Pore-resolved simulations of porous media combustion with conjugate heat transfer

Porous media combustion (PMC) is an active field of research with a number of potential advantages over free-flame combustors. A key contributor to these phenomena is the interphase heat exchange and heat recirculation from the products upstream to the reactants. In this paper, we present a network model that captures the conjugate heat transfer in pore-resolved 2D simulations of PMC. A series of simulations are presented with varying solid conduction and inlet velocity to isolate the role of conjugate heat transfer on the salient features of the burner, including flame stability, axial temperature profiles, and flame structure. We show that both the flame stabilization and the propagation behavior are strongly related to the conjugate heat transfer, and the flame stability regime is shifted to higher velocities as the conductivity of the solid material is increased.     

Shear and extensional flow of polyacrylamide solutions

As part of an EEC Science Stimulation programme on extensional viscosity two major conferences were organised on the subject. The second of these was devoted to the results obtained on a standard fluid, M 1. The data obtained in shear flow was remarkably consistent from laboratory to laboratory. Extensional flow results presented quite a different picture. Using a series of nonequilibrium techniques such as the spinline rheometer, opposing jet, falling drop and converging flow, extensional viscosity results were obtained which differed by as much as two to three orders of magnitude. Nevertheless, it was apparent that consistancy did exist between similar techniques. It is in the context of this information that the measurements described below have been made.The shear and extensional flow properties of partially ionised polyacrylamide in solution at concentrations ranging from 5 ppm were measured. The method of solution preparation was found to have a profound effect on the behaviour of the solutions in shear flow. The influence of salt concentration and pH was investigated and is discussed in the context of molecular shape in solution.Extensional flow measurements, using the spinline rheometer, show that the solutions are strongly strain thickening even at concentrations as low as 5 ppm. These results are considered in the light of polymer entanglement and association in the strong flow field.Delivered as a Keynote Lecture at the Golden Jubilee Conference of the British Society of Rheology and Third European Rheology Conference, Edinburgh, 3–7 September, 1990.     

Multiple silicon-hydrogen bond activations at adjacent rhodium and iridium centers

The reaction of 1 equiv of primary silanes, SiH(3)R (R = Ph, Mes), with [RhIr(CO)(3)(dppm)(2)] yields mono(silylene)-bridged complexes of the type [RhIr(H)(2)(CO)(2)(μ-SiHR)(dppm)(2)] (R = Ph or Mes), while for R = Ph the addition of 2 equiv yields the bis(silylene)-bridged complexes, [RhIr(CO)(2)(μ-SiHPh)(2)(dppm)(2)]. The kinetic isomer of this bis(silylene)-bridged product has the phenyl substituent axial on one silylene unit and equatorial on the other, and in the presence of excess silane this rearranges to the thermodynamically preferred "axial-axial" isomer, in which the phenyl substituents on each bridging silylene unit are axial and parallel to one another. The reaction of 1 equiv of diphenylsilane with [RhIr(CO)(3)(dppm)(2)] produces the mono(silylene)-bridged product, [RhIr(H)(2)(CO)(2)(μ-SiPh(2))(dppm)(2)], and the subsequent addition of silane in the presence of CO yields the silyl/silylene product [RhIr(H)(SiPh(2)H)(CO)(3)(κ(1)-dppm)(μ-SiPh(2))(dppm)]. The reaction of [RhIr(CO)(3)(dppm)(2)] with 2 equiv of SiH(2)Me(2) yields the analogous product [RhIr(H)(SiMe(2)H)(CO)(3)(κ(1)-dppm)(μ-SiMe(2))(dppm)]. Low-temperature NMR spectroscopic observation of some key intermediates, such as [RhIr(H)(SiH(2)Ph)(CO)(2)(μ-CO)(dppm)(2)], formed during the formation of the mono(silylene)-bridged species provides evidence for a mechanism involving initial Si-H bond activation at Rh, followed by the subsequent Si-H bond activation at Ir. The Si-H bond activation of a second equivalent of silane seems to be initiated by dissociation of the Rh-bound end of one diphosphine. The reaction of diphenylsilane with the cationic complex [RhIr(CH(3))(CO)(2)(dppm)(2)][CF(3)SO(3)] gives rise to a different reactivity pattern in which Si-H bond activation is initiated at Ir. In this case, the cationic silyl-bridged species, [RhIr(CH(3))(CO)(2)(κ(1):η(2)-SiHPh(2))(dppm)(2)][CF(3)SO(3)], contains an agostic Si-H interaction with Rh. In solution, at ambient temperature, this complex converts to two species, [RhIr(H)(COCH(3))(CO)(μ-H)(μ-SiPh(2))(dppm)(2)][CF(3)SO(3)] and [RhIr(CO)(2)(μ-H)(μ-SiPh(2))(dppm)(2)] [CF(3)SO(3)], formed by the competing methyl migration to CO and reductive elimination of methane, respectively. In the diphenylsilylene dihydride product, a weak interaction between the bridging silicon and the terminal Ir-bound hydride is proposed on the basis of NMR evidence.     

