Experimental determination of elastic modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s coefficient of date palm tree fiber

The present study is an attempt to valorize local vegetable fibers by evaluating thire effectiveness as a new composite biomaterial. Our aim was to determine the mechanical characteristics, namely the elastic modulus and Poisson’s coefficient, of a fiber, locally called “Lif,” that is a natural material extracted from different date palm tree varieties in Biskra, a region situated in southeastern Algeria. This study compares the mechanical characteristcs of the Lif date palm tree fiber with other synthetic and plant fibers studied previously.     

Silica/mullite fiber composite membrane with double-layer structure for efficient sub-micrometer dust removal

Here, we developed silica/mullite fiber composite membranes with double-layer structure by a simple vacuum procedure for the removal of sub-micrometer dust. The support with three-dimensional skeleton structure exhibited high porosity (higher than 90%), low density (lower than 0.25?g/cm³) and high compressive strength (higher than 0.55?MPa) at 1000?°C. By controlling the mass ratio of silica sol to mullite fiber, we can obtain uniform and complete filtering layers with different thicknesses. The composite membranes exhibited high PM filtration efficiency with 99% for 1–10?µm, 97% for 0.5?µm and 90% for 0.3?µm. These samples had high air flow with very low pressure drop (lower than 600?Pa when airflow velocity reached 1?m/s). These results indicated that the silica/mullite fiber composite membranes were very promising for PM pollution control in the field of hot gas filtration.     

Densification rate and mechanical properties of carbon/carbon composites with layer-designed preform

In this work, carbon fiber needle-punching preforms were designed into two structure according to the density change along the thickness direction. One structure is designed to two layers with low-density layer and high-density layer, and the other is to three layers with low-density exterior layer and high-density interior layer. Then the effect of the preform with different structure on the densification rate and compressive properties of C/C composites was investigated. The results show that both two designed preforms can effectively avoid surface blocking, and lead to the faster densification rate of C/C composites during the chemical vapor infiltration processes. These results are attributable to the change of pore size distribution and pyrocarbon thickness, which was caused by fiber architecture designs. Meanwhile, these structural changes can improve the compressive strength of C/C composites, especially for the three-layer preforms. When the density of preforms is 0.45?g/cm³, C/C composites with three-layer preform has the highest compressive strength. The damage of most C/C composites with two and three-layer preforms is caused by shear or delamination failure, while that of C/C composites with common preforms usually caused by matrix collapse. Cracks in C/C composites with two and three-layer preforms always happened on the low-density layer, and consequently ceased or changed propagation direction in the interface between two layers.     

玻璃纤维增强建筑用聚乙烯树脂复合材料的性能

采用剥离测试方法来表征制得的玻璃纤维增强建筑用聚乙烯树脂复合材料的界面黏结强度,并对其进行红外光谱、接触角、微观组织测试与分析。研究结果表明:采用浸润剂处理可以使玻璃表面生成新基团;浸润剂能够提高玻璃表面接触角,从而更易与树脂形成浸润状态,由此改善玻璃和树脂的界面结合状态,实现界面黏结特性的显著优化。在剥离测试中发现经浸润剂处理后,玻璃可以和树脂之间形成更强的界面结合作用;树脂从玻璃表面发生剥离之后,形成了光滑的玻璃片,同时还有部分纵横交错的划痕。     

马铃薯渣综合利用研究现状及进展

马铃薯渣是马铃薯淀粉加工产业的一种副产物,常被作为垃圾废弃掉,造成资源浪费和环境污染。实际上,马铃薯渣中含有许多有价值的成分,具有被开发利用的潜力。目前,马铃薯渣的综合利用主要集中在以下几方面:提取膳食纤维和果胶;制备高蛋白高能量饲料;制备新型黏合剂、胶黏剂和吸附材料;制备燃料酒精、生物质混合燃料和能量气体;制备种曲、醋、酱油及可食性膜等。综述了马铃薯渣目前综合利用的研究现状及进展。     

