Program Tests

P. J. Wiens and co-workers, "California s Alcohol Fleet Test Program Final Results" 6th Int. Symp. on Alcohols Euels Technology (Ottawa, Canada, May... 

Mobile Source Division, AlcoholEueled Vehicle Elect Test Program 9th Interim Report, Pub. ARB /MS-89-09, California Air Resources Board, El Monte, Calif., Nov. 1989. 

Site characterization studies include a surface-based testing program, potential environmental impact, and societal aspects of the repository. Performance assessment considers both the engineered barriers and the geologic environment. Among features being studied are the normal water flow, some release of carbon-14, and abnormal events such as volcanic activity and human intmsion. The expected date for operation of the repository is 2013. 

The Vinyl Industry s Dioxin Testing Program Background and Status Keport, The Viayl Institute, Morristown, N.J., Dec. 1995 1995Annual Keport, The Geon Co., Avon Lake, Ohio, 1996. 

Most users require extensive composite qualification testing programs to assure acceptable end use product properties. The magnitude of the qualification depends entirely on the end use requirements and may range from extensive testing of laminates and final parts made from several production lots of fiber, to a single lot laminate evaluation or test coupon verification of properties. 

U. Mahagaokar and co-workers, "Shell s SCGP-1 Test Program— Fiual Overall Results," Tenth Nnnual EPRJ Conference on Gasification Power Plants, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 1991. 

In the mid-1970s, a test program to eradicate the boU weevil, carried out on an 8100-ha (81-km ) region of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, to plans for beltwide eradication of this devastating pest (8). The pest could be eliminated from the United States by the year 2015. 

Preliminary Estimates of Repeatability. Initial estimates of repeatabihty should be obtained before embarking on any significant test program. Such information may be available from previous testing if it is not, vaUd preliminary mns should be conducted at different times under supposedly identical conditions. If these mns result in large variabiUty in performance, the important variables that affect the results have not been identified, and further research may be needed before the proposed experiment can commence. 

T. G. PuUin, Integrated Mutagenicity Testing Program on SeperalEpoyj Compounds, The Dow Chemical Company, 1977. 

All the foregoing test programs involve distillation of well-defined mixtures under total reflux conditions. The primary value of the results is in the comparative data, but it should be emphasized that the design of each device was not necessarily optimized for the test conditions. 

It is difficult to plan a filtration leaf test program until one test has been run. In the case of a bottom-feed test, the first run is normally started with the intention of using a 30-s cake formation time. However, if the filtrate rate is very high, it is usually wise to terminate the run at the end of 15 s. Should the filtrate rate be very low, the initial form period should be extended to at least 1 min. If cake washing is to... 

In any leaf test program there is always a question as to what vacuum level should be used. With very porous materials, a vacuum in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 bar (3 to 9 in Hg) should be used, and, except for thermal-drying apphcations using hot air, the vacuum level should be adjusted to give an air rate in the range of 450 to 900 mVm h (30 to 40 cfm/ft measured at the vacuum. 

Vacuum pump capacity is conventionally based on the total cycle and expressed as mVh-m" (cfi7i/ft ) of filter area measured at pump inlet conditions. Thus, the gas volumes per unit area passing during each dry period in the cycle are totaled and divided by the cycle time to arrive at the design air rate. Since air rate measurements in the test program are based on pressure drop across the cake and filter medium only, allowance must be made For additional expansion due to pressure drop within the filter and auxiliary piping system in arriving at vacuum pump inlet conditions. 

Assistance in problem definition and in developing a test program should be sought from persons experienced in the field. If your organization has a consultant in separations of this land, by all means m e use of the expertise available. If not, it may be wise to employ an outside consultant, whose special knowledge and guidance can save time, money, and headaches. It is important to do this early after the separation equipment has been installed, there is httle a consultant can do to remedy the sometimes disastrous effects of a poor selection. Often it is best to work with established equipment manufacturers throughout the selection process, unless the problem is unusually sensitive or confidential. Their experience with problems similar to yours may be most helpful and avoid many false starts. 

Once the initial choice of promising separator types is made, representative hquid-solid samples should be obtained for preliminaiy tests. At this point, a detailed test program should be developed, preferably with the advice of a specialist. 

The approaches to analytical procedures uncertainty prognosis are developed. The correctness of these approaches is confirmed in 3rd and 4th rounds of pharmaceutical laboratories inter-laboratory testing ( Phamia-Test program of State Inspection for Quality Control of Medicines, Ministry of Health of Ukraine). 

The assessor should also find out whether an effective testing program is in place to help ensure the serviceability of process measurement equipment. The successful toller should have an established calibration program to address the accuracy of critical measurement equipment. Safety critical process parameters should be monitored and critical process equipment should automatically interlock when monitoring instrumentation detects safety critical deviations. Interlocks should either facilitate a remedy to the critical deviation or bring the process to the zero energy state. These instruments and interlocking devices should be routinely tested to ensure operational reliability. 

The assessor should find out that a testing program is in place, which ensures the serviceability of the existing measurement equipment. They should have an established calibration program, which addresses the accuracy of all measurement equipment. 

VFO works well in gas turbines. In a nine-month test program, the combustion properties of VFO were studied in a combustion test module. A gas turbine was also operated on VFO. The tests were conducted to study the combustion characteristics of VFO, the erosive and corrosive effects of VFO, and the operation of a gas turbine on VFO. The combustion tests were conducted on a combustion test module built from a GE Frame 5 combustion can and liner. The gas turbine tests were conducted on a Ford model 707 industrial gas turbine. Both the combustion module and gas turbine were used in the erosion and corrosion evaluation. The combustion tests showed the VFO to match natural gas in flame patterns, temperature profile, and flame color. The operation of the gas turbine revealed that the gas turbine not only operated well on VFO, but its performance was improved. The turbine inlet temperature was lower at a given output with VFO than with either natural gas or diesel fuel. This phenomenon is due to the increase in exhaust mass flow provided by the addition of steam in the diesel for the vaporization process. Following the tests, a thorough inspection was made of materials in the combustion module and on the gas turbine, which came into contact with the vaporized fuel or with the combustion gas. The inspection revealed no harmful effects on any of the components due to the use of VFO. 

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