Glacifluviálně-glacilakustrinní sekvence u Vidnavy na severním okraji Žulovské pahorkatiny

Glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine sediments were discovered in a small sandpit situated 800 m SE from Vindava (the Polský kopec Site). Sediments fill two channels located in superposition. Three facies associations (FA) were distinguished in this sedimentary section. The base of the lower channel is formed by gravel lag overlain by gravel-sandy sediments of 3-D dunes and a side bar (FA1). The upper channel infill begins also by basal lag and grades to a fining-upwards sequence from sand to silt (FA2). The sequence is formed from the base up by sediments of small 3-D dunes, A-type ripples, B-type ripples, C-type ripples, and horizontally laminated sediments. The sequence reveals a vertical transition from glaciofluvial (sand) to glaciolacustrine (silt) sedimentation. The sedimentary section is terminated by flat glaciofluvial bedforms (FA3) deposited under upper plane bed conditions. These bedforms arose after the restoration of glaciofluvial conditions. The base of the glaciolacustrine sequence is located at an altitude of ~ 275 m as well as the Old Kaolin Mine Site (850 m SW from the Polský kopec Site) where very similar sediments have been already described. The sediments of both localities represent a proglacial outwash plain in front of the retreating ice sheet (FA1 consists of ~ 23% of erratic rocks), where a relatively large lake, or a system of smaller lakes evolved at the same time.

Development of Coplanar Electro-Wetting Based Microfluidic Sorter to Select Micro-Particles in High Volume Throughput at Milliliter Amount within Twenty Minutes

This paper reports the work of developing one coplanar microfluidic sorter while using the electro-wetting on dielectrics (EWOD) technique. When connected with delivery capillary to receive sample solution containing micro-particles, this device can select about 10 micro-particles in high volume throughput of milliliter amount within 20 min, to potentially match the requirement of efficiently determining the low amounts of bacteria in concentrated food and environmental samples, of which the typical bacteria density is 10 colony forming unit or less, much smaller than that of clinical pathogen samples. This coplanar T-shape EWOD device contains two fluidic channels, one inlet channel and the other collection channel stemmed from the middle of inlet channel. When the solution droplet falls from the delivery capillary to the entrance end of inlet channel, the droplet is driven to the intersection of two channels. The droplet containing fluorescent particle will be diverted to the lower channel to collect. Otherwise, the non-fluorescent droplet keeps moving toward the other end of inlet channel to waste zone. The particle fluorescence is collected through microscope lens to detect with one photomultiplier tube. The detected signals trigger the personal computer control board to active each EWOD electrode to direct the droplet moving directions. When the solution of 1 mL containing about 10 fluorescent micro-particles is delivered into this sorting device, nearly all the particles were correctly directed into collection zone in 20 min.

Numerical Heat Flux Simulations on Double-Pass Solar Collector with PCM Spheres Media

A transient two-dimensional (2D) mathematical model for double-pass solar collector with phase change material (PCM) spheres media in the lower channel has been developed. Numerical simulations model based on applying mass, momentum, and energy balances on finite volumes method are carried out. The governing equations inside the two channels, together with the energy equation in the absorber, insulating and glass cover walls were solved iteratively in a segregated manner. To show the effect of the presence of the PCM, a comparative study was undertaken between a collector with different PCM spheres, a collector without spheres, and another using gravel for thermal storage. To see the effect of the nature of PCM used, two different types were studied in various configurations, parallels and series. The study concluded that the presence of the PCM spheres at the bottom of the absorber is the best configuration and allows increasing the outlet temperature. Also, with combining several types of PCM we can improve significantly the thermal performance of collector.

Routing, Wavelength and Time-Slot Assignment Algorithm for Dynamic Traffic in WDM-TDM Optical Networks

Due to the lower channel utilization in conventional wavelength-routed networks, TDM technique is implemented on top of WDM to achieve a WDM-TDM network. RWTA problem in WDM-TDM networks is discussed. With the idea that assigned time-slots of one session can be distributed in multiple different wavelengths and the objective of minimizing network blocking probability, a RWTA algorithm called MUMD was proposed for dynamic traffic in mesh single-fiber networks. Then we demonstrate the performance of the proposed MUMD algorithm through numerical simulation. The results show that MUMD can efficiently optimize the network blocking performance, thereby optimize the resource utilization.