Numerical study of flow distribution uniformity for the optimization of gradient porosity configuration of porous copper fiber sintered felt for hydrogen production through methanol steam reforming micro-reactor

A macroscopic numerical method is proposed to study the flow distribution uniformity of a novel porous copper fiber sintered felt (PCFSF), which has gradient porosities and was developed as the methanol steam reforming micro-reactor catalyst support for hydrogen production for fuel cell applications. The macroscopic porous media developed by the ANSYS/FLUENT software is used to represent the PCFSF. Our results indicate that the gradient porosity can reshape the flow distribution of PCFSFs greatly, thus producing significant influence on their performance. It is further revealed that, for a PCFSF with a determined gradient porosity configuration but different reactant feed directions, the velocity uniformity can be used as a quantitative criterion to evaluate the performance of hydrogen production. Furthermore, new gradient PCFSFs are produced according to the flow distribution of original gradient PCFSFs. The preliminary experimental results of the new gradient PCFSFs of 0.8-0.9-0.7 and 0.7-0.9-0.8 exhibit better methanol conversion and H₂ flow rate. This indicates that the numerical method can be used for the optimization of PCFSFs' gradient porosity configuration, which consists of the shape and position of the interfaces between different porosity portions, the number of interfaces and the porosity distribution in different portions.     

A comprehensive review of solar thermoelectric cooling systems

The negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels have forced the energy research community seriously to consider renewable sources, such as naturally available solar energy. This paper provides an overview of solar thermoelectric (TE) cooling systems. Thus, this review presents the details referring to TE cooling parameters and formulations of the performance indicators and focuses on the development of TE cooling systems in recent decade with particular attention on advances in materials and modeling and design approaches. Additionally, the TE cooling applications have been also reviewed in aspects of electronic cooling, domestic refrigeration, air conditioning, and power generation. Finally, the possibility of solar TE cooling technologies application in “nearly zero” energy buildings is briefly discussed, and some future research directions are included. This research shows that TE cooling systems have advantages over conventional cooling devices, including compact in size, light in weight, high reliability, no mechanical moving parts, no working fluid, being powered by direct current, and easily switching between cooling and heating modes.     

基于随机模型的动车组制动模块稳健优化设计

针对目前产品优化设计中未考虑设计变量随机性和灵敏度指数对产品质量特性的影响及优化求解效率低等问题，提出一种综合考虑灵敏度指数与质量损失函数的稳健优化设计方法。通过假设设计变量的分布类型，得到设计变量的概率分布特征，将设计变量对产品质量特性的灵敏度指数与质量损失函数加权整合，并以此作为优化目标，以设计变量的容差作为约束条件，构建随机稳健优化模型。通过扩大种群数目、改进控制参数及增加惩罚因子的方法对遗传算法进行改进，结合改进的遗传算法对优化模型进行求解，得到优化模型的全局稳健最优解。以某动车组制动模块为例，采用给出的方法对其进行稳健优化设计，验证该方法的有效性与合理性。优化结果表明，该方法能够实现动车组制动模块的稳健优化设计，提高了制动模块的抗干扰能力。     

Extraction optimization and adsorption isotherm kinetics of polyphenols from blossoms of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara Engl

ABSTRACT

Crude extracts were extracted from blossoms of Citrus aurantium L. var. amara Engl. with 50% ethanol (CAVAP-E), 50% methanol (CAVAP-M), and hot water (CAVAP-W). CAVAP-W had the highest polyphenol yield of 3.7%. The optimum values of liquid/solid ratio, ultrasonic time, and ultrasonic power were 34.06 mL/g, 1 h, and 81.04 W, respectively. The adsorption characteristics of polyphenols were investigated using different macroporous resins. AB-8 and HP-20 resins offered higher adsorption and desorption capacities. Langmuir equation was more suitable to predict the adsorption of polyphenols. The pseudo second-order model was satisfactory to describe the kinetic data of polyphenols onto AB-8 and HP-20.     

