Mass flow analysis

I. Friberg R. and Blasiak W., Part I - A Mass Flow Analysis of Packed-Bed Combustion Systems in the Context of the Three-step Model - A New System Theory , accepted for publication in the journal Archivum Combustionis... 

Paper I - Mass flow analysis of PBC systems in the context of the three-step model... 

Dynamic headspace GC/MS. The distillation of volatile and semivolatile compounds into a continuously flowing stream of carrier gas and into a device for trapping sample components. Contents of the trap are then introduced onto a gas chromatographic column. This is followed by mass spectrometric analysis of compounds eluting from the gas chromatograph. 

Compressibility. The bulk density of a soHd is an essential value used in the analysis of its flow properties, such as when calculating mass flow hopper angles, opening sizes, bin loads, etc. Loose and/or packed density values ate not sufficient. Bulk soHds exhibit a range of densities that vary as a function of consoHdating pressure. This range of densities, called the compressibiHty of the soHd, can often be expressed on a log—log plot as a line or relationship. 

Often there are situations in which mass-flow bins cannot be installed for reasons such as space limitations and capacity requirements. Also, sometimes the product to be stored has an FF flow function that lies below the flow factorj, bridging takes place, and unassisted mass flow is not possible. To handle these situations, a number of flow assisters are available, the most desirable of which use a feeder and a short mass-flow hopper to enlarge the flow channel of a funnel-flow bin. The choice of feeder or flow assister should always be made as part of the storage-vessel analysis. The resulting systems are then usually as effective as the mass-flow types. 

The conserved quantities that are of utmost importance to a chemical engineer are mass, energy, and momentum. It is the objective of this text to teach you how to utilize the conservation of mass in the analysis of units and processes that involve mass flow and transfer and chemical reaction. For each conserved quantity the principle is the same—conserved quantities are... 

Thus there are three modifications to the a/s efficiency analysis, involving (i) the specific heats ( and n ), (ii) the fuel-air ratio / and the increased turbine mass flow (I +/), and (iii) the pressure loss term S. The second of these is small for most gas turbines which have large air-fuel ratios and / is of the order of l/IOO. The third, which can be significant, can also be allowed for a modification of the a/s turbine efficiency, as given in Hawthorne and Davis [I]. (However, this is not very convenient as the isentropic efficiency tjt then varies with r and jc, leading to substantial modifications of the Hawthome-Davis chart.)... 

In many cases, problems cannot be overcome by biological means. This is especially true for those related to inhibition by substrate or product. There may, however, be technical solutions to these problems. Nowadays, complicated feed strategies with different substrates can be achieved through the use of flow injection analysis, on-line sensors, mass flow meters and sophisticated computer control. Such control coupled to a fed-batch mode of operation (Figure 2.5) can often eleviate problems caused by substrate inhibition. For some processes, continuous product removal can avoid the problems associated with product inhibition the various options include ... 

The schematic diagram of the experimental setup is shown in Fig. 2 and the experimental conditions are shown in Table 2. Each gas was controlled its flow rate by a mass flow controller and supplied to the module at a pressure sli tly higher than the atmospheric pressure. Absorbent solution was suppUed to the module by a circulation pump. A small amount of absorbent solution, which did not permeate the membrane, overflowed and then it was introduced to the upper part of the permeate side. Permeation and returning liquid fell down to the reservoir and it was recycled to the feed side. The dry gas through condenser was discharged from the vacuum pump, and its flow rate was measured by a digital soap-film flow meter. The gas composition was determined by a gas chromatograph (Yanaco, GC-2800, column Porapak Q for CO2 and (N2+O2) analysis, and molecular sieve 5A for N2 and O2 analysis). The performance of the module was calculated by the same procedure reported in our previous paper [1]. 

Figure4.72 Mass spectrometric analysis of product formation of dimethoxylation of methyl 2-furoate for various flow rates.

P 23] Aqueous NaOH solutions of 0.1, 1.0 and 2.0 M were used, fed by pumps to the micro devices [5]. Carbon dioxide was supplied as a mixture with nitrogen, the flow rate being set by a mass-flow controller, liqmd samples were taken and subjected to carbonate analysis (see original citation in [5]). 

Day-to-day variations in flow rate, check valve efficiency, or mixing solenoid performance (in binary, ternary, or quaternary pumping systems) can also contribute to retenbon shifts. Therefore, compound identification should be performed only by spiking with a known standard or by direct identification with, for example, mass spectral analysis. 

In chromatography-FTIR applications, in most instances, IR spectroscopy alone cannot provide unequivocal mixture-component identification. For this reason, chromatography-FTIR results are often combined with retention indices or mass-spectral analysis to improve structure assignments. In GC-FTIR instrumentation the capillary column terminates directly at the light-pipe entrance, and the flow is returned to the GC oven to allow in-line detection by FID or MS. Recently, a multihyphenated system consisting of a GC, combined with a cryostatic interfaced FT1R spectrometer and FID detector, and a mass spectrometer, has been described [197]. Obviously, GC-FTIR-MS is a versatile complex mixture analysis technique that can provide unequivocal and unambiguous compound identification [198,199]. Actually, on-line GC-IR, with... 

The use of IR pulse technique was reported for the first time around the year 2000 in order to study a catalytic reaction by transient mode [126-131], A little amount of reactant can be quickly added on the continuous flow using an injection loop and then introduce a transient perturbation to the system. Figure 4.10 illustrates the experimental system used for transient pulse reaction. It generally consists in (1) the gas flow system with mass flow controllers, (2) the six-ports valve with the injection loop, (3) the in situ IR reactor cell with self-supporting catalyst wafer, (4) the analysis section with a FTIR spectrometer for recording spectra of adsorbed species and (5) a quadruple MS for the gas analysis of reactants and products. 

Tukker A, Kleijn R, van Oers L, Smeets E (1996) A PVC substance flow analysis for Sweden. Part II mass flows and emissions by PVC chain section. TNO report STB/96/48-II, TNO, Apeldoom, The Netherlands... 

Catalytic tests were conducted in a pulse microreactor coupled to a quadrupole mass spectrometer. Samples were dried in situ in flowing helium at 773 K for four hours and, thereafter, sequential propane pulses were injected at 703 K with mass-spectrometric analysis of the products.The main text can start here. 

Heat and Mass Balance Analysis of the Process Flow Sheet..141... 

Heat/mass balance analysis of the process flow sheet... 

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