天然气新型气液分离器性能试验研究

为了解决天然气含有饱和水汽和少量烃降低输气效率、堵塞管线和设备等问题,利用旋风子、稳流元件、叶栅式分离元件、折流板式分离元件组合成新型天然气分离器。利用相位多普勒粒子分析仪对新型天然气分离器进出口粒子粒径与液态水含量的进行对比测试,以研究新型分离器的分离效率。结果表明:新型分离器具有良好的气液分离作用;在流量为10～64 m~3/h时,分离器的分离效率成抛物线形式,在33 m~3/h时分离器的分离效率降到最低值95.16%,主要原因是流量在33 m~3/h时,试验气液混合不均匀,导致内部流态紊乱,以至于试验测得分离效率相对偏低;在流量为10 m~3/h时分离器分离效率最高,为99.29%;分离器对该进口条件的气体中雾状液粒有较高的分离作用,且可以明显降低分离器出口气体中液粒的平均粒径;从进口到气相出口压力逐渐降低,总压降为950 Pa;流动区域速度梯度大不利于气液相分离,流动掺混会导致分离效率降低。     

Evaluation of Transport Phenomena for Removing Vanadium from Petrochemical Industry Solid Waste

Transport phenomena are investigated which are involved in the electrokinetic remediation process used for removing vanadium from deactivated catalysts from oil catalytic cracking that are currently allotted to cement plants and class-I landfills. Variables such as the concentration of electrolyte, electric potential, and applied electric current were evaluated in order to determine the effects produced by electroosmosis, diffusion, hydraulic gradient, and electromigration on the removal of vanadium from the catalyst. It was observed that migration is the most relevant phenomenon in the remediation tests, and for the best remediation condition, the migratory flow accounted for about 87 % of the vanadium removal.     

Two/three-dimensional reduced graphene oxide coating for porous flow distributor in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

There are drawbacks to use stainless-steel plates as a flow distributor plate in fuel cell, due to some of their properties being inferior to graphite flow distributor plates in terms of electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance. To overcome these problems, many researches have been conducted to improve the properties of stainless-steel flow distributor plates through coating of carbon materials. Herein, two-dimensional Web-like graphene (WG) and self-assembled three-dimensional graphene (STG) are coated through superheat vaporization of micro-droplet method. WG is coated in porous Ni–Cr foam and STG is constructed on the flat flow distributor plate, and they exhibit the feasibility to be applied in flow distributors. Compared to uncoated Ni–Cr foam, the performance of the PEMFC system with the graphene coated foam is enhanced remarkably. Furthermore, the flow distributor plate with the STG exhibits potential to be used directly to flow distributor.     

Critical state model for structured soil

Structure is an evident determinant for macroscopic behaviors of soils. However, this is not taken into account in most constitutive models, as structure is a rather complex issue in models. For this, it is important to develop and implement simple models that can reflect this important aspect of soil behavior. This paper tried to model structured soils based on well-established concepts, such as critical state and sub-loading. Critical state is the core of the classic Cam Clay model. The sub-loading concept implies adoption of an inner (sub-loading) yield surface, according to specific hardening rules for some internal strain-like state variables. Nakai and co-workers proposed such internal variables for controlling density (ρ) and structure (ω), using a modified stress space, called t_ij. Herein, similar variables are used in the context of the better-known invariants (p and q) of the Cam Clay model. This change requires explicit adoption of a non-associated flow rule for the sub-loading surface. This is accomplished by modifying the dilatancy ratio of the Cam Clay model, as a function of the new internal variables. These modifications are described and implemented under three-dimensional (3D) conditions. The model is then applied to simulating laboratory tests under different stress paths and the results are compared to experiments reported for different types of structured soils. The good agreements show the capacity and potential of the proposed model.     

Exploring the biomechanics of walking and crowd “flow”

Crowd movement simulation models are generally based on aggregated speed and flow data collected more than 50 years ago. There appears to be no validated modelling capability to include the impact of recent and future changes in population demographics, resulting from an ageing population and increasing obesity rates. New analytical approaches and data gathering are required to successfully model crowd movement and safety for current and future generations. This study carried out (a) a review of the primary components of crowd movement, demographics and analytical techniques, (b) prototype experiments to investigate age-related aspects of space and potential points of contact and (c) a new predictive model for crowd flow analysis based on pedestrian biomechanics and anthropometric data. The model uses the physical space taken up by the biomechanical walking process and the spatial buffer between points of potential contact with other pedestrians to predict the speed of movement at different levels of congestion. The new analytical model was used to predict single file speeds (for people with different demographics in congested space), which compared well with published experimental data. The next steps for model development for wider “flows” and additional experiments to provide data sets for wider demographics are also proposed.     

Highly stable graphene oxide composite proton exchange membrane for electro-chemical energy application

Proton exchange membrane is a basic element for any redox flow battery. Nafion is the only commercial available proton exchange membrane used in different electro-chemical energy systems. High cost restrict it's used for energy generation devices. In present work, we synthesised styrene divinylbenzene based composite proton exchange membranes (PEMs) with varying sulfonated graphene oxide (sGO) content for redox flow battery (RFB). Synthesized copolymer PEMs were analyzed in terms of their chemical structure with the help of FT-IR spectroscopy to confirm desired functional groups at appropriate position. Electrochemical characterization was performed in terms proton-exchange capacity, protonic conductivity and water uptake. Membrane shows adequate proton exchange capacity with good proton conductivity. Vanadium ion permeability was also tested for the prepared membrane to assess capability for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) in contrast with commercially available Nafion 117 PEM. Higher VO⁺² ion cross-over resistance was found for CEM-4 with 7.17 × 10⁻⁷ cm² min⁻¹ permeability, which is about half of the CEM-1. Further CEM-4 was also evaluated for charging-discharging phenomenon for single cell VRFB. The values of columbic, voltage and energy efficiency for VRFB confirms prepared membrane as a good candidate for redox flow battery. Composite PEM also shows better mechanical and thermal stability. Results indicates that synthesized composite membrane can be used in vanadium redox flow battery.     

Probabilistic tree-based representation for solving minimum cost integer flow problems with nonlinear non-convex cost functions

The minimum cost flow problem (MCFP) is the most generic variation of the network flow problem which aims to transfer a commodity throughout the network to satisfy demands. The problem size (in terms of the number of nodes and arcs) and the shape of the cost function are the most critical factors when considering MCFPs. Existing mathematical programming techniques often assume the cost functions to be linear or convex. Unfortunately, the linearity and convexity assumptions are too restrictive for modelling many real-world scenarios. In addition, many real-world MCFPs are large-scale, with networks having a large number of nodes and arcs. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic tree-based genetic algorithm (PTbGA) for solving large-scale minimum cost integer flow problems with nonlinear non-convex cost functions. We first compare this probabilistic tree-based representation scheme with the priority-based representation scheme, which is the most commonly-used representation for solving MCFPs. We then compare the performance of PTbGA with that of the priority-based genetic algorithm (PrGA), and two state-of-the-art mathematical solvers on a set of MCFP instances. Our experimental results demonstrate the superiority and efficiency of PTbGA in dealing with large-sized MCFPs, as compared to the PrGA method and the mathematical solvers.     

Flow Cytometry: From Experimental Design to Its Application in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Respiratory Diseases

Recent advances in the field of flow cytometry (FCM) have highlighted the importance of incorporating it as a basic analysis tool in laboratories. FCM not only allows the identification of cell subpopulations by detecting the expression of molecules in the cell membrane or cytoplasm, but it can also quantify and identify soluble molecules. The proper functioning of the FCM requires six fundamental systems, from those related to the transport of events to the systems dedicated to the analysis of information. In this review, we have identified the main considerations that every FCM user must know for an optimal antibody panel design, the quality systems that must govern the FCM protocols to guarantee reproducible results in research or clinical laboratories. Finally, we have introduced the current evidence that highlights the relevance of FCM in the investigation and clinical diagnosis of respiratory diseases, establishing important advances in the basic and clinical study of diseases as old as Tuberculosis along with the recent proposals for the monitoring and classification of patients infected with the new SARS-CoV2 virus.     

转向齿扇多向精密成形工艺

为了降低转向齿扇成形载荷、提高成形模具寿命,通过对转向齿扇的结构特点和工艺性分析,结合多向成形金属流动特点,提出了转向齿扇多向精密成形工艺方案。采用有限元模拟软件DEFORM-3D,对转向齿扇多向精密成形过程进行了数值模拟,对其成形过程中的金属流动规律进行了分析并预测成形载荷。结果表明,成形过程中齿扇充填均匀,角隅充填饱满,多向精密成形工艺最大成形载荷比单向闭塞挤压成形载荷降低了29%,成形时间缩短了53%,有利于提高模具的使用寿命。对多向精密成形工艺进行了成形试验,试验成形出的转向齿扇充填饱满,成形载荷与预测载荷基本一致。试验结果表明了该工艺的可行性和实用性。     

初始制动时预测湿式制动器热对流特性的积分方法

湿式制动器对重型车辆安全具有关键影响，以湿式制动器摩擦副间隙的冷却液压油（Automotive transmission fluid，ATF）为研究对象，考虑车辆初始制动阶段流体的黏性摩擦和层流流动特征，利用积分方法建立了摩擦副流体的非稳态能量方程，并获得了能同时满足轴向和径向边界条件的三维温度和热流密度显式解析表达式，通过简化动量方程和多项式分布假设也获得了径向速度和压力的理论解，与以往试验对比表明，压力和温度解析解与试验结果具有较好的一致性，理论模型有望推广用于液黏离合器等其他HVD装置的ATF速度场、温度场和热流密度场的理论预测。