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Amber Liggett is a weather fanatic.
"It's been like a second love of mine," said Liggett, 17, of Bridgewater in Beaver County.
In fact, the teen has been incorporating her love of all things weather into her entrepreneurial pursuits, including her animal balloon business; the classes she teaches at a community college; and her participation as the only teen with her own company exhibiting at the 13th annual WeatherFest, a four-hour science and weather fair in Atlanta earlier this month.
Sponsored by the Boston-based American Meteorological Society and geared toward students in kindergarten through 12th grade, WeatherFest took place during the society's 94th annual meeting.
"And I met so many people through the field. It was amazing," said Liggett, who is a senior at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland.
Because WeatherFest took place on Groundhog Day, Liggett was an exhibitor under her business, Amber's Amazing Animal Balloons, and used balloons to make a mock groundhog, sun and Earth in her discussions about weather, the significance of the folklore behind the groundhog "seeing his shadow," weather safety tips and facts about weather balloons, she said.
More than 5,000 people attended the five-day meteorological meeting. Liggett's attendance was sponsored by the NCAS CAREERS Weather Camp Alumni because of a weather camp she attended at Howard University in Washington in 2012, she said.
Liggett started Amber's Amazing Animal Balloons in 2005. In addition to making balloon animals and arrangements at private, community and corporate events, Liggett does face painting, spin art and sponge painting in her business.
Next up for Liggett will be teaching a class, Wild and Wonderful Weather, to children and teens at the Community College of Beaver County in March. During the class, students will learn about cloud structures, different weather patterns and how to stay safe during severe weather.
Liggett has been a paid instructor for entrepreneurial, balloon and music craft classes for youths through the college's continuing education department for about five years. Her first time teaching for CCBC was during an autism camp in 2009, during which she taught a balloon workshop for campers. She was invited back to teach classes for campers and children without disabilities.
"She has a very good manner with the kids, and she's able to get down to their level ... get them to learn," said Jack Boyde, program specialist in CCBC's continuing education department.
Liggett's love of weather is a family trait, said her mother, Marcia Liggett, 40.
"My husband and I just love weather. We're weather junkies," said Marcia Liggett.
President of her school's National Honor Society, Amber Liggett also is a member of the school's women's and concert choirs, Steel Drum Ensemble and student council.
She plans to double major in meteorology and oceanography at Millersville University, which has awarded her a Board of Governor's Scholarship that will pay for her tuition.
"But I'm also planning on keeping my business going through college and after college," she said.
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Sandplay Therapy in Vulnerable Communities
A Jungian Approach
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Book DescriptionSandplay Therapy in Vulnerable Communities offers a new method of therapeutic care for people in acute crisis situations such as natural disasters and war, as well as the long-term care of children and adults in areas of social adversity including slums, refugee camps and high-density urban areas. This book provides detailed case studies of work carried out in South Africa, China and Colombia and combines practical discussions of expressive sandwork projects with brief overviews of their sociohistoric background. Further topics covered include: the social aspect of psychoanalysis the importance of play pictographic writing and the psyche. Providing the reader with clear, practical instructions for carrying out their own sandwork project, this book will be essential reading not only for psychotherapists involved with sandplay therapy but also for those with an interest in cross cultural psychotherapy, as well as all professionals working with those in situations of social adversity.
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Classification: Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) , Mental health services , Analytical & Jungian psychology
Format: Paperback (234mm x 156mm x 18mm)
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Publish Date: 8-Apr-2011
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The Next Porn Party: Artcore (for Free!) on March 23rd
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The next Porn Party on Twitter will be March 23rd, 6pm PST / 9pm EST, and we'll be watching Artcore through Hot Movies For Her.
This time, though, the Porn Party is extra special: Viewing Artcore during the Porn Party will be totally free. You don't have to buy it or download it or purchase VOD minutes to watch it with us. You will need a HotMoviesForHer.com account, but we'll have a special code that will enable you to watch this film during the party. More on that will be announced as soon as I have the details!
So all you have to do is:
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3. Enjoy the film!
4. Bonus if you follow & contribute to the Twitter discussion with the hashtag #pornparty
I'm excited about this film, there are quite a few people in it that I've never seen in porn before, and a few I do recognize, like Courtney Trouble. She posted some notes on the filming including what it was like to be there and what they did. Check out some photos from the film on fattyd.com, where I also read that there's an official release party 3/26/11 in LA.
And, to top it all off, Artcore is one of the 2011 Feminist Porn Award nominees! I don't know if I'll be able to watch all of them, but I'm going to try. Right now I count 18 that I've either seen or want to see, so perhaps I'll concentrate on that list. There are quite a few I still need to review, too. I'll get on that one of these days.
Meanwhile, hope you'll join me for the next porn party. Here's the official trailer and description to whet your palette further:
ARTCORE from cbattsfly on Vimeo.
