Mass Transfer Through Graphene-Based Membranes

The problems related to the transport of gases through nanoporous graphene (NG) and graphene oxide (GO) membranes are considered. The influence of surface processes on the transport of gas molecules through the aforementioned membranes is studied theoretically. The obtained regularities allow finding the dependence of the flux of the gas molecules passing through the membrane on the kinetic parameters which describe the interaction of the gas molecules with the graphene sheets. This allows to take into account the influence of external fields (e.g., resonance radiation), affecting the aforementioned kinetic parameters, on the transport of gas molecules through the membranes. The proposed approach makes it possible to explain some experimental results related to mass transfer in the GO membranes. The possibility of the management of mass transfer through the NG and GO membranes using resonance radiation is discussed.

Influence of Resonance Radiation Transport on Chemical Equilibrium in an Argon Arc

<p class="Default">Deviations from chemical equilibrium in argon arc plasma are analysed by means of collisional-radiative model. Corresponding comprehensive kinetic scheme has been developed and applied form study of free-burning arc at the conditions typical for welding applications. While the natural lifetime have been used for radiation emitted from highly excited argon states, the resonance radiation was described taking into account the radiation transport effects. Resulting spatial distributions of excited argon atoms are compared for the cases of LTE and two-temperature plasma using different approaches for the description of the resonance radiation transport.<br /><br /></p>

Calculation of Resonant Radiation Power of a Direct Sodium Lamp With Low Pressure

They consider the calculation technique for the resonance radiation power of a direct low-pressure sodium lamp with a sickle-shaped discharge tube cross-section. The calculation of the sodium discharge radiation power is difficult in such a tube, as compared with the calculation in a cylindrical shape tube. The dependence of the relative output of sodium discharge resonant radiation occurring in equivalent discharge tubes in the form of a parallelepiped and a cylinder is based on the involvement of the theory by M. Cayless. The obtained results were used to determine the power of DNaO-85M lamp resonant radiation. They presented the scheme of the device to study the influence of the tube geometry on sodium discharge power. It is shown that the power of the resonance radiation generated by an equivalent discharge will be the greater, the larger the cross section of the discharge tube. The discrepancy between the calculated and the experimental data for resonant radiation power determination in a crescent-shaped tube is less than 4%.