Wind power and photovoltaic power: How to improve the accommodation capability of renewable electricity generation in China?

China's wind curtailment and photovoltaic curtailment was one of the prominent issues in 2014, and the renewable curtailment worsened in 2015. With the rapid growth of renewables, the phenomenon of the insufficiency in renewable accommodation capability is becoming more and more serious in 2016. In that case, the problem of the insufficient accommodation capability is pointed out by analyzing China's development requirements. The renewable power generation scale, the renewable power consumption, and the restrictions on the renewable electricity generation are discussed from the China's market perspective. Meanwhile, the legal environment, the planning requirement, the institutional setting, and the policy tools are introduced from the perspective of governmental regulation. An empirical analysis, a cause analysis and a trend analysis are illustrated before explaining the problem of renewable curtailment and proposing a solution for enhancing the accommodation capability. According to the analysis results, the solution for addressing the wind curtailment and PV curtailment is offered with respect to the technology, the institution, the legislation, and the political aspect. Through the research, the research conclusions are drew finally and the corresponding policy recommendations are put forward.     

γ-γ符合测量系统的新型前端读出电路研制

研制了一种新型前端读出电路，用于重离子治癌装置中符合测量原型系统的研究和测试。电路主要包括能量链、时间链和数据处理单元。能量链由截止频率7 MHz的抗混叠滤波器和模数转换器(ADC)组成，形成波形采样电路；时间链由高速比较器构成的定时甄别电路和时间数字转换器（TDC）组成；数据处理单元基于现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)设计实现。电路的线性度优于0.8%，噪声小于0.8 mV（RMS）。配合LaBr3单晶体条测试，能量分辨为4.5%（FWHM），在与LYSO晶体阵列配合测试时，位置映射散点图清晰。该前端读出电路性能优于CAMAC系统，具有较好的实际应用前景。     

Effect of biohydrogen by overexpressing small RNA RyhB combined with ldh impairment in novel Klebsiella sp. FSoil 024

Biotechnological hydrogen production is considered as an environmentally sustainable alternative to petrochemical sources or electrolysis. Here, disruption of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and metabolic regulation via the small RNA RyhB were adopted to improve hydrogen production in the novel Klebsiella sp. strain FSoil 024. The hydrogen production of FSoil 024-L (Δldh) and FSoil 024-L/R (Δldh/RyhB) from glucose in a 5-L fermenter respectively increased by 40 and 50% compared to the wild type. When glycerol was adopted as a more favorable substrate, FSoil 024-L generated 3.3 L/L of hydrogen after 52 h of fermentation, implying its great potential for the utilization of crude glycerol to produce hydrogen. Overexpression of RyhB downregulated formate biosynthesis in FSoil 024, thereby redirecting NADH toward the hydrogen production pathway. This finding provides new insights into the role of cellular reducing power in hydrogen metabolism and establishes a rationale for improving hydrogen production.     

A new DEA common-weight multi-criteria decision-making approach for technology selection

This paper addresses an advanced manufacturing technology selection problem by proposing a new common-weight multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach in the evaluation framework of data envelopment analysis (DEA). We improve existing technology selection models by giving a new mathematical formulation to simplify the calculation process and to ensure its use in more general situations with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. Further, an algorithm is provided to solve the proposed model based on mixed-integer linear programming and dichotomy. Compared with previous approaches for technology selection, our approach brings new contributions. First, it guarantees that only one decision-making unit (DMU) (referring to a technology) can be evaluated as efficient and selected as the best performer while maximising the minimum efficiency among all the DMUs. Second, the number of mixed-integer linear programs to solve is independent of the number of candidates. In addition, it guarantees the uniqueness of the final optimal set of common weights. Two benchmark instances are used to compare the proposed approach with existing ones. A computational experiment with randomly generated instances is further proceeded to show that the proposed approach is more suitable for situations with large datasets.     

An energy-efficient two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling problem in a glass production

Energy-efficient scheduling is highly necessary for energy-intensive industries, such as glass, mould or chemical production. Inspired by a real-world glass-ceramics production process, this paper investigates a bi-criteria energy-efficient two-stage hybrid flow shop scheduling problem, in which parallel machines with eligibility are at stage 1 and a batch machine is at stage 2. The performance measures considered are makespan and total energy consumption. Time-of-use (TOU) electricity prices and different states of machines (working, idle and turnoff) are integrated. To tackle this problem, a mixed integer programming (MIP) is formulated, based on which an augmented ε-constraint (AUGMECON) method is adopted to obtain the exact Pareto front. A problem-tailored constructive heuristic method with local search strategy, a bi-objective tabu search algorithm and a bi-objective ant colony optimisation algorithm are developed to deal with medium- and large-scale problems. Extensive computational experiments are conducted, and a real-world case is solved. The results show effectiveness of the proposed methods, in particular the bi-objective tabu search.     

亮色系建筑涂料色浆的研制及应用

阐述了自制亮色系色浆的必要性。介绍了自制亮色系色浆的颜料筛选,配方调整及其在建筑涂料中应用后对面漆性能的影响。     

Synthesis and application of thermal latent initiators of epoxy resins: A review

Epoxy resin, which is extensively used in civil and industrial applications, shows excellent comprehensive performance, especially as a polymer matrix used in fiber-reinforced composites. A thermal latent initiator, used as an epoxy curing agent, has high storage stability and is widely applied in the preparation of epoxy-based blends and fiber-reinforced composites. In this review, the basic properties of epoxy resins and commonly used curing agents are discussed while progress on the synthesis of thermal latent initiators is reviewed in detail. Moreover, the curing mechanisms, thermal stability, and mechanical properties of epoxy resins with thermal latent initiators are also discussed.