Director: Carlos Batts
Starring: April Flores, Kelly Shibari, Courtney Trouble, Drew Deveaux & Damali Dares
Approximate Running Time: 01:18
Get ready for the revolution of hardcore. Get ready for Artcore.
The latest erotic adventure from the mind of Carlos Batts, "Artcore" features his beautiful muse, April Flores, and documents a diverse range of sexual interests, from body image and gender identity to fetishes, rubber and role playing.
Playing with the ever evolving interest in sexuality in the media – movie stars playing adult stars, celebrity sex tapes, runway fetish shows and reality television – "Artcore" becomes a sinful digital mix tape blending music, mood and tempo to create a new approach to recording sex.
It's April as you've never seen her before, showing off a mind-blowing display of versatility to match the explosive curves and deadly sex appeal we already know and love.
First she gets kinky with "The Hoodman", indulging her dominant side with fabulous fetish wear and a high heel-clad foot job. An all-girl threesome with Courtney Trouble, Kelly Shibari, two Hitachis and an N-JOY dildo results in a multi-orgasmic, voluptuous extravaganza. They laugh, they cum and they make you want to cum with them.
Want more? In a bowler hat and drawn-on mustache, April is joined by queer porn heartthrob Drew Deveaux for a steamy gender bending romp. And then the nightcap. Hooking up for an after-hours interracial rendezvous, Damali and April have a lesbian BBW fling for the ages.
Featuring hot and heavy lesbians, dominance and submission and toys (but no boys), "Artcore" is Batts' most erotic film to date, an aesthetically rewarding and unapologetically explicit homage to his Latin siren and the perfect playground for her fantasies – and yours.
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The salary cap continues to climb. The projected cap is now up to $133 million for 2014. This is great news for teams that are cap-strapped and the Arizona Cardinals are in good shape to be a player in free agency on March 3rd. If the projection is accurate, the Cardinals are $16 million under the cap.
This means they have a real chance to re-sign Los Dirty, Karlos Dansby, fill holes by recruiting more one-year contracts AND get free agent LT, Branden Albert� Depending on what the Miami Dolphins do. The Dolphins are $39 million under the cap. If they want Branden Albert, and money is the only factor, I doubt the Cards could outbid Miami.
But if money is not the only determinant for Albert, don't rule out Big Red. Steve Keim has proven himself to be an excellent recruiter and very persuasive: Jon Abraham, Karlos Dansby, Eric Winston, Matt Shaugnessy and Rashard Mendenhall were major contributors to the Cardinals' 10-6 record in 2013. They all settled on Arizona as their free agent destination when they had other opportunities.
Recruiting professional football players is now one of the new talents a GM must possess. The Art of the One Year Deal has become "en vogue" in the National Football League. Persuading free agents to sign one-year deals with your team may be the difference between a winning team and everybody else. And when money is comparable and is not the end-all-be-all for coveted free agents, the ability of GMs to persuade players becomes a critical free agent factor.
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…
By HH Bhakti Raghava Swami
Remember the childhood lyric 'twinkle twinkle little star,oh, I wonder who you are….? Who has not stared at night in the vast sky fascinated by the overwhelming beauty of seeing unlimited stars all of different sizes, of different brightness and sometimes even falling? Who has not pondered over the mysteries of the milkyway shining in the vast open skyline in the dead of night?
If we look at different statements from the ancient epic and the longest literary work in history (it exceeds several times the length of the bible and about eight times longer than the famed Iliad and Odyssey combined), the Mahabharata (greater history of Bharat–varsha or India) we will find that there is more truth behind this lyric than we can imagine. For example, in the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, the following exchange takes place between Arjuna and the driver of Lord Indra's chariot driver while ascending to the heavenly planets and seeing at closer proximity many of the stars: "…and see to your right the "sapta rishis"(seven sages), what you people on the earth planet refer to as stars". (1)
How bonafide or authentic is 'astrology' one may ask? We should know that Astrology is one of the most ancient scinces of the Vedas known as Jyotisastra or scripture describing the luminaries. It comes under the smriti section of the Vedas, having been compiled by great rishis and self realized souls, foremost among whom is Srila Vyasadeva. At different times Srila Prabhupada did express reservations about its proper application and potential misuse. However, without any doubt, Srila Prabhupada, in keeping with all previous acharyas, recognized and acknowledged Astrology as an intregal part of the Vedic knowledge and a great science. His own spiritual preceptor, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada was himself honoured as one of the greatest astrologers of his times and was awarded the esteemed title of "SARASVATI" or greatly learned by scholars. He has written extensively on the subject matter and to this day the Gaudiya matha and other Vaisnavas follow the astrological guidelines given by him.
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From his book "Vastu, the origin of FENG SHUI" we find the following explanation by the author, Marcus Schmieke:
"Vedic astrology is based on a very sophisticated science of astronomy which is elaborated upon in Sanskrit scriptures such as Surya Siddhanta and Siddhanta Shiromani.
Vedic astrology known as Jyotistha is applied in Vastu to determine the most auspicious time for laying a building's foundation, the commencement of various stages of construction, and the sizes of land or house that is most appropriate according to an individual's horoscope.
In Vedic astrology, the sun, moon and other planets circulate on elliptic orbits covering twelve zodiac signs (rashis) with each sign consisting of two star constellations called naksatras making 27 naksatras in all, each of which has four parts or padas.(2)
From the above brief description we get a glimpse as to the scientific nature of Astrology. What is possibly even more difficult to follow or grasp is the inference that stars, at least some stars, are not simply material objects but indeed personalities.
Planets as Personalities
Evidence abounds in the ancient Vedic literatures as to the "consciousness"of planets or stars, some of whom are designated and appointed "personalities" who oversee the management of the cosmic manifestation, including the largest and most important planet, the sun.
In Brahma-Samhita, we find the following description and translation regarding surya or the sun:
yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇāḿ
rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ
yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro
govindam ādi-puruṣaḿ tam ahaḿ bhajāmi [Text 52]
Translation: "The sun who is the king of all planets, full of infinite effulgence, the image of good soul, is as the eye of this world. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda in pursuance of whose order the sun performes his journey mounting the wheel of time".
Purport: "Certain professors of the Vedic religion worship the sun as Brahman. The sun is one of the hierarchy of the five gods. Some people target in heat the source of this world and therefore designate the sun, the only location of heat, as the root cause of this world. Notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary, the sun is after all only the presiding deity of a sphere of the sum total of all mundane heat and is hence a god exercising delegated authority. The sun performs his specific function of service certainly by the command of Govinda." (3)
And from the Mahabharata we find another reference in the curse given to Arundhati to become a star due to having insulted the rishi Vasishtha: "she (Arundhati) insulted even that rishi (Vasishtha) one of the seven (great rishis, the mind born sons of Brahma) on account to her insulting thought. She has become a little star and looks like fire covered with smoke, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible as if she is an evil omen" (4)
Astrology and Varnas
Varna (occupation) in life is determined by one's guna (qualities) and karma (natural skills) [BG 4.13]. Both guna and karma are governed by the subtle laws of Astrology. In his essay entitled "Conceptions of Gita Nagari" Srila Prabhupad writes:
"By test of practical psychology and by examination of the birth horoscope of the child, with special reference to his birth right, sect and class arrangement, a student from the very beginning shall be given the education of a brahmana, of a ksatriya, of a vaisya or of a sudra, as may be the case, according to his quality and destined work."
"It is, however, possible to make a change of this general rule under special cases." (5)
It is therefore clear that Srila Prabhupada upheld the science of Astrology as scientific and as one of the four ways to help determine one's varna (the other three being observation, family heritage and psychological tests). Understanding one's varna at an early age helps clarify two major aspects in one's life, namely one's immediate education and in due course of time one's asrama. It is for this reason that we hear the following statement, "first is varna then comes asrama".
Astrology, Yoga and Mantra
Daily, those who practice mediatation following the astanga yoga system begin their exercises by reciting the Surya namaskar prayer "OM SURYAYA NAMAH". The Surya Namaskar is the first yogic exercise performed as a salutation to the Sun God, Surya Narayana, and we love when the sun makes his appearance in the early morning.
Those who are brahmana initiated devotees of the lord also chant a hymn to the Sun God thrice daily, known as the GAYATRI MANTRA, OM bhuvah sva tad savit….. thus addressing the sun god for blessing.
The science of astrology takes many years, if not many life times to master within the context of varnasrama dharma and the need to establish a brahminical culture through the traditional gurukul system. Astrology, along with Sanskrit through which it can be more deeply studied, will play an important role in training the future Vedic teachers.
With our new study of astrology in the years to come we can expect a major change in our childhood lyric: "twinkle twinkle little star, how I marvel who you are."
Mahabharata, Vana parva, Chapter 42:Verse 38.
