Abstract The fuel shape and flow path structure of the plate-type reactor are different from those conventional rod-bundle reactor, which leads to difference between thermal-hydraulic phenomenon thermal conduction in rod bundle assembly. Therefore, this thesis, subchannel analysis model code applied developed. calculation results compared with simulation FLUENT MATRA experimental heat transfer ...

Emissions from residential fireplace and woodstove appliances burning fuels available from the San Francisco Bay area were sampled for polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorobenzene (HxCBz), particulate matter (PM), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), oxygenated PAHs, and the monosaccharide levoglucosan. Emission factors for...

Gas analyzers are commonly protected from impurities in air sampling via use of in-line filters to ensure operational performance and longevity of the instruments. This is especially true for extended period of air monitoring under conditions where airborne dust exists. Prices for commercially available filters vary substantially. A question that has often come up but has not received much inve...

Increasing fire size and severity over the last few decades requires new techniques to accurately assess canopy fuel conditions change larger areas. This article presents an analysis on vegetation changes by mapping types (FT) based conditional rules according Prometheus classification system, which typifies vertical profile of cover for management ecological purposes. Using multi-temporal LiDA...

A facile, low-temperature reduction method using sodium borohydride to yield corundum-type Ti(2)O(3) nanorods from rutile-type TiO(2) nanorods with morphology retention is proposed. The electrochemical analyses confirmed their promising performance as electrodes and excellent stability to the environment of interest for fuel cell operation.

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are electrochemical devices that show the highest power densities compared to the other type of fuel cell. In this work, nanocomposite membranes used for proton exchange membrane fuel cells as poly(vinyl alcohol)/La2Ce2O7 (PVA-LC) with the aim of increasing the water uptake and proton conductivity. Glutaraldehyde (GA) was used as cross linking agent ...