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Theoretical Organic Rankine Cycle efficiency depending on different thermodynamic work variables.
PublicationOne of promising technologies of utilizing low- temperature waste heat is through ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) system implementation. A primary objective in designing in-stallations based on such systems is to maximize the installation's work efficiency. On the other hand, ecological factors are commonly considered a natural barrier in introducing new, often very expensive technologies. Ecological effect of a potential modernization...
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A concept of zero-dimensional and three-dimensional thermodynamic modelling of steam storage in a steam cycle
PublicationThis work presents the thermodynamic model of steam storage in a steam cycle. The innovative steam storage is an integral part of the unit and thus responds quickly to changes in load. This enhances the primary control reserve while maintaining high efficiency of energy conversion. With regard to power plants, it improves the operational safety of generation units, as it prevents boiler and turbines overload in the case of steep...
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Optimising Sequencing Batch Reactor Operation Cycle Planning Using Evolutionary Algorithm
PublicationThe objective of this research was to optimise the operation cycle of the Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). Appropriate time balances of aerobic to anaerobic phases, as well as a set dissolved oxygen level are the key to ensuring the quality of effluent from the wastewater treatment process. The proposal to solve this optimisation problem was based on multi-objective optimisation using an evolutionary multi-objective optimisation...
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Thermodynamics and Intermolecular Interactions of Nicotinamide in Neat and Binary Solutions: Experimental Measurements and COSMO-RS Concentration Dependent Reactions Investigations
PublicationIn this study, the temperature-dependent solubility of nicotinamide (niacin) was measured in six neat solvents and five aqueous-organic binary mixtures (methanol, 1,4-dioxane, acetonitrile, DMSO and DMF). It was discovered that the selected set of organic solvents offer all sorts of solvent effects, including co-solvent, synergistic, and anti-solvent features, enabling flexible tuning of niacin solubility. In addition, differential...
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FPGA realization of the high-speed binary-to-residue converter
Publicationprzedstawiono architekturę i realizację w technologii fpga konwertera z systemu binarnego do systemu resztowego. algorytm konwertera oparty jest na podziale słowa wejściowego na segmenty 4-bitowe i następnie obliczeniu reszty liczby reprezentowanej przez dany segment, sumowaniu binarnym przy zastosowaniu csa i redukcji modulo w układzie dwuoperandowego sumatora modulo.
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High-speed fpga pipelined binary-to-residue converter
Publicationw pracy przedstawiono architekturę przepływowego konwertera z systemu z uzupełnieniem do 2 z systemu binarnego. zastosowano segmentację słowa wejściowego ze wstępną inwersją dla liczb ujemnych. reszty liczb reprezentowanych przez poszczególne segmenty są obliczane poprzez odczyt z pamięci adresowanej binarną reprezentacją segmentu. otrzymane reszty sumowane są w wielooperandowym sumatorze modulo z korekcją reszty dla liczb ujemnych.pracę...
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Matching Split Distance for Unrooted Binary Phylogenetic Trees
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High-speed binary-to-residue converter with improved architecture.
PublicationPrzedstawiono ulepszoną architekturę szybkiego konwertera liczb z systemu binarnego do systemu resztowego dla liczb ze znakiem w kodzie U2. Algorytm konwertera oparty jest o segmentację słowa wejsciowego nasegmenty 4-bitowe. Reszty liczb reprezentowanych przez segmenty sąobliczane poprzez odwzorowanie. Wielooperandowe sumowanie modulo jest realizowane przy użyciu drzewa Wallace'a z segmentacją wektorów wyjściowych oraz finalnego...
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Effective residue-to-binary converter with the Chinese Remainder Theorem
PublicationKonwersja liczb z systemu resztowego do systemu binarnego jest podstawową operacją we wszystkich układach cyfrowego przetwarzania sygnałów, które wykorzystują system resztowy. W niniejszej pracy zaproponowano nową metodę konwersji opartą o chińskie twierdzenie o resztach dla modułów 5- i 6-bitowych. Specyficzną cechą nowej metody jest sposób obliczania tzw. współczynnika nadmiaru w formule chińskiego twierdzenia o resztach, co...
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Elementary, binary and schlesinger transformations in differential ring geometry
PublicationPrzedstawiono elementarne przekształcenia Darboux dla rozwiązania równań różniczkowych w pierścieniu. Przedstawiono nowe rozwiązania za pomocą przekształcenia Shlesingera jako granicy elementarnego pD.
