Enhancing oil–solid and oil–water separation in heavy oil recovery by CO2-responsive surfactants

Interfacial properties are of critical importance to various separation applications. In heavy oil recovery, for example, a low oil–water interfacial tension (IFT) benefits the separation of heavy oil from their host rocks, which becomes problematic in the later stage of oil–water separation. CO₂-responsive surfactants were investigated to enhance the overall heavy oil recovery by switching their interfacial activity to the desired state in each stage. The surfactants at interfacially active state greatly enhanced the separation of heavy oil from hosting solids, as demonstrated by measuring contact angle and oil liberation using a custom-designed on-line visualization system. Meanwhile, the resulting heavy oil-in-water emulsions could also be easily demulsified by the bubbling of CO₂ gas, which switched off the interfacial activity of the surfactants. Furthermore, CO₂-responsive surfactants could be partially recycled in process water to improve sustainability, making CO₂-responsive surfactants to be promising chemical aids in heavy oil production and many other vital industries.     

Crystal structure and switchable optical properties of yttrium hydride films covered by palladium layer

1　INTRODUCTIONTherare earthhydridefilmswithswitchableop ticalpropertieswerefirstlydiscoveredbyHuibertsetal[13] andhaveattractedmoreandmoreinterestre cently .Huibertsetal[1,2 ] foundthatthefilmsofYHxandLaHx exhibitremarkablereversiblechangesintheiropticalpropertiesduringhydrogenation/dehy drogenationprocess .Bychangingthehydrogen gaspressureorbyelectrochemicalmeans,thefilmscanbecontinuouslyandreversiblyswitchedfromashinymirrortoatransparentwindowinafractionofasec ond[3,4 ] .Thesubsequen…     

Annular ring slot antenna design with reconfigurable polarization

A microstrip‐fed conventional annular ring slot (ARS) antenna with linear polarization (LP) is initially studied. To generate two orthogonal degenerate modes for circular polarization (CP) radiations, two identical meandering perturbation slots (MPS) are symmetrically loaded into the ARS. By further incorporating a PIN diode switch across each MPS, the proposed antenna can switch between left‐hand CP (LHCP), right‐hand CP (RHCP), and LP. All three polarizations have shown good impedance bandwidth and broad CP bandwidth that can satisfy the wireless local area network (WLAN) 2.4‐GHz operating band (2400–2480 MHz). Furthermore, desirable gains of 1.8–2.0 dBi and 2.40–2.84 dBic are also exhibited at LP and LHCP/RHCP, respectively. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 26:110–120, 2016.     

2‐D/3‐D switchable displays

Abstract— In this paper, the design of a lenticular‐based 2‐D/3‐D display for mobile applications is described. This display combines look‐around capability with good 3‐D resolution. In order to allow high‐resolution datagraphic applications, a concept based on actively switched lenses has been developed. A very noticeable problem for such displays is the occurrence of dark bands. Despite slanting the lenticular and defocusing the lens, banding becomes unacceptable when the display is viewed from an angle. As a solution, fractional viewing systems to reduce the banding intensity by almost two orders of magnitude is introduced. The resulting 3‐D display can be viewed from any horizontal direction without banding.     

可关断器件移动式直流融冰装置研究

为提高电网的可靠运行,加强电网防冰防灾能力建设,我国加强了先进电力电子技术用于融冰领域的研究。文章首先说明了线路融冰额定电流和电压的计算方法,随后介绍了基于可关断器件移动式直流融冰装置的技术先进性,给出了其系统技术方案、主电路拓扑和控制策略,尤其阐明了先进的四象限变流器模块串联的多重化电压源换流器(voltagesource converter,VSC)结构。500 kV线路现场试验证明,该装置的研制成功,为我国电网防冰减灾提供了新的技术手段。     

高空间频率向列相液晶二进制光栅

研究了向列相液晶在空间变化电场作用下的电光特性。模拟了向列相液晶相位光栅的旨向矢分布。随着光栅空间频率的增加条纹电场变得很重要，而且衍射方式也发生了变化。分析了光栅的光学性能并进行了实际测量。     

基于可切换频率选择表面的微波加热数值研究

为解决微波加热中普遍存在的加热不均匀问题,已提出模式搅拌器、旋转转盘等机械转动方法来改变加热物体中的电场分布,从而提高加热均匀性。 然而,机械转动的方法往往使得仿真计算困难并且会增加微波系统的复杂性。 因此,本文提出一种应用于微波加热的可切换频率选择表面,其工作频率为2. 45 GHz,通过调整PIN 二极管的开关状态来改变电场分布,将不同状态下的频率选择表面在时间上进行联合并加热,可以明显提高加热均匀性和效率。 计算结果表明,该频率选择表面在导通和关闭状态下的传输系数分别为-32. 10 dB 和-0. 16 dB,能将均匀性提高 43%,加热效率提高42%,有望广泛应用于工业领域。     

Design of switchable band‐notched frequency selective absorber

An active band‐notched frequency selective absorber (BNFSA) with switchable notch band is proposed in this article. The BNFSA is a two‐layer structure composed of a lossy layer at the top and a ground plane at the bottom, separated by an air spacer. The element of the lossy layer is a lumped‐resistor‐loaded metallic dipole with a parallel LC resonance structure, which is realized by complementary n‐shaped resonator (CnR) inserted in the center, and PIN diode is welded at two arms of CnR. The bias circuit printed on the back of the substrate of the lossy layer connects to anode and cathode of the diode by via hole and isolates by the inductor. Simulation results show that the notch bands are located at 4.50 and 6.81 GHz when the diode sets to ON and OFF, respectively. To validate the performance of switchable BNFSA, the prototypes are fabricated and measured, reasonable agreement between simulated and measured results is obtained.     

深海装备接地故障检测系统设计

监测海底装备接地故障需要精确测量其供电线路的接地电阻值。区别于以往固定式采样电阻的检测方法,文章设计了切换式采样电阻阵列的新方法进行信号采样,并应用加权平均法对数据进行信息融合。试验数据表明,该方法有效地提高了测量精度和准确度。     

开关表面活性剂及其应用研究进展

综述了开关表面活性剂的开关增溶机理、特性及影响开关因素的研究进展,指出开关表面活性剂不但具有常规表面活性剂的增溶、降低表面张力、乳化、起泡、润湿等作用,而且通过CO2/空气、电化学、光化学、温度、酸碱等"开关"的控制,实现了表面活性剂与疏水性有机物很好的分离。并就开关表面活性剂在实际中的应用前景进行了简要的介绍。