Experimental Investigations of Hydrogen Purification by Purging Through Metal Hydride

In an experimental stand [1] for investigation of properties of hydrogen accumulating the materials investigated a new type of reactor cleaning and storage of hydrogen. The applicability of hydrogen purging through metal hydride beds for the purification from nonpoisoning admixtures is studied experimentally. The main characteristics of the process together with the main technical barriers of the proposed technology are defined. Specially designed stainless steel continuous flow reactor filled with LaFe0.1Mn0.3Ni4.8 intermetallic compound is tested at variable inlet hydrogen/inert gas composition with measuring mass flow, pressure, temperature and hydrogen content at the outlet both for charging and discharging mode. The estimations of hydrogen losses and purification capacity show certain advantages of the studied technology in comparison with PSA-like mode [1], especially from the point of view of operation regime simplification. The evident process slow-down observed in the experiment is connected with saturation of metal hydride porous bed by hydrogen and with temperature increase due to high thermal effect at sorption (~ 40 kJ/mole Н2). The ways for heat and mass transfer optimization together with the range of applicability of the method for fine hydrogen purification are described and discussed. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3522

Developing New Solid-state Hydrogen Storage and Purification Reactors

New metal hydride hydrogen storage reactors is developed. Automatic diagnostic system capable of measuring the temperature of the porous bed metal hydride, pressure in metal hydride purification reac-tor, gas flow rate on the inlet and outlet of purification modules, the number of components of the gas mix-ture with a gas analyzer. The estimations of hydrogen losses and purification capacity show certain advantages of the studied technology in comparison with PSA-like mode [1], especially from the point of view of operation regime simplification. Experimental studies on the charge and discharge reactors RHO - 8 and RHO - 8I with pure hydrogen, to obtain data for verification of mathematical models [1, 2], and determine the effect of the configuration beds absorbing materials on the performance of the reactor. When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/3560

Measurement of main parameters of the \psi(2S) resonance

A high-precision determination of the main parameters of the \psi(2S) resonance has been performed with the KEDR detector at the VEPP-4M e^{+}e^{-} collider in three scans of the \psi(2S) -- \psi(3770) energy range. Fitting the energy dependence of the multihadron cross section in the vicinity of the \psi(2S) we obtained the mass value M = 3686.114 +- 0.007 +- 0.011 ^{+0.002}_{-0.012} MeV and the product of the electron partial width by the branching fraction into hadrons \Gamma_{ee}*B_{h} = 2.233 +- 0.015 +- 0.037 +- 0.020 keV. The third error quoted is an estimate of the model dependence of the result due to assumptions on the interference effects in the cross section of the single-photon e^{+}e^{-} annihilation to hadrons explicitly considered in this work. Implicitly, the same assumptions were employed to obtain the charmonium leptonic width and the absolute branching fractions in many experiments. Using the result presented and the world average values of the electron and hadron branching fractions, one obtains the electron partial width and the total width of the \psi(2S): \Gamma_{ee} =2.282 +- 0.015 +- 0.038 +- 0.021 keV, \Gamma = 296 +- 2 +- 8 +- 3 keV. These results are consistent with and more than two times more precise than any of the previous experiments

Search for narrow resonances in e+ e- annihilation between 1.85 and 3.1 GeV with the KEDR Detector

We report results of a search for narrow resonances in e+ e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies between 1.85 and 3.1 GeV performed with the KEDR detector at the VEPP-4M e+ e- collider. The upper limit on the leptonic width of a narrow resonance Gamma(R -> ee) Br(R -> hadr) < 120 eV has been obtained (at 90 % C.L.)

Measurement of \Gamma_{ee}(J/\psi)*Br(J/\psi->e^+e^-) and \Gamma_{ee}(J/\psi)*Br(J/\psi->\mu^+\mu^-)

The products of the electron width of the J/\psi meson and the branching fraction of its decays to the lepton pairs were measured using data from the KEDR experiment at the VEPP-4M electron-positron collider. The results are \Gamma_{ee}(J/\psi)*Br(J/\psi->e^+e^-)=(0.3323\pm0.0064\pm0.0048) keV, \Gamma_{ee}(J/\psi)*Br(J/\psi->\mu^+\mu^-)=(0.3318\pm0.0052\pm0.0063) keV. Their combinations \Gamma_{ee}\times(\Gamma_{ee}+\Gamma_{\mu\mu})/\Gamma=(0.6641\pm0.0082\pm0.0100) keV, \Gamma_{ee}/\Gamma_{\mu\mu}=1.002\pm0.021\pm0.013 can be used to improve theaccuracy of the leptonic and full widths and test leptonic universality. Assuming e\mu universality and using the world average value of the lepton branching fraction, we also determine the leptonic \Gamma_{ll}=5.59\pm0.12 keV and total \Gamma=94.1\pm2.7 keV widths of the J/\psi meson.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure

New precise determination of the \tau lepton mass at KEDR detector

The status of the experiment on the precise $\tau$ lepton mass measurement running at the VEPP-4M collider with the KEDR detector is reported. The mass value is evaluated from the $\tau^+\tau^-$ cross section behaviour around the production threshold. The preliminary result based on 6.7 pb$^{-1}$ of data is $m_{\tau}=1776.80^{+0.25}_{-0.23} \pm 0.15$ MeV. Using 0.8 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected at the $\psi'$ peak the preliminary result is also obtained: $\Gamma_{ee}B_{\tau\tau}(\psi') = 7.2 \pm 2.1$ eV.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures; The 9th International Workshop on Tau-Lepton Physics, Tau0

New precision measurement of the J/ψJ/\psi- and ψ′\psi' -meson masses

A new high precision measurement of the $J/\psi$- and $\psi'$-meson masses has been performed at the VEPP-4M collider using the KEDR detector. The resonant depolarization method has been employed for the absolute calibration of the beam energy. The following mass values have been obtained: $M_{J/\psi} = 3096.917 \pm 0.010 \pm 0.007$ MeV, $M_{\psi'} = 3686.111 \pm 0.025 \pm 0.009$ MeV. The relative measurement accuracy has reached $4. 10^{-6}$ for $J/\psi$ and $7. 10^{-6}$ for $\psi'$, approximately 3 times better than in the previous precise experiments.Comment: 12 pages, 4 tables, 10 figure

СТАТИЧЕСКАЯ И УСТАЛОСТНАЯ ПРОЧНОСТЬ АУСТЕНИТНОЙ КОРРОЗИОННОСТОЙКОЙ СТАЛИ С ПОВЫШЕННЫМ СОДЕРЖАНИЕМ АЗОТА

The static and fatigue strength of an austenitic high-strength corrosion-resistant high-nitrogen steel is studied after various types treatment. The mechanisms of fatigue crack nucleation and propagation are considered. Исследована статическая и усталостная прочность аустенитной высокопрочной коррозионностойкой стали с повышенным содержанием азота после различных видов обработки. Рассмотрены механизмы образования и распространения усталостной трещины.