Diversity factor

Industrial Power Engineering and Applications Handbook Table 13.4 Conventional values of diversity factor... 

Total connected feeder load and diversity factor for 12 Nos. feeders as in Table 13.4... 

Diversity factor for 8 numbers of feeders = 0.6. -. Maximum rating... 

Diversity factor this applies to column 7 of Table 13.13. Whenever a bus section has to feed a number of outlets, one can apply the diversity factor as discussed in Section 13.4.1 (4) to optimize on the size of busbars and also the size of the main incoming feeder (Example 13.1). 

Considering the diversity factor (Table 13.4) for such a plant to be 70%, or as the system may require, which can be determined by the type of industry and the process demand ... 

Table 27.6 Diversity factors for central plant (continuous heating...

Space of building served by plant Diversity factor... 

Fibrosis resulting in the loss of normal organ structures is the hallmark of chronic rejection. The fibrosis may be due to wound healing, which is then followed by the cellular necrosis of acute rejection. However, it must be pointed out that chronic rejection develops many times in the absence of acute rejection. Fibrosis may be a result of several diverse factors such as equation of chronic rejection with chronic delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction, injury to blood vessels and resulting response to chronic ischemia, the proliferation of smooth muscle cells in the intima of arterial walls producing vascular occlusion, or persistent viral infections that will induce cellular immune response. 

Figure 4.8 A spectrum of structurally diverse factor Xa inhibitors with potencies in the nanomolar range.

The lipid-aqueous partition coefficient of a drug molecule affects its absorption by passive diffusion. In general, octanol/pH 7.4 buffer partition coefficients in the 1-2 pH range are sufficient for absorption across lipoidal membranes. However, the absence of a strict relationship between the partition coefficient of a molecule and its ability to be absorbed is due to the complex nature of the absorption process. Absorption across membranes can be affected by several diverse factors that may include the ionic and/or polar characteristics of the drug and/or membrane as well as the site and capacity of carrier-mediated absorption or efflux systems. 

Any mechanism proposed to control lipid composition must take account of enzyme system activity monitoring by such diverse factors as temperature, pressure, pH, ionic strength, variations in content of cis-double bonds and trans/gauche ratio, and the presence of sterol skeletons. A phase transition can provide a direct conformation related switch, with the ability to control all these factors [34]. 

Since immunoassays are primarily analytical techniques, in addition to studies for a better understanding of the nature of antibody-antigen interaction, there are continuous efforts to improve immunoassay performance (e.g., sensitivity, selectivity, precision and accuracy) in terms of robustness and reliability when analysing complex samples. The present chapter attempts to summarize the most commonly used immunoassay concepts, as well as the main approaches employed for the improvement of immunoassay sensitivity, selectivity and precision. The discussion is focussed aroimd the main thermodynamic and kinetic principles governing the antibody-antigen interaction, and the effect of diverse factors, such as assay design, concentration of reactants, incubation time, temperature and sample matrix, is reviewed in relation to these principles. Finally, particular aspects on inummoassay standardization are discussed as well as the main benefits and limitations on screening vs. quantification of analytes in real samples. 

Demand factor is the ratio of maximum demand on a system to the total rated capacity of the connected load. It is related to the diversity factor much as load factor is related to capacity factor. In the illustration just given, if the three motors are each of 125 hp. rated capacity, the demand factor is 180 -r 375 = 0.48. This is a most important factor in considering a power installation. 

The following table contains several values for the void fraction and the diversion factor. 

Table 2.13 Void fraction sp and diversion factor gp of some dry materials...

Material Density q kg/m3 Void fraction p Diversion factor gp... 

Metcalf listed attempts to relate synergism to such diverse factors as stabilisation of droplet siiie, reduction [sic] of rate of knockdown, stimulation of flight activity, prevention of deterioration of the toxicant, increased penetration into the insect or formation of molecular complexes between synergist and insecticide. He added that recent investigations have made il very clear that virtually all examples of pronounced synergism arc related to interference by the synergist of the iji viYo metabolic detoxification of the insecticide . 

The data in Table 6.4 have been developed from many years of practical experience. It provides information on the suitable types of coupling agents differentiated by the organic portion of the molecule. In polymers which are not reactive, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, etc., adhesion is built up by hydrogen bond formation. Methaciylosilanes provide this effect with these materials. Experimental work is always recommended to evaluate each combination of coupling agent, substrate, and polymer. So many diverse factors are involved that theoretical predictions are not always reliable. 

The operation of a chemical reactor is affected by a multitude of diverse factors. In order to select, design, and operate a chemical reactor, it is necessary to identify the phenomena involved, to understand how they affect the reactor operation, and to express these effects mathematically. This section provides a brief review of the phenomena encountered in chemical reactor operations as weU as the fundamental and engineering concepts that are used to describe them. Figure 1.4 shows schematically how various fundamental and engineering concepts are combined in formulating the reactor design equations. 

Jets of a boiling-up liquid may originate in an emergency in various thermal-power and chemical machines. The consequences of an accident with local depressurization of a high-pressure pipeline (vessel) are affected by diverse factors, for instance, the flow rate of a heat-transfer agent, the jet form and its dynamic reaction to the construction elements. 

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