Effects of electrode chemical reactions on SF6 discharge characteristics in extremely inhomogeneous electric fields

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 072104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhicheng Wu ◽  
Qiaogen Zhang ◽  
Chaoqun Ma ◽  
Heli Ni
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Discharge Characteristics ◽  
Sf6 Discharge

LBE for Generalized Hydrodynamics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sauro Succi
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Soft Matter ◽  
Fluid Motion ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
The Past ◽  
Generalized Hydrodynamics ◽  
Internal Forces

This chapter presents the main techniques to incorporate the effects of external and/or internal forces within the LB formalism. This is a very important task, for it permits us to access a wide body of generalized hydrodynamic applications whereby fluid motion couples to a variety of additional physical aspects, such as gravitational and electric fields, potential energy interactions, chemical reactions and many others. It should be emphasized that while hosting a broader and richer phenomenology than “plain” hydrodynamics, generalized hydrodynamics still fits the hydrodynamic picture of weak departure from suitably generalized local equilibria. This class is all but an academic curiosity; for instance, it is central to the fast-growing science of Soft Matter, a scientific discipline which has received an impressive boost in the past decades, under the drive of micro- and nanotechnological developments and major strides in biology and life sciences at large.

scholarly journals Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Organic Compounds and Nanomaterials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjali Jha
Keyword(s):  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Dipole Moments ◽  
Electric Heating ◽  
Microwave Assisted Synthesis ◽  
Microwave Chemistry ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Promising Area

In the Conventional laboratory or industry heating technique involve Bunsen burner, heating mental/hot plates and electric heating ovens. To produce a variety of useful compounds for betterment of mankind, the Microwave Chemistry was introduced in year 1955 and finds a place in one of the Green chemistry method. In Microwave chemistry is the science of applying microwave radiation to chemical reactions. Microwaves act as high frequency electric fields and will generally heat any material containing mobile electric charges, such as polar molecules in a solvent or conducting ions in a solid. Polar solvents are heated as their component molecules are forced to rotate with the field and lose energy in collisions i.e. the dipole moments of molecules are important in order to proceed with the chemical reactions in this method. It can be termed as microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS), Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry (MEC) or Microwave-organic Reaction Enhancement synthesis (MORE). Microwave-Assisted Syntheses is a promising area of modern Green Chemistry could be adopted to save the earth.

Control of chemical reactions using external electric fields: The case of the LiNC⇌LiCN isomerization

2010 ◽  
Vol 496 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 356-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.E. Murgida ◽  
D.A. Wisniacki ◽  
P.I. Tamborenea ◽  
F. Borondo
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
External Electric Fields

scholarly journals Understanding the Frying Process of Plant-Based Foods Pretreated with Pulsed Electric Fields Using Frying Models

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihan Xu ◽  
Sze Ying Leong ◽  
Mohammed Farid ◽  
Patrick Silcock ◽  
Phil Bremer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Pulsed Electric Fields ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Oil Uptake ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Quality Properties ◽  
Frying Process ◽  
Fried Foods

Deep-fried foods (e.g., French fries, potato/veggie crisps) are popular among consumers. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the application of Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) technology as a pretreatment of plant-based foods prior to deep-frying to improve quality (e.g., lower browning tendency and oil uptake) and reduce production costs (e.g., better water and energy efficiencies). However, the influence of a PEF pretreatment on the frying process and related chemical reactions for food materials is still not fully understood. PEF treatment of plant tissue causes structural modifications, which are likely to influence heat, mass and momentum transfers, as well as altering the rate of chemical reactions, during the frying process. Detailed insights into the frying process in terms of heat, mass (water and oil) and momentum transfers are outlined, in conjunction with the development of Maillard reaction and starch gelatinisation during frying. These changes occur during frying and consequently will impact on oil uptake, moisture content, colour, texture and the amount of contaminants in the fried foods, as well as the fried oil, and hence, the effects of PEF pretreatment on these quality properties of a variety of fried plant-based foods are summarised. Different mathematical models to potentially describe the influence of PEF on the frying process of plant-based foods and to predict the quality parameters of fried foods produced from PEF-treated plant materials are addressed.

