PORTABLE DEVICE, ACOUSTIC COMPONENT DISPOSITION METHOD AND ACOUSTIC COMPONENT ASSEMBLY

2012 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
pp. 3191
Author(s):  
Atsushi Yamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Portable Device ◽  
Component Assembly ◽  
Acoustic Component

Quantification of Vitamin A in Fortified Rapeseed, Groundnut and Soya Oils Using a Simple Portable Device: Comparison to High Performance Liquid Chromatography

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Renaud ◽  
Jacques Berger ◽  
Arnaud Laillou ◽  
Sylvie Avallone
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Portable Device ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Control Food ◽  
Assay Precision

Vitamin A deficiency is still one of the major public health problems in least developed countries. Fortification of vegetable oils is a strategy implemented worldwide to prevent this deficiency. For a fortification program to be effective, regular monitoring is necessary to control food quality in the producing units. The reference methods for vitamin A quantification are expensive and time-consuming. A rapid method should be useful for regular assessment of vitamin A in the oil industry. A portable device was compared to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for three plant oils (rapeseed, groundnut, and soya). The device presented a good linearity from 3 to 30 mg retinol equivalents per kg (mg RE.kg- 1). Its limits of detection and quantification were 3 mg RE.kg- 1 for groundnut and rapeseed oils and 4 mg RE.kg- 1 for soya oil. The intra-assay precision ranged from 1.48 % to 3.98 %, considered satisfactory. Accuracy estimated by the root mean squares error ranged from 3.99 to 5.49 and revealed a lower precision than HPLC (0.4 to 2.25). Although it offers less precision than HPLC, the device estimates quickly the vitamin A content of the tested oils from 3 or 4 to 15 mg RE.kg- 1.

scholarly journals A portable device for water-sloshing-based electricity generation based on charge separation and accumulation

iScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 102442
Author(s):  
Jihoon Chung ◽  
Deokjae Heo ◽  
Kyunghwan Cha ◽  
Zong-Hong Lin ◽  
Jinkee Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Separation ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Portable Device

The Influence of Manufacturing Tolerances on Swirler Durability

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna ◽  
Richard R. Bohman ◽  
Jonathan K. Anderson ◽  
Rudolph Dudebout ◽  
Richard Hausen
Keyword(s):  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Jet Fuel ◽  
Combustible Mixture ◽  
Fuel Injector ◽  
Component Level ◽  
Pareto Chart ◽  
Flow Features ◽  
Manufacturing Tolerances ◽  
Oxidation Damage ◽  
Component Assembly

Jet fuel flowing through the fuel injector is atomized and then mixed with high temperature compressed air flowing through the swirler to create a combustible mixture inside a gas turbine combustor. Individual geometric and flow features are carefully tuned at a component level to deliver optimum combustion performance. In a critical interface such as the fuel injector and swirler, manufacturing tolerances not only have an impact on combustor performance and operability but also on durability, as the relative position of the fuel injector to the swirler significantly impacts the swirler temperature. This paper studies the influence of manufacturing tolerances on component assembly and the resulting impact on swirler temperature. The oxidation damage mechanism of the swirler is used as a measure to assess swirler durability. A Pareto chart of the effect of manufacturing tolerances on metal temperature is used to highlight the key influencing parameters. Probability distribution associated with manufacturing tolerances is gathered with Monte Carlo simulation to guide the design.

scholarly journals Shock Pulse Shaping in a Small-Form Factor Velocity Amplifier

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 787-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Kelly ◽  
Jeff Punch ◽  
Suresh Goyal ◽  
Michael Sheehy
Keyword(s):  
Pulse Shaping ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Mechanical Shock ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Shock Testing ◽  
Acceleration Signal ◽  
High Acceleration ◽  
Component Assembly ◽  
Small Form Factor ◽  
Shock Pulses

This theme of this paper is the design and characterisation of a velocity amplifier (VAMP) machine for high-acceleration shock testing of micro-scale devices. The VAMP applies multiple sequential impacts to amplify velocity through a system of three progressively smaller masses constrained to move in the vertical axis. Repeatable, controlled, mechanical shock pulses are created through the metal-on-metal impact between pulse shaping test rods, which form part of the penultimate and ultimate masses. The objectives are to investigate the controllable parameters that affect the shock pulses induced on collision, namely; striker and incident test rod material; test rod length; pulse shaping mechanisms; and impact velocity. The optimum VAMP configuration was established as a 60 mm long titanium striker test rod and a 120 mm long titanium incident rod. This configuration exhibited an acceleration magnitude and a primary pulse duration range of 5,800–23,400 g and 28.0–44.0μs respectively. It was illustrated that the acceleration spectral content can be manipulated through control of the test rod material and length. This is critical in the context of practical applications, where it is postulated that the acceleration signal can be controlled to effectively excite specific components in a multi-component assembly affixed to the VAMP incident test rod.

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