Teaching chemical engineering using Jupyter notebook: Problem generators and lecturing tools

The primary objective of this study is to develop teaching materials for chemical engineering students (or students pursuing other related B.Sc./M.Sc. degrees) that encourage self-learning to facilitate understanding and the development of problem-solving skills. Tools are oriented to support the teaching of “Introduction to Chemical Engineering” courses to 1^st year B.Sc. students in Chemical Engineering, 2^nd year B.Sc. students in Chemistry, and 3^rd year B.Sc. students in Biochemistry at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Problem generators of standard exercises, as an additional complement to the exercises that are used in the lectures, seminars, and assignments to facilitate the learning of the students, have been developed. These generators provide exercises to students with “unlimited” initial values (with certain restrictions). The software that was used to develop these materials was Jupyter Notebook, which runs under the Python 3.6 language. The problem generators can be classified into fixed problem generators, case-based generators, and random problem generators. Additionally, lecturing tools have been developed to support teaching using live/interactive examples. These examples can learning understanding of various topics of the courses.     

Directed Evolution of a Cp*RhIII-Linked Biohybrid Catalyst Based on a Screening Platform with Affinity Purification

Directed evolution of Cp*Rh^III-linked nitrobindin (NB), a biohybrid catalyst, was performed based on an in vitro screening approach. A key aspect of this effort was the establishment of a high-throughput screening (HTS) platform that involves an affinity purification step employing a starch-agarose resin for a maltose binding protein (MBP) tag. The HTS platform enables efficient preparation of the purified MBP-tagged biohybrid catalysts in a 96-well format and eliminates background influence of the host E. coli cells. Three rounds of directed evolution and screening of more than 4000 clones yielded a Cp*Rh^III-linked NB(T98H/L100K/K127E) variant with a 4.9-fold enhanced activity for the cycloaddition of acetophenone oximes with alkynes. It is confirmed that this HTS platform for directed evolution provides an efficient strategy for generating highly active biohybrid catalysts incorporating a synthetic metal cofactor.     

磨料有序排布电镀砂轮的制备及其把持力研究

为解决电镀砂轮磨削加工中容屑空间不足的问题，采用点胶微粘接的方法制备了磨料有序排布的电镀砂轮，分析了磨料粘接效果和镀层力学性能。通过SEM分析了磨料/镀层/导电胶的结合界面，并进行了干磨削试验。研究结果表明，直径约为磨料粒径40%的胶点可粘接住磨料，单个胶点上粘接多颗磨料的占比小于6%；双脉冲电镀工艺制备的镀层显微硬度大于500HV，表层残余应力小于100MPa，磨料/镀层/导电胶之间的界面贴合紧密，无明显缺陷；砂轮在磨削时没有出现磨料脱落现象。     

Effect of Mn2+ doping on the lattice and the microwave dielectric properties of MgTa2O6 ceramics

A series of Mn²⁺-doped Mg_1-xMn_xTa₂O₆ (x = 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.10, 0.12) ceramics were synthesized by solid-state reaction method. The influence of introducing Mn–O bonds as a partial replacement for Mg–O bonds on the lattice and microwave dielectric properties was systematically investigated. XRD and Rietveld refinement confirm that Mn²⁺ occupies the 2a Wyckoff position and forms a pure trirutile phase. Moreover, based on the chemical bond theory, the dielectric constant is mainly affected by the ionicity of the Ta–O bond. The lattice and dielectric properties remain relatively stable with Mn²⁺ doping below 0.1, but excessive Mn²⁺ doping leads to pronounced distortion of the lattice, which is not beneficial for lattice stability and microwave dielectric properties. Introducing an appropriate amount of Mn–O bonds with high bond dissociation energy facilitates MgO6 octahedron stability, which improves the thermal stability of the lattice. Accordingly, the microwave dielectric properties for 0.06 Mn²⁺-doped MgTa₂O₆ ceramics were determined: ε_r = 28, Q × f = 105,000 GHz (at 7.5 GHz), τ_f = 19.5 ppm/^°C.     

Investigation of the influence of iron-containing abrasives on the corrosion behaviour of the aluminium alloