Review of hydrogen crossover through the polymer electrolyte membrane

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is considered to be a promising, clean, and efficient energy conversion device. At present, the main challenges faced by the application of PEMFC in the automotive are cost and durability. Hydrogen from anode to the cathode through polymer electrolyte membrane (i.e. crossover hydrogen) affects the durability of fuel cells. In this paper, the existing literature on hydrogen crossover is reviewed and summarized from consequences, causes, mitigation measures, and detection methods. The influences of hydrogen crossover on the components and performance are discussed. The causes are analyzed from structural permeation and membrane degradation. The methods of alleviating the degradation of the membrane are summarized. The electrochemical and non-electrochemical monitoring methods are described, and the segmented current method is explained separately. The existing problems and research prospects are put forward, which lays a foundation for further research on hydrogen crossover and improvement fuel cell durability.     

Comprehending the role of the S-phase on the corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel exposed to H2S/CO2-saturated liquid and vapor environments

The corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steel after low-temperature liquid oxy-nitriding (LON) was investigated by exposing in H₂S/CO₂-saturated liquid and vapor environments up to 720 h at 60 °C. The corrosion rates before and after LON were compared by the weightlessness method, and the microstructure as well as the corrosion scales were characterized using surface analysis methods. The results indicated that the composite S-phase layer with the outer Fe₃O₄ layer and the inner nitrogen-rich sublayer could improve the corrosion performance in H₂S/CO₂-saturated environment. The base material (BM) suffered local corrosion first, which then transformed into uniform corrosion. As a comparison, The LON sample, covered with a thin corrosion product layer, indicated slight local corrosion. The excellent corrosion resistance of the S-phase should be attributed to the blocking effect of the continuous Fe₃O₄ film as well as the suppression of the atomic mobility by the nitrogen-containing supersaturated solid solution.     

Adaptive constraint control for flexible manipulator systems modeled by partial differential equations with dead-zone input

In this article, based on partial differential equations (PDEs), the flexible manipulator system with both dead-zone input and state constraints is studied. The dynamic model of the flexible manipulator system is described by PDEs. The parameters of the dead-zone input are unknown, and the state constraint problem is also considered. An adaptive approach is proposed to offset the effects caused by dead-zone input. Thus, to guarantee that all states remain within their respective constraint regions, the boundary control law based on the barrier Lyapunov function is given, and an adaptive controller is designed. According to the Lyapunov analysis method, the control method is given to ensure that all signals of the closed-loop system are bounded and all states satisfy the constraint conditions. Finally, simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed control method in this article.     

Uplink Low Power Based Radio Resource Management in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks

Wireless Personal Communications - Due to the rapid rise of energy consumption and limited battery power of wireless user equipment (UE), low power communication becomes very important....     

Structures and properties of chicken myofibrillar protein gel induced by microwave heating

Structures and properties of myofibrillar protein gel prepared at different power (300–800 W) were evaluated. Amino acid analysis demonstrated that changes in microwave power did not alter primary structure of gel. However, an increase in microwave power could change higher structures of gel. As microwave power increased, α-helix content decreased and β-sheet content increased. Increased microwave power probably facilitated protein to unfold and expose the internal groups, causing surface hydrophobicity and the formation of disulphide bonds were enhanced, which indicated changes in tertiary and quaternary structures of protein. At 500 W, gel had the best ultrastructure where surface morphology, springiness and water holding capacity reached the optimum. Our findings suggested that microwave at an appropriate power (500 W) could change higher structures of myofibrillar protein gel to achieve desired processing and quality protein gel characteristics.     

抗凝冰乳化沥青涂层的性能研究

为了研究自制融雪剂对抗凝冰乳化沥青涂层性能的影响,将自制固态型融雪剂按5%、10%、15%的比例加入乳化沥青制备涂层乳液,采用水煮法、摆式摩擦仪、电导率试验分别对涂层材料的粘附性、抗滑性能和抗凝冰性能进行了测试。结果表明:自制型融雪剂对乳化沥青与集料的粘附性影响不大;随着融雪剂掺配比例的增大,抗凝冰乳化沥青涂层的摩擦系数有所降低,但均满足规范要求;相比于普通沥青涂层,抗凝冰乳化沥青涂层的抗凝冰性能得到改善,且随着融雪剂掺配比例的增大,凝冰性能逐渐提高。