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Binder, Thomas, Christian Chmelik, Jörg Kärger, and Douglas M. Ruthven. "Mass-transfer of binary mixtures in DDR single crystals." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-182920.
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Binder, Thomas, Christian Chmelik, Jörg Kärger, and Douglas M. Ruthven. "Mass-transfer of binary mixtures in DDR single crystals." Diffusion fundamentals 20 (2013) 44, S. 1-2, 2013. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A13614.
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Inzoli, Isabella, Jean Marc Simon, and Signe Kjelstrup. "Surface resistance to heat and mass transfer in a silicalite membrane." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-193396.
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Heinke, Lars, and Jörg Kärger. "Mass transfer in one-dimensional nanoporous crystals with different surface permeabilities." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-192770.
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The use of optical techniques, such as interference microscopy and IR micro-imaging, has enabled the direct observation of transient concentration profiles. In a one-dimensional crystal, surface permeabilities on opposing crystal faces are usually equal, so that mass transfer occurs symmetrically and the fluxes through both crystal faces are identical. If the surface permeabilities on opposing crystal
faces are different from each other, mass transfer is not symmetrical anymore. We are going to show that the fraction of molecular
uptake (or release) through a given host face is inversely proportional to the time constant of uptake/release via this crystal face. This finding permits a straightforward estimate of the influence of asymmetry on overall uptake.
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Li, Yi. "Heat and mass transfer for the diffusion driven desalination process." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013737.
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Remi, Julien Cousin Saint, Alexander Lauerer, Gino Baron, Christian Chmelik, Joeri Denayer, and Jörg Kärger. "The effect of crystal diversity of nanoporous materials on mass transfer studies." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-198073.
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Heinke, Lars. "Significance of concentration-dependent intracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall mass transfer." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-194507.
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The intracrystalline concentration profiles evolving during molecular uptake and release by nanoporous materials as accessible by interference microscopy contain a lot of hidden information. For concentration-independent transport parameter, the influence of surface resistances to overall mass transfer can be calculated by correlating the actual surface concentration with the overall uptake. By using a numerical solution of Fick’s 2nd law and considering a large variety of concentration dependencies of the transport diffusivity and the surface permeability, we show that the factor by which the transport process is retarded by the surface resistance
may reasonably well be estimated by the type of correlation between the actual boundary concentration and the total uptake at a given time. In this way, a novel technique of uptake analysis which may analytically be shown to hold for constant diffusivities and surface permeabilities, is shown to be quite generally applicable.
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Heinke, Lars, and Jörg Kärger. "Mass transfer in one-dimensional nanoporous crystals with different surface permeabilities." Diffusion fundamentals 9 (2008) 2, S. 1-6, 2008. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14139.
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The use of optical techniques, such as interference microscopy and IR micro-imaging, has enabled the direct observation of transient concentration profiles. In a one-dimensional crystal, surface permeabilities on opposing crystal faces are usually equal, so that mass transfer occurs symmetrically and the fluxes through both crystal faces are identical. If the surface permeabilities on opposing crystal
faces are different from each other, mass transfer is not symmetrical anymore. We are going to show that the fraction of molecular
uptake (or release) through a given host face is inversely proportional to the time constant of uptake/release via this crystal face. This finding permits a straightforward estimate of the influence of asymmetry on overall uptake.
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Chihara, Kazuyuki, Takashi Matsumoto, and Kazunori Hijikata. "Azeotropic adsorption of organic solvent vapor mixture on high silica zeolite, mass transfer dynamics: Azeotropic adsorption of organic solvent vapor mixture on high silicazeolite, mass transfer dynamics." Diffusion fundamentals 3 (2005) 15, S. 1-2, 2005. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14303.
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Chihara, Kazuyuki, Takashi Matsumoto, and Kazunori Hijikata. "Azeotropic adsorption of organic solvent vapor mixture on high silica zeolite, mass transfer dynamics." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-194773.
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Remi, Julien Cousin Saint, Alexander Lauerer, Gino Baron, Christian Chmelik, Joeri Denayer, and Jörg Kärger. "The effect of crystal diversity of nanoporous materials on mass transfer studies." Diffusion fundamentals 24 (2015) 10, S. 1, 2015. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14524.
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Hasan, Nazmul. "Adequacy of surface diffusion models to simulate nonequilibrium mass transfer in soils." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2008/n_hasan_063008.pdf.
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Heinke, Lars. "Significance of concentration-dependent intracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall mass transfer." Diffusion fundamentals 4 (2007) 12, S. 1-11, 2007. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14285.
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The intracrystalline concentration profiles evolving during molecular uptake and release by nanoporous materials as accessible by interference microscopy contain a lot of hidden information. For concentration-independent transport parameter, the influence of surface resistances to overall mass transfer can be calculated by correlating the actual surface concentration with the overall uptake. By using a numerical solution of Fick’s 2nd law and considering a large variety of concentration dependencies of the transport diffusivity and the surface permeability, we show that the factor by which the transport process is retarded by the surface resistance
may reasonably well be estimated by the type of correlation between the actual boundary concentration and the total uptake at a given time. In this way, a novel technique of uptake analysis which may analytically be shown to hold for constant diffusivities and surface permeabilities, is shown to be quite generally applicable.
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Krishnamurthy, Nagendra. "A Study of Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Sorbent Particles." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64412.
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This dissertation presents a detailed account of the study undertaken on the subject of heat and mass transfer phenomena in porous media. The current work specifically targets the general reaction-diffusion systems arising in separation processes using porous sorbent particles. These particles are comprised of pore channels spanning length scales over almost three orders of magnitude while involving a variety of physical processes such as mass diffusion, heat transfer and surface adsorption-desorption. A novel methodology is proposed in this work that combines models that account for the multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena involved. Pore-resolving DNS calculations using an immersed boundary method (IBM) framework are used to simulate the macro-scale physics while the phenomena at smaller scales are modeled using a sub-pore modeling technique.
The IBM scheme developed as part of this work is applicable to complex geometries on curvilinear grids, while also being very efficient, consuming less than 1% of the total simulation time per time-step. A new method of implementing the conjugate heat transfer (CHT) boundary condition is proposed which is a direct extension of the method used for other boundary conditions and does not involve any complex interpolations like previous CHT implementations using IBM. Detailed code verification and validation studies are carried out to demonstrate the accuracy of the developed method.
The developed IBM scheme is used in conjunction with a stochastic reconstruction procedure based on simulated annealing. The developed framework is tested in a two-dimensional channel with two types of porous sections - one created using a random assembly of square blocks and another using the stochastic reconstruction procedure. Numerous simulations are performed to demonstrate the capability of the developed framework. The computed pressure drops across the porous section are compared with predictions from the Darcy-Forchheimer equation for media composed of different structure sizes. The developed methodology is also applied to CO2 diffusion studies in porous spherical particles of varying porosities.
For the pore channels that are unresolved by the IBM framework, a sub-pore modeling methodology developed as part of this work which solves a one-dimensional unsteady diffusion equation in a hierarchy of scales represented by a fractal-type geometry. The model includes surface adsorption-desorption, and heat generation and absorption. It is established that the current framework is useful and necessary for reaction-diffusion problems in which the adsorption time scales are very small (diffusion-limited) or comparable to the diffusion time scales. Lastly, parametric studies are conducted for a set of diffusion-limited problems to showcase the powerful capability of the developed methodology.Ph. D.
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Knight, Jessica. "Heat and mass transfer within the diffusion driven desalination process with heated air." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0017882.
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Courthial, Lucile, Arnaud Baudot, Elsa Jolimaitre, Melaz Tayakout, and Christian Jallut. "Moments method applied to the In-Situ characterisation of normal butane mass transfer in MFI zeolite membranes." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-196464.