Effects of oral administration of timothy hay and psyllium on the growth performance and fecal microbiota of preweaning calves

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of oral administration of fiber from the first week of life on the growth and hindgut environment of preweaning calves. Twenty newborn female Holstein calves were divided into 2 groups as control and treatment. Calves in both groups were reared under the same feeding program except for oral fiber administration. Timothy hay and psyllium were mixed at a 50-to-6 ratio as a treatment diet for oral fiber administration. Calves in the treatment group were orally administered 50 g of fiber daily from 3 to 7 d of age and 100 g of fiber from 8 d of age until weaning. Feed intake and occurrence of diarrhea were recorded daily, and body weight (BW) was recorded weekly for the individual calf. Fresh feces were collected from calves at 7, 21, 35, 49, and 56 d of age to analyze fermentation parameters and microbiota to characterize the hindgut environment. Higher fiber intake in the treatment group due to oral administration of timothy and psyllium did not affect the starter intake and achieved higher BW at 21 d of age. The fecal pH, total volatile fatty acid, lactate, and ammonia nitrogen concentrations were not affected by oral fiber administration; meanwhile, the molar proportion of propionate was higher in the treatment group at 7 d of age. The difference in fecal microbiota in the calves subjected to the oral administration of fiber was observed within 21 d of life; Lactobacillus spp. and Prevotella spp. showed higher abundance, whereas that of Clostridium perfringens was decreased. These higher abundances of beneficial bacteria and lower abundance of pathogenic bacteria during early life may partly explain the higher BW of calves in the treatment group at 21 d of age. Furthermore, no adverse effect was observed for the BW and health status in the treatment group throughout the preweaning period. Therefore, early fiber feeding via oral administration potentially contributes to improving the hindgut environment in newborn calves, which leads to better growth of calves during the early stage of life.     

Enhanced hydrogen-assisted cracking of 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene over fibrous silica ZSM-5: Influence of co-surfactant during synthesis

In this study, unique fibrous silica ZSM-5 was successfully synthesized by using three type of alcohol possessing different alkyl-chain length as the co-surfactant. The effect of diverse co-surfactant was observed in the changes of physical properties, such as crystallinity, inter-dendrimer distances and pore properties. According to the IR and temperature programmed desorption of ammonia (NH₃-TPD) analyses, all catalysts exhibited different acid strengths which could be triggered by the different amount of additional silica species. All catalysts exhibited high catalytic performance in the hydrocracking of 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene due to the absence of diffusion limitation. However, FZSM5C3 exhibited the highest catalytic activity which corresponded to its high number of Brønsted acid sites. It was observed that different length of co-surfactant alkyl-chain has resulted in different degree of oil penetration into the microemulsion system which subsequently triggered in various inter-dendrimer distances and amount of incorporated silica species. Hence, the altered physicochemical properties led to the difference in catalytic performance due to the presence of different number of Brønsted acid sites.     

Conditions stimulating neutral detergent fiber degradation by dosing branched-chain volatile fatty acids. I: Comparison with branched-chain amino acids and forage source in ruminal batch cultures

