Study of MW-scale biogas-fed SOFC-WGS-TSA-PEMFC hybrid power technology as distributed energy system: Thermodynamic,exergetic and thermo-economic evaluation

Advanced biogas power generation technology has been attracting attentions, which contributes to the waste disposal and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. This work proposes and models a novel biogas-fed hybrid power generation system consisting of solid oxide fuel cell, water gas shift reaction, thermal swing adsorption and proton exchange membrane fuel cell (SOFC-WGS-TSA-PEMFC). The thermodynamic, exergetic, and thermo-economic analyses of this hybrid system for power generation were conducted to comprehensively evaluate its performance. It was found that the novel biogas-fed hybrid system has a gross energy conversion efficiency of 68.63% and exergy efficiency of 65.36%, indicating high efficiency for this kind of hybrid power technology. The market sensitivity analysis showed that the hybrid system also has a low sensitivity to market price fluctuation. Under the current subsidy level for the distributed biogas power plant, the levelized cost of energy can be lowered to 0.02942 $/kWh for a 1 MW scale system. Accordingly, the payback period and annual return on investment can reach 1.4 year and about 20%, respectively. These results reveal that the proposed hybrid system is promising and economically feasible as a distributed power plant, especially for the small power scale (no more than 2 MW).     

In Situ Investigation and Numerical Simulation of the Failure Depth of an Inclined Coal Seam Floor: A Case Study

Mine Water and the Environment - The 1131 working face of the Yangcheng coal mine was used for a research demonstration to study the failure characteristics of an inclined coal seam floor. A...     

基于深度学习的文本自动摘要方案

针对自然语言处理（NLP）生成式自动摘要领域的语义理解不充分、摘要语句不通顺和摘要准确度不够高的问题，提出了一种新的生成式自动摘要解决方案，包括一种改进的词向量生成技术和一个生成式自动摘要模型。改进的词向量生成技术以Skip-Gram方法生成的词向量为基础，结合摘要的特点，引入词性、词频和逆文本频率三个词特征，有效地提高了词语的理解；而提出的Bi-MulRnn+生成式自动摘要模型以序列映射（seq2seq）与自编码器结构为基础，引入注意力机制、门控循环单元（GRU）结构、双向循环神经网络（BiRnn）、多层循环神经网络（MultiRnn）和集束搜索，提高了生成式摘要准确性与语句流畅度。基于大规模中文短文本摘要（LCSTS）数据集的实验结果表明，该方案能够有效地解决短文本生成式摘要问题，并在Rouge标准评价体系中表现良好，提高了摘要准确性与语句流畅度。     

Dual-phase rare-earth-zirconate high-entropy ceramics with glass-like thermal conductivity

A series of rare earth zirconates (RE₂Zr₂O₇) high-entropy ceramics with single- and dual-phase structure were prepared. Compared with La₂Zr₂O₇ and Yb₂Zr₂O₇, the smaller “rattling” ions (Yb³⁺, Er³⁺, Y³⁺) have been incorporated into pyrochlore lattice in (La_0.2Nd_0.2Y_0.2Er_0.2Yb_0.2)₂Zr₂O₇ (LNYEY) while larger ions (La³⁺, Nd³⁺, Sm³⁺, Eu³⁺) incorporated into fluorite lattice in (La_0.2Nd_0.2Sm_0.2Gd_0.2Yb_0.2)₂Zr₂O₇ (LNSGY). Due to high-entropy lattice distortion and resonant scattering derived from smaller ions Yb³⁺, Er³⁺, and Y³⁺, LNYEY shows a lower glass-like thermal conductivity (1.62-1.59 W m^-1 K^-1, 100-600℃) than LNSGY (1.74-1.75 W m^-1 K^-1, 100-600℃). Moreover, LNYEY and LNSGY exhibit enhanced Vickers’ hardness (LNYEY, H_v = 11.47 ± 0.41 GPa; LNSGY, H_v = 10.96 ± 0.26 GPa) and thermal expansion coefficients (LNYEY, 10.45 × 10^-6 K^-1, 1000℃; LNSGY, 11.02 × 10^-6 K^-1, 1000℃). These results indicate that dual-phase rare-earth-zirconate high-entropy ceramics could be desirable for thermal barrier coatings.     

Behavior of sulfate in preparation of single light rare earth carbonate by Mg(HCO_3)_2 precipitation method

The precipitation of the water-leaching solution of Baotou mixed rare earth(RE) concentrate roasted with sulfuric acid using ammonium bicarbonate for producing RE carbonate produces a mass of ammonia-nitrogen wastewater because of the relatively low solubility of rare earth sulfate.To solve the serious problem of ammonia-nitrogen pollution,new precipitators need to be developed urgently so as to meet the requirements of environmental protection and impurities content of the product(SO_4~(2-)1.8 wt% in RE carbonates products).In this paper,we studied the effects of feeding modes on the behavior of SO_4~(2-) during the preparation of light RE carbonate(RE=La,Ce,Pr,Nd) from their sulfate solutions using Mg(HCO_3)_2 as a precipitant.The results indicate that the contents of SO_4~(2+) in the La and Ce precipitates using positive feeding mode exceed 16 wt% because of the formation of La2(CO_3)_(2.15)(-SO_4)_(0.85)·4 H_2 O and Ce2(CO_3)_(2.15)(SO_4)_(0.85)·3 H_2 O,while those of the Pr and Nd precipitates are 4 wt%-5 wt%since they exist in the form of n-carbonate.The precipitates prepared using synchronous feeding mode are all RE carbonate with only 4 wt%-5 wt% of SO_4~(2-) enclosed in the precipitation.The content of SO_4~(2-) in the RE carbonate obtained using reverse feeding mode is the lowest.Among them,the content of SO_4~(2-) in La precipitate is only 1.40 wt%.Both synchronous and reverse feeding modes can effectively reduce the content of SO_4~(2-)in RE carbonate,which provides theoretical guidance for the preparation of qualified light RE carbonate products by Mg(HCO_3)_2 precipitation method.     

