Several methods to recycle the top-cut scrap generated during directional solidification of solar silicon are currently being researched. One of these is particle removal by gravity sedimentation. However, natural settling of inclusions by gravitational forces is a slow process and not attractive to industry. This study investigated the sedimentation of micrometer size inclusions (≤ 10 μm) from...

In this paper we study a model for the sedimentation equilibrium of a charged colloidal suspension: the two-dimensional two-component plasma in a gravitational field which is exactly solvable at a special value of the reduced inverse temperature Γ = 2. The density profiles are computed. The heavy particles accumulate at the bottom of the cointainer. If the container is high enough, an excess of...

To study the coexistence of two liquid states of water within one simulation box, we implement an equilibrium sedimentation method--which involves applying a gravitational field to the system and measuring or calculating the resulting density profile in equilibrium. We simulate a system of particles interacting via the Stillinger-2 (ST2) potential, a model for water. We detect the coexistence o...

virial theorem is important for understanding stellar structures. it produces an interesting connection between magnetic and gravitational energies. using the general form of the virial theorem including the magnetic field (toroidal magnetic field), we may explain the solar dynamo model in relation to variations of the magnetic and gravitational energies. we emphasize the role of the gravitatio...

A centrifugal clarifier based on the principles of a hydrocyclone with an impeller was developed for centrifugal clarification of sugarcane juice, for improvement in the quality of jaggery and khandsari. The developed clarifier and an existing standard sedimentation disc centrifuge were tested in regards of effect of operational parameters, namely, settling, boiling, clarificant addition and sa...

The aggregation parameters of erythrocytes in hyperglycemic subjects with normal cholesterol and with hyper cholesterol were analyzed, and compared with control, by optical scattering under dynamic conditions. Aggregation of erythrocytes is determined by online erythrocyte aggregometer, based on sequential analysis of transmitted laser light intensity after passing through the erythrocyte suspe...

In this Letter, we consider the role played by the sedimentation of helium nuclei on the emissivity and metallicity distribution of the X-ray emitting plasma in the cores of relaxed galaxy clusters. We model the gas density and temperature profiles of nearby cooling core clusters to estimate the gravitational acceleration acting on the helium and show that its sedimentation time scale is too lo...