Methods for Mechanical Filtration and Automated Droplet Monitoring in Electrowetting on Dielectric Devices

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Schertzer ◽  
Sergey I. Gubarenko ◽  
Ridha Ben-Mrad ◽  
Pierre E. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Contact Angle Hysteresis ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Filtration Method ◽  
Electrowetting On Dielectric ◽  
Discrete Flow ◽  
Dielectric Devices

Discrete flow microfluidic devices have been identified as a technology that can be used to efficiently deliver health care services by reducing the cycle times and reagent consumption of common biological protocols and medical diagnostic procedures while reducing overhead costs by performing these applications at the point of care. Electrowetting on dielectric is one promising discrete flow microfluidic platform that can individually create, manipulate, and mix droplets through the application of asymmetric electric fields. The work presented outlines fundamental and practical contributions to the understanding and advancement of electrowetting on dielectric devices that the authors are using to develop a device capable of performing immunoassays on chip. Explicit analytical models for capillary force and the reduction in that force by contact angle hysteresis as a function of the three-dimensional shape of the droplet were derived to develop an empirically validated analytical model for transient motion of droplets in electrowetting on dielectric devices. This model accurately predicts the maximum droplet displacement and travel time to within 2.3% and 2.7%, respectively; whereas the average droplet velocity was always predicted to within 8.1%. It also demonstrates a method for real time monitoring of droplet composition, particle concentration, and chemical reactions in electrowetting on dielectric devices without optical access. This method has been used to determine the concentration of water-methanol solutions, measure the concentration of glass microspheres at various concentrations, and detect the chemical reactions that are typically used in immunoassays. A method for the mechanical filtration of droplets in these devices will also be presented. The proposed filtration method was successful at pore sizes at least two orders of magnitude below the droplet height, which is small enough to separate red and white blood cells in continuous flow microfluidic devices.

scholarly journals A Bond Bundle Case Study of Diels-Alder Catalysis Using Oriented Electric Fields

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Wilson ◽  
Mark Eberhart
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Catalytic Effect ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Atomic Charge ◽  
Diels Alder

Bond bundles are chemical bonding regions, analogous to Bader atoms, uniquely defined according to the topology of the gradient bundle condensed charge density, itself obtained by a process of infinitesimal partitioning of the three-dimensional charge density into differential zero-flux surface bounded regions. Here we use bond bundle analysis to investigate the response of the charge density to an oriented electric field in general, and the catalytic effect of such a field on Diels-Alder reactions in particular, which in this case is found to catalyze by allowing the transition state valance bond bundle configuration to be achieved earlier along the reaction pathway. Using precise numerical values, we arrive at the conclusion that chemical reactions and electric field catalysis can be understood in terms of intra-atomic charge density redistribution, i.e., that charge shifts within more so than between atoms account for the making and breaking of bonds.

scholarly journals A Bond Bundle Case Study of Diels-Alder Catalysis Using Oriented Electric Fields

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Wilson ◽  
Mark Eberhart
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Chemical Reactions ◽  
Catalytic Effect ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Atomic Charge ◽  
Diels Alder

Bond bundles are chemical bonding regions, analogous to Bader atoms, uniquely defined according to the topology of the gradient bundle condensed charge density, itself obtained by a process of infinitesimal partitioning of the three-dimensional charge density into differential zero-flux surface bounded regions. Here we use bond bundle analysis to investigate the response of the charge density to an oriented electric field in general, and the catalytic effect of such a field on Diels-Alder reactions in particular, which in this case is found to catalyze by allowing the transition state valance bond bundle configuration to be achieved earlier along the reaction pathway. Using precise numerical values, we arrive at the conclusion that chemical reactions and electric field catalysis can be understood in terms of intra-atomic charge density redistribution, i.e., that charge shifts within more so than between atoms account for the making and breaking of bonds.

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