such as the equipment’s flo...