Quality mathematical representation

The basis for the elaboration of this dynamist chemistry was provided by the sensible qualities of chemical substances. The explanation supposed that matter was animated by forces — magnetic, electric, chemical — with opposite polarities responsible for the phenomenal quahties of the matter. This treatment of qualities was inspired by Kant s notion of intensive quantity that he proposed in his Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science from 1786. In contrast to form and motion, intensive quantities are not amenable to mathematical representation, but can nevertheless be handled quantitatively as non-additive quantities. The science of stoichiometry developed by Jeremias Richter (1762—1807) (one of Kant s students) illustrates this approach nicely. Wanting to introduce a mathematical approach to experimental chemistry, Richter quantified the properties of being acidic or basic by placing them on a scale, thereby allowing him to determine the proportions of the reactants involved in the formation of salts, leading to his proposal of the law of neutralization. 

This approach, taken to its logical conclusion, makes it possible to achieve two main goals first, to optimize the process so as to provide the maximum possible throughput at minimum cost, and, second, to ensure the required quality level of the final products. Development of a deterministic mathematical model of a process requires an adequate representation of its main constituent stages. This always involves an internal contradiction on the one hand, it is desirable to describe all... 

We are not going to deal with all these examples of application of percolation theory to catalysis in this paper. Although the physics of these problems are different the basic numerical and mathematical techniques are very similar. For the deactivation problem discussed here, for example, one starts with a three-dimensional network representation of the catalyst porous structure. Systematic procedures of how to map any disordered porous medium onto an equivalent random network of pore bodies and throats have been developed and detailed accounts can be found in a number of publications ( 8). For the purposes of this discussion it suffices to say that the success of the mapping techniques strongly depends on the availability of quality structural data, such as mercury porosimetry, BET and direct microscopic observations. Of equal importance, however, is the correct interpretation of this data. It serves no purpose to perform careful mercury porosimetry and BET experiments and then use the wrong model (like the bundle of pores) for data analysis and interpretation. 

The RSM-based procedure consists of selection of proper design of experiments (DOE), development of an appropriate mathematical model of response surface with the best fittings of the experimental data and graphical representation of interaction effects of process parameters. The RSM has been applied for developing the mathematical models in the form of multiple regression equations. For the development of regression equations related to various quality characteristics of any process, the second order response surface has been assumed as (Montgomery, 2003) ... 

The developed way of defining the states has made it possible to take into account the identified, significant functional, reliability and safety qualities. The formulated model based on graph of states and transitions has been mathematically described with the use of the system of 44 linear differential equations, assuming the independence of intensities of transitions between the states. With the use of the mathematical model the probabilities of occurrence of the above-defined states are calculated. The verification of the model shows a good representation of reality. This has been proven by the Chi squared test at the statistical significance a = 0.05. 

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Relatively little work has been published on the mathematical models describing the temperature and concentration profiles in incinerators. Perhaps the most successful approach to date has been that of Essenhigh and coworkers [99, 100], who through suggesting rather simplified models were able to provide an adequate representation of their pilot-scale measurements as illustrated in Fig. 8.33. A somewhat more basic approach was taken by Flanagan [101] and by Szekely [102] but at this time it is questionable whether the quality of the physical information available on these systems would warrant the sophistication and computational labor involved. 

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