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Complex B-Process
Langevin I-Process
( O
CL B-Process
) O
dynamics O
[ O
1,2 O
] O
provides O
an O
approach O
to O
circumvent O
the O
sign B-Task
problem I-Task
in O
numerical B-Process
simulations I-Process
of I-Process
lattice I-Process
field I-Process
theories I-Process
with O
a O
complex O
Boltzmann O
weight O
, O
since O
it O
does O
not O
rely O
on O
importance O
sampling O
. O
In O
recent O
years O
a O
number O
of O
stimulating O
results O
has O
been O
obtained O
in O
the O
context O
of O
nonzero B-Process
chemical I-Process
potential I-Process
, O
in O
both O
lower B-Process
and I-Process
four-dimensional I-Process
field I-Process
theories I-Process
with O
a O
severe O
sign B-Task
problem I-Task
in I-Task
the I-Task
thermodynamic I-Task
limit I-Task
[ O
3 O
– O
8 O
] O
( O
for O
two O
recent O
reviews O
, O
see O
e.g. O
Refs. O
[ O
9,10 O
]) O
. O
However O
, O
as O
has O
been O
known O
since O
shortly O
after O
its O
inception O
, O
correct O
results O
are O
not O
guaranteed O
[ O
11 O
– O
16 O
] O
. O
This O
calls O
for O
an O
improved B-Task
understanding I-Task
, I-Task
relying I-Task
on I-Task
the I-Task
combination I-Task
of I-Task
analytical I-Task
and I-Task
numerical I-Task
insight I-Task
. O
In O
the O
recent O
past O
, O
the O
important O
role O
played O
by O
the O
properties O
of O
the O
real O
and O
positive O
probability B-Process
distribution I-Process
in O
the O
complexified B-Process
configuration I-Process
space I-Process
, O
which O
is O
effectively O
sampled O
during O
the O
Langevin B-Process
process I-Process
, O
has O
been O
clarified O
[ O
17,18 O
] O
. O
An O
important O
conclusion O
was O
that O
this O
distribution B-Process
should O
be O
sufficiently O
localised O
in O
order O
for O
CL B-Process
to O
yield O
valid O
results O
. O
Importantly O
, O
this O
insight O
has O
recently O
also O
led O
to O
promising O
results O
in O
nonabelian B-Task
gauge I-Task
theories I-Task
, O
with O
the O
implementation O
of O
SL B-Material
( I-Material
N,C I-Material
) I-Material
gauge I-Material
cooling I-Material
[ O
8,10 O
] O
. O
This O
work O
shows O
how O
our O
approach O
based O
on O
the O
combination O
of O
Statistical B-Process
Mechanics I-Process
and O
nonlinear B-Process
PDEs I-Process
theory I-Process
provides O
us O
with O
a O
novel O
and O
powerful O
tool O
to O
tackle O
phase B-Task
transitions I-Task
. O
This O
method O
leads O
to O
solution O
of O
perhaps O
the O
most O
known O
test-case O
that O
exhibits O
a O
first B-Process
order I-Process
phase I-Process
transition I-Process
( O
semi-heuristically O
described O
) O
such O
as O
the O
van B-Process
der I-Process
Waals I-Process
model I-Process
. O
In O
particular O
we O
have O
obtained O
the O
first O
global O
mean O
field B-Process
partition I-Process
function I-Process
( O
Eq. O
( O
9 O
)) O
, O
for O
a O
system O
of O
finite O
number O
of O
particles O
. O
The O
partition O
function O
is O
a O
solution O
to O
the O
Klein B-Task
– I-Task
Gordon I-Task
equation I-Task
, O
reproduces O
the O
van B-Process
der I-Process
Waals I-Process
isotherms I-Process
away O
from O
the O
critical O
region O
and O
, O
in O
the O
thermodynamic B-Process
limit I-Process
N I-Process
β†’βˆž I-Process
automatically O
encodes O
the O
Maxwell B-Process
equal I-Process
areas I-Process
rule I-Process
. O
The O
approach O
hereby O
presented O
is O
of O
remarkable O
simplicity O
, O
has O
been O
successfully O
applied O
to O
spin B-Process
[ O
17 O
– O
19,14,16 O
] O
and O
macroscopic B-Process
thermodynamic I-Process
systems I-Process
[ O
20,15 O
] O
and O
can O
be O
further O
extended O
to O
include O
the O
larger O
class O
of O
models O
admitting O
partition B-Process
functions I-Process
of I-Process
the I-Process
form I-Process
( O
4 O
) O
to O
be O
used O
to O
extend O
to O
the O
critical O
region O
general B-Process
equations I-Process
of I-Process
state I-Process
of I-Process
the I-Process
form I-Process
( O
7 O
) O
including O
a O
class B-Process
virial I-Process
expansions I-Process
. O
We O
use O
open O
and O
close O
aperture B-Process
Z-scan I-Process
experiments I-Process
, O
in O
analogy O
to O
the O
saturation B-Task
absorption I-Task
work O
discussed O
earlier O
in O
water B-Material
[ O
8 O
] O
, O
to O
respectively O
measure O
the O
Ξ² O
and O
n2 O
for O
a O
series O
of O
primary B-Material
alcohols I-Material
with O
the O
help O
of O
1560nm B-Material
femtosecond I-Material
laser I-Material
pulses I-Material
, O
however O
, O
with O
the O
important O
inclusion O
of O
an O
optical-chopper B-Material
. O
The O
vibrational B-Process
combination I-Process
states I-Process
of O
the O
alcohols B-Material
are O
coupled O
by O
the O
femtosecond B-Material
laser I-Material
pulses I-Material
at I-Material
1560nm I-Material
. O
These O
couplings O
result O
in O
the O
absorption B-Process
of O
1560nm O
and O
the O
excited O
molecules B-Material
undergo O
relaxation O
through O
non-radiative B-Process
processes I-Process
, O
which O
gives O
rise O
to O
transient B-Process
thermal I-Process
effects I-Process
. O
These O
transient O
thermal O
effects O
are O
related O
to O
the O
pure B-Process
optical I-Process
nonlinearity I-Process
of O
the O
samples O
and O
can O
be O
measured O
as O
a O
change O
in O
their O
n2 O
values O
[ O
14 O
] O
. O
The O
transient B-Process
thermal I-Process
effects I-Process
of O
individual O
pulses O
accumulate O
in O
case O
of O
high B-Material
repetition-rate I-Material
lasers I-Material
to O
produce O
a O
cumulative B-Process
thermal I-Process
effect I-Process
at O
longer O
timescales O
. O
We O
measure B-Task
this I-Task
cumulative I-Task
thermal I-Task
effect I-Task
with O
the O
mode-mismatched B-Process
two-color I-Process
pump I-Process
– I-Process
probe I-Process
experiment I-Process
. O
The O
control O
of O
the O
RP B-Process
re-encounter I-Process
probability I-Process
finds O
a O
direct O
application O
to O
improve B-Task
the I-Task
performance I-Task
of I-Task
chemical I-Task
devices I-Task
. O
Here O
, O
we O
show O
how O
a O
simple-to-implement O
control B-Process
scheme I-Process
highly O
enhances O
the O
sensitivity O
of O
a O
model B-Material
chemical I-Material
magnetometer I-Material
by O
up O
to O
two O
orders O
of O
magnitude O
. O
The O
basic O
idea O
behind O
a O
chemical O
magnetometer O
is O
that O
, O
since O
a O
change O
in O
the O
magnetic B-Process
field I-Process
modifies O
the O
amount O
of O
singlet B-Material
products I-Material
, O
one O
can O
reverse O
the O
reasoning O
and O
measure O
the O
chemical B-Material
yield I-Material
to O
estimate O
B B-Process
. O
Intuitively O
, O
the O
magnetic B-Process
sensitivity I-Process
is O
high O
when O
a O
small O
change O
in O
the O
magnetic B-Process
field I-Process
intensity I-Process
produces O
large O
effects O
on O
the O
singlet B-Material
yield I-Material
. O
Formally O
, O
it O
is O
defined O
as O
:( O
2 O
) O
Ξ›s O
( O
B O
)β‰‘βˆ‚ O
Ξ¦s O
( O
B O
)βˆ‚ O
B O
=∫ O
0 O
∞ O
pre O
( O
t O
) O
gs O
( O
B,t O
) O
dt,with O
gs O
( O
B,t O
)β‰‘βˆ‚ O
fs O
( O
B,t O
)βˆ‚ O
B O
being O
the O
instantaneous O
magnetic O
sensitivity O
. O
The O
functional O
form O
of O
fs O
( O
B,t O
)= O
Sρel O
( O
t O
) O
S O
strongly O
depends O
on O
the O
specific O
realization O
of O
the O
radical O
pair O
, O
in O
particular O
on O
the O
number O
of O
the O
surrounding O
nuclear O
spins O
. O
Here O
, O
we O
consider O
a O
radical O
pair O
in O
which O
the O
first O
electron O
spin O
is O
devoid O
of O
hyperfine O
interactions O
, O
while O
the O
second O
electron O
spin O
interacts O
isotropically O
with O
one O
spin-1 O
nucleus O
, O
e.g. O
nitrogen O
. O
In O
the O
context O
of O
the O
chemical O
compass O
( O
i.e. O
when O
the O
task O
is O
determining O
the O
magnetic O
field O
direction O
through O
anisotropic O
hyperfine O
interactions O
) O
, O
an O
analogous O
configuration O
( O
with O
only O
one O
spin-1 O
/ O
2 O
nucleus O
) O
has O
been O
proposed O
[ O
3 O
] O
, O
and O
numerically O
characterized O
[ O
8 O
] O
, O
as O
being O
optimal O
: O
Additional O
nuclear O
spins O
would O
perturb O
the O
intuitive O
β€˜ O
reference O
and O
probe’ O
picture O
. O
The O
Hamiltonian O
then O
simplifies O
to O
H O
=- O
Ξ³eB O
( O
S1 O
( O
z O
)+ O
S2 O
( O
z O
))+| O
Ξ³e O
| O
Ξ±S O
β†’ O
2 O
Β· O
I O
β†’ O
, O
where O
Ξ± O
is O
the O
isotropic O
hyperfine O
coupling O
. O
It O
is O
well-known O
that O
the O
optical B-Task
properties I-Task
of O
atoms B-Material
and O
molecules B-Material
can O
be O
influenced O
by O
their O
electronic B-Process
environment I-Process
. O
Local B-Process
field I-Process
effects I-Process
on O
spontaneous O
emission O
rates O
within O
nanostructured B-Material
photonic I-Material
materials I-Material
for O
example O
are O
familiar O
, O
and O
have O
been O
well O
summarized O
[ O
1 O
] O
. O
Optical B-Process
processes I-Process
, O
including O
resonance B-Process
energy I-Process
transfer I-Process
are O
similarly O
dependent O
on O
the O
local B-Process
environment I-Process
of I-Process
molecular I-Process
chromophores I-Process
[ O
2 O
– O
4 O
] O
. O
Many O
biological O
systems O
are O
known O
to O
contain O
complex O
organizations O
of O
molecules O
with O
absorption B-Material
bands I-Material
shifted O
due O
to O
the O
electronic B-Process
influence I-Process
of O
other O
, O
nearby O
optical O
centres O
. O
For O
instance O
, O
in O
widely O
studied O
light-harvesting B-Process
complexes I-Process
, O
there O
are O
two O
identifiable O
forms O
of O
the O
photosynthetic B-Material
antenna I-Material
molecule I-Material
bacteriochlorophyll I-Material
, O
with O
absorption B-Material
bands I-Material
centred O
on O
800 O
and O
850nm O
; O
it O
has O
been O
shown O
that O
the O
most O
efficient O
forms O
of O
energy B-Process
transfer I-Process
between O
the O
two O
occurs O
when O
there O
is O
a O
neighbouring O
carotenoid B-Material
species I-Material
5 O
– O
7 O
. O
Until O
now O
, O
research O
on O
the O
broader O
influence B-Task
of I-Task
a I-Task
neighbouring I-Task
, I-Task
off-resonant I-Task
, I-Task
molecule I-Task
on I-Task
photon I-Task
absorption I-Task
has O
mostly O
centred O
on O
the O
phenomenon O
of O
induced B-Process
circular I-Process
dichroism I-Process
, O
where O
both O
quantum B-Process
electrodynamic I-Process
( O
QED B-Process
) O
calculations O
[ O
8 O
– O
10 O
] O
and O
experimental B-Process
procedures I-Process
[ O
11 O
– O
13 O
] O
predict O
and O
verify O
that O
a O
chiral B-Material
mediator I-Material
confers O
the O
capacity O
for O
an O
achiral B-Material
acceptor I-Material
to O
exhibit O
circular B-Process
differential I-Process
absorption I-Process
. O
Since O
the O
receptors O
in O
human O
biology O
mostly O
consist O
of O
chiral B-Material
molecules I-Material
, O
drug O
action O
mostly O
involves O
a O
specified O
enantiomeric O
form O
. O
This O
has O
spurred O
the O
development O
, O
especially O
in O
the O
pharmaceutical O
industry O
, O
of O
a O
host O
of O
techniques O
to O
secure O
enantiopure O
products O
. O
Such O
methods O
, O
mostly O
multi-step O
and O
time-consuming O
, O
can O
typically O
be O
cast O
in O
one O
of O
two O
distinct O
categories O
: O
synthetic O
mechanisms O
designed O
to O
produce O
a O
single O
stereoisomer O
, O
or O
separation O
techniques O
to O
isolate O
distinct O
enantiomers O
from O
a O
racemic O
mixture O
. O
A O
significant O
drawback O
, O
for O
either O
approach O
, O
is O
a O
dependence O
on O
a O
supply O
of O
enantiopure O
reagents O
or O
substrates O
– O
synthesis O
routes O
generally O
utilise O
chiral O
building O
blocks O
or O
enantioselective O
catalysts O
[ O
7,8 O
] O
, O
while O
enantiomer O
separation O
techniques O
typically O
incorporate O
chiral O
selector O
molecules O
to O
form O
chemically O
distinct O
and O
distinguishable O
diastereomeric O
complexes O
[ O
8,9 O
] O
. O
A O
key O
requirement O
in O
aiming O
to O
achieve O
enantiopure O
products O
, O
irrespective O
of O
the O
synthetic O
method O
, O
is O
therefore O
a O
means O
to O
measure O
, O
and O
duly O
quantitate O
the O
enantiomeric O
excess O
– O
signifying O
the O
degree O
of O
chirality O
within O
molecular O
products O
. O
Chiral O
discrimination O
through O
optical O
means O
is O
well-known O
to O
offer O
direct O
, O
non-contact O
ways O
to O
distinguish O
between O
molecules O
of O
different O
handedness O
, O
based O
on O
observations O
such O
as O
the O
subtle O
differences O
in O
absorption O
of O
left O
- O
and O
right-handed O
circularly O
polarised O
light O
, O
or O
indeed O
the O
twisting O
of O
polarisation O
in O
optical O
rotation O
. O
Other O
optical O
methods O
, O
under O
more O
recent O
development O
, O
also O
show O
some O
promise O
to O
achieve O
enantiomer O
separation O
, O
as O
will O
be O
introduced O
later O
. O
For O
any O
quantum B-Process
dynamical I-Process
method I-Process
, O
existing O
or O
emerging O
, O
reliable O
benchmarks B-Task
are O
required O
to O
assess O
their O
accuracy O
. O
A B-Process
model I-Process
Hamiltonian I-Process
exhibiting O
tunnelling B-Process
dynamics I-Process
through O
a O
multidimensional B-Process
asymmetric I-Process
double I-Process
well I-Process
potential I-Process
has O
been O
used O
as O
a O
test O
by O
the O
MP B-Process
/ I-Process
SOFT I-Process
[ O
18 O
] O
and O
CCS B-Process
methods I-Process
[ O
19 O
] O
mentioned O
above O
, O
and O
also O
more O
recently O
by O
a O
configuration B-Process
interaction I-Process
( I-Process
CI I-Process
) I-Process
expansion I-Process
method I-Process
[ O
20 O
] O
and O
two-layer B-Process
version I-Process
of I-Process
CCS I-Process
( O
2L-CCS B-Process
) O
. O
[ O
21 O
] O
The B-Process
Hamiltonian I-Process
consists O
of O
a O
1-dimensional B-Process
tunnelling I-Process
mode I-Process
coupled O
to O
an O
( B-Process
M I-Process
βˆ’ I-Process
1 I-Process
)- I-Process
dimensional I-Process
harmonic I-Process
bath I-Process
, O
hence O
it O
is O
a O
system-bath B-Task
problem I-Task
which O
bears O
some O
similarity O
to O
the O
Caldeira-Leggett B-Process
model I-Process
of I-Process
tunnelling I-Process
in O
a O
dissipative O
system O
[ O
22,23 O
] O
. O
This O
Hamiltonian B-Process
is O
non-dissipative O
, O
however O
and O
the O
harmonic B-Process
modes I-Process
all O
have O
the O
same O
frequency O
. O
System-bath B-Process
models I-Process
play O
an O
important O
role O
in O
physics B-Task
, O
being O
used O
to O
describe O
superconductivity B-Process
at I-Process
a I-Process
Josephson I-Process
junction I-Process
in O
a O
superconducting B-Process
quantum I-Process
interface I-Process
device I-Process
( O
SQUID B-Process
) O
[ O
24 O
] O
, O
for O
which O
the O
Caldeira-Leggett B-Process
model I-Process
provides O
a O
theoretical O
basis O
, O
and O
magnetic B-Process
and I-Process
conductance I-Process
phenomena I-Process
in O
the O
spin-bath B-Task
regime I-Task
[ O
25 O
] O
. O
Based O
on O
the O
theoretical B-Task
analysis I-Task
, O
the O
value B-Process
of I-Process
the I-Process
measuring I-Process
resistor I-Process
, O
Rm B-Process
, O
has O
no O
effect O
on O
the O
corrosion B-Process
process I-Process
and O
on O
the O
estimated O
value B-Process
of I-Process
noise I-Process
resistance I-Process
. O
In O
order O
to O
validate B-Task
this I-Task
conclusion I-Task
, O
the O
experiment O
of O
Fig. O
9 O
was O
performed O
. O
Specifically O
, O
a O
pair B-Material
of I-Material
nominally I-Material
identical I-Material
specimens I-Material
was O
initially O
coupled O
by O
a O
4.7kΞ© B-Material
resistor I-Material
and O
their O
potential O
with O
respect O
to O
a O
saturated B-Material
calomel I-Material
electrode I-Material
was O
recorded O
by O
using O
a O
NI-USB B-Material
6009 I-Material
analog-to-digital I-Material
converter I-Material
. O
The O
electrochemical B-Process
noise I-Process
signal I-Process
was O
recorded O
using O
in-house B-Material
developed I-Material
software I-Material
, O
acquiring O
at O
1023Hz O
segments O
of O
1000 O
points O
at O
each O
iteration O
. O
Between O
iterations O
, O
the O
1000 O
values O
acquired O
were O
averaged O
to O
obtain B-Task
a I-Task
single I-Task
value I-Task
of I-Task
potential I-Task
, O
subsequently O
saved O
to O
the O
file O
used O
for O
later O
processing O
. O
The O
final O
dataset B-Material
comprised O
potential O
values O
spaced O
1 O
Β± O
0.05s O
in O
time O
. O
Under O
the O
assumption O
that O
the O
noise O
present O
above O
1023Hz O
is O
negligible O
compared O
with O
the O
noise O
present O
below O
0.5Hz O
, O
this O
procedure O
enables O
an O
accurate B-Task
recording I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
potential I-Task
noise I-Task
in I-Task
the I-Task
frequencies I-Task
of I-Task
interest I-Task
, O
avoiding O
aliasing O
of O
frequencies O
between O
0.5 O
and O
1023Hz O
and O
minimizing O
the O
50Hz O
interference O
from O
the O
mains O
supply O
. O
A O
surfactant B-Material
is O
a O
surface B-Material
active I-Material
agent I-Material
. O
In O
this O
work O
a O
surfactant B-Material
term O
will O
be O
used O
for O
compounds B-Material
which I-Material
improve I-Material
the I-Material
dispersability I-Material
of O
the O
CI B-Material
in O
the O
acid B-Material
( O
as O
emulsifiers B-Material
providing O
dispersed B-Material
emulsion I-Material
– O
not O
separated O
) O
while O
wetting O
the O
surface O
of O
the O
metallic B-Material
material I-Material
[ O
14,20,24 O
] O
. O
However O
, O
surfactants O
can O
offer O
corrosion B-Task
protection I-Task
themselves O
. O
Some O
examples O
when O
the O
same O
compound O
was O
used O
as O
a O
surfactant B-Material
or I-Material
active I-Material
corrosion I-Material
inhibitor I-Material
ingredient O
are O
given O
below O
. O
Typical O
surfactants B-Material
in O
the O
oilfield O
services O
industry O
are O
alkylphenol B-Material
ethoxylates I-Material
, O
e.g. O
nonylphenol B-Material
ethoxylate I-Material
( O
NPE B-Material
) O
[ O
14,15,30,106,107 O
] O
. O
However O
, O
NPEs B-Material
have O
been O
banned O
from O
use O
in O
the O
North O
Sea O
because O
of O
their O
toxicity O
. O
On O
the O
other O
hand O
, O
ethoxylated B-Material
linear I-Material
alcohols I-Material
are O
more O
acceptable O
[ O
20 O
] O
. O
The O
quaternary B-Material
ammonium I-Material
salts I-Material
and O
amines B-Material
( I-Material
when I-Material
protonated I-Material
) I-Material
are O
the O
most O
used O
compounds O
of O
the O
cationic B-Material
surfactants I-Material
class I-Material
, O
where O
the O
cation B-Material
is O
the O
surface B-Material
active I-Material
specie I-Material
. O
As O
the O
amines B-Material
only O
function O
as O
a O
surfactant B-Material
in O
the O
protonated B-Process
state I-Process
, O
they O
cannot O
be O
used O
at O
high O
pH O
. O
On O
the O
other O
hand O
, O
quaternary B-Material
ammonium I-Material
compounds I-Material
, O
frequently O
abbreviated O
as O
β€œ O
quats B-Material
” O
, O
are O
not O
pH O
sensitive O
. O
Long-chain B-Material
quaternary I-Material
ammonium I-Material
bromides I-Material
were O
also O
reported O
to O
work O
as O
efficient O
CIs B-Material
for O
steel B-Material
materials I-Material
[ O
106 O
] O
. O
A O
frequently O
employed O
surfactant B-Material
was O
N-dodecylpyridinium B-Material
bromide I-Material
( O
DDPB B-Material
) O
[ O
9,60,61,108,109 O
] O
. O
Anionic B-Material
sulphates I-Material
, O
anionic B-Material
sulphonates I-Material
, O
alkoxylated B-Material
alkylphenol I-Material
resins I-Material
, O
and O
polyoxyethylene B-Material
sorbitan I-Material
oleates I-Material
are O
also O
useful O
surfactants B-Material
. O
Ali O
reported O
that O
a O
particularly O
useful O
surfactant B-Material
is O
a O
blend B-Material
of I-Material
polyethylene I-Material
glycol I-Material
esters I-Material
of I-Material
fatty I-Material
acids I-Material
and I-Material
ethoxylated I-Material
alkylphenols I-Material
[ O
15 O
] O
. O
Several O
examples O
of O
the O
surfactants B-Material
used O
are O
given O
below O
in O
Section O
5.6 O
. O
The O
related O
Volta B-Process
potential I-Process
( O
Ξ¨ B-Process
) O
is O
the O
potential B-Process
difference I-Process
between O
a O
position O
infinitely O
far O
away O
from O
the O
surface O
and O
a O
position O
just O
outside O
the O
surface O
, O
and O
is O
the O
measureable B-Process
quantity I-Process
characterising O
electrochemical B-Process
behaviour I-Process
of I-Process
a I-Process
metal I-Process
[ O
12,17 O
] O
. O
The O
scanning B-Process
Kelvin I-Process
probe I-Process
force I-Process
microscopy I-Process
( O
SKPFM B-Process
) O
technique O
allows O
detection B-Task
of I-Task
local I-Task
EWF I-Task
( O
if O
the O
EWF O
of O
the O
tip O
is O
known O
) O
, O
or O
Volta B-Task
potential I-Task
differences I-Task
( O
ΔΨ B-Task
) O
between O
an O
atomic B-Material
force I-Material
microscopy I-Material
tip I-Material
( O
usually O
Pt B-Material
coated I-Material
) O
and O
the O
metal B-Material
surface I-Material
[ O
14,15,19 O
] O
. O
The O
lateral O
resolution O
of O
SKPFM B-Process
can O
be O
as O
high O
as O
10 O
’s O
of O
nm O
in O
ambient B-Material
air I-Material
, O
with O
a O
sensitivity O
up O
to O
10 O
– O
20meV O
[ O
19 O
] O
. O
Volta B-Process
potential I-Process
is O
a O
characteristic O
property B-Process
of I-Process
a I-Process
metal I-Process
surface I-Process
and O
can O
be O
used O
to O
understand B-Task
electrochemical I-Task
processes I-Task
[ O
16 O
] O
. O
It O
is O
sensitive O
to O
any O
kind O
of O
surface O
defects O
, O
chemical O
variations O
, O
and O
residual O
stress O
[ O
13,17 O
] O
. O
Volta B-Process
potential I-Process
differences I-Process
in I-Process
microstructure I-Process
have O
been O
used O
to O
predict B-Task
corrosion I-Task
behaviour I-Task
[ O
10,15,18,20 O
– O
22 O
] O
. O
Regions O
with O
larger B-Process
( I-Process
ΔΨ I-Process
) I-Process
indicate I-Process
increased I-Process
surface I-Process
reactivity I-Process
[ O
11,15,18 O
] O
, O
and O
even O
a O
correlation O
between O
Volta B-Process
potential I-Process
differences I-Process
measured O
in O
nominally O
dry B-Material
air I-Material
and O
their O
free B-Process
corrosion I-Process
potential I-Process
( O
Ecorr B-Process
) O
pre-determined O
under O
immersed O
conditions O
has O
been O
reported O
[ O
18 O
] O
. O
The O
homologous B-Material
series I-Material
of I-Material
n-alkanes I-Material
are O
represented O
here O
as O
homonuclear B-Material
chains I-Material
of I-Material
tangent I-Material
Mie I-Material
spherical I-Material
CG I-Material
segments I-Material
. O
The O
development B-Task
of I-Task
CG I-Task
models I-Task
for I-Task
long I-Task
n-alkanes I-Task
such O
as O
n-decane B-Material
( O
n-C10H22 B-Material
) O
and O
n-eicosane B-Material
( O
n-C20H42 B-Material
) O
has O
already O
been O
successfully O
demonstrated O
using O
the O
SAFT-Ξ³ B-Process
Mie I-Process
formalism I-Process
[ O
118 O
] O
. O
The O
n-decane B-Material
molecule I-Material
was O
represented O
by O
chains O
of O
three O
and O
n-eicosane B-Material
chains O
of O
six O
fully O
flexible O
tangentially O
bonded O
Mie B-Material
segments I-Material
. O
A O
certain O
degree O
of O
parameter O
degeneracy O
in O
terms O
of O
overall O
performance O
is O
expected O
as O
a O
consequence O
of O
the O
conformal O
nature O
of O
the O
EOS O
description O
[ O
132 O
] O
. O
In O
our O
current O
work O
, O
we O
use O
an O
alternative B-Process
CG I-Process
mapping I-Process
for O
n-alkanes B-Material
developed O
in O
reference O
[ O
122 O
] O
, O
where O
each O
segment O
was O
taken O
to O
represent O
three O
alkyl B-Material
carbon I-Material
backbone I-Material
atoms I-Material
and O
their O
corresponding O
hydrogen B-Material
atoms I-Material
. O
By O
applying O
this O
mapping O
, O
n-alkanes B-Material
chains I-Material
containing O
multiples O
of O
three O
carbon B-Material
units I-Material
can O
be O
represented O
directly O
: O
n-C6H14 B-Material
, O
n-C9H20 B-Material
, O
n-C12H26 B-Material
, O
n-C15H32 B-Material
, O
n-C18H38 B-Material
, O
etc O
. O
A O
good O
description B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
thermodynamic I-Task
properties I-Task
of O
these O
alkanes B-Material
is O
found O
to O
be O
provided O
with O
CG B-Material
alkyl I-Material
beads I-Material
characterised O
by O
the O
Mie B-Process
( I-Process
15 I-Process
– I-Process
6 I-Process
) I-Process
potential I-Process
. O
For O
convenience O
, O
the O
exponent O
pair O
( O
15 O
– O
6 O
) O
is O
also O
used O
to O
represent O
the O
interactions O
between O
the O
CG B-Material
beads I-Material
of O
the O
intervening O
alkanes B-Material
considered O
here O
; O
the O
number O
of O
segments O
m O
is O
taken O
to O
be O
the O
nearest O
integer O
of O
the O
division O
of O
the O
carbon B-Material
number O
C O
by O
three O
. O
The O
size O
Οƒ O
and O
energy O
∊ O
parameters O
are O
then O
estimated O
from O
the O
experimental O
saturated-liquid B-Process
density I-Process
and O
vapour B-Process
pressure I-Process
of O
the O
individual O
alkanes B-Material
following O
the O
usual O
SAFT-Ξ³ B-Process
Mie I-Process
procedure I-Process
. O
The O
chosen O
mapping O
is O
by O
no O
means O
unique O
, O
as O
one O
can O
postulate O
parameter O
sets O
that O
fulfil O
other O
requisites O
, O
such O
as O
being O
β€œ O
universal O
” O
across O
the O
entire O
homologous O
series O
[ O
119 O
] O
or O
correlated O
to O
the O
critical O
properties O
[ O
125 O
] O
. O
This O
study O
proposes O
a O
new B-Task
framework I-Task
of I-Task
a I-Task
numerical I-Task
modelling I-Task
of O
the O
gas B-Process
exchange I-Process
between O
air B-Material
and O
water B-Material
across O
their O
interface O
, O
and O
subsequent O
chemical B-Process
reaction I-Process
in I-Process
water I-Process
based O
on O
an O
extended O
two-compartment B-Process
model I-Process
. O
The O
major O
purpose O
of O
this O
study O
is O
to O
provide O
a O
fundamental B-Process
concept I-Process
for O
modelling B-Task
physicochemical I-Task
processes I-Task
of O
the O
gas B-Material
exchange O
, O
followed O
by O
the O
chemical B-Process
reaction I-Process
in I-Process
water I-Process
. O
Demonstrating O
fundamental O
data O
and O
knowledge O
on O
the O
important O
environmental O
transport O
phenomena O
, O
especially O
the O
effects B-Process
of I-Process
the I-Process
Schmidt I-Process
number I-Process
and O
the O
chemical B-Process
reaction I-Process
rate I-Process
on O
the O
gas B-Process
exchange I-Process
mechanisms I-Process
across I-Process
the I-Process
interface I-Process
have O
also O
been O
attempted O
. O
The O
gas B-Process
exchange I-Process
processes I-Process
are O
separated O
into O
two O
physicochemical O
substeps O
, O
the O
first O
is O
the O
gas B-Process
– I-Process
liquid I-Process
equilibrium I-Process
between O
the O
two O
phases O
, O
and O
the O
second O
is O
the O
chemical B-Process
reaction I-Process
in I-Process
the I-Process
water I-Process
phase I-Process
. O
A O
first-order O
, O
irreversible B-Process
chemical I-Process
reaction I-Process
of O
the O
gaseous B-Material
material I-Material
after O
its O
uptake O
into O
the O
water B-Material
phase I-Material
is O
assumed O
here O
to O
simplify O
interactions O
of O
the O
chemical B-Process
reactions I-Process
and O
turbulent B-Process
transport I-Process
phenomena I-Process
in I-Process
water I-Process
. O
While O
a O
traditional O
two-compartment B-Process
model I-Process
assumes O
uniform O
concentration O
of O
a O
material O
in O
each O
compartment O
, O
the O
present O
two-compartment O
model O
uses O
a O
computational B-Process
fluid I-Process
dynamics I-Process
( O
CFD B-Process
) O
technique O
in O
the O
water B-Material
compartment O
to O
evaluate B-Task
temporal I-Task
development I-Task
of I-Task
three-dimensional I-Task
profiles I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
velocity I-Task
and I-Task
concentration I-Task
fields I-Task
. O
A O
direct B-Process
numerical I-Process
simulation I-Process
( O
DNS B-Process
) O
approach O
is O
used O
to O
evaluate B-Task
profiles I-Task
of I-Task
fluid I-Task
velocities I-Task
and I-Task
concentrations I-Task
in I-Task
water I-Task
, O
and O
several O
important O
turbulence O
statistics O
have O
been O
evaluated O
without O
using O
turbulent O
closures O
, O
and O
subgrid-scale B-Process
models I-Process
. O
We O
assume O
that O
a O
fluid B-Process
flow I-Process
in I-Process
the I-Process
water I-Process
phase I-Process
is O
a O
well-developed O
turbulent O
water O
layer O
of O
a O
low O
Reynolds O
number O
, O
and O
the O
Schmidt O
number O
is O
varied O
from O
1 O
to O
8 O
to O
observe B-Task
the I-Task
effects I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
molecular I-Task
diffusion I-Task
of O
the O
gas B-Material
in O
sub-interface O
water B-Material
on O
the O
gas B-Material
exchange O
rate O
at O
the O
interface O
. O
Six O
degrees O
of O
the O
nondimensional B-Process
chemical I-Process
reaction I-Process
rate I-Process
are O
used O
to O
find O
the O
effect B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
chemical I-Task
reaction I-Task
rate I-Task
on I-Task
the I-Task
gas I-Task
exchange I-Task
mechanisms I-Task
. O
Extrapolations O
of O
the O
gas B-Process
exchange I-Process
rates I-Process
and O
the O
related O
transport B-Process
phenomena I-Process
toward O
larger O
Schmidt O
number O
and O
the O
faster O
chemical B-Process
reaction I-Process
rate O
will O
also O
be O
examined O
to O
predict B-Task
the I-Task
gas I-Task
exchange I-Task
processes I-Task
of O
the O
actual O
gases B-Material
of O
Sc B-Material
∼ I-Material
O I-Material
( I-Material
102 I-Material
) I-Material
based O
on O
results O
from O
the O
present O
numerical B-Task
experiments I-Task
. O
Although O
the O
free B-Task
Kelvin I-Task
wave I-Task
problem I-Task
is O
of O
considerable O
theoretical O
importance O
, O
problems B-Task
with I-Task
forcing I-Task
and I-Task
damping I-Task
have O
greater O
practical O
importance O
. O
In O
nature O
, O
the O
forcing O
could O
be O
due O
to O
a O
wind B-Material
stress O
at O
the O
free O
surface O
or O
an O
astronomical B-Process
tidal I-Process
potential I-Process
, O
and O
the O
damping B-Process
could O
be O
due O
to O
the O
turbulent B-Process
stress I-Process
of I-Process
a I-Process
bottom I-Process
boundary I-Process
layer I-Process
. O
Regardless O
of O
the O
details O
, O
the O
forced B-Process
response I-Process
is O
composed O
of O
shallow-water B-Material
waves I-Material
, O
possibly O
including O
Kelvin B-Material
waves I-Material
, O
with O
the O
largest O
amplitudes O
in O
waves O
with O
a O
natural B-Process
frequency I-Process
Ο‰f B-Process
close O
to O
that O
of O
the O
forcing B-Process
frequency I-Process
Ο‰ B-Process
; O
various O
examples O
of O
this O
sort O
are O
given O
in O
Chapters O
9 O
and O
10 O
of O
Gill O
[ O
16 O
] O
. O
When O
Ο‰ O
β‰ˆ O
Ο‰f B-Process
, O
there O
is O
a O
large O
amplitude O
near-resonant O
response O
, O
the O
size O
of O
which O
is O
sensitive O
to O
the O
weak B-Process
damping I-Process
and O
| B-Process
Ο‰ I-Process
βˆ’ I-Process
Ο‰f I-Process
| I-Process
. O
Thus O
, O
in O
numerical B-Task
solutions I-Task
of O
near-resonantly B-Material
forced I-Material
waves I-Material
, O
we O
anticipate O
that O
errors O
in O
Ο‰f B-Process
( O
associated O
with O
the O
spatial B-Process
discretisation I-Process
) O
could O
lead O
to O
non-trivial O
errors O
in O
the O
forced O
response O
. O
A O
fully-coupled B-Process
numerical I-Process
framework I-Process
for O
two-phase B-Process
flows I-Process
with O
an O
implicit O
implementation O
of O
surface B-Process
tension I-Process
has O
been O
introduced O
in O
this O
article O
. O
This O
fully-coupled B-Process
framework I-Process
has O
then O
been O
used O
to O
compare B-Task
the I-Task
influence I-Task
of O
the O
surface B-Process
tension I-Process
treatment I-Process
on O
the O
time-step B-Process
restrictions I-Process
resulting I-Process
from I-Process
capillary I-Process
waves I-Process
. O
The O
conducted O
study O
demonstrates O
that O
restrictions B-Process
on I-Process
the I-Process
numerical I-Process
time-step I-Process
resulting I-Process
from I-Process
capillary I-Process
waves I-Process
are O
valid O
and O
unchanged O
regardless O
of O
the O
numerical B-Process
treatment I-Process
of I-Process
surface I-Process
tension I-Process
. O
Since O
surface O
tension O
is O
not O
a O
function O
of O
pressure O
or O
velocity O
, O
the O
change O
in O
implementation O
does O
not O
affect O
the O
matrix O
coefficients O
of O
the O
primitive O
variables O
and O
, O
thus O
, O
numerical O
stability O
is O
independent O
of O
the O
treatment B-Task
of I-Task
surface I-Task
tension I-Task
. O
Further O
analysis O
shows O
that O
the O
capillary O
time-step O
constraint O
is O
a O
requirement O
imposed O
by O
the O
spatiotemporal B-Task
sampling I-Task
of I-Task
capillary I-Task
waves I-Task
, O
which O
is O
independent O
of O
the O
applied B-Process
numerical I-Process
methodology I-Process
. O
The O
remainder O
of O
our O
discussion O
proceeds O
as O
follows O
. O
In O
Section O
2 O
we O
briefly O
describe O
the O
problem B-Task
of I-Task
cell I-Task
tracking I-Task
and O
introduce B-Task
our I-Task
approach I-Task
to I-Task
cell I-Task
tracking I-Task
, O
which O
may O
be O
regarded O
as O
fitting O
a O
mathematical B-Process
model I-Process
to O
experimental B-Material
image I-Material
data I-Material
sets I-Material
. O
We O
present O
the O
geometric B-Process
evolution I-Process
law I-Process
model I-Process
we O
seek O
to O
fit O
, O
which O
is O
a O
simplification O
of O
recently O
developed O
models O
in O
the O
literature O
that O
show O
good O
agreement O
with O
experiments O
[ O
8,10 O
– O
12,4,13,9 O
] O
. O
We O
finish O
Section O
2 O
by O
reformulating O
our B-Process
model I-Process
into O
the O
phase B-Process
field I-Process
framework I-Process
, O
which O
appears O
more O
suitable O
for O
the O
problem O
in O
hand O
, O
and O
we O
formulate O
the O
cell B-Task
tracking I-Task
problem I-Task
as O
a O
PDE B-Task
constrained I-Task
optimisation I-Task
problem I-Task
. O
In O
Section O
3 O
we O
propose O
an O
algorithm B-Process
for O
the O
resolution O
of O
the O
PDE B-Task
constrained I-Task
optimisation I-Task
problem I-Task
and O
we O
discuss O
some O
practical O
aspects O
related O
to O
the O
implementation O
. O
In O
particular O
we O
note O
that O
the O
theoretical B-Process
and I-Process
computational I-Process
framework I-Process
may O
be O
applied O
directly O
to O
multi-cell B-Material
image I-Material
data I-Material
sets I-Material
and O
raw B-Material
image I-Material
data I-Material
sets I-Material
( O
of O
sufficient O
quality O
) O
without O
segmentation B-Process
. O
In O
Section O
4 O
we O
present O
some O
numerical O
examples O
for O
the O
case O
of O
2d O
single O
and O
multi-cell O
image B-Material
data I-Material
sets I-Material
. O
Finally O
in O
Section O
5 O
we O
present O
some O
conclusions O
of O
our O
study O
and O
discuss O
future O
extensions O
and O
applications O
of O
the O
work O
. O
The B-Task
dynamics I-Task
of I-Task
various I-Task
physical I-Task
phenomena I-Task
, O
such O
as O
the O
movement B-Process
of I-Process
pendulums I-Process
, I-Process
planets I-Process
, I-Process
or I-Process
water I-Process
waves I-Process
can O
be O
described O
in O
a O
variational B-Process
framework I-Process
. O
The O
development O
of O
variational B-Process
principles I-Process
for O
classical O
mechanics O
traces O
back O
to O
Euler O
, O
Lagrange O
, O
and O
Hamilton O
; O
an O
overview O
of O
this O
history O
can O
be O
found O
in O
[ O
1,19 O
] O
. O
This O
approach B-Process
allows O
to O
express B-Task
all I-Task
the I-Task
dynamics I-Task
of I-Task
a I-Task
system I-Task
in O
a O
single B-Process
functional I-Process
– O
the O
Lagrangian B-Process
– O
which O
is O
an O
action B-Process
integral I-Process
. O
Hamiltonian B-Process
mechanics I-Process
is O
a O
reformulation B-Process
of I-Process
Lagrangian I-Process
mechanics I-Process
which O
provides O
a O
convenient O
framework B-Material
to O
study B-Task
the I-Task
symmetry I-Task
properties I-Task
of I-Task
a I-Task
system I-Task
. O
This O
is O
expressed O
by O
Noether O
's O
theorem O
which O
establishes O
the O
direct O
connection O
between O
the O
symmetry O
properties O
of O
Hamiltonian B-Process
systems I-Process
and O
conservation O
laws O
. O
When O
one O
approximates O
the O
system B-Process
numerically O
, O
it O
is O
advantageous O
to O
preserve O
the O
Hamiltonian O
structure O
also O
at O
the O
discrete O
level O
. O
Given O
that O
Hamiltonian B-Process
systems I-Process
are O
abundant O
in O
nature O
, O
their O
numerical B-Task
approximation I-Task
is O
therefore O
a O
topic O
of O
significant O
relevance O
. O
As O
discussed O
above O
, O
proper B-Task
inclusion I-Task
of I-Task
these I-Task
interactions I-Task
requires O
segment B-Process
synchronization I-Process
after I-Process
every I-Process
iteration I-Process
. O
In O
order O
to O
minimize B-Task
simulation I-Task
errors I-Task
due O
to O
incorrect O
values O
of O
the O
interactions O
potential O
, O
segments B-Process
are I-Process
synchronized I-Process
after I-Process
every I-Process
iteration I-Process
. O
Although O
relatively O
long O
communication O
times O
between O
remote O
processors B-Material
may O
hinder O
this O
process O
in O
typical O
parallel B-Material
computers I-Material
, O
this O
is O
not O
the O
case O
for O
GPGPU B-Material
architectures I-Material
. O
Still O
, O
full O
recalculation B-Process
of I-Process
the I-Process
interaction I-Process
potential I-Process
after O
each O
iteration O
is O
time O
consuming O
. O
Instead O
, O
the O
algorithm B-Process
corrects B-Process
the I-Process
current I-Process
potential I-Process
by O
adding B-Process
dipole I-Process
contributions I-Process
for O
every O
nearby O
charge O
that O
hopped O
during O
the O
previous O
iteration O
. O
Full O
updates O
of O
the O
interaction B-Process
potential I-Process
are O
only O
required O
for O
the O
grid O
points O
that O
are O
related O
to O
charges O
that O
hopped O
during O
the O
last O
iteration O
. O
Accumulative O
rounding O
errors O
that O
arise O
due O
to O
repetitive O
addition O
and O
subtraction O
are O
solve O
this O
by O
rounding O
all O
interaction O
potentials O
to O
a O
uniformly O
spaced O
range O
of O
floating O
point O
numbers O
. O
The O
need O
to O
represent B-Task
scale I-Task
interactions I-Task
in O
weather B-Process
and I-Process
climate I-Process
prediction I-Process
models I-Process
has O
, O
for O
many O
decades O
, O
motivated O
research O
into O
the O
use O
of O
adaptive B-Material
meshes I-Material
[ O
3,34,38 O
] O
. O
R-adaptivity B-Process
– O
mesh B-Material
redistribution O
– O
involves O
deforming B-Process
a I-Process
mesh I-Process
in O
order O
to O
vary O
local O
resolution O
and O
was O
first O
considered O
for O
atmospheric B-Process
modelling I-Process
more O
than O
twenty O
years O
ago O
by O
Dietachmayer O
and O
Droegemeier O
[ O
14 O
] O
. O
It O
is O
an O
attractive O
form O
of O
adaptivity B-Process
since O
it O
does O
not O
involve O
altering B-Process
the I-Process
mesh I-Process
connectivity I-Process
, O
does O
not O
create O
load O
balancing O
problems O
because O
points O
are O
never O
created O
or O
destroyed O
, O
does O
not O
require O
mapping B-Process
of I-Process
solutions I-Process
between I-Process
meshes I-Process
[ O
26 O
] O
, O
does O
not O
lead O
to O
sudden O
changes O
in O
resolution O
and O
can O
be O
retro-fitted O
into O
existing O
models O
. O
Variational B-Process
methods I-Process
exist O
which O
attempt O
to O
control B-Task
resolution I-Task
in I-Task
different I-Task
directions I-Task
for I-Task
r-adaptive I-Task
meshes I-Task
( O
e.g. O
[ O
23,25 O
]) O
. O
Alternatively O
, O
the O
solution O
of O
the O
Monge B-Process
– I-Process
Ampère I-Process
equation I-Process
to O
generate O
an O
optimally B-Material
transported I-Material
( I-Material
OT I-Material
) I-Material
mesh I-Material
based O
on O
a O
scalar B-Process
valued I-Process
monitor I-Process
function I-Process
is O
a O
useful O
form O
of O
r-adaptive B-Process
mesh I-Process
generation I-Process
because O
it O
generates O
a O
mesh O
equidistributed O
with O
respect O
to O
a O
monitor B-Process
function I-Process
and O
does O
not O
lead O
to O
mesh B-Process
tangling I-Process
[ O
7 O
] O
. O
We O
will O
see O
that O
the O
optimal B-Task
transport I-Task
problem I-Task
on I-Task
the I-Task
sphere I-Task
leads O
to O
a O
slightly O
different O
equation O
of O
Monge B-Process
– I-Process
Ampère I-Process
type O
, O
which O
has O
not O
before O
been O
solved O
numerically O
on O
the O
surface O
of O
a O
sphere B-Material
, O
which O
would O
be O
necessary O
for O
weather B-Task
and I-Task
climate I-Task
prediction I-Task
using O
r-adaptivity B-Process
. O
The O
four O
bounding B-Material
PCM I-Material
wastes I-Material
, O
given O
in O
Table O
1 O
, O
were O
simulated O
using O
the O
most O
appropriate O
materials O
and O
geometries O
. O
β€œ B-Material
Mock I-Material
up I-Material
” I-Material
PCM I-Material
drums I-Material
were O
assembled O
using O
the O
following O
components O
: O
PCM O
drums O
were O
simulated O
using O
mild B-Material
steel I-Material
paint I-Material
cans I-Material
and I-Material
lids I-Material
( O
Fenton O
Packaging O
Ltd. O
) O
; O
PVC B-Material
bags I-Material
were O
replicated O
using O
identical B-Material
PVC I-Material
sheeting I-Material
( O
Romar O
Workwear O
Ltd. O
) O
; O
the O
metallic B-Material
waste I-Material
was O
simulated O
using O
commercial B-Material
grade I-Material
18 I-Material
/ I-Material
8 I-Material
stainless I-Material
steel I-Material
, O
aluminium B-Material
and O
copper B-Material
( O
Avus O
Metals O
& O
Plastics O
Ltd. O
) O
, O
and O
lead B-Material
shot I-Material
( O
Aldrich O
) O
; O
the O
inorganic B-Material
waste I-Material
was O
simulated O
using O
waste B-Material
Pyrex I-Material
labware I-Material
, O
crushed O
masonry B-Material
, O
concrete B-Material
and O
window B-Material
glass I-Material
; O
CeO2 B-Material
( O
from O
Acros O
Organics O
, O
> O
99.9 O
% O
; O
dried O
15h O
at O
600 O
Β° O
C O
) O
was O
used O
as O
a O
PuO2 B-Material
surrogate I-Material
. O
Commercially O
available O
ground O
, O
granulated O
blast-furnace B-Material
slag I-Material
β€œ I-Material
Calumite I-Material
” I-Material
was O
used O
as O
an O
additive O
[ O
27 O
] O
. O
The O
analysed O
chemical O
composition O
is O
given O
in O
Table O
3 O
. O
Calumite O
is O
a O
powdered B-Material
material I-Material
, O
with O
a O
typical O
particle B-Material
size O
distribution O
between O
limits O
of O
ca O
. O
40 O
to O
ca O
. O
400ΞΌm O
. O
There O
is O
still O
some O
debate O
about O
the O
crystal B-Material
structure O
and O
composition O
of O
the O
fine B-Material
oxides I-Material
found O
in O
ODS B-Material
steels I-Material
and O
a O
number O
of O
different O
phases O
have O
been O
both O
proposed O
and O
identified O
. O
A O
complete B-Task
characterisation I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
oxide I-Task
particles I-Task
, O
including O
crystal B-Material
structure O
and O
composition O
, O
is O
needed O
as O
different O
phases O
and O
chemical O
variants O
of O
a O
single O
structure O
have O
been O
shown O
to O
respond O
differently O
to O
high O
temperatures O
and O
irradiation B-Process
. O
Ribis O
and O
de O
Carlan O
[ O
6 O
] O
have O
studied O
the O
coarsening O
characteristics O
of O
Y2O3 B-Material
and O
Y2Ti2O7 B-Material
oxides I-Material
at O
high O
temperatures O
. O
They O
show O
that O
the O
increase O
in O
particle B-Material
size O
is O
greater O
for O
the O
non-Ti O
containing O
phase O
. O
Similarly O
, O
Ratti O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
9 O
] O
, O
although O
they O
do O
not O
allude O
to O
specific O
oxide O
phases O
, O
have O
shown O
that O
small O
Ti B-Material
additions O
to O
an O
18 O
% O
Cr O
ODS O
alloy O
dramatically O
reduces O
the O
coarsening O
rates O
of O
dispersoids O
when O
compared O
to O
an O
equivalent O
alloy O
without O
titanium O
. O
For O
example O
, O
Ribis O
indicates O
that O
coarsening O
rates O
may O
be O
controlled O
by O
interfacial O
energy O
between O
the O
secondary O
phase O
particles O
and O
the O
matrix O
; O
he O
points O
out O
that O
the O
resistance O
to O
coarsening O
observed O
in O
the O
Y O
, O
Ti O
, O
O O
system O
is O
probably O
the O
result O
of O
a O
very O
low O
interface O
energy O
and O
this O
would O
differ O
from O
one O
phase O
to O
another O
. O
Whittle O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
10 O
] O
have O
shown O
that O
pyrochlore O
and O
structures O
closely O
related O
to O
the O
pyrochlore O
structure O
respond O
in O
different O
ways O
to O
irradiation O
. O
They O
revealed O
that O
oxide B-Material
structure O
and O
variations O
in O
composition O
can O
affect O
their O
ability O
to O
withstand O
and O
recover O
from O
irradiation O
induced O
damage O
. O
Zirconium B-Material
alloys I-Material
are O
used O
as O
fuel O
cladding O
in O
pressurised O
and O
boiling O
water O
nuclear B-Material
reactors I-Material
. O
As O
such O
these O
materials O
are O
exposed O
to O
a O
large O
number O
of O
environmental O
factors O
that O
will O
promote O
degradation B-Process
mechanisms I-Process
such O
as O
oxidation B-Process
. O
At O
high O
burn-ups O
, O
i.e. O
extended O
service O
life O
, O
oxidation O
and O
the O
associated O
hydrogen B-Process
pick-up I-Process
can O
be O
a O
limiting O
factor O
in O
terms O
of O
fuel B-Material
efficiency O
and O
safety O
. O
The O
oxidation B-Process
kinetics O
for O
many O
zirconium B-Material
alloys I-Material
are O
cyclical O
, O
demonstrating O
a O
series O
of O
approximately O
cubic O
kinetic O
curves O
separated O
by O
transitions O
[ O
1 O
– O
5 O
] O
. O
These O
transitions O
are O
typified O
by O
a O
breakdown O
in O
the O
protective O
character O
of O
the O
oxide B-Material
and O
are O
potentially O
linked O
to O
a O
number O
of O
mechanical O
issues O
. O
Understanding B-Task
how I-Task
these I-Task
issues I-Task
influence I-Task
oxidation I-Task
is O
a O
key O
to O
developing B-Task
a I-Task
full I-Task
mechanistic I-Task
understanding I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
corrosion I-Task
process I-Task
. O
The O
formulation O
in O
Table O
1 O
was O
derived O
by O
an O
empirical O
approach O
and O
led O
to O
a O
non-classical B-Material
glass I-Material
matrix I-Material
. O
Carter O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
3 O
] O
and O
Zhang O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
4 O
] O
took O
a O
more O
systematic O
approach O
to O
such O
glass-ceramic B-Material
wasteforms I-Material
. O
These O
wasteforms O
were O
targeted O
at O
Hanford B-Material
K-basin I-Material
sludges I-Material
and O
the O
immobilisation B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
primary I-Task
waste I-Task
stream I-Task
from I-Task
production I-Task
of I-Task
molybdenum-99 I-Task
at O
the O
Australian O
Nuclear O
Science O
and O
Technology O
Organisation O
site O
in O
Sydney O
respectively O
. O
In O
the O
work O
of O
Carter O
et O
al. O
and O
Zhang O
et O
al. O
the O
intended O
crystalline B-Material
phase O
was O
the O
closely O
related O
titanate B-Material
pyrochlore I-Material
, O
CaUTi2O7 B-Material
. O
The O
glass B-Material
matrix I-Material
was O
formulated O
such O
that O
the O
trivalent O
species O
in O
the O
glass B-Material
network I-Material
, O
boron B-Material
and O
aluminium B-Material
, O
were O
charge O
compensated O
on O
a O
molar O
basis O
by O
sodium B-Material
. O
The O
stoichiometric O
composition O
of O
the O
glass B-Material
in O
this O
wasteform O
was O
Na2AlBSi6O16 B-Material
. O
This O
glass B-Material
provides O
a O
method O
by O
which O
the O
glass B-Material
composition I-Material
can O
be O
varied O
systematically O
. O
Given O
that O
the O
initial O
observations O
inferred O
an O
important O
role O
played O
by O
alumina B-Material
, O
it O
was O
decided O
to O
prepare O
a O
suite O
of O
zirconolite B-Material
glass-ceramics I-Material
in O
which O
the O
glass B-Material
matrix I-Material
was O
defined O
by O
Na2Al1 B-Material
+ I-Material
xB1 I-Material
– I-Material
xSi6O16 I-Material
to O
investigate B-Task
the I-Task
role I-Task
played I-Task
by I-Task
glass I-Task
composition I-Task
in I-Task
controlling I-Task
crystalline I-Task
phase I-Task
stability I-Task
. O
The O
x O
= O
1 O
end O
member O
gives O
the O
mineral B-Material
albite I-Material
, O
NaAlSi3O8 B-Material
. O
The O
melting O
point O
of O
albite B-Material
is O
1120 O
Β° O
C O
[ O
5 O
] O
and O
the O
composition O
cools O
to O
a O
glass B-Material
at O
the O
cooling O
rates O
that O
occur O
during O
a O
HIP O
cycle O
. O
From O
the O
available O
phase O
diagrams O
, O
[ O
6 O
] O
no O
boron B-Material
analogue O
for O
albite B-Material
was O
shown O
, O
and O
the O
liquidus O
estimated O
from O
the O
relevant O
phase O
diagram O
is O
1100 O
– O
1200 O
Β° O
C O
. O
No O
phase O
diagrams O
for O
the O
quaternary O
system O
Na2O B-Material
– I-Material
Al2O3 I-Material
– I-Material
B2O3 I-Material
– I-Material
SiO2 I-Material
could O
be O
found O
. O
Structural O
properties O
are O
well O
reproduced O
by O
all O
models O
( O
Table O
2 O
) O
, O
but O
the O
significant O
improvement O
of O
our O
potential O
stands O
in O
the O
elastic O
constants O
which O
relate O
to O
how O
the O
system O
responds O
to O
stress O
. O
Indeed O
, O
structure O
and O
elasticity O
are O
important O
parameters O
for O
elucidating B-Task
grain I-Task
boundary I-Task
stability I-Task
. O
All O
potential O
models O
correctly O
predict B-Task
the I-Task
relative I-Task
stability I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
defect I-Task
energies I-Task
. O
The O
Morelon B-Process
potential I-Process
model I-Process
performed O
best O
as O
it O
was O
specifically O
derived O
to O
replicate B-Task
defect I-Task
formation I-Task
energies I-Task
, O
but O
it O
largely O
underestimates O
the O
bulk O
modulus O
. O
The O
energies O
calculated O
with O
the O
Morl B-Process
and I-Process
the I-Process
Arima I-Process
potential I-Process
models I-Process
are O
overestimated O
; O
this O
is O
a O
known O
disadvantage O
of O
using O
rigid B-Process
ion I-Process
models I-Process
as O
the O
ionic O
polarisability O
is O
not O
taken O
into O
account O
. O
For O
completeness O
, O
we O
report O
two O
shell B-Process
models I-Process
with O
the O
best O
results O
given O
by O
the O
Catlow B-Process
potential I-Process
model I-Process
. O
The O
Morl B-Process
, I-Process
along I-Process
with I-Process
the I-Process
Grimes I-Process
shell I-Process
potential I-Process
model I-Process
, O
accurately O
reproduce B-Task
the I-Task
activation I-Task
energy I-Task
of I-Task
oxygen I-Task
migration I-Task
( O
the O
migration B-Process
path I-Process
was O
the O
lowest O
energy O
and O
most O
favourable O
diffusion B-Process
mechanism I-Process
observed O
in O
bulk O
UO2 B-Material
[ O
1 O
]) O
. O
The O
major O
deficiency O
of O
the O
Morl B-Process
potential I-Process
is O
that O
the O
cation B-Material
defect O
energies O
are O
high O
, O
and O
hence O
the O
number O
of O
cation O
defects O
will O
be O
underestimated O
. O
However O
, O
this O
should O
not O
be O
an O
issue O
unless O
this O
model O
was O
applied O
to O
processes O
such O
as O
grain B-Process
growth I-Process
where O
cation O
mobility O
will O
contribute O
. O
Hydrides B-Material
, O
once O
precipitated O
in O
zirconium B-Material
, O
degrade O
the O
mechanical O
properties O
of O
a O
component O
, O
leading O
to O
reductions O
in O
tensile O
strength O
, O
ductility O
and O
fracture O
toughness O
[ O
35 O
– O
40 O
] O
. O
These O
changes O
can O
ultimately O
compromise O
the O
integrity O
of O
cladding B-Process
during O
normal O
operating O
life O
, O
accident O
conditions O
and O
fuel B-Material
storage O
[ O
13 O
] O
. O
As O
well O
as O
the O
degradation O
of O
mechanical O
properties O
, O
the O
presence O
of O
hydrides B-Material
can O
also O
affect O
phenomena O
like O
pellet B-Process
cladding I-Process
mechanical I-Process
interaction I-Process
( O
PCMI B-Process
) O
; O
or O
introduce O
mechanisms O
for O
failure O
, O
such O
as O
delayed B-Process
hydride I-Process
cracking I-Process
( O
DHC B-Process
) O
. O
The O
former O
mechanism O
is O
the O
product O
of O
thermal B-Process
expansion I-Process
in O
fuel B-Material
pellets I-Material
introducing O
stresses O
into O
the O
cladding B-Process
, O
which O
may O
then O
lead O
to O
the O
formation O
of O
cracks O
in O
areas O
made O
brittle O
by O
large O
hydride B-Material
concentrations O
[ O
13 O
] O
. O
The O
latter O
mechanism O
, O
DHC B-Process
, O
is O
a O
sub-critical O
, O
time O
dependent O
cracking B-Process
phenomenon I-Process
that O
requires O
long O
range O
hydrogen B-Material
diffusion O
for O
repeated O
local B-Task
hydride I-Task
growth I-Task
and O
fracture O
at O
a O
hydrostatic B-Process
tensile I-Process
stress I-Process
raiser I-Process
[ O
5,41,42 O
] O
. O
The O
process O
occurs O
over O
an O
extended O
period O
of O
time O
under O
a O
continuously O
applied O
load O
that O
is O
below O
the O
yield O
stress O
of O
the O
material O
[ O
5,41,42 O
] O
. O
Uranium B-Material
carbide I-Material
was O
traditionally O
used O
as O
fuel B-Material
kernel I-Material
for O
the O
US O
version O
of O
pebble B-Material
bed I-Material
reactors I-Material
as O
opposed O
to O
the O
German O
version O
based O
on O
uranium B-Material
dioxide I-Material
. O
For O
the O
Generation B-Material
IV I-Material
nuclear I-Material
systems I-Material
, O
mixed B-Material
uranium I-Material
– I-Material
plutonium I-Material
carbides I-Material
( B-Material
U I-Material
, I-Material
Pu I-Material
) I-Material
C I-Material
constitute O
the O
primary O
option O
for O
the O
gas B-Material
fast I-Material
reactors I-Material
( O
GFR B-Material
) O
and O
UCO B-Material
is O
the O
first O
candidate O
for O
the O
very B-Material
high I-Material
temperature I-Material
reactor I-Material
( O
VHTR B-Material
) O
. O
In O
the O
former O
case O
the O
fuel B-Material
high O
actinide B-Material
density O
and O
thermal O
conductivity O
are O
exploited O
in O
view O
of O
high O
burnup B-Process
performance O
. O
In O
the O
latter O
, O
UCO B-Material
is O
a O
good O
compromise O
between O
oxides B-Material
and O
carbides B-Material
both O
in O
terms O
of O
thermal O
conductivity O
and O
fissile O
density O
. O
However O
, O
in O
the O
American O
VHTR B-Material
design O
, O
the O
fuel B-Material
is O
a O
3:1 O
ratio O
of O
UO2 B-Material
: O
UC2 B-Material
for O
one O
essential O
reason O
, O
well O
explained O
by O
Olander O
[ O
2 O
] O
in O
a O
recent O
publication O
. O
During O
burnup B-Process
, O
pure O
UO2 B-Material
fuel I-Material
tends O
to O
oxidize O
to O
UO2 B-Material
+ I-Material
x I-Material
. O
UO2 O
+ O
x O
reacts O
with O
the O
pyrocarbon B-Material
coating I-Material
layer I-Material
according O
to O
the O
equilibrium O
:( O
1 O
) O
UO2 B-Material
+ I-Material
x I-Material
+ O
xC B-Material
β†’ O
UO2 B-Material
+ O
xCO O
The O
Magnox B-Material
reactors I-Material
represent O
the O
first O
generation O
of O
gas-cooled B-Material
reactors I-Material
in O
the O
UK O
that O
used O
carbon B-Material
dioxide I-Material
( O
CO2 B-Material
) O
as O
the O
primary O
coolant B-Material
and O
a O
honeycomb B-Material
network I-Material
of I-Material
graphite I-Material
bricks I-Material
to O
provide O
neutron B-Process
moderation I-Process
. O
During O
reactor B-Material
operation O
significant O
amounts O
of O
carbon B-Material
monoxide I-Material
( O
CO B-Material
) O
was O
produced O
from O
the O
CO2 B-Material
coolant I-Material
. O
This O
CO B-Material
in O
turn O
can O
be O
radiolytically B-Process
polymerised I-Process
to O
form B-Task
a I-Task
carbonaceous I-Task
deposit I-Task
on I-Task
free I-Task
surfaces I-Task
[ O
12 O
] O
. O
This O
non-graphitic B-Material
carbon I-Material
deposit I-Material
is O
significantly O
more O
chemically O
reactive O
to O
air B-Material
than O
the O
underlying O
graphite B-Material
[ O
12,13 O
] O
. O
During O
the O
lifetime O
of O
some O
Magnox B-Material
reactors I-Material
, O
small O
quantities O
of O
methane B-Material
gas I-Material
were O
injected O
into O
the O
coolant B-Material
gas I-Material
to O
inhibit B-Task
weight I-Task
loss I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
graphite I-Task
core I-Task
due I-Task
to I-Task
radiolytic I-Task
oxidation I-Task
[ O
14 O
] O
. O
Methane B-Material
( O
CH4 B-Material
) O
is O
a O
precursor O
for O
carbonaceous B-Material
deposits I-Material
that O
form O
a O
sacrificial O
layer O
protecting O
the O
underlying O
graphite B-Material
from O
excessive B-Process
weight I-Process
loss I-Process
[ O
15 O
] O
and O
reduction B-Process
in I-Process
mechanical I-Process
strength I-Process
[ O
16 O
] O
. O
It O
is O
assumed O
nitrogen B-Material
incorporation O
during O
deposit O
formation O
is O
the O
subsequent O
production O
route O
for O
the O
high O
14C O
levels O
observed O
. O
An O
essential O
part O
of O
nuclear B-Task
reactor I-Task
analysis I-Task
is O
the O
prediction B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
three-dimensional I-Task
space-time I-Task
kinetics I-Task
of I-Task
neutrons I-Task
in O
a O
relatively O
large O
, O
finite O
, O
heterogeneous O
, O
three-dimensional O
reactor B-Material
core I-Material
. O
In O
a O
majority O
of O
safety B-Task
analyses I-Task
the O
prediction B-Task
of I-Task
reactor I-Task
physics I-Task
responses I-Task
is O
performed O
using O
neutron B-Material
diffusion O
theory O
applied O
to O
three-dimensional O
systems O
, O
with O
inputs O
usually O
derived O
from O
deterministic B-Process
neutron I-Process
transport I-Process
solutions I-Process
of O
two-dimensional B-Process
lattice I-Process
geometries I-Process
. O
There O
has O
been O
increased O
activity O
related O
to O
uncertainty O
and O
sensitivity O
in O
reactor B-Task
physics I-Task
calculations I-Task
, O
and O
the O
Organization O
for O
Economic O
Cooperation O
and O
Development O
– O
Nuclear O
Energy O
Agency O
( O
OECD-NEA O
) O
has O
sponsored O
an O
ongoing O
benchmark O
entitled O
β€œ O
Uncertainty B-Material
Analysis I-Material
in I-Material
Modelling I-Material
” O
( O
UAM B-Material
) O
related O
to O
these O
efforts O
. O
The O
goal O
of O
this O
work O
is O
to O
offer O
a O
strategy B-Task
for I-Task
computing I-Task
lattice I-Task
sensitivities I-Task
using O
the O
DRAGON B-Material
lattice I-Material
code I-Material
and O
WIMS-D4 B-Material
multi-group I-Material
library I-Material
. O
Results O
are O
presented O
with O
comparison O
to O
those O
from O
TSUNAMI B-Process
, O
developed O
by O
Oak O
Ridge O
National O
Laboratories O
. O
The O
pipes B-Material
under O
pressure O
in O
the O
RCS B-Material
or O
connected O
to O
RCS O
are O
usually O
made O
of O
austenitic B-Material
or I-Material
austenitic I-Material
& I-Material
ferritic I-Material
stainless I-Material
steel I-Material
. O
Most O
connections O
are O
welded O
. O
The O
pipes B-Material
may O
be O
exposed O
to O
various O
degradation O
phenomena O
( O
diverse O
hazards O
, O
mechanical O
fatigue O
, O
thermal O
fatigue O
, O
stress O
corrosion O
, O
etc. O
) O
. O
Event B-Task
screening I-Task
in O
the O
databases O
showed O
a O
total O
of O
116 O
events O
( O
33 O
related O
to O
cracks O
and O
83 O
to O
leaks O
) O
. O
Three O
main O
causes O
for O
failure O
were O
identified O
, O
namely O
, O
fatigue O
, O
corrosion O
and O
the O
presence O
of O
manufacturing O
defects O
. O
Human O
factor O
induced O
defects O
proved O
to O
have O
little O
impact O
– O
less O
than O
10 O
% O
of O
the O
cases O
could O
be O
attributed O
to O
operation O
errors O
. O
Fatigue O
was O
found O
being O
induced O
by O
several O
factors O
: O
excessive O
vibration O
, O
pressure O
shocks O
and O
the O
thermal O
regime O
of O
operating O
the O
pipe B-Material
, O
as O
well O
as O
by O
combinations O
of O
these O
factors O
. O
Corrosion O
was O
induced O
, O
in O
most O
of O
the O
cases O
, O
by O
a O
non-appropriate O
choice O
of O
alloys B-Material
while O
not O
taking O
into O
account O
the O
chemical O
parameters O
of O
the O
fluid B-Material
inside O
pipes B-Material
. O
Manufacturing O
defects O
mostly O
dealt O
with O
welding O
related O
problems O
and O
deviation O
from O
the O
design O
documentation O
during O
post-weld O
heat O
treatment O
. O
Historically O
, O
the O
interest O
in O
accurate O
measurement O
of O
DNI O
started O
decades O
ago O
. O
Early O
studies O
( O
e.g. O
, O
Linke O
, O
1931 O
; O
Linke O
and O
Ulmitz O
, O
1940 O
) O
identified O
the O
difficulty O
of O
separating B-Task
the I-Task
measurement I-Task
of I-Task
DNI I-Task
from I-Task
that I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
diffuse I-Task
irradiance I-Task
in I-Task
the I-Task
immediate I-Task
vicinity I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
sun I-Task
, O
hereafter O
referred O
to O
as O
circumsolar O
irradiance O
. O
Pastiels O
( O
1959 O
) O
conducted O
a O
detailed O
study B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
geometry I-Task
of I-Task
pyrheliometers I-Task
, I-Task
and I-Task
how I-Task
that I-Task
geometry I-Task
interacted I-Task
with I-Task
circumsolar I-Task
radiance I-Task
, O
using O
simplified O
representations O
of O
the O
latter O
. O
Various O
communications O
were O
then O
presented O
at O
a O
WMO O
Task O
Group O
meeting O
held O
in O
Belgium O
in O
1966 O
( O
WMO O
, O
1967 O
) O
to O
improve B-Task
the I-Task
accuracy I-Task
of I-Task
pyrheliometric I-Task
measurements I-Task
, I-Task
including I-Task
estimates I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
circumsolar I-Task
enhancement I-Task
. O
Γ…ngstrΓΆm O
( O
1961 O
) O
and O
Γ…ngstrΓΆm O
and O
Rohde O
( O
1966 O
) O
later O
contributed O
to O
the O
same O
topic O
, O
followed O
years O
later O
by O
Major O
( O
1973 O
, O
1980 O
) O
. O
The O
whole O
issue O
of O
instrument O
geometry O
vs. O
circumsolar O
irradiance O
was O
complex O
and O
confusing O
at O
the O
time O
because O
different O
makes O
and O
models O
of O
instruments O
had O
differing O
geometries O
. O
This O
was O
considerably O
simplified O
after O
WMO O
issued O
guidelines O
about O
the O
recommended O
geometry O
of O
pyrheliometers B-Material
, O
which O
led O
to O
a O
relatively O
β€œ O
standard O
” O
geometry O
used O
in O
all O
recent O
instruments O
. O
The O
experimental O
issues O
related O
to O
the O
measurement O
of O
DNI O
are O
discussed O
in O
Section O
3.2 O
. O
The O
wind B-Process
speed I-Process
and I-Process
cloud I-Process
height I-Process
Markov I-Process
chains I-Process
are O
produced O
accounting O
for O
seasonal O
variations O
. O
A O
Markov B-Process
chain I-Process
is O
used O
for O
each O
variable O
representing O
each O
of O
the O
four O
seasons O
, O
capturing O
the O
variability O
at O
different O
times O
of O
the O
year O
, O
totalling O
four O
chains O
each O
. O
The O
okta B-Process
number I-Process
Markov I-Process
chains I-Process
also O
consider O
the O
effect O
of O
season O
, O
with O
the O
inclusion O
of O
impacts O
from O
pressure O
and O
diurnal O
variation O
. O
Eight O
okta B-Process
Markov I-Process
chains I-Process
are O
produced O
that O
are O
split O
by O
above O
and O
below O
average O
pressure O
for O
each O
season O
, O
and O
four O
additional O
morning O
okta O
Markov O
chains O
are O
produced O
to O
capture O
the O
diurnal O
variation O
for O
okta O
transitions O
between O
00:00 O
and O
05:00am O
for O
each O
season O
. O
The O
intent O
is O
to O
capture B-Task
the I-Task
variation I-Task
in I-Task
transition I-Task
probability I-Task
that O
occurs O
as O
a O
result O
of O
weather O
changes O
due O
to O
the O
presence O
of O
solar O
energy O
. O
5am O
is O
considered O
the O
cut-off O
because O
it O
is O
a O
typical O
sunrise O
in O
the O
summer O
for O
the O
applied O
study O
locations O
. O
5h O
represents O
5 O
okta O
transitions O
and O
is O
considered O
an O
appropriate O
duration O
for O
the O
slight O
propensity O
to O
shift O
towards O
an O
increased O
okta O
to O
be O
represented O
, O
Fig. O
8 O
demonstrates O
the O
diurnal O
transition O
differences O
. O
Fig. O
2 O
visually O
demonstrates O
the O
mean O
okta B-Process
Markov I-Process
chain I-Process
for O
the O
entire O
year O
, O
whilst O
the O
effect O
of O
season O
can O
be O
seen O
in O
Fig. O
11 O
. O
In O
addition O
, O
the O
prediction B-Task
of I-Task
solar I-Task
cell I-Task
’s I-Task
temperature I-Task
is O
very O
important O
for O
the O
electrical O
characterisation O
of O
CPV B-Process
modules O
. O
Rodrigo O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2014 O
) O
reviewed O
various O
methods O
for O
the O
calculation B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
cell I-Task
temperature I-Task
in O
High B-Process
Concentrator I-Process
PV I-Process
( O
HCPV B-Process
) O
modules O
. O
The O
methods O
were O
categorised O
based O
on O
: O
( O
1 O
) O
heat O
sink O
temperature O
, O
( O
2 O
) O
electrical O
parameters O
and O
( O
3 O
) O
atmospheric O
parameters O
. O
The O
first O
two O
categories O
are O
based O
on O
direct O
measurements O
of O
CPV B-Process
modules O
in O
indoor O
or O
outdoor O
experimental O
setups O
and O
presented O
the O
highest O
degree O
of O
accuracy O
( O
Root O
Mean O
Square O
Error O
( O
RMSE O
) O
1.7 O
– O
2.5K O
) O
. O
Most O
of O
the O
methods O
reviewed O
by O
Rodrigo O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2014 O
) O
calculate B-Task
the I-Task
cell I-Task
temperature I-Task
at O
open-circuit B-Process
conditions I-Process
. O
Methods O
that O
predict O
the O
cell O
temperature O
at O
maximum B-Process
power I-Process
point I-Process
( O
MPP B-Process
) O
operation O
offer O
a O
more O
realistic O
approach O
since O
they O
include O
the O
electrical B-Process
energy I-Process
generation I-Process
of O
the O
solar B-Material
cells I-Material
( O
i.e. O
real O
operating O
conditions O
) O
; O
Yandt O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2012 O
) O
described O
a O
method O
predicting B-Task
the I-Task
cell I-Task
temperature I-Task
at I-Task
MPP I-Task
based O
on O
electrical O
parameters O
and O
FernΓ‘ndez O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2014b O
) O
based O
on O
heat O
sink O
temperature O
with O
absolute O
RMSE O
0.55 O
– O
1.44K O
. O
FernΓ‘ndez O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2014a O
) O
also O
proposed O
an O
artificial B-Process
neural I-Process
network I-Process
model I-Process
to O
estimate B-Task
the I-Task
cell I-Task
temperature I-Task
based O
on O
atmospheric O
parameters O
and O
an O
open-circuit B-Process
voltage I-Process
model I-Process
based O
on O
electrical O
parameters O
( O
Fernandez O
et O
al. O
, O
2013a O
) O
offering O
good O
accuracy O
( O
RMSE O
3.2K O
and O
2.5K O
respectively O
( O
Rodrigo O
et O
al. O
, O
2014 O
)) O
. O
The O
main O
disadvantage O
of O
the O
aforementioned O
methods O
is O
that O
an O
experimental O
setup O
is O
required O
to O
obtain O
the O
parameters O
used O
for O
the O
cell B-Task
temperature I-Task
calculation I-Task
. O
Our O
procedure O
does O
not O
address O
the O
issue O
of O
how O
parameterizations B-Process
can O
vary O
for O
different O
flow B-Process
types O
. O
However O
, O
Edeling O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
9 O
] O
carried O
out O
separate O
calibrations O
for O
a O
set O
of O
13 O
boundary-layer B-Process
flows I-Process
. O
They O
summarized O
this O
information O
across O
calibrations O
by O
computing O
Highest B-Process
Posterior-Density I-Process
( O
HPD B-Process
) O
intervals O
, O
and O
subsequently O
represent O
the O
total O
solution O
uncertainty O
with O
a O
probability-box B-Material
( O
p-box B-Material
) O
. O
This O
p-box O
represents O
both O
parameter O
