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The particles build up Iqr layers because it has been found that all monosized particles can be removed from suspension by rotating at a specific speed. Thus, one runs the instrument at a series of rotational speeds, measuring the weight of the build-up layers in between each run. The overall analysis is run at specified rpm s which correspond to selected particle diameters, resulting in data sufficient to characterize the particle distribution. 

Fig. 3 Dependence of the linewidth of the spectrum of alanine on rotation speed, measured at 600 MHz. The sample was cooled to compensate for rotation-induced heating...

Taber abrasion Taber abrasion is an abrasion resistance test that is widely used on plastic materials. It uses a Taber abrasion wheel with a specified abrasive, pressure, and rotational speed. Measurements are made to determine the weight loss of a sample during the test. ASTM D1044 specifies the use of the equipment. 

Cup anemometers have shaped cups mounted on the spokes of a wheel. The cups, under the action of the fluid forces, spin in a horizontal plane about a vertical shaft mounted in bearings. Vane or propeller types use a multibladed rotor, the axis of which is parallel to the flow direction as the rotating member. Both designs are commonly used for wind speed measurement or similar appHcations such as the velocity in ventilation ducts. Because of inertia, anemometers are most accurate under steady conditions. Velocity fluctuations cause readings that are too high. 

Controlled Stress Viscometer. Most rotational viscometers operate by controlling the rotational speed and, therefore, the shear rate. The shear stress varies uncontrollably as the viscosity changes. Often, before the stmcture is determined by viscosity measurement, it is destroyed by the shearing action. Yield behavior is difficult to measure. In addition, many flow processes, such as flow under gravity, settling, and film leveling, are stress-driven rather than rate-driven. 

The Nametre Rotary B rotational viscometer measures torque in terms of the current needed to drive the d-c motor at a given speed while a material is under test. The standard sensors are coaxial cylinders or Brookfield disk-type spindles, but a cone—plate system is also available. The viscosity range for the coaxial cylinder sensors is 5 to 5 x 1(T mPa-s, and the maximum shear rate is 200. ... 

A turbine flowmeter consists of a straight flow tube containing a turbine which is free to rotate on a shaft supported by one or more bearings and located on the centerline of the tube. Means are provided for magnetic detection of the rotational speed, which is proportional to the volumetric flow rate. Its use is generally restric ted to clean, noncorrosive fluids. Additional information on construction, operation, range, and accuracy can be obtained from Holzbock (Instruments for Measurement and Control, 2d ed., Reinhold, New York, 1962, pp. 155-162). For performance characteristics of these meters with liquids, see Shafer,y. Basic Eng., 84,471-485 (December 1962) or May, Chem. Eng., 78(5), 105-108 (1971) and for the effect of density and Reynolds number when used in gas flowmetering, see Lee and Evans, y. Basic Eng., 82, 1043-1057 (December 1965). 

Figure 6-45 shows a simple eompressor system with surge proteetion. The eharaeteristie eurve of this eompressor at a eonstant rotation speed and eonstant inlet eonditions is illustrated in Figure 6-46. The two measured variables in Figure 6-47 are the eoordinates for the eompressor eurve in Figure 6-45 and are defined as ...

Step 1 Calculate actual expander power before breaker opening. To determine the required power from the expander after the breaker opening, it is neeessary to know the aetual power developed by the expander before breaker opening based on readily available and reliable measurements on the expander. Typieally these are Pj, Tj, Pj, Tj, and N. The PRT speed ean be ignored beeause it is nearly eonstant before and after the breaker trip and the expander performanee eurve is typieally a weak funetion of rotational speed. 

Models for description of liquids should provide us with an understanding of the dynamic behavior of the molecules, and thus of the routes of chemical reactions in the liquids. While it is often relatively easy to describe the molecular structure and dynamics of the gaseous or the solid state, this is not true for the liquid state. Molecules in liquids can perform vibrations, rotations, and translations. A successful model often used for the description of molecular rotational processes in liquids is the rotational diffusion model, in which it is assumed that the molecules rotate by small angular steps about the molecular rotation axes. One quantity to describe the rotational speed of molecules is the reorientational correlation time T, which is a measure for the average time elapsed when a molecule has rotated through an angle of the order of 1 radian, or approximately 60°. It is indirectly proportional to the velocity of rotational motion. 

Unless a measure while drilling instrument is used, there is no way to ascertain whether the turbine motor is operating efficiently since rotation speed and/or torque cannot be measured using normal surface data (i.e., standpipe pressure, weight on bit, etc.). 

Overall, the RDE provides an efficient and reproducible mass transport and hence the analytical measurement can be made with high sensitivity and precision. Such well-defined behavior greatly simplifies the interpretation of the measurement. The convective nature of the electrode results also in very short response tunes. The detection limits can be lowered via periodic changes in the rotation speed and isolation of small mass transport-dependent currents from simultaneously flowing surface-controlled background currents. Sinusoidal or square-wave modulations of the rotation speed are particularly attractive for this task. The rotation-speed dependence of the limiting current (equation 4-5) can also be used for calculating the diffusion coefficient or the surface area. Further details on the RDE can be found in Adam s book (17). 

