Minimising the pressure drop in flow channels, ensuring high efficiency and utilisation of open pore cellular foam (OPCF) material place a traditional serpentine channel are investigated this work. The paper establishes novel mathematical model that takes into account effect compares dynamics porous with those channel. performance Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell is analysed under static ...

Plant tolerance of serpentine soils is potentially an excellent model for studying the genetics of adaptive variation in natural populations. A large-scale viability screen of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants on a defined nutrient solution with a low Ca(2+) : Mg(2+) ratio (1 : 24 mol : mol), typical of serpentine soils, yielded survivors with null alleles of the tonoplast calcium-proton antiporter ...

The effect of the physical activation on the dissolution of serpentine was investigated and a pH swing scheme was developed to improve the overall conversion of the CO2 mineral sequestration process. Various methods of the surface agitation such as ultrasound, acoustic, and internal (in-situ) grinding were examined for their effectiveness in removing the diffusion limiting SiO2 layer in order t...

Droplet-based microfluidic system for biogenic paramagnetic nanoparticle synthesis is reported in this study. The engineered recombinant Escherichia coli (E. coli), which expressed heavy metal-binding proteins, were injected to droplets in the microchannel together with iron and manganese solution. Homogeneous droplets were generated and went through a serpentine channel to mix the three compon...

Tectonically exposed mantle peridotite in the Oman Ophiolite is variably serpentinized and carbonated. Networks of young carbonate veins are prevalent in highly serpentinized peridotite, particularly near low-temperature alkaline springs emanating from the peridotite. An unusual feature in some samples is the coexistence of serpentine and quartz, which is not commonly observed in serpentinites....

The traditional view of the species as the fundamental unit of evolution has been challenged by observations that in heterogeneous environments, gene flow may be too restricted to overcome the effects of local selection. Whether a species evolves as a cohesive unit depends critically on the dynamic balance between homogenizing gene flow among populations and potentially disruptive local adaptat...

In order to further improve the economies of scale which are inherent in ECD’s continuous roil-to-roll amorphous silicon alloy solar cell manufacturing process, we have developed a concept for a serpentine web plasma CVD deposition process to maximize throughput while keeping the size of the deposition chambers small. When this technique is incorporated into a continuous rollto-roll PV manufact...

We propose a graphene nanoribbon-based heterojunction, where a defect-free interface separates two zigzag graphene nanoribbons prepared in opposite antiferromagnetic spin configurations. This heterospin junction is found to allow the redirecting of low-energy electrons from one edge to the other. The basic scattering mechanisms and their relation to the system’s geometry are investigated throug...

The collision avoidance procedure of a ship can be divided into three categories: detects environment and accesses the degree of the collision risk; establishes navigation plan and executes a control command to perform the established plan; returns to her original path when collision risk disappears. We can obtain own ship’s speed and rudder angle to avoid the ship collision through the expert ...

A parametric analysis of the thermal performance flat polypropylene pulsating heat pipes (PHPs) is presented. In particular, was characterized for with different number turns serpentine channel, orientations respect to gravity, and containing transfer fluids. The dependence polymeric PHPs on design parameters poorly understood date. development by high mechanical flexibility will have significa...