variability O
across O
flows B-Process
, O
and O
epistemic O
uncertainty O
within O
each O
calibration O
. O
A O
prediction O
of O
a O
new O
boundary-layer B-Process
flow I-Process
is O
made O
with O
uncertainty O
bars O
generated O
from O
this O
uncertainty O
information O
, O
and O
the O
resulting O
error O
estimate O
is O
shown O
to O
be O
consistent O
with O
measurement O
data O
. O
This O
approach O
is O
helpful O
, O
but O
it O
might O
be O
extended O
further O
by O
modelling B-Process
proximity I-Process
across I-Process
flows I-Process
through O
a O
distance O
that O
would O
relate O
to O
the O
flow B-Process
characteristics O
in O
order O
to O
borrow O
strength O
across O
calibrations O
instead O
of O
splitting B-Process
the I-Process
calibrations I-Process
and I-Process
then I-Process
merging I-Process
the I-Process
outcomes I-Process
afterwards O
. O
This O
is O
a O
challenging O
but O
attractive O
venue O
for O
future O
research O
. O
One O
of O
the O
most O
important O
outcomes O
of O
the O
comparative B-Task
analysis I-Task
is O
the O
fact O
that O
in O
all O
tested O
cases O
the O
use O
of O
FM B-Process
is O
associated O
with O
a O
dramatic O
reduction O
in O
computational O
time O
when O
compared O
with O
FE B-Process
, O
generally O
being O
in O
the O
order O
of O
seconds O
for O
FM B-Process
and O
in O
the O
order O
of O
hours O
for O
FE B-Process
. O
Table O
1 O
reports O
the O
timings O
of O
the O
simulations O
for O
both O
methods O
. O
Free O
expansion O
is O
the O
fastest O
case O
, O
where O
FM B-Process
reaches O
the O
load-free O
configuration O
in O
just O
2 O
s O
, O
while O
simulations B-Process
inside O
the O
vessels B-Material
with O
the O
diameter O
of O
around O
30 O
mm O
take O
approximately O
30 O
s O
. O
Most O
of O
the O
execution O
time O
of O
the O
FM B-Process
deployment I-Process
algorithm I-Process
is O
dedicated O
to O
the O
contact O
check O
and O
calculations O
of O
the O
implications O
the O
vessel B-Material
wall I-Material
has O
on O
the O
stent O
structure O
. O
Interestingly O
, O
in O
both O
methods O
, O
the O
highest O
computational O
time O
( O
i.e. O
, O
curved B-Material
vessels I-Material
) O
is O
not O
associated O
with O
the O
most O
complex O
geometry O
( O
i.e. O
, O
patient-specific O
case O
of O
aortic O
dissection O
) O
. O
Another O
fact O
worth O
mentioning O
is O
the O
relation O
of O
the O
computational O
time O
to O
the O
diameter O
of O
the O
vessel B-Material
in O
both O
methods O
. O
While O
the O
computational O
time O
of O
FM B-Process
appeared O
to O
be O
directly O
related O
to O
the O
diameter O
of O
the O
vessel B-Material
, O
no O
immediate O
relation O
was O
found O
for O
the O
FE B-Process
simulations I-Process
. O
Such O
outcome O
is O
probably O
related O
to O
the O
simplified B-Process
contact I-Process
model I-Process
used O
by O
FM B-Process
, O
which O
makes O
the O
stent-graft B-Process
expansion I-Process
terminate O
once O
the O
nodes B-Material
come O
in O
contact O
with O
the O
vessel B-Material
wall I-Material
. O
On O
the O
contrary O
, O
it O
is O
well O
known O
that O
the O
contact B-Process
algorithm I-Process
used O
in O
the O
FE B-Process
analyses I-Process
increases O
the O
computational O
cost O
of O
the O
simulations B-Process
. O
Gas B-Process
sorption I-Process
, I-Process
storage I-Process
and I-Process
separation I-Process
in O
carbon B-Material
materials I-Material
are O
mainly O
based O
on O
physisorption B-Process
on O
the O
surfaces O
and O
particularly O
depend O
on O
the O
electrostatic B-Process
and I-Process
dispersion I-Process
( I-Process
i.e. I-Process
, I-Process
vdW I-Process
) I-Process
interactions I-Process
. O
The O
former O
can O
be O
tuned O
by O
introducing B-Process
charge I-Process
variations I-Process
in I-Process
the I-Process
material I-Process
, O
and O
the O
latter O
by O
chemical B-Process
substitution I-Process
. O
The O
strength O
of O
the O
interaction O
is O
determined O
by O
the O
surface O
characteristics O
of O
the O
adsorbent B-Material
and O
the O
properties O
of O
targeted O
adsorbate B-Material
molecule I-Material
, O
including O
but O
not O
limited O
to O
the O
size O
and O
shape O
of O
the O
adsorbate O
molecule O
along O
with O
its O
polarizability O
, O
magnetic O
susceptibility O
, O
permanent O
dipole O
moment O
, O
and O
quadrupole O
moment O
. O
Li O
et O
al. O
summarise O
the O
adsorption-related O
physical O
parameters O
of O
many O
gas B-Material
or I-Material
vapour I-Material
adsorbates I-Material
, O
and O
herein O
Table O
1 O
we O
show O
a O
few O
of O
those O
of O
interest O
, O
H2 B-Material
, O
N2 B-Material
, O
CO B-Material
, O
CO2 B-Material
, O
CH4 B-Material
, O
NH3 B-Material
, O
SO2 B-Material
and O
H2S B-Material
[ O
90 O
] O
. O
For O
instance O
, O
an O
adsorbent B-Material
with O
a O
high O
specific O
surface O
area O
is O
a O
good O
candidate O
for O
adsorption O
of O
a O
molecule B-Material
with O
high O
polarizability O
but O
no O
polarity O
. O
Adsorbents B-Material
with O
highly O
polarised O
surfaces O
are O
good O
for O
adsorbate B-Material
molecules I-Material
with O
a O
high O
dipole O
moment O
. O
The O
adsorbents B-Material
with O
high O
electric O
field O
gradient O
surfaces O
are O
found O
to O
be O
ideal O
for O
the O
high B-Material
quadrupole I-Material
moment I-Material
adsorbate I-Material
molecules I-Material
[ O
91 O
] O
. O
Normally O
, O
the O
binding O
or O
adsorption O
strength O
with O
a O
carbon O
nanostructure O
is O
relatively O
low O
for O
H2 B-Material
and O
N2 B-Material
; O
intermediate O
for O
CO B-Material
, O
CH4 B-Material
and O
CO2 B-Material
; O
and O
relatively O
high O
for O
H2S B-Material
, O
NH3 B-Material
and O
H2O B-Material
. O
Thus O
, O
surface B-Process
modifications I-Process
, O
such O
as O
doping B-Process
, O
functionalization B-Process
and O
improving B-Process
the I-Process
pore I-Process
structure I-Process
and I-Process
specific I-Process
surface I-Process
area I-Process
of I-Process
nanocarbons I-Process
, O
are O
important O
to O
enhance B-Task
gas I-Task
adsorption I-Task
. O
For O
this O
purpose O
, O
graphene B-Material
offers O
a O
great O
scope O
for O
tailor-made O
carbonaceous B-Material
adsorbents I-Material
. O
When O
dominated O
by O
surface B-Process
shadowing I-Process
mechanisms I-Process
, O
the O
aggregation B-Process
of I-Process
vapor I-Process
particles I-Process
onto I-Process
a I-Process
surface I-Process
is O
a O
complex O
, O
non-local O
phenomenon O
. O
In O
the O
literature O
, O
there O
have O
been O
many O
attempts O
to O
analyze B-Task
the I-Task
growth I-Task
mechanism I-Task
by O
means O
of O
pure O
geometrical B-Process
considerations I-Process
; O
i.e. O
, O
by O
assuming O
that O
vapor B-Material
particles I-Material
arrive O
at O
the O
film B-Material
surface I-Material
along O
a O
single B-Process
angular I-Process
direction I-Process
[ O
38,41 O
] O
. O
Continuum B-Process
approaches I-Process
, O
which O
are O
based O
on O
the O
fact O
that O
the O
geometrical B-Process
features I-Process
of O
the O
film B-Material
( O
i.e. O
, O
the O
nanocolumns B-Process
) O
are O
much O
larger O
than O
the O
typical O
size O
of O
an O
atom B-Material
[ O
42,266,267 O
] O
, O
have O
been O
also O
explored O
. O
For O
instance O
, O
Poxson O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
228 O
] O
developed O
an O
analytic B-Process
model I-Process
that O
takes O
into O
account O
geometrical B-Process
factors I-Process
as O
well O
as O
surface B-Process
diffusion I-Process
. O
This O
model O
accurately O
predicted O
the O
porosity O
and O
deposition O
rate O
of O
thin B-Material
films I-Material
using O
a O
single O
input O
parameter O
related O
to O
the O
cross-sectional O
area O
of O
the O
nanocolumns B-Material
, O
the O
volume O
of O
material O
and O
the O
thickness O
of O
the O
film B-Material
. O
Moreover O
, O
in O
Ref O
. O
[ O
39 O
] O
, O
an O
analytical B-Process
semi-empirical I-Process
model I-Process
was O
presented O
to O
quantitatively B-Task
describe I-Task
the I-Task
aggregation I-Task
of I-Task
columnar I-Task
structures I-Task
by O
means O
of O
a O
single O
parameter O
dubbed O
the O
fan O
angle O
. O
This O
material-dependent O
quantity O
can O
be O
experimentally O
obtained O
by O
performing O
deposition O
at O
normal O
incidence O
on O
an O
imprinted O
groove B-Material
seeded I-Material
substrate I-Material
, O
and O
then O
measuring O
the O
increase O
in O
column O
diameter O
with O
film B-Material
thickness O
. O
This O
model O
was O
tested O
under O
various O
conditions O
[ O
40 O
] O
, O
which O
returned O
good O
results O
and O
an O
accurate O
prediction B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
relation I-Task
between I-Task
the I-Task
incident I-Task
angle I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
deposition I-Task
flux I-Task
and I-Task
the I-Task
tilt I-Task
angle I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
columns I-Task
for O
several O
materials O
. O
A O
bond B-Process
failure I-Process
is O
thought O
of O
as O
a O
micro-crack B-Process
nucleation I-Process
, O
specifically O
as O
a O
separation B-Process
between I-Process
the I-Process
adjacent I-Process
cells I-Process
in I-Process
the I-Process
cellular I-Process
structure I-Process
along I-Process
their I-Process
common I-Process
face I-Process
. O
Initially O
, O
the O
micro-cracks B-Material
may O
be O
dispersed O
in O
the O
model O
reflecting O
the O
random O
distribution O
of O
pore B-Material
sizes O
and O
the O
low O
level O
of O
interaction O
due O
to O
force O
redistribution O
. O
Interaction O
and O
coalescence O
may O
follow O
as O
the O
population O
of O
micro-cracks B-Material
increases O
. O
These O
situations O
are O
illustrated O
in O
Fig. O
3. O
The O
structure O
of O
the O
failed B-Material
surface I-Material
can O
be O
represented O
with O
a O
mathematical B-Process
graph I-Process
, O
where O
graph O
nodes O
represent O
failed B-Material
faces I-Material
and O
graph O
edges O
exist O
between O
failed O
faces O
with O
common O
triple O
line O
in O
the O
cellular B-Material
structure I-Material
, O
i.e. O
where O
two O
micro-cracks B-Material
formed O
a O
continuous O
larger O
crack B-Material
. O
With O
reference O
to O
Fig. O
3 O
, O
each O
failed B-Material
face I-Material
is O
a O
graph O
node O
and O
each O
pair O
of O
neighbouring O
failed B-Material
faces I-Material
is O
a O
graph O
edge O
. O
Half B-Material
metallic I-Material
ferromagnets I-Material
( O
HMF B-Material
) O
have O
attracted O
enormous O
interest O
due O
to O
their O
applications O
in O
spintronic B-Task
devices I-Task
[ O
1 O
] O
. O
Dilute B-Material
magnetic I-Material
semiconductors I-Material
( O
DMSs B-Material
) O
are O
considered O
to O
be O
the O
best O
materials B-Material
to I-Material
show I-Material
half I-Material
metallicity I-Material
. O
These O
materials O
have O
two O
components O
, O
one O
being O
a O
semiconducting B-Material
material I-Material
with O
diamagnetic O
properties O
while O
the O
other O
is O
a O
magnetic B-Material
dopant I-Material
such O
as O
transition B-Material
metal I-Material
having O
un-paired B-Material
d I-Material
electrons I-Material
[ O
2 O
] O
. O
The O
major O
advantage O
of O
these O
materials O
is O
utilization B-Process
of I-Process
electron I-Process
's I-Process
spin I-Process
as I-Process
information I-Process
carrier I-Process
since O
advanced O
functionalities O
in O
spintronic B-Task
devices I-Task
can O
be O
viable O
by O
the O
use O
of O
spin O
degree O
of O
freedom O
along O
with O
the O
charge O
of O
electrons B-Material
[ O
3 O
] O
. O
The O
major O
issue O
regarding O
the O
applicability O
of O
these O
materials O
is O
to O
enhance B-Task
the I-Task
Curie I-Task
temperature I-Task
above I-Task
room I-Task
temperature I-Task
. O
That O
's O
why O
the O
research O
interest O
shifted O
towards O
large B-Material
band I-Material
gap I-Material
materials I-Material
. O
A O
lot O
of O
work O
has O
been O
reported O
on O
DMSs B-Material
with O
different O
II B-Material
– I-Material
VI I-Material
and I-Material
III I-Material
– I-Material
V I-Material
semiconductors I-Material
as O
host B-Material
material I-Material
such O
as O
, O
ZnS B-Material
, O
CdS B-Material
, O
GaN B-Material
, O
ZnO B-Material
, O
ZnSe B-Material
, O
ZnTe B-Material
, O
TiO2 B-Material
, O
SnO2 B-Material
[ O
4 O
– O
12 O
] O
. O
It O
has O
been O
known O
[ O
9,14,18,22 O
] O
that O
the O
fragmentation B-Process
processes I-Process
in O
polyatomic B-Material
molecules I-Material
induced O
by O
an O
intense B-Material
ultrafast I-Material
laser I-Material
field I-Material
can O
sometimes O
exhibit O
sensitive O
dependence O
on O
the O
instantaneous O
phase O
characteristics O
of O
the O
laser O
field O
. O
Depending O
on O
the O
change O
in O
sign O
the O
chirped B-Material
laser I-Material
pulses I-Material
, O
fragmentation B-Task
could O
be O
either O
enhanced O
or O
suppressed O
[ O
14,18,22 O
] O
. O
Controlling O
the O
outcome O
of O
such O
laser B-Process
induced I-Process
molecular I-Process
fragmentation I-Process
with O
chirped B-Material
femtosecond I-Material
laser I-Material
pulses I-Material
has O
brought O
forth O
a O
number O
of O
experimental O
and O
theoretical O
effects O
in O
the O
recent O
years O
. O
However O
, O
efforts O
are O
continuing O
for O
a O
specific O
fragment B-Task
channel I-Task
enhancement I-Task
, O
which O
is O
difficult O
since O
it O
also O
is O
a O
function O
of O
the O
molecular B-Process
system I-Process
under O
study O
[ O
20,22 O
– O
24 O
] O
. O
Here O
we O
report O
the O
