11 – Response Surface Methods

TL;DR: In this paper, the design of incompressible diffusers for maximum pressure recovery is used to demonstrate the utility of response surface approximations for design optimization of eow devices, with the diffuser wall shapes described by polynomials and B-splines.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of pretreatment and processing conditions on the quality of vacuum fried apple chips were studied as blanched apple slices were pretreated by immersing in fructose solution and freezing prior to vacuum frying, more uniform porosity was observed on the surface (or cross-section) of apple chips as examined by scanning electron microscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a single serpentine PEMFC is used to investigate the effects of operating conditions on the electrical power production of the cell, and four significant parameters including cathode stoichiometry, anode stoichometry, gases inlet temperature, and cathode relative humidity are studied using Design of Experiment (DOE) to obtain an optimal power.

TL;DR: Chitosan with a high MW and DD can thus improve loading and reduce the release of lipase in these beads, and beads with desirable qualities can be produced.

TL;DR: In this paper, applied nonparametric statistics are applied to the problem of applied non-parametric statistical data collection in the context of the application of applied NN statistics, including:

TL;DR: The work described in this article is the result of a study extending over the past few years by a chemist and a statistician, which has come about mainly in answer to problems of determining optimum conditions in chemical investigations, but they believe that the methods will be of value in other fields where experimentation is sequential and the error fairly small.

TL;DR: This book offers a complete blueprint for structuring projects to achieve rapid completion with high engineering productivity during the research and development phase to ensure that high quality products can be made quickly and at the lowest possible cost.

TL;DR: In this paper, a class of incomplete three level factorial designs useful for estimating the coefficients in a second degree graduating polynomial are described and the designs either meet, or approximately meet, the criterion of rotatability and for the most part can be orthogonally blocked.