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Courthial, Lucile, Arnaud Baudot, Elsa Jolimaitre, Melaz Tayakout, and Christian Jallut. "Moments method applied to the In-Situ characterisation of normal butane mass transfer in MFI zeolite membranes: Moments method applied to the In-Situ characterisation of normalbutane mass transfer in MFI zeolite membranes." Diffusion fundamentals 2 (2005) 88, S. 1-2, 2005. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A13373.
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Heinke, Lars. "Mass transfer in nanoporous materials a detailed analysis of transient concentration profiles." Berlin mbv, 2009. http://d-nb.info/993934749/04.
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Van, der Westhuizen Francois Erasmus. "Vapour phase mass transfer coefficients in structured packing." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1966.
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Al-Naji, Majd, Michael Goepel, Anca Roibu, and Roger Gläser. "Reduction of p-Nitrophenol to p-Aminophenol over supported monometallic catalysts as a model reaction for mass-transfer investigations." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-197993.
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Inzoli, Isabella, Jean Marc Simon, and Signe Kjelstrup. "Surface resistance to heat and mass transfer in a silicalite membrane: a non-equilibrium molecular dynamics study." Diffusion fundamentals 6 (2007) 22, S. 1-2, 2007. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14196.
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Gamero, Rafael. "Mass transfer during isothermal drying of a porous solid containing multicomponent liquid mixtures." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-1748.
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Mass transfer in a porous solid, partially saturated with asingle solvent and multicomponent liquid mixtures, has beenexperimentally and theoretically studied. A porous materialcontaining single liquids and mixtures of organic solvents wasisothermally dried. Experiments were performed using a jacketedwind tunnel, through which a humidity andtemperature-controlled air stream flowed. The wetted porousmaterial was placed in a cylindrical vessel, whose top isexposed to the air stream until the material became dried to acertain extent. Drying experiments with the single solventswater, methanol, ethanol and 2-propanol, were performed atdifferent temperatures and transient liquid content profileswere determined. In isothermal drying experiments with liquidmixtures,the transient concentration profiles of thecomponents along the cylindrical sample as well as the totalliquid content were determined. The liquid mixtures examinedwere water-methanolethanol and isopropanol-methanol-ethanol.Two different temperatures and initial compositions were usedin the experiments. Mathematical models that describe nonsteadystate isothermal drying of a solid containing single liquidsand multicomponent liquid mixtures were developed. In the solidwetted with a single liquid, capillary movement of the liquidwas the main mechanism responsible for mass transfer. In thesolid containing liquid mixtures, interactive diffusion inliquid phase was superimposed to the capillary movement of theliquid mixture. In addition, interactive diffusion of thevapours in empty pores was considered. The parameters todescribe the retention properties of the solid and thecapillary movement of the liquid were determined by comparingtheoretical and experimental liquid content profiles obtainedduring drying of the solid wetted with single liquids. Tosimulate the transport of the liquid mixtures these parameterswhere weighed according to liquid composition. A fairly goodagreement between theoretical and experimental liquidcomposition profiles was obtained if axial dispersion isincluded in the model when the moisture consists of amixture.
Keywords:Internal mass transfer, capillary flow,multicomponent, diffusion, solvent mixtures
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Miller, Jacob. "Modelling the Effect of Catalysis on Membrane Contactor Mass Transfer Coefficients for Carbon Dioxide Absorption Systems." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627662756315225.
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Ghiu, Silvana Melania Stefania. "Mass Transfer of Ionic Species in Direct and Reverse Osmosis Processes." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000176.
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López, de Ramos Aura Luisa. "Capillary enhanced diffusion of CO2 in porous media /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1993. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9400131.
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Benmansour, Jaouad. "Contribution a l'etude des mecanismes de transferts radiatif, thermique et massique dans un systeme plan multiphases semi-transparent." Poitiers, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988POIT2281.
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Etude des transferts de chaleur et de masse couples dans un film ruisselant et son domaine environnant. Resolution de l'equation locale de conservation de la luminance monochromatique pour le rayonnement couple aux autres equations locales de transfert d'enthalpie et de matiere
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Heinke, Lars, Pavel Kortunov, Despina Tzoulaki, and Jörg Kärger. "The options of interference microscopy to explore the significance of intracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall mass transfer on nanoporous materials." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-194002.
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McFarland, Elizabeth Gramling. "A new method for determining diffusion and convection mass transfer coefficients in the dyeing of textile materials." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12416.
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Yamaguchi, Tetsuji. "STUDY ON CONTRIBUTION OF SURFACE DIFFUSION ON MASS TRANSFER OF ACTINIDES AND FISSION PRODUCTS IN GRANITE." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/150729.
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Nechaev, Yury S. "Anomalies of the diffusion mass-transfer during 2D-decomposition of superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+X /Y 2 BaCuO 5 composites." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-196070.
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Nechaev, Yury S. "Anomalies of the diffusion mass-transfer during 2D-decomposition of superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+X /Y 2 BaCuO 5 composites: Anomalies of the diffusion mass-transfer during 2D-decompositionof superconducting YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6+X /Y 2 BaCuO 5 composites." Diffusion fundamentals 2 (2005) 54, S. 1-2, 2005. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14387.
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Dardour, Houda. "Étude des machines frigorifiques à absorption et à absorption-diffusion utilisant un mélange d'alcanes : étude systémique et modélisation rigoureuse de l'absorbeur." Thesis, Pau, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PAUU3013/document.
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Le présent travail est consacré en premier lieu à l'investigation des limites de fonctionnement et de performances des machines frigorifiques à absorption et absorption-diffusion utilisant des mélanges d'alcanes comme fluides de travail et l'analyse en second lieu du processus d'absorption le long d'un absorbeur à film tombant en présence d'un gaz inerte. Dans le cas d'un refroidissement à l’eau les meilleures performances réalisées sont celles d'une machine utilisant le binaire C₃H₈/n-C₉H₂₀ avec un COP de l'ordre de 0.51 dans l'intervalle de la température de la chaleur motrice [110-125℃]. Une machine à absorption-diffusion utilisant ce même mélange en combinaison avec l’hydrogène permet de réaliser un COP de l'ordre de 0.44 pour une température de la chaleur motrice ne dépassant pas 120℃. Une étude approfondie est par suite menée sur l’absorption en présence d’un gaz inerte. Les résultats des l’étude ont montré entre autres que les deux résistances aux transferts de chaleur et de matière sont toutes les deux prédominantes en phase vapeur et ont révélé un taux d'absorption de l'ordre de 34% à travers une surface d'échange de 0.15m². Pour évaluer la réponse du système aux variations de ses principaux paramètres caractéristiques une étude paramétrique a été menée. Cette étude a permis d'appréhender le comportement complexe du processus d'absorption en présence d'un gaz inerteThis work is aimed primarily to investigate the feasibility limits and the performance of absorption and absorption-diffusion cooling machines using light alkane mixture as working pairs and secondarily to analyze the absorption process along a falling film absorber in the presence of an inert gas. It is shown that in the case of water cooling the best performances are those of an absorption machine using the C₃H₈/n-C₉H₂₀ binary mixture with a COP of about 0.51 in the heat driving temperature range 110-125℃. A COP of about 0.44 is attained with an absorption-diffusion cooling machine using the same mixture in combination with hydrogen with a heat driving temperature of 120℃. A detailed study of the absorption process with the C₃H₈/n-C₉H₂₀ pair and hydrogen as inert gas is conducted. The study results show that the heat and the mass transfer resistances are both prevalent in the vapor phase. An absorption rate of about 34% through an exchange surface of 0.15m² is calculated. A parametric study is carried out to evaluate the system response to the changes of its main characteristic parameters. This study allows a better understanding of the complex behavior of the absorption process in the presence of an inert gas
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Chabi, Fatiha. "Etude numérique et expérimentale du transfert de masse, par advection et diffusion en écoulement pulsé, sur des stents actifs." Thesis, Paris, ENSAM, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ENAM0051/document.
