Water vapour control

Water vapour control. The equilibrium relative humidity of packaged foods varies over a wide range. In the packaging of produce there are problems in retaining any specific relative humidity, so considerable research has been devoted to solving such problems (Robertson, 1991). 

In this derivation, the diffusion coefficient which is used is really a parameter, since it is not certain which gas diffusion rate is controlling, that of hydrogen into a pore, or that of water vapour out of die pore. The latter seems to be the most probable, but the path of diffusion will be vety tormous drrough each pore and drerefore the length of the diffusion path is ill-defined. 

Laminated tapes In more general use now than pressure sensitive tapes are tapes consisting of polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene films in conjunction with butyl rubber. These tapes are applied with an adhesive butyl rubber primer. Thicknesses of up to 0-75 mm are in use and loose protective outer wraps of p.v.c. or polyethylene sheet are commonly applied. Tape quality control is exercised with reference to ASTM standard test methods and may include water vapour transmission rate and elongation. 

Fig. 13. Plot of variations of activation energy ( /kJ mole"1) with water vapour pressure (PHjO/Torr) for dehydration of calcium sulphate. Data from Ball et al. [281,590, 591] who discuss the significance of these kinetic parameters. Dehydrations of CaS04 2 H2O, nucleation ( ), boundary (o) and diffusion (e) control Q-CaSC>4 5 H2O, diffusion control, below (X) and above (+) 415 K j3-CaS04 5 H20, diffusion control ( ).

This deceleratory reaction obeyed the parabolic law [eqn. (10)] attributed to diffusion control in one dimension, normal to the main crystal face. E and A values (92—145 kJ mole-1 and 109—10,s s-1, respectively) for reaction at 490—520 K varied significantly with prevailing water vapour pressure and a plot of rate coefficient against PH2o (most unusually) showed a double minimum. These workers [1269] also studied the decomposition of Pb2Cl2C03 at 565—615 K, which also obeyed the parabolic law at 565 K in nitrogen but at higher temperatures obeyed the Jander equation [eqn. (14)]. Values of E and A systematically increased... 

Kodama and Brydon [631] identify the dehydroxylation of microcrystalline mica as a diffusion-controlled reaction. It is suggested that the large difference between the value of E (222 kJ mole-1) and the enthalpy of reaction (43 kJ mole-1) could arise from the production of an amorphous transition layer during reaction (though none was detected) or an energy barrier to the interaction of hydroxyl groups. Water vapour reduced the rate of water release from montmorillonite and from illite and... 

Although uncontrolled reaction of xenon hexafluoride and moisture produces explosive xenon trioxide, controlled action by progressive addition of limited amounts of water vapour with agitation to a frozen solution of the hexafluoride in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride at —196° C to give xenon oxide tetrafluoride or xenon dioxide difluoride is safe [1], Controlled hydrolysis in solution in hydrogen fluoride is, however, described as hazardous [2],... 

The concentrates were subsequently analysed for arsenic using Varian-Techtron AAS atomic absorption spectrophotometer fitted with a Perkin-Elmer HGA 72 carbon furnace, linked to a zinc reductor column for the generation of arsine (Fig. 5.3). A continuous stream of argon was allowed to flow with the column connected into the inert gas line between the HGA 72 control unit and the inlet to the furnace. Calcium sulfate (10-20 mesh) was used as an adsorbent to prevent water vapour entering the carbon furnace. The carbon tube was of 10 mm id and had a single centrally located inlet hole. 

Willemer, H. Water vapour pressure, its influence on the freeze-drying process and its control. 40th Annnual Congress of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology, Abstracts 1-67, Medpharm GmbH, Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart, Marz 1994... 

Complex pyrolysis chemistry takes place in the conversion system of any conventional solid-fuel combustion system. The pyrolytic properties of biomass are controlled by the chemical composition of its major components, namely cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Pyrolysis of these biopolymers proceeds through a series of complex, concurrent and consecutive reactions and provides a variety of products which can be divided into char, volatile (non-condensible) organic compounds (VOC), condensible organic compounds (tar), and permanent gases (water vapour, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide). The pyrolysis products should finally be completely oxidised in the combustion system (Figure 14). Emission problems arise as a consequence of bad control over the combustion system. 

The oxygen isotope ratio of ice cores is mostly controlled by a different influence, however the temperature of the clouds from which the snow fell. When water vapour condenses to water or ice, isotope sifting occurs just as it does during evaporation - but in reverse the lighter isotope stays behind. The last precipitation to leave a cloud - the snow that falls over the poles - is therefore enriched in O. The amount of enrichment turns out to depend on how cold it is over the ice sheet. So ice-core isotope records show us how atmospheric temperatures have changed over time. 

Off-gas from the coke burner ( -Gas) contains nitrogen, sulphur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapour and other trace contaminants. The -Gas is directed to the CO Boiler for incineration where sulphur compounds are converted to SO2. The Boiler flue gas is passed through electrostatic precipitators for particulate control and then emission to atmosphere. The CO Boiler also serves as the Sulphur Plant tail gas incinerator. Maximum sulphur emissions are 146 tonnes/day or 10.6% of sulphur contained in bitumen feed to the cokers. 

The influence of hydrothermal treatment on the concentration of Bransted sites, which are directly related to tetrahedrally framework aluminum, has been studied by FTIR spectroscopy in dependence on the Al content. A previously calcined and dehydrated H,A1-MCM-41, containing only ca. 20% of the initial Bransted acid sites, was in situ treated with water vapour at 80°C in the IR cell. After subsequent removal of loosely bound water by evacuation, which was controlled by the disappearance of the deformation mode of water at 1640 cm 1, ammonia was loaded to determine the change of the Bransted acidity. Based on the intensity of the BS band at 1450 cm 1, a distinct increase of the Bransted site content is found (Fig. 2). In comparison with the ammonium exchanged MCM-41, the amount of Bransted sites rises to 53% of the initial value observed with the ammonium exchanged MCM-41. 

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