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The effect of temperature, pressure and bonding time on microstructure of temperature gradient transient liquid phase (TGTLP) diffusion bonded Al7075 alloy using liquid gallium interlayer was investigated. The selected bonding method relies on using the minimum amount of liquid gallium on faying surfaces, using a very fast heating rate to reach the joining temperature and imposing a temperature gradient across the bond region. The microstructure of the diffusion bonded joints was evaluated by light optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Results show that by increasing the temperature, pressure and time of joining, a more uniform... 

In this paper, thermo mechanical finite element analysis of orthogonal machining process with a flexible tool is carried out to study the dynamic behaviour of the machining system and its stability against chatter vibration. By combining the simulation of chip formation in metal cutting with the dynamic phenomena leading to chatter development, the influence of various phenomena, including thermal effects resulting from friction and plastic deformations on the stability of the process are investigated. The novelty of this model is in its ability to evaluate the effect of temperature rise in the cutting zone on the stability of cutting process. Process stability is analyzed and compared for... 

This paper deals with investigation of fluid flow on static and dynamic behaviors of carbon nanotubes under electrostatic actuation. The effects of various fluid parameters including fluid viscosity, velocity, pressure and mass ratio on the deflection and pull-in behaviors of the cantilever and doubly clamped carbon nanotubes are studied. Furthermore, the effects of temperature variation on the static and dynamic pull-in voltages of the doubly clamped carbon nanotubes are reported. The results reveal that altering the fluid parameters significantly changes the mechanical and pull-in behaviors. Hence, the proposed system can be applied properly as a nano fluidic sensor to sense the various... 

Escherichia coli is widely used host for the intracellular expression of many proteins. However, in some cases also secretion of protein from periplasm was observed. Improvement of both intracellular and extracellular production of recombinant protein in E. coli is an attractive goal in order to reduce production cost and increase process efficiency and economics. Since heat shock proteins in E. coli were reported to be helpful for protein refolding and hindering aggregation, in this work different types of single and periodic heat shocks were tested on lab scale to enhance intracellular and extracellular protein production. A single heat shock prior to induction and different oscillatory... 

Upon incorporation of nanoparticles (NPs) into the body, they are exposed to biological fluids, and their interaction with the dissolved biomolecules leads to the formation of the so-called protein corona on the surface of the NPs. The composition of the corona plays a crucial role in the biological fate of the NPs. While the effects of various physicochemical parameters on the composition of the corona have been explored in depth, the role of temperature upon its formation has received much less attention. In this work, we have probed the effect of temperature on the protein composition on the surface of a set of NPs with various surface chemistries and electric charges. Our results... 

In this study, interfacial tension measurement (IFT) is utilized to assess the impact of temperature, pressure, and paraffin type on a nitrogen injection process as an efficient enhanced oil recovery method. The pure and equilibrium densities of oil in contact with nitrogen are examined to find IFT behavior and gas solubility in oil. The minimum miscible pressure (MMP) of different systems has been measured using the vanishing interfacial tension technique. The experimental results show that IFT decreases linearly with pressure, with two different slopes. The results indicate that IFT values decrease linearly with temperature at different pressure conditions. The obtained IFT values for... 

Crude oil reservoirs have different temperatures, compositions, and pressures, therefore oil recovery performance by CO2 injection varies from one case to another. Furthermore, it is predicted that lower interfacial tension between injected CO2 and reservoir fluid results in more oil recovery. In this study, we investigate the effect of temperature on the equilibrium interfacial tension between CO2 and three different oil fluids at different pressures. Also minimum miscible pressure (MMP) is measured by the vanishing interfacial tension (VIT) technique to determine the temperature effect on the CO2 miscible gas injection. The results on different pure and mixtures of hydrocarbon fluids show... 

One of the main subjects in automotive industries is to enhance the efficiency of internal combustion engines. Wear between cylinder and ring is one of the major parameters reducing the engine performance. So many parameters are affecting the wear losses. Temperature plays a key role on the severity of wear condition in internal combustion engines. In conventional cast iron cylinders, it is not possible to increase the temperature from a defined level, as it causes excessive wear in contact area between cylinder liner and piston ring. One of the major benefits of using ceramic coating is their ability to withstand in higher temperatures, while having adequate hardness to improve wear rate... 

We theoretically demonstrate the tunabiltiy of terahertz random lasers composed of high temperature superconductor YBCO and ruby layers as active medium. The considered system is a one-dimensional disordered medium made of ruby grain and YBCO. Finite-difference time domain method is used to calculate the emission spectrum and spatial distribution of electric field at different temperatures. Our numerical results reveal that the superconductor based random lasers exhibit large temperature tunability in the terahertz domain. The emission spectrum is significantly temperature dependent, the number of lasing modes and their intensities increase with decreasing temperature. Also, we make some... 

Desalting plants are often installed in crude oil production units in order to remove water-soluble salts from an oil stream. Experiments in both the laboratory and field have shown the desalting process parameters to be very complicated. This research reflects the results of a study conducted regarding the impact of operational desalting parameters, including the effects of temperature, injected chemicals and the pH of the crude oil associated water, on an electrostatic desalter on one of the oil platforms owned by the Iranian Oil Offshore Company in the Persian Gulf. The temperature range applied was between 98 to 133 °C, at which the effects on water and oil density as well as salt... 