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La perturbation des écoulements au voisinage de la paroi artérielle équipée d'un stent joue un rôle prépondérant dans l'apparition et le développement des complications liées aux maladies cardiovasculaires (sténose, resténose, thrombose...). La topologie de l'écoulement dans ces régions est très complexe. En effet, au voisinage du stent, des zones de recirculation se forment en amont et aval de chaque branche et les contraintes pariétales y sont très faibles. Des études in vivo et in vitro ont mis en évidence le rôle de ces caractéristiques de l'écoulement intra-stent sur les maladies cardiovasculaires. Pour cela, la bonne estimation des contraintes pariétales et la compréhension du comportement de l'écoulement intra-stent et son rôle dans le transfert du principe actif devraient permettre d'optimiser les traitements (design de la prothèse, principe actif...). L'approche numérique est une voie très utile pour étudier ces phénomènes. Cependant, la bonne précision du calcul dépend du choix du modèle d'écoulement, des conditions aux limites, de la géométrie du stent et de l'artère pour réaliser une simulation pertinente.Nous étudions ici dans un premier temps l'effet du choix du modèle hémodynamique sur les caractéristiques de l'écoulement intra-stent. Trois modèles numériques décrivant l'écoulement coronaire ont été utilisés. Ces modèles sont : un modèle stationnaire "MP", le modèle pulsé simplifié "MPS" et le modèle pulsé complet "MPC" basé sur l'analyse de Womersley. Nous avons ainsi montré l'importance de la prise en compte de l'instationnarité de l'écoulement mais au dépens d'un temps de calcul très accru. Dans un second temps, nous étudions expérimentalement l'écoulement intra-stent en utilisant la technique de mesure "PIV". Cette étude expérimentale a permis de confirmer les résultats numériques précédents. Au final, nous examinons numériquement l'effet de la pulsatilitié de l'écoulement sur les flux massiques libérés par les faces d'une branche de stent actif. Cette étude numérique a mis en exergue l'importance du couplage entre les recirculations et le transfert de masse vers la paroi artérielleThe disturbance of the flow in the vicinity of the arterial wall equipped with a stent plays a key role in the onset and development of complications related to cardiovascular diseases (stenosis, restenosis, thrombosis...). The topology of the flow field in the intra-stent zone is very complex. Indeed, in the vicinity of the stent, recirculation zones form upstream and downstream of the stent strut where wall shear stress is very low. In vivo and in vitro studies have demonstrated the role of the in-stent flow features on cardiovascular diseases.The correct estimation of the wall shear stress, the understanding of the behavior of the in-stent flow and its role in the transfer of the drug are expected to help optimize treatments (stent geometry, drug composition...). The numerical approach (CFD) is a useful and versatile way to study these phenomena. However, the accuracy and the relevance of the results depend on the choice of the flow model, the boundary conditions and the stent and artery geometry.Firstly we study in this work the impact of the hemodynamic model on the in-stent flow characteristics. Three numerical models describing the coronary flow are used. These models are: the steady model "MP", the simplified pulsatile model "MPS" and the complete pulsatile model "MPC" based on Womersley's analysis. We show the importance of the pulsatility of the flow but at the expense of a high increase in the computing time. Secondly we study experimentally the in-stent flow using measurement technique "PIV". This experimental study confirms the previous numerical results. Finally we examine numerically the effects of the flow pulsatility on the mass fluxes released by the faces of a drug eluting stent. This numerical study highlights the importance of the coupling between the recirculation zones and the mass transfer into the arterial wall
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Nelson, George J. "Computational characterization of diffusive mass transfer in porous solid oxide fuel cell components." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31660.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.Committee Co-Chair: Haynes, Comas; Committee Co-Chair: Wepfer, William; Committee Member: Fedorov, Andrei; Committee Member: Liu, Meilin; Committee Member: Paredis, Chris; Committee Member: Teja, Amyn. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Al-Naji, Majd, Michael Goepel, Anca Roibu, and Roger Gläser. "Reduction of p-Nitrophenol to p-Aminophenol over supported monometallic catalysts as a model reaction for mass-transfer investigations: Reduction of p-Nitrophenol to p-Aminophenol over supportedmonometallic catalysts as a model reaction for mass-transferinvestigations." Diffusion fundamentals 24 (2015) 2, S. 1, 2015. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14515.
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Torres, Alvarez Juan Felipe. "A study of heat and mass transfer in enclosures by phase-shifting interferometry and bifurcation analysis." Thesis, Ecully, Ecole centrale de Lyon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ECDL0001/document.
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Des questions fondamentales concernant les propriétés de diffusion des systèmes biologiques dans des conditions isothermes et non-isothermes restent en suspens en raison de l’absence de techniques expérimentales capables de visualiser et de mesurer les phénomènes de diffusion avec une très bonne précision. Il existe en conséquence un besoin de développer de nouvelles techniques expérimentales permettant d’approfondir notre compréhension des phénomènes de diffusion. La convection naturelle en cavité tridimensionnelle inclinée est elle-aussi très peu étudiée. Cette inclinaison de la cavité peut correspondre à un léger défaut expérimental ou être imposée volontairement. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions les phénomènes de transport de chaleur et de masse en cavité parallélépipédique, nous intéressant particulièrement à la thermodiffusion en situation sans convection et à la convection naturelle en fluide pur (sans thermodiffusion). La diffusion de masse est étudiée à l’aide d’une nouvelle technique optique, tandis que la convection naturelle est tout d’abord étudiée en détails avec une méthode numérique sophistiquée, puis visualisée expérimentalement à l’aide du même système optique que pour les mesures de diffusion. Nous présentons l’interféromètre optique de haute précision développé pour les mesures de diffusion. Cet interféromètre comprend un interféromètre polarisé de Mach–Zehnder, un polariseur tournant, une caméra CCD et un algorithme de traitement d’images original. Nous proposons aussi une méthode pour déterminer le coefficient de diffusion isotherme en fonction de la concentration. Cette méthode, basée sur une analyse inverse couplée à un calcul numérique, permet de déterminer les coefficients de diffusion à partir des profils de concentration transitoires obtenus par le système optique. Mentionnons de plus que c’est la première fois que la thermodiffusion est visualisée dans des solutions aqueuses de protéines. La méthode optique proposée présente trois avantages principaux par rapport aux autres méthodes similaires : (i) un volume d’échantillon réduit, (ii) un temps de mesure court, (iii) une stabilité hydrodynamique améliorée. Toutes ces méthodes ont été validées par des mesures sur des systèmes de référence. La technique optique est d’abord utilisée pour étudier la diffusion isotherme dans des solutions de protéines : (a) dans des solutions binaires diluées, (b) dans des solutions binaires sur un large domaine de concentration, (c) dans des solutions ternaires diluées. Les résultats montrent que (a) le coefficient de diffusion isotherme dans les systèmes dilués décroit avec la masse moléculaire, comme prédit grossièrement par l’équation de Stokes-Einstein ; (b) la protéine BSA a un comportement diffusif de type sphère dure et la protéine lysozyme de type sphère molle ; (c) l’effet de diffusion croisée est négligeable dans les systèmes ternaires dilués. La technique optique est aussi utilisée (d) dans des solutions binaires diluées non-isothermes, révélant que les molécules d’aprotinin (6.5 kDa) et de lysozyme (14.3 kDa) sont, respectivement, thermophiliques et thermo-phobiques, quand elles sont en solutions aqueuses à température ambiante. Enfin, la technique optique est utilisée pour l’étude de la convection de Rayleigh-Bénard en cavité cubique horizontale. Puisque la convection peut aussi être étudiée de façon réaliste en utilisant les équations de Navier-Stokes, une analyse numérique de bifurcation est proposée, permettant une étude approfondie de la convection naturelle dans des cavités tridimensionnelles parallélépipédiques. Pour cela, une méthode de continuation a été développée à partir d’un code aux éléments finis spectraux. La méthode numérique proposée est particulièrement bien adaptée aux études de convection correspondant à des diagrammes de bifurcation complexes. [...]Fundamental