Analysis of the corrosion failure causes of shale gas surface pipelines

A shale gas gathering and transportation pipeline in a good block in Sichuan Province started leaking after less than a year of operation. To investigate the causes of corrosion of the sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction were used to analyze the corrosion and perforation of the shale gas surface pipeline in conjunction with bacterial corrosion simulation experiments. The results showed that the pipeline material (L360N) conformed to the requirements of the American Petroleum Institute 5 L standard and that extracellular polymeric substances were present in the corrosion pits. The corrosion products mainly included FeCO₃, FeS, CaCO₃, MgCO₃, and Fe mineralization. At 40°C, the uniform corrosion rate of L360N in the simulation experiment was 0.234 mm/a, and the local corrosion rate was 0.458 mm/a. SRB, saprophytes, and iron bacteria were detected in the on-site water medium and corrosion products, indicating that the main causes of shale gas pipeline corrosion are bacterial and CO₂ corrosion.     

放电参数变化对电感耦合等离子闭式等离子体空间分布特性研究

射频电感耦合等离子体（ICP）在实际放电过程中，线圈的构型、电源参数、气压等外部工质条件的变化均会对结果产生较大影响，依靠实验很难得到多外部条件对ICP参数分布的影响机理和规律，因此需要结合仿真和实验的方法进行分析。该文通过建立感性线圈的电磁学有限元模型，分析不同线圈构型下射频电磁场在等离子体内部的空间分布，研究放电参数（线圈构型、功率大小）对等离子体分布影响和E-H模型下放电形态的跳变过程，并观察进入稳定H模式后电源参数的变化规律，为等离子体源的小型化工程应用提供理论基础。实验和仿真计算结果表明：不同线圈匝数在不同功率条件下，电磁场强度变化对等离子功率吸收和功率耦合有较大影响；当工作气压在0～20Pa时，ICP的电子密度呈轴对称分布，随着放电功率、气压的增大，等离子体吸收的功率和电离度也随之增加，其电子密度相应地增大，放电功率的增加会使得环状的等离子体区域随之扩大，在轴向、径向上的分布呈先逐渐增大而后在靠近腔室壁面区域迅速下降。     

A General Strategy for Antimony-Based Alloy Nanocomposite Embedded in Swiss-Cheese-Like Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Energy Storage

Due to its suitable working voltage and high theoretical storage capacity, antimony is considered a promising negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and has attracted widespread attention. The volume effect during cycling, however, will cause the antimony anode to undergo a severe structural collapse and a rapid decrease in capacity. Here, a general in situ self-template-assisted strategy is proposed for the rational design and preparation of a series of M Sb (M = Ni, Co, or Fe) nanocomposites with M N C coordination, which are firmly anchored on Swiss-cheese-like nitrogen-doped porous carbon as anodes for LIBs. The large interface pore network structure, the introduction of heteroatoms, and the formation of strong metal N C bonds effectively enhance their electronic conductivity and structural integrity, and provide abundant interfacial lithium storage. The experimental results have proved the high rate performance and excellent cycling stability of antimony-based composite materials. Electrochemical kinetics studies have demonstrated that the increase in capacity during cycling is mainly controlled by the diffusion mechanism rather than the pseudocapacitance contribution. This facile strategy can provide a new pathway for low-cost and high-yield synthesis of Sb-based composites with high performance, and is expected to be applied in other energy-related fields such as sodium-/potassium-ion batteries or electrocatalysis.     

Suppressed Lattice Disorder for Large Emission Enhancement and Structural Robustness in Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskite Discovered by High-Pressure Isotope Effect

The soft nature of organic–inorganic halide perovskites renders their lattice particularly tunable to external stimuli such as pressure, undoubtedly offering an effective way to modify their structure for extraordinary optoelectronic properties. Here, using the methylammonium lead iodide as a representative exploratory platform, it is observed that the pressure-driven lattice disorder can be significantly suppressed via hydrogen isotope effect, which is crucial for better optical and mechanical properties previously unattainable. By a comprehensive in situ neutron/synchrotron-based analysis and optical characterizations, a remarkable photoluminescence (PL) enhancement by threefold is convinced in deuterated CD₃ND₃PbI₃, which also shows much greater structural robustness with retainable PL after high peak-pressure compression–decompression cycle. With the first-principles calculations, an atomic level understanding of the strong correlation among the organic sublattice and lead iodide octahedral framework and structural photonics is proposed, where the less dynamic CD₃ND₃⁺ cations are vital to maintain the long-range crystalline order through steric and Coulombic interactions. These results also show that CD₃ND₃PbI₃-based solar cell has comparable photovoltaic performance as CH₃NH₃PbI₃-based device but exhibits considerably slower degradation behavior, thus representing a paradigm by suggesting isotope-functionalized perovskite materials for better materials-by-design and more stable photovoltaic application.     

DOSP: an optimal synchronization of parameter server for distributed machine learning

The Journal of Supercomputing - In distributed machine learning (DML), the straggler problem caused by heterogeneous environment and external factors leads to high synchronization overhead and...     

A MEMS piezoelectric solid disk gyroscope with improved sensitivity

Microsystem Technologies - This paper introduces a MEMS piezoelectric solid disk gyroscope. The gyroscope operates in an in-plane elliptic bulk acoustic wave mode with a frequency of...     

