Controlled Ice Nucleation Using ControLyo® Pressurization-Depressurization Method

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Luoma ◽  
Graham Magill ◽  
Lokesh Kumar ◽  
Zakaria Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Ice Nucleation

scholarly journals Seasonal ice nucleation activity of water samples from alpine rivers and lakes in Obergurgl, Austria

2021 ◽  
pp. 149442
Author(s):  
Philipp Baloh ◽  
Regina Hanlon ◽  
Christopher Anderson ◽  
Eoin Dolan ◽  
Gernot Pacholik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Samples ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
Nucleation Activity ◽  
Alpine Rivers ◽  
Ice Nucleation Activity

scholarly journals Cloud icing by mineral dust and impacts to aviation safety

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan Nickovic ◽  
Bojan Cvetkovic ◽  
Slavko Petković ◽  
Vassilis Amiridis ◽  
Goran Pejanović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Dust ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Aircraft Accidents ◽  
Ice Nuclei ◽  
Loss And Damage ◽  
Cloud Ice ◽  
Convective Weather ◽  
First Time ◽  
Engine Power

AbstractIce particles in high-altitude cold clouds can obstruct aircraft functioning. Over the last 20 years, there have been more than 150 recorded cases with engine power-loss and damage caused by tiny cloud ice crystals, which are difficult to detect with aircraft radars. Herein, we examine two aircraft accidents for which icing linked to convective weather conditions has been officially reported as the most likely reason for catastrophic consequences. We analyze whether desert mineral dust, known to be very efficient ice nuclei and present along both aircraft routes, could further augment the icing process. Using numerical simulations performed by a coupled atmosphere-dust model with an included parameterization for ice nucleation triggered by dust aerosols, we show that the predicted ice particle number sharply increases at approximate locations and times of accidents where desert dust was brought by convective circulation to the upper troposphere. We propose a new icing parameter which, unlike existing icing indices, for the first time includes in its calculation the predicted dust concentration. This study opens up the opportunity to use integrated atmospheric-dust forecasts as warnings for ice formation enhanced by mineral dust presence.

scholarly journals Diversity of pathogenic Pseudomonas isolated from citrus in Tunisia

AMB Express ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maroua Oueslati ◽  
Magdalena Mulet ◽  
Mohamed Zouaoui ◽  
Charlotte Chandeysson ◽  
Jorge Lalucat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Citrus Orchards ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Cultivars

Abstract The damages observed in Tunisian citrus orchards have prompted studies on the Pseudomonas spp. responsible for blast and black pit. Prospective orchards between 2015 and 2017 showed that the diseases rapidly spread geographically and to new cultivars. A screening of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from symptomatic trees revealed their wide diversity according to phylogenetic analysis of their housekeeping rpoD and cts genes. The majority of strains were affiliated to Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Phylogroup PG02b), previously described in Tunisia. However, they exhibited various BOX-PCR fingerprints and were not clonal. This work demonstrated, for the first time in Tunisia, the involvement of Pseudomonas cerasi (PG02a) and Pseudomonas congelans (PG02c). The latter did not show significant pathogenicity on citrus, but was pathogenic on cantaloupe and active for ice nucleation that could play a role in the disease. A comparative phylogenetic study of citrus pathogens from Iran, Montenegro and Tunisia revealed that P. syringae (PG02b) strains are closely related but again not clonal. Interestingly P. cerasi (PG02a) was isolated in two countries and seems to outspread. However, its role in the diseases is not fully understood and it should be monitored in future studies. The diversity of pathogenic Pseudomonas spp. and the extension of the diseases highlight that they have become complex and synergistic. It opens questions about which factors favor diseases and how to fight against them efficiently and with sustainable means.

scholarly journals Nonlinear relationship between concentration and activity of a bacterial ice nucleation protein.

1988 ◽  
Vol 263 (29) ◽  
pp. 15211-15216
Author(s):  
M W Southworth ◽  
P K Wolber ◽  
G J Warren
Keyword(s):  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Nonlinear Relationship ◽  
Ice Nucleation Protein

Ice nucleation activity of iron oxides via immersion freezing and an examination of the high ice nucleation activity of FeO

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 3565-3573
Author(s):  
Esther Chong ◽  
Katherine E. Marak ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Miriam Arak Freedman
Keyword(s):  
Iron Oxides ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Immersion Freezing ◽  
Nucleation Activity ◽  
Ice Nucleation Activity

FeO has enhanced ice nucleation activity due to functional groups that are exposed upon mechanical processing.

scholarly journals Condensed-phase biogenic–anthropogenic interactions with implications for cold cloud formation

2017 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 165-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Charnawskas ◽  
Peter A. Alpert ◽  
Andrew T. Lambe ◽  
Thomas Berkemeier ◽  
Rachel E. O’Brien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freezing Temperature ◽  
Organic Aerosol ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Mixed Phase ◽  
Cloud Formation ◽  
Fossil Fuel Combustion ◽  
Soot Particles ◽  
Ice Nuclei ◽  
Deliquescence Relative Humidity ◽  
Homogeneous Freezing

Anthropogenic and biogenic gas emissions contribute to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). When present, soot particles from fossil fuel combustion can acquire a coating of SOA. We investigate SOA–soot biogenic–anthropogenic interactions and their impact on ice nucleation in relation to the particles’ organic phase state. SOA particles were generated from the OH oxidation of naphthalene, α-pinene, longifolene, or isoprene, with or without the presence of sulfate or soot particles. Corresponding particle glass transition (Tg) and full deliquescence relative humidity (FDRH) were estimated using a numerical diffusion model. Longifolene SOA particles are solid-like and all biogenic SOA sulfate mixtures exhibit a core–shell configuration (i.e.a sulfate-rich core coated with SOA). Biogenic SOA with or without sulfate formed ice at conditions expected for homogeneous ice nucleation, in agreement with respectiveTgand FDRH. α-pinene SOA coated soot particles nucleated ice above the homogeneous freezing temperature with soot acting as ice nuclei (IN). At lower temperatures the α-pinene SOA coating can be semisolid, inducing ice nucleation. Naphthalene SOA coated soot particles acted as ice nuclei above and below the homogeneous freezing limit, which can be explained by the presence of a highly viscous SOA phase. Our results suggest that biogenic SOA does not play a significant role in mixed-phase cloud formation and the presence of sulfate renders this even less likely. However, anthropogenic SOA may have an enhancing effect on cloud glaciation under mixed-phase and cirrus cloud conditions compared to biogenic SOA that dominate during pre-industrial times or in pristine areas.

Does Hydrophilicity of Carbon Particles Improve Their Ice Nucleation Ability?

2014 ◽  
Vol 118 (35) ◽  
pp. 7330-7337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Lupi ◽  
Valeria Molinero
Keyword(s):  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Carbon Particles

Lack of mutagenicity of metabolic products of ice nucleation bacteria in Salmonella typhimurium

Mutagenesis ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Mourelatos ◽  
P. Eliopoulos ◽  
T. Liaralis ◽  
C. Karamanoli ◽  
E. Constantinidou
Keyword(s):  
Salmonella Typhimurium ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Metabolic Products

scholarly journals Brief Overview of Ice Nucleation

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 392
Author(s):  
Nobuo Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Level ◽  
Ice Nucleation ◽  
Nucleation Theory ◽  
Classical Nucleation Theory ◽  
Radiation Balance ◽  
Feature Article ◽  
Aircraft Wings ◽  
Food Engineering ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Important Field

The nucleation of ice is vital in cloud physics and impacts on a broad range of matters from the cryopreservation of food, tissues, organs, and stem cells to the prevention of icing on aircraft wings, bridge cables, wind turbines, and other structures. Ice nucleation thus has broad implications in medicine, food engineering, mineralogy, biology, and other fields. Nowadays, the growing threat of global warming has led to intense research activities on the feasibility of artificially modifying clouds to shift the Earth’s radiation balance. For these reasons, nucleation of ice has been extensively studied over many decades and rightfully so. It is thus not quite possible to cover the whole subject of ice nucleation in a single review. Rather, this feature article provides a brief overview of ice nucleation that focuses on several major outstanding fundamental issues. The author’s wish is to aid early researchers in ice nucleation and those who wish to get into the field of ice nucleation from other disciplines by concisely summarizing the outstanding issues in this important field. Two unresolved challenges stood out from the review, namely the lack of a molecular-level picture of ice nucleation at an interface and the limitations of classical nucleation theory.

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