A localized change in a protein, which occurs as a result of either ligand binding or single amino acid substitution, necessarily encounters the conformational uctuation of the rest of the protein. Both the entropy and the enthalpy associated with the change consist of contributions from uctuations in the atoms surrounding the localized site, but they compensate. A novel thermodynamic ensemble ...

The conversion efficiency of geothermal power developments is generally lower than that of conventional thermal power plants. Confusion can be found in literature concerning the estimation of this conversion efficiency. Geothermal power plants conversion efficiency estimates that is based on the enthalpy of the produced geothermal fluid can be the most desirable for use during the first estimat...

The basis of this study is the widespread existence of low enthalpy geothermal resources in Turkey. The usage of low enthalpy geothermal resources in balneology, district heating and green house heating has made Turkey one of the primary consumer of geothermal energy in the world. However, the utilization of low enthalpy geothermal resources in geothermal-solar hybrid systems for electricity ge...

For 40 years, composite curves (CCs) and grid diagram (GD) have been among themost popular graphical tools for designing optimal heat exchanger networks (HEN). However, since CCs represent the temperature versus enthalpy plot of composites rather than individual streams, they have some significant limitations. Among others, CCs cannot completely map individual hot and cold process streams, as w...

Background. Marination is a good method to enhance attractiveness of chicken wings, which are considered by consumers as least attractive. Sensory value of marinated wings is dependent largely on the flavour of skin, because they contain proportionally more skin than other carcass elements. Moreover, skin constitutes a natural barrier, which may facilitate or hinder the penetration of marinade ...