This paper presents the results of experimental measurements and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the indoor environment of an open-plan office. The measurements were conducted in the Indoor Environment Research Facility (IERF) at IRC/NRC, in which six mock-up were setup to simulate an interior open-plan office. Two scenarios were investigated: isothermal and non-isothermal. Th...

One dimensional slow invariant manifolds for dynamical systems arising from modeling isothermal, spatially homogeneous, closed reactive systems are calculated. The technique is based on global analysis of the composition space of the reactive system. The identification of all the system’s finite and infinite critical points plays a major role in calculating the system’s slow invariant manifold....

Structure-energy relationships for a small group of pyranose and septanose mono-saccharide ligands are developed for binding to Concanavalin A (ConA). The affinity of ConA for methyl "manno"β-septanoside 7 was found to be higher than any of the previously reported mono-septanoside ligands. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) in conjunction with docking simulations and quantum mechanics/molec...

We review here recent developments in non-equilibrium thermodynamics and their applications to rheology. In particular we review the application of the dissipative Hamiltonian formalism to incompressible, homogeneous and isothermal flows of flexible polymer systems. We show not only the advantages that have been brought up by the nonequilibrium thermodynamics approach but also exactly where the...

When considering cost-optimal operation of gas transport networks, compressor stations play the most important role. Proper modeling of these stations leads to complicated mixed-integer nonlinear and nonconvex optimization problems. In this article, we give an isothermal and stationary description of compressor stations, state MINLP and GDP models for operating a single station, and discuss sev...

Newly-established adsorption enthalpy and entropy values of 12 lanthanide hexafluoroacetylacetonates, denoted Ln[hfac]4, along with the experimental and theoretical methodology used to obtain these values, are presented for the first time. The results of this work can be used in conjunction with theoretical modeling techniques to optimize a large-scale gas-phase separation experiment using isot...

PFLOTRAN a massively parallel computer code for modeling coupled hydro-thermalchemical processes in variably saturated, non-isothermal porous media is applied to sequestration of supercritical CO2 in deep geologic formations. Two different methods of solution to the governing partial differential equations are implemented referred to as variable switching and the flash approach. Variable switch...

We review here recent developments in nonequilibrium thermodynamics and their applications to rheology. In particular we review the application of the dissipative Hamiltonian formalism to incompressible, homogeneous and isothermal flows of flexible polymer systems. We show not only the advantages that have been brought up by the nonequilibrium thermodynamics approach but also exactly where the ...

An existing low complexity, black box artificial neural network model (ANN model) is investigated towards its more general applicability in the field of high isobaric±isothermal inactivation of enzymes. The use of this non-linear modeling technique makes it possible to describe accurately synergistic effects of pressure and temperature in contrast with more classical models used in this novel a...

Most gravitational lens systems consist of two or four observable images. The absence of detectable odd images allows us to place a lower limit on the power-law slope of the inner mass profile of lensing galaxies. Using a sample of six two-image radio-loud lens systems and assuming a singular power-law surface density ( ) for the inner several kiloparsecs of the mass distribution, we find that ...