Innovative Design Concept for the New Bangkok International Airport, NBIA

Thermal and visual comfort for the occupants of a room are not defined by air temperature only, but also radiation with its three components solar radiation, daylight and heat radiation has to be taken into account (among other factors such as humidity, air speed and occupant activity and clothing levels). In hot climates the optimization of room comfort is a challenging task due to the high solar radiation over the whole year. In intelligent buildings new material developments are applied optimizing the building envelope in an integral building design process. New solutions for weather, noise and heat protection are developed, where building envelope and installed mechanical equipment work together creating optimal comfort at minimum energy consumption. This approach was used in the design of the New Bangkok International Airport, NBIA to develop an optimized building concept in a design team comprising the architects, structural and mechanical engineers, HVAC, acoustic and climate engineers

Innovative Systems for Solar Air Conditioning of Buildings

Solar air conditioning is an attractive technology to achieve comfortable room conditions, especially in hot and sunny climates. In particular air conditioning systems based on sorption technologies offer several advantages as they can be designed for a high efficient utilization of solar thermal energy. To show the today's and near future potential innovative solar cooling and air conditioning systems are discussed which are well adapted to the utilization of solar energy. The system performance of each air conditioning system is evaluated under Abu Dhabi design conditions

Innovative Design Concept for the New Bangkok International Airport, NBIA

Thermal and visual comfort for the occupants of a room are not defined by air temperature only, but also radiation with its three components solar radiation, daylight and heat radiation has to be taken into account (among other factors such as humidity, air speed and occupant activity and clothing levels). In hot climates the optimization of room comfort is a challenging task due to the high solar radiation over the whole year. In intelligent buildings new material developments are applied optimizing the building envelope in an integral building design process. New solutions for weather, noise and heat protection are developed, where building envelope and installed mechanical equipment work together creating optimal comfort at minimum energy consumption. This approach was used in the design of the New Bangkok International Airport, NBIA to develop an optimized building concept in a design team comprising the architects, structural and mechanical engineers, HVAC, acoustic and climate engineers

Cladistic analysis of the apolipoprotein AI-CIH-AIV gene cluster using a healthy French Canadian sample. I. Haploid analysis

A cladistic analysis was carried out to identify haplotypes hypothesized to differ for functional DNA sequence variations within the apolipoprotein (apo) AI-CIII-AIV gene cluster that affect plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels. A sample of unrelated healthy French Canadians was studied. First, a cladogram of the observed apo AI-CIII-AIV haplotypes was estimated. Then this cladogram was used to define a statistical analysis of the association between haplotype variation and variation in plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels. Three haplotypes were identified which were associated with small (5–12% of the total sum of squares) pleiotropic effects on plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein traits and these effects were context, i.e. gender, dependent.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66070/1/j.1469-1809.1995.tb00742.x.pd

Solare Raumklimatisierung ueber Sorption. Phase 1 Endbericht

A system for air conditioning has been investigated in which air is dehumidified by an aqueous hydroscopic solution and indirectly cool by water evaporation. As heat source mainly solar energy is suitable, but also waste heat (industrial processes, cogeneration, district heating systems). Due to the storage and transport qualities of the system energy input and cooling and dehumidifying output can be uncoupled temporarily and spatially. (BWI)Es wurde ein System zur Raumklimatisierung untersucht, in dem Luft durch eine waessrige hygroskopische Salzloesung entfeuchtet und durch Verdunstung von Wasser indirekt gekuehlt wird. Als Waermequelle hierfuer kann insbesondere Solarenergie, aber auch Abwaerme (Industrieprozesse, KWK, Fernwaermenetze) genutzt werden. Mit Hilfe der Speicher- und Transportqualitaeten des Systems koennen die Einspeisung der Antriebswaerme und die Bereitstellung von Kuehlung und Entfeuchtung sowohl zeitlich als auch raeumlich entkoppelt werden. (BWI)Available from TIB Hannover: F94B0439+a / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEBundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), Bonn (Germany)DEGerman

An empirical approach to the delineation of growing conditions within a cooled conservatory in Singapore

Acta Horticulturae801 PART 21277-128

Purification, properties, and diagnosis of banana bract mosaic potyvirus and its distinction from abaca mosaic potyvirus

Using biochemical, serological, and cytopathological evidence, we have confirmed that banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) is a distinct member of the family Potyviridae. Virions of a Philippine isolate of BBrMV were purified from field-infected banana cv. Cardaba. Particles were approximately 725-nm long, banded at a density equivalent to 1.29 to 1.31 g/ml in cesium chloride equilibrium gradients, and had an A(260/280) of 1.17. Yields of about 4 mg/kg were obtained from fresh or frozen leaf midrib or lamina tissue. Three major protein species with sizes of 31, 37, and 39 kDa were resolved from dissociated virions, and all reacted specifically with polyclonal antibodies to BBrMV. Infected leaf cells contained typical pinwheel inclusions. Virus-specific cDNA was amplifiedfrom field samples by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay using potyvirus degenerate primers. In plate-trapped antigan-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), weak serological relationships were demonstrated between BBrMV and other members of the family Potyviridae, including abaca mosaic (AbaMV), desheen mosaic, maize dwarf mosaic, sorghum mosaic, sugarcane mosaic, and wheat streak mosaic viruses. Despite similarities in the symptoms caused by the two viruses, AbaMV was serologically distinct from BBrMV and reacted only weakly, or not at all, with BBrMV antibodies in double-antibody sandwich (DAS)-ELISA. No cross reactions were observed when RT-PCR products from the two viruses were examined by Southern blot hybridization using BBrMV- and AbaMV-specific digoxigenin-labeled DNA probes. BBrMV was consistently associated with banana bract mosaic disease, as assessed by DAS-ELISA and Southern blot hybridization using DNA probes. The known geographical distribution of BBrMV was extended to include India (Kokkan disease) and Sri Lanka