The ability of zeotropic mixtures with a temperature glide to operate in liquid recirculation systems is investigated in this paper, and the preliminary results of an experimental comparison between the performance of R134a and of zeotropic mixture R32/Rl34a, (25/75 by mass) are presented. The perfonnance of Rl34a operating in dry expansion mode are also presented as baseline data. INTRODUCTION...

Decomposition of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (Ethephon) was studied in dried films at various water vapor pressures (0.6 to 86.9 millimeters Hg, 3.2 to 93.9% relative humidity) and temperatures (20, 30, 40, and 50 C) at pH 6.3 and 7.0. The rate of decomposition could be determined equally well by [(14)C]Ethephon or ethylene measurements. The rate increases at increasing water vapor pressures a...

In this paper, the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) properties of polar and nonpolar fluids are modeled by the use of a statistically-based equation of state (EOS). The equation of state used in this work is that of Ihm-Song-Mason (ISM) EOS. An alternative approach is to revise the isothermal integration on liquid. In this respect, a temperature-dependent revision factor b (T) is introduced to th...

The enigmatic but much accepted vapor pressure paradox for oriented lipid bilayer samples was recently justified theoretically. Subsequently, recent experiments have shown that there is no vapor pressure paradox. The first result of this paper is to consider another degree of freedom that reverses the previous theoretical conclusion, so that theory and experiment are now in agreement that there...

Heavy organics deposition is a common problem in oil industry, especially in oil production, transportation and processing. Wax or solid paraffin series are examples of heavy organics that deposit. Precipitation and crystallization of wax causes major difficulties in different processes. Based on multi-solid theory, a basic model is modified in this paper for wax precipitation in different oils...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous pollutants resulting from incomplete combustion and many fuel processing and storage operations. They are encountered in the environment in many forms, ranging from non-aqueous phase liquid and/or solid mixtures (i.e., NAPL and NAPS materials), to dissolved aqueous phase components, to adsorbed species on solid surfaces. The present work con...