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In the basic two-phase model a prescribed fraction of the total gas flow rate through the bed, which is coinciding with the minimum fluidization operating conditions, is assumed to move through the emulsion phase [130, 29]. The relative velocity between the interstitial gas and the solids in the emulsion phase is thus Ue = The rest of the gas constitutes the bubble... 

Let us assume a standard four-zone SMB unit, in which the complete separation of a binary mixture, constituted of the more retained component A and the less retained component B is to be achieved. In the framework of the Equilibrium Theory, the key operating parameters through which the performance of the SMB can be controlled are the flow rate ratios, rrij, /=l,...,4,in the four sections of the SMB unit, according to ... 

Remark 7.2. 77 vapor flow rate V depends through a constitutive relation on the reboiler temperature V = V (Tg), thus V cannot be set independently for control purposes, but only through manipulating the reboiler heat duty Qb-... 

Upflow saturators use a bed of undissolved sodium fluoride as a bed in which water is forced through upward. Water under pressure is distributed through a spider-type distributor head located at the bottom of the tank. This head contains hundreds of tiny slits in which water is forced under pressure through these slits and flows upward through the sodium fluoride bed at a controlled rate to ensure the desired 18,000 ppm of fluoride solution. An upflow saturator requires water pressure at a minimum of 20 psi to a maximum of 100 psi, and the flow into the saturator is regulated at 2 gpm. Because the introduction of water to the bottom of the saturator constitutes a definite cross-connection, a certified backflow preventer must be installed on the water supply line to the saturator along with anti-siphon valve on the solution feed pump (2). 

In flow reactors there is a continuous exchange of matter due to the inflow and outflow. The species concentrations do not now attain the thermod5mamic chemical equilibrium state— the system now has steady states which constitute a balance between the reaction rates and the flow rates. The steady-state concentrations (and temperature if the reaction is exo/endothermic) depend on the operating conditions through experimental parameters such as the flow rate. A plot of this dependence gives the steady-state locus, see figure A3.14.3. With feedback reactions, this locus may fold back on itself, the fold points corresponding to critical conditions... 

An example of particles formed by plasma methods for use in the anodes can be the synthesis of monodisperse and non-agglomerated SiOx nanoparticles by the PECVD method from a mixture of SiH4 and O2 in a plasma reactor specially designed for this purpese. It should be emphasized that in this case the nanoperticle size can be controlled by the flow rate of the reactant gases through the reactor. The SiOx nanopjarticles mixed with graphite particles constitutes the anode material (Kim, K. et al., 2010). 

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