drying characteristics of quercus were determined experimentally as a function of temperature, air velocity, and variety (quercus persica and quercus libani). in order to estimate and select a suitable drying curve, five different thin layer drying models were fitted to the experimental data. experiments were performed at the air temperatures of 50, 60 and 70°c. at each temperature level, two a...

The ability of gas-surface dynamics studies to resolve the velocity distribution of the scattered species in the 2D scattering plane has been limited by technical capabilities and only a few different approaches have been explored in recent years. In comparison, gas-phase scattering studies have been transformed by the near ubiquitous use of velocity map imaging. We describe an innovative means...

drying is one of the most important steps in raisin processing. during this step, initial moisture content decreases up to 15-17% (db) for suitable storage. achieving optimum drying conditions can affect the processing time and improve raisin quality. temperature, air velocity and pretreatment are important factors in the quality of the grape drying process. in this research, the effect of temp...

multiphase impeller stirred tank reactors enhance mixing of reacting species used in a variety of chemical industries. these reactors have been studied based on computational fluid dynamics (cfd) that can be used in the analysis, design and scale up of these reactors. most of the researches done in this area are limited to single phase reactors, and a few remaining two phase flow investigations...

in this research, some more applicable ferrofluids are produced and their mechanical specifications are measured, experimentally. also, their treatments in the ventilated cavity geometry are assessed numerically. the magnetite nanoparticles are produced by a chemical combination of fe2+ and fe3+ with nh3. in order to solve the nanoparticles in the new mediums, a proper coating is added to them....

berthing force is a critical dynamic lateral force in the design of berthing structures, having equal relevance when compared to seismic forces. besides, the construction cost of berthing structures is very high which can be optimized by calculating precise design berthing energy on fender and selecting optimum fender system. in the present study, design berthing energy of bulk carriers having ...

the aim of this research is performance evaluation of reverse osmosis method for treatment of ion exchange resins regeneration wastewater from a petrochemical complex in iran. currently this wastewater is discharged to evaporation lagoons after neutralization. thus, we need to set up a pilot plant which has membrane cell for treatment performance evaluation of three kinds of reverse osmosis mem...

oily wastewaters from oil refineries and oil distribution centers are one of the most important environmental concerns in recent decades; therefore, it is critical to treat these types of wastewaters. in this study, the performance of different polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes in oily wastewaters treatment was investigated and the effects of operating conditions such as transmembrane pre...

Many nuclear power plants report high cycle thermal fatigue in their cooling system, caused by temperature fluctuation in a non-isothermal mixing area. One of these areas is the T-junction, in which fluids of various temperatures and velocities blend. The objective of this research is to classify turbulent jet mechanics in order to examine the flow-field structure under various operating condit...

Busemann's concept of optimum altitude for rectilinear coasting flight has been extended to flight in a horizontal plane. The reachable domain of a vehicle in coasting flight in a horizontal plane, starting from an initial velocity, is obtained. It is shown that the area covered first increases with the altitude and then decreases to zero when the ceiling is reached. In particular, there exists...