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A Study of In-plant Electric Power Generation in the Chemical, Petroleum Refining and Paper and Pulp Industries," Thermo Electron Corporation Report No. TE5429-97-76. 

Specifications for distribution fu.se disconnecting switches, fuse supports and current limiting fuses Industrial laminated thermo setting products... 

Radiant heat transfer had historically been the biggest heat transfer mechanism for windows. Low-e materials were developed and have historically been used to control for heat transfer. An example of the popularity of using metals to reflect heat to control for radiant heat transfer is the thermos bottle. Applying that new technology to windows, and getting materials that normally would affect transparency of the product to remain visually neutral, was a huge advance to the industry. 

Volumetric equations of state (EoS) are employed for the calculation offluid phase equilibrium and thermo-physical properties required in the design of processes involving non-ideal fluid mixtures in the oil, gas and chemical industries. Mathematically, a volumetric EoS expresses the relationship among pressure, volume, temperature, and composition for a fluid mixture. The next equation gives the Peng-Robinson equation of state, which is perhaps the most widely used EoS in industrial practice (Peng and Robinson, 1976). 

In the bulk form, vanadium oxides display different oxidation states and V—O coordination spheres and exhibit a broad variety of electronic, magnetic, and structural properties [96, 97], which make these materials attractive for many industrial applications. Prominent examples range from the area of catalysis, where V-oxides are used as components of important industrial catalysts for oxidation reactions [98] and environment pollution control [99], to optoelectronics, for the construction of light-induced electrical switching devices [100] and smart thermo-chromic windows. In view of the importance of vanadium oxides in different technological applications, the fabrication of this material in nanostructured form is a particularly attractive goal. 

Warga, J., 1963, A convergent procedure for solving the thermo-chemical equilibrium problem. Journal Society Industrial and Applied Mathematicians 11, 594-606. 

Although, originally, three treatment classes were defined for ThermoWood products, the industry has now decided upon two standard treatment classes, called Thermo-S and Thermo-D, although the material can be produced using higher or lower temperatures for special uses (Table 8.2). 

Venture Industries is patenting Sandwiform glass-reinforced polypropylene structural sandwich material. Panels with decorative skins are formed in a one-step, thermo-compression process for trunk elements. 

The explosives used for military purposes are different from those used in industry. Not only thermo mechanical power for destruction, but also various other characteristics are required. Experimental tests, such as slow cook-off fast cook-off, bullet impact, and sympathetic explosion tests, must be passed to meet the requirements for insensitive munitions (IM). The aerodynamic heating of warheads on flight projectiles is also an important factor in designing warheads. 

Accidents of the Explosives Industries , Swiss Explosives Works, Ltd, 5605 Dottikon, Switzerland 44a) R.A. Strehlow W.E. Baker, The Characterization and Evaluation of Accidental Explosions , Prog Energy Combust Sci, Vol 2, 27—60 (1976) 45) R.N. Rogers, Thermo-... 

Several new methods and instruments based on infrared spectroscopy are being developed for food applications. Advances in spectroscopic instruments and data analysis have enabled the rapid and nondestructive analysis of cheese parameters in just a few seconds (e.g., Nicolet Antaris FT-NIR by Thermo Electron Corp.). Another recent development is the miniaturization of FTIR instrumentation, which would enable onsite analysis, while the cheese is being produced. The TruDefender FT handheld FTIR by Ahura Scientific, Inc. (Fig. 5.7) is a portable handheld spectrometer that could be applied to food analysis. With numerous developments in FTIR spectroscopy and several potential food analysis applications still unexplored, there is great research potential in this technique that could benefit the industry and research institutions. 

Segmented polyimide-polydimethylsiloxane copolymers have been successfully synthesized both in laboratory and industrial quantities to produce multiphase siloxane-modified polyimides. The siloxane detracts somewhat from the otherwise excellent thermo oxidative stability of the polyimide, but it does produce a number of important properties. These include multiphase behavior, improved adhesion to many substrates, improvements in fire resistance and enhanced gas and liquid separation membranes, where one wishes not only to maximize the contribution of the siloxane to permeability, but also to utilize the imide to re-... 

Regenass, W. (1985), Calorimetric monitoring of industrial chemical processes, Thermo-chim. Acta, 95, 351-369. 

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