1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454950303321

Titolo

Community colleges [[electronic resource] ] : policy in the future context / / edited by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Ablex, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00306-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Educational policy in the 21st century ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

TownsendBarbara K

TwomblySusan B

Disciplina

378.1/543/0973

Soggetti

Community colleges - United States

Higher education and state - United States

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Governmental Policies Affecting Community Colleges; 2 Federal Policies and Community Colleges A Mix of Federal and Local Influences; 3 Statewide Governance Structures and Two Year Colleges; 4 Accountability in Community Colleges Looking toward the 21st Century; 5 The Buffered and the Buffeted Institution Globalization and the Community College; 6 Policy Directions for K-14 Education-Looking to the Future; 7 State Policies and the Community College's Role in Workforce Preparation

8 State Dual Credit Policy and Its Implications for Community Colleges Lessons from Missouri for the 21st Century9 Statewide Transfer and Articulation Policies Current Practices and Emerging Issues; 10 Reframing Remediation as a Systemic Phenomenon A Comparative Analysis of Remediation in Two States; 11 Teaching and Learning in the New Information Age State System Policies for Technology; 12 SUNY General Education Reform and the Community Colleges; 13 Institutional Policies That Promote Persistence among First Year Community College Students

Conclusion The Future of Community College Policy in the 21st CenturyIndex; About the Editors and Contributors



Sommario/riassunto

This text addresses the various federal, state, and institutional policies affecting community colleges and speculates about future policy options within the current policy context.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963440303321

Autore

Al-Baghdadi Maher A. R. Sadiq

Titolo

CFD modeling and analysis of different novel designs of air-breathing PEM fuel cells / / Maher A.R. Sadiq Al-Baghdadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61122-446-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Energy science, engineering and technology series

Disciplina

621.31/2429

Soggetti

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells - Mathematical models

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells - Computer simulation

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells - Design and construction - Mathematics

Computational fluid dynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CFD MODELING AND ANALYSISOF DIFFERENT NOVEL DESIGNS OFAIR-BREATHING PEM FUELCELLS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""NOMENCLATURE""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1. BACKGROUND""; ""1.2. TYPES OF FUEL CELL""; ""1.3. OPERATION PRINCIPLE OF A PEM FUEL CELL""; ""1.4. FUEL CELL COMPONENTS""; ""1.4.1. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane""; ""1.4.2. Catalyst Layer""; ""1.4.3. Gas Diffusion Layer""; ""1.5. FUEL CELL THERMODYNAMICS""; ""1.5.1. Gibbs Free Energy Change in Fuel Cell Reactions""; ""1.5.2. Electrode Potential""; ""1.5.3. Electrode Kinetics""

""1.6. TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN AIR-BREATHING PEMFUEL CELLS""""2. CFD MODEL""; ""2.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2.2. MODEL DESCRIPTION""; ""2.3. MODELLING EQUATIONS""; ""2.3.1. Air and Fuel Flow""; ""2.3.2. Gas Diffusion Layers""; ""Implementation of Phase Change""; ""2.3.3. Catalyst Layers""; ""2.3.4. Membrane""; ""2.3.5. Potential Drop across the Cell""; ""2.3.5.1. Cell Potential""; ""2.3.5.2. Activation



Overpotential""; ""2.3.5.3. Ohmic Overpotential in Gas Diffusion Layers""; ""2.3.5.4. Membrane Overpotential""; ""2.3.5.5. Diffusion Overpotential""; ""2.3.6. Cell Power and Efficiency""

""2.4. SOLUTION ALGORITHM""""2.5. MODELLING PARAMETERS""; ""2.6. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS""; ""3. PLANAR AIR-BREATHING PEM FUEL CELL""; ""3.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""3.2. MODELLING DOMAIN AND GEOMETRY""; ""3.3. COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE""; ""3.4. RESULTS""; ""3.4.1. Velocity Profile""; ""3.4.2. Oxygen Distribution""; ""3.4.3. Hydrogen Distribution""; ""3.4.4. Current Density Distribution""; ""3.4.5. Cell Temperature Distribution""; ""3.4.6. Activation Overpotential Distribution""; ""3.4.7. Ohmic Overpotential Distribution""; ""3.4.8. Membrane Overpotential Distribution""

""3.4.9. Diffusion Overpotential Distribution""""4. PLANAR MICRO-STRUCTURED AIRBREATHINGPEM FUEL CELL""; ""4.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""4.2. MODELLING DOMAIN AND GEOMETRY""; ""4.3. COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE""; ""4.4. RESULTS""; ""4.4.1. Velocity Profile""; ""4.4.2. Oxygen Distribution""; ""4.4.3. Hydrogen Distribution""; ""4.4.4. Current Density Distribution""; ""4.4.5. Cell Temperature Distribution""; ""4.4.6. Activation Overpotential Distribution""; ""4.4.7. Ohmic Overpotential Distribution""; ""4.4.8. Membrane Overpotential Distribution""; ""4.4.9. Diffusion Overpotential Distribution""

""5. PLANAR COMPACTED-DESIGN MICROSTRUCTUREDAIR-BREATHING PEM FUELCELL""""5.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""5.2. MODELLING DOMAIN AND GEOMETRY""; ""5.3. COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE""; ""5.4.1. Velocity Profile""; ""5.4.2. Oxygen Distribution""; ""5.4.3. Hydrogen Distribution""; ""5.4.4. Current Density Distribution""; ""5.4.5. Cell Temperature Distribution""; ""5.4.6. Activation Overpotential Distribution""; ""5.4.7. Ohmic Overpotential Distribution""; ""5.4.8. Membrane Overpotential Distribution""; ""5.4.9. Diffusion Overpotential Distribution""; ""5.5. MICRO-SCALE FUEL CELLS""

""6. TUBULAR AIR-BREATHING PEM FUELCELL""

Sommario/riassunto

Fuel cell system is an advanced power system for the future that is sustainable, clean and environmental friendly. The CFD models in this book would allow the creation of powerful computational fuel cell engineering tools that lead to dramatic reductions in lead times and development costs, and spur innovative design.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910147104903321

Titolo

Medical science monitor : international medical journal for experimental and clinical research

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warsaw, Poland : , : Medical Science International

Smithtown, NY : , : International Scientific Information

ISSN

1643-3750

Soggetti

Clinical medicine

Medicine - Research

Clinical Laboratory Techniques

Laboratory Techniques and Procedures

Clinical Medicine

Research

Médecine clinique

Médecine - Recherche

Recherche

research (function)

Periodical

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed