Testing steady state

A steady-state test similar to that described above can be applied to the three-body process thus the value of kz required to explain Green s experimental data would be given by ... 

Koido, Furusawa, and Moriyama [206] used a technique based on the steady-state test method for reservoir rock, sandstone, and other porous media. In this method, a DL is sandwiched between similar DLs on the inlet and outlet sides. The material on the inlet is used to guarantee homogeneous distribution of liquid water in the planar direction, while the material at the outlet minimizes the flow in the outlet. Liquid water is introduced first and then a constant flow rate of air is injected. Once it is at steady state, the pressure difference between the inlet and outlet is measured. The sample is then weighed and the permeability is calculated in a way similar to that of Nguyen and colleagues [205]. 

An important requirement of kinetic studies for automotive aftertreatment devices is the capability of performing dynamic reactive experiments. Steady-state tests provide useful information for identification of reaction pathway and stoichiometry, but cannot capture the real operating behavior of catalytic converters for vehicles, which is transient in nature. Indeed, this is so not only because of the continuously changing conditions (temperature, composition, flow rate) of the engine exhausts as extensively addressed in the following sections, the principles of NSRC and SCR applications largely rely on the storage/reaction/release dynamics of NOx and of NH3, respectively. 

Use these tests carefully Often it is best to perform these tests as a first approximation of a sample before performing steady-state tests (see Basic Protocol 2). 

FIGURE 2.11 Rheometric steady-state test dependence of slurry viscosity rj on shear rate. The test was conducted for seven slurry samples with only subtle differences in slurry compositions and/or manufacturing processes. 

A gas containing a higher heating value of 8.57 MJ m"3 (230 Btu/ scf) was produced. During this test, some auxiliary heat was furnished by the outer furnace to maintain the operating temperature. It is estimated that a steady-state test without auxiliary heat would produce a gas with a higher heating value of 6.33 MJ m 3 (170 Btu/scf). Emissions of H2S were below the limit of detectability (40 ppm). 

Fig. 6.18 Acquisition versus time of stack voltage, current, and temperature during a steady-state test at 1.2 kW (/ = 1.9)...

Fig. 6.20 Correlation diagram between stack power and temperature after 1 h steady-state tests...

These standards are required to be met over the full life of the vehicle or engine, rather than over half the life as is the case with cars. Also, EPA based the standard on the new "transient" test referenced above rather than on the old "steady-state" test because the transient test is much more representative of the manner in which trucks are driven in cities. 

Fig. 3 looks very different from a plot of conversion versus A/F obtained during steady-state tests or cycled-A/F tests. First, note that NO conversion is high at lean A/F s, whereas steady-state and cycled-A/F tests would show low conversion. Transient chemical processes, such as reaction of NO with reduced "oxygen storage" components in the catalyst, serve to maintain high NO conversions during transient lean A/F excursions. 

Time dependency also enters into the consideration of the rheological response of any viscoelastic system. In the steady-state testing of such materials as molten polymers, the selected time scale should be sufficiently long for the system to reach equilibrium. Frequently, the required period, t > 10" sec, is comparable to that in thixotropic experiments. More direct distinctions between these two types of flow are the usual lack of elastic effects and larger strain values at equilibrium observed for the thixotropic materials (see Table 7.4). There is a correlation between these two phenomena, and theories of viscoelasticity based on thixotropic models have been formulated by Leonov [1972, 1994]. Inherent to the concept of thixotropy is the yield stress. 

Several accelerated long-term tests for assessing the stress-cracking resistance (ESC) to be less time consuming than conventional creep tests were developed such as the full notch creep test (FNCT) as one of the most important methods using notched specimens (an overview about accelerated methods is given in Chapter 4.7, Stress Cracking Resistance )- Moreover a couple of methods for components or semi-finished products (such as plastic pipes) are available where the full-scale pipe test and small-scale steady state test (S4 Test) are the most used ones. 

The test facility needs to be established to test the heat transfer performance and heat transport limitations. Both transient and steady-state tests should be conducted for a micro heat pipe. For low-temperamre heat pipes, however, the steady-state test is of most concerned. A typical experimental system for low-temperature heat pipes similar to the one shown in Fig. 3 would normally be used. The test facility shown in Fig. 3 consists of the heat pipe, a heat power supply and measuring unit, a cooling unit, and a data acquisition unit for the temperature measurements. The operating temperature of a heat pipe can be controlled by a cooling block connected to a cooling bath, where the temperature of the coolant is maintained at a constant temperature based on the designed operating temperature. The heat source is directly connected to the evaporator. 

ISO 13477 1997 Thermoplastics pipes for the conveyance of fluids - Determination of resistance to rapid crack propagation (RCP) - Small-scale steady-state test (S4 test). 

However, in actual test measurements, at what point, if any, can it be said that all the feed passes through the membrane That is to say, does not holdup occur on the upstream pressure side For in any kind of short-term or transient test (say, in what might be called a batch or semi-continuous laboratory or bench-scale test), does a reject phase not exist at any point At any point in time, is there no situation in which the feed that has not yet passed through the membrane constitute a reject phase Only for a long-term, steady-state test—with no reject sidestream—can it truly be said that all the feed passes through the membrane. This sort of long-term test, properly speaking, then provides the true measure of membrane permeability for the components within a mixture. Whether or... 

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