questions concerning the mass diffusion properties of biological systems under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions still remain due to the lack of experimental techniques capable of visualizing and measuring mass diffusion phenomena with a high accuracy. As a consequence, there is a need to develop new experimental techniques that can deepen our understanding of mass diffusion. Moreover, steady natural convection in a tilted three-dimensional rectangular enclosure has not yet been studied. This tilt can be a slight defect of the experimental device or can be imposed on purpose. In this dissertation, heat and mass transfer phenomena in parallelepiped enclosures are studied focusing on convectionless thermodiffusion and on natural convection of pure fluids (without thermodiffusion). Mass diffusion is studied with a novel optical technique, while steady natural convection is first studied in detail with an improved numerical analysis and then with the same optical technique initially developed for diffusion measurements. A construction of a precise optical interferometer to visualize and measure mass diffusion is described. The interferometer comprises a polarizing Mach–Zehnder interferometer, a rotating polariser, a CCD camera, and an original image-processing algorithm. A method to determine the isothermal diffusion coefficient as a function of concentration is proposed. This method uses an inverse analysis coupled with a numerical calculation in order to determine the diffusion coefficients from the transient concentration profiles measured with the optical system. Furthermore, thermodiffusion of protein molecules is visualized for the first time. The proposed method has three main advantages in comparison to similar methods: (i) reduced volume sample, (ii) short measurement time, and (iii) increased hydrodynamic stability of the system. These methods are validated by determining the thermophysical properties of benchmark solutions. The optical technique is first applied to study isothermal diffusion of protein solutions in: (a) dilute binary solutions, (b) binary solutions with a wide concentration range, and (c) dilute ternary solutions. The results show that (a) the isothermal diffusion coefficient in dilute systems decreases with molecular mass, as roughly predicted by the Stokes-Einstein equation; (b) BSA protein has a hard-sphere-like diffusion behaviour and lysozyme protein a soft sphere characteristic; and (c) the cross-term effect between the diffusion species in a dilute ternary system is negligible. The optical technique is then applied to (d) non-isothermal dilute binary solutions, revealing that that the aprotinin (6.5 kDa) and lysozyme (14.3 kDa) molecules are thermophilic and thermophobic, respectively, when using water as solvent at room temperature. Finally, the optical technique is applied to study Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a horizontal cubical cavity. Since natural convection can be studied in more depth by solving the Navier-Stokes equations, a bifurcation analysis is proposed to conduct a thorough study of natural convection in three-dimensional parallelepiped cavities. Here, a continuation method is developed from a three-dimensional spectral finite element code. The proposed numerical method is particularly well suited for the studies involving complex bifurcation diagrams of three-dimensional convection in rectangular parallelepiped cavities. This continuation method allows the calculation of solution branches, the stability analysis of the solutions along these branches, the detection and precise direct calculation of the bifurcation points, and the jump to newly detected stable or unstable branches, all this being managed by a simple continuation algorithm. This can be used to calculate the bifurcation diagrams describing the convection in tilted cavities. [...]
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Fersadou, Hala. "Etude de la libération de principes actifs depuis les émulsions concentrées : caractérisation et modélisation." Thesis, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011INPL083N/document.
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L’optimisation de l’incorporation et de la libération de principes actifs dans les produits formulés constitue un des enjeux majeurs des industries pharmaceutiques et cosmétiques. L'objectif principal de notre étude est de proposer un modèle prédictif de la diffusion de petites sondes au sein des émulsions concentrées. Pour cela, il a fallu considérer à la fois la formulation d’émulsions concentrées stables et leur caractérisation rhéologique et structurelle ainsi que la prédiction des paramètres de transfert des sondes au sein des émulsions concentrées. On entend par paramètres de transfert, tous les paramètres permettant de caractériser les différents mécanismes de transfert de sondes dans les émulsions concentrées pris en compte dans notre système, à savoir le coefficient de diffusion dans les phases continue et dispersée, le coefficient de transfert à l’interface eau/huile, le coefficient de partage à l’équilibre de la sonde entre les deux phases de l’émulsion. Une nouvelle approche de caractérisation de la structure des émulsions concentrée a permis l’obtention des paramètres importants de structure (taille des gouttes et épaisseur du film de la phase continue). L’étude détaillée des mécanismes et processus diffusionnels est réalisée avec la prise en compte des résultats liés à la caractérisation structurelle du système d’étude. Ainsi, un modèle de diffusion fondé sur une approche phénoménologique est proposé pour prédire l'évolution des profils de concentration de la sonde dans les émulsions concentrées. Les cinétiques expérimentales de libération des sondes sont comparables à celles simulées par le modèle sans paramètres ajustables. Cette comparaison montre une bonne adéquation entre le modèle de diffusion et l’expérienceIn the field of controlled release technology for new drugs, models that can predict its delivery during application are important for device design. The main objective of this work is to develop a predictive model able to describe the drug delivery from highly concentrated water-in-oil emulsions. These systems consist of deformed droplets dispersed in a continuous film. Their structure’s characteristics make them favourable for their use as releasing devices. A combination of different transfer mechanisms has been implemented in a mathematical model in order to simulate release experiments under different operating conditions (volume fraction, oil/surfactant ratio). A sensitivity analysis has been performed to point out the most relevant parameters affecting the drug’s release: drug partition and diffusion coefficients. Partition coefficient of the drug for different surfactant concentrations has been obtained through a predictive thermodynamic model UNIFAC, and the diffusion coefficient using Chang and Wilke equations in addition to the Stefan- Maxwell development. An original and simple technique has been used to determine indirectly the mean droplet size of the concentrated emulsions, through measurements of continuous phase’s thickness by analysis of incoherent polarized steady light transport through emulsion samples. In a general view, the diffusion model proposed for small drug diffusion in concentrated emulsions, which was first proposed for diluted emulsions, predicts successfully the evolution of mandelic acid concentrations during release experiments undertaken in perfect sink conditions
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Davies, Kevin L. "Declarative modeling of coupled advection and diffusion as applied to fuel cells." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51814.
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The goal of this research is to realize the advantages of declarative modeling for complex physical systems that involve both advection and diffusion to varying degrees in multiple domains. This occurs, for example, in chemical devices such as fuel cells. The declarative or equation-based modeling approach can provide computational advantages and is compatible with physics-based, object-oriented representations. However, there is no generally accepted method of representing coupled advection and diffusion in a declarative modeling framework.
This work develops, justifies, and implements a new upstream discretization scheme for mixed advective and diffusive flows that is well-suited for declarative models. The discretization scheme yields a gradual transition from pure diffusion to pure advection without switching events or nonlinear systems of equations. Transport equations are established in a manner that ensures the conservation of material, momentum, and energy at each interface and in each control volume. The approach is multi-dimensional and resolved down to the species level, with conservation equations for each species in each phase. The framework is applicable to solids, liquids, gases, and charged particles. Interactions among species are described as exchange processes which are diffusive if the interaction is inert or advective if it involves chemical reactions or phase change.
