The development and applications of a 0.2 cm⁻¹ resolution
Nd-YAG laser powered coherent anti-Stokes Raman
spectroscopy, CARS, spectrometer for gas phase studies is
chronicled in this thesis. Applications including CARS
lineshape analysis, resonant CARS, and CARS of transient
species and excited state molecules is reported.
The intensity of the signal...
Morphological filters have shown good performance in various image processing applications. Furthermore, their algorithms are easy to implement in special architectures, with the exception that linear filtering cannot be implemented in many of these cases. In this study, a new architecture and corresponding algorithm, capable of realizing linear shiftinvariant filters,...
Mathematical models for the doubly-fed machine are
presented. The properties of the machine with rotor excitation as supplied by a power converter with voltage
source character are reviewed. The peculiar torque-speed
characteristic of the machine in this operating mode and
its effect on the stability of the machine are presented....
A variety of laser spectroscopic methods are employed in this
thesis research for studies of CF₃NO, an interesting model
photodissociative system, and for investigation of low energy rotations
and vibrations of small molecules and low molecular weight clusters in
free jet expansions.
Nonradiative energy decay for electronically excited CF₃NO is...
With the development of converters and inverters, it
became possible to control the stator current of an
induction motor. The differential equations which describe
transient behavior of the induction motor are conveniently
expressed by transforming the stator and rotor variables to
d-q axes rotating at synchronous speed. The transient
behavior...
Problems with aluminosilicate scales in pulp and paper recycle streams create an
interest in the formation mechanism and the chemical equilibrium of aluminosilicates.
Evaluating solubility data from a system containing Na⁺ CI⁻, and OH⁻ ions as well
as aluminium and silicon compounds, allowed to elucidate the characteristics of the
aluminosilicate...
Non-process elements are present in all kraft
recovery systems. Non-process elements are defined as
those elements which are not essential to the chemical
process, i.e., are neither active pulping chemicals (e.g.,
NaOH and Na₂S in the kraft process), nor compounds present
as a result of incomplete conversion of makeup chemicals...
A survey of the pulping literature indicated
that although the kinetics of the Kraft Pulping
process has been studied in detail , very few studies
have been reported for Alkaline Sulfite /
Anthraquinone (ASAQ) pulping process. There is no
existing rate model for this pulping process. Hence,
the objectives of...
Chemical equilibrium is a major factor in many natural and
industrial systems. The ability to predict ionic equilibrium is
extremely valuable in industry in solving problems without the costs
involved in full scale experiments. An example of an application in
the pulp and paper industry is the prediction of non-process...
The overall objective of this study is to address questions concerning the long-term
mechanical strength of the lithosphere across the equatorial margin of Brazil. The
approach used in this study consists of calculating the frequency response function
estimates, also called admittance, using gravity and bathymetry data. These
experimental estimates are...