Schmieke, Murcus; "Vastu the origin of FENG SHUI, NEW AGE BOOKS, Bri, basi Art Press, New Delhi-2003- p.129
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami, Sri Bramaha-Samhita, text 52
Maha Bharata, Adi Parva, ch. 233, and 631
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text: International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (IJARET) ISSN 0976 - 6480 (Print) ISSN 0976 - 6499 (Online) IJARET Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME: www.iaeme.com/ijaret.asp ©IAEME Journal Impact Factor (2014): 7.8273 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com GAS PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF HYDROGEN PERMEABLE MACROPOROUS ALUMINA CERAMIC MEMBRANES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE Abubakar Alkali1*, Edward Gobina1 Robert Gordon University, Riverside East, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7GJ, United Kingdom ABSTRACT The main purpose of this work is to investigate the hydrogen permeation behavior and selectivity of a commercial ceramic alumina membrane and compare same with that of a γ-alumina membrane graded with AlOOH sol using the dip coating method. The permeance of hydrogen and 5 other single gases (He, N2, CH4, CO2 and Ar) were investigated at high temperature and results show that the permeance of H2 increased with increasing temperature for the graded γ- Al2O3 membrane while it decreased for the α-Al2O3 support. For the α-alumina membrane, a hydrogen permeance of up to 1.30 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 was observed which increased by about four-fold to 4.61 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 when the membrane was graded with Boehmite sol. However, the graded membrane was permeable to only hydrogen at fifth coating. The selectivity of the membranes for hydrogen with respect to the other 5 single gases decreased with increasing temperature and the order of gas permeation didn't exactly follow the order of gas kinetic diameter and molecular weight. Key words: Hydrogen, Porous Alumina Membranes, Dip Coating, Gas Permeance, Selectivity. INTRODUCTION Membrane technology for hydrogen separation, purification and production processes is becoming an important and enabling technology in the current global decarbonisation efforts aimed at combating climate change and ensuring energy security1. Ultra pure hydrogen (99.99%) is required for use in chemical industries, domestic power and clean energy applications2. More recently, the dawn of a new energy epoch in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFC) has motivated continued research in membrane technology for hydrogen processes2. It is still 'work in progress' before hydrogen is fully adopted as the global energy carrier to replace fossil fuels. During this 40 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME transition period from fossil fuels to H2, research interest into several H2 production, separation and purification processes is expected to rise. Recently, inorganic membranes have assumed wider applications in hydrogen separation processes as a result of their ability to withstand harsh operating conditions and they can also be permeable to specific molecules3. Inorganic membranes can be divided into 2: Dense (metallic) membranes and porous ceramic membranes4. Palladium membranes are mostly used in hydrogen processes due to their infinite selectivity to hydrogen when defect free5. However, due to the high cost of palladium membranes, there is great motivation for research into comparably cheaper membranes for hydrogen processes. Porous alumina ceramic membranes with different pore sizes can be considered for several gas separation applications including hydrogen by reducing the pore sizes or by improving specific surface properties6. Interest is growing in porous ceramic alumina membranes for hydrogen processes due to their ability to withstand harsh operating conditions, thermal and mechanical stability as well as their resistance to corrosion4,7. The gas transport mechanisms through inorganic membranes generally involves Knudsen diffusion, Hagen – Poiseulles's flow, surface diffusion and viscous flow but molecular sieving also occurs in porous membranes with small pore sizes less than 1 nm4.8. In Knudsen diffusion gas molecules collide with the pore wall and diffuse into the pores of the membrane6. It occurs when the pore radius is less than the mean free path of the gas molecules and is based on the ratio of inverse square root of the molecular weights of the 2 gases A and B as follows1: 1/ 2 M αAB = B (1) M A The Knudsen diffusion is usually accompanied by high permeance but with a low selectivity while surface diffusion involves adsorption of the gas molecules that takes place on the membrane surface and it favors gases with high adsorption capacity while limiting the diffusion of less adsorbing gases6. Molecular sieving occurs when the membrane pore diameter is close to that of the diffusing species. However, the permeance is low in this mechanism but an infinite separation factor can be achieved6. Porous ceramic membranes have several layers with different pore sizes hence the mechanisms can occur simultaneously. Thus, gas transport mechanisms in a porous ceramic membrane can be evaluated by taking into account the separate transport mechanisms based on the properties of the membrane and the diffusing gases8. The hydrogen permeation and transport behavior in porous alumina membranes has been