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Gravitomagnetic Fields in Rotating Superconductors to Solve Tate's Cooper Pair Mass Anomaly
Superconductors have often been used to claim gravitational anomalies in the
context of breakthrough propulsion. The experiments could not be reproduced by
others up to now, and the theories were either shown to be wrong or are often
based on difficult to prove assumptions. We will show that superconductors
indeed could be used to produce non-classical gravitational fields, based on
the established disagreement between theoretical prediction and measured
Cooper-pair mass in Niobium. Tate et al failed to measure the Cooper-pair mass
in Niobium as predicted by quantum theory. This has been discussed in the
literature without any apparent solution. Based on the work from DeWitt to
include gravitomagnetism in the canonical momentum of Cooper-pairs, the authors
published a number of papers discussing a possibly involved gravitomagnetic
field in rotating superconductors to solve Tate's measured anomaly. Although
one possibility to match Tate's measurement, a number of reasons were developed
by the authors over the last years to show that the gravitomagnetic field in a
rotating quantum material must be different from its classical value and that
Tate's result is actually the first experimental sign for it. This paper
reviews the latest theoretical approaches to solve the Tate Cooper-pair anomaly
based on gravitomagnetic fields in rotating superconductors
Generation of Closed Timelike Curves with Rotating Superconductors
The spacetime metric around a rotating SuperConductive Ring (SCR) is deduced
from the gravitomagnetic London moment in rotating superconductors. It is shown
that theoretically it is possible to generate Closed Timelike Curves (CTC) with
rotating SCRs. The possibility to use these CTC's to travel in time as
initially idealized by G\"{o}del is investigated. It is shown however, that
from a technology and experimental point of view these ideas are impossible to
implement in the present context.Comment: 9 pages. Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravit
Analysis of process variables via CFD to evaluate the performance of a FCC riser
Feedstock conversion and yield products are studied through a 3D model simulating the main reactor of the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) is used with Eulerian-Eulerian approach to predict the fluid catalytic cracking behavior. The model considers 12 lumps with catalyst deactivation by coke and poisoning by alkaline nitrides and polycyclic aromatic adsorption to estimate the kinetic behavior which, starting from a given feedstock, produces several cracking products. Different feedstock compositions are considered. The model is compared with sampling data at industrial operation conditions. The simulation model is able to represent accurately the products behavior for the different operating conditions considered. All the conditions considered were solved using a solver ANSYS CFX 14.0. The different operation process variables and hydrodynamic effects of the industrial riser of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) are evaluated. Predictions from the model are shown and comparison with experimental conversion and yields products are presented; recommendations are drawn to establish the conditions to obtain higher product yields in the industrial process
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