Abstract: Solar thermal electric power and industrial process heat systems may require a constant outlet temperature from the collector field. This constant temperature is most efficiently maintained by ...

Abstract: An analysis was conducted of power production by an organic Rankine cycle engine coupled to a solar pond with direct-contact heat exchange. Use of a direct-contact boiler reduced the projected ...

Abstract: The buckling of the component plates of structural sections may be avoided by ensuring that their breadth-to-thickness (

Abstract: Solar thermal electric power and industrial process heat systems may require a constant outlet temperature from the collector. This temperature may be efficiently maintained by adjusting the ...

Abstract: The pneumatic-tube transport system, its operation, and its conceptual development as a high-speed-ground-transportation alternative are discussed briefly. Schemata for control of passive and nonpassive ...

Abstract: An artificial intelligence computer program is being developed for automating the analysis of metallurgical failures. The purpose of this expert system is for recognizing modes of failure like ...

Abstract: Categorization is the procedure of determining set membership based on either necessary or statistically suggestive conditions for membership. This procedure lies at the heart of automated ...

Abstract: An analytical method is presented to solve the equations of unsteady gas flow in a long tube with turbulent bulk-flow velocity. The nonlinearity of the equations is overcome by judicious choice ...