CaDHN3, a Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Dehydrin Gene Enhances the Tolerance against Salt and Drought Stresses by Reducing ROS Accumulation

Dehydrins (DHNs) play an important role in abiotic stress tolerance in a large number of plants, but very little is known about the function of DHNs in pepper plants. Here, we isolated a Y₁SK₂-type DHN gene “CaDHN3” from pepper. To authenticate the function of CaDHN3 in salt and drought stresses, it was overexpressed in Arabidopsis and silenced in pepper through virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Sub-cellular localization showed that CaDHN3 was located in the nucleus and cell membrane. It was found that CaDHN3-overexpressed (OE) in Arabidopsis plants showed salt and drought tolerance phenotypic characteristics, i.e., increased the initial rooting length and germination rate, enhanced chlorophyll content, lowered the relative electrolyte leakage (REL) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content than the wild-type (WT) plants. Moreover, a substantial increase in the activities of antioxidant enzymes; including the superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and lower hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) contents and higher O₂^•− contents in the transgenic Arabidopsis plants. Silencing of CaDHN3 in pepper decreased the salt- and drought-stress tolerance, through a higher REL and MDA content, and there was more accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the CaDHN3-silenced pepper plants than the control plants. Based on the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screening and Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) results, we found that CaDHN3 interacts with CaHIRD11 protein in the plasma membrane. Correspondingly, the expressions of four osmotic-related genes were significantly up-regulated in the CaDHN3-overexpressed lines. In brief, our results manifested that CaDHN3 may play an important role in regulating the relative osmotic stress responses in plants through the ROS signaling pathway. The results of this study will provide a basis for further analyses of the function of DHN genes in pepper.     

Effect of carbon nanotubes grown temperature on the fracture behavior of carbon fiber reinforced magnesium matrix composites: Interlaminar shear strength and tensile strength

The design of an interfacial structure is particularly important for load transfer in composites. In this paper, different amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grafted onto the carbon fiber (CF) surface by adjusting grown temperature using injection chemical vapor deposition (ICVD). The prepared CF preform grafted with CNTs (CNTs-CF) were used to reinforce magnesium alloy by squeeze casting process. The microstructures were analyzed by means of optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM), and the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and tensile strength of the composites were determined by double-notch shear test and tensile test. The results indicated that moderate ILSS was more conducive to improving the tensile properties of carbon fiber reinforced magnesium matrix (C_f/Mg) composites. Compared with C_f/Mg, the tensile strength of composite with CNTs increased by about 80%. For C_f/Mg composites grafted with CNTs, CNTs had the effects of delaying crack propagation and increasing energy consumption by the pull-out and bridging mechanism, which were the main reasons for improving the strength. The analysis of shear fracture surface showed that the crack propagation path can be optimized by adjusting the amounts of grafted CNTs. The presence of CNTs affects the stress distribution and consequently the crack initiation as well as the crack propagation.     

ε-聚赖氨酸-活性剂预混溶液的制备及在油浸食品中的抑菌活性

为解决ε-聚赖氨酸(ε-PL)的油难溶性以及由此导致抑菌性能差的问题，选取吐温80、司盘80作为表面活性剂，无水乙醇、丙三醇作为辅助剂，制备ε-PL与低浓度表面活性剂的预混溶液，探究其植物油溶性及其对油浸面制品中腐败微生物的抑制效果。结果表明，活性剂相与水相比例为1 ∶ 1.25，1 ∶ 1.5，1 ∶ 1.75配制的预混溶液(ETSG)均无底部凝胶沉淀，外观透明，流动性好。活性剂相与水相比例为1 ∶ 1.25的1% ETSG在葵花籽油和橄榄油中均可均匀分散且外观透明。ETSG能够显著抑制霉菌菌丝生长和孢子萌发，培养5 d后，0.1% ETSG处理的链格孢霉T5A和赭曲霉9F的菌落直径显著低于对照组83.44%和45.21%，4% ETSG处理的土曲霉YS-1-1的菌落直径显著低于对照组39.64%。0.1% ETSG使链格孢霉与赭曲霉的孢子萌发率分别从87.07%和85.01%降至1.91%和1.84%，4% ETSG处理使土曲霉的孢子萌发率从90.27%降至4.16%。此外，2%的ETSG可使面筋食品中的霉菌菌落总数显著下降62.5%。本研究为ε-PL作为天然防腐杀菌剂在油浸食品中的应用提供了理论依据。