Water heating efficiency standards

Efficient models of water heaters have thicker insulation, up to three inches thick, on some of the most efficient electric water heaters. Another means to increase efficiency is installing heat traps, or anti—convection devices, on the inlet and outlet pipes. Standard heat traps consist of short pipe nipple containing a small plastic ball. On the inlet side the ball is lighter than water and floats up to seal the inlet pipe. On the outlet side the ball is heavier than water and sinks against the seal. This prevents the heated... 

After mixing the sample, buffer, and internal standard, the mixture should be heated at 95 to 100°C for 10 to 12 min to complex proteins with SDS. For new proteins, it is advisable to prepare several vials of the same solution and heat them for various lengths of time in order to check for heat degradation artifacts. It is our experience that heating in a water bath is necessary use of a contact heating block is not always effective and may result in reduced separation efficiency. 

If a multiple-effect evaporator system produces 10 pounds of fresh water per pound of saturated steam at 35 p.s.i.a. (t = 259° F.) and t0 = 70° F., the work equivalent per 1000 gallons of fresh water is 60 kw.-hr. and the energy efficiency using the differential process with 50% recovery as the standard, is 6.9%. This calculation assumes that the available heat is simply the latent heat of condensation at the constant temperature of 259° F. 

HPLC is commonly used to separate and quantify carotenoids using C18 and, more efficiently, on C30 stationary phases, which led to superior separations and improved peak shape.32 4046 An isocratic reversed-phase HPLC method for routine analysis of carotenoids was developed using the mobile phase composed of either methanol acetonitrile methylene chloride water (50 30 15 5 v/v/v/v)82 or methanol acetonitrile tetrahydrofuran (75 20 5 v/v/v).45 This method was achieved within 30 minutes, whereas gradient methods for the separation of carotenoids can be more than 60 minutes. Normal-phase HPLC has also been used for carotenoid analyses using P-cyclobond46 and silica stationary phases.94 The reversed-phase methods employing C18 and C30 stationary phases achieved better separation of individual isomers. The di-isomers of lycopene, lutein, and P-carotene are often identified by comparing their spectral characteristic Q ratios and/or the relative retention times of the individual isomers obtained from iodine/heat-isomerized lycopene solutions.16 34 46 70 74 101 However, these methods alone cannot be used for the identification of numerous carotenoids isomers that co-elute (e.g., 13-ds lycopene and 15-cis lycopene). In the case of compounds whose standards are not available, additional techniques such as MS and NMR are required for complete structural elucidation and validation. 

The standard formation enthalpy for water is equal to 286 kj/mole H2 relative to the formation of liquid water and corresponding to (HHV) of H2. The theoretical voltage for pure water decomposition is 1.23 V. However, the majority of conventional electrolysis devices need at least 2.0 V when economically reasonable current densities are maintained. This value translates into a water electrolysis Faraday s efficiency of about 74%. If a thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency of 45% is assumed, the total equivalent heat requirement corresponds to a heat input of 859 kj/mole H2. 

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