observation B-Task
of I-Task
a I-Task
coherently I-Task
enhanced I-Task
fragmentation I-Task
pathway I-Task
of O
n-propyl B-Material
benzene I-Material
, O
which O
seems O
to O
have O
such O
specific O
fragmentation B-Material
channel I-Material
available O
. O
We O
found O
that O
for O
n-propyl B-Material
benzene I-Material
, O
the O
relative O
yield O
of O
C3H3 B-Material
+ I-Material
is O
extremely O
sensitive O
to O
the O
phase O
of O
the O
laser B-Material
pulse I-Material
as O
compared O
to O
any O
of O
the O
other O
possible O
channels B-Material
. O
In O
fact O
, O
there O
is O
almost O
an O
order O
of O
magnitude O
enhancement O
in O
the O
yield O
of O
C3H3 B-Material
+ I-Material
when O
negatively B-Material
chirped I-Material
pulses I-Material
are O
used O
, O
while O
there O
is O
no O
effect O
with O
the O
positive B-Material
chirp I-Material
. O
Moreover O
, O
the O
relative O
yield O
of O
all O
the O
other O
heavier B-Material
fragment I-Material
ions I-Material
resulting O
from O
interaction O
of O
the O
strong O
field O
with O
the O
molecule B-Material
is O
not O
sensitive O
to O
the O
sign O
of O
the O
chirp B-Material
, O
within O
the O
noise O
level O
. O
The O
vibrational O
spectra O
of O
l-cysteine B-Material
have O
been O
recorded O
and O
assigned O
in O
both O
solution O
[ O
8,9 O
] O
and O
the O
solid O
state O
[ O
10 O
– O
14 O
] O
. O
Spectral B-Process
assignments I-Process
have O
been O
made O
using O
empirical B-Process
force I-Process
fields I-Process
[ O
15 O
] O
, O
Hartree B-Process
– I-Process
Fock I-Process
calculations I-Process
[ O
10,16,17 O
] O
based O
on O
the O
isolated B-Process
molecule I-Process
approximation I-Process
. O
For O
systems O
that O
exhibit O
strong O
intermolecular O
interactions O
, O
this O
approximation O
often O
leads O
to O
poor O
agreement O
between O
experiment O
and O
theory O
. O
A O
striking O
example O
is O
purine B-Material
[ O
18 O
] O
, O
where O
a O
study B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
solid I-Task
state I-Task
vibrational I-Task
spectra I-Task
by O
isolated B-Process
molecule I-Process
and I-Process
periodic I-Process
calculations I-Process
, O
gave O
almost O
quantitative O
agreement O
between O
theory O
and O
experiment O
for O
the O
latter O
, O
whereas O
the O
former O
gave O
only O
modest O
agreement O
and O
was O
unable O
to O
distinguish O
between O
the O
tautomers B-Material
. O
In O
the O
present O
case O
, O
where O
the O
structure O
consists O
of O
ions B-Material
linked O
by O
hydrogen B-Material
bonds O
, O
periodic B-Process
calculations I-Process
based O
on O
the O
complete B-Material
primitive I-Material
cell I-Material
are O
essential O
[ O
19 O
] O
. O
The O
only O
work O
[ O
20 O
] O
that O
includes O
some O
solid O
state O
effects O
used O
molecular B-Process
dynamics I-Process
but O
from O
which O
it O
is O
difficult O
to O
extract O
assignments O
. O
The O
aim O
of O
this O
paper O
is O
to O
provide B-Task
a I-Task
complete I-Task
assignment I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
vibrational I-Task
spectra I-Task
of I-Task
l-cysteine I-Task
in O
both O
the O
orthorhombic O
and O
monoclinic O
forms O
by O
the O
use O
of O
a O
combination O
of O
computational B-Process
and I-Process
experimental I-Process
methods I-Process
. O
It O
is O
critical O
to O
the O
success O
of O
the O
NPD B-Process
technique I-Process
that O
the O
MOF B-Material
complex I-Material
adsorbs O
a O
significant O
amount O
of O
D2 B-Material
to O
boost O
the O
observed O
signal O
. O
This O
technique O
therefore O
has O
disadvantages O
when O
studying O
the O
binding B-Process
interaction I-Process
within O
MOFs B-Material
with O
low O
uptakes O
. O
Furthermore O
, O
static B-Task
crystallographic I-Task
studies I-Task
cannot O
provide O
insights O
into O
the O
dynamics O
of O
the O
adsorbed B-Material
gas I-Material
molecules I-Material
. O
Thus O
, O
it O
is O
very O
challenging O
to O
probe O
experimentally O
the O
H2 B-Process
binding I-Process
interactions I-Process
within O
a O
porous O
host O
system O
which O
has O
very O
low O
gas B-Material
uptake O
due O
to O
the O
lack O
of O
suitable O
characterisation B-Process
techniques I-Process
. O
We O
report O
herein O
the O
application O
of O
the O
in B-Process
situ I-Process
inelastic I-Process
neutron I-Process
scattering I-Process
( O
INS B-Process
) O
technique O
to O
permit B-Task
direct I-Task
observation I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
dynamics I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
binding I-Task
interactions I-Task
between O
adsorbed B-Material
H2 I-Material
molecules I-Material
and O
an O
aluminium-based B-Material
porous I-Material
MOF I-Material
, O
NOTT-300 B-Material
, O
exhibiting O
moderate O
porosity O
, O
narrow O
pore O
window O
and O
very O
low O
uptake O
of O
H2 B-Material
. O
This O
neutron B-Task
spectroscopy I-Task
study O
reveals O
that O
adsorbed B-Material
H2 I-Material
molecules I-Material
do O
not O
interact O
with O
the O
organic B-Material
ligand I-Material
within O
the O
pore O
channels O
, O
and O
form O
very O
weak O
interactions O
with O
[ B-Material
Al I-Material
( I-Material
OH I-Material
) I-Material
2O4 I-Material
] I-Material
moieties I-Material
via O
a O
type O
of O
through-spacing B-Process
interaction I-Process
( O
Al-O B-Process
β‹― I-Process
H2 I-Process
) O
. O
Interestingly O
, O
the O
very O
low O
H2 B-Process
adsorption I-Process
has O
been O
successfully O
characterised O
as O
weak B-Process
binding I-Process
interactions I-Process
and O
, O
for O
the O
first O
time O
, O
we O
have O
found O
that O
the O
adsorbed B-Material
H2 I-Material
in O
the O
pore O
channel O
has O
a O
liquid B-Material
type O
recoil O
motion O
at O
5K O
( O
below O
its O
melting O
point O
) O
as O
a O
direct O
result O
of O
this O
weak B-Process
interaction I-Process
to O
the O
MOF B-Material
host O
. O
The O
sodium B-Material
trimer I-Material
has O
a O
long O
history O
of O
theoretical O
and O
experimental O
studies O
. O
A O
pioneering O
theoretical O
paper O
of O
Martin O
and O
Davidson O
published O
in O
1978 O
showed O
that O
the O
obtuse B-Process
isosceles I-Process
geometry I-Process
is O
lower O
in O
energy O
than O
the O
linear B-Process
conformation I-Process
[ O
6 O
] O
. O
Several O
extended O
PES B-Process
scans I-Process
of O
Na3 B-Material
and O
other O
alkali B-Material
trimers I-Material
followed O
this O
initial O
study O
, O
employing O
DFT B-Process
[ O
7 O
] O
, O
complete B-Process
active I-Process
space I-Process
SCF I-Process
[ O
8 O
] O
, O
or O
a O
configuration B-Process
interaction I-Process
approach I-Process
based O
on O
valence B-Process
bond I-Process
wave I-Process
functions I-Process
[ O
9 O
] O
. O
Recently O
, O
the O
applicability O
of O
density B-Process
functional I-Process
theory I-Process
( O
DFT B-Process
) O
to O
JT-distorted B-Process
systems I-Process
has O
also O
been O
tested O
for O
Na3 B-Material
[ O
10 O
] O
, O
and O
the O
B-X B-Process
transition I-Process
has O
been O
revisited O
as O
well O
, O
applying O
state-averaged B-Process
multi-reference I-Process
configuration I-Process
interaction I-Process
with O
a O
large O
active O
space O
in O
order O
to O
derive B-Task
more I-Task
accurate I-Task
non-adiabatic I-Task
coupling I-Task
terms I-Task
for O
an O
improved O
interpretation O
of O
photoabsorption B-Material
spectra I-Material
[ O
11 O
– O
13 O
] O
. O
Alternatively O
to O
H-atom B-Process
photodetachment I-Process
from O
the O
intermediate B-Material
radicals I-Material
, O
the O
latter O
may O
serve O
as O
reducing B-Material
agents I-Material
. O
Evidence O
has O
been O
reported O
in O
recent O
years O
that O
the O
pyridinyl B-Material
radical I-Material
( O
PyH B-Material
) O
is O
an O
exceptionally O
strong O
reducing B-Material
agent I-Material
which O
can O
even O
reduce O
CO2 B-Material
to O
formaldehyde B-Material
, O
formic B-Material
acid I-Material
or O
methanol B-Material
with O
suitable O
catalyzers B-Material
[ O
27 O
– O
29 O
] O
, O
albeit O
the O
mechanisms O
of O
these O
reactions O
are O
currently O
poorly O
understood O
[ O
30 O
– O
32 O
] O
. O
The O
theoretically O
predicted O
dissociation O
thresholds O
of O
the O
AcH B-Material
, I-Material
AOH I-Material
and I-Material
BAH I-Material
radicals I-Material
are O
about O
2.7eV O
, O
2.5eV O
and O
3.0eV O
, O
respectively O
( O
see O
Fig. O
4 O
) O
, O
while O
the O
predicted O
dissociation O
threshold O
of O
the O
pyridinyl B-Material
radical I-Material
is O
much O
lower O
, O
about O
1.7eV O
[ O
1 O
] O
. O
Pyridinyl B-Material
is O
thus O
a O
significantly O
stronger O
reductant B-Material
than O
acridinyl B-Material
and O
related O
radicals B-Material
. O
It O
is O
therefore O
not O
expected O
that O
the O
latter O
will O
be O
able O
to O
reduce B-Task
carbon I-Task
dioxide I-Task
in I-Task
dark I-Task
reactions I-Task
. O
As O
already O
discussed O
, O
in O
dilute B-Material
flows I-Material
the O
choice O
between O
the O
hard B-Process
sphere I-Process
and I-Process
soft I-Process
sphere I-Process
models I-Process
largely O
depends O
on O
the O
computational O
time O
spent O
to O
solve B-Task
the I-Task
particle I-Task
equation I-Task
of I-Task
motion I-Task
. O
For O
very O
dilute B-Material
flows I-Material
, O
the O
hard B-Process
sphere I-Process
model I-Process
is O
the O
most O
natural O
choice O
. O
However O
, O
when O
the O
collisions O
can O
no O
longer O
be O
assumed O
as O
binary O
and O
instantaneous O
, O
the O
soft B-Process
sphere I-Process
model I-Process
is O
the O
only O
realistic O
option O
. O
It O
is O
interesting O
to O
know O
whether O
the O
choice O
of O
the O
collision B-Process
model I-Process
affects O
the O
statistics O
. O
Fig. O
14 O
compares O
the O
mean O
velocity O
obtained O
from O
both O
models O
with O
the O
experimental O
data O
. O
The O
same O
comparison O
is O
performed O
for O
the O
smooth B-Material
walls I-Material
. O
The O
differences O
between O
the O
hard B-Process
and I-Process
soft I-Process
sphere I-Process
models I-Process
for O
the O
smooth B-Material
walls I-Material
are O
almost O
negligible O
. O
However O
, O
the O
differences O
between O
the O
hard B-Process
and I-Process
soft I-Process
sphere I-Process
models I-Process
for O
the O
rough B-Material
walls I-Material
are O
minor O
. O
This O
is O
because O
the O
rough B-Task
wall I-Task
treatment I-Task
in O
the O
soft B-Process
sphere I-Process
implementation I-Process
adds O
extra O
virtual B-Material
walls I-Material
during O
the O
collision O
of O
a O
particle B-Material
with O
a O
wall B-Material
, O
which O
is O
a O
more O
realistic O
representation O
of O
a O
rough B-Material
wall I-Material
compared O
to O
the O
hard B-Task
sphere I-Task
rough I-Task
wall I-Task
treatment I-Task
where O
one O
random B-Material
wall I-Material
is O
considered O
. O
This O
is O
because O
, O
a O
soft B-Process
sphere I-Process
collision I-Process
is O
not O
instantaneous O
and O
occurs O
over O
a O
finite O
amount O
of O
time O
. O
Similarly O
, O
the O
same O
effects O
are O
observed O
on O
the O
fluid B-Material
statistics O
. O
However O
, O
Fig. O
15 O
, O
which O
compares O
the O
particle B-Material
velocity O
fluctuations O
, O
shows O
that O
the O
differences O
are O
somewhat O
larger O
. O
Additionally O
, O
the O
differences O
in O
both O
particle O
mean O
and O
RMS O
velocity O
profiles O
are O
because O
the O
hard B-Process
sphere I-Process
collisions I-Process
are O
unfortunately O
heavily O
dependent O
on O
the O
tangential O
coefficient O
of O
restitution O
( O
ψ O
) O
; O
the O
effects O
by O
varying O
this O
quantity O
are O
shown O
in O
Figs. O
16 O
and O
17 O
. O
In O
the O
current O
CLSVOF B-Process
method I-Process
, O
the O
normal O
vector O
is O
calculated O
directly O
by O
discretising O
the O
LS B-Process
gradient O
using O
a O
finite B-Process
difference I-Process
scheme I-Process
. O
By O
appropriately O
choosing O
one O
of O
three O
finite B-Process
difference I-Process
schemes I-Process
( O
central B-Process
, I-Process
forward I-Process
, I-Process
or I-Process
backward I-Process
differencing I-Process
) O
, O
it O
has O
been O
demonstrated O
that O
thin B-Material
liquid I-Material
ligaments I-Material
can O
be O
well O
resolved O
see O
Xiao O
( O
2012 O
) O
. O
Although O
a O
high B-Process
order I-Process
discretisation I-Process
scheme I-Process
( O
e.g. O
5th B-Process
order I-Process
WENO I-Process
) O
has O
been O
found O
necessary O
for O
LS B-Process
evolution O
in O
pure O
LS B-Process
methods I-Process
to O
reduce B-Task
mass I-Task
error I-Task
, O
low B-Process
order I-Process
LS I-Process
discretisation I-Process
schemes I-Process
( O
2nd O
order O
is O
used O
here O
) O
can O
produce O
accurate O
results O
when O
the O
LS O
equation O
is O
solved O
and O
constrained O
as O
indicated O
above O
in O
a O
CLSVOF B-Process
method I-Process
( O
see O
Xiao O
, O
2012 O
) O
, O
since O
the O
VOF B-Process
method I-Process
maintains O
2nd O
order O
accuracy O
. O
This O
is O
a O
further O
reason O
to O
adopt O
the O
CLSVOF B-Process
method I-Process
, O
which O
has O
been O
used O
for O
all O
the O
following O
simulations B-Task
of I-Task
liquid I-Task
jet I-Task
primary I-Task
breakup I-Task
. O
The O
aim O
of O
this O
paper O
is O
to O
investigate B-Task
the I-Task
influence I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
particle I-Task
shape I-Task
on I-Task
interacting I-Task
particles I-Task
flowing I-Task
in I-Task
a I-Task
horizontal I-Task
turbulent I-Task
channel I-Task
flow I-Task
, O
for O
particles O
with O
a O
significant O