The equations are implemented in a highly modular and reconfigurable manner using the Modelica language. A wide range of examples are demonstrated—from basic models of electrical conduction and evaporation to a comprehensive model of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Several versions of the PEMFC model are simulated under various conditions including polarization tests and a cyclical electrical load. The model is shown to describe processes such as electro-osmotic drag and liquid pore saturation. It can be scaled in complexity from 4000 to 32,000 equations, resulting in a simulation times from 0.2 to 19 s depending on the level of detail. The most complex example is a seven-layer cell with six segments along the length of the channel. The model library is thoroughly documented and made available as a free, open-source software package.
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Shaw, Cynthia Kit Man. "Mass transport in mixed conducting perovskite related oxides." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/8380.
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Rózek, Aleksandra. "Direct formulation of solid foods with grape phenolics: studies on mass transfer and antioxidant capacity." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/8568.
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El enriquecimiento de frutas y verduras con minerales, vitaminas o compuestos fisiológicamente activos de los que se deriven efectos potencialmente beneficiosos para la salud y la prevención de enfermedades, puede resultar crucial en el desarrollo de nuevos alimentos funcionales. Recientemente, los extractos de semillas y piel de uva se han convertido en un complemento nutricional muy extendido debido a su elevado contenido en compuestos fenólicos. Estos compuestos han mostrado ser altamente biodisponibles además de conferir excelentes beneficios para la salud. En los últimos años, la aplicación del tratamiento osmótico (TO) se ha propuesto como un método eficaz de introducir en el alimento cantidades controladas de los solutos presentes en la solución osmótica, deshidratándolo parcialmente.Un rango de alimentos sólidos enriquecidos con compuestos fenólicos de uva de diferentes fuentes fueron formulados mediante TO. Parámetros de proceso como la fuente y concentración de los compuestos fenólicos, la naturaleza y concentración de soluto osmo-activo en la solución osmótica, y la estructura del alimento fueron investigados. Además el efecto de un post-tratamiento tal como el secado convectivo en la estabilidad y la capacidad antioxidante de fenólicos de uva impregnados en el alimento tratado osmóticamente fue estudiado.
Los resultados confirman que TO es la tecnología adecuada para explotación de geles alimenticios, frutas y verduras como matrices en las cuales los ingredientes funcionales pueden ser incorporados con éxito para proporcionar productos funcionales de humedad intermedia. El mosto concentrado de uva y extractos comerciales de semilla de uva y orujo de uva blanca fueron utilizados como suplementos nutricionales. Su alto contenido en compuestos fenólicos los hacen una fuente ideal de antioxidantes naturales.
The enrichment of fruits and vegetables with minerals, vitamins or physiologically active compounds that have potential benefits in terms of health maintenance and disease prevention may be a crucial way of developing new functional foods. Recently, extracts from grape seeds and skins have become a widespread nutritional supplement, because of their high content of phenolic compounds. These compounds have been shown to be highly bioavailable and to provide excellent health benefits. In the last few years, it has been suggested that osmotic treatment (OT) is a useful way of introducing controlled quantities of solution solutes into food and partially dehydrating it at the same time.
A range of solid foods enriched with grape phenolics from several sources were formulated using OT. Process parameters such as the source and concentration of the phenolic compounds, the nature and concentration of the osmo-active solute in the osmotic solution, and the food structure were investigated. Moreover the effect of a post treatment such as convective air drying on the stability and antioxidant properties of the grape phenolics infused in the osmo-treated food was studied.
The results confirm that OT is a suitable technology for the exploitation of jelly foods, fruits and vegetables as matrices into which functional ingredients can be successfully incorporated to provide novel functional products of intermediate moisture. Concentrated red grape must and commercial grape seed and white grape marc extracts were successfully used as nutritional supplements. Their high content in phenolic compounds makes them ideal sources of natural antioxidants.
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Flores, Henry Alexander Rodriguez. "Absorção de dióxido de carbono em soluções aquosas de aminas em uma coluna de parede molhada com promotor de película." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3137/tde-02052011-122123/.
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O processo de absorção do CO2 em soluções aquosas de alcanolaminas foi estudado em uma coluna de parede molhada empregando-se uma tela metálica, de 28 mesh, como promotor de película e operando em contracorrente. As alcanolaminas testadas nos diferentes experimentos foram: monoetanolamina (MEA), 2-amino-2-metil-1-propanol (AMP) e piperazina (PZ). Os experimentos de absorção foram realizados nas soluções aquosas individuais da MEA e AMP; e, nas misturas MEA:AMP e AMP:PZ; visando avaliar a velocidade de absorção do CO2 em diferentes vazões do líquido, a saber: 3.10-7, 6.10-7 e 10.10-7 m3/s. O presente sistema de absorção foi caracterizado através da determinação dos principais parâmetros de transferência de massa: área interfacial efetiva, coeficiente de transferência individual da fase gasosa e o coeficiente volumétrico global médio de transferência de massa. Determinou-se a área interfacial efetiva da coluna, por meio da absorção do CO2 diluído em ar em uma solução aquosa de NaOH, para as diferentes vazões de líquido, sendo os resultados obtidos igual a 106, 126 e 144 m2/m3, respectivamente. O coeficiente volumétrico de transferência de massa da fase gasosa foi determinado por meio da absorção de SO2 diluído em ar em uma solução aquosa de NaOH. Os resultados experimentais mostram que o coeficiente volumétrico individual de transferência de massa e a área interfacial são função da vazão do líquido. As velocidades de absorção do CO2 diluído em ar, em soluções de aminas e suas misturas foram determinadas experimentalmente para diferentes vazões de líquido, sendo os resultados expressos na forma de coeficientes globais de transferência de massa e parâmetros cinético-difusivos da fase líquida. As velocidades de absorção em MEA são bem superiores aos de AMP e NaOH. No caso das misturas foram obtidas velocidades superiores em comparação às das aminas individuais. A velocidade de absorção em AMP é fortemente incrementada na presença de PZ, mesmo em baixa concentração.The CO2 absorption process in alkanolamine aqueous solutions was studied in a wetted wall column employing a film promotor of thin stainless steel woven wire, 28 mesh, which was operated in countercurrent. The tested alkanolamines were monoethanolamine (MEA), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) and piperazine (PZ). The absorption experiments were performed in individual aqueous solutions of MEA and AMP and the mixtures MEA:AMP and AMP:PZ, with the aim of evaluating the CO2 absorption rate in different liquid flow rates, namely: 3.10-7, 6.10-7 e 10.10-7 m3/s. This absorption system was characterized through determining of the main parameters of mass transfer: effective interfacial area, individual mass transfer coefficient of the gas phase and the average overall mass transfer volumetric coefficient. The effective interfacial area was determined by the absorption of CO2 diluted in air into an aqueous solution of NaOH for the different liquid flow rates, and the results obtained are 106, 126 and 144 m2/m3, respectively. The mass transfer volumetric coefficient of the gas phase was determined by chemical method of the absorption of SO2 diluted in air into an aqueous solution of NaOH. The experimental results show that the individual mass transfer coefficient and interfacial area are a function of liquid flow rate. On the other hand, the results of the performance of CO2 absorption into amine aqueous solutions were expressed in function of the average overall mass transfer volumetric coefficient and liquid phase diffusive kinetic parameters, which were measured experimentally for different liquid flow rates. The absorption rate in MEA are higher in comparison with AMP and NaOH. In the case of the blended, the absorption rate in AMP is enhanced by piperazine, even in low concentration.
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Martínez, López Brais. "Development of new characterization methodologies and modelling of transport properties on plastic materials : application to homologous series of tracers." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014MON20240.