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Matching Split Distance for Unrooted Binary Phylogenetic Trees
PublicationRekonstrukcja drzew ewolucji jest jednym z głównych celów w bioinformatyce. Drzewa filogenetyczne reprezentuje historię ewolucji i związki pokrewieństwa między różnymi gatunkami. W pracy proponujemy nową ogólną metodę określania odległości między nieukorzenionymi drzewami filogenetycznymi, szczególnie użyteczną dla dużych zbiorów gatunków. Następnie podajemy szczegółowe własności jednej metryki określonej przy użyciu tej metody...
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Crystal growth and properties of a binary intermetallic ZrBi2 compound
PublicationSingle crystals of ZrBi2 were grown by a self-flux method. The material adopts TiAs2 structure type with lattice parameters: a = 10.233(4) Å, b = 15.581(2) Å, c = 3.994(5) Å. Crystals of ZrBi2 were studied by means of magnetic susceptiblity, specific heat and resistivity measurements. The compound reveals a metallic-like behavior (RRR = 30). The Sommerfeld coefficient equals γ = 1.59(16) mJ mol-1 K-2 and Debye temperature ΘD =...
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Life Cycle Assessment of Analytical Protocols
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Digital document life cycle development
PublicationPrzedstawiono model DDLC wytwarzania interaktywnych dokumentów cyfrowych z ich pierwowzorów papierowych. Model DDLC opracowany w ramach 5 PR UE IST-2002-33441 MEMORIAL wyróżnia 6 faz i odpowiednie grupy funkcjonalności narzędzi do ich realizacji. Cykl wytwarzanie realizuje politykę całkowitej kontroli jakości, wykorzystującej specjalnie opracowaną metodę Visual GQM.
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Euilibrium composition of CH4-CO2-CO-H2-H2O-C system under various compositions syngas methanation with 10% water vapour introduced
Open Research DataThe equilibrium compositions of CH4, CO2, CO, H2, H2O and C under the methanation reaction of various syngas mixtures (different CO/H2 ratio) were supplied with this dataset
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Euilibrium composition of CH4-CO2-CO-H2-H2O-C system under various compositions syngas methanation with 30vol.% water vapour introduced
Open Research DataThe equilibrium compositions of CH4, CO2, CO, H2, H2O and C under the methanation reaction of various syngas mixtures (different CO/H2 ratio) were supplied with this dataset
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Incorporation of the sulfur cycle in sustainable nitrogen removal systems - A review
PublicationIn wastewater treatment systems, sulfur (S) removal processes are generally based on heterotrophic sulfate (SO42−) reduction by sulfate reducing bacteria and S-dependent autotrophic denitrification by sulfur oxidizing bacteria. A combination of either two cycles (N and S) or three cycles (N, S and C) appears to be a viable approach to sustainable wastewater treatment, resulting in energy savings and reduction of sludge production....
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Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2
PublicationThe process of conversion of wind kinetic energy into electricity in innovative wind power plant emits practically no harmful substances into the environment. However, the production stage of its components requires a lot of energy and materials. The biggest problem during production plan-ning process of an innovative wind power plant is selection of materials and technologies and, consequently, the waste generated at this stage....
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Supervisory Control System for Adaptive Phase and Work Cycle Management of Sequencing Wastewater Treatment Plant
PublicationThe paper presents the design of the integrated control system applied to Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) in a biological Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Swarzewo, which operates under activated sludge technology. Based on the real data records, ASM2d biological processes model and aeration system model, hierarchical control system for dissolved oxygen tracking and cycle management is designed. Internal Model Controller (IMC)...
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Exploring the Solubility Limits of Edaravone in Neat Solvents and Binary Mixtures: Experimental and Machine Learning Study
PublicationThis study explores the edaravone solubility space encompassing both neat and binary dissolution media. Efforts were made to reveal the inherent concentration limits of common pure and mixed solvents. For this purpose, the published solubility data of the title drug were scrupulously inspected and cured, which made the dataset consistent and coherent. However, the lack of some important types of solvents in the collection called...