Three experiments assessed branched-chain volatile fatty acid (BCVFA) stimulation of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) disappearance after 24 h of incubation in batch cultures derived from ruminal fluid inocula that were enriched with particulate-phase bacteria. In experiment 1, a control was compared with 3 treatments with isomolar doses of all 3 BCVFA (plus valerate), all 3 branched-chain AA (BCAA), or half of each BCVFA and BCAA mix with either alfalfa or grass hays (50%) and ground corn grain (50%). A portion of the BCAA and BCVFA doses were enriched with ¹³C, and valerate (also enriched with ¹³C) was added with BCVFA. Although BCAA yielded a similar production of BCVFA compared with dosing BCVFA, equimolar substitution of BCVFA for BCAA decreased the percentage of N in bacterial pellets when alfalfa hay was fed but increased N when grass hay was fed. Substituting BCVFA for BCAA increased total fatty acid (FA) concentration with alfalfa hay. Dosing of BCAA or BCVFA did not affect total branched-chain FA, iso-FA, or anteiso-FA percentages in bacterial total FA, whereas numerous individual FA isomers and their ¹³C enrichments were affected by these treatments. Increasing recovery of the ¹³C dose from respective labeled BCVFA primers indicated facilitated BCVFA uptake and incorporation into FA compared with BCAA, whereas increased recovery of ¹³C from labeled BCAA in the bacteria pellet but not in the FA fraction suggested direct assimilation into bacterial protein. The BCVFA and valerate were dosed in varying combinations that either summed to 4 mM (experiment 2) or had only 1 mM no matter what combination (experiment 3). In general, grass hay was more responsive to stimulation in NDF digestibility by BCVFA than was alfalfa hay, which was attributed to the higher degradable protein in the latter. The net production of the BCVFA (after subtracting dose) was affected by source and combination of BCVFA. Isovalerate dosing tended to increase its own net production; in contrast, isobutyrate seemed to be used more when it was added alone, but 2-methylbutyrate seemed to be preferred over isobutyrate when 2-methylbutyrate was added. Results supported potential interactions, including potential feedback in production from feed BCAA or increased concentration-dependent competition for dosed BCVFA into cellular products. Under our conditions, the BCVFA appear to be more readily available than BCAA, probably because of regulated BCAA transport and metabolism. Valerate consistently provided no benefit. Using nonparametric ranking, all 3 BCVFA or either isovalerate or isobutyrate (both yielding iso-FA) should be combined with 2-methylbutyrate (yielding anteiso-FA) as a potential opportunity to improve NDF digestibility when rumen-degraded BCAA are limited in diets to decrease environmental impact from N in waste.     

EFPI-FBG复合光纤传感器高温大应变试验研究

由于缺乏航空发动机/燃气轮机服役环境下叶片温度、应变有效性检测的技术与装置，所以工作叶片的温度环境、载荷环境和应变分布等关键数据的缺失是故障检修工作中的最大困难之一。采用非本征型法布里-珀罗(Extrinsic Farby Perot Interferometric,EFPI)与光纤光栅(Fiber Bragg Grating,FBG)传感技术，研制了一种基于单模光纤的EFPI FBG复合光纤传感器及其解调设备。通过搭建高温拉伸试验平台，开展了基于DZ125材料试件的复合光纤传感器高温、大应变测量的性能测试。试验结果表明：复合光纤传感器的工作温度范围为26 ℃~1 100 ℃，温度测量精度不超过全量程的5%，分辨率为0.066 ℃；F-P传感器的应变测量范围为0~19 468 με，在1 100 ℃下的相对误差为1.96%，分辨率为0.053 με。     

Improving room-temperature electrochemical performance of solid-state lithium battery by using electrospun La2Zr2O7 fibers-filled composite solid electrolyte

Low ionic conductivity at room temperature and poor interfacial compatibility are the main obstacles to restrain the practical application of polymer solid electrolytes. In this work, lanthanum zirconate (LZO) fibers were prepared by electrospinning method and used for the first time as fillers in sandwich polypropylene carbonate (PPC)-based solid electrolyte. Meanwhile, a graphite coating was applied on one surface of the composite solid electrolyte (CSE) membrane. The results show that the LZO fibers significantly increases the room-temperature electrochemical performance of the CSE, and the graphite coating enhances the interfacial compatibility between electrolyte and lithium anode. Furthermore, an ultra-thin PPC-LZO CSE with a total thickness of 22 μm was prepared and used in NCM622/CSE/Li solid-state cell, which shows an initial discharge capacity of 165.6 mAh/g at the current density of 0.5C and a remaining capacity of 113.0 mAh/g after 250 cycles at room temperature. Rise to 1C, the cell shows an initial discharge capacity of 154.2 mAh/g with a remaining capacity of 95.6 mAh/g after 250 cycles. This ultra-thin CSE is expected to be widely applied in high energy-density solid-state battery with excellent room-temperature electrochemical performances.