Electricity generation in microbial fuel cell systems with Thiobacillus ferrooxidans as the cathode microorganism

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are systems that enable biochemical activities of bacteria to generate the electricity. These systems are of great interest because of their designs that enable biological activity in organic wastes to be transformed into direct electrical energy. In order to increase the commercial usage of MFCs, it is necessary to increase the power output of the system. So as to improve MFC performance, used material selection, the pH value of the used bacterial medium and the choice of the appropriate substrate are very important. In this study, oxidation bacteria Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on the cathode and mixed culture bacteria on the anode of MFC were used. Different anode and cathode pH values were examined in MFC. Best open circuit potential result (0.8 V) was obtained at anode pH 8 and cathode pH 2 conditions. In addition, three different substrates had been used in the anode. In the conditions of acetate the most stable and high valued curve was obtained. The open circuit potential had reached 0.726 V, and power density had reached 0.88 mW/cm².     

采用绝热式自燃测试方法分析煤的自燃倾向

对煤的自燃倾向进行快速有效鉴别,有助于对煤的自燃倾向采取分级分类管理从而有效防治煤矿火灾,因而采用绝热式自燃测试方法对煤的自燃倾向进行准确分析很有必要。简要介绍绝热式自燃测试方法的测试原理及其仪器结构,模拟煤炭自燃的物理过程,通过采用包括反应器、气体预热铜管和跟踪温度控制方式等综合绝热措施以实现300 g煤样的自然发火实验,记录煤样从40℃上升到70℃的升温速率(或前30 h的升温速率),测试煤样的自燃特性曲线并分析曲线特征。即建立煤绝热氧化产热速率计算模型,结合实验数据计算所得的煤在绝热氧化条件下的升温速率和产热速率可鉴定煤自燃倾向性的强弱。采用绝热式自燃测试方法对不同煤的自燃倾向分析后表明,无烟煤和部分烟煤的自燃倾向较低,褐煤的自燃倾向较高,故而在煤矿开采时需特别注意褐煤的自燃倾向。     

外测数据融合准则及最优权值计算方法

航天发射对火箭飞行弹道数据处理的精度要求日益增高，对参与外测融合解算的雷达信息可靠性也提出了较高的要求。为解决航天发射时异常测量数据参与外测融合求解可能会导致火箭弹道精度降低的问题，提出了外测数据融合准则和短时多测元快速遴选方法，可有效识别、剔除异常测量数据，确保同目标高精度测元参与融合解算；并针对不同体制、不等精度的测量数据设计了一种最优权值快速计算方法，该方法综合考虑了测控设备的实际测量精度及布站几何对弹道精度的影响，确保在设定步长内融合权值最优。仿真结果证明该算法简单适用，可确保关键节点测控信息源的准确度，有效提高了发射场火箭弹道参数的处理精度。     

基于ANSYS及加速寿命试验台对油缸单耳环活塞杆杆头断裂进行设计改进

该文对某工程机械油缸单耳环活塞杆杆头断裂进行失效分析,提出了在毛坯锻造工艺满足设计要求的条件下,单耳环活塞杆杆头变截面处应力集中导致残余应力过大,是单耳环活塞杆杆头断裂的主要原因。从这方面出发,优化了单耳环活塞杆杆头变截面处的残余应力,通过ANSYS软件对优化后的结构进行应力分析,并用油缸加速寿命可靠性试验台做2F台架实验和整机多批次小批量试装来验证改进措施的有效性,最终提高了油缸单耳环活塞杆杆头在极限工况下抗疲劳的强度。     

换热网络优化中换热单元生成频次的影响分析及策略改进

换热单元的生成频次对换热网络优化有直接的影响，分析其机理可以指导求解算法的改进。本文采用节点非结构模型及强制进化随机游走算法，通过设置不同的换热单元生成概率与生成个数以改变换热单元的生成频次，观察并记录个体在优化过程中产生的年综合费用变化情况。发现不同生成频次下整型变量和连续变量的相对优化频率发生了变化，从而改变了整体优化过程，并且与个体当前优化状态不适应的生成频次会造成相对优化频率不平衡、优化结果较差。基于此，本文提出了一种具有生成参数动态调节策略的换热单元生成方式，在优化过程中根据个体状态实时调整换热单元的生成概率与生成个数，平衡整型变量与连续变量的相对优化频率。最后，采用15SP、10SP和20SP算例进行验证，换热网络的年综合费用较文献结果分别下降了1.06%、0.16%、0.68%，验证了该策略使得换热单元的生成频次更为合理，有效地提高了算法的优化效率。     

文献计量视角下半导体材料SiC和GaN研究态势

Based on bibliometric, national and international research output within 2000~2018 of the third generation of semiconductor material SiC and GaN was collected. Analysis and studies were made in the region of time distribution, research forces and research hotspots. The general international development tendency and scientific research level in China were also discussed. Meanwhile, study directions clustering and burst key words detecting were used to discover and explain the inner law of evolutionary in this field, especially in the different research focus of various development stages. This paper could also provide a reference on research and arrangement in further studies.     

