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Selected Abstracts


INFLUENCE OF SAMPLE SIZE AND SHAPE ON TRANSPORT PARAMETERS DURING DRYING OF SHRINKING BODIES

JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, Issue 2 2007
NAJMUR RAHMAN
ABSTRACT An experimental investigation on the influence of sample size and shape on heat and mass transport parameters under natural convection air-drying is presented. Potato cylinders with length of 0.05 m and thicknesses of 0.005, 0.008, 0.010 and 0.016 m, and circular slices with diameter of 0.05 m and thickness of 0.01 m were dried in a laboratory scale hot-air cabinet dryer. Results indicate that each transport parameter exhibits a linear relationship with sample thickness. Convective heat and mass transfer coefficients (hcand hm) decreased whereas moisture diffusion coefficient (Deff) increased with increasing thickness. Considering no sample shrinkage effect in the parameter analysis, for the thickness range considered, the values of hcare found to be underestimated in the range of 29.0,30.6%, whereas those of hmand Deff are overestimated in the range of 33.7,38.0% and 75.9,128.1%, respectively. Using Levenberg,Marquardt algorithm for optimization, a correlation for Biot number for mass transfer (Bim) as a function of drying time and sample thickness is proposed. A close agreement was observed between dimensionless moisture contents predicted by this relation and those obtained from experiments for different sample thicknesses at drying air temperature of 60C. For the same thickness and drying conditions, circular slices caused an increase in each transport parameter significantly. [source]


Entwicklung hochverschleißbeständiger wolframschmelzkarbidbasierter Schichten auf Aluminiumbauteilen durch Plasma-Pulver-Auftragschweißen,

MATERIALWISSENSCHAFT UND WERKSTOFFTECHNIK, Issue 7 2007
S. Kondapalli Dipl.-Ing.
plasma transferred arc welding; wear-resistant coating; aluminium; composite coating; fused tungsten carbide Abstract Durch den Einsatz von Wolframschmelzkarbid können Funktionsflächen von Bauteilen mit stark abrasiven Beanspruchungen wirkungsvoll geschützt werden. Bereits seit vielen Jahren wird Wolframschmelzkarbid eingesetzt, um die Verschleißeigenschaften von Stahl zu verbessern. In diesem Artikel werden Ergebnisse von Untersuchungen zum Verschleißschutz von Aluminiumoberflächen mithilfe des Plasma-Pulver-Auftragschweißens von wolframschmelzkarbidbasierten Schichten vorgestellt. Die Wolframschmelzkarbid-Schichten werden mit zwei Methoden entwickelt, zum einen durch Dispergieren von Wolframschmelzkarbidpartikeln, zum anderen durch eine Kombination aus Dispergieren und Legieren von Verbundpulvern auf Wolframschmelzkarbidbasis. Die Schweißbarkeit der Pulversysteme wird für variierende Auftragschweißparameter und Karbidpartikelanteile untersucht. Im Anschluss erfolgt die Analyse der spezifischen Eigenschaften und der Verschleißbeständigkeit der entwickelten Schichten. Abschließend wird das Anwendungspotenzial am Beispiel von Führungsrollen dargestellt. Development of high wear-resistant FTC-based coatings on aluminium components using plasma transferred arc welding Nowadays, functional surfaces of components can be effectively protected from extreme wear with the help of fused tungsten carbide (FTC) coatings. The wear protection of steel components using FTC has been well known for many years. This paper presents the feasible study of improving the wear resistance of aluminium components with FTC particles using plasma powder arc welding. The FTC coatings are developed with two methods: one is the dispersion of carbide particles in aluminium and the other one is the combination of dispersing and alloying of FTC-based composite powders. In this research, coatings within a thickness range of a few millimeters are developed with varying process parameters and compositions of the filler materials. The developed coating systems are tested with regard to their specific properties and their wear resistance. Finally, their application potential is presented. [source]


Measuring Tg in ultra-thin polymer films with an excimer fluorescence technique

POLYMER ENGINEERING & SCIENCE, Issue 9 2001
C. C. White
An excimer fluorescence technique has been applied to the measurement of Tg of ultra-thin polystyrene films. This technique utilizes an excimer-forming molecule with fluorescent emission in two wavelength bands. The intensity ratio of these bands is a sensitive measure of local viscosity. This technique has been applied to five polystyrene films in the thickness range of 25 nm to 200 nm supported on quartz substrates. The observed Tg for the five ultra-thin polymer films was similar to the bulk Tg with no observed dependence upon thickness. Additionally, the Tg determined for each film did not show any dependence upon thermal history. [source]


Growth of Hafnium Aluminate Thin Films by Liquid Injection MOCVD Using Alkoxide Precursors,

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION, Issue 5 2004
P.A. Marshall
Abstract Thin films of Hf aluminate, (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1,x (Al,=,8.4,38.5,at.-%) have been deposited by liquid injection MOCVD using the metal alkoxide precursors [Hf(mmp)4] (mmp,=,OCMe2CH2OMe) and [Al(OiPr)3]. (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1,x thin films deposited at 500,°C had a thickness range of 7,13,nm and were high purity, with no carbon detected by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) at the estimated detection limit of 0.5,at.-%. Thick films of (HfO2)x(Al2O3)1,x containing more than ,7,at.-% Al were found by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to be amorphous. High frequency capacitance,voltage (C,V) measurements indicate strong electron trapping and a high density of interface states. [source]