reported by several authors. Li et al4 (2012) investigated the permeance of hydrogen across porous alumina ceramic support which was graded with a top γ – Al2O3 layer of pore diameter 4 nm using the sol-gel technique. H2 permeation tests were conducted at temperature from 250 C to 5000 C and the group reported a drastic decrease in H2 permeance with increasing temperature from 250 C to 2500 C but for temperatures from 3500 C to 5000 C, the hydrogen permeance was more stable. The H2/N2 selectivity reported by the group was between 2.9 – 3.4 which was lower than the theoretical Knudsen value of 3.74. The lower selectivity value below the theoretical Knudsen value indicates that there was a contribution of viscous flow since hydrogen and nitrogen cannot transport through the membrane by surface diffusion4. Y.S Cheng et al7 (2002) also investigated the hydrogen permeance of a mesoporous commercial alumina support with a nominal pore size of 5 nm. Although a hydrogen permeance of over 700 cm2 cm-3 min-1 bar-1 was achieved, the alumina support could not separate hydrogen from town gas mixture. For H2/He selectivity, the transport mechanism was Knudsen and a separation factor of 1.5 was achieved which was above the theoretical Knudsen value of 1.41. 41 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME One of the ways of enhancing hydrogen permeation in alumina supports is through surface modification with AlOOH Boehmite sol to convert the topmost α- alumina layer to the more stable γ- alumina layer. In this work, the hydrogen permeation behavior of a commercial alumina support was investigated and the effect of temperature, pressure on gas permeance through the membrane and the selectivity were investigated. The hydrogen permeation behavior and selectivity of the modified γ-alumina membrane was also investigated and compared to that of the unmodified commercial alumina support. EXPERIMENTAL The ceramic alumina support is a macroporous membrane supplied by CTI (Ceramiques Techniques Industrielles SA) France with 6000 nm average pore size, I.D = 20.07 mm, O.D = 26 mm and effective length = 0.32 m. A second alumina support with same specifications was graded with AlOOH sol using the sequential dip coating method. Both tubes were dried in an oven at 650 C for 2 hours to remove any water vapor prior to permeation test for the commercial alumina support and also before the support was modified. In the dip coating method for preparation of γ-alumina membrane, the Boehmite sol was prepared into which the support was inserted for 30 minutes for each dipping under continuous stirring. To prepare the Boehmite sol, 46.1 g of the AlOOH powder was weighed and diluted in 1000 mL of distilled water under constant stirring. A fresh Boehmite sol was used for each dipping in order to obtain a uniformly coated membrane. Prior to dipping, both ends of the support were sealed with plastic seals to avoid inner deposition. 5 sequential dippings were conducted and after each dipping, the modified support was dried for 10 hours at 650 C and calcined at 873 K for 24 hours and a permeation test for 6 single gases carried out. These gases are: H2, He, CH4, CO2, N2 and Ar. The experimental set up for gas permeation consists of a shell and tube membrane reactor module, a gas flow system comprising of 3 connected parts: The feed, permeate and retentate. The third part of the experimental set up consists of the mass flow meter which monitors the gas flow rate. Gas permeation tests were conducted for both the modified and unmodified membranes at 298, 323, 373, 473 and 573 K. Membrane characterization was conducted using a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the elemental composition of the membrane was analyzed using energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDXA). Figure 1: A Picture of the commercial alumina membrane 42 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME (a) (b) Figure 2: SEM Micrographs of the α-alumina membrane: (a) cross section (b) outer section RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Dip Coating Method After each dipping, the weight of the membrane was calculated using the weight gain technique in order to monitor and make an accurate estimate of the thickness of the γ-alumina layer. The amount of AlOOH deposited was recorded after each dipping. The amount of deposited AlOOH W was measured by subtracting the weight of the alumina support before dipping from the weight after dipping. The average layer thickness L was calculated using the equation9. W L= (2) ρ ρ is the density. The estimated thickness of the deposited layer after each dipping in this work using equation (2) is shown in Table 1. Table 1: Estimated layer thickness after each dip Dip Estimated Thickness (µm) 1 14.86 2 27.10 3 39.34 4 48.96 5 55.95 It is necessary to mention that the thickness was not factored into the calculation for gas permeance. Unit thickness is used to standardize permeability measurements but not for permeance measurements. Nonetheless, layer thickness affects gas permeation across the membrane and the high the thickness the high the membrane resistance to gas permeation. 