Effect of a chiral dopant on the electro‐optical properties of polymer‐dispersed liquid‐crystal films

Polymer‐dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films were prepared by the ultraviolet‐light‐induced polymerization of photopolymerizable monomers in nematic liquid crystal/monomer/chiral dopant composites, and the effect of the chiral dopant on the electro‐optical properties of the PDLC films was studied. It was demonstrated that the addition of a small amount of the chiral dopant increased the driving voltage somewhat but decreased the turn‐off time significantly. Furthermore, the transmittance of ultraviolet, visible, and near‐infrared light of the off state of PDLC films showing light scattering increased with increasing content of the chiral dopant, and the optimum electro‐optical properties of the PDLC films were obtained when the content of the chiral dopant was not more than 2 wt %. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 2007     

Apparatus for measuring physical adsorption on intact supported porous membranes

We present a non-destructive, reusable apparatus with which to measure physical adsorption isotherms of intact porous membranes. We developed a two-piece sample container to make reliable sorption measurements of porous membranes, the properties of which may differ from those of powders due to crystal intergrowth. This novel system employs a resealable container that can be immersed in a cryogenic bath, into which tubular, planar, or other porous membranes and films may be placed. Detailed sorption isotherms, including high-resolution adsorption in the low pressure (micropore-filling) region, are shown for MFI-type zeolite membranes grown on two types and configurations of α-alumina support.     

Water flux,DSC, and cytotoxicity characterization of membranes of cellulose acetate produced from sugar cane bagasse,using PEG 600

Summary In this article, cellulose acetate produced through the homogeneous acetylation of sugar cane bagasse cellulose was used to produce membranes, using poly(ethyleneglycol) 600 (PEG 600) as an admixture. The membranes were characterized using water flux measurements (Payne’s cup), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and neutral red uptake (cytotoxicity). The results showed that PEG 600 acts as a crystallinity inductor and/or pore former in the cellulose acetate matrix. The induction of crystallinity is important for this system since it had not been reported on the literature yet. The results also demonstrated that the studied membranes present a nontoxic behavior.     

Thermodynamic performance of O2/CO2 gas turbine cycle with chemical recuperation by CO2-reforming of methane

This paper proposes a novel power cycle system composed of chemical recuperative cycle with CO₂–NG (natural gas) reforming and an ammonia absorption refrigeration cycle. In which, the heat is recovered from the turbine exhaust to drive CO₂–NG reformer firstly, and then lower temperature heat from the turbine exhaust is provided with the ammonia absorption refrigeration system to generate chilled media, which is used to cool the turbine inlet gas except export. In this paper, a detailed thermodynamic analysis is carried out to reveal the performance of the proposed cycle and the influence of key parameters on performance is discussed. Based on 1 kg s⁻¹ of methane feedstock and the turbine inlet temperature of 1573 K, the simulation results shown that the optimized net power generation efficiency of the cycle rises up to 49.6% on the low-heating value and the exergy efficiency 47.9%, the new cycle system reached the net electric-power production 24.799 MW, the export chilled load 0.609 MW and 2.743 kg s⁻¹ liquid CO₂ was captured, achieved the goal of CO₂ and NO_x zero-emission.     

水煤浆在燃油热水锅炉内的燃烧试验

主要介绍了７ＭＷ燃油热水锅炉改烧水煤浆的改造设计，水煤浆炉前系统的调试，锅炉改造后的调试和水煤浆燃烧试验的结果。     

景德镇青白瓷起源与发展的探讨

景德镇是宋元时期青白瓷的产地代表。本文分析了景德镇早期青白瓷的胎釉化学组成与同时期景德镇青瓷和白瓷化学组成之间的关系，以及与其制瓷原料化学组成之间的联系；探讨了宋元时期青白瓷胎、釉配方的发展及显微结构的差异。结果表明，青白瓷可能起源于五代白瓷的烧制，并在其后的生产过程中不断改进坯釉料配方，成品率和质量不断得以提高。     

聚天冬氨酸的合成与表征

以L-天冬氨酸为原料,热缩合成聚天冬氨酸酐,水解得到聚天冬氨酸。采用凝胶色谱法(GPC)测定了聚天冬氨酸的分子量,并用核磁共振(NMR)对其进行了表征。     

Electrochemical cell current requirements for toxic organic waste destruction in Ce(IV)-mediated electrochemical oxidation process

The electrochemical cell for cerium oxidation and reactor for organic destruction are the most important operation units for the successful working mediated electrochemical oxidation (MEO) process. In this study, electrochemical cells with DSA electrodes of two types, single stack and double stack connected in series, were used. The performances towards the electrochemical generation of Ce(IV) in nitric acid media at 80 °C were studied. The current-voltage curves and cerium electrolysis kinetics showed the dependence on number of cell stacks needed to be connected in series for the destruction of a given quantity of organic pollutant. The presence of an optimum region for Ce(III) oxidation with a contribution of oxygen evolution, especially at low Ce(III) concentration (high conversion ratios), was found. The cells were applied for the Ce(IV) regeneration during the organic destruction. The cell and reactor processes were fitted in a simple model proposed and used to calculate the current needed in terms of Ce(III) oxidation rate and the number of cell stacks required for maintaining Ce(IV)/Ce(III) ratio at the same level during the organic destruction. This consideration was based on the kinetic model previously developed by us for the organic destruction in the MEO process.     

基于分布的中文词表示研究

针对基于分布的中文词表示构造过程中的参数选择问题进行了系统性的研究。选择了六种参数进行对比实验,在中文语义相似度任务上对不同参数设置下得到的中文词表示的质量进行了评估。实验结果表明,通过选择合适的参数,基于分布的词表示在中文语义相似度任务上能够得到较高的性能,而且,这种高维的词分布表示的质量甚至优于目前流行的基于神经网络（Skip-gram）或矩阵分解（GloVe）得到的低维的词表示。