309 research outputs found
Development of PVE Refrigeration Lubricants for R32
A New-PVE lubricant was developed for use with R32 refrigerant. R32 has been proposed as an alternative refrigerant for R410A refrigerant, to reduce global warming. In this report, we evaluated the relationship between the New-PVE lubricant and R32 and R410A refrigerants. The evaluation items were physical properties (miscibility, solubility, mixture viscosity and volumetric resistivity) and thermal stability and lubricity. In addition, a New-PVE was also developed to improve miscibility with R32 refrigerant
Evaluation of Friction and Wear on PVE Refrigeration Lubricants for HFC Refrigerants
For the prevention of global warming, it is important for home electric appliance to improve the energy saving performance. Air-conditioner is one of home electric appliances, and the improvement of energy consumption efficiency is being performed by various ways. Lubricant for air-conditioner is used to protect sliding surfaces of a compressor. The low friction coefficient lubricant is considered to improve the friction coefficient between rotor and vane of the rotary-type compressor. We evaluated the friction and the wear on PVE refrigeration lubricants for HFC refrigerants. The friction coefficient and wear were measured by using the hermetic type block-on-ring tester. The evaluation items were physical properties (miscibility, solubility, mixture viscosity and volumetric resistivity) and thermal stability
Properties of lubricants for refrigeration system with the low GWP refrigerants
For the prevention of global warming, various low GWP refrigerants (R1234yf, R1234ze, R448A, R449A, R452A, R452B, R454B etc.) were proposed as the alternative to HFC refrigerants for refrigeration system. In this report, the combinations of the low GWP refrigerants and lubricants were evaluated. The evaluation items are physical properties (miscibility, solubility, viscosity, and electric property)and thermal stability
Nuclear spin relaxation rate of nonunitary Dirac and Weyl superconductors
Nonunitary superconductivity has attracted renewed interest as a novel
gapless phase of matter. In this study, we investigate the superconducting gap
structure of nonunitary odd-parity chiral pairing states in a superconductor
involving strong spin-orbit interactions. By applying a group theoretical
classification of chiral states in terms of discrete rotation symmetry, we
categorized all possible point-nodal gap structures in nonunitary chiral states
into four types in terms of the topological number of nodes and node positions
relative to the rotation axis. In addition to conventional Dirac and Weyl point
nodes, we identify a novel type of Dirac point node unique to nonunitary chiral
superconducting states. The node type can be identified experimentally based on
the temperature dependence of the nuclear magnetic resonance longitudinal
relaxation rate. The implication of our results for a nonunitary odd-parity
superconductor in UTe is also discussed.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure
Bigradient Phase Referencing
We propose bigradient phase referencing (BPR), a new radio-observation
technique, and report its performance using the Japanese
very-long-baseline-interferometry network (JVN). In this method, a weak source
is detected by phase-referencing using a primary calibrator, in order to play a
role as a secondary calibrator for phase-referencing to a weak target. We will
be given the opportunity to select a calibrator from lots of milli-Jansky
sources, one of which may be located at the position closer to the target. With
such a smaller separation, high-quality phase-referencing can be achieved.
Furthermore, a subsequent more-sophisticated calibration can relocate array's
focus to a hypothetical point much closer to the target; a higher quality of
phase referencing is available. Our demonstrative observations with strong
radio sources have proved the capabilities of BPR in terms of image dynamic
ranges and astrometric reproducibility. The image dynamic range on a target has
been improved with a factor of about six compared to that of normal
phase-referencing; the resultant position difference of target's emission
between two epochs was only 62+-50 micro-arcsecond, even with less than 2300-km
baselines at 8.4 GHz and fast-switching of a target-calibrator pair of a
2.1-degree separation.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in PAS
Japanese VLBI Network observations of radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies
We performed phase-reference very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)
observations on five radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) at 8.4
GHz with the Japanese VLBI Network (JVN). Each of the five targets (RXS
J08066+7248, RXS J16290+4007, RXS J16333+4718, RXS J16446+2619, and B3
1702+457) in milli-Jansky levels were detected and unresolved in
milli-arcsecond resolutions, i.e., with brightness temperatures higher than
10^7 K. The nonthermal processes of active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity,
rather than starbursts, are predominantly responsible for the radio emissions
from these NLS1s. Out of the nine known radio-loud NLS1s, including the ones
chosen for this study, we found that the four most radio-loud objects
exclusively have inverted spectra. This suggests a possibility that these NLS1s
are radio-loud due to Doppler beaming, which can apparently enhance both the
radio power and the spectral frequency.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in PAS
VLBI Detections of Parsec-Scale Nonthermal Jets in Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars
We conducted radio detection observations at 8.4 GHz for 22 radio-loud broad
absorption line (BAL) quasars, selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(SDSS) Third Data Release, by a very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI)
technique. The VLBI instrument we used was developed by the Optically ConnecTed
Array for VLBI Exploration project (OCTAVE), which is operated as a subarray of
the Japanese VLBI Network (JVN). We aimed at selecting BAL quasars with
nonthermal jets suitable for measuring their orientation angles and ages by
subsequent detailed VLBI imaging studies to evaluate two controversial issues
of whether BAL quasars are viewed nearly edge-on, and of whether BAL quasars
are in a short-lived evolutionary phase of quasar population. We detected 20
out of 22 sources using the OCTAVE baselines, implying brightness temperatures
greater than 10^5 K, which presumably come from nonthermal jets. Hence, BAL
outflows and nonthermal jets can be generated simultaneously in these central
engines. We also found four inverted-spectrum sources, which are interpreted as
Doppler-beamed, pole-on-viewed relativistic jet sources or young radio sources:
single edge-on geometry cannot describe all BAL quasars. We discuss the
implications of the OCTAVE observations for investigations for the orientation
and evolutionary stage of BAL quasars.Comment: 10 pages, no figure, 3 tables, accepted for publication in PAS
Antifibrotic effects of 2-carba cyclic phosphatidic acid (2ccPA) in systemic sclerosis: contribution to the novel treatment.
NOS2 polymorphisms associated with the susceptibility to pulmonary arterial hypertension with systemic sclerosis: contribution to the transcriptional activity
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease characterized by tissue fibrosis. One of several complications of SSc, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can be refractory to treatment, both novel and established. In the present study we investigated the ratio of circulating nitric oxide to endothelin-1 in patients with both SSc and PAH, and determined whether polymorphisms in NOS2 (the nitric oxide synthase 2 gene) are associated with susceptibility to PAH. Endothelin-1 in plasma and nitric oxide metabolites (nitrate and nitrite) in serum were measured. The nitric oxide/endothelin-1 ratio was significantly lower in patients with both SSc and PAH than in patients with SSc only or in healthy control individuals. We confirmed the presence of two single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions -1,026 and -277 and a pentanucleotide repeat (CCTTT) at -2.5 kilobases. There were significant differences in single nucleotide polymorphisms between patients with SSc who had PAH and those who did not, and between patients with both SSc and PAH and healthy control individuals. The CCTTT repeat was significantly shorter in patients with both SSc and PAH than in patients with SSc only or in healthy control individuals. Transcriptional activity were analyzed using the luciferase reporter assay. The transcriptional activity of NOS2 was much greater in fibroblasts transfected by a vector with a long allele of the CCTTT repeat than in those transfected by a vector with a short allele. Polymorphisms in the NOS2 gene are associated with transcriptional activity of the NOS2 gene and with susceptibility to SSc-related PAH
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