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Assessment, optimisation and working fluid comparison of organic rankine cycle combined with negative CO2 gas power plant system
PublicationThis study aims to investigate the application of the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) as an alternative to low-pressure expansion in the negative CO2 power plant (nCO2PP). The reason for this study is that a detailed analysis of nCO2PP indicates a certain amount of waste heat present in the exhaust gas from the high-to-intermediate pressure gas turbine. Some of this energy can be used by the application of the expansion in a low-pressure...
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Euilibrium composition of CH4-CO2-CO-H2-H2O-C system under various compositions syngas methanation with 20vol.% water vapour introduced
Open Research DataThe equilibrium compositions of CH4, CO2, CO, H2, H2O and C under the methanation reaction of various syngas mixtures (different CO/H2 ratio) were supplied with this dataset
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
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The analysis of the influence of the corrosion protection method of selected steel elements on the steel structure life cycle costs
PublicationSteel products are widely used in the construction for the performance of essential and additional elements of engineering structures. They are characterized by high tensile strength, compression and bending, the structure homogeneity, the possibility of assembly regardless of the season and climatic conditions, ease of processing and the possibility of almost any shape. The main disadvantage of steel structures is their high susceptibility...
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(Vapour + liquid) equilibrium in (n,n-dimethylacetamide + ethanol + water) at the temperature 313.15 K
PublicationW pracy prezentowane są pomiary całkowitej prężności pary dla tytułowego układu trójskładnikowego oraz dla składowych układów binarnych. Uzyskane w pracy wyniki porównane zostały z wcześniejszymi danymi dla podobnych układów. Znaleziono w przybliżeniu liniową zależność pomiędzy wartościami nadmiarowej entalpii swobodnej Gibbsa a objętością molową amidu, spełnianą w układach dwuskładnikowych: amid + alkohol alifatyczny.
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Sound velocity and parameter of nonlinearity of a ternary mixture consisting of water, vapour and dry air
PublicationRozpatruje się własności akustyczne mieszanki trójskładnikowej zawierającej wodę, parę wodną i suche powietrze. Dokładne obliczenia pozwoliły na wyprowadzenie prędkości dźwięku i parametru nieliniowości jako funkcji koncentracji pary wodnej i powietrza przy zadanych warunkach równowagowych. Rozpatrywane są dwa typy mieszanin. Przedstawiono wzory ogólne oraz symulacje numeryczne.
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Air–sea exchange of mercury vapour over the Gulf of Gdańsk and southern Baltic Sea
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Determination of total mercury in fish and cormorant using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
PublicationW pracy opisano technikę CV-AAS do oznaczania zawartości rtęci całkowitej w tkankach ryb i kormorana. Przedstawiono proces walidacji zastosowanej procedury analitycznej, w ramach którego wyznaczono takie parametry walidacyjne jak:- selektywność,- liniowość (r>0,993),- zakres pomiarowy (0,29-100 ng),- poprawność (odzysk 98%),- powtarzalność (CV <10%).Wartość rozszerzonej niepewności <13%.Przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów dla 8 gatunków...
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Determination of total mercury in raw petrol using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
PublicationPresence of different forms of mercury in petroleum based products may impair the proper operation of the equipment or led to poisoning of automotive catalysts. However much more important problem is environmental pollution with mercury emitted from different types of fossil fuels. Although the average mercury concentration in petroleum based products (automotive fuels) is on the level around 1 ppb, taking into account annual...
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(Vapour and liquid) equilibrium in (N,N-dimethylacetamide+methanol+water) at the temperature 313.15 K.
PublicationPraca zawiera wyniki pomiarów całkowitej prężności pary dla tytułowego układu trójskładnikowego oraz dla ''składowych'' układów binarnych. Wyniki obliczeń nadmiarowej energii swobodnej mieszania dla układów (N,N-dimetyloaceta-mid+woda) i (N,N-dimetyloacetamid+metanol) porównane zostały z rezultatami uzyskanymi wcześniej dla innych układów (amid+metanol) oraz (amid+woda). Znaleziono interesującą zależność wartości nadmiaru...
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Determination of Odor Intensity of Binary Gas Mixtures Using Perceptual Models and an Electronic Nose Combined with Fuzzy Logic
PublicationMeasurement and monitoring of air quality in terms of odor nuisance is an important problem. From a practical point of view, it would be most valuable to directly link the odor intensity with the results of analytical air monitoring. Such a solution is offered by electronic noses, which thanks to the possibility of holistic analysis of the gas sample, allow estimation of the odor intensity of the gas mixture. The biggest problem...
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Effect of Overloaded Vehicles on Whole Life Cycle Cost of Flexible Pavements
PublicationThe phenomenon of vehicle overloading—illegal exceeding of maximum legal weight of vehicles, is a serious problem both in developing and developed countries around the world. Overloaded vehicles occur less frequently in comparison to properly loaded vehicles but due to their greater potential to cause damage they significantly contribute to distress of pavement structure. As studies show, the number of overloaded vehicles increases...
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Solubility Characteristics of Acetaminophen and Phenacetin in Binary Mixtures of Aqueous Organic Solvents: Experimental and Deep Machine Learning Screening of Green Dissolution Media
PublicationThe solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredients is a mandatory physicochemical characteristic in pharmaceutical practice. However, the number of potential solvents and their mixtures prevents direct measurements of all possible combinations for finding environmentally friendly, operational and cost-effective solubilizers. That is why support from theoretical screening seems to be valuable. Here, a collection of acetaminophen...
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High-speed binary-to-residue converter with the reduced input layer
Publicationprzedstawiono architekturę szybkiego konwertera z systemu binarnego do systemu resztowego dla modułów 5-bitowych. Algorytm konwersji oparty jest na dodawaniu binarnym reszt potęg liczby 2 obliczonych modulo m i redukcji modulo m sumy dla poszczególnych modułów bazy systemu resztowego. Warstwa wejciowa konwertera jest redukowana poprzez wykorzystanie wspólnych elementów układu dla odpowiednio zestawionych par modułów.
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High-speed residue-to-binary converter based on the Chinese RemainderTheorem.
PublicationPrzedstawiono szybki konwerter z systemu resztowego do systemu binarnego dla modułów 5-bitowych oparty o chińskie twierdzenie o resztach. Projekcje ortogonalne są generowane przy użyciu odwzorowania realizowanego przy zastosowaniu funkcji logicznych pięciu zmiennych. Wartość wyjściowa jest obliczana przy użyciu drzewaWallace'a z segmentacją wektorów wyjściowych i redukcją do 2M, M zakres liczbowy systemu oraz efektywny finalny...
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The use of recycled semiconductor material in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules production - A life cycle assessment of environmental impacts
PublicationTo offset the negative impact of photovoltaic modules on the environment, it is necessary to introduce a longterm strategy that includes a complete lifecycle assessment of all system components from the production phase through installation and operation to disposal. Recycling of waste products and worn-out systems is an important element of this strategy. As the conclusions from the previous studies have shown, thermal treatment...
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Modeling and simulation of tool cycle in manufacturing cell
PublicationThe paper addresses issues concerning modeling and analysis of tool flow within a three-machine manufacturing cell used for small batch manufacturing of a definite spectrum of prismatic parts. The approach utilizes a method for job and tool allocation to work centers with limited number of machines and capacity of tool resources, based on the analysis of formalized relations: job - tool sets required. Selected tool flow control...
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Smart Innovation Management in Product Life Cycle
PublicationThe present paper proposes a framework for smart innovation management of the product using a Smart Knowledge Management System comprising Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA. This proposed system will allow the entrepreneurs and organizations to perform the innovation process technically and quickly as this framework will store knowledge as well as experiences of the past innovations done in various...
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Assessment of Wide-Sense Stationarity of an Underwater Acoustic Channel Based on a Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Probe Signal
PublicationThe performances of Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to the specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel. Designing the physical layer of a reliable data transmission system requires a knowledge of channel characteristics in terms of the specific parameters of the stochastic model. The Wide-Sense Stationary Uncorrelated Scattering (WSSUS) assumption simplifies the stochastic description...
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A collection of directed graphs for the minimum cycle mean weight computation
Open Research DataThis dataset contains definitions of the 16 directed graphs with weighted edges that were described in the following paper: Paweł Pilarczyk, A space-efficient algorithm for computing the minimum cycle mean in a directed graph, Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, 20 (2020), no. 4, 349--355, DOI: 10.22436/jmcs.020.04.08, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22436/jmcs.020.04.08 These...
