Research and development is being completed for an ultracold neutron (UCN) source to be installed at the PULSTAR reactor on the campus of North Carolina State University. The objective is to establish a university-based UCN facility with sufficient UCN intensity to allow world-class fundamental and applied research with UCN. To maximize the UCN yield, a solid ortho-D2 converter will be implemen...

Ammonia is regarded as a potential carbon-free alternative fuel. To have better understanding of its combustion characteristics, development feasible techniques for ammonia detection in environments essential. In the present work, planar laser-induced photofragmentation fluorescence (LIPF) was developed quantitative measurements hot gas flows. A 193 nm ArF excimer laser used to photo-dissociate...

An instrument to detect gaseous amines and ammonia is described, and representative data from an urban site and a laboratory setting are presented. The instrument, an Ambient pressure Proton transfer Mass Spectrometer (AmPMS), consists of a chemical ionization and drift region at atmospheric pressure coupled to a standard quadrupole mass spectrometer. Calibrations show that AmPMS sensitivity is...

Abstract The Red Squirrel ammonia field experiments were conducted at the DNV Spadeadam site in UK 2022. Field test data currently exists for high‐pressure (ambient temperature) two‐phase releases of from Desert Tortoise (1983) and FLADIS (1996) experiments. No tests have ever been done cold (refrigerated) liquid spills on dry land or into water. handling liquified ammonia, during storage/proce...

BAJWA, KANWARDEEP SINGH. Measurements and Modeling of Emissions, Dispersion and Dry Deposition of Ammonia from Swine Facilities. (Under the direction of Dr. Viney P. Aneja and Dr. S. Pal Arya). Ammonia has recently gained importance for its increasing atmospheric concentrations and its role in the formation of aerosols. Studies have shown increasing atmospheric concentration levels of NH3 and N...

We have demonstrated that the reproducibility of electron beam pulses generated by a high power, cold cathode glow discharge is greatly improved by adding a small continuous keep-alive discharge current. A current of the order of 200 mA was found to limit the shot to shot current variation to within 1.5%. This stabilization in turn reduces by an order of magnitude the fluctuations of the energy...

The EU ban on conventional barren cages for laying hens from 2012 has improved many aspects of laying hen welfare. The new housing systems allow for the expression of highly-motivated behaviors. However, the systems available for intensive large-scale egg production (e.g., aviaries, floor housing systems, furnished cages) may cause other welfare challenges. We have reviewed the literature regar...

In this paper we report a new nanometallic, self-activating catalyst, namely, Ni-supported Pd nanoparticles (PdNPs/Ni) for low temperature ammonia cracking, which was prepared using a novel approach involving the transfer of nanoparticles from the intermediate carrier, i.e. nano-spherical SiO2, to the target carrier technical grade Ni (t-Ni) or high purity Ni (p-Ni) grains. The method that was ...

A rapid, senstive method for NO2 analysis utilizing the chemiluminescence reaction of NO and O3 is provided by the use of the Scott Model 125 Chemiluminescense NO/NOI, Analyzer. Measurement of NO2 in the air sample by reducing it to NO by passage tgrough a converter before it enters the reaction chamber. Thermal converter will also convert, partially or completly, NH3 (and other N-componds) dep...

Shot peening is a process where compressive residual stresses are generated at the surface of the processed part by impacting small hard particles to the surface in order to increase the fatigue resistance of the part. In this work, a general literature survey of shot peening process is presented. Survey is mainly focused on mechanics and numerical simulation of the process. Effects of various ...