Utilization of pyrolytic oil and hydrogen enriched syngas from single feedstock (delonix regia) through pyrolysis process and its influence on performance and emission characteristics in CI engine

The main objective of the present investigation is to conduct the performance, combustion and emission analysis of CI engine operated using hydrogen enriched syngas (pyrolytic gas) and biodiesel (pyrolytic oil) as dual fuel mode condition. Both the pyrolytic oil and syngas is obtained from single feedstock delonix regia fruit pod through pyrolysis process and then pyrolytic oil is converted into biodiesel through esterification. Initially biomass is subjected to thermal degradation at various pyrolysis temperature ranges like 350–600 °C. During the pyrolysis process syngas, pyrolytic oil and char are produced. The syngas is directly used in the CI engine and pyrolytic oil is converted into biodiesel and then used in the CI engine. The pyrolytic oil and syngas is subjected to FTIR and GC/TCD analysis respectively. The syngas analysis confirms the presence of various gases like H₂, CH₄, CO₂, CO and C₂H₄ in different proportions. The various proportions of the syngas is mainly depending upon the reactor temperature and moisture content in the biomass. The syngas composition varies with increase in the temperature and at 400 °C, higher amount of hydrogen is present and its composition are H₂ 28.2%, CO is 21.9%, CH₄ is 39.1% and other gases in smaller amounts. The biodiesel of B20 and syngas of 8lpm produced from the same feedstock are considered as test sample fuels in the CI engine under dual fuel mode operation to study the performance and emission characteristics. The study reveals that BTE has slight increase than diesel of 1.5% at maximum load. On the another hand emission like CO, HC and smoke are reduced by 15%,25% and 32% respectively at full load condition, whereas NO_x emission is increased at all loads in the range of 10–15%. Therefore B20+syngas of 8lpm can be used as an alternative fuel in CI engine without any modification and major products from pyrolysis process with waste biomass is fully used as fuel in the CI engine.     

贾燕1,赵永涛2,张红松2

为确定ZrO2/莫来石热障涂层的单层最佳厚度,采用有限元技术研究单层厚度对ZrO2/莫来石热障涂层热冲击应力的影响。结果表明,莫来石层厚度为0.25mm时,涂层表面及ZrO2/莫来石界面处具有最大热应力,而其它莫来石层厚度时涂层内部热应力则受莫来石层厚度影响不明显。当ZrO2层厚度为0.3mm时,ZrO2/莫来石涂层中的热应力在整个横向距离范围内保持稳定,而其它情况下涂层中的热应力则与ZrO2层厚度成正比。涂层表面处的径向热应力大于ZrO2/莫来石界面处的对应值。     

Single nanowire assembled by liquid dielectrophoresis for on-chip technologies

ABSTRACT

Study on dynamic tensile properties and atomic chain fabrication of single nanowire, for understanding its dynamic tensile properties and unique physical properties of atomic chain to fabricate atom scale devices, is one of frontier research issues in nano-scale science. However, how to assemble single nanowire on a tensible micro-structure becomes one of the most difficult problems, which severely restricts the development of this research field. In this paper, after the ultrahigh tensible microelectrode chip is fabricated by micro-electromechanical systems technology, hexamethyldisilazane is utilized to improve hydrophobicity of the chip, and then a micro-droplet dielectrophoresis experimental platform and technology is developed to assemble single nanowire on the sensible microelectrode. Experimental results show that accurate and efficient assembly of single Cu nanowire is realized, which contributes greatly to the further research of dynamic tensile properties and atomic chain fabrication. And for guiding the assembly experiments, finite element technology is also utilized to analyze the local micro electro-field around the microelctrodes during dieletrophoresis experiments.     

基于MOOSE开发的中子扩散问题求解程序

基于MOOSE平台，开发了用JFNK方法求解中子扩散本征值、瞬态问题的程序。在程序中实现了反照率边界条件和真空边界条件的设置。通过基准题TWIGL对程序进行了验证，发现对于本征值和瞬态问题，模拟解和参考解都是一致的。程序中采用全隐式Newton法求解中子本征值问题，并与经典幂迭代法进行了对比，发现Newton法能极大减少非线性步的步数，大幅加快收敛速度。采用全空间时空动力学对中子瞬态问题进行求解，可精确跟踪空间中任何一点在瞬态过程中的变化，时间项处理采用向后欧拉差分，时间步长为0.01 s和0.05 s的计算结果和采用0.001 s为时间步长的参考解吻合得很好，说明程序在较大的时间步长下也能保证问题的收敛性和精度。     

2219铝合金搅拌摩擦焊和钨极保护焊焊接件残余应力的中子衍射研究

利用中子衍射法对2219铝合金搅拌摩擦焊（FSW）和钨极保护焊（TIG）焊接件开展了三维残余应力测量，并对残余应力分布规律进行了分析。结果表明：焊接件的纵向残余应力数值较大；FSW焊接件残余应力整体较TIG焊接件的小；FSW和TIG焊接件的残余拉应力最大值分别为101 MPa和174 MPa，FSW焊接件残余拉应力最大值较TIG焊接件的小；FSW残余拉应力最大值处于轴肩边缘，且前进侧峰值大于后退侧峰值；TIG焊接件残余拉应力最大值处于焊缝边缘。通过中子衍射实验获得的焊接件残余应力分布，将可用于焊接工艺的优化与焊接件的寿命预测。     