43 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME Gas Permeance and Selectivity The permeation behavior of a gas through a membrane is denoted as permeance or permeability4. Permeance in mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 is defined as the quantity of gas crossing a unit area in unit time or flux per unit pressure difference between the higher pressure and the lower pressure sides of the membrane10. To obtain the permeability of the membrane, the unit thickness of the membrane is used to normalize the permeance10. Permeance is represented in the equation4: Q / 22.4 J= (3) A× P Where J is the gas permeance (mol/m2. s. Pa), Q is the permeate gas flow rate (L/min) in permeate side, A is the membrane area for permeation (m2) and P is the pressure difference across the membrane (Pa). Selectivity denotes the relationship between gas permeance and the permeance of another gas4. If JH2 is the permeance of Hydrogen and JN2 is the permeance of Nitrogen through the alumina membrane, then the selectivity of hydrogen relative to nitrogen can be represented as follows4: JH2 αH2/N2 = (4) JN2 Figure 3: SEM micrograph for inner section of Figure 4: EDXA of inner section of the the α-alumina membrane α- alumina membrane SEM Micrographs and EDXA Results The SEM micrographs for the cross section of the α-alumina membrane shown in Fig. 2 (a) shows the morphology of the cross section with the pores becoming open and flowery but more closely knitted and finer at the surface. The outer section in Fig. 2 (b) shows a more homogeneous pore structure with a smaller grain size compared to both the inner and cross sections. Smaller grain sizes usually lead to better gas permeation through the membrane due the relatively smaller boundaries associated with small grains 11. 44 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME Table 2: EDXA Elemental composition of the α-alumina membrane Element Weight% Atomic % O 49.67 72.96 Al 6.06 5.28 P 0.13 0.10 Ti 44.14 21.66 1.40E-06 (a) 2.50E-06 (c) Permeance (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) Permeance (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) 1.30E-06 2.00E-06 1.20E-06 1st Coating 298 K 1.10E-06 1.50E-06 2nd Coating 323 K 3rd Coating 1.00E-06 373 K 1.00E-06 4th Coating 473 K 9.00E-07 5th Coating 573 K 8.00E-07 5.00E-07 7.00E-07 0.00E+00 6.00E-07 1 1.05 1.1 1.15 1.2 1.25 1 1.05 1.1 1.15 1.2 1.25 Average Pressure (Bar) Average Pressure (Bar) 5.00E-06 (b) (d) P e r m e a n c e (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) 9.00E-07 4.50E-06 Permeance (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) 8.00E-07 4.00E-06 7.00E-07 3.50E-06 3.00E-06 6.00E-07 298 K 298 K 323 K 2.50E-06 5.00E-07 323 K 373 K 2.00E-06 4.00E-07 373 K 473 K 1.50E-06 3.00E-07 573 K 473 K 1.00E-06 2.00E-07 573 K 5.00E-07 1.00E-07 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 1 1.05 1.1 1.15 1.2 1.25 1 1.05 1.1 1.15 1.2 1.25 Average Pressure (Bar) Average Pressure (Bar) Figure 5: Permeance of hydrogen through (a) commercial alumina at different temperature (b) modified γ-alumina at different temperature for 1st coating, (c) modified γ-alumina at different coatings, (d) N2 permeance for the commercial alumina at different temperature Fig.5 (a) shows hydrogen permeance of up to 1.30 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 at 298 K which decreased with increasing temperature for the commercial unmodified alumina membrane. Impliedly, there is a reverse temperature dependence on gas permeation. The same trend was also observed for the 5 other single gases i.e. He, CO2, CH4, Ar and N2. Table 3 shows the gas permeance and permselectivity for both the α– alumina and γ-alumina membranes including the theoretical Knudsen selectivity. 45 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME Table 3: Gas Permeance and selectivity for the α-alumina membrane and the graded γ-alumina membrane after first dipping Gas Permeance (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) Selectivity Gas α-alumina γ-alumina α-alumina γ-alumina Knudsen S.F (298 K) (573 K) (573 K) (298 K) H2 1.30 × 10-6 4.61 × 10-6 H2/N2 11.47 2.92 3.73 He 1.15 × 10-6 3.79 × 10-6 H2/He 2.78 1.86 1.41 CO2 1.05 × 10-6 3.13 × 10-6 H2/CO2 2.70 2.25 4.67 CH4 9.97 × 10-7 2.72 × 10-6 H2/CH4 7.03 2.54 2.82 Ar 8.61 × 10-7 2.01 × 10-6 H2/Ar 6.24 2.53 4.45 N2 7.96 × 10-7 1.92 × 10-7 For the modified alumina membrane, a permeance of up to 4.61E × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 was observed at 573 K after the first dipping. The results indicate that there was about 4-fold increase in the hydrogen permeance of up to 4.61 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 after the alumina support was modified with the Boehmite sol. Hence the modification with AlOOH sol reduced the hydrogen permeation resistance of the membrane. The modification enhanced surface diffusion of hydrogen molecules through the membrane pores leading to increased hydrogen permeance. However, the permeance was negated by increase in temperature. Surface adsorption is generally inversely proportional to temperature hence the low temperature enhances the surface diffusion of H2 in α-alumina membrane4. Molecular diffusion has been known to enhance the permeance of gases in nanoporous inorganic membranes hence those gas molecules with higher diffusivity permeate faster than those with lower diffusivity 12. Hydrogen is more diffusive than CO2 hence hydrogen molecules enjoy more mobility and can retain in the permeate stream longer than CO2 and by implication exhibit a higher permeance compared to CO212. The decrease in permeance at high temperature also indicates low mobility of the gas molecules in the alumina membrane pores. Li and Liang4 (2012) reported similar results in their investigation of Hydrogen permeance across porous