A thermal-aware VM consolidation mechanism with outage avoidance

Efficient energy and temperature management techniques are essential elements for operators of cloud data centers. Dynamic virtual machine (VM) consolidation using live migration techniques presents a great opportunity for cloud service providers to adaptively reduce energy consumption and optimize their resource utilization. In recent studies, power consumption readings of individual physical hosts were chosen as the main monitoring parameters in their allocation policies, whereas very few have considered host temperature, which has shown to have a negative impact on server reliability, as a migration criterion. In this work, a thermal-aware VM consolidation mechanism is proposed for resource allocation optimization and server reliability assurance. We consider the variability in host temperature as a migration criterion to avoid outage incidents via having better VM consolidations. Extensive simulation results obtained from CloudSim show the promising performance of the proposed mechanism in energy saving while reducing the number of server outage incidents due to fluctuations in host temperature.     

基于组合双向拍卖的云资源调度方法

针对跨数据中心的资源调度问题，提出了一种基于组合双向拍卖（PCDA）的资源调度方案。首先，将云资源拍卖分为三个部分：云用户代理报价、云资源提供商要价、拍卖代理组织拍卖；其次，在定义用户的优先级及任务紧迫度的基础上，在拍卖过程中估算每一个工作发生的服务等级协议（SLA）违规并以此计算云提供商的收益，同时每轮竞拍允许成交多项交易；最终达到根据用户等级合理分配云资源调度的效果。仿真实验结果表明该算法保证了竞拍成功率，与传统一次拍卖成交一项的组合双向拍卖方案相比，PCDA在竞拍时间段产生的能耗降低了35.00%，拍卖云提供商的利润提高了约38.84%。     

制浆造纸企业配电变压器的选择和节能探讨

本文计算并分析了变压器运行的损耗，从配电变压器的选型、负荷率的选择等方面探讨了其节能降耗措施；并对制浆造纸企业配电变压器选用方法提出了建议。     

利用地下水填充钻孔的埋管换热器性能分析

地下水填充的井下换热器（GFBHE）是一种不需要灌浆,利用地下水填充钻孔进行换热的地热换热器。针对GFBHE建立了瞬态三维数值模型进行模拟,并与利用普通灌浆材料进行回填的埋管换热器进行对比。数值模型通过将孔隙型岩层等效为饱和多孔介质的方法将钻孔外部的自然对流现象考虑在内。研究了包括渗透系数、地温、钻孔孔径在内的关键因素对GFBHE性能的影响。结果表明,当含水层渗透系数大于1×10^-4 m/s时,GFBHE性能明显优于利用灌浆填充钻孔的地热换热器,在富水区域利用GFBHE取代后者是可行的。GFBHE的换热性能随着钻孔孔径、含水层渗透性的增大以及地温的升高而提升。     

基于SDN的电力数据中心网络架构研究

为建设能源互联网,充分应用“大云物移智”等现代信息技术,文章从SDN网络架构模型出发,根据不同类型流量,将云数据中心网络划分为3张相互隔离的网络,即业务网、存储网和管理网,然后详细阐述了3张网的设计方案,并给出了一个从传统数据中心向云数据中心发展的演进步骤,为搭建适应快速增长的业务需求的云数据中心提供了思路。     

电化学反应器隔膜材料的分子设计与介尺度策略

电化学反应器中隔膜材料是将正极和负极在电子通路上隔开但在离子传输通路上保持畅通的特殊材料。作为电化学反应器三个关键材料之一，隔膜材料还需耐强酸/强碱和高电压等环境。围绕电化学反应器中隔膜材料，从分子设计的角度针对材料电化学性能与化学稳定性的调控、电化学装置的介观传质性能的促进和改善等研究思路与进展进行了综述，为相关研究提供性能导向的分子设计参考。     