Stokes O
number O
. O
To O
achieve O
this O
, O
large B-Process
eddy I-Process
simulations I-Process
( O
LES B-Process
) O
of O
a O
horizontal B-Process
turbulent I-Process
channel I-Process
flow I-Process
laden O
with O
five O
different O
particle B-Material
shapes O
, O
incorporating O
the O
drag B-Process
, I-Process
lift I-Process
and I-Process
toque I-Process
model I-Process
derived O
in O
Zastawny O
et O
al O
. O
( O
2012 O
) O
, O
are O
performed O
. O
The O
well-documented O
horizontal B-Process
channel I-Process
flow I-Process
case O
described O
in O
Kussin O
and O
Sommerfeld O
( O
2002 O
) O
, O
who O
study O
spherical B-Material
particles I-Material
, O
is O
used O
as O
a O
reference O
case O
. O
The O
measurements O
in O
their O
work O
was O
done O
with O
phase B-Process
Doppler I-Process
anemometry I-Process
( O
PDA B-Process
) O
, O
to O
measure O
the O
fluid B-Material
and O
particle B-Material
velocity O
simultaneously O
. O
The O
numerical B-Process
framework I-Process
applied O
in O
this O
paper O
has O
been O
previously O
validated O
for O
spherical B-Material
particles I-Material
in O
Mallouppas O
and O
van O
Wachem O
( O
2013 O
) O
. O
In O
that O
paper O
, O
it O
is O
shown O
that O
the O
comprehensive B-Process
discrete I-Process
element I-Process
model I-Process
( O
DEM B-Process
) O
is O
more O
accurate O
in O
determining B-Task
the I-Task
behaviour I-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
particles I-Task
in I-Task
this I-Task
horizontal I-Task
gas I-Task
– I-Task
solid I-Task
channel I-Task
flow I-Task
that O
the O
hard-sphere B-Process
model I-Process
. O
Moreover O
, O
this O
paper O
showed O
that O
the O
fluid B-Material
mechanics O
are O
accurately O
modelled O
using O
the O
LES B-Process
framework I-Process
. O
In O
the O
current O
paper O
, O
this O
framework O
is O
extended O
to O
account O
for O
non-spherical B-Material
particles I-Material
. O
The O
Statistical B-Process
Associating I-Process
Fluid I-Process
Theory I-Process
( O
SAFT B-Process
) O
is O
a O
well-developed O
perturbation B-Process
theory I-Process
used O
to O
describe O
quantitatively O
the O
volumetric O
properties O
of O
fluids B-Material
. O
The O
reader O
is O
referred O
to O
several O
reviews O
on O
the O
topic O
which O
describe O
the O
various O
stages O
of O
its O
development O
and O
the O
multiple O
versions O
available O
[ O
50 O
– O
53 O
] O
. O
The O
fundamental O
difference O
between O
the O
versions O
is O
in O
the O
underlying O
intermolecular B-Process
potential I-Process
employed O
to O
describe O
the O
unbounded B-Material
constituent I-Material
particles I-Material
. O
Hard B-Material
spheres I-Material
, O
square B-Material
well I-Material
fluids I-Material
, O
LJ B-Material
fluids I-Material
, O
argon B-Material
, O
alkanes B-Material
have O
all O
been O
employed O
as O
reference B-Material
fluids I-Material
in O
the O
different O
incarnations O
of O
SAFT B-Process
. O
For O
the O
purpose O
of O
this O
work O
we O
will O
center O
on O
a O
particular O
version O
of O
the O
SAFT B-Process
EoS I-Process
, O
i.e. O
the O
SAFT-VR B-Process
Mie I-Process
recently O
proposed O
by O
Laffitte O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
54 O
] O
and O
expanded O
into O
a O
group B-Process
contribution I-Process
approach I-Process
, O
SAFT-Ξ³ B-Process
, O
by O
Papaioannou O
et O
al O
. O
[ O
55 O
] O
. O
This O
particular O
version O
of O
SAFT B-Process
provides O
a O
closed B-Process
form I-Process
EoS I-Process
that O
describes O
the O
macroscopical O
properties O
of O
the O
Mie B-Process
potential I-Process
[ O
56 O
] O
, O
also O
known O
as O
the O
( B-Process
m,n I-Process
) I-Process
potential I-Process
; O
a O
generalized O
form O
of O
the O
LJ B-Process
potential I-Process
( O
albeit O
predating O
it O
by O
decades O
) O
. O
The O
Mie B-Process
potential I-Process
has O
the O
form O
( O
1 O
) O
Ο• O
( O
r O
)= O
CΡσrΞ»r O
βˆ’ O
ΟƒrΞ»awhere O
C O
is O
an O
analytical O
function O
of O
the O
repulsive O
and O
attractive O
exponents O
, O
Ξ»a O
and O
Ξ»r O
, O
respectively O
, O
Οƒ O
is O
a O
parameter O
that O
defines O
the O
length O
scale O
and O
is O
loosely O
related O
to O
the O
average O
diameter O
of O
a O
Mie O
bead B-Material
; O
Ι› O
defines O
the O
energy O
scale O
and O
corresponds O
to O
the O
minimum O
potential O
energy O
between O
two O
isolated O
beads B-Material
; O
expressed O
here O
as O
a O
ratio O
to O
the O
Boltzmann O
constant O
, O
kB O
. O
The O
Mie O
function O
, O
as O
written O
above O
, O
deceivingly O
suggests O
that O
four O
parameters O
are O
needed O
to O
characterize O
the O
behaviour O
of O
an O
isotropic B-Material
molecule I-Material
, O
however O
the O
exponents O
Ξ»a O
and O
Ξ»r O
are O
intimately O
related O
, O
and O
for O
fluid B-Material
phase O
equilibria O
, O
one O
needs O
not O
consider O
them O
as O
independent O
parameters O
[ O
57 O
] O
. O
Accordingly O
, O
we O
choose O
herein O
to O
fix O
the O
attractive O
exponent O
to O
Ξ»a O
= O
6 O
which O
would O
be O
expected O
to O
be O
representative O
of O
the O
dispersion O
scaling O
of O
most O
simple B-Material
fluids I-Material
and O
refer O
from O
here O
on O
to O
the O
repulsive O
parameter O
as O
Ξ» O
= O
Ξ»r O
. O
The O
potential O
simplifies O
to O
( O
2 O
) O
Ο• O
( O
r O
)= O
λλ O
βˆ’ O
6Ξ»66 O
/( O
Ξ» O
βˆ’ O
6 O
) O
ΡσrΞ» O
βˆ’ O
Οƒr6 O
The O
data B-Process
acquisition I-Process
strategies I-Process
must O
balance O
the O
relevant O
scales O
and O
volumes O
of O
the O
datasets O
to O
be O
used O
in O
the O
physical B-Task
and I-Task
statistical I-Task
modeling I-Task
. O
Approaches O
for O
extraction B-Task
of I-Task
the I-Task
necessary I-Task
information I-Task
must O
be O
able O
to O
disregard O
spurious O
information O
, O
so O
as O
to O
develop O
a O
working O
network B-Process
of I-Process
models I-Process
for O
each O
active O
mechanism O
related O
to O
each O
degradation O
pathway O
on O
the O
mesoscopic O
physical O
level O
and O
the O
data-driven O
statistical B-Process
model I-Process
level O
. O
To O
capture B-Task
the I-Task
temporal I-Task
evolution I-Task
of O
the O
energy B-Material
material I-Material
over O
long O
time O
frames O
, O
appropriate B-Process
informatics I-Process
methods I-Process
are O
needed O
to O
balance O
data O
volume O
( O
e.g. O
, O
simple O
univariate B-Material
time-series I-Material
data I-Material
streams I-Material
with O
high-dimensional B-Material
volumetric I-Material
imaging I-Material
datasets I-Material
) O
while O
considering O
their O
respective O
information O
contents O
[ O
68,69 O
] O
. O
The O
raw O
data O
and O
extracted O
information O
must O
be O
accessible O
for O
query B-Task
and O
modeling B-Task
. O
Similarly O
, O
the O
modeling B-Process
approaches I-Process
used O
to O
understand O
and O
parameterize O
active O
mechanisms O
and O
phenomena O
over O
lifetime O
fall O
into O
the O
broad O
categories O
of O
micro B-Process
- I-Process
, I-Process
meso I-Process
- I-Process
and I-Process
macroscopic I-Process
approaches I-Process
. O
Laboratory B-Task
and I-Task
real-world I-Task
experimentation I-Task
, O
informatics B-Task
, O
analytics B-Task
, O
and O
the O
development B-Task
of I-Task
network I-Task
models I-Task
for O
mesoscopic O
evolution O
of O
energy B-Material
materials I-Material
over O
lifetime O
together O
constitute O
the O
field O
of O
degradation B-Task
science I-Task
. O
There O
are O
some O
relevant O
studies O
on O
information B-Task
dissemination I-Task
in I-Task
transportation I-Task
systems I-Task
using O
simulations B-Process
. O
One O
category O
of O
studies O
look O
at O
how O
either O
local O
information O
( O
only O
about O
the O
neighbours O
) O
or O
global O
information O
( O
about O
the O
entire O
network O
) O
affects O
the O
global O
network O
performance O
. O
Our O
approach O
is O
different O
in O
the O
sense O
that O
we O
investigate B-Process
the I-Process
impact I-Process
of I-Process
information I-Process
on I-Process
the I-Process
global I-Process
network I-Process
performance I-Process
depending O
on O
the O
fraction O
of O
people O
that O
receive O
information O
. O
We O
analyse B-Task
what I-Task
is I-Task
the I-Task
effect I-Task
of I-Task
real I-Task
time I-Task
information I-Task
dissemination I-Task
and O
explain O
why O
this O
effect O
appears O
. O
Information O
is O
disseminated O
in O
real O
time O
and O
contains O
global O
details O
about O
how O
congested O
the O
roads O
are O
. O
This O
approach O
is O
important O
as O
it O
gives O
insights O
on O
the O
impact O
that O
massive B-Process
use I-Process
of I-Process
real-time I-Process
information I-Process
can O
have O
on O
traffic O
. O
This O
can O
be O
useful O
for O
building B-Task
more I-Task
intelligent I-Task
traffic I-Task
control I-Task
mechanisms I-Task
where O
information O
is O
a O
steering O
tool O
. O
Generalized B-Process
polynomial I-Process
chaos I-Process
expansions I-Process
. O
One O
approach O
to O
model B-Task
densities I-Task
with O
stochastically O
dependent O
components O
numerically O
, O
is O
to O
reformulate O
the O
uncertainty B-Task
problem I-Task
as O
a O
set O
of O
independent O
components O
through O
generalised B-Process
polynomial I-Process
chaos I-Process
expansion I-Process
[ O
34 O
] O
. O
As O
described O
in O
detail O
in O
Section O
3.1 O
, O
a O
Rosenblatt B-Process
transformation I-Process
allows O
for O
the O
mapping O
between O
any O
domain O
and O
the O
unit O
hypercube O
[ O
0 O
, O
1 O
] O
D O
. O
With O
a O
double O
transformation O
we O
can O
reformulate O
the O
response O
function O
f O
asf O
( O
x,t,Q O
)= O
f O
( O
x,t,TQ O
βˆ’ O
1 O
( O
TR O
( O
R O
)))β‰ˆ O
fˆ O
( O
x,t,R O
)=βˆ‘ O
n O
∈ O
INcn O
( O
x,t O
) O
Ξ¦n O
( O
R O
) O
, O
where O
R O
is O
any O
random O
variable O
drawn O
from O
pR O
, O
which O
for O
simplicity O
is O
chosen O
to O
consists O
of O
independent O
components O
. O
Also O
, O
{ O
Ξ¦n O
} O
n O
∈ O
IN O
is O
constructed O
to O
be O
orthogonal O
with O
respect O
to O
LR O
, O
not O
LQ O
. O
In O
any O
case O
, O
R O
is O
either O
selected O
from O
the O
Askey-Wilson B-Process
scheme I-Process
, O
or O
calculated O
using O
the O
discretized B-Process
Stieltjes I-Process
procedure I-Process
. O
We O
remark O
that O
the O
accuracy O
of O
the O
approximation O
deteriorate O
if O
the O
transformation O
composition O
TQ O
βˆ’ O
1 O
∘ O
TR O
is O
not O
smooth O
[ O
34 O
] O
. O
Dakota O
, O
Turns O
, O
and O
Chaospy O
all O
support O
generalized B-Process
polynomial I-Process
chaos I-Process
expansions I-Process
for O
independent O
stochastic O
variables O
and O
the O
Normal O
/ O
Nataf O
copula O
listed O
in O
Table O
2 O
. O
Since O
Chaospy O
has O
the O
Rosenblatt B-Process
transformation I-Process
underlying O
the O
computational B-Material
framework I-Material
, O
generalized B-Process
polynomial I-Process
chaos I-Process
expansions I-Process
are O
in O
fact O
available O
for O
all O
densities O
. O
The O
main O
drawback O
of O
thermo-oxidation B-Process
in O
most O
actual O
devices O
and O
ITER B-Material
is O
its O
limitation O
to O
maintenance O
periods O
, O
when O
the O
vessel B-Material
walls O
can O
be O
heated O
up O
around O
300 O
– O
400 O
Β° O
C O
by O
hot O
helium B-Material
injection O
through O
the O
cooling B-Material
system I-Material
[ O
19,20 O
] O
, O
and O
also O
because O
of O
the O
required O
reconditioning B-Task
of O
the O
walls O
before O
plasma B-Task
operation I-Task
to O
remove O
the O
absorbed O
oxygen B-Material
[ O
10 O
] O
. O
However O
, O
the O
temperature O
achieved O
is O
not O
homogeneous O
over O
the O
vessel B-Material
, O
as O
it O
is O
limited O
to O
the O
distance O
to O
the O
cooling B-Material
tubes I-Material
, O
and O
thus O
to O
the O
device O
design O
. O
The O
analysis O
of O
this O
study O
is O
a O
continuation O
of O
previous O
works O
done O
for O
the O
treatment B-Task
of I-Task
ITER I-Task
carbon I-Task
co-deposits I-Task
[ O
1 O
– O
3 O
] O
, O
so O
the O
temperatures O
studied O
are O
in O
the O
range O
of O
350 O
Β° O
C O
for O
divertor B-Material
and O
200 O
– O
275 O
Β° O
C O
for O
main B-Material
wall I-Material
and O
remote B-Material
parts I-Material
. O
At O
present O
, O
due O
to O
budget O
restrains O
as O
well O
as O
due O
to O
tritium B-Material
trapped O
in O
co-deposited O
carbon B-Material
layers I-Material
, O
ITER B-Material
will O
not O
use O
carbon B-Material
materials I-Material
at O
the O
divertor B-Material
strike O
points O
in O
spite O
of O
their O
excellent O
resilience O
against O
large O
heat O
loads O
. O
Nevertheless O
, O
many O
present O
experimental O
nuclear B-Material
fusion I-Material
devices I-Material
( O
DIII-D B-Material
, O
TCV B-Material
, O
etc. O
) O
and O
new O
ones O
( O
JT-60SA B-Material
, O
KSTAR B-Material
, O
Wenderstein-7X B-Material
) O
use O
carbon B-Material
elements I-Material
, O
so O
the O
removal B-Task
of I-Task
carbon I-Task
co-deposits I-Task
is O
still O
necessary O
for O
a O
better O
device O
operation O
β€” O
plasma B-Task
density I-Task
control I-Task
, O
dust B-Material
events O
, O
etc O
. O
The O
temperatures O
used O
in O
this O
work O
are O
not O
very O
different O
from O
the O
ones O
achievable O
in O
present O
devices O
, O
such O
that O
the O
results O
can O
be O
extrapolated O
to O
them O
. O
Moreover O
, O
even O
for O
ITER B-Material
this O
study O
could O
be O
useful O
if O
carbon B-Material
materials I-Material
have O
to O
be O
eventually O
installed O
in O
the O
case O
that O
operation O
with O
tungsten B-Material
tiles I-Material
at O
the O
strike O
points O
is O
precluded O
by O
unexpected O
reasons O
. O