* 1301 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Tel: (734) 763-6132, E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper reports microdischarge-based pressure sensors which operate by measuring the change in spatial current distribution of pulsed DC microdischarges. The sensors are composed of 3D arrays of horizontal bulk metal electrodes embedded in quartz substrates. Microdischarge-based pressure sens...

in thermal cracking plants, it is desired to apply an optimal temperature profile along the reactor to minimize the operation cost. in this article a simulator is developed by the use of a mathematical model, which describes the static operation of a naphtha thermal cracking pilot plant. the model is used to predict the steady state profiles of the gas temperature and product yields. using a dy...

Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising electrolytes for supercapacitors (SCs) aimed high-temperature applications, where increased ionic conductivity results in superior capacitive performance compared to room temperature (RT) performance. However, an also accelerates the self-discharge rate that adversely affects energy retention and restricts usage of SCs standalone applications. In this study, a ...

The Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor is used to detect the temperature of the high voltage cable. The temperature measurement system is constructed and the functions of each part of the system is stated in detail. This temperature measurement systems presented in this paper is usefull for the operation of the power cable.

Water loss and the coincident increase in membrane resistance to proton conduction are significant barriers to high performance operation of traditional proton exchange membrane fuel cells at elevated temperatures where the relative humidity may be reduced. We report here approaches to the development of high temperature membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells; composite perfluorinate...

A high performance solar absorber using a 2D tantalum superlattice photonic crystal (PhC) is proposed and its design is optimized for high-temperature energy conversion. In contrast to the simple lattice PhC, which is limited by diffraction in the short wavelength range, the superlattice PhC achieves solar absorption over broadband spectral range due to the contribution from two superposed latt...