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    Ambiguity function of MIMO radar with widely separated antennas

    , Article Proceedings International Radar Symposium ; 16 -18 June , 2014 ; ISSN: 21555753 Radmard, M ; Chitgarha, M. M ; Nazari Majd, M ; Nayebi, M. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    There has been much interest, recently, towards exploiting the Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technique in radar. It is shown that using multiple antennas at transmit and receive sides can improve the performance of the system. However, in order to analyze the system's performance, its ambiguity function, i.e. the ambiguity function of a MIMO radar, is needed to be defined. In this paper, beginning from the information theoretic definitions, we derive such function, specifically for a MIMO radar with widely separated antennas  

    Separation of microparticles suspended in a minichannel using laser radiation pressure

    , Article Applied Optics ; Volume 52, Issue 20 , 2013 , Pages 4950-4958 ; 1559128X (ISSN) Zabetian, M ; Saidi, M.S ; Shafii, M. B ; Saidi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
    Optical Society of American (OSA)  2013
    Abstract
    Optical separation, which is a contactless and accurate technique, has been mostly used to manipulate single particles. This work mainly aims to present an effective technique for optical propulsion and separation of a group of microscopic particles that are suspended in liquids. An experimental study is conducted to assess the effect of radiation pressure of a high-power laser on a dilute dispersion of microparticles in water using microscopic image analysis. Results of separation experiments indicate that the manipulation mechanism is capable of sorting the microscopic particles in two size classes. Compared to common optical separators, this configuration has a benefit of separating many... 

    Separation of Re and Mo from roasting-dust leach-liquor using solvent extraction technique by TBP

    , Article Separation and Purification Technology ; Volume 86 , February , 2012 , Pages 143-148 ; 13835866 (ISSN) Keshavarz Alamdari, E ; Darvishi, D ; Haghshenas, D. F ; Yousefi, N ; Sadrnezhaad, S. K ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Re/Mo separation is studied by a new solvent extraction technique which is based on extraction mechanisms of the constituent metals. Based on McCabe-Thiele plots, a flow diagram has been proposed for separation and purification of Re over Mo. Re-recovery section of the diagram shows that Re is extracted when major amount of Mo is removed. For removal of the remained Mo, a two-stage extraction is required at pH = 2 and V a/V o = 1. In order to obtain Re, the resulted aqueous phase is stripped by adding sulfuric acid. According to the results, while more Re is extracted at less pH, optimum extraction of Mo happens at pH = 1.2. Re selectivity over Mo maximizes by approaching of the pH to zero  

    Reliability of separation of duty in ANSI standard role-based access control

    , Article Scientia Iranica ; Volume 18, Issue 6 , 2011 , Pages 1416-1424 ; 10263098 (ISSN) Esna Ashari, M ; Rabiee, H. R ; Mirian-Hosseinabadi, S. H ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    ANSI RBAC is a standard for a consistent and uniform definition on Role Based Access Control features and their functional specifications ANSI (2004) [1]. We analyze both static and dynamic separation of duty constraints specifications in the ANSI RBAC standard and evaluate their reliabilities. We then suggest necessary improvements for making them completely reliable  

    Using an all-speed method to predict high frequency pressure spikes of water hammer with column separation

    , Article 13th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, IECEC 2015, 27 July 2015 through 29 July 2015 ; July , 2015 ; 9781624103766 (ISBN) Darbandi, M ; Beige, A. A ; Schneider, G. E ; Sharif University of Technology
    American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA  2015
    Abstract
    To extend a procedure to ensure the safe operation of a water reactor, we develop a numerical method to compute the high frequency pressure spikes of water hammer with liquid column separation in pipes. In this regard, we first extend a finite-volume all-speed method to solve the full one-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. This method is capable of simulating gas and liquid phases as well as the vapor-liquid one. On the other hand, the current extended method should be capable of capturing high frequency pressure spikes, which are formed due to water hammer and column separation in pipes. The existence of such high frequency spikes has been recently reported experimentally by other... 