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Les matériaux placés au contact avec des aliments doivent répondre aux critères d'inertie définie par la réglementation européenne, qui fixe les limites de migration des substances qui peuvent être transférés aux aliments. Traditionnellement, ces niveaux de migration étaient déterminés expérimentalement par la mise en œuvre de tests de migration impliquant des moyens analytiques et des délais de temps importants. Récemment et par une évolution de la réglementation, les outils de modélisation ont été validés en tant que moyens d'estimation du niveau de migration des additifs dans les matériaux d'emballage plastiques. Néanmoins, les modèles appliqués nécessitent certains paramètres tels que le coefficient de diffusion (ou diffusivité), le coefficient de transfert de matière et le coefficient de partage. Ces coefficients, en particulier la diffusivité, peuvent être déterminés expérimentalement, ou par la voie de la modélisation prédictive. La microspectroscopie Raman a été utilisée pour développer une méthode de caractérisation du coefficient de diffusion, en utilisant comme matrice polymérique modèle le polystyrène amorphe. Cette méthode a été appliquée à deux familles (série homologue) de molécules qui présentent comme unité fondamentale un noyau benzénique, ceci dans le but de pouvoir établir des relations entre les variations des valeurs de diffusivité dans la matrice polymérique et les caractéristiques géométriques des molécules (volume, longueur, compressibilité) qui décrivent la mobilité des molécules en fonction de leur encombrement. Cette méthode a, par ailleurs, été adaptée de manière à être appliqué au polyéthylène basse densité dans le but d'établir les conditions opératoires qui permettent de caractériser simultanément la diffusivité et le coefficient de transfert de matière. Ce travail a ainsi permis de poser les bases d'un modèle de prédiction de la diffusivité qui repose sur des caractéristiques géométriques et dynamiques des molécules, sans imposer une puissance de calcul importante par rapport aux autres modèles proposés dans la littérature. En outre, ce travail a permis d'étudier la sensibilité des modèles mathématiques par rapport à la régression simultanée de plusieurs variables descriptifs des transferts de matièreFood contact materials must comply with the inertia criteria defined by European regulation, which establishes migration limits for substances that may be transferred into food. Traditionally, migration levels were determined experimentally by performing money and time-consuming migration tests. Recently, modelling tools have been approved to predict migration levels of additives from plastics. However, these models need of certain parameters: the diffusion coefficient or diffusivity, the mass transfer coefficient and the partition coefficient. These coefficients, particularly diffusivity, may be determined experimentally or by predictive modellingRaman microspectroscopy was used to develop a methodology for the characterisation of diffusivity, using amorphous polystyrene as model polymeric matrix. This methodology was applied to two families (homologous series) of molecules presenting the benzenic ring as fundamental unit, with the goal of establishing relationships between diffusivity in the polymeric matrix and geometrical characteristics of the molecules (volume, length, compressibility), describing molecular mobility in function of their hindrance.This method has also been adapted to LLDPE, with the goal of establishing the operating conditions allowing to simultaneously determine both diffusivity and mass transfer coefficient.This work has also allowed to lay the foundations of a diffusivity prediction model, based on geometrical and dynamical characteristics of molecules, without the need of a huge computing power compared to other models present in literature. As well, this work permitted to study the sensitivity of the mathematical models regarding simultaneous regression of several variables used in the description of mass transfer
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Kebe, Mouhamadou. "Incidence de traitements thermiques sur le parenchyme de Pomme (Malus Domestica) et diffusion des composés phénoliques." Thesis, Avignon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AVIG0253/document.
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La pomme (Malus Domestica Borkh.), fruit largement répandu dans les pays tempérés est beaucoup consommée. Elle représente une source importante en composés phénoliques. Cette étude s’est intéressée aux polyphénols des tissus du parenchyme. La problématique s’oriente sur les effets de la texture sur la diffusion de ces molécules. L’originalité de l’approche repose sur l’association de la texture, de la pression osmotique et la diffusion des polyphénols. Les méthodes de caractérisations physiques et biochimiques ont permis de mesurer les changements à l´échelle macroscopique et les modifications chimiques qui s’opèrent dans les matrices végétales. Les résultats de l’étude du transfert de matière ont permis de mettre en évidence les différents facteurs pouvant influer sur les valeurs des coefficients de diffusion. La texture, l’épaisseur, la variété du fruit et la pression du milieu diffusant, constituent des facteurs pouvant influencer le transfert de matière. L’étude de l’évolution de composant de la paroi a montré des changements qui s’opèrent au cours de la diffusion. Des analyses microscopiques ont relevé les modifications à l’échelle cellulaire de la diffusion de procyanidines, polyphénols majoritaires et des interactions avec les composants pariétauxApple (Malus domestica Borkh. ) fruit widespread in temperate countries, is much consumed.It represents an important source of phenolic compounds. This study was interestedin polyphenol content of apple tissue parenchyma. The problem concerns effects of texturedegradation on the diffusion of polyphenols molecules. The originality of the approach isbased on the combination of texture, osmotic pressure and polyphenol leaching. Physicaland biochemical methods were used to measure changes at macroscopic scale and chemicalchanges occurring in the parenchymateous tissue . The study of mass transfer highlightedvarious factors that may affect apparent coefficient diffusion. The result showed that thedisintegration of texture , thickness, apple variety and osmotic pressure of leaching mediacan influence mass transfer yield. The study of the Cell walls components showed changesthat occur during leaching process. Light microscopic analysis revealed changes at cellularscale, procyanidins the major polyphenols, leaching phenomena and also interactionswith cell walls matrix
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山本, 和弘, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO, 悟. 石塚, and Satoru ISHIZUKA. "伸長・回転流れにおける圧力変化と火炎特性." 日本機械学会, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9316.
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Appiah-Nkansah, Nana Baah. "Full utilization of sweet sorghum for biofuel production." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34623.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Donghai Wang
Sweet sorghum accumulates high concentrations of fermentable sugars in the stem, produces significant amount of starch in the grain (panicle) and has shown to be a promising energy feedstock. Sweet sorghum has a short growing season so adding it to the sugar cane system would be good. The overall goal of this dissertation is to enhance the attractiveness of biofuel production from sweet sorghum to fully utilize fermentable sugars in the juice, starch in the panicle and structural carbohydrates in the stalk for high efficiency and low-cost ethanol production. Sweet sorghum juice was incorporated into the dry-grind process which increased ethanol yield by 28% increase of ethanol yield compared to the conventional ethanol method and decreased enzymatic hydrolysis time by 30 minutes. A very high gravity fermentation technique was applied using sweet sorghum juice and sorghum grain yielded 20.25% (v/v) of ethanol and 96% fermentation efficiency. Response surface methodology was applied in order to optimize diffusion conditions and to explore effects of diffusion time, diffusion temperature, and ratio of sweet sorghum biomass to grain on starch-to-sugar efficiency and total sugar recovery from sweet sorghum. Starch hydrolysis efficiency and sugar recovery efficiency of 96 and 98.5% were achieved, respectively, at an optimized diffusion condition of 115 minutes, 95 °C, and 22% grain loading. Extraction kinetics based on the optimized diffusion parameters were developed to describe the mass transfer of sugars in sweet sorghum biomass during the diffusion process. Ethanol obtained from fermented extracted sugars treated with granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme and those with traditional enzymes were comparable (14.5 – 14.6% v/v). Ethanol efficiencies also ranged from 88.92 –92.02%.
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Jamnongwong, Marupatch. "Transfert de matière gaz/liquide en milieux complexes." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ISAT0040/document.
