Application of the Direct Method to irreversible Stirling cycles with finite speed

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 589-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Petrescu ◽  
M. Costea ◽  
C. Harman ◽  
T. Florea
Keyword(s):  
Direct Method ◽  
Finite Speed

scholarly journals Optimization Modeling of Irreversible Carnot Engine from the Perspective of Combining Finite Speed and Finite Time Analysis

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 504
Author(s):  
Monica Costea ◽  
Stoian Petrescu ◽  
Michel Feidt ◽  
Catalina Dobre ◽  
Bogdan Borcila
Keyword(s):  
Direct Method ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Carnot Cycle ◽  
Time Analysis ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
First Law Of Thermodynamics ◽  
Finite Speed ◽  
Piston Speed ◽  
Internal Irreversibility

An irreversible Carnot cycle engine operating as a closed system is modeled using the Direct Method and the First Law of Thermodynamics for processes with Finite Speed. Several models considering the effect on the engine performance of external and internal irreversibilities expressed as a function of the piston speed are presented. External irreversibilities are due to heat transfer at temperature gradient between the cycle and heat reservoirs, while internal ones are represented by pressure losses due to the finite speed of the piston and friction. Moreover, a method for optimizing the temperature of the cycle fluid with respect to the temperature of source and sink and the piston speed is provided. The optimization results predict distinct maximums for the thermal efficiency and power output, as well as different behavior of the entropy generation per cycle and per time. The results obtained in this optimization, which is based on piston speed, and the Curzon–Ahlborn optimization, which is based on time duration, are compared and are found to differ significantly. Correction have been proposed in order to include internal irreversibility in the externally irreversible Carnot cycle from Curzon–Ahlborn optimization, which would be equivalent to a unification attempt of the two optimization analyses.

Performances Evaluation for a Reversed Quasi-Carnot Cycle (Refrigeration Machine) by Using the Direct Method from Finite Speed Thermodynamics

2012 ◽  
Vol 463-464 ◽  
pp. 1658-1662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stoian Petrecu ◽  
Catalina Dobre ◽  
Georgiana Tirca-Dragomirescu ◽  
Monica Costea ◽  
Camelia Stanciu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Method ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Carnot Cycle ◽  
Finite Speed ◽  
Performances Evaluation ◽  
Internal Irreversibility ◽  
Refrigeration Machine

The Direct Method from Finite Speed Thermodynamics is used in order to Determine in a complete analytical format of the COP and consumed Power of a Reversed Cvasi-Carnot Cycle (Refrigeration Machine with vapor) taking into account internal irreversibility generate by: Finite Speed, Friction, Throttling and Internal Heat Loses.

Characterization of frozen hydrated biological specimens by low-loss EELS

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1572-1573
Author(s):  
Songquan Sun ◽  
Richard D. Leapman
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Internal Standard ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Dark Field ◽  
Protein Solutions ◽  
Subcellular Compartment ◽  
Differential Shrinkage ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Analyses of ultrathin cryosections are generally performed after freeze-drying because the presence of water renders the specimens highly susceptible to radiation damage. The water content of a subcellular compartment is an important quantity that must be known, for example, to convert the dry weight concentrations of ions to the physiologically more relevant molar concentrations. Water content can be determined indirectly from dark-field mass measurements provided that there is no differential shrinkage between compartments and that there exists a suitable internal standard. The potential advantage of a more direct method for measuring water has led us to explore the use of electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for characterizing biological specimens in their frozen hydrated state.We have obtained preliminary EELS measurements from pure amorphous ice and from cryosectioned frozen protein solutions. The specimens were cryotransfered into a VG-HB501 field-emission STEM equipped with a 666 Gatan parallel-detection spectrometer and analyzed at approximately −160 C.

A Simple Real-Space Channelling Theory for Electron Diffraction and HREM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
D. Van Dyck
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Zone Axis ◽  
Phase Object ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
The Many ◽  
Analytical Expressions ◽  
Electron Wavefunction

The computation of the many beam dynamical electron diffraction amplitudes or high resolution images can only be done numerically by using rather sophisticated computer programs so that the physical insight in the diffraction progress is often lost. Furthermore, it is not likely that in this way the inverse problem can be solved exactly, i.e. to reconstruct the structure of the object from the knowledge of the wavefunction at its exit face, as is needed for a direct method [1]. For this purpose, analytical expressions for the electron wavefunction in real or reciprocal space are much more useful. However, the analytical expressions available at present are relatively poor approximations of the dynamical scattering which are only valid either for thin objects ((weak) phase object approximation, thick phase object approximation, kinematical theory) or when the number of beams is very limited (2 or 3). Both requirements are usually invalid for HREM of crystals. There is a need for an analytical expression of the dynamical electron wavefunction which applies for many beam diffraction in thicker crystals. It is well known that, when a crystal is viewed along a zone axis, i.e. parallel to the atom columns, the high resolution images often show a one-to-one correspondence with the configuration of columns provided the distance between the columns is large enough and the resolution of the instrument is sufficient. This is for instance the case in ordered alloys with a column structure [2,3]. From this, it can be suggested that, for a crystal viewed along a zone axis with sufficient separation between the columns, the wave function at the exit face does mainly depend on the projected structure, i.e. on the type of atom columns. Hence, the classical picture of electrons traversing the crystal as plane-like waves in the directions of the Bragg beams which historically stems from the X-ray diffraction picture, is in fact misleading.

Ab initio structure determination of cytochrome c6 by combined reciprocal space-real space approach

2003 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Chowdhury ◽  
S. Ghosh ◽  
M. Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Structure Determination ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Reciprocal Space ◽  
Cytochrome C6 ◽  
Ab Initio Structure ◽  
Space Approach

AbstractThe direct method program SAYTAN has been applied successfully to redetermine the structure of cytochrome c

Solvent-Ligand Interactions in Colloidal Nanocrystals

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan De Roo ◽  
Nuri Yazdani ◽  
Emile Drijvers ◽  
Alessandro Lauria ◽  
Jorick Maes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Method ◽  
Line Broadening ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Line Shape Analysis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Nanocrystal Synthesis ◽  
Ligand Interactions ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
Theoretical Evidence

<p>Although solvent-ligand interactions play a major role in nanocrystal synthesis, dispersion formulation and assembly, there is currently no direct method to study this. Here we examine the broadening of <sup>1</sup>H NMR resonances associated with bound ligands, and turn this poorly understood descriptor into a tool to assess solvent-ligand interactions. We show that the line broadening has both a homogeneous and a heterogeneous component. The former is nanocrystal-size dependent and the latter results from solvent-ligand interactions. Our model is supported by experimental and theoretical evidence that correlates broad NMR lines with poor ligand solvation. This correlation is found across a wide range of solvents, extending from water to hexane, for both hydrophobic and hydrophilic ligand types, and for a multitude of oxide, sulfide and selenide nanocrystals. Our findings thus put forward NMR line shape analysis as an indispensable tool to form, investigate and manipulate nanocolloids.</p>

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