Damage evolution around white etching layer during uniaxial loading

Rolling contact fatigue cracks and thermally induced defects are common problems in the railway industry especially as demands for increasing loads, speeds, and safety continue to rise. Often, the two types of defects are found together in the field, however, whether one causes the other to occur is not completely agreed upon. The effect of thermal damage, in the form of a martensite spot on pearlitic steel test bars, on the fatigue life in uniaxial low cycle fatigue experiments was investigated by the authors. However, the focus of the current work was to characterize the damage evolution from the low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests and correlate the crack initiation and propagation with the initial thermal damage. Residual stress measurements, digital image correlation, and X‐ray tomography were used to characterize the effects of the thermal damage before, during, and after fatigue testing, respectively. It was found that the thermal damage causes strain accumulation and crack initiation at the interface between the two materials. The strain evolution was visualized using digital image correlation (DIC), clearly showing the strain concentrations at the top and bottom of the white etching layers (WEL), where the residual stresses are also most tensile. X‐ray tomography confirmed the planar crack growth from the martensite spot.     

小型煤矿低浓度瓦斯发电技术及应用效果研究

针对云南富源县辖区内大量小型煤矿抽采的低浓度瓦斯未开展有效利用的问题，以区内某小型煤矿为背景，采用现场调研、分析归纳、理论计算相结合的方法对其低浓度瓦斯发电项目展开分析研究。研究表明，某小型煤矿低浓度瓦斯发电项目成功的关键是“瓦斯治理先行”理念主导下的气源保障综合技术体系。在气源得以保障的基础上，该小型煤矿低浓度瓦斯发电项目已经持续高效运行4年，每年创造经济收益约403.2万元，减排CO2约4.47万t；同时促进了煤矿瓦斯治理工作有效落实，提高了煤矿安全生产水平，保障了煤矿产量的达标。     

涡流空气分级机熵产与分级性能分析

利用热力学第二定律中的熵产理论对涡流空气分级机各不可逆因素引起的熵产进行分析，通过粉料分级试验对其分级性能进行验证，获得了黏性熵产、湍流熵产和壁面熵产分布特点及操作参数对熵产和分级精度的影响规律。熵产分析结果表明，涡流空气分级机内湍流熵产和壁面熵产占总熵产的比例高达56.41%和43.11%，湍流熵产主要产生于转笼叶片间和转笼内部，进风口和细粉出口壁面剪切引起较大壁面熵产；此外，转笼转速和进口风速变化分别仅对转笼区域和切向进风口区域内气流运动熵产影响较大，进口风速-转笼转速处于8.6m/s、 800r/min和18m/s、1200r/min操作工况附近时，涡流空气分级机内总熵产/总能变化率较小，分级流场稳定性较高，对粗、细颗粒分离有利，该工况下分级机的粉料分级试验效果较好，说明熵产理论可用于涡流分级机内流动分析及其操作参数的优化匹配。     

Costs Impact of a Transition to Hydrogen-fueled Vehicles on the Spanish Power Sector

It is expected that demand response might provide soon ancillary services to the power system. This could be done, for example, by managing the use of Electric Vehicles (EV) batteries, or the production of flexible energy commodities such as hydrogen (H₂), that can be used for fuel cell vehicles (H2EV) or in industrial processes. This paper analyses the impact of a transition to H2EV as an alternative to EV for passengers’ cars on a Spanish-like power sector. A simple H₂ demand estimation is developed and provided to CEVESA, an operation and expansion model for the Iberian Power System Electricity Market (MIBEL). For this study, CEVESA was extended to include the investments and operation decisions of H₂ production. Simulations were performed to determine the optimal evolution of the H₂ production capacity and of the electricity generation mix, considering scenarios with different shares of EV and H2EV. The impact of H2EV vs EV mobility is assessed based on the recent Spanish National Plan for Energy and Climate (NECP) as the base case scenario. Results show that, even if H2EV mobility alternative is still more costly than EV, H₂ production could provide a significant flexibility to the system that should also be appraised. Indeed, H2EV mobility could become a feasible and complementary alternative to decarbonize mobility by powering H₂ production with the renewable generation surplus. This, together with the on-going learning process of this technology that will decrease its production costs and increase its efficiency in the coming years, could boost, even more, the development of the H₂ economy.