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L’opération de transfert de matière gaz/liquide est une étape essentielle en génie desprocédés. Elle conditionne directement les performances des contacteurs gaz/liquide en représentantbien souvent l’étape limitant l’efficacité du procédé. L'objectif de cette étude est de proposer denouvelles investigations afin d'étudier l'effet de la présence dans l'eau pure, de certains composésgénéralement rencontrés dans les procédés biologiques, sur les coefficients de diffusion de l'oxygèneet de quantifier leurs conséquences sur les coefficients de transfert de matière côté liquide. Lescoefficients de diffusion de l'oxygène DO2 ont été mesurés dans diverses phases liquides contenant dusel (NaCl), du sucre (glucose) ou des tensio-actifs (laurylsulfate de sodium). Comparé à l'eau pure,des réductions de coefficient de diffusion DO2 ont été observées, la variation de DO2 avec laconcentration C de composé a été modélisée, elle dépend de la nature du composé ajouté. Ensuite,des expériences réalisées sur un train de bulles et sur les mêmes phases liquides ont permis ladétermination des coefficients de transfert de matière côté liquide kL. Quelle que soit la solutionaqueuse étudiée, une diminution des valeurs de kL est observée avec l'augmentation de C. Cesrésultats mettent en évidence que, même si les propriétés de l'eau pure (densité, viscosité, tensionsuperficielle) ne sont pas significativement modifiées par l'ajout de sels (NaCl), les coefficients detransfert de matière côté liquide kL peuvent être modifiés. Pour les solutions aqueuses de glucose, laréduction de kL avec DO2 est bien corrélée, et principalement due à la variation de viscosité avec laconcentration. Pour les solutions de tensio-actif, les nombres de Reynolds restent presque constantspour toutes les concentrations. Le seul responsable de la réduction du coefficient de transfert dematière côté liquide kL est donc le coefficient de diffusion de l’oxygène qui diminue avec laconcentration. La présente étude a clairement confirmé la nécessité de compléter et/ou rendre comptedes données liées aux coefficients de diffusion de l’oxygène DO2 et aux coefficients de transfert dematière côté liquide kL dans des milieux complexes (solution électrolytique, solution organique ettensioactif). Ces informations sont nécessaires pour décrire et modéliser correctement lesphénomènes de transfert de matière gaz/liquideThe gas/liquid mass transfer is an essential step in process engineering. It directly affects theperformance of gas/liquid reactor in being often limiting process efficiency. The objective of this studyis to propose new investigations in order to study (i) the effect on oxygen diffusion coefficients underthe presence in clean water of some compounds usually found in biological process and (ii) quantifytheir consequences on liquid-side mass transfer coefficients. The oxygen diffusioncoefficients DO2 were measured in various synthetic liquid phases containing either salt (NaCl), sugar(glucose) or surfactant (sodium laurylsulphate). When compared to clean water, reductionsof DO2 were observed; the variation of DO2 with the compound concentration C was modeled andfound dependent on the nature of the compound added. Then, to determine the liquid side masstransfer coefficient kL, experiments on a train of bubbles rising in a quiescent liquid phase were carriedout by the same synthetic liquid phases. For all cases, whatever the aqueous solutions, a decreaseof kL with increasing C was clearly observed. These results firstly showed that, even if the properties ofclean water (density, viscosity, surface tension) were not significantly changed by the addition of salts(NaCl), the liquid-side mass transfer coefficients could be modified. For the aqueous solutions ofglucose, the reduction of kL with DO2 was well correlated, and mainly due to the change in viscositywith concentration. For surfactants, the hydrodynamic conditions (i.e. bubble Reynolds number) beingalmost kept constant for all concentrations, only the change in DO2 was thus responsible for thedecrease of kL. The present study clearly confirmed the need to complete and/or account for thedatabase related to oxygen diffusion coefficients and liquid side mass transfer coefficient in complexmedia (electrolytic solution, organic solution and surfactant). This condition is imperatively required todescribe and to model appropriately the gas-liquid mass transfer phenomena
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Godongwana, Buntu. "Effect of nutrient momentum and mass transport on membrane gradostat reactor efficiency." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2149.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Doctor technologiae (engineering: chemical) In the faculty of engineering at the cape peninsula university of technologySince the first uses of hollow-fiber membrane bioreactors (MBR’s) to immobilize whole cells were reported in the early 1970’s, this technology has been used in as wide ranging applications as enzyme production to bone tissue engineering. The potential of these devices in industrial applications is often diminished by the large diffusional resistances of the membranes. Currently, there are no analytical studies on the performance of the MBR which account for both convective and diffusive transport. The purpose of this study was to quantify the efficiency of a biocatalytic membrane reactor used for the production of enzymes. This was done by developing exact solutions of the concentration and velocity profiles in the different regions of the membrane bioreactor (MBR). The emphasis of this study was on the influence of radial convective flows, which have generally been neglected in previous analytical studies. The efficiency of the MBR was measured by means of the effectiveness factor. An analytical model for substrate concentration profiles in the lumen of the MBR was developed. The model was based on the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations and Darcy’s law for velocity profiles, and the convective-diffusion equation for the solute concentration profiles. The model allowed for the evaluation of the influence of both hydrodynamic and mass transfer operating parameters on the performance of the MBR. These parameters include the fraction retentate, the transmembrane pressure, the membrane hydraulic permeability, the Reynolds number, the axial and radial Peclet numbers, and the dimensions of the MBR. The significant findings on the hydrodynamic studies were on the influence of the fraction retentate. In the dead-end mode it was found that there was increased radial convective flow, and hence more solute contact with the enzymes/biofilm immobilised on the surface of the membrane. The improved solute-biofilm contact however was only limited to the entrance half of the MBR. In the closed shell mode there was uniform distribution of solute, however, radial convective flows were significantly reduced. The developed model therefore allowed for the evaluation of an optimum fraction retentate value, where both the distribution of solutes and radial convective flows could be maximised.
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Monnerat, Sandra Mourão. "Desidratação osmotica e secagem convectiva de maçã : transferencia de massa e alterações de estrutura celular." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/256446.
