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An analytical model is formulated for the irradiance on a surface (collector) with a rear (opposite the sun) planar vertical diffuse reflector, as is common for a lower roof on a multi-story building. The vast majority of research on solar reflectors has
Marc J. Assael, E.A. Sykioti, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins
This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the thermal conductivity of ethanol. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental data that has been critically assessed for internal consistency and for agreement with theory
Jesse E. Hensley, Tara Lovestead, Earl Christensen, Abhijit Dutta, Thomas J. Bruno, Robert McCormick
The distillation behavior of mixed alcohols was studied using the Advanced Distillation Curve (ADC) methodology. Crude mixed oxygenates were generated from syngas over a potassium promoted cobalt molybdenum sulfide catalyst and assayed for major and minor
Chris D. Muzny, Marcia L. Huber, Andrei F. Kazakov
We report the results of a symbolic regression methodology to obtain both the functional form and the coefficients for a wide-ranging correlation for the viscosity of normal hydrogen. The correlation covers the temperature range from the triple point
Ari D. Feldman, John H. Lehman, Richard K. Ahrenkiel
The combination of the resonance-coupled photoconductive decay (RCPCD) apparatus and a pump-probe free carrier absorption experiment results in a method of viewing transient mobility. RCPCD uses an Nd:YAG laser operating at 1064 nm to pump the p-type
D Vega-Maza, W. Wyatt Miller, Dean C. Ripple, Gregory E. Scace
We have constructed a new humidity generator that produces gas streams of known moisture content at temperatures from 85 °C to 200 °C, absolute pressures from 0.2 MPa to 1.6 MPa, and relative humidities from 10 % to 90 %. The generator produces a moist gas
Amy S. Rushing, Joshua D. Kneifel, Barbara C. Lippiatt
This is the 2012 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects in federal facilities. It will be effective from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013
In recent years, environmental considerations, the potential for supply disruptions, and rising fuel prices have led to the development of alternative diesel fuels produced from non-petroleum feedstocks. It is important to characterize the properties of
Edwin J. Heilweil, Paul A. Lane, Okan Esenturk, Paul D. Cunningham, Joseph S. Melinger
Relative carrier mobilities in semiconducting organic polymer films measured using non-contact optical pump terahertz (THz) probe spectroscopy will be presented. Transient signal amplitude measurements of photo-injected mobility as a function of poly-3
Giovanni Garberoglio, Piotr Jankowski, Krzysztof Szalewicz, Allan H. Harvey
We employ path-integral Monte Carlo techniques to compute the second virial coefficient as a function of temperature for molecular hydrogen (H2), deuterium (D2), and tritium (T2), along with the mixed isotopologues HD, HT, and DT. The calculations utilize
Heayoung Yoon, Dmitry A. Ruzmetov, Paul M. Haney, Marina S. Leite, Behrang H. Hamadani, Albert A. Talin, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
We investigate local electronic properties of CdTe solar cells using electron beam to excite electron-hole pairs and evaluate spatially resolved photocurrent characteristics. Standard semiconductor processes were used to fabricate Ohmic metal contacts on
Shiyou Zheng, Ke Wang, Vladimir Oleshko, Leonid A. Bendersky
In this paper we suggest a new approach to improve the kinetics of hydrogenation based on a material with high density of interfaces between hydride-forming solid (HFS) and hydrogen-diffusing solid media (HDM). Such materials can be realized for phase