scholarly journals Influence of temperature gradients on charge transport in asymmetric nanochannels

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (41) ◽  
pp. 28232-28238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Benneker ◽  
Hans David Wendt ◽  
Rob G. H. Lammertink ◽  
Jeffery A. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Charge Transport ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Total Current ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
A Charge

Imposing a temperature gradient over a charge-selective asymmetric nanochannel enhances the selectivity, total current and rectification of the nanochannel.

scholarly journals The principle of minimum entropy production and snow structure

2004 ◽  
Vol 50 (170) ◽  
pp. 342-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perry Bartelt ◽  
Othmar Buser
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Entropy Production ◽  
Surface Curvature ◽  
The State ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Curvature Radius ◽  
Minimum Entropy ◽  
Snow Layer ◽  
Minimum Entropy Production

AbstractAn essential problem in snow science is to predict the changing form of ice grains within a snow layer. Present theories are based on the idea that form changes are driven by mass diffusion induced by temperature gradients within the snow cover. This leads to the well-established theory of isothermal- and temperature-gradient metamorphism. Although diffusion theory treats mass transfer, it does not treat the influence of this mass transfer on the form — the curvature radius of the grains and bonds — directly. Empirical relations, based on observations, are additionally required to predict flat or rounded surfaces. In the following, we postulate that metamorphism, the change of ice surface curvature and size, is a process of thermodynamic optimization in which entropy production is minimized. That is, there exists an optimal surface curvature of the ice grains for a given thermodynamic state at which entropy production is stationary. This state is defined by differences in ice and air temperature and vapor pressure across the interfacial boundary layer. The optimal form corresponds to the state of least wasted work, the state of minimum entropy production. We show that temperature gradients produce a thermal non-equilibrium between the ice and air such that, depending on the temperature, flat surfaces are required to mimimize entropy production. When the temperatures of the ice and air are equal, larger curvature radii are found at low temperatures than at high temperatures. Thus, what is known as isothermal metamorphism corresponds to minimum entropy production at equilibrium temperatures, and so-called temperature-gradient metamorphism corresponds to minimum entropy production at none-quilibrium temperatures. The theory is in good agreement with general observations of crystal form development in dry seasonal alpine snow.

The Influence of Temperature Gradients on Partial Pressures in a Cvd Reactor

1993 ◽  
Vol 334 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.G.M. Oosterlaken ◽  
G.J. Leusink ◽  
G.C.A.M. Janssen ◽  
S. Radelaar ◽  
K.J. Kuijlaars ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soret Effect ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Low Pressure ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Gaseous Species ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Partial Pressures ◽  
Pressure Chemical

AbstractThe influence of temperature gradients on the partial pressures of a binary mixture in a cold wall low pressure chemical vapor deposition reactor was determined by Raman spectroscopy of the gaseous species in the reactor. It is demonstrated for the first time that the partial pressure of the heavy constituent in the hot region of a low pressure reactor is reduced by 35 % due to the Soret effect. Model calculations that included the Soret effect are in agreement with the experimental data.

scholarly journals The Effect of Cooling Agent on Stress and Deformation of Charge-loaded Cast Pallets

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
A. Bajwoluk ◽  
P. Gutowski
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficients ◽  
Cooling Conditions ◽  
Cooling Agent ◽  
Stress And Deformation ◽  
A Charge

Abstract The results of research on the effect of the type of cooling agent used during heat treatment and thermal-chemical treatment on the formation of temperature gradient and stress-deformation distribution in cast pallets, which are part of furnace accessories used in this treatment, are disclosed. During operation, pallets are exposed to the effect of the same conditions as the charge they are carrying. Cyclic thermal loads are the main cause of excessive deformations or cracks, which after some time of the cast pallet operation result in its withdrawal due to damage. One of the major causes of this damage are stresses formed under the effect of temperature gradient in the unevenly cooled pallet construction. Studies focused on the analysis of heat flow in a charge-loaded pallet, cooled by various cooling agents characterized by different heat transfer coefficients and temperature. Based on the obtained temperature distribution, the stress distribution and the resulting deformation were examined. The results enabled drawing relevant conclusions about the effect of cooling conditions on stresses formed in the direction of the largest temperature gradient.

Prediction of Charge Transport Properties of Molecular Materials by Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations

2000 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wataru Sotoyama ◽  
Tomoaki Hayano ◽  
Hiroyuki Sato ◽  
Azuma Matsuura ◽  
Toshiaki Narusawa
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transport ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Electron Mobility ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Molecular Materials ◽  
Structural Reorganization ◽  
Charge Hopping ◽  
Reorganization Energies ◽  
A Charge

ABSTRACTWe developed a method to predict the charge transport (CT) type (hole or electron) in molecular materials that uses molecular orbital calculations. The hole-and-electron-mobility ratios of molecular materials were calculated based on molecular structural reorganization energies in a charge hopping process. The CT types predicted from the calculated mobility ratios agreed with those experimentally obtained in seven of the eight model molecules.

XXV.—The Determination of Temperature Gradients over the Greenland Ice Sheet by Optical Methods

1957 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-397
Author(s):  
R. A. Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Greenland Ice Sheet ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Lower Atmosphere ◽  
Optical Methods ◽  
Snow Surface ◽  
Vertical Angle ◽  
Gradient Measurements

SynopsisThe temperature gradient in the lower atmosphere can be directly determined by measuring the optical refractive index of the air. This method is suitable for use on the Greenland ice sheet where errors introduced by water vapour are small, and where the strong solar radiation reflected by the snow surface makes it difficult to measure temperature differences over height differences of about I metre.The refraction was measured by observing the apparent vertical angle of each of a set of targets at distances up to 4 km. from a theodolite. The refraction was found to vary linearly with the distance of the target. The true vertical angle to the targets was determined when a second theodolite was available and reciprocal sights could be taken with it from the site of target to the fixed theodolite. The true vertical angle varied with time due to slow descent of the theodolite as the firn slumped; a correction for this was made. The standard error of the temperature gradient measurements was about 1.5 × 10−2 C.° per metre. It is considered that the method could be developed and improved so that over a range of only 100 metres temperature gradients could be measured to an accuracy of about 0·1° C. per metre.

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