高性能三水醋酸钠-尿素-膨胀石墨混合相变材料的制备及其在电地暖中的应用性能

采用尿素调节三水醋酸钠的相变温度到合适范围再添加膨胀石墨来降低过冷度，研制了高性能的三水醋酸钠-尿素-膨胀石墨混合相变材料，并对其在电地暖中的应用性能进行了研究。结果表明，当尿素质量分数为36.5%、膨胀石墨添加量为4%(质量)时，所得混合相变材料的熔化焓高达209.1 J/g，熔点在31.98℃，过冷度仅为2.04℃，热导率为2.349 W/(m·K)，热可靠性良好；将用该混合相变材料制成的相变板安装在实验房的电地暖中时，实验房的热舒适度随着相变材料层厚度的增加而增加，但也带来加热时间和用电量的增加；当相变材料层厚度为10 mm时，电加热温度适宜设置在45℃；在热舒适度相当的条件下，有相变板的实验房与无相变板的参比房相比具有用电量小及电费低的优势。     

Synthesis and characterization of hydrogenated novel AlCrFeMnNiW high entropy alloy

A novel high entropy alloy (HEA) i.e. AlCrFeMnNiW is synthesized via high-energy planetary ball milling with an average crystallite size of 10.37 nm. The morphology study of hydrogenated and dehydrogenated HEA is carried out through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The HEA is charged with hydrogen using inhouse Sievert's Apparatus which results to be maximum hydrogen storage capacity of 0.615 wt% at atmospheric pressure and temperature. The dehydrogenation of the sample is performed through thermogravimetry (TG) at different scanning rate. The crystalline structure (i.e. lattice parameters) and chemical composition of HEA is studied using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray analysis (EDX) respectively. The unit cell volume of as-prepared alloy is estimated as 0.03131 nm³ whereas the average crystallite size as 10.37 nm. It is observed that the unit cell volume is increased by 0.67% and crystallite size decreased by 10.8% upon hydrogenation whereas it is then decreased by 0.2% and increased by 6.7% respectively upon dehydrogenation. Activation energy during hydrogen desorption is found to be −8.161 kJ/mol. The enthalpy and entropy of the mixing are estimated to be −2.645 kJ/mol and 1.793 R J/mol K.     

A new integrated renewable energy system for clean electricity and hydrogen fuel production

In this paper, a new renewable energy-based cogeneration system for hydrogen and electricity production is developed. Three different methods for hydrogen production are integrated with Rankine cycle for electricity production using solar energy as an energy source. In addition, a simple Rankine cycle is utilized for producing electricity. This integrated system consists of solar steam reforming cycle using molten salt as a heat carrier, solar steam reforming cycle using a volumetric receiver reactor, and electrolysis of water combined with the Rankine cycle. These cycles are simulated numerically using the Engineering Equation Solver (EES) based on the thermodynamic analyses. The overall energetic and exergetic efficiencies of the proposed system are determined, and the exergy destruction and entropy generation rates of all subcomponents are evaluated. A comprehensive parametric study for evaluating various critical parameters on the overall performance of the system is performed. The study results show that both energetic and exergetic efficiencies of the system reach 28.9% and 31.1%, respectively. The highest exergy destruction rates are found for the steam reforming furnace and the volumetric receiver reforming reactor (each with about 20%). Furthermore, the highest entropy generation rates are obtained for the steam reforming furnace and the volumetric receiver reforming reactor, with values of 174.1 kW/K and 169.3 kW/K, respectively. Additional parametric studies are undertaken to investigate how operating conditions affect the overall system performance. The results report that 60.25% and 56.14% appear to be the highest exergy and energy efficiencies at the best operating conditions.     

铝空气电池用6061和7075铝合金阳极电化学性能

研究了工业6061铝合金（6061）、航空7075铝合金（7075）和纯铝作为铝空气电池阳极材料的电化学性能，分析其作为阳极的可行性及适用环境。进行了阻抗、极化曲线和恒电流放电实验并进行了表面表征，计算了在40～120mA/cm²电流密度下连续恒流放电的阳极能量密度。用电子探针显微镜（EPMA）对电极表面形貌进行了研究，用波谱分析仪（WDS）进行表面分析。研究结果表明，合金元素在电池放电过程中会改变阳极的表面特性。6061中合金元素含量对电池阳极材料的性能产生了积极影响，使得合金的表面放电面积变大，放电均匀，更适合作为铝空气电池阳极材料。