alumina ceramic membrane with an average pore size of 0.1 µm at temperature 298 K to 773 K and transmembrane pressure difference of 0.0005 – 0.050 Mpa. In this work, for the γ-alumina membrane, 5 successive coatings were carried out and a permeation test conducted after each dip. However, all the 6 gases permeated after the first 3 dippings but only hydrogen and CO2 permeated after the 4th dipping although the membrane was not permeable to CO2 at room temperature at the 4th dip. CO2 permeated only at 323, 373 473 and 573 K but hydrogen permeated at all the temperatures. After the fifth dipping, the membrane was permeable to only hydrogen. As shown in Fig. 5 (b) the hydrogen permeance increased with temperature up to 4.61 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 at 573 K but reduced with the number of successive coatings as more layers of the AlOOH sol were deposit leading to increase in layer thickness of the membrane which increased the membrane resistance to permeation. As shown in Table 1, the layer thickness of the composite membrane increased with the number of dipping. Gu and Oyama13 also reported an increase in hydrogen permeance of up to -7 5 × 10 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 in their work on a macroporous alumina support modified with AlOOH sol. The gas permeation behavior observed in this work for the modified γ- alumina membrane was in contrast to that of the unmodified commercial alumina. This is because in the commercial alumina, 46 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME gas permeance decreased with temperature while for the modified membrane, it increased with temperature. The high increase in hydrogen permeance after modification suggests that there are cracks and defects in the commercial alumina membrane which were repaired by the deposition of the AlOOH layer. This led to a more uniform and finer surface which enhanced hydrogen permeation through the membrane13. The apparent opposite trend in hydrogen permeation dependence on temperature for the modified membrane indicates that modifying the membrane with AlOOH sol has enhanced surface diffusion and mobility of the molecules. 14 (a) 4 (c) 12 H 2 /C O 2 S e le c tiv ity 3 298 K 10 H2/N2 selectivity 298 K 323 K 8 323 K 2 373 K 6 373 K 473 K 473 K 1 573 K 4 573 K 2 0 0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 Feed Pressure (Bar) Feed Pressure (Bar) 4 (b) 2.5 (d) 3.5 H2/CO2 se le ctiv ity 2 3 H2/N2 selectivity 298 K 2.5 1.5 323 K 298 K 2 373 K 323 K 1.5 1 473 K 373 K 573 K 1 473 K 573 K 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 Feed Pressure (Bar) Feed Pressure (Bar) Figure 6: (a) H2/N2 selectivity commercial α-alumina support (b) H2/N2 selectivity γ-alumina membrane (c) H2/CO2 selectivity commercial α- alumina support (d) H2/CO2 selectivity γ-alumina membrane The selectivity of the membrane for hydrogen in relation to the other gases was also investigated. In Fig. 6 (a) and Table 3, it can be observed that the highest H2/N2 selectivity for the α- alumina support is 11.47 at 573 K which was well above the theoretical Knudsen value of 3.74. However, for H2/CO2, the selectivity was 2.70 which is below the theoretical Knudsen selectivity of 4.67. For the α-alumina support as shown in Fig. 6 (a) and (c) for H2/N2 and H2/CO2 selectivity respectively, the selectivity increased with increase in temperature. But a different trend was observed for the H2/N2 and H2/CO2 selectivity in the modified γ-alumina membrane as shown in Fig. 47 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME 6 (b) and (d) where there is a clustered selectivity. Fig. 6 (b) and (d) show the H2/N2 and H2/CO2 selectivity appearing closer to decreasing with temperature but it is generally clustered. It can be observed that hydrogen permeance for the α-alumina support decreased with temperature while the H2/N2 and H2/CO2 selectivity increased with temperature. For the modified γ-alumina membrane, the hydrogen permeance increased with temperature while a clustered H2/N2 and H2/CO2 selectivity that appears closer to decreasing with temperature was observed. Modification of the membrane decreased the hydrogen selectivity although the selectivity is generally low for both membranes. The lower selectivity below Knudsen denotes the contribution of another gas transport mechanism such as viscous flow. Gas Permeance and Kinetic Diameter 1.00E-02 H2 (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) 1.40E-06 He H2 P erm eanc e (mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1) 8.00E-03 1.30E-06 CO2 1.20E-06 He 6.00E-03 Ar CH4 1.10E-06 CO2 N2 4.00E-03 1.00E-06 Perm eance CH4 9.00E-07 2.00E-03 N2 8.00E-07 Ar 7.00E-07 0.00E+00 0 10 20 30 40 50 2.5 3 3.5 4 Molecular Weight Kinetic Diameter (A) (a) (b) Figure 7: Gas Permeance for α-alumina membrane as a function of (a) Kinetic diameter, (b) molecular weight The order of permeance of the single gases at different temperatures is as follows: Order of permeance: H2>He>CO2>CH4>Ar>N2 Order of Kinetic Diameter: CH4 (3.8 Ǻ)>N2 (3.64 Ǻ)>Ar (3.4 Ǻ)>CO2 (3.3 Ǻ)>H2 (2.89 Ǻ)>He (2.65 Ǻ) Order of molecular weight: CO2 (44.01)>Ar (39.948)> N2 (28.0134)>CO (28.011)>CH4 (16.044)>He (4.02)> H2 (2.016). Fig. 7 (a) shows the relationship between gas permeance and kinetic diameter for the α-alumina membrane. The permeance of the gases didn't exactly follow the order of their kinetic diameter. Although there is a trend such that the smaller molecules seem to permeate faster than the bigger