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Orientador: Florencia Cecilia MenegalliTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos
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Resumo: No presente trabalho investigou-se a desidratação osmótica de maçãs (variedade Fuji), seguida ou não de secagem convectiva com ar quente. Foram determinados perfis de concentração de água e soluto(s) em amostras de maçãs cortadas ao meio e desidratadas osmoticamente em soluções aquosas binárias (30% e 50% de sacarose, p/p) e solução ternária (50% de sacarose e 10% de cloreto de sódio, m/m), sob agitação vigorosa e temperatura constante (27°C). As amostras imersas na solução osmótica durante 2, 4 e 8 h foram fatiadas a partir da superfície plana exposta. A densidade e os teores de água, açúcares totais e redutores e cloreto de sódio foram determinados em cada fatia. O modelo matemático que descreve o transporte de cada espécie estudada (água, sacarose e cloreto de sódio) se baseia na equação de continuidade e na Lei de Fick e considera o encolhimento do tecido. O modelo foi ajustado aos dados experimentais, através do método implícito de diferenças finitas de Crank-Nicolson para determinar os coeficientes efetivos de difusão como uma função da concentração, utilizando coordenadas materiais e integrando simultaneamente as equações diferenciais de cada componente (água e sacarose ou água, sacarose e cloreto de sódio). Imagens de microscopia ótica de tecidos tratados osmoticamente, previamente pigmentados com o corante vital vermelho neutro, foram obtidas variando-se a concentração das soluções e o tempo de exposição. Os registros fotográficos retratam alterações da estrutura celular, que variam de acordo com a intensidade do processo de desidratação. A secagem convectiva com ar quente foi realizada em amostras de maçãs cortadas ao meio, frescas e previamente tratadas em solução aquosa de sacarose a 50% p/p durante 4 horas (27°C). Os perfis de umidade foram determinados a partir da superfície, após a exposição da face plana das metades das maçãs ao fluxo de ar quente (60°C ) durante 3, 6, 10 e 24 horas de secagem. O modelo matemático que descreve o transporte da água se baseia nas equações de continuidade e na Lei de Fick e considera o encolhimento do tecido e a concentração inicial não homogênea para o tecido previamente tratado. De maneira similar à desidratação osmótica, a difusividade de água na secagem também foi determinada em função da concentração, utilizando-se o método implícito de diferenças finitas de Crank-Nicolson e coordenadas materiais. Obtevese um bom ajuste dos modelos matemáticos aos dados experimentais de desidratação osmótica e de secagem. A ordem de magnitude dos coeficientes obtidos para a desidratação osmótica foi uma ou duas vezes menor que de coeficientes de difusão binários de soluções puras de sacarose e de cloreto de sódio. No caso da secagem, o comportamento da difusividade mostrou dependência significativa com a concentração de água. O tecido fresco apresentou coeficientes superiores aos do tecido pré-tratado osmoticamente além de funcionalidades distintas para diferentes tempos de secagem (inferior e superior a 6 horas). O tecido tratado apresentou um comportamento mais estável da difusividade da água no material e foi descrito por uma única função. Este fato está relacionado com as mudanças estruturais ocorridas durante a secagem, mais severas para o tecido fresco em relação ao tecido tratado
Abstract: In this study it was investigated the osmotic dehydration of apples (Fuji variety) followed or not by convective drying with hot air. Concentration profiles were determined for water and solute(s) in samples of apples cut in half and osmotically dehydrated in binary aqueous solutions (30% and 50% sucrose, w/w) and ternary solution (50% sucrose and 10% sodium chloride, w/w) under vigorous stirring and constant temperature (27°C). The samples immersed in the osmotic solution for 2, 4 and 8 h were sliced from the exposed flat surface. The density and water, total and reducing sugars and sodium chloride contents were determined in each slice. The mathematical model that describes the transport of each species studied (water, sucrose and sodium chloride) is based on the continuity equation and on the of Fick's diffusion law and considers the tissue shrinkage. The model was fitted to experimental data through the finite difference implicit method of Crank-Nicolson, to determine the effective diffusion coefficients as a function of concentration, using material coordinates and integrating simultaneously the differential equations of each component (water and sucrose or water, sucrose and sodium chloride). Light microscopy images of osmotically processed tissues previously pigmented with the vital dye neutral red, were obtained, varying the concentration of solutions and time of exposure. The photographic records show changes in cellular structure, which vary with the intensity of the dehydration process. The convective air drying was carried out on samples of apples cut in half, fresh and treated in aqueous solution of sucrose to 50% w/w for 4 hours (27°C). The moisture profiles were determined from the surface, after exposure of the flat face of half of the apples to the flow of hot air (60 ° C) during 3, 6, 10 and 24 hours of drying. The mathematical model that describes the water transport is based on the continuity equation, the Fick's diffusion law, the tissue shrinkage and the nonhomogeneous initial concentration of the previously treated tissue. Similarly to the osmotic dehydration, the water diffusivity in drying was also determined in terms of concentration, using the finite difference implicit method of Crank-Nicolson and coordinated materials. It was possible to obtained a good fit of mathematical models to experimental data of osmotic dehydration and drying. The order of magnitude of the coefficients obtained for the osmotic dehydration was one or two times lower than diffusion coefficients of pure binary solutions of sucrose and sodium chloride. For drying, the behavior of diffusivity showed significant dependence with the concentration of water. The fresh tissue showed coefficients greater than the osmotically pre-treated tissue than it needs distinct functions for different times of drying (and less than 6 hours). The treated tissue showed a more stable behavior of the water diffusivity in the material and was described by a single function. This fact is related to the structural changes during drying, more severe for the fresh tissue than for the treated tissue
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Raymond, Alexander William. "Investigation of microparticle to system level phenomena in thermally activated adsorption heat pumps." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/34682.
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Heat actuated adsorption heat pumps offer the opportunity to improve overall energy efficiency in waste heat applications by eliminating shaft work requirements accompanying vapor compression cycles. The coefficient of performance (COP) in adsorption heat pumps is generally low. The objective of this thesis is to model the adsorption system to gain critical insight into how its performance can be improved. Because adsorption heat pumps are intermittent devices, which induce cooling by adsorbing refrigerant in a sorption bed heat/mass exchanger, transient models must be used to predict performance. In this thesis, such models are developed at the adsorbent particle level, heat/mass exchanger component level and system level.
Adsorption heat pump modeling is a coupled heat and mass transfer problem. Intra-particle mass transfer resistance and sorption bed heat transfer resistance are shown to be significant, but for very fine particle sizes, inter-particle resistance may also be important. The diameter of the adsorbent particle in a packed bed is optimized to balance inter- and intra-particle resistances and improve sorption rate. In the literature, the linear driving force (LDF) approximation for intra-particle mass transfer is commonly used in place of the Fickian diffusion equation to reduce computation time; however, it is shown that the error in uptake prediction associated with the LDF depends on the working pair, half-cycle time, adsorbent particle radius, and operating temperatures at hand.
Different methods for enhancing sorption bed heat/mass transfer have been proposed in the literature including the use of binders, adsorbent compacting, and complex extended surface geometries. To maintain high reliability, the simple, robust annular-finned-tube geometry with packed adsorbent is specified in this work. The effects of tube diameter, fin pitch and fin height on thermal conductance, metal/adsorbent mass ratio and COP are studied. As one might expect, many closely spaced fins, or high fin density, yields high thermal conductance; however, it is found that the increased inert metal mass associated with the high fin density diminishes COP. It is also found that thin adsorbent layers with low effective conduction resistance lead to high thermal conductance. As adsorbent layer thickness decreases, the relative importance of tube-side convective resistance rises, so mini-channel sized tubes are used. After selecting the proper tube geometry, an overall thermal conductance is calculated for use in a lumped-parameter sorption bed simulation. To evaluate the accuracy of the lumped-parameter approach, a distributed parameter sorption bed simulation is developed for comparison. Using the finite difference method, the distributed parameter model is used to track temperature and refrigerant distributions in the finned tube and adsorbent layer. The distributed-parameter tube model is shown to be in agreement with the lumped-parameter model, thus independently verifying the overall UA calculation and the lumped-parameter sorption bed model.
After evaluating the accuracy of the lumped-parameter model, it is used to develop a system-level heat pump simulation. This simulation is used to investigate a non-recuperative two-bed heat pump containing activated carbon fiber-ethanol and silica gel-water working pairs. The two-bed configuration is investigated because it yields a desirable compromise between the number of components (heat exchangers, pumps, valves, etc.) and steady cooling rate. For non-recuperative two-bed adsorption heat pumps, the average COP prediction in the literature is 0.39 for experiments and 0.44 for models. It is important to improve the COP in mobile waste heat applications because without high COP, the available waste heat during startup or idle may be insufficient to deliver the desired cooling duty. In this thesis, a COP of 0.53 is predicted for the non-recuperative, silica gel-water chiller. If thermal energy recovery is incorporated into the cycle, a COP as high as 0.64 is predicted for a 90, 35 and 7.0°C source, ambient and average evaporator temperature, respectively. The improvement in COP over heat pumps appearing in the literature is attributed to the adsorbent particle size optimization and careful selection of sorption bed heat exchanger geometry.
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Heinke, Lars, Pavel Kortunov, Despina Tzoulaki, and Jörg Kärger. "The options of interference microscopy to explore the significance of intracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall mass transfer on nanoporous materials: The options of interference microscopy to explore the significance ofintracrystalline diffusion and surface permeation for overall masstransfer on nanoporous materials." Diffusion fundamentals 6 (2007) 62, S. 1-2, 2007. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A14240.
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