Single transition metal atom catalysts on Ti2CN2 for efficient CO2 reduction reaction

Electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) is an efficient way in the utilization of CO₂. In this work, single transition-metal (TM) atom (TM = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) anchored on two-dimensional (2D) Ti₂CN₂ are designed for CO₂RR using density-functional-theory (DFT) calculation. We show that Ti₂CN₂ serves as an excellent substrate to support single atom catalysts (SACs), compared to Ti₂CO₂ and Ti₂CF₂. We find that the Sc, Ti and V supported on Ti₂CN₂ show high catalytic activities to produce CO with a low overpotential of 0.37, 0.27, and 0.23 eV, respectively. Differently, the Mn and Fe on Ti₂CN₂ are catalytically active for the production of HCOOH with a low overpotential of 0.32 and 0.43 eV, respectively. We further show that the negatively charged TM-Ti₂CN₂ can capture and activate CO₂ more effectively, and the catalytic activity and selectivity can be significantly tuned by injecting extra electrons.     

Tropfenbewegung und Stofftransport in technischen Flüssig/flüssig-Systemen. Teil 2: Auswirkung von Grenzflächeneffekten und Verunreinigungen

The design of a liquid/liquid contact apparatus necessitates the knowledge of fluid dynamics and mass transfer in the dispersion. Prediction of process parameters is challenging due to swarm and interfacial effects. Single drop investigations are suitable to enable a sophisticated dimensioning based on few simple experiments combined with published theories and correlations. In the first part of this article, the fundamentals of fluid dynamics and mass transfer in absence of interfacial effects were explained. Here, an overview of relevant interfacial phenomena and the influence of different substances typically occurring in technical applications as impurities or accompanying components is given.     

响应面法优化农产品中抗性淀粉的体外检测

目的 采用响应面法优化农产品中抗性淀粉(Resistant Starch, RS)的体外检测方法。方法 选择谷类、薯类、豆类3类抗性淀粉主要来源的农产品，设计单因素试验和Box-Behnken试验。单因素试验考察了水浴时间、淀粉葡萄糖苷酶（AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE, AMG）作用温度、AMG作用时间、AMG添加量和离心力与离心时间5个条件，并选择AMG作用温度、AMG作用时间、AMG添加量来设计Box-Behnken试验。结果 根据单因素试验，确定了水浴时间为14 h，离心条件选择4500 g离心5 min；根据响应面实验确定对RS含量检测结果影响程度排序为AMG添加量＞AMG作用时间＞AMG作用温度。结合单因素响应面试验，确定最佳检测方法为水浴14 h，4500 g离心5 min，AMG作用温度49℃、AMG添加量0.2 mL、AMG作用时间38 min。结论 优化后的方法重复性良好，适用于玉米、马铃薯和红豆3类样品，且有望适用于其他主要农产品。     

Anchoring single Pt atoms on hollow Ag3VO4 spheres for improved activity towards photocatalytic H2 evolution reaction

The high cost of noble metal catalysts has been a great bottleneck for the catalyst industry. Using the noble metal at a single-atom level for catalytic applications could dramatically decrease the cost. The impacts of single Pt atoms on the photocatalytic performance of Ag₃VO₄ have been investigated and reported. In this report, single Pt atoms were anchored on the surface of Ag₃VO₄ (AVO) as a cocatalyst, and the resultant composite photocatalyst has been studied for photocatalytic H₂ production from water driven by visible light. The as-prepared AVO particles are hollow nanospheres in the monoclinic phase with a bandgap of 2.20 eV. The light absorption edge of AVO/Pt is slightly red-shifted compared to that of the pristine AVO, indicating more visible light absorption of AVO/Pt. The XPS peaks of Ag, V, and Pt exhibit a significant shift after AVO and Pt get into contact, suggesting the strong interaction between the surface Ag and V atoms, and single Pt atoms. After 3-h illumination, the photocatalytic H₂ evolution amount from AVO/Pt is improved up to 1400 μmol, which is 2.8 times that on the bare AVO. Such efficient photocatalytic H₂ evolution on AVO/Pt is still maintained after five reaction cycles. The better photocatalytic performance of AVO/Pt has been attributed to the more efficient visible light utilization and the lower interfacial charge transfer resistance, as demonstrated in the DRS and EIS spectra. The presence of the surface Pt atoms also leads to a higher amount of reactive radicals, which could efficiently promote the surface redox reactions.     

Experimental study of neutron counting in a zero-power reactor driven by a neutron source inherent in highly enriched uranium fuels

Even a zero-power reactor core containing highly enriched uranium has a weak neutron source inherent in uranium 235, and consequently, a neutron counter placed closely to the core without external neutron source registers a certain counting rate. The study of the counting is very important for zero-power reactor physics experiments with a high precision. In this experimental study, first, at a shutdown state of the UTR-Kinki reactor without start-up neutron source, a pulse height distribution of output signals from a neutron proportional counter was measured to confirm that these signals resulted from neutron detections. At several subcritical states of the UTR, then, the Feynman-α analysis was carried out to confirm that the neutrons detected by the counter must be fission neutrons multiplied by fission chain reactions. The correlation amplitude measured in the Feynman-α analysis was much higher than that measured in a previous drive by start-up source. Further, it was also confirmed that the subcriticality dependence of neutron counting rate followed the source multiplication formula. This feature indicated that the one-point model was very successful in the subcritical range including the shutdown state.