Es wurde Hardware für das Experiment SODI/IVIDIL (Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument/Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in. Liquids, ESA) installiert. In den nächsten Tagen wird getestet, bevor das erste Experiment durchgeführt wird.
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The “Diffusion and Soret Coefficient Measurements for Improvement of Oil Recovery” experiment consists of three stages:
1) The determination of diffusion data requirements for petroleum reservoir models;
2) The simultaneous measurement of the Soret diffusion coefficients in binary and in tertiary systems;
3) The refinement of a multi-component transport model applied to petroleum reservoir evaluation. This experiment will provide information, which can be used in the more efficient extraction of oil resources.
IVIDIL
The Influence of Vibrations on Diffusion in Liquids (IVIDIL) experiment will investigate the effects of vibrations on liquid diffusion. On the space station, there are residual vibrations
(g-jitter). Although they seem to have a major impact on the measurement of the diffusion coefficient, very few studies have been carried out on this topic. Hence, the researchers plan
to characterize the spectral influence of g-jitter. The objective of the experiment is to increase the understanding of the kinetic mechanisms influencing diffusion effects in the presence of vibrations.
Wäre nett, wenn das mal jemand übersetzen könnte.
GG
Quellen: Weekly Science Update (Expedition Twenty -- Week 17) im
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2009/09262009.html sowie Press Kit Expedition 19 & 20.