molecules. He and H2 have the lowest kinetic diameter but the highest permeance although H2 (2.89 Ǻ) with a larger kinetic diameter permeated faster than He (2.65 Ǻ) which could be explained in terms of the higher sorptivity of H2 compared to that of He. 48 International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), ISSN 0976 – 6480(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6499(Online) Volume 5, Issue 5, May (2014), pp. 40-50 © IAEME Moreover, CH4 with a larger kinetic diameter (3.8 Ǻ) has a higher permeance compared to both N2 (3.64 Ǻ) and Ar (3.4 Ǻ). This could also be explained in the same vein as for the H2 and He permeance difference. As shown in Fig. 7 (b), the order of gas permeance didn't exactly follow the order of gas molecular weight for the α- alumina membrane. H2, He, CH4, N2 and Ar belong to the group of nonadsorbed gases for alumina but CO2 is a strongly adsorbing gas for alumina membranes4. It can be observed from Fig. 7 (b) that the permeance of hydrogen was higher than that of all the other gases which was expected based on the fact that hydrogen has the lowest molecular weight. However, hydrogen is a nonadsorbed gas for alumina hence its higher permeance is explained in terms of surface diffusion. The same could be said of CO2 which has the largest molecular weight; CO2 is a strongly adsorbing gas for alumina which explains why CO2 with a higher molecular weight has a higher permeance than N2, Ar and CH4. CONCLUSION The hydrogen permeation properties of a commercial α-alumina membrane including those of 5 other single gases: He, CH4, CO2, Ar, N2 were investigated and compared with the permeation properties of γ-alumina membrane modified with Boehmite sol through the dip coating method. Results indicated that the modification of the membrane with Boehmite sol increased the hydrogen permeance by 4 fold. The gas permeance of the α-alumina membrane decreased with temperature and the highest hydrogen permeance of 1.30 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 was observed at 298 K. For the modified γ-alumina membrane, the gas permeance increased with temperature and the highest hydrogen permeance of 4.61 × 10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1 was achieved at 573 K. Conversely, the membrane selectivity for hydrogen in relation to the other 5 single gases increased with temperature for the α-alumina membrane while it decreased with temperature for the modified γ-alumina membrane. The modified γ-alumina membrane was permeable to all the gases at the first, second and third dips. However, after the 4th dip, the membrane was permeable to only H2 and CO2 and after the fifth dip, the membrane was permeable to only H2. 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Lahore Lions 211 for 5 (Shehzad 107, Hafeez 65, Hussain 4-23) beat Bahawalpur Stags 160 (Aslam 43, Riaz 3-23, Rasool 3-27) by 51 runs
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Ahmed Shehzad's second T20 ton fired Lahore Lions to the final of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup with a 51-run win against first-timers Bahawalpur Stags at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Shehzad started the match at a rapid pace with a flurry of boundaries and by the time he lost his opening partner, he had scored 39 off 20 balls in a 41-run opening stand. He stayed dominant in a 96-run stand with Mohammad Hafeez and brought up his hundred off 54 balls. Once Shehzad was out, Hafeez lifted up the tempo, taking 24 runs off an Imranullah Aslam's over, and took the team past 200. Kamran Hussain picked up four wickets, three of them in the last over.
Chasing a big target, Bahawalpur were dented by Abdul Razzaq's double-strike in the first over, Hamid Ali and Kashif Siddiq, both falling off their first balls. At the halfway mark, Bahawalpur had lost four wickets and the required rate had shot up to 14.20. As the wickets continued to tumble, the lower order flayed and got some runs, but it was all too late and Bahawalpur were knocked out after making a promising debut in the tournament.
Faisalabad Wolves 122 for 5 (Ali 66*) beat Multan Tigers 120 for 7 (Yasin 46, Ali 2-17) by five wickets
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After being behind for the most part of their chase of 121, Faisalabad accelerated towards the end to complete a five-wicket win against Multan Tigers at the Gaddafi Stadium and qualify for the final. Their 21-year old No. 4 Asif Ali rescued them after they had been reduced to 78 for 5 in the 15th over, and eventually finished the game with an unbeaten 66 off 50 deliveries, with the help of seven fours and two sixes.
After choosing to bat, Multan went slow for most part of their innings. After having lost their openers by the fifth over, Naved Yasin set about steadying the innings with Gulraiz Sadaf, and later with three other batsmen, but played slowly. He lasted till the 19th over, but scored only four boundaries in his run-a-ball knock of 46, as Multan limped to 120 for 7. Of the five bowlers used, only one bowler conceded more than 23 runs - seamer Ehsan Adil.
Faisalabad, in their chase, were slow as well. They lost wickets regularly, and had scored only 46 runs when captain Misbah-ul-Haq was dismissed for a 16-ball 5, in the 11th over. But Ali stuck till the end, reducing the required run-rate by smashing a few needed boundaries and sixes, and took his side to victory in the 19th over.
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