Steam System Opportunity Assessment for the Pulp and Paper, Chemical Manufacturing, and Petroleum Refining Industries pptx

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... responsible for the input data and calculations related to the pulp mill whereas Svensson was responsible for the input data and calculations for the district heating system. The system modelling and ... to the PPI in e.g. China and South America, the European mills are rather old and small. It would be interesting to study whether/how the size and age of the mills affect the economic performance ... throughout the work with this thesis. Catherine, thank you for the first year we shared at VoM (but maybe most for the continued friendship thereafter). To all the people in the Energy Systems...

... performs the same function as the white liquor sedimen-tation vessel it replaced. The vessel and the PDW both separate white liquor and lime mud for further use in the pulping process at the ... both for runnability boxes and for vacuum rolls in the dryer section. For the VacRoll system, for example, this kind of optimizing process means that the ductwork is designed so that the system ... on the structure of the roll or the cylinder. The gears reduce the electric mo-tor’s rotation speed to one suitable for the rolls and cylinders. These gears are placed either outside the...

... protein was purified and then used for furtheranalysis.In the reductive reaction, the Michaelis–Menten con-stant Km for DHA was 1 mm, and the Km for NADPH was 50 lm. The Vmaxwas estimated ... introns and therefore ampli-fied the open reading frame from the genomic DNA.We called the genes gld1 and gld2, respectively.Comparison of the cDNA of gld1 with the genomesequence revealed that the ... USA)three times for 30 s. The mixture was then centrifuged inan Eppendorf microcentrifuge at full speed for 25 min, and the supernatant used for the analysis. The protein contentof the extract...

... The NetiPotisasoothingnasallavage.Asaltmixtureofappropriateconcentration and temperatureisprepared. The patientleansover the sink and applies the NetiPotto the uppernostril, the salinesolutionflowsthrough the nasal and sinuscavities and around the backwallof the septum and washes the oppositenasal and sinuscavitiesbeforeexiting the dependentnostril. ... ctivatedagainst the fungus,while the immunesystemsofnormalhealthypeopledonot.Innormalhealthypeople, the fungus and fungalsporesthatarebreathedinto the noseappeartodonoharm.Inchronicsinusitispatients, the immunereactionagainst the funguscausesimmunecellstoreleasesubstancesthatkill the fungus.Itisbelievedby the researchersat the MayoClinicthatthesesubstancesalsodamage the nasal and sinuslinings and causethemtobecomeinflamed and irritated.(50) The immune system ofchronicsinusitispatientsisactivatedagainst the fungusbutendsuphurting the patient. ... terlevelrises and areservoirforms.Similarly,if the osteomeatalcomplexisblocked,abackupofmucusoccurs.Thiscanleadtoaconditionthatleadstoinfection.Bacterialivein the nose and sinuses;however,inaninfectiousstatesomesubset(s)ofbacteriahavereproducedoutofproportiontoothers.Thisbacterialovergrowthisoftenpresentinsinusitis–particularlyacutesinusitis.Anyprocessthatcausesmucosalinflammationinto the sensitiveareaof the osteomeatalcomplex(OMC)canocclude the othersinusesthatdrainintothiscrossroadzone.(16‐20)Blockageof the smallopeningsfromswelling(causedbyinfection,allergy, and othercauses)canalsoresultinsinusitis.Whenobstructionoccurs, the mucusisretainedin the sinuscavity.Thesestagnantsecretionsthicken and provideamedium for bacterialgrowth.Obstructionalsoimpairsaeration and gasexchangewithin the sinuscavity.Absorptionoftrappedoxygenleadstohypoxiaordecreasedoxygenlevelswithin the sinus,whichexacerbatessinusitis.Thesechangesleadtodamage and dysfunctionof the cilia and epithelium. The retainedsecretions and infectionleadtofurthertissueinflammation,whichinturnleadstofurtherblockage.Thesechanges120help the bodyfightsinusitis.(51‐52).However,onecriticismofthisuseof the macrolideantibioticsisthatthereisariskthatbacteriacouldbecomeresistanttotheseantibioticsiftheyareoverused,therebypotentiallycreatingadifficultproblemintreatinginfectionwithresistantbacteria.N.Steroids...

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... 3Of the three major elements that make up the DTRAthermionics program, the committee recommends that the microminiature thermionic converter (MTC) effort and the theory and validation efforts ... element, performed primarilyby General Atomics and several subcontractors; the mi-crominiature thermionic converter element performedby DOE’s Sandia National Laboratories; and the theory and theory ... indepen-dent assessment of its stewardship of the advanced ther-mionics research and development program and of the technical progress of the program. The NRC accepted the charge of performing this assessment. The...

... molecular mass than the wild-type protein, and either the single or double mutants. This lower molecu-lar mass form appeared to be the same size as the unglycosylated form of the wild-type protein ... response. We pro-pose that glycosylation is important for the folding ofHFE and is essential for transport and exit of the pro-tein from the ER. The importance of glycosylation iscumulative, however, ... to a helical and loop region in the a1 domain of HFE that incor-porates both the N110 and N130 residues. Our studiestherefore place these N-glycosylation sites in a regionof the protein that...

... 2A). Therefore, ferric ions must bepresent for formation of the complex between ApoTf and Ggly or Gamide. The effect of ferric ions on the stability of the gas-trin–ApoTf complex was then investigated. ... involved in the interaction with ApoTfWe have previously demonstrated that Glu7 acts as aligand for the first ferric ion, and that Glu8 and Glu9act as ligands for the second ferric ion, in the gastrin–ferric ... 4869observed for ApoTf, the affinity in each case was lowerthan the affinity of wild-type ApoTf for Ggly (Fig. 4B,C). The IC50values for the interaction between Ggly and the Mono N and Mono C...

... carbon emission reduction in the transportationsector. Therefore, a thermochemical process for biomass conversion into synthetic chemicals and fuels is beingdeveloped at the Karlsruhe Institute ... beadded to the char, and the moisture, to the reactionwater or the condensate. For the yield percentagesrelated to the real material, the corrected numbers mustbe normalized to 100%. For highly ... aresoaked into the char pore system and eventually solidi-fied there. This reduces the pore volume and the amount of liquid required for slurry preparation lateron. After the removal of the char...