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The new concept of capillary forces aided evaporator for application in domestic organic rankine cycle
PublicationThis paper presents studies on the possibility of applying capillary forces induced in the porous structure to a modern design of evaporator. The potential application of such heat exchanger is for example an evaporator of the domestic micro combined heat and power (CHP) unit. One of the problems in the micro-CHP is excessive demand for pumping power. The proposed design helps in overcoming that issue. In the evaporator outlined...
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An energetic analysis of a gas turbine with regenerative heating using turbine extraction at intermediate pressure - Brayton cycle advanced according to Szewalski's idea
PublicationIn this paper, a modification of a simple gas turbine into the Brayton cycle with regenerative heating, using turbine extraction at intermediate pressure, is presented. The main concept of the retrofitting is based on the transfer of heat from the turbine exhaust gases to the air entering the combustion chamber. The extracted gas transfers heat to air via the divided regenerative heat exchanger and after that is compressed and...
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An effective method for studying intermolecular interactions in binary liquids with hydrogen bonds: FTIR spectra and ab initio calculations in the N-methylformamide - methanol system
PublicationMolecular complexes in methanol (MeOH)−N-methylformamide (NMF) mixtures were studied based on their FTIR-ATR spectra, to which two methods of analysis were applied: factor analysis and a quantitative version of the difference-spectra method. The mean composition of a complex between NMF and MeOH molecules over the whole range of mixture compositions was determined. Absorbing species differentiated with regard to the interaction...
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Investigating COVID-19 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) degradation using Peroxydisulfate/FeMnOx binary metal oxide/Ultrasound System
PublicationDegradation of Favipiravir using a hybrid system of peroxydisulfate, FeMnOx binary metal oxide, and ultrasound irradiation was studied. A novel catalyst was synthesized with deep eutectic solvent (DES). The effects of DES type on catalytic performance was evaluated and the catalysts were characterized using XRD, SEM, BET, XPS, and EDS. DES-based catalysts exhibited higher efficiency due to structure change, surface area enhancement...
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Comparative study of a bottoming SRC and ORC for Joule–Brayton cycle cooling modular HTR exergy losses, fluid-flow machinery main dimensions, and partial loads
PublicationEnergy conversion efficiency increase in power plants with high-temperature gas-cooled reactors via implementation of the bottoming cycle was investigated under nominal and minimal thermal load of a high-temperature reactor (HTR). Heat transfer surface area and turbine outlet volumetric flow rate in bottoming cycles was also investigated. Water and two low-boiling point working fluids (ammonia and ethanol) were analyzed. Analyzed...
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Formation of Enormously Strongly Bound Anionic Clusters Predicted in Binary Superacids
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Tribological performance of PTFE-metal binary coatings in rolling/sliding contact
PublicationTribological performance of surface coatings with embedded PTFE reservoirs in rolling/sliding contact is reported. Using two different coating materials and two shapes and patterns of PTFE reservoirs test samples in the form of discs were prepared and tested in a four-ball contact configuration under loads corresponding to nominal contact pressure of 0.5 and 1.0 GPa. It was found that one coating, namely aluminium-bronze with embedded...
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Spin-glass behavior in a binary Pr 3 Ir intermetallic compound
PublicationPolycrystalline Pr3Ir was synthesized by arc melting. Its cementite-type crystal structure (Pnma) was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and estimated lattice parameters are in agreement with literature. Physical properties were measured by means of the ac and dc magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and heat capacity. Our results indicate spin-glass behavior in Pr3Ir with a freezing temperature Tf = 6.58 K and activation...
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A novel concept of enhanced direct-contact condensation of vapour- inert gas mixture in a spray ejector condenser
PublicationAn analytical model of direct steam condensation (DCC) in the novel idea of spray ejector condenser (SEC) in the presence of inert gas has been developed. It is based on continuity, momentum and energy equations for the steam-carbon dioxide mixture and direct contact condensation mechanisms due to heat transfer and concentration. Crucial in the process of DCC is atomisation of the motive fluid in the ejector. The effect of atomised...
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Mechanochemical Energy Transduction during the Main Rotary Step in the Synthesis Cycle of F1-ATPase
PublicationF1-ATPase is a highly efficient molecular motor that can synthesize ATP driven by a mechanical torque. Its ability to function reversibly in either direction requires tight mechanochemical coupling between the catalytic domain and the rotating central shaft, as well as temporal control of substrate binding and product release. Despite great efforts and significant progress, the molecular details of this synchronized and fine-tuned...