Influence of heat treatment on corrosion behaviors of 316L stainless steel in simulated cathodic environment of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

The influences of two types of heat-treatments on the corrosion behavior of 316L SS in the simulated cathodic environment of PEMFC, are investigated using potentiodynamic curve, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Mott-Schottky plot and auger electron spectroscopy (AES), respectively. The results show that 316L SS is in the passive state within the potential region from −0.1V_SCE to 0.8V_SCE in the simulated cathodic environment of PEMFC, and a passive film can be formed on 316L SS. The passivity of 316L SS in the simulated cathodic environment of PEMFC firstly increases and then degrades with the increased solid solution temperature or time, and the best passivity corresponds to the solid solution temperature at 1050 °C for 40 min among other solid solution treatments. While 316L SS heat-treated with the solid solution treatment at 1050 °C for 40 min plus aging treatment at 900 °C for 4 h, also has the best passivity in the same solution among other solid solution plus aging treatments. The best corrosion protection, lowest donor density and the highest thickness of the passive film corresponding to the solid solution temperature at 1050 °C for 40 min among other solid solution or solid solution plus aging heat treatments, and this treatment is mostly suitable for improving the anti-corrosion property of 316L SS in the simulated cathodic environment of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC).     

基于目标级联技术的含风电互联电网机组组合策略

针对含风电互联电网日前安全约束机组组合的规模大、约束复杂、求解困难等问题,提出基于目标级联分析技术的分散协调优化策略。将问题分解为负责区域间边界节点电压相角协调的上层优化问题和以并行方式独立优化各区域发电计划的下层优化问题。下层优化以弃风电量期望和电量不足期望,量化各区域内风电、负荷预测误差,以及常规机组强迫停运等系统运行不确定性所带来的风险,并以罚函数的形式引入目标函数,以综合优化系统可靠性与经济性。2区域12节点系统和IEEE RTS96三区域互联系统算例仿真验证所建模型和算法的有效性。     

Synthesis and properties of (Hf1-xTax)C solid solution carbides

Thermodynamically stable (Hf_1–xTa_x)C (x?=?0.1–0.3) compositions were selected by First Principle Calculation and synthesized in nanopowders via high-energy ball milling and carbothermal reduction of commercial oxides at 1450?°C. The formation of a solid solution during powder synthesis was investigated. The solid solution carbide powders were sintered at 1900?°C by spark plasma sintering without a sintering aid. As a result, the (Hf_1–xTa_x)C solid solution carbides exhibited high densities, excellent hardness and fracture toughness (ρ: 98.7–100.0%, HVN: 19.69–19.98?GPa, K_IC: 5.09–5.15?MPa?m^1/2) compared with previously reported HfC and HfC–TaC solid solution carbides.     

Preparation of biaxially textured Ce1-x(Y0.2Zr0.8)xOδ buffer layers on RABiTS NiW tapes by chemical solution deposition

Highly (100)-oriented Ce_1-x(Y_0.2Zr_0.8)_xO_δ (CYZO) films were prepared on biaxially textured NiW substrates by a chemical solution deposition approach using metal inorganic salts as starting materials. It has been found that both the preferential orientation and surface roughness of CYZO films decrease gradually with increasing of the doping percentage of Y³⁺ and Zr⁴⁺ ions. The epitaxial growth relationship of (220)_CYZO//(200)_NiW and [00?l]_CYZO//[001]_NiW was demonstrated by XRD texture measurement as well as atomic resolution STEM observation. XRD, Raman and XPS spectra results indicate that Y³⁺ and Zr⁴⁺ ions were indeed introduced into CeO₂ lattice to substitute Ce⁴⁺ ions and form cubic fluorite CYZO solid solution. Moreover, CeO₂ buffer layer can be endowed a strong enough capability to prevent element diffusion through co-doping of yttrium and zirconium, provided that an optimal doping ratio of them is adopted. This will provide a new approach to fabricating strong-barrier single buffer layer for coated conductor.     

Thermal stability of nanometric TiC-carbon composites: effects of carbon allotropes and Zr milling impurities

In the ISOL (Isotope Separator OnLine) method a target at high temperatures (up to 2300?°C), is bombarded with high energy protons in order to produce isotopes through nuclear reactions which are simultaneously extracted from the target, ionized and delivered to physics experiments. Due to the enhanced isotope release properties of nanosized porous materials, titanium carbide-carbon porous nanocomposites have been developed at CERN and tested up to 1500?°C. In the interest of the ISOL application, in this study we extended the range of temperatures up to 1800?°C, to test the sintering hindering capabilities of different carbon allotropes. Carbon black was the most effective with the smallest TiC crystallite size: <80?nm at 1800?°C. Additionally, using thermodynamic modelling, ex-situ X-ray powder diffraction and in-situ gas phase analysis, we show that there are interesting additional phase and lattice parameter changes due to the ZrO₂ impurities from the attrition milling.     

Microwave-assisted solution synthesis,microwave sintering and magnetic properties of cobalt ferrite

A simple, soft, and fast microwave-assisted hydrothermal method was used for the preparation of nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite powders from commercially-available Fe(NO₃)₃?9H₂O, Co(NO₃)₂?6H₂O, ammonium hydroxide, and tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAH). The synthesis was conducted in a sealed-vessel microwave reactor specifically designed for synthetic applications, and the resulting products were characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, and HR-TEM. After a systematic study of the influence of the microwave variables (temperature, reaction time and nature of the bases), highly crystalline CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles with a high uniformity in morphology and size, were directly obtained by heating at 130?°C for 20?min using the base TPAH. Dense ceramics of cobalt ferrite were prepared by non-conventional, microwave sintering of synthesized nanopowders at temperatures of 850–900?°C. The magnetic properties of both the nanopowders and the sintered specimens were determined in order to establish their feasibility as a permanent magnet.     

Solution combustion synthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticles as corrosion inhibitor

In this study, combustion synthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticles was reported using cerium nitrate hexahydrate as starting material as well as urea, glycine, glucose, and citric acid as fuels. The influence of fuel type on structure, microstructure, band gap, and corrosion inhibition was investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and scanning electron microscopy micrographs showed that CeO₂ nanoparticles with different morphologies were obtained depending on the fuel type. Microstructural changes from unreacted gel to sponge-like morphologies were resulted by varying the fuel type from urea, glycine, and glucose to citric acid. In addition to Ce–O bonds, Fourier transform infrared analysis showed carbon bonds of carbonaceous compositions from incomplete combustion which were declined during combustion reaction. Furthermore, corrosion analyses showed that samples synthesized using urea fuel released the most Ce⁺⁴ ions and could have better protection than other samples.     

非高斯噪声激励下非线性漂移Fokker-Planck方程的非稳态解及其应用

非高斯噪声广泛存在于各种非线性系统，对非高斯噪声所驱动系统的非稳态演化行为进行研究可以更为深入的了解其内在的演化机理．本文对非高斯噪声和高斯白噪声共同驱动的非线性动力学系统的非稳态演化问题进行研究．首先应用格林函数的 $\Omega$ 展开理论在初始区域对非线性动力学系统进行线性化，然后结合本征值和本征矢理论推导出了该系统 Fokker-Planck 方程的近似非稳态解的表达式，最后以 Logistic 系统模型为例分析了非高斯噪声强度，关联时间及非高斯噪声偏离参数对非稳态解以及一阶矩的影响．研究结果表明，用 Logistic 模型描述产品产量增长时，其非稳态解可更好地反映产品产量在不稳定点附近的演化行为．