Enrichment,incorporation and oxidation of copper during anodising of aluminium–copper alloys

Porous anodic oxides generated on copper‐containing aluminium alloys are less regular than anodic oxides generated on pure aluminium. Specifically, a porous oxide morphology comprising layers of embryo pores, generated by a cyclic process of oxide film growth and oxygen evolution, is generally observed. In this work, the relation between the oxidation behaviour of copper during anodising and the specific porous oxide film morphology was investigated by electrochemical techniques, transmission electron microscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS). It was found that the anodising potential determines the oxidation behaviour of copper, and the latter determines the porous oxide morphology. At low voltage, relatively straight pores with continuous cell walls were obtained on Al? Cu alloys, but selective oxidation of aluminium atoms resulted in the occlusion of copper‐containing metallic nanoparticles in the anodic film. At higher potentials, copper oxidation promoted oxygen evolution within the barrier layer, and generation of a less regular film morphology. RBS, performed on Al? Cu alloy specimens, revealed a high volume fraction of copper atoms in the anodic films generated at low potentials and a reduced amount of copper atoms in the anodic oxide films generated at high potentials. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reactions of terminal polyynes with benzyl azide

Terminal di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentaynes substituted with a variety of functional groups react with benzyl azide in the presence of CuSO(4)·5H(2)O and ascorbic acid to give derivatives of 4-ethynyl-, 4-butadiynyl-, 4-hexatriynyl-, and 4-octatetraynyl-1,2,3-triazoles in moderate to good yields. These reactions appear to proceed regioselectively, and functionalization occurs exclusively at the terminal alkyne moiety. As well, no evidence of multiple azide additions to the polyyne framework is observed. X-ray crystallographic analysis of nine derivatives is used to document the regioselectivity of the reaction as well as outline structural characteristics of the 1,2,3-triazole products.     

Controlled hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanostructures by sequestering the Zn metal ions with the chelating agent EDTA

In the present work, a controlled growth of ZnO nanostructures by manipulating Zn metal ion concentration by the chelating action of ethylene diaminetetra acetic acid in hydrothermal method is studied. EDTA produces metal–chelate complex by the formation of bidentate ligand with Zn²⁺ in the solution and diminishes the reactivity of Zn metal cations. Concentration of EDTA in the mother solution was varied in different ranges like 3, 5 and 10 mM while retaining the zinc metal salt and the NaOH concentration the same. Three different morphologies of wurtzite structured ZnO nanostructures such as nanorods-bunch, separate/discrete uniformly sized hexagonal nanorods and tapered flower petals like shapes are achieved by 3, 5 and 10 mM strengths of EDTA, respectively. The medium concentration 5 mM of EDTA is found to have moderate control over producing ZnO nanostructures of uniform diameter and a high aspect (length to diameter) ratio. An array of vertically aligned free standing ZnO nanorods with uniform spacing is successfully achieved by the addition of 5 mM of EDTA in the mother solution and the same is studied for its fluorescence property at an excitation of 325 nm and it has exhibited a characteristic UV emission of ZnO around 383 nm.     

The synthesis of Leishmania major phosphoglycan fragments

The triglycosyl monophosphate 1, heptaglycosyl triphosphates 2 and 3, and octaglycosyl triphosphate 4, which are fragments of the phosphoglycan part of Leishmania major lipo- and proteo-phosphoglycans have been prepared using di- and tri-saccharide H-phosphonates for construction of the phosphodiester bridges.     

Substituent effects on the disproportionation—combination rate constant ratios for gas‐phase halocarbon radicals,Part 5: Reactions of CF3 + CF3CH2CHCH3 and CF3CH2CHCH3 + CF3CH2CHCH3

Rate constant ratios, k_d/k_c for the disproportionation/combination reaction have been measured as 0.07 ± 0.02 when an H is removed from the CH₂ position of the CF₃CH₂CHCH₃ radical and as 0.24 ± 0.03 when the H is removed from the CH₃ position in the reaction with the CF₃ radical. For the self‐reaction between two CF₃CH₂CHCH₃ radicals, k_d/k_c has been measured as 0.27 ± 0.03 when the H is removed from the CH₂ position and as 0.47 ± 0.04 when the H is removed from the CH₃ position. The branching fraction, corrected for the number of hydrogens at each site, is 0.70 favoring the methyl position when the acceptor radical is CF₃ and 0.54 when CF₃CH₂CHCH₃ is the acceptor radical. Branching fraction results show that the CF₃ substituent on the CF₃CH₂CHCH₃ radical hinders disproportionation when CF₃ is the acceptor radical. When the accepting radical is CF₃CH₂CHCH₃ the CF₃ substituent may slightly impede the disproportionation reaction, but the branching ratio is nearly statistical. The effect of substituents on the donor radical, CF₃CH₂CHX, will be discussed for the series X = H, CF₃, Cl, and CH₃ when the acceptor radical is CF₃. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 33: 549–557, 2001     

Dynamical Locality of the Nonminimally Coupled Scalar Field and Enlarged Algebra of Wick Polynomials

We discuss dynamical locality in two locally covariant quantum field theories: the nonminimally coupled scalar field and the enlarged algebra of Wick polynomials. We calculate the relative Cauchy evolution of the enlarged algebra, before demonstrating that dynamical locality holds in the nonminimally coupled scalar field theory. We also establish dynamical locality in the enlarged algebra for the minimally coupled massive case and the conformally coupled massive case.