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This paper proposes a new experimental procedure for magnetic characterization of switched reluctance machines. In the existing methods, phase voltage and current data are captured and further processed to find the flux linkage. Conventionally, assuming zero initial flux value, the flux linkage can be found by integrating the corresponding voltage term. However, the initial flux value is usually unknown, e.g., it can be nonzero when the current is zero due to the residual flux effect, and, thus, imposes error in magnetic characterization. The proposed method addresses this issue by considering an additional equation in steady state. This method injects a low-frequency sinusoidal current to... 

In the upstream asphaltene flow assurance community, both academics and industries are actively involved to predict the asphaltene deposit profile in wellbores and pipelines. Essential information for such a study is the amount of asphaltenes that can precipitate and, hence, deposit. In this work, the perturbed chain form of the statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) is applied to predict the asphaltene precipitation onset condition as well as the amount of precipitate under pressure depletion and high-pressure and high-temperature gas injection conditions. Previous PC-SAFT asphaltene studies in crude oil required the compositional data for both flashed gas and flashed liquid. This... 

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tungstate ([BMIm] 2WO 4) ionic liquid supported onto silica sulphamic acid demonstrated desirable performance for oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid. Simple experimental procedure, easy product isolation, catalyst recovery and reusability are some attractive features of this protocol  

Three deformation routes for recently invented severe plastic deformation (SPD) method named tube channel pressing (TCP) have been introduced in this paper. The effects of routes, back pressure and friction have been investigated on deformation behavior of commercially pure (CP) aluminum tubes. Utilizing finite element analysis provides a broader understanding of these effects through different deformation routes. Due to the large values of strains accumulated in TCP, modified Estrin-Tóth-Molinari-Brechet (METMB) constitutive model has been employed in finite element analysis program to consider a realistic flow stress of the material in TCP. Employing experimental procedures confirms the... 

Asphaltene which cover range of 1% to over 10% of oil by weight, is well-known as most problematic part of oil that can deposit during production in reservoir, well tubing, and surface production lines, and consequently impose a serious restriction on production which in turn increases total cost of entire operation. Through decades an extensive research has been performed in order to identify asphaltene molecular structure, its behavior at different condition, and its separation mechanism from oil. One of most critical parameter associated with asphaltene precipitation modeling is flocculated asphaltene weight percentage in oil at given operation condition. In this study, to eliminate cost... 

Lung cancer is one of the most common diseases for human beings everywhere throughout the world. Early identification of this disease is the main conceivable approach to enhance the possibility of patients’ survival. In this paper, a k-Nearest-Neighbors technique, for which a genetic algorithm is applied for the efficient feature selection to reduce the dataset dimensions and enhance the classifier pace, is employed for diagnosing the stage of patients’ disease. To improve the accuracy of the proposed algorithm, the best value for k is determined using an experimental procedure. The implementation of the proposed approach on a lung cancer database reveals 100% accuracy. This implies that one... 

In automobile painting industries, new automobile body products frequently should be tested in order to determine the actual thermal behavior of a paint curing process before starting mass production. During the hardening processes of dipped paint coating, applied in the electrophoretic enameling process, or top paint coating, applied in the final coating process, the automobile body must be warmed up according to the specific paint manufacturer curve. Consequently, prediction of car body temperature during the curing process may be vital in the design and performance analysis of the paint ovens. Numerical simulation of these processes may reduce expensive and time-consuming experimental... 

Catalyst layers are one of the most important parts of the PEM fuel cells and the cell performance is highly related to its structure. Catalyst layers are generally made by uniform distribution of catalyst on carbon cloth or carbon papers to form electrodes. In this paper, the idea of using non-uniform catalyst layer instead of common uniform catalyst layers is presented and simulated by a two-dimensional steady-state computational model. The model accounts for species transport, electrochemical kinetics, charge transport and current density distribution. A fuel cell test stand is designed and built to facilitate experimental validation of the model. Modeling results show that electrical... 

This paper presents a dry mechanochemical process to produce hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles. Two distinct chemical reactions are introduced to prepare HAp powders using milling process. Structural and morphological properties of the obtained materials are studied by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results reveal that the single crystal HAp nanoparticles have been successfully produced in metallic and polymeric vials through two different experimental procedures. Tempered chrome steel and polyamide-6 materials are adopted as the metallic and polymeric vials respectively. Nanoellipse, nanorod and nanosphere powders are obtained in these experimental procedures.... 

Single-crystal hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanorods and nanogranules have been synthesized successfully by a mechanochemical process using two distinct experimental procedures. The experimental outcomes are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. In this work, the feasibility of using polymeric milling media to prepare hydroxyapatite nanoparticles is described. The resulting hydroxyapatite powder exhibits an average size of about 20 to 23 nm. Final results indicate that the proposed synthesis strategy provides a facile pathway to obtain single-crystal HAp with high quality and suitable morphology. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights... 

Mg-based metallic glasses are promising materials for biodegradable implants. Understanding atomistic mechanism behind glass formation in these glasses plays a critical role in developing them for future applications. In the present work, we perform a set of molecular dynamics simulations to study structural origin behind glass form ability of Mg-based Mg-Zn metallic glasses at a wide range of compositions. Pair distribution function, Voronoi tessellation and dynamical analysis were adopted to characterize local structures in these glasses. Structural analysis was performed considering both topological and chemical short-range orders. It was found that structure of Mg-Zn metallic glasses... 

Prediction of compressor performance is a basic step in design of this turbomachine, while designer can optimize plan by considering various conditions and calculating machine performance. Flow field in centrifugal compressor is threedimensional and intricate. Since 2-D and 3-D methods are very costly, consequently the mean line method usually is used for predicting compressor performance. The energy loss coefficients are used for this method. Because of the intricacy in flow and analysis of losses, most energy loss coefficients are attained by experimental procedures, however just some of them are determined according to theory and nature of the flow field. The purpose of this work is... 

Automotive industry frequently needs to test new products, according to different production parameters, in order to determine the actual thermal behavior of bodies before mass production is implemented. Numerical simulation of these processes can reduce the very expensive and time consuming experimental procedures. For the drying and hardening process of the top paint applied in the coating process, the body temperature must be raised according to the paint manufacturer regulations. Consequently, prediction of temperature distribution of the car body during various zones of ovens is very vital in the design and performance analysis of the paint dryers. In this research, a novel...