The effects of temperature, seed mass and agitation rate on agglomeration kinetics of aluminum hydroxide in Bayer process have been studied in a batch system. Collected raw data were analyzed and the kinetics data of agglomeration were derived through simulation of the process using a pre-developed software. The results showed that agglomeration kinetics constant (agglomeration kernel) increases with increase in temperature and agitation rate. Moreover a maximum value of agglomeration rate versus added seed mass was observed. Furthermore the magnitude of calculated activation energy of agglomeration was close to that of growth  

In this paper, a thermo-mechanical model has been used to predict the temperature history and residual stress distribution in gas tungsten arc welding of AA5251 plates. This model has also been utilized to estimate the residual stresses under different welding sequences, while in the model the effect of temperature on material properties were taken into account. In order to verify the predictions, residual stresses within the welded samples and weld pool geometry were experimentally measured employing hole drilling and macro-examination of weld cross-section, respectively. The comparison between numerical and experimental data shows a reasonable agreement. The predictions show that the... 

Long-term deactivation of a commercial K-promoted Fe 2O 3 catalyst used in the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene monomer was studied using 30 months of operating data of three industrial SM radial fixed bed adiabatic reactors. The Langmuir-Hinshelwood, Hougen-Watson model (LHHW) was used for reaction kinetics modeling. The kinetics of coking from ethylbenzene and styrene and the short-term deactivation function due to the quick coke formation were also considered in the model. The kinetics of long-term deactivation of the catalyst for ethylbenzene dehydrogenation to styrene between 550 and 630 °C were determined by allowing the effects of temperature and time on the catalyst... 

The drying of saffron stigma was investigated in a laboratory infrared dryer. The effect of temperature on the drying rate of samples at various temperatures (60,70...110 °C) was studied. The drying time decreased with an increase in drying air temperature. The constant-rate period is absent from the drying curve. The drying of saffron occurred in the falling rate period. Four, thin-layer drying models, namely, Lewis, Handerson and Pabis, Page, and Midilli and Kucuk, were fitted to drying data. The performance of these models was investigated by comparing the determination of coefficient ( R2) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between the observed and predicted moisture ratios. Among these... 

In this paper, for the first time, we present a semiclassical noise model for InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) laser considering two photon modes, i.e., ground and first excited states lasing. This model is based on the five level rate equations. By using this model, the effect of temperature variations on relative intensity noise (RIN) of QD laser is investigated. We find that the RIN significantly degrades when excited state (ES) lasing emerges at high temperature. Furthermore, we investigate the influence of the quantum dot numbers on the RIN properties  

Gasification of biomass in supercritical water is a successful technology for hydrogen production especially by using wet biomass. The whole process, from feeding to purification of hydrogen, consists of a lot of equipment, such as pumps, heat exchangers, heaters, reactors, etc. Because the main reactions take place in the gasification reactor, the gasifier is the most important equipment of the process. In this article, a thermodynamic model, including chemical equilibrium in the reactor that is based on Gibbs free energy minimization, is developed to estimate equilibrium composition for gasification of biomass in supercritical water for hydrogen production. For this analysis, we use three... 

Decreasing particle size results in larger increase of external surface area and shorter diffusion path, both reducing mass and heat transfer resistances in catalysis and sorption. A rapid high-temperature hydrothermal synthesis method was developed to synthesize uniform nanoparticles of SAPO-34 zeolite with high crystallinity. To investigate the effects of temperature and synthesis time on purity and crystallinity of the final products, the crystallization temperature was increased from 468 to 673 K while the synthesis time was decreased from 24 h to 45 min. The products were characterized by XRD and SEM techniques. It was found that high temperature and short synthesis time reduce the... 

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are excellent candidates for torsional elements used in nanoelectro-mechanical systems (NEMS). Simulations show that after being twisted to a certain angle, they buckle and lose their mechanical strength. In this paper, classical molecular dynamics simulations are performed on single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to investigate the effects of torsion speed and temperature on CNT torsional properties. The AIREBO potential is employed to describe the bonded interactions between carbon atoms. The MD simulations clearly show that the buckling of CNTs in torsion is a reversible process, in which by unloading the buckled CNT in opposite direction, it returns to its... 

In this paper, for the first time, we present a small signal circuit model of quantum dot laser considering two photon modes, i.e., ground and first excited states lasing. By using the presented model, effect of temperature variations on modulation response of quantum dot laser is investigated. Simulation results of modulation response are in agreement with the numerical and experimental results reported by other researchers  

A dynamic model of oxidation of methane to methanol has been developed in a fixed-bed reactor applying V2O5/SiO2 as the reaction catalyst. The standard k-? model with 10% turbulence amount performed. The effects of temperature (450- 500°C) and pressure (20-120 bar) with residence time of 3 seconds, on methane conversion and methanol or formaldehyde selectivity examined. Oxygen used as an oxidant and the amount of oxygen in feed was 5% mol/mol of methane amount. The results showed with increasing the conversion of methane from 0.66 to 1.52%, the selectivity to methanol decreased from 93.4% to 91.9%. The CFD modeling results showed reasonable agreement with the obtained experimental data of...