Stationary microwave electrochemical measurements can be performed like stationary photoelectrochemical measurements simultaneously with the dynamic plot of photocurrents as a function of the voltage. The reflected photoinduced microwave power is recorded. A simultaneous plot of both photocurrents and microwave conductivity makes sense because the technique allows, as we will see, the determination of interfacial rate constants, flatband potential measurements, and the determination of a variety of interfacial and solid-state parameters. The accuracy increases when the photocurrent and the microwave conductivity are simultaneously determined for the same system. As in ordinary photoelectrochemistry, many parameters (light intensity, concentration of redox systems, temperature, the rotation speed of an electrode, or the pretreatment of an electrode) may be changed to obtain additional information. 

Subsequently, the problem was investigated by Karpov and Severin [6]. They used closed vessels with a diameter of 10cm and 10, 5, and 2.5cm width, initially at atmospheric pressure. The vessels were filled with different lean hydrogen and methane/air mixtures and rotational speeds in the range of 130-4201/s were employed. They also included data from the study of Babkin et al. [3] in their analysis. Unfortunately, they did not observe the flame itself and measured only the pressure rise in the vessel, which was compared with pressure development in the vessel without rotahon, to draw a conclusion with respect to flame speeds and quenching. 

The measurement of liquid side gas - liquid mass transfer coefficient kia, showed that the value of kia increase with increasing rotation speed (V) and gas flow rate (Qg). hi the present research, the effect of impeller rotation on mass transfer coefficient was more significant than the effect of gas flow rate. The following correlation was obtained kia =1.7 x 10 ... 

Analysis of data obtained from the RDC usually involves plotting the reciprocal of the measured flux, against and extrapolating to infinite rotation speed... 

The CLM method is a new technique, developed by Nagatani and Watarai [61]. This method produces a stable, ultrathin two-phase liquid membrane by the centrifugal force due to the rotation of a cylindrical cell, using the arrangement shown in Fig. 11. The inner diameter and inner height of the cylindrical cell were 19 and 29 mm, respectively. The rotation speed was controlled in the range 6000-7500 rpm. The summation of the absorption spectra of both interfacial and bulk organic phase species was measured in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis with a diode array spectrophotometer. 

Inertia reduces the measured normal forces and it only depends on the diameter of the system and the rotational speed for a given solution. In the case of a polymer solution with real but small normal forces (dilute or lower molar masses), even negative Nrvalues are simulated by this effect [85]. 

Fig. 4.5.11 Measured TOF and phase encoding velocity profiles from the lower, vertical center line and corresponding fits using Eq. (4.5.8). Outer cylinder rotation speed is ...

As an illustration, let us take a look at a bioreactor (Fig. 1.1). To find out if the bioreactor is operating properly, we monitor variables such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, liquid level, feed flow rate, and the rotation speed of the impeller. In some operations, we may also measure the biomass and the concentration of a specific chemical component in the liquid or the composition of the gas effluent. In addition, we may need to monitor the foam head and make sure it does not become too high. 

The basic theory of mass transfer to a RHSE is similar to that of a RDE. In laminar flow, the limiting current densities on both electrodes are proportional to the square-root of rotational speed they differ only in the numerical values of a proportional constant in the mass transfer equations. Thus, the methods of application of a RHSE for electrochemical studies are identical to those of the RDE. The basic procedure involves a potential sweep measurement to determine a series of current density vs. electrode potential curves at various rotational speeds. The portion of the curves in the limiting current regime where the current is independent of the potential, may be used to determine the diffusivity or concentration of a diffusing ion in the electrolyte. The current-potential curves below the limiting current potentials are used for evaluating kinetic information of the electrode reaction. 

M at 25°C [114]. Equation (51) or (52) enables the diffusivity of a solute to be measured. For example, from the slope of the line in Fig. 17 under sink conditions, D is calculated to be 6.1 X 10-6 cm2/sec for 2-naphthoic acid. At low rotational speeds, the dissolved solute may not be uniformly distributed throughout the volume of the dissolution medium, and/or natural convection may become significant. The former effect may complicate the analytical procedure, while the latter effect will cause positive deviations of J values from Eqs. (51) and (52). At high rotational speeds, turbulence may disturb the flow pattern in Fig. 16, causing other deviations [101,104],... 

The flow rate can be altered either by changing the diameter of tubes or by changing the rotation speed of the roller, provided that all other parameters are kept constant. Modern pumps can be controlled by microcomputer and different flow rates can be established during one analytical measurement. The pump is usually located before the injection port but sometimes it can be placed after the detection cell to reduce the effect of pulsation. 

Note that a must be in radians and fl in radians per second. If the rotational speed is measured as N revolutions per minute (rpm), then the required conversion is... 

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