    Designing and modeling a centrifugal microfluidic device to separate target blood cells

    , Article Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering ; Volume 26, Issue 3 , 2016 ; 09601317 (ISSN) Shamloo, A ; Selahi, Aa ; Madadelahi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institute of Physics Publishing  2016
    Abstract
    The objective of this study is to design a novel and efficient portable lab-on-a-CD (LOCD) microfluidic device for separation of specific cells (target cells) using magnetic beads. In this study the results are shown for neutrophils as target cells. However, other kinds of target cells can be separated in a similar approach. The designed microfluidics can be utilized as a point of care system for neutrophil detection. This microfluidic system employs centrifugal and magnetic forces for separation. After model validation by the experimental data in the literature (that may be used as a design tool for developing centrifugo-magnetophoretic devices), two models are presented for separation of... 

    A novel approach for microparticle separation based on dielectrophoresis method

    , Article Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express ; Volume 5, Issue 3 , 2019 ; 20571976 (ISSN) Rafiefard, N ; Sasanpour, P ; Fardindoost, S ; Irajizad, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institute of Physics Publishing  2019
    Abstract
    A novel approach for particles size separation based on dielectrophoresis (DEP) method is introduced and analyzed both computationally and experimentally. The proposed technique has been utilized for the separation of polystyrene (PS) particles with 8, 6 and 2 μm diameters passing through microchannels with planar electrodes. The performance of the technique has been computationally analyzed using the finite element method (FEM). Considering the structure of the planar electrodes, we propose an approach based on applying an electric potential between one of the global electrodes, and a needle touched the top of the cell suspension. Results of both simulation and experiment show that by... 

    A nonlinear blind source separation solution for removing the show-through effect in the scanned documents

    , Article 16th European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2008, Lausanne, 25 August 2008 through 29 August 2008 ; 2008 ; 22195491 (ISSN) Merrikh Bayat, F ; Babaie Zadeh, M ; Jutten, C ; Sharif University of Technology
    2008
    Abstract
    Digital documents are usually degraded during the scanning process due to the printings existing on the backside of the scanning manuscript. This is often caused by the so called show-through effect, the image that interferes with the main picture due to the intrinsic opacity of the paper. This phenomenon is on type of degradation that one would like to remove. In this paper, we propose a novel and general nonlinear model for show-through phenomenon. A nonlinear blind source separation (BSS) algorithm is used for this particular application in a new recursive and extendible structure for compensating show-through. Finally, we introduce a new structure for removing the show-through and the... 

    Gas permeation properties of commercial polyphenylene oxide and Cardo-type polyimide hollow fiber membranes

    , Article Separation and Purification Technology ; Volume 51, Issue 3 , 2006 , Pages 359-366 ; 13835866 (ISSN) Pourafshari Chenar, M ; Soltanieh, M ; Matsuura, T ; Tabe Mohammadi, A ; Feng, C ; Sharif University of Technology
    2006
    Abstract
    Gas separation properties of commercially available polyphenylene oxide (PPO) and Cardo-type polyimide (PI) hollow fiber membranes were investigated by CO2/CH4 and O2/N2 separation experiments. The pure gas permeation and the mixed gas separation experiments indicated that the two hollow fiber membranes were suitable candidates for O2/N2 and CO2/CH4 separations. Average O2/N2 permselectivities of 3.9 and 5.7 for PPO and PI hollow fibers, respectively, average CO2/CH4 permselectivities of 16.4 and 36.0 for PPO and PI hollow fibers, respectively, CO2 permeances of 210 and 110 GPU at 100 psig for PPO and PI hollow fibers, and O2 permeances of 40 GPU and 15 GPU for PPO and PI hollow fibers were... 

