回用纤维表面的物理和化学变化

研究了硫酸盐浆、酸性亚硫酸盐浆、氢氧化钠浆、碱性亚硫酸盐浆1次回用后纤维的形态、纤维表面的物理及化学变化。结果表明,纸张经1次回用后,回用浆中细小纤维的含量明显增加,纤维平均长度变化不大,纤维的柔软性降低,卷曲指数和扭结指数下降;电镜分析显示,回用纤维的表面和原纤维的表面特征相似,密实光滑,但与原纤维表面相比,回用纤维暴露出较多的S2层,即纤维表面部分复合胞间层在回用过程中脱落;实验的4种浆料经回用后,纤维表面的O/C原子比均下降,氢氧化钠浆的O/C原子比下降得最多达22%,而酸性亚硫酸盐浆O/C原子比只下降3.4%。     

Effects of buffer gas composition on low temperature ignition of iso-octane and n-heptane

Experimental and numerical studies have been performed on the thermal and chemical effects of buffer gas composition on low temperature ignition of iso-octane and n-heptane. Experiments were conducted using a recently developed rapid compression machine in the temperature range of 600–850 K. Three buffer gases were studied including nitrogen (N₂), argon (Ar), and a mixture of Ar and carbon dioxide (CO₂) at a mole ratio of 65.1%/34.9%. Iso-octane was studied at 20 bar, ? = 1, and a dilution level of buffer gas to O₂ of 3.76:1 (mole ratio). n-Heptane was studied at 9 bar, ? = 1, and a dilution level of buffer gas to O₂ of 5.63:1 (mole ratio). For experiments where two-stage ignition was observed, the buffer gas composition had no impact on the first-stage ignition time but, as expected, it caused differences in the total heat release, pressure and temperature rise after the first-stage ignition. As a consequence, significant differences were observed for the total ignition delay time as a function of the buffer gas composition, with up to 40% and 42.5% faster total ignition time for iso-octane and n-heptane, respectively, by using Ar instead of N₂. The chemical effects of the buffer gas composition were studied experimentally by comparing the results of the N₂ and Ar/CO₂ (65.1%/34.9%) mixtures, recognizing that while the Ar/CO₂ mixture has the same heat capacity as N₂, its predicted combined third-body collision efficiency is about 76% higher than N₂. The experimental results showed negligible chemical effects on the first-stage and total ignition delay times. Numerical simulations were carried out over a wider range of temperatures for pure N₂, Ar, and CO₂ as buffer gases. Results showed that thermal effects are very pronounced and dominated at the negative temperature coefficient and two-stage ignition conditions, which is consistent with the experimental results and previous studies in the literature. However, the simulation results also showed at temperatures higher than 850 K, the chemical effects of CO₂ became more important than the thermal effects.     

Kinetics of catalytic oxidation of methane,ethane and propane over palladium oxide

Catalytic oxidation of methane, ethane and propane over a palladium oxide (PdO) surface was investigated experimentally by wire microcalorimetry. The oxidation rate was determined for each reactant at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range of 600–800 K. The apparent kinetic parameters were extracted from the experimental measurements. It is shown that the oxidation of these hydrocarbons over the PdO surface proceeds with a similar mechanism: they undergo dissociative adsorption followed by the conversion of surface fragments to final products. A detailed surface reaction model is proposed, and the kinetic parameters of the crucial reactions are deduced from the present experimental observations. The catalytic oxidation rates are found to increase in the order of methane, ethane and propane. This observation is consistent with density functional theory calculations and may be correlated with the C–H bond energies of the corresponding surface intermediates.     

Pitch synchronous extended excitation in multimode CELP

This letter proposes a 4-kb/s multimode code-excited linear prediction (CELP) coder with pitch synchronous extended excitation. Three modes are used for the short-term excitation, namely algebraic, extended, or stochastic excitations, together with an adaptive codebook for the long-term excitation. Comparisons with the FS-1016 and ITU-T G.723.1 coders show a performance level between these standards     

Water absorption and dimensional stability of short kenaf fiber‐filled polypropylene composites treated with maleated polypropylene

The purpose of this research was to investigate the water absorption behavior and associated dimensional stability of kenaf‐polypropylene‐filled (PP/KF) composites. Composites with different fiber loadings, ranging from 0 to 40 wt %, were prepared with a twin‐screw extruder followed by hot press molding. The influence of the compatibilizer was also studied for PP/KF composite with 5 wt % maleated PP (MAPP). Water absorption testing was carried out at room temperature for 7 weeks. Tensile, flexural, and impact tests were also performed on control, wet, and re‐dried specimens. Increasing the fiber content resulted in higher water absorption and thickness swelling. The inferior mechanical properties of the wet composites were attributed to the effect of water, which deteriorates the interfacial properties of composites. On re‐drying, all properties were almost recovered because of the recovery of interfacial area as evident in scanning electron micrographs. Incorporation of the MAPP significantly improved the compatibility between the fiber and matrix and the mechanical properties of the composites compared with those without MAPP. It also diminished the water absorption as well as the related thickness swelling in the composites. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010     

Implications of enhancing critical flux of particulates by AC fields in RO desalination and reclamation

This paper discusses fouling in reverse osmosis in terms of the critical flux of foulants and the fouling mechanisms based on hydraulic resistance and loss of driving force due to cake-enhanced osmotic pressure (CEOP). In many cases CEOP is the dominant effect and this is exacerbated by the use of constant flux processing. The implications of increasing critical flux are described and the potential benefit of using AC field gradients to do this is illustrated for a model foulant.