Vapor-liquid equilibrium in low pressure water+congener mixtures

Claudio Alonso Faúndez,Felipe Andrés Urbina,José Omar Valderrama 한국화학공학회 2009 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.26 No.5

Vapor-liquid equilibrium in binary water+congeners mixtures found in alcoholic distillation has been analyzed using the Peng-Robinson equation of state and one of the most popular modern mixing rules, the Wong-Sandler model. Accurate modeling of the concentration of congeners (substances different from ethanol and water) in the vapor phase is of special importance because these substances give some special characteristics of flavor and aroma to the final distilled spirit and also because their concentrations are regulated by law. In the Wong-Sandler mixing rules the van Laar model for the Gibbs excess energy has been used. The type of model used in this work is commonly used to correlate high pressure phase equilibrium and has not yet been used to treat complex low pressure water+congener mixtures as done in this work. Eight binary water+congeners mixtures have been considered for analysis. Comparison with available literature data is done and the accuracy of the model to correlate the pressure and the vapor phase concentration of the congeners is discussed. It is concluded that the model used is accurate enough for distillation analysis, modeling and simulation.

Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity against Salmonella Enteritidis

Gaëlle Legendre,Fabienne Faÿ,Isabelle Linossier,Karine Vallée-Réhel 한국미생물학회 2011 The journal of microbiology Vol.49 No.3

Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is a well-known pathogenic bacterium responsible for human gastrointestinal enteritis mainly due to the consumption of eggs and egg-products. The first aim of this work was to study several virulence factors of a strain isolated from egg content: SEovo. First, bacterial growth was studied at several temperatures and cell morphology was observed by scanning electronic microscopy. These experiments showed Salmonella’s ability to grow at low temperatures and to produce exoproducts. Next, Salmonella motility was observed performing swimming, twitching, and swarming tests. Results indicated a positive flagellar activity and the cell ability to differentiate and become hyperflagellated under specific conditions. Moreover, SEovo adherence and biofilm formation was carried out. All of these tests enabled us to conclude that SEovo is a potential pathogen, thus it can be used as a model to perform antibacterial experiments. The second part of the study was dedicated to the evaluation of the antibacterial activity of different molecules using several methods. The antibacterial effect of silver and copper aluminosilicates was tested by two different kinds of methods. On the one hand, the effect of these two antibacterial agents was determined using microbiological methods: viable cell count and agar-well diffusion. And on the other hand, the antibacterial activity was evaluated using CLSM and SYTO Red/SYTOX Green dyeing. CLSM allowed for the evaluation of the biocide on sessile cells, whereas the first methods did not. Results showed that adhered bacteria were more resistant than planktonic counterparts and that CLSM was a good alternative to evaluate antibacterial activity on fixed bacteria without having to carry out a removing step.

Influence of stiffeners on the performance of blind-bolt end-plate connections to CFST columns

Fa-xing Ding,Zhi-cheng Pan,Peng Liu,Shi-jian Huang,Liang Luo,Tao Zhang 국제구조공학회 2020 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.36 No.4

The paper aims to investigate the mechanical mechanism and seismic effect of stiffeners in blind bolt endplate connection to CFST column. A precise 3D finite element model with considering the cyclic properties of concrete and steel materials was established, and the efficiency was validated through monotonic and cyclic test data. The deforming pattern and the seismic performance of the unstiffened and stiffened blind bolt endplate connections were investigated. Then a parametric analysis was conducted to analyze the contribution of stiffeners and the joint working behaviors with endplate under cyclic load. The joint stiffness classifications were compared and a supplement stiffness classification method was proposed, and the energy dissipation ability of different class connections were compared and discussed. Results indicated that the main deformation pattern of unstiffened blind bolt endplate connections was the local bending of end plate. The vertical stiffeners can effectively alleviate the local bending deformation of end plate. And influence of stiffeners in thin endplate and thick endplate was different. Based on the stiffness of external diaphragm welded connection, a more detailed rigidity classification was proposed which included the pin, semi-rigid, quasi-rigid and rigid connection. Beam was the main energy dissipation source for rigid connection. For the semi-rigid and quasi-rigid connection, the extended endplate, stiffeners and steel beam would all participate in the energy dissipation.

Behavior of circular concrete-filled steel tubular columns under pure torsion

Fa-Xing Ding,QIANG FU,Bing Wen,Qi-shi Zhou,Xue-mei Liu 국제구조공학회 2018 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.26 No.4

Concrete-filled steel tubular (CFT) columns are commonly used in engineering structures and always subjected to torsion in practice. This paper is thus devoted to investigate the mechanical behavior of circular CFT columns under pure torsion.3D finite element models based on reasonable material constitutive relation were established for analyzing the load-strain (<i>T-–γ</i>) curves of circular CFT columns under pure torsion. The numerical simulation indicated that local bulking of the steel tube in CFT columns was prevented and the shear strength and ductility of the core concrete were significantly improved due to the confinement effect between the steel tube and the core concrete. Based on the results, formulas to predict the torsional ultimate bearing capacity of circular CFT columns were proposed with satisfactory correspondence with experimental results. Besides, formulas of composite shear stiffness and the overall process of the <i>T-–γ</i> relation of circular CFT columns under pure torsion were proposed.

Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation in a Patient with Right Ventricular Amyloidosis with Initial Manifestations Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy

Fa-Po Chung,Yenn-Jiang Lin,Ling Kuo,Shih-Ann Chen 대한심장학회 2017 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.47 No.2

Differentiating arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) from other cardiomyopathies is clinically important but challenging. Although the modified Task Force Criteria can facilitate diagnosis of ARVD/C according to clinical manifestations, histopathological examination plays a pivotal role in excluding other diseases that can mimic ARVD/C. Here, we report a patient with amyloidosis that initially presented similarly to ARVD/C. The diagnosis was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy, and catheter ablation eliminated the ventricular tachyarrhythmias through an epicardial approach.

Blind Signal Separation Method Based Machining Error Decomposition

Fa-Ping Zhang,Di Wu,Yan Yan,Shahid Ikramullah Butt 한국정밀공학회 2018 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Vol.19 No.2

In view of the current error separation method cannot successfully separate the dissimilar systematic error components from the whole surface machining data, a method for machining errors decomposition based on blind signal separation is proposed which can distinguish those dissimilar systematic error components. Firstly, the error transfer model to describe the errors synthesizing from the single error component caused by corresponding individual error source to the synthesis machining surface error is conducted. To determine the number of the systematic error components, the principal component analysis (PCA) method is used. Then according to the theory of blind source separation, negative entropy based fixed point algorithm is proposed to fulfill the machining error components separation, which can realize the separation of the systematic error components even in close frequency scale. Finally, a shaft surface finish turning data and a flat surface milling data are used as examples to verify the proposed method. The result shows that the proposed error separation method can effectively realize the machining error separation in close frequency scale.

Behavior of headed shear stud connectors subjected to cyclic loading

Fa-xing Ding,Guo-an Yin,Hai-bo Wang,Liping Wang,Qiang Guo 국제구조공학회 2017 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.25 No.6

The objective of this study is to investigate the actual behavior of studs in structures under earthquake load through laboratory tests and numerical simulation. A test program including eighteen specimens was devised with consideration of different concrete strengths and stud diameters. Six of specimens were subjected to monotonically increasing loading while the others were subjected to cyclic loading. Mechanical behavior including the failure mechanism, load-slip relationship, stiffness degradation, energy dissipation and the damage accumulation was obtained from the test results. An accurate numerical model based on the ABAQUS software was developed and validated against the test results. The results obtained from the finite element (FE) model matched well with the experimental results. Furthermore, based on the experimental and numerical data, the design formulas for expressing the skeleton curve were proposed and the simplified hysteretic model of load versus displacement was then established. It is demonstrated that the proposed formulas and simplified hysteretic model have a good match with the test results.

Unloading Deformation of Rock Slopes Under High Geo-stress Condition

( Fa Quan Wu ),( Shen Wen Qi ),( Tong Liu ) 대한지질공학회 2007 국제학술발표회 논문집 Vol.2007 No.-

Confinement coefficient of concrete-filled square stainless steel tubular stub columns

Fa-Xing Ding,Yi-xiang Yin,Liping Wang,Yujie Yu,Liang Luo,Zhi-wu Yu 국제구조공학회 2019 Steel and Composite Structures, An International J Vol.30 No.4

The objective of this paper is to investigate the confinement coefficient of concrete-filled square stainless steel tubular (CFSSST) stub columns under axial loading. A fine finite 3D solid element model was established, which utilized a constitutive model of stainless steel considering the strain-hardening characteristics and a triaxial plastic-damage constitutive model of concrete with features of the parameter certainty under axial compression. The finite element analysis results revealed that the increased ultimate bearing capacity of CFSSST stub columns compared with their carbon steel counterparts was mainly due to that the composite action of CFSSST stub columns is stronger than that of carbon steel counterparts. A further parametric study was carried out based on the verified model, and it was found that the stress contribution of the stainless steel tube is higher than the carbon steel tube. The stress nephogram was simplified reasonably in accordance with the limit state of core concrete and a theoretical formula was proposed to estimate the ultimate bearing capacity of square CFSSST stub columns using superposition method. The predicted results showed satisfactory agreement with both the experimental and FE results. Finally, the comparisons of the experimental and predicted results using the proposed formula and the existing codes were illustrated.

The Effects of Temperature on Daily Electricity Demand Profile Based on Principal Component Analysis

Fa-Zheng Chu(저법정),Kwang-Hui Lee(이광휘) 대한전자공학회 2015 대한전자공학회 학술대회 Vol.2015 No.11

Outside temperature is the inevitable factor during modeling for electricity demand. In this paper, we deploy principal components analysis (PCA) method on the daily electricity demand profile to investigate the effect of temperatures. According to the data sets we used from New York state, daily electricity demand profile on 24 hours resolution could be reduced as two components vector and each component shows a clear manner to response to temperature changes. According to our investigation, the first, considering a totally different pattern of demand response to high temperature, modeling for daily electricity demand should treat electricity demand in high temperature separately. The second, because of showing a parallel shift on the transformed demand profile, even the daily electricity demand profile of no working day is much different from the working days", it is possible to take the manner of response to temperature change as the same.