A two-dimensional, single-phase, isothermal, multicomponent, transient model is built to investigate the transport phenomena in unitized regenerative fuel cells (URFCs) under the condition of switching from the fuel cell (FC) mode to the water electrolysis (WE) mode. The model is coupled with an electrochemical reaction. The proton exchange membrane (PEM) is selected as the solid electrolyte of...

This work presents a control strategy using a network with radial basis function (RBF network) with adaptation in dual mode. The objective of the strategy is to use the approximate capacity of the RBF network to control nonlinear systems with unknown parameters or with uncertainties. The proposed control uses the structure of Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) and a RBF network whose param...

3 Quick tutorial 4 3.1 Mode 0: Steady-state, fixed spatial grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2 Mode 1: Linear heat equation, fixed spatial grid and fixed time step size . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 Mode 2: Linear heat equation, fixed spatial grid and adaptive time stepping . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.4 Mode 3: Linear heat equation, adaptive spatial refinement and...

A three-dimensional study of transverse mode evolution in a free-electron laser (FEL) oscillator is presented. The total electromagnetic field circulating in the resonator is represented as a superposition of transverse modes of the cavity. Coupled-mode theory is employed to derive a generalized 3-D steady-state oscillation criterion. from which the oscillator superrnode can be found analytical...

Recent observations suggest that neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries rotate within a narrow range of spin frequencies clustered around 300Hz. A proposed explanation for this remarkable fact is that gravitational radiation from a steady-state r-mode oscillation in the neutron star’s core halts the spin-up due to accretion. For the neutron star transients, balancing the time-averaged accreti...

Due to the importance of longest path analysis in networks of queues, we develop an analytical method for computing the steady-state distribution function of longest path in acyclic networks of queues. We assume the network consists of a number of queuing systems and each one has either one or infinite servers. The distribution function of service time is assumed to be exponential or Erlang. Fu...

In order to obtain more accurate predicted dynamic steady-state performance with shorter computation time, an available mathematical model is modified and presented. Using this modified model, performance of a typical switched reluctance motor (SRM) under a wide range of variations of operating conditions is obtained and discussed. These include variations of speed, voltage, load and switching ...

Leaf gas exchange and leaf water (18)O enrichment (Delta(18)O(L)) were measured in three Clusia species under field conditions during dry and wet seasons and in Miconia argentea during the dry season in the Republic of Panama. During the dry season, all three Clusia species used crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); during the wet season Clusia pratensis operated in the C(3) mode, while Clusia uv...