In this study, we present for the first time the observations of a freezing liquid marble. In the experiment, liquid marbles are gently placed on the cold side of a thermo-electric cooler (TEC), and the morphological changes are recorded and characterized thereafter. These liquid marbles are noticed to undergo a shape transition from a spherical to a flying-saucer-shaped morphology. The freezin...

The transportation of pollutants from impervious surfaces during runoff events to receiving water bodies is a serious environmental problem. Summer runoff is also heated by impervious surfaces, causing thermal enrichment in receiving water body systems and degradation of coldwater aquatic ecosystems. End-of-pipe stormwater management facilities that are open to the environment can result in fur...

Indirect evidence suggests that water supply to fleshy fruits during the final stages of development occurs through the phloem, with the xylem providing little water, or acting as a pathway for water loss back to the plant. This inference was tested by examining the water balance and vascular functioning of ripening kiwifruit berries (Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis 'Hort16A') exhibiting a p...

Four different double-compression CO2 transcritical refrigeration cycles are studied: double-compression external intercooler cycle (DCEI), double-compression external intercooler cycle with an expander (DCEIE), double-compression flash intercooler cycle (DCFI), double-compression flash intercooler cycle with an expander (DCFIE). The results showed that the optimum gas cooler pressure and optim...

The hydrostatic pressure correction coefficient of the traditional triple point cell of water is determined from the measurements of temperature distribution along the thermometer well. The hydrostatic pressure coefficient obtained from these measurements is −0.855(30) mK/m, which is slightly different from the recommended value, −0.73 mK/m, of the International Temperature Scale of 1990. The l...

The main outcomes of the experiments H2P6 performed in thermal-hydraulics large-scale PANDA facility at PSI frame OECD/NEA HYMERES-2 project are presented this article. series consists two tests characterized by activation three (H2P6_1) or one (H2P6_2) cooler(s) an initially stratified and pressurized containment atmosphere. initial stratification is defined a helium-rich region located upper ...

During November and December 1983, two anticyclonic eddies were observed west of the Agulhas Retroflection, apparently spawned at the retroflection. The western eddy, centered 300 kilometers southwest of Cape Town, has a winter cooled core encircled by warm Indian Ocean water. Between Cape Town and the "Cape Town Eddy" is a net geostrophic transport of Indian Ocean thermocline water (14 x 10(6)...