• usually involve a fluid to and from which heat is transferred while undergoing a thermodynamic cycle. This fluid is called the working fluid. Refrigeration...
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  • fluid power, a working fluid is a gas or liquid that primarily transfers force, motion, or mechanical energy. In hydraulics, water or hydraulic fluid...
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  • being the heat source and the choice of cycle working fluid. The geothermal reservoir's hot in-situ fluid (or geofluid) is produced to the surface via...
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    Pressure–volume diagram Rankine cycle Saturation vapor curve Working fluid Working fluid selection "Temperature Entropy (T–s) Diagram - Thermodynamics - Thermodynamics"...
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    the expansion, and strongly overheated. Phase diagram Working fluid Working fluid selection A New Phase Diagram: The T-S Diagram[usurped] at LearnThermo...
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    energy as heat itself rather than to generate electricity. The selection of the working fluid is of key importance in low temperature Rankine cycles. Because...
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    cycle where the working fluid goes through both subcritical and supercritical states. In particular, for power cycles the working fluid is kept in the...
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    transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from...
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  • with a working memory task (the dual n-back task) improved performance on a fluid intelligence test in healthy young adults. The improvement of fluid intelligence...
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    making it a desirable candidate working fluid for transcritical cycles. Supercritical CO2 is used as the working fluid in domestic water heat pumps. Manufactured...
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  • ability tests including fluid intelligence, multitasking, crystallized intelligence, and perceptual speed. The concept of working memory became widely accepted...
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    transfer heat between a source and a working fluid. Heat exchangers are used in both cooling and heating processes. The fluids may be separated by a solid wall...
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  • loads such as internal fluid pressure, external pressure, gravitational forces acting on the pipe such as weight of pipe and fluid, forces due to relief...
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    Modern CPU heat pipes are typically made of copper and use water as the working fluid. They are common in many consumer electronics like desktops, laptops...
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    when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air. Propellers are used to pump fluid through a pipe or duct, or to create thrust...
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    fluid within the amnion is called amniotic fluid, and because this fluid surrounds the developing fetus, it contains fetal cells. The amniotic fluid is...
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    The transmission is connected to the engine via a torque converter (or a fluid coupling prior to the 1960s), instead of the friction clutch used by most...
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    type of die forming that uses a high pressure hydraulic fluid to press room temperature working material into a die. To hydroform aluminium into a vehicle's...
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    therapy (ORT) also officially known as Oral Rehydration Solution is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea...
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    that controls the speed of an engine by regulating the flow of fuel or working fluid, so as to maintain a near-constant speed. It uses the principle of proportional...
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  • Typically for any one action-selection mechanism, the set of possible actions is predefined and fixed. Most researchers working in this field place high demands...
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    Saffman–Taylor instability (category Fluid dynamics)
    formation of patterns in a morphologically unstable interface between two fluids in a porous medium or in a Hele-Shaw cell, described mathematically by Philip...
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    temperature and fluid balance, being kept within certain pre-set limits (homeostatic range). Other variables include the pH of extracellular fluid, the concentrations...
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    final area. The combat system also allows the player to execute a series of fluid and dynamic combos using the primary weapon, the Whip of Alchemy. This system...
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    Microfluidics (redirect from Micro fluid)
    centrifugal forces for the fluid transport on the passive chips. Active microfluidics refers to the defined manipulation of the working fluid by active (micro)...
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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation for phase change materials (PCMs) is a technique used to analyze the performance and behavior...
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    A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic...
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    and a portion of the fluid is diverted through the auxiliary route. In systems containing flammable fluids, the diverted fluid (liquid, gas or liquid-gas...
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    bearings lack the beneficial damping and shock-load capability provided by fluid-film bearings, such as the Babbitt. The values of yield point were taken...
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    records of his illnesses, treatments, and bodily processes – for instance fluid intake or output, or the “quality” of his bellybutton lint and its relationship...
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