Malic acid production from renewables: a review

Malic acid derived from fossil resources is currently applied in the food and beverage industries with a medium global production capacity. However, in the transition from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy, biotechnologically produced l -malic acid may become an important platform chemical with many new applications, especially in the field of biopolymers. In this review, currently used petrochemical production routes to dl -malic acid are outlined and insights into possible bio-based alternatives for microbial l -malic acid production are provided. Besides ecological reasons, the possibility to produce enantiopure l -malic acid by microbial fermentation is the biggest advantage over chemical synthesis. State-of-the-art and open challenges concerning production host engineering, substrate choice and downstream processing are addressed. With regard to production hosts, a literature overview is given covering the leading natural production strains of Aspergillus, Ustilago and Aureobasidium, as well as Escherichia coli as the most important engineered recombinant host. The utilization of renewable substrates as an alternative to glucose is emphasized in particular as a key aspect for a competitive bio-based production. Out of the alternative substrates discussed in this review, the industrial side-streams crude glycerol and molasses seem to be most promising for large-scale l -malic acid production. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.     

以IBAC为核心处理洗浴废水的试验研究

根据洗浴废水的水质特征,采用原水→混凝沉淀-过滤→固定化生物活性炭(Immobilized Biological Activated Carbon,IBAC)→微滤膜(MF)→UV消毒→出水的工艺流程.混凝沉淀-过滤物化预处理单元可以有效地减少洗浴废水中的各类污染物.IBAC生化处理单元,实现有机污染物、LAS、浴臭等有效去除,是保证出水合格的根本措施.微滤膜发挥物理截留作用、UV消毒杀死细菌和总大肠菌群.出水水质达到＜城市供水水质标准＞(CJ/T 206-2005).     

Capture of Organic Vapors Using Adsorption and Electrothermal Regeneration

Activated-carbon-fiber cloth (ACFC) is an alternative adsorbent to granular activated carbon (GAC) for removing and recovering organic vapors from gas streams. Electrothermal desorption (ED) of ACFC provides rapid regeneration while requiring less energy compared to traditional regeneration techniques used with GAC. This paper provides proof-of-concept results from a bench-scale ACFC adsorption system. The automated system captured 1,000 ppmv of hazardous air pollutants/volatile organic compounds (HAPs/VOCs) from air streams and demonstrated the use of ED, using ac voltage, to recover the HAP/VOC as a pure liquid. The desorbed HAP/VOC condensed onto the inner walls of the adsorber and was collected at the bottom of the vessel, without the use of ancillary cooling. Seventy percent of the HAP/VOC was collected per cycle as condensate, with the balance being retained in the regenerated adsorber or recycled to the second adsorber. ED with in-vessel condensation results in minimal N2 consumption and short regeneration cycle times allowing the process to be cost competitive with conventional GAC-based adsorption processes. This technology extends the application of carbon adsorption systems to situations that were previously economically and physically impractical.     

MD膜驱剂的粘土稳定性研究Ⅰ.静态试验

粘土的膨胀和分散是引起地层伤害的两个重要因素。通过测定Zeta电位、XRD、悬浮液透光率、FT-IR考察了MD膜驱剂（MDFFA）对粘土稳定性的作用。结果表明，MDFFA的浓度低于0．3 mmol／g（以蒙脱土质量计）时，蒙脱土悬浮液Zeta电位的提高是由于膜驱剂分子的吸附改变了蒙脱土的层电荷；高于此浓度时，Zeta电位进一步提高是由于双电层的压缩。随着MDFFA浓度的增大，蒙脱土的完全膨胀层向部分膨胀层转化，并且经水冲洗、浸泡后，其XRD谱峰位置变化不大。较高浓度的MDFFA，能有效地抑制蒙脱土的分散，且不会形成对地层有害的絮凝体。MDFFA使蒙脱土层间水的含量明显降低。     

Organic Nanoparticles: Preparation,Self‐Assembly,and Properties

The strong tendency of organic nanoparticles to rapidly self‐assemble into highly aligned superlattices at room temperature when solution‐cast from dispersions or spray‐coated directly onto various substrates is described. The nanoparticle dispersions are stable for years. The novel precipitation process used is believed to result in molecular distances and alignments in the nanoparticles that are not normally possible. Functional organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs)—which have the same host–dopant emissive‐material composition—with process‐tunable electroluminescence have been built with these nanoparticles, indicating the presence of novel nanostructures. For example, only changing the conditions of the precipitation process changes the OLED emission from green light to yellow.     

