Energy requirement for

The energy required for homolytic bond cleavage is called the bond dissociation energy (BDE) A list of some bond dissociation energies is given m Table 4 3... 

Xps requires a source that can provide a single x-ray line reasonably narrow in energy. The absolute energy requirement for this x-ray line is that it must be energetic enough to generate photoelectrons from core levels of a majority of the elements with reasonable resolution. Of the many possible x-ray sources, those which best meet this requirement are the A1 x-ray line at 1486.6 eV and the Mg x-ray line at 1253.6 eV. These lines have... 

Oxygen is used in these microbiolreactions to degrade substrates, in this case organic wastes, to produce energy required for ceU synthesis and for respiration. A minimum residual of 0.5 to 2.0 mg/L DO is usually maintained in the reactors to prevent oxygen depletion in the treatment systems. 

This reaction has a positive free energy of 422.2 kj (100.9 kcal) at 25°C and hence energy has to be suppHed in the form of d-c electricity to drive the reaction in a net forward direction. The amount of electrical energy required for the reaction depends on electrolytic cell parameters such as current density, voltage, anode and cathode material, and the cell design. 

Faraday s law states that 96,487 coulombs (1 C = 1 A-s) are required to produce one gram equivalent weight of the electrochemical reaction product. This relationship determines the minimum energy requirement for chlorine and caustic production in terms of kiloampere hours per ton of CI2 or NaOH... 

Recombination reactions are highly exothermic and are inefficient at low pressures because the molecule, as initially formed, contains all of the vibrational energy required for redissociation. Addition of an inert gas increases chemiluminescence by removing excess vibrational energy by coUision (192,193). Thus in the nitrogen afterglow chemiluminescence efficiency increases proportionally with nitrogen pressure at low pressures up to about 33 Pa (0.25 torr) (194). However, inert gas also quenches the excited product and above about 66 Pa (0.5 torr) the two effects offset each other, so that chemiluminescence intensity becomes independent of pressure (192,195). 

Ferromanganese is produced iu blast fiimaces and electric smelting fiimaces. Economics usually determine which smelting process is chosen for ferromanganese. Both methods require about the same amount of coke for reduction to metal, but iu the case of the blast fiimace, the thermal energy required for the smelting process is suppHed by the combustion of additional coke, which iu most countries is a more expensive form of energy than electricity. 

The theoretical energy requirement for an electrochemical process is given by... 

Another concentration method involves passing an inert gas such as N2 or CO2 through the reaction medium (12). As the gas passes through, it becomes humidified and carries captured water with it. Most of the energy required for the gas humidification comes from the heat of reaction. An advantage is that expensive drying equipment is not needed. Also, the sulfuric acid mist formed in typical concentrators is minimized. Du Pont uses a similar process in its nitrobenzene production faciUty. 

Table 6. Energy Required for Ammonia Production based on Feedstock Process, GJ/t...

As only a small proportion of the material is in contact with the roUs and friction on the rollers is low, hard materials can be processed with tittle wear. The high pressure action creates a slab of ultrafine particles which usually requires a low speed impact milting system to disagglomerate. Used in closed circuit with such a disagglomerator and an air classifier, such machines can reduce the energy requirement for fine grinding many minerals. 

The theoretical energy requirement for the burning of Portiand cement clinker can be calculated from the heat requirements and energy recovery from the various stages of the process. Knowledge of the specific heats of the various phases, and the heats of decomposition, transformation, and reaction then permits calculation of the net theoretical energy requirement of 1760 kj (420 kcal) for 1 kg of clinker from 1.55 kg of dry CaCO and kaolin (see Clays) (8). 

Coal was the primary kiln fuel in 1989 as seen in Table 10. Energy from coal rose from 39 to 84% of the total energy required for cement production between 1972 and 1989. In the same time period, natural gas dropped to 9%, petroleum products to 1% of the total energy consumed. Waste fuels represented 5% of the energy consumed in 1989 cement production. 

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