19 research outputs found
Fluorescent Discrimination between Traces of Chemical Warfare Agents and Their Mimics
An array of fluorogenic probes is able to
discriminate between nerve agents, sarin, soman, tabun,
VX and their mimics, in water or organic solvent, by
qualitative fluorescence patterns and quantitative multivariate
analysis, thus making the system suitable for the inthe-
field detection of traces of chemical warfare agents as
well as to differentiate between the real nerve agents and
other related compounds.Ministerio
de Economía
y Competitividad, Spain (Project CTQ2012-
31611), Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería
de Educación y
Cultura y Fondo Social Europeo (Project BU246A12-1), the
European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme
(Project SNIFFER FP7-SEC-2012-312411) and the Swedish
Ministry of Defence (no. A403913
A dynamic process model for predicting the performance of horizontal anode baking furnaces
Anode manufacturing is an important step during the production of primary aluminum, and baking is the costliest stage of the anode manufacturing process. The industrial challenge resides in obtaining a good anode quality while keeping the energy consumption, environmental emissions, and cost to minimum. A dynamic process model has been developed for horizontal anode baking furnaces. It covers all important phenomena such as fuel combustion, generation and combustion of volatiles (tar, methane, and hydrogen), air infiltration, and heat losses to the atmosphere and the foundation. The model was built using two coupled sub-models of the flue and the pit and was validated using the plant data. It simulates the dynamic behavior of the furnace and gives a prediction of its operation and performance. In this article, the modelling approach will be described, and the results of a number of case studies will be presented