SQUIRREL method

The following are common methods to start a squirrel cage motor, depending upon the limitation, if any, on the magnitude of switching current, / . 

The above methods provide speed variation in steps, as in squirrel cage motors or in two machines or more, as in frequency converters, and cannot be u.sed for a process line, which requires frequent precise speed controls. Until a few years ago there was no other option with all such applications and they had to be fitted with d.c. motors only. D.C. motors possess the remarkable ability of precise speed control through their separate armature and field controls. In d.c. motors the speed... 

Another group has evaluated self-organizing maps [63] and shape/ pharmacophore models [64]. They developed a new method termed SQUIRREL to compare molecules in terms of both shape and pharmacophore points. Thus from a commercial library of 199,272 compounds, 1926 were selected based on self-organizing maps trained on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a (PPARa) "activity islands." The compounds were further evaluated with SQUIRREL and 7 out of 21 molecules selected were found to be active in PPARa. Furthermore, a new virtual screening technique (PhAST) was developed based on representation of molecules as text strings that describe their pharmacophores [65]. 

Because a regression analysis of lethality data for squirrel monkeys and dogs showed an approximately linear response (n = 0.97 and 0.99, respectively, see Appendix B), the lethality threshold estimate (27.3 ppm) was linearly scaled (C1 xt=k) t° the AEGL time periods using the methods often Berge et al. (1986) (Appendix A). 

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Lavoie B, Parent A (1994b) Pedunculopontine nucleus in the squirrel monkey projections to the basal ganglia as revealed by anterograde tract-tracing methods. J Comp Neurol J44 2I0-231. 

Parent A, Smith Y (1987) Organization of efferent projections of the subthalamic nucleus in the squirrel monkey as revealed by retrograde labeling methods. Brain Res 4.(6 296-310. 

AC methods include standard squirrel-cage induction motors, wound rotor induction motors, synchronous motors and commutator motors. Speed variation is obtained by the control of applied voltage to the stator or the control of current and voltage in the rotor by external circuit connections. 

Before thyristors and power transistors were introduced for AC to DC and AC to DC to AC converter systems, there were a number of special designs of AC motors that gave better performance than standard squirrel-cage motors. These motors required connections to the rotor windings. They had better speed control, superior torque versus speed characteristics and some methods were energy efficient. However, they were more complicated and hence more expensive. 

In this group there are three alternative possibilities that are practical. The first possibility uses an intermediate device between the sinusoidal supply and the motor to vary the magnitude of the voltage applied to the motor. Secondly, simple switching methods are available when two or three discrete speeds are required. These are usually obtained by special stator winding arrangements for squirrel-cage induction motors. 

The behavioural effect of self-administered cocaine in squirrel monkeys was investigated by studying the responding that was maintained alternately by cocaine and by the administration of an electric shock. The effects of norcocaine and its derivatives on the schedule-controlled behaviour of pigeous and squirrel monkeys were investigated. Cocaine plasma concentration vs. subjective response-time data were obtained and analysed by pharmacokinetic methods. The results corresponded to expectations. Ipratropium bromide (36) [wrong structural formula (37) is shown in the text °] proved to be a new bronchodilator. 

Type e equipment, also known as increased safety equipment, employs a protection method to electrical apparatus that does not, in normal operation, produce sparks. Examples are transformers and squirrel cage motors. Type e equipment may be used in Zone 1 areas. 

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Synchronous Motor Starting. This method is used for power-factor correction of heavy concentrations of induction motors. It is also used for constant-speed, slow-speed industrial drive applications and for maximum efficiency on continuous heavy loads in excess of 75 hp (55 kW). Three-phase ac power is connected to the stator and dc to the rotor (which has both a field and a squirrel-cage winding). 

One method of controlling the speed of ac motors is with a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) variable-frequency drive (VFD). In the simplest terms, the VFD converts ac line voltage into variable voltage and frequency, which is then used to control the speed of ac squirrel-cage motors. As a controller, start/stop, hand-off-auto, and various other control schemes may be applied. 

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