The basic structure of a reactor physics laboratory environment simulation software, developed using object modeling technique (OMT), and based on the reactor point kinetic equation, is presented. Also, various capabilities of the simulator in teaching the fundamental concepts of reactor physics are discussed. &#10 In this virtual laboratory, student can perform seven different experiments...

In this research the simulation of an air independent Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) propulsion system was taken into consideration. The system consists of several parts including PEM fuel cell stack, metal hydride and liquid oxygen (LOX) tanks, and also pre-heaters of oxygen and hydrogen gases along with other heat exchangers, to ensure proper operation of system. The heat recovery...

In this study, the modeling of hydrogen production process in microreactors by methanol-steam reforming reaction is investigated. The catalytic reaction of methanol-steam reforming producing hydrogen is simulated considering a 3D geometry for the microreactor. To calculate diffusion among species, mixture average correlations are compared to Stephan-Maxwell equations. The reactions occurring in...

  The simulation of distillation columns is an essential step in design, optimization, and rating. In this paper, a new procedure has been proposed for the initial estimation of column profiles based on modified Kremser’s group method for simple and/or complex columns. The effect of this initialization algorithm on simulation procedure has been studied through two examples. The results show sig...

some of the most destructive accidents of 1980s and 90s which occurred in process industries were domino accidents. although domino accidents are among the most destructive industrial accidents, there are not much pioneering works done on quantification of them. the analytical formulation of the domino accidents is usually complex and need a deep knowledge of probability rules. even if the case...

many commonly used statistical methods require that the population distribution be nearly normal. unfortunately, in some papers the one-sample kolmogorov-smirnov test has been used for testing normality while the assumptions of applying this test are not satisfied. to conduct this test, it is assumed that the population distribution is fully specified. in practical situation where the mean and ...