Frederick A. Mote (1907-1982).

This obituary describes the career and contributions to psychology of Frederick A. Mote, PhD. Dr. Mote received his PhD from Brown University, where he returned from teaching psychology at the University of Connecticut to work on a National Defense Research Council contract until the end of World War II. In his position as senior psychophysiologist he was involved in development of new selection and classification tests for navy personnel, as well as with research on application of stereoscopic perception in design of equipment for navy operators. During these years he was also doing fundamental research on the role of reinforcement in acquisition and extinction of simple instrumental responses in animals--research which eventuated in a series of publications, some with his colleague and good friend, Frank Finger. After the war, Dr. Mote reentered academic teaching where he was promoted to professor at the University of Wisconsin in 1952 and conducted studies on determinants of dark adaptation in human vision. In 1955, Dr. Mote became chair of the Psychology Department, and served through 1959. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dynamics of an HVDC system in the presence of unbalanced AC transmission line faults and a stabilization scheme

The introduction of an HVDC system into the trunk power supply system requires transmitting as much dc power as possible for improving the whole ac/dc system stability. The continued operation scheme of an HVDC system which makes it possible to operate even under very low commutation bus voltage is adopted to cope with such system requirement. Further stability improvement can be achieved by adding damping control which modulates converter active and/or reactive power. To take full advantage of these control effects, it is essential that the HVDC system can maintain stable operation during the ac system faults and reclosing. Particular attention should be given to a repetitive commutation failure following the unbalanced ac transmission line faults. This paper discusses first the cause of the repetitive commutation failure when supplied with unbalanced ac system voltage based on an experiment using the CRIEPI AC-DC Power System Simulator. Then a stabilization control scheme with an on-line extinction angle estimation is proposed and the effect is verified by digital simulation.     

弧光接地过电压及限制措施在石化企业的应用

根据我公司1 10kV橡胶变电站6kV供电系统中性点接地方式,阐述了该装置的基本结构和工作原理,分析了新技术在本系统中所起的作用及带来的效果.     

Au纳米粒子二维周期阵列的LSPR消光特性分析

采用离散偶极子近似(DDA)方法,对不同间距的Au纳米粒子阵列在不同介质情况下的消光特性进行仿真分析。分析结果表明,消光峰值波长和强度随纳米粒子间距的减小而增大,但在间距较大的情况下折射率灵敏度基本不变。实验测量结果也表明,不同的密度分布的Au纳米球阵列对应了基本相同的折射率灵敏度。因此,在纳米粒子间距较大时,纳米粒子阵列局部分布的不均匀不会改变整体的折射率灵敏度,相同的消光峰值波长红移量对应相同的介质折射率变化量。     

基于有限元的磁光材料费尔德常数测试研究

正交消光法是磁光材料法拉第效应测试的一种常用方法。针对磁场测量的难度,采用有限元方法研究了系统中磁场的影响因素,改进了测试方案。和传统测试方法相比较,结果的准确度与精密度得到了提高。该测试方法可以应用于磁光材料费尔德常数的测试。     

Modelling long-term ecotoxicological effects on an algal population under dynamic nutrient stress

We study the effects of toxicants on the functioning of phototrophic unicellular organism (an algae) in a simple aquatic microcosm by applying a parameter-sparse model. The model allows us to study the interaction between ecological and toxicological effects. Nutrient stress and toxicant stress, together or alone, can cause extinction of the algal population. The modelled algae consume dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) under surplus light and use it for growth and maintenance. Dead algal biomass is mineralized by bacterial activity, leading to nutrient recycling. The ecological model is coupled with a toxicity-module that describes the dependency of the algal growth and death rate on the toxicant concentration. Model parameter fitting is performed on experimental data from Liebig, M., Schmidt, G., Bontje, D., Kooi, B.W., Streck, G., Traunspurger, W., Knacker, T. [2008. Direct and indirect effects of pollutants on algae and algivorous ciliates in an aquatic indoor microcosm. Aquatic Toxicology 88, 102-110]. These experiments were especially designed to include nutrient limitation, nutrient recycling and long-term exposure to toxicants. The flagellate species Cryptomonas sp. was exposed to the herbicide prometryn and insecticide methyl parathion in semi-closed Erlenmeyers. Given the total limiting amount of nitrogen in the system, the estimated toxicant concentration at which a long-term steady population of algae goes extinct will be derived. We intend to use the results of this study to investigate the effects of ecological (environmental) and toxicological stresses on more realistic ecosystem structure and functioning.     

水下气泡幕消光特性研究

为了研究水下气泡幕对激光传输特性的影响,采用米氏散射理论对水下气泡的消光截面和消光系数进行了计算,并在此基础上采用朗伯特-比尔定律对水下气泡幕的消光特性进行了理论分析和实验验证,取得了不同密度、不同厚度以及处于不同位置处气泡幕的透射光功率数据。结果表明,透过气泡幕的光功率随气泡密度以及气泡幕厚度呈指数衰减,而与气泡幕所处的位置没有密切关系。这一结论对舰船气泡尾流的光学探测是有帮助的。     

反向恢复电荷分散性对直流换流阀的影响

直流换流阀是直流输电的核心设备,它的设计性能直接影响整个直流系统的优劣。而晶闸管的反向恢复特性是阀设计时考虑的重要因素之一。为满足耐压要求,换流阀需多只晶闸管串联,但每只晶闸管的反向恢复电荷均不同,这种电荷分散性将引起晶闸管级端电压的不同。首先分析直流换流阀关断时刻反向恢复电荷差异对晶闸管级端电压的影响。在此基础上,分别分析反向恢复电荷分散性对阀最小触发电压和最小关断角的影响,推导其理论公式,并通过仿真验证公式的准确性。最后,得出在系统条件一定的情况下,阀设计时对所选用晶闸管的反向恢复电荷分散性的一般要求。     

关于RTDS直流换流器熄弧角计算方法的商榷

直流换流器熄弧角是直流输电系统的重要电气量,常被用于判断直流输电系统逆变器的换相失败．在电力系统分析中,一般当直流熄弧角小于阀去游离时间对应的最小角度,则判断直流输电系统发生了换相失败。近来研究发现．RTDS等电磁暂态仿真工具输出的“熄弧角”只能用于辨别是否发生了换相失败．但却并不能用来详细分析换相失败特征．即该熄弧角并不是直流换流器的真正熄弧角．通过与相关仿真技术人员的商榷．研究了RTDS的熄弧角角度的计算方法。RTDS通过不断刷新阀桥6个阀的最小熄弧角去得到熄弧角．而不是各阀组熄弧角的依次组合输出。基于RTDS和带有实际直流控制保护系统的闭环仿真案例研究进行了必要的说明．所阐述的换相失败发生过程及其各种电气量轨迹对研究和理解直流换相失败的特征具有一定的意义．基于对换相失败各电气量的轨迹的研究．对电磁暂态仿真的直流输电换相失败的判断和分析给出了建议的方法．     

偏振保持型磁光光开关的设计方案

提出并分析了偏振保持型(PM)1×2磁光开关的设计方案,采用该设计易于获得紧凑的结构及有效降低器件成本.理论分析了其实现原理以及各个光学参数,并由实验证实了该方案的有效性.设计结果表明,采用该方案能获得低损耗且结构简单的偏振光开关,其不同通道的串扰小,消光比性能优良,易于装配且适于在通信系统中集成.