某污水处理厂MBR膜系统改造与运行管理

某污水处理厂设计规模为10万t/d,采用AAO+MBR工艺,设计出水水质满足《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB 18918-2002)一级A标准。由于运行时间较长,MBR运行系统存在产能下降、膜丝断丝脱落、污堵和清洗频次以及强度增加等问题,严重影响正常生产运行。针对MBR系统运行中存在的问题,文中提出具体改造建议,并总结运行经验,进一步优化MBR膜系统的运行维护管理,为其他污水厂MBR膜系统运行问题提供解决思路和维护管理经验。     

基于粒子群算法的车辆半主动悬架模糊PID控制的优化研究

为 了 改 善 轮 毂 驱 动 电 动 汽 车 非 簧 载 质 量 增 加 导 致 行 驶 平 顺 性 和 操 纵 稳 定 性 下 降 的 问 题 ，提 出了 一 种 基 于 粒 子 群 算 法 优 化 的 模 糊ＰＩＤ控 制 器 。 首 先 ，建 立 １ ／ ２ 车 辆 半 主 动 悬 架 模 型 ，完 成 对 模 糊 控 制 器的 设 置 ，并 在Ｓｉｍ ｕｌｉｎｋ 环 境 下 建 立 带 有 模 糊 ＰＩＤ控 制 器 的 悬 架 模 型 ，然 后 使 用 粒 子 群 算 法 对 模 糊ＰＩＤ控 制器 进 行 优 化 。 最 后 ，对 粒 子 群 算 法 优 化 的 模 糊ＰＩＤ控 制 半 主 动 悬 架 进 行 仿 真 研 究 。 仿 真 结 果 表 明 ，粒 子 群算 法 优 化 的 模 糊ＰＩＤ控 制 的 悬 架 系 统 相 较 于 传 统ＰＩＤ控 制 和 模 糊ＰＩＤ控 制 ，悬 架 性 能 得 到 大 幅 提 升 。     

烟气CO2捕集热能梯级利用节能工艺耦合优化

醇胺法捕集CO₂技术是一种较成熟的CO₂捕集技术，具有吸收速度快、脱除效果好等显著优点，但其操作费用高、解吸能耗大。本文以降低醇胺法捕集烟气中CO₂系统再生能耗为出发点，对常规醇胺法捕集CO₂工艺统进行了节能优化研究。在常规工艺流程基础上引入压缩式热泵节能技术，并利用Aspen Plus软件建立了基于压缩式热泵技术的CO₂捕集工艺流程模型。研究了压缩式热泵与机械蒸汽压缩回收（MVR）热泵、分流解吸、分布式换热、级间冷却4种节能工艺耦合，通过模拟计算与优化，结果说明了最佳节能工艺组合为“解吸塔压缩式热泵+贫液MVR热泵+分流解吸+级间冷却”耦合的CO₂捕集工艺流程，当解吸塔顶气体分流比为0.25∶0.75、冷富液分流比为0.05∶0.95、级间冷却器位于吸收塔17块塔板位置、吸收塔输入冷量为-3.0GJ/h时，系统再生能耗最低，为2.533 GJ/tCO₂，相比常规有机胺工艺（再生能耗4.204GJ/tCO₂）节能率39.748%。     

Bearing Failure Optimization of Composite Double-Lap Bolted Joints Based on a Three-Step Strategy Marked By Feasible Region Reduction and Model Decoupling

To minimize the mass and increase the bearing failure load of composite doublelap bolted joints, a three-step optimization strategy including feasible region reduction, optimization model decoupling and optimization was presented. In feasible region reduction, the dimensions of the feasible design region were reduced by selecting dominant design variables from numerous multilevel parameters by sensitivity analyses, and the feasible regions of variables were reduced by influence mechanism analyses. In model decoupling, the optimization model with a large number of variables was divided into various sub-models with fewer variables by variance analysis. In the third step, the optimization sub-models were solved one by one using a genetic algorithm, and the modified characteristic curve method was adopted as the failure prediction method. Based on the proposed optimization method, optimization of a double-lap single-bolt joint was performed using the ANSYS^® code. The results show that the bearing failure load increased by 13.5% and that the mass decreased by 8.7% compared with those of the initial design of the joint, which validated the effectiveness of the three-step optimization strategy.     

Improvement of Stochastic Competitive Learning for Social Network

As an unsupervised learning method, stochastic competitive learning is commonly used for community detection in social network analysis. Compared with the traditional community detection algorithms, it has the advantage of realizing the timeseries community detection by simulating the community formation process. In order to improve the accuracy and solve the problem that several parameters in stochastic competitive learning need to be pre-set, the author improves the algorithms and realizes improved stochastic competitive learning by particle position initialization, parameter optimization and particle domination ability self-adaptive. The experiment result shows that each improved method improves the accuracy of the algorithm, and the F1 score of the improved algorithm is 9.07% higher than that of original algorithm.