US-Indo Cooperative Research: Synthesis of Higher Alcohols from Synthesis Gas Through Modified Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Award in US and Indian Currency

9515453 Dadyburjor描述：这项提议是加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的材料科学家卡洛斯·利维和班加罗尔印度科学研究所的维克拉姆·贾亚拉姆之间的美国-印度研究合作。该项目名为“非平衡条件下陶瓷氧化物的相选择”。研究人员将研究在热力学平衡受到高度限制的条件下合成的陶瓷氧化物中氧化物微结构的演变。该计划将重点放在相对简单的二进制和更高组分系统上，使用已被证明具有带来实质性亚稳定的潜力的技术。以这种方式产生的组合物将进行热处理，以研究非平衡结构向更稳定结构演化的状态层次。主要目的是加强对相选择过程的理解，它们与亚稳的基本形式的关系，以及它们通过后续转变对显微组织演变的影响。范围：私人投资经理在这一领域拥有丰富的经验，并在过去进行了富有成效的合作。大部分实验工作将在印度科学研究所进行。美国合作者将在实验设计和结果分析方面提供指导，以及使用加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的雾化和表征设施。预计这项研究将与加州大学国家科学基金会材料研究实验室正在进行的结构陶瓷和功能无机氧化物合成研究产生互惠互利的互动。该项目将为美国研究生在班加罗尔IISC参与实验研究提供一个独特的国际机会。*这项研究将研究增加高压直流(HVDC)线路和控制装置(如静止无功补偿器(SVC)、电力系统稳定器(PSS)和其他灵活交流输电系统(FACTS)装置)对电力系统小干扰稳定性的影响。目标是建立一个包括上述装置的整体线性化模型，并检查它们对动力稳定性的相对影响。这项研究对确定低频振荡和电压崩溃的原因具有重要意义。这两个问题都是两国公用事业公司面临的运营问题。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳分校的派教授将与教授们合作。D.P.Sen Gupta和L.R.Padiyar，印度科学研究所，班加罗尔。这个研究团队非常出色。Pai教授是国际公认的使用电力系统稳定的直接方法的领导者，Sen Gupta和Padiyar进行了涉及FACTS和自适应PSS的最先进的系统研究。范围：这项研究将解决电力系统领域的一个问题，这个问题在美国和印度很重要。虽然美国有很多积累的经验，但印度的学术机构非常善于跟上先进水平，那里的电力工业在吸收技术方面相当成熟。这一合作的预期结果包括研究论文、伊利诺伊大学的课程开发，以及由研究产生的高级专著。***

9515453 Dadyburjor Description: This proposal is for a US-Indo research collaboration between materials scientists Carlos Levi of the University of California, Santa Barbara and Vikram Jayaram of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The project is entitled "Phase Selection in Ceramic Oxides Under Non-Equilibrium Conditions." The investigators will study the evolution of oxide microstructures in ceramic oxides synthesized under conditions wherein thermodynamic equilibrium is highly constrained. The program will focus on relatively simple binary and higher component systems using techniques with proven potential to bring about substantial metastability. Compositions produced in this manner will be heat treated to study the hierarchy of states by which the non- equilibrium structure evolves towards a more stable one. The primary objective is to enhance the understanding of phase selection processes, their relationship to fundamental forms of metastability, as well as their impact on microstructure evolution through subsequent transformations. Scope: The PIs have extensive experience in this area and have collaborated productively in the past. The bulk of the experimental work will be carried out at the Indian Institute of Science. The US collaborator will provide guidance in the design of experiments and analysis of results, as well as access to atomization and characterization facilities at the UC, Santa Barbara. The research is expected to generate a mutually beneficial interaction with the ongoing research on the synthesis of structural ceramics and functional inorganic oxides at the NSF Materials Research Laboratory at UC. This project will provide a unique international opportunity for a US graduate student to participate in the experimental research at the IISc, Bangalore. *** This research will investigate small signal stability of electric power systems as affected by the ad dition of High Voltage DC (HVDC) lines and control devices such as Static Var Compensators (SVC), Power System Stabilizer (PSS) and other Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices. The objective will be to develop an overall linearized model to include the above mentioned devices and to examine their relative influence on dynamic stability. This research is important in determining the causes of low frequency oscillations and voltage collapse. Both of these are operating problems faced by utilities in both countries. Prof. M.A. Pai, University of Illinois Urbana will collaborate with Profs. D.P. Sen Gupta & L.R. Padiyar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The research team is exceptional. Prof. Pai is an internationally recognized leader in the use of direct methods for power system stability, Sen Gupta and Padiyar have done state-of-the-art system studies involving FACTS and adaptive PSS. Scope: This research will address a problem in the area of power systems that is of importance in the U.S. and India. While there is much accumulated experience in the U.S., the Indian academic institutions are very good at keeping up with state-of-the-art, and the power industry there quite mature in terms of their absorption of technology. The results expected from this collaboration include research papers, course development at the University of Illinois, and an advanced level monograph emanating from the research. ***