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An especially intriguing pair of products obtained from marine organisms in recent years are Vent and Deep Vent DNA polymerase. These products are used in DNA research studies. Their special feature is that they are at least 10 times as efficient as other similar products in polymerase chain reactions because they can tolerate temperatures just below the boiling point of water, a characteristic that comparable research tools lack. Vent and Deep Vent DNA polymerases are obtained from the bacterium Thermococcus litoralis, which is found around deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. 

Checking for contaminated 0-ring counter bores, pitting and damaged plates, dirty tooling and vent channels, sloppy pin or bushing holes in moulds. 

Methacrylic acid polymer is iasoluble ia the monomer, which may result ia the plugging of transfer lines and vent systems. Polymers of the lower alkyl esters are often soluble ia the parent monomer and may be detected by an iacrease ia solution viscosity. Alternatively, dilution with a nonsolvent for the polymer such as methanol results ia the formation of haze and can be used as a diagnostic tool for determining presence of polymer. 

The injection mold need not be made of noncatalytic metals any high grade tool steel may be used because the plastic cools in the mold and undergoes Httle decomposition. However, the mold requires good venting to allow the passage of small amounts of acid gas as well as air. Vents tend to become clogged by corrosion and must be cleaned periodically. 

Reactive System Screening Tool (RSST) The RSST is a calorimeter that quickly and safely determines reactive chemical hazards. It approaches the ease of use of the DSC with the accuracy of the VSP. The apparatus measures sample temperature and pressure within a sample containment vessel. Tne RSST determines the potential for runaway reactions and measures the rate of temperature and pressure rise (for gassy reactions) to allow determinations of the energy and gas release rates. This information can be combined with simplified methods to assess reac tor safety system relief vent reqiiire-ments. It is especially useful when there is a need to screen a large number of different chemicals and processes. 

Klein, H. H., Analyses of DIERS Venting Tests Validation of a Tool for Sizing Emergency Relief Systems for Runatvay Chemical Reactions," Plant/Operations Progress, 5 (1), 1-10, January 1986. 

Several commercial calorimeters are available to characterize runaway reactions. These include the accelerating rate calorimeter (ARC), the reactive system screening tool (RSST), the automatic pressure-tracking adiabatic calorimeter (APTAC), and the vent sizing package (VSP). Each calorimeter has a different sample size, container design, data acquisition hardware, and data sensitivity. 

ARC = Accelerating Rate Calorimeter (Columbia Scientific Instrument Corp.) DSC = Differential Scanning Calorimeter DTA = Differential Thermal Analysis RC1 = Reactor Calorimeter (Mettler-Toledo Inc.) RSST = Reactive System Screening Tool (Fauske and Associates) VSP = Vent Size Package (Fauske and Associates) ... 

The Reactive System Screening Tool (RSST) was described in Section 33.2.7. This apparatus is a relatively recent development. Therefore, only limited literature data are available regarding the application of results from this equipment for direct scale-up of reactor systems. The Vent Size Package (VSP) is discussed further in Section 3.3.2.6. 

White, S. T. Heat Vent. 45 (Sept. 1948) 59. Inaudible sound a new tool for air cleaning. 

Two of the more popular multicalculation software packages are FPETOOL (Nelson, 1990) and FASTLite (Portier, 1996). These two software packages contain more than a dozen fire protection calculation tools. They each also include a compartment fire model. The calculation tools are useful for obtaining first order approximations to fire-related aspects. The routines include vent flows, radiant heating of objects, sprinkler actuation, timed egress, and plume dimensions. Most of the tools are computerized versions of hand calculations and are useful in that capacity. 

Tool to close vials 2, arm of the manipulator 3, rod to push vials 4, ball cock 5, exit channel 6, exit container for vials 7, venting valve 8, vacuum valve 9, vacuum pump. 

There are other types of adiabatic calorimeters available on the market [14, 15], such as the VSP (Vent Sizing Package) [16], PHITEC [6], and RSST (Reactive System Screening Tool). These instruments are essentially designed for vent sizing requirements [17-20] and present a lower thermal inertia than the ARC. 

The simpler and most reliable approach to the use of the DIERS methodology is the use of FAUSKY s reactive system screening tool (RSST). It is an experimental autoclave which simulates actual situations that may arise in industrial systems. The RSST runs as a differential scanning calorimeter that may operate as a vent-sizing unit where data can readily be obtained and can be applied to full-scale process conditions. The unit is computerized and records plots of pressure vs. temperature, temperature vs. time, pressure vs. time, and the rates of temperature rise and pressure rise vs. the inverse of temperature. From these data it determines the potential for runaway reactions and measures the rates of temperature and pressure increases to allow reliable determinations of the energy and gas release rates. This information can be combined with simplified analytical tools to assess reactor vent size requirements. The cost of setting up a unit of this kind is close to 15,000. 

Even without heating it is likely that in the course of each pass there will be some release of volatile material—like water vapour, plasticizer, extender, or processing aids (anti-static agent or lubricant). There must be opportunity for such substances to be vented and carried away the die or tool must be capable of resisting attack by volatiles (suitably plated if they are corrosive), and designed to prevent an accumulation of released materials. Special hardened... 

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