The potential of Palm Methyl Esters (PME) as an alternative fuel for gas turbines is investigated using a swirl burner. The main air flow is preheated to 623 K and a swirling spray flame is established at atmospheric pressure. The spray combustion characteristics of PME are compared to diesel and Jet-A1 fuel under the same burner power output of 6 kW. Investigation of the fuel atomizing charact...

In this paper, we will address the implementation of the Generalized Convolution Quadrature (GCQ) presented and analyzed in [M. LópezFernández, S. Sauter: A Generalized Convolution Quadrature with Variable Time Stepping, Preprint 17-2011, University of Zurich (2011)] for solving linear parabolic and hyperbolic evolution equations. Our main goal is to overcome the current restriction to uniform ...

The data presented here supports the informational background of enzyme-based lignocellulose hydrolyzation, cellulase characterization, and sugar yield prediction for the work "Enzyme-based lignocellulose hydrolyzation - Sauter mean diameter of raw materials as a basis for cellulase performance characterization and yield prediction" by Glaser [1]. Glucose yields from the enzymatic hydrolysis of...

Abstract The tunneling model for laser-induced processes implies the replacement of propagating field a laser by an oscillatory electric field. view as primary influence in charged particle interactions fails where propagation property is important. Electric fields lack several quintessential laser-field properties that become dominant at high intensities and/or low frequencies. Quantum not con...

The Montreal Affective Voices (MAVs) consist of a database of non-verbal affect bursts portrayed by Canadian actors, and high recognitions accuracies were observed in Canadian listeners. Whether listeners from other cultures would be as accurate is unclear. We tested for cross-cultural differences in perception of the MAVs: Japanese listeners were asked to rate the MAVs on several affective dim...

R. Coelho , A. Merle , G. Vlad , D. Yadikin , M. Owsiak, O. Sauter , I. Chapman , M. Dunne , P. Buratti [3] and JET contributors and ASDEX Upgrade Team and the EU-IM Team EUROfusion Consortium, JET, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK [1] Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal [2] École Polytechnique Fédérale...

In Sámara, Costa Rica, a pochote plantation has 24 year old trees available for harvest. The owners of the plantation, the Sauter family, face the challenge of finding a use for this resource. The quality of plantation-grown pochote is not as well-known as its naturally-grown counterpart, due to its newness and minimal prevalence in the local market. This study's goals were to investigate the p...

In this paper, we present an experimental study on mass transfer of oxygen into water in an oscillatory baffled column (OBC). The objective of this work is to establish the contribution of individual parameters, such as the size of bubbles and the gas holdup, to the overall volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa). Our results show that the gas holdup is the most important factor. The liquid-...