Canister desorption is a widely used technique to measure the gas content of coal. The gas content data, when normalized to volume/weight and multiplied by coal seam mass, is used to estimate the gas in place in an area around the cored hole. However, the gas content and the percentage of each constituent are likely to be influenced by trapped air in the canister at the time of the coal enclosu...

In the present work, we have studied the performance of an open compression chamber with compressed air and driven by an oscillating water column. Recognizing the existence of a free-surface for the water column, the interface position between the trapped-air and water volume -together with the motion of the column-, is described by a non-linear energy equation that reflects the main dynamic ch...

We apply a geospeedometer previously developed in this lab to investigate cooling rate profiles of rhyolitic samples initially held at 720^750‡C and quenched in water, liquid nitrogen, and air. For quench of mm-size samples in liquid nitrogen and in air, the cooling rate is uniform and is controlled by heat transfer in the quench medium instead of heat conduction in the sample. The heat transfe...

This paper describes an algorithm for the registration of imagery collected by the Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI). The Automated Image Registration (AIR) algorithm is entirely image-based and is implemented in an automated fashion, which avoids any requirement for human interaction. The AIR method differs from the "direct georeferencing" method used to create our standard coregistered produ...

absorption spectrometry was developed. The performance of retain transition metal ions. After the sample loading step, the the on-line preconcentration system was tested by determining metal ions are stripped from the column with a suitable eluent Cu and Mo in sea-water. Calibration graphs constructed from and directly injected into the nebulizer of a flame atomic the preconcentration of standa...

Natural gas usually contains significant amounts of acid gases when it is extracted from underground reservoirs. Therefore, it must be treated by appropriate processes to remove these acidic components. In this study, the simultaneous absorption of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide from natural gas into diethanol amine solution was simulated using CFD. Absorption process was performed in a we...

BACKGROUND During imaging of the normal esophagus, air is often detected. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the appearance of air bubbles on imaging and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) symptoms. METHODS The cross-sectional imaging study was conducted at Rasole Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran. A total of 44 patients underwent X-ray computed tomography (CT) ...

There is the magnetic coupling among control windings of controllable reactor of transformer type (CRT), the decoupling integrated magnetic technology is applied to the structure design of CRT in this paper. To realize the decoupling among the control windings we propose a magnetic integrated structure of CRT by providing low magnetic resistance magnetic circuit for control windings magnetic fl...

The survival rate of lung cancer can be significantly improved by monitoring biomarkers in exhaled air that indicate diseases in early stage, so it is very important to develop micro analytical systems which can offer a fast, on-site, real-time detecting biomarkers in exhaled air. In this paper, a mini-gas chromatography (GC)-photo-ionization detector (PID) system integrated with a micro GC col...