In this study, the performance of an irreversible regenerative Brayton cycle is sought through power maximizations using finite-time thermodynamic concept in finite-size components. Optimizations are performed using a genetic algorithm. In order to take into account the finite-time and finite-size concepts in the current problem, a dimensionless mass-flow rate parameter is used to deploy ti...

abstractin this work, the micro powder was the product of cedar leaf (mpcl) is used as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of pb2+ ions from aqueous solutions. bath experiments were used to determine the best adsorption conditions the adsorption percentage of pb2+ ions mpcl samples at different initial ph, contact time (tc), adsorbent dosage and temperature (t) were investigated. effective rem...

a nanocomposite membrane cu2+ ion-selective electrode has been constructed using a new compound ethyl 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-oxopyrimidine-5-carboxylat (etmoc) as a neutral ionophore. the electrode works properly. it responds to cu2+ ion with a sensitivity of 29.5 ± 0.2 mv/decade over the range 1.0 × 10−9 to 5.0 × 10−1m at ph 3.0-8.0. the limit of detection was 4.5 × ...

In “Is the Frobenius Matrix Norm Induced?”, the authors ask whether the Frobenius and the norms are induced. There, they claimed that the Frobenius norm is not induced and, consequently, conjectured that the norm may not be induced. In this note, it is shown that the Frobenius norm is induced on particular matrix spaces. It is then shown that the norm is in fact induced on a particular matrix-v...

We present an algorithm to evaluate large deviation functions associated to historydependent observables. Instead of relying on a time discretisation procedure to approximate the dynamics, we provide a direct continuous-time algorithm valuable for systems with multiple time scales, thus extending the work of Giardinà, Kurchan and Peliti [1]. The procedure is supplemented with a thermodynamic-in...