Influence of gelling properties on protein imprinted agarose gel membrane

A method based on molecular imprinting technique was presented for preparing protein‐imprinted agarose gel membrane (AGM) under moderate conditions, and the influencing factors such as molecular weights and modified chemical groups on the adsorption ability and selectivity of AGMs were investigated. The agaroses used for AGMs were prepared through ultrasonic degradation, oxidation degradation, gel‐melting method, and sulfation, respectively. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and hemoglobin were selectively recognized on AGMs. Results showed that the molecular weight was the most crucial influencing factor for the protein recognition ability of AGMs. The lower and upper limit of molecular weight was 100 and 130 kDa, respectively, where the AGMs could maintain both good mechanical strength and high recognition ability, with K value around 4.0. The enhancement of ionic strength could make the imprinting effect disappeared even when the concentration of salt was as low as 2 mmol/L. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 40323.     

Preparation and reaction kinetics of polypropylene‐graft‐cardanol by reactive extrusion and its compatibilization on polypropylene/polystyrene

Polypropylene‐graft‐cardanol (CAPP) was prepared by reactive extrusion with polypropylene (PP) and natural renewable cardanol, which improved the inherent defects of PP such as its chemical inertness and hydrophobicity. Moreover, the cardanol grafted onto PP resolved the degradation of PP during reactive extrusion and use. The effects of reactive extrusion on the change of the molecular structure of PP, the change in the free‐radical concentration during processing, and the compatibilization of CAPP on the PP/polystyrene (PS) composite materials were examined in this study. The constants of the grafting reaction rate at the beginning of reactive extrusion were also deduced. The results show that cardanol was grafted onto PP, and the p–π conjugate system in cardanol was observed to stabilize free radicals. The grafting reaction rate (R_g) at the initial stage of the grafting reaction process was calculated through the equation R_g = k_g[M·][Cardanol], where k_g is the constant of the apparent grafting reaction rate and [M·] is the concentration of free radicals in the reaction system. k_g first increased with the growth of temperature and then began to decrease when the temperature exceeded the critical temperature of 200°C. The mechanical properties showed almost no change after the samples were aged for 72 h. This was due to CAPP, which changed PP/PS to a ductile material from a brittle one. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 39911.     

The morphology and degradation behavior of electrospun poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate)/Magnetite and poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate)/Magnetite composites

Electrospinning of biodegradable poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)/magnetite and poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/magnetite composites in 2,2,2‐trifluoroethanol (TFE) and chloroform are investigated to develop nonwoven nanofibrous structure. Ultrafine PHB/magnetite fibers are obtained and the resulting fiber diameters are in the range of 690–710 nm and 8.0–8.4 µm for the polymer dissolved in TFE and chloroform. The surface of PHB composites fiber fabricated in chloroform contains porous structures, which are not observed for the sample of PHB composites fiber dissolved in TFE. The fiber diameters for PHBV5/magnetite composites are in the range of 500–540 nm and 2.3–2.5 µm, depending on the use of TFE and chloroform. The average diameters of PHBV5/magnetite composite fibers are smaller than those of PHB/magnetite composites fiber. All electrospun PHB/magnetite and composite fibers are superparamagnetic. The degradation behaviors of PHB/magnetite and PHBV5/magnetite composite fibers were investigated using Caldimonas manganoxidans. For the fabricated composite fibers, it is found that the degradation rate increased with the increasing loading of magnetite nanoparticles. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 41070.     

Effects of rare earth samarium oxide on the properties of polypropylene‐graft‐cardanol grafted by reactive extrusion

Rare earth elements can improve the performance of polymers because of their special 4f orbitals. The nucleation and stabilization of radical groups of rare earth particles can affect the structure of polypropylene (PP) and its properties. In this study, samarium oxide (Sm₂O₃) particles were used as a cocatalyst and nucleating agent in polypropylene‐graft‐cardanol (CAPP) grafted by reactive extrusion. The properties of polypropylene‐graft‐cardanol containing modified Sm₂O₃ with a titanate coupling agent (CAPPMS) were investigated by ultraviolet–visible spectrometry, polarizing microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning electron microscopy, universal testing, and capillary rheometry with the reference of CAPP containing unmodified Sm₂O₃ particles. The results show that the titanate coupling agent (TCA‐401) coated on the surface of the Sm₂O₃ particles improved the dispersion of the Sm₂O₃ particles and the adhesion between the Sm₂O₃ particles and CAPP matrix. The Sm₂O₃ particles promoted more cardanol to graft onto PP. Acting as nucleator for CAPP, the Sm₂O₃ particles increased the crystallization rate, increased the melting temperature, and decreased the spherulite size of CAPP. The modified Sm₂O₃ particles showed a greater effect on the mechanical and rheological properties than the unmodified Sm₂O₃ particles did. The tensile strength, impact strength and flexural strength of CAPPMS increased by 10 MPa, 0.64 kJ/m², and 6.5 MPa, respectively, compared to those of CAPP when we used 4.5 mol % modified Sm₂O₃ particles. The viscosity of CAPPMS increased to a certain extent in the presence of the modified Sm₂O₃. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 41012.