石化企业挥发性有机物成分谱构建及溯源解析

石化企业是挥发性有机物(VOCs)的重点排放源，开展VOCs成分谱构建和溯源解析工作对石化企业进行有针对性的污染治理具有重要的意义。综述了石化企业VOCs排放特征的研究现状，重点介绍了石化企业VOCs源成分谱和溯源解析工作的研究进展和存在的问题，建议完善采样和分析方法，利用数学算法，构建基于生产工艺的源成分谱，优化解析模型，形成一套完善的溯源解析技术，从而为石化企业大气污染物溯源提供理论、技术支持，有效实现石化企业安全环保一体化监控。     

双层有机电致发光器件有机层厚度优化的数值研究

在陷阱电荷限制电流传导理论的基础上,提出了双层有机电致发光器件的数值模型,研究了结构为"阳极/空穴输运层(HTL)/发光层(EML)/阴极"的器件中电流密度和量子效率随有机层的特征陷阱能量、陷阱密度和载流子迁移率的依赖关系. 研究发现,对于给定的HTL和EML的特征陷阱能量、陷阱密度和载流子迁移率,存在一个最优的HTL和EML之间的厚度比率,在此最优厚度比下,器件的电流密度和量子效率达到最大.通过有机层厚度的优化,器件的电流密度和量子效率可提高多达两个数量级.另外,还研究了最优厚度比随有机层特征陷阱能量、总陷阱密度和载流子迁移率之间的定量关系.     

ADN氧化剂的合成及其在推进剂中的应用

综述了ADN的合成、性质及其在推进剂中的应用，认为球形ADN具有能量高、感度低、特征信号低，对环境无污染等优点，将其作为氧化剂在高能低特征信号推进剂中有着广阔的应用前景。     

Extracting Light from Polymer Light‐Emitting Diodes Using Stamped Bragg Gratings

In this paper, we describe a method for increasing the external efficiency of polymer light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) by coupling out waveguided light with Bragg gratings. We numerically model the waveguide modes in a typical LED structure and demonstrate how optimizing layer thicknesses and reducing waveguide absorption can enhance the grating outcoupling. The gratings were created by a soft‐lithography technique that minimizes changes to the conventional LED structure. Using one‐dimensional and two‐dimensional gratings, we were able to increase the forward‐directed emission by 47 % and 70 %, respectively, and the external quantum efficiency by 15 % and 25 %.     

Platinum Binuclear Complexes as Phosphorescent Dopants for Monochromatic and White Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes

Efficient blue‐, green‐, and red‐light‐emitting organic diodes are fabricated using binuclear platinum complexes as phosphorescent dopants. The series of complexes used here have pyrazolate bridging ligands and the general formula C^∧NPt(μ‐pz)₂PtC^∧N (where C^∧N = 2‐(4′,6′‐difluorophenyl)pyridinato‐N,C^2′, pz = pyrazole ( 1 ), 3‐methyl‐5‐tert‐butylpyrazole ( 2 ), and 3,5‐bis(tert‐butyl)pyrazole ( 3 )). The Pt–Pt distance in the complexes, which decreases in the order 1 > 2 > 3 , solely determines the electroluminescence color of the organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs). Blue OLEDs fabricated using 8 % 1 doped into a 3,5‐bis(N‐carbazolyl)benzene (mCP) host have a quantum efficiency of 4.3 % at 120 Cd m^–2, a brightness of 3900 Cd m^–2 at 12 V, and Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.11, 0.24). Green and red OLEDs fabricated with 2 and 3 , respectively, also give high quantum efficiencies (～ 6.7 %), with CIE coordinates of (0.31, 0.63) and (0.59, 0.46), respectively. The current‐density–voltage characteristics of devices made using dopants 2 and 3 indicate that hole trapping is enhanced by short Pt–Pt distances (< 3.1 Å). Blue electrophosphorescence is achieved by taking advantage of the binuclear molecular geometry in order to suppress dopant intermolecular interactions. No evidence of low‐energy emission from aggregate states is observed in OLEDs made with 50 % 1 doped into mCP. OLEDs made using 100 % 1 as an emissive layer display red luminescence, which is believed to originate from distorted complexes with compressed Pt–Pt separations located in defect sites within the neat film. White OLEDs are fabricated using 1 and 3 in three different device architectures, either with one or two dopants in dual emissive layers or both dopants in a single emissive layer. All the white OLEDs have high quantum efficiency (～ 5 %) and brightness (～ 600 Cd m^–2 at 10 V).