Temperature acclimation of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is one of the major uncertainties in predicting soil CO 2 efflux associated with the increase in global mean temperature. A reasonable explanation for an apparent acclimation proposed by Davidson and colleagues (2006) based on Michaelis-Menten kinetics suggests that temperature sensitivity decreases when both maximal activity of...

Solutions of water and a salt or sugar make excellent experimental analog magmas for teaching concepts of igneous petrology because of the comparatively low temperatures involved, the simplicity of the apparatus needed, and the responsiveness of familiar chemical systems. Boiling of these aqueous solutions on a hot plate can be used to increase the concentration of a dissolved salt or sugar to ...

We present a method of extracting the field-effect mobility from the transfer characteristics of organic polymer thin-film transistors (OP-TFTs), in both the linear and saturation regimes, by accounting for the dependence of the mobility on the gate bias, which translates to a dependence on the accumulated density of majority charge carriers in the channel. This method is compared to the common...

In this work, we present for the first time, a highly scalable general high voltage MOSFET model, which can be used for any high voltage MOSFET with extended drift region. This model includes physical effects like the quasi-saturation, impact-ionization and self-heating, and a new general model for drift resistance. The model is validated on the measured characteristics of two widely used high ...

Evaporative heat transfer coefficients of R~22 and R-407C (R-32/125/134a, 23/25/52 wt%) in a horizontal smooth tube have been measured. Heat was transferred to theJefrigerant at the test section by applying electric current directly to the stainless steel tube. Saturation temperature of refrigerant was calculated from the measured pressure. The inner wall temperatures were calculated by one dim...

Heat transfer condensation tests inside a 8 mm ID tube for R-134a, R-410A and R-125 are reported at an average saturation temperature of 40°C, at mass velocities ranging from 65 to 750 kg/(m s), over the entire vapour quality range. After comparing the experimental data against a model able to predict both shear force and gravity driven condensation, a comparison among these fluids has been car...

To study improved oil recovery (IOR) via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we performed waterflooding in a glass 2.5D micromodel (dual depth: 12 and 27 μm) with crude (CRO) brines of variable compositions temperatures ranging from 22 °C (room temperature) to 90 °C. The time-dependent residual saturation (ROS) for various flooding aging protocols was extracted optical microscopy images e...

h = heat transfer coefficient q = heat flux from the wall of evaporator to refrigerant Tw =Temperature at the wall of evaporator Tf = Temperature of the refrigerant kal = Conductivity of aluminum t = Thickness of evaporator M& = Mass flow rate of refrigerant Cp = Constant-pressure specific heat of refrigerant Tsat = Saturation temperature of refrigerant Tin = Temperature of refrigerant at inlet...

A GaAs Ni radioisotope betavoltaic cell is reported over the temperature range 70 °C to −20 °C. The temperature effects on the key cell parameters were investigated. The saturation current decreased with decreased temperature; whilst the open circuit voltage, the short circuit current, the maximum power and the internal conversion efficiency values decreased with increased temperature. A maximu...