Expanded flow construction

The calculation for the minimum size of opening to secure reliable flow and avoid both mechanical and cohesive arching is strongly influenced by whether the material slips on the approach walls. Without wall slip the outlet needs to be approximately twice as large to ensure flow. An expanded flow form of hopper construction, as shown in Fig. 3.9, secures... 

For different regions in the flow field in front of an expanding piston, separate solutions in the form of asymptotic expansions may be developed. An overall solution can be constructed by matching these separate solutions. This mathematical technique was employed by several authors including Guirao et al. (1976), Gorev and Bystrov (1985), Deshaies and Clavin (1979), Cambray and Deshaies (1978), and Cambray et al. (1979). 

The application of NMR to the study of chemical reactions has been expanded to a wide range of experimental conditions, including high pressure and temperatures. In 1993, Funahashi et al. [16] reported the construction of a high pressure 3H NMR probe for stopped-flow measurements at pressures <200 MPa. In the last decade, commercial flow NMR instrumentation and probes have been developed. Currently there are commercially available NMR probes for pressures of 0.1-35 MPa and temperatures of 270-350 K (Bruker) and 0.1-3.0 MPa and 270-400 K (Varian). As reported recently, such probes can be used to perform quantitative studies of complicated reacting multicomponent mixtures [17]. 

Three-dimensional electrode — This term is used for electrodes in which the electrode-solution interface is expanded in a three-dimensional way, i.e., the - electrode possesses a significantly increased surface area due to nonplanarity, so that it can be housed in a smaller volume. This can be achieved by constructing corrugated electrodes, reticulated electrodes, -> packed bed electrodes (see also - column electrodes), -> carbon felt electrodes, or fluidized bed electrodes. Three-dimensional electrodes are important for achieving high conversion rates in electrochemical reactions. Therefore they are especially important in technical electrochemistry, wastewater cleaning, and flow-through analytical techniques, e.g., - coulometry in flow systems. However, the - IR-drop within three-dimensional electrodes is an inherent problem. 

Process and equipment developments continue to make supercritical carbon dioxide cleaning a more competitive option and to expand the applications for this process. These developments are primarily aimed at reducing the requirements for continuous carbon dioxide flow, producing effective cleaning at lower temperatures and pressures, and the construction of equipment with less expensive materials. These objectives are being reached primarily because of improved understanding of the effectiveness of carbon dioxide as a solvent and the required performance of the equipment. It appears that the dual-cycle (two step) process will continue to receive primary attention as the most effective supercritical carbon dioxide alternative to conventional cleaning methods. 

The basic types of centrifugals are illustrated in Figure 7.9. A volute is a gradually expanding passage in which velocity is partially converted to pressure head at the outlet. The diffuser vanes of Figures 7.9(b) and 7.10(d) direct the flow smoothly to the periphery. The volute design is less expensive, more amenable to use with impellers of different sizes in the same case, and, as a consequence, by far the most popular construction. Diffuser con-... 

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