Axial dispersion in a liquid fluidized bed of particles akin to immobilized enzymes

The axial dispersion of a liquid fluidized bed of controlled pore silica (CPS) particles has been determined by the pulse tracer method. The CPS used was the same as for enzyme immobilization, having an average diameter of 0.436 mm and mean pore size of 37.5 nm. The fluidization liquid is α-amylase liquefied manioc starch, 30% w/v, 45°C pH=4.5. Nominal bed porosities tested were 0.7 and 0.8. The results show that the axial dispersion coefficient increases with greater superficial liquid velocities. Various available correlations tested disagree with each other to a large extent and are unable to represent collected experimental data.     

Growth and characterization of Mn- and Co-doped ZnO nanowires

A flow injection chemiluminescence method is proposed for the determination of cobalt, based on the strong catalytic effect of Cobalt(II) (1,10-phenanthroline)₃ complex on the lucigenin-periodate reaction in alkaline medium. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the chemiluminescence signal responded linearly to the concentration of cobalt(II) in the 1.0 × 10⁻⁹–3.0 × 10⁻⁷ g mL⁻¹ range with a detection limit of 4.4 × 10⁻¹⁰ g mL⁻¹ cobalt(II). The relative standard deviation for the determination of 5.0 × 10⁻⁸ g mL⁻¹ of cobalt was 2.3% in eleven replicated measurements. The method was successfully applied to the determination of cobalt(II) in pharmaceutical preparations.     

A priori error estimates for nonstationary optimal control problems with gradient state constraints

We are concerned with the discretization of semilinear parabolic optimization problems subject to constraints on the first derivative of the solution of the PDE. Constructing sequences of feasible controls for the dG(0)-cG(1) discretization of the problem and relying on a quadratric growth condtion, we show convergence orders as temporal and spatial mesh tends to zero. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Nonoccupational noise: exposures associated with routine activities

Efforts to characterize nonoccupational noise exposures have focused primarily on infrequent, episodic events. Few studies have assessed noise levels resulting from routine daily activities. In the current study, 112 construction workers wore datalogging noise dosimeters and simultaneously completed activity logs during two phases of data collection. The 81 subjects monitored in phase 1 received logs listing numerous preselected occupational and nonoccupational activities, while the 31 subjects monitored in phase 2 used free-field logs and reported nonoccupational activities in greater detail. Nearly all of the 221,439 1-min intervals of nonoccupational L(eq) level and activity reporting were below 70 dBA; only a small percentage exceeded 80 dBA. The primary contributor to nonoccupational noise exposure was traveling in a car or bus, while time at home contributed the least. One hundred seventy 24-h L(eq) levels were computed from the 1-min noise level data. The percentage of phase 2 workday L(eq(24)) levels which exceeded 80 dBA was higher than that of the nonworkday levels. The mean L(eq(24)) level of phase 2 workdays was higher than that of nonworkdays, and the difference was statistically significant. Routine nonoccupational noise exposures contributed much less to total noise dose than occupational exposures in the subjects evaluated.     

Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for minimizing mean flow time in an open shop

This paper considers the problem of scheduling n jobs on m machines in an open shop environment so that the sum of completion times or mean flow time becomes minimal. It continues recent work by Bräsel et al. [H. Bräsel, A. Herms, M. Mörig, T. Tautenhahn, T. Tusch, F. Werner, Heuristic constructive algorithms for open shop scheduling to minmize mean flow time, European J. Oper. Res., in press (doi.10.1016/j.ejor.2007.02.057)] on constructive algorithms. For this strongly NP-hard problem, we present two iterative algorithms, namely a simulated annealing and a genetic algorithm. For the simulated annealing algorithm, several neighborhoods are suggested and tested together with the control parameters of the algorithm. For the genetic algorithm, new genetic operators are suggested based on the representation of a solution by the rank matrix describing the job and machine orders. Extensive computational results are presented for problems with up to 50 jobs and 50 machines, respectively. The algorithms are compared relative to each other, and the quality of the results is also estimated partially by a lower bound for the corresponding preemptive open shop problem. For most of the problems, the genetic algorithm is superior when fixing the same number of 30 000 generated solutions for each algorithm. However, in contrast to makespan minimization problems, where the focus is on problems with an equal number of jobs and machines, it turns out that problems with a larger number of jobs than machines are the hardest problems.     

Selective catch and release of a synthetically useful phosphine ligand

The selective catch and release of the synthetically useful (o-biphenyl)(t-butyl)₂P from basic and non basic compounds, utilizing solid phase supported sulfonic acid sources is demonstrated.     

Polarit?t bin?rer L?sungsmittelgemische: Bestimmung von ET(30)-Werten und Korrelation mit kinetischen L?sungsmittel-Effekten

Zusammenfassung Zur empirischen Beschreibung der Polarität binärer Lösungsmittelgemische wurden mit einem solvatochromen Betain-Farbstoff E_T-Werte für folgende Systeme bestimmt: Methanol/Butanol-2, Methanol/2-Methylbutanol-2, Methanol/Pyridin, Methanol/Acetonitril, Methanol/Toluol und Ethanol/ 2,2,2-Trifluorethanol. In allen Systemen treten mehr oder weniger starke Abweichungen vom idealen Mischungsverhalten auf, was im einzelnen diskutiert wird. In den genannten Lösungsmittelgemischen wurde parallel die Kinetik der Ligandensubstitution an einem neutralen Kupfer(II)-bis-chelatkomplex vermessen. Die E_T-Werte korrelieren mit den lnkWerten (k = Geschwindigkeitskonstante für den durch das Solvens induzierten Ligandenaustausch). Dies weist darauf hin, daß die Bildung des Übergangszustandes durch H-Brücken erleichtert wird.

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Polarity of binary solvent mixtures: Determination of E_T(30)-values and correlation with kinetic solvent effects

Summary The polarity of binary solvent mixtures is empirically described by E_T-values as determined with a solvatochromic betaine dye. The following mixtures were studied: methanol/butanol-2, methanol/2-methylbutanol-2, methanol/pyridine, methanol/acetonitrile, methanol/toluene and ethanol/2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. All mixtures behave as more or less non-ideal systems which is discussed in detail. Parallel to the determination of E_T-values the kinetics of ligand substitution in a neutral copper(II)-bis-chelate complex were studied in the same set of solvent mixtures. The E_T-values correlate with the corresponding lnk-values (k = rate constant for solvent induced ligand substitution). This would mean that the formation of the transition state is facilitated by hydrogen bonding.

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