    Investigation of a two impinging-jets contacting device for liquid-liquid extraction processes

    , Article Chemical Engineering Science ; Volume 61, Issue 12 , 2006 , Pages 3942-3950 ; 00092509 (ISSN) Saien, J ; Ebrahimzadeh Zonouzian, S. A. R ; Molaei Dehkordi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2006
    Abstract
    A two impinging-jets contacting device (TIJCD) for liquid-liquid extraction processes was proposed and tested through the standard test system recommended by the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE), toluene-acetone-water, as a typical example of liquid-liquid extraction processes. The results obtained for the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient (capacity coefficient) were more than three times higher than those reported in the conventional contactors and in an air-driven two impinging-streams contactor. These experimental results clearly indicate the greater performance capability of TIJCD relative to those of conventional contactors. To have a perfect study on the... 

    An exploratory study on application of various classification models to distinguish switchable-hydrophilicity solvents based on 3D-descriptors

    , Article Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia) ; Volume 56, Issue 5 , 2021 , Pages 961-969 ; 01496395 (ISSN) Shiri, M ; Shiri, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    Bellwether Publishing, Ltd  2021
    Abstract
    A set of solvents were classified into the switchable-hydrophilicity solvents (SHSs) and non-switchable-hydrophilicity solvents based on forming or not forming a biphasic mixture with water. SHSs have been developed to make the reaction and product separation processes easier. Herein, three classifier algorithms and various feature selection techniques relay on 3D-molecular descriptors to characterize chemicals and forecast their classes were employed. Cfs-SVM method was employed to perform a classification study. The importance of this study helps to understand more about the presence of hydrophobic groups, their position, and their shape in the molecule. © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC  

    Gas Separation by TEG and Zeolite Na-Y Nano Particles Liquid Membrane

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Asadollahi, Mahdieh (Author) ; Bastani, Dariuosh (Supervisor) ; Kazemian, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this research, in order to investigate the effect of zeolites nanoparticles on the separation performance of a liquid membrane, a TEG/Nano Na-Y was developed. To do this, a high yield nano zeolite Na-Y was synthesized using mid-synthesis addition method . The synthesized samples were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, and SEM (EDX) instrumental techniques. A supported liquid membrane was prepared by impregnating a porous hydrophilic PVDF support with TEG and nano zeolite Na-Y. Permeances of single gas components of CO2, N2 and O2 were carried out at different pressures of 0.8, 1.8 and 3.7 bar. The single gases permeances were found to be: CO2 > N2 > O2. The results were shown that higher weight... 

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Malek Mohammadi, Mahsa (Author) ; Zahedi, Edmond (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Cardiovascular (CV) system is very similar to a wireless communication system in which a common input signal from the heart is fed into different arterial channels throughout different body parts. By putting multiple sensors on different peripheral body sites effects of this circulation from the heart can be recorded and be used as inputs for different multi channel blind system identification (BSI) methods for estimation of arterial channel dynamics. This Thesis is defined in order to investigate different BSI methods capability in CV characterization. To achieve this goal photoplethysmogram signals has been used as primary sensory recorded effect of heart function at three different... 

    Separation of CO2 from CO2-air Mixture Using ILM Membrane Containing TEG-DEA

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ahadi, Hossein (Author) ; Bastani, Dariush (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    CO2 separation from air was investigated in this work. An immobilized liquid membrane (ILM) which contains triethylene glycol (TEG) and diethanolamine (DEA) was used for this purpose. In this kind of membranes a liquid, which improves permeability of gas species through the membrane, fills the pores of a polymeric membrane as support. Because of low vapor pressure of solution, liquid loss was negligible. Transport of CO2 was facilitated due to reversible chemical reaction between CO2 and amine solution. A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane was chosen to have chemical resistance against the solution and prevent destruction of polymer by solution. A flat sheet and hydrophilic PVDF was... 

    Blind Speech Separation using Sparse Component Analysis

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Ghasimi, Majid (Author) ; Babaei-Zadeh, Masoud (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Separation of speech signals has many applications. For example, it is used human-machine communications. This problem can be divided into three categories: overdetermined, determined and underdetermined. If the number of mixtures is greater than the number of sources, the problem is called overdetermined; if it is equal to the number of sources, the problem is called determined and if it is less than the number of sources that problem is called underdetermined. This MS thesis studies the undertermined case. Moreover, speech signals are sparse in time-frequency domain, meaning that in each time-frequency point, usually only one source is active. So, for separatig the speech signals,the... 

    Lithium Isotopes Separation by Amalgam Electrolysis Method

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Aryanpur, Vahid (Author) ; Outokesh, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Ahmadi, Javad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Lithium has two stable isotopes naturally including 6Li at 7.5% and 7Li at 92.5% relative abundance. In spite of the similarities of lithium isotopes in common chemical reactions, they have some completely distinctive behaviors in nuclear reactions. 6Li has considerable neutron cross section capturing in thermal neutron range about 945 barns while this feature for 7Li is insignificant about 0.037 barns. This difference makes them to play different roles in nuclear uses. 7LiOH is applied for pH adjustment of coolant in light water reactors. 6Li is not only used as a shielding material against thermal neutrons, but also is known as a source of tritium in the blanket of fusion reactors which... 

    Synthesis & Characterization of Nano Zeolite SAPO-34 Membranes on Alumina Supports and Evaluation of Their Performance for Gas and Vapor Separation

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Dargahi, Mahdi (Author) ; Soltanieh, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Kazemian, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    A Novel synthesis method to assemble of nano crystalline SAPO-34 molecular sieves crystalline is successfully developed at a supercritical condition. The environmental and operating conditions are investigated through a Taguchi L-9 orthogonal array and optimum synthesis conditions in order to reach highest crystallinity and smallest crystalline. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), thermal method of analysis (e.g. TG-DTA), and infra red spectroscopy (FT-IR) techniques. In comparison to conventional hydrothermal methods, using a supercritical hydrothermal approach leads to the higher purity, reduced particle size, and change of... 

    Reducing the Size of the Reactor for Production of Fullerene-containing Soot and Study on the Efficiency of Alumina and Silica Gel as Stationary Phase for Separation of C60 and C70

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kadivar Salekoyeh, Mohammad (Author) ; Ghanbari, Bahram (Supervisor) ; Gol Nabi, Hossein (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In this study, with respect to previous projects, we focused on size reduction of hollow and endohedral fullerenes research reactors. For this reason, we set up two reactors having 1/2 and 3 liters volumes and then such parameters as pressure, reactor temperature, arc duration time, arc time interval and the working electrical current through the electrodes circuit, in both reactors were optimized. The reactors, 3- and 1/2-liter reactors were of types of horizontal and vertical, respectively. In this project spatial angle between two electrodes were also found as effective variable on fullerenes yield in the 3-liters arc reactor for the first time. We found that upon correction of the... 

    Separating Colored Points

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Assadian, Navid (Author) ; Zarei, Alireza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Separating colored points is one of the important problems in computational geometry. In separating colored points problems a set of colored points in Euclidean space are given that each color designates a set of certain data.Different problems can be defined in the colored points subject. Among them,separating colored points is studied in this thesis. It is supposed that two sets of blue and red points are given. It is desired to find the minimum number of rectangles that separate the blue points from the red points. It is demonstrated hat if P ̸= NP then there is no polynomial time algorithm for solving this problem. Then, a constant factor approximation algorithm is introduced and applied... 

    Experimental and numerical study of the gas-gas separation efficiency in a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube

    , Article Separation and Purification Technology ; Vol. 138, issue , Dec , 2014 , p. 177-185 Mohammadi, S ; Farhadi, F ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    A brass vortextube is used to carry out a series of experiments. The main objective of the present research is to investigate the separation performances of a vortex tube (VT) for a hydrocarbon mixture. Examination is also applied to study the effects of nozzle intakes number and cold fraction on the gas species separation at specific inlet pressure 236.37 kPa in a VT with two gas mixtures (LPG as a hydrocarbon mixture and LPG-N2). A two-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model simulation of a VT is presented. CFD code after validation is also applied to investigate the role of cold fraction and nozzle intakes number on the gas species separation. The highly rotating flow field...