Thermal-Hydraulic Prediction of Plant Aging.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Thermal - Hydraulic Networks

by Weihua Cai Thermal-hydraulic networks are widely used in the heating and cooling of building complexes, industrial processes, power plants, and in many other applications. A single pipe with a flow-control valve is a basic unit in a thermal-hydraulic network, and therefore transient pipe flow due to control-valve actuation is studied first. Different analytical approximations are applied to ...

Performance Modeling of Power Generation System of a Thermal Plant

The present paper discusses the development of a performance model of power generation system of a thermal plant for performance evaluation using Markov technique and probabilistic approach. The study covers two areas: development of a predictive model and evaluation of performance with the help of developed model. The present system of thermal plant under study consists of four subsystems with...

Plant and Soil as Hydraulic Systems

Hydraulic constraints on plant gas exchange

Stomatal conductance (gs) and transpiration (E) are often positively correlated with the hydraulic conductance of the soil–leaf continuum (ks–l). Interaction between gs and ks–l helps regulate water potential (9) of leaves. When soil and plant 9 decreases during water stress, ks–l decreases. A well-documented cause of the decrease in ks–l is xylem cavitation. The interaction between k and 9 in ...

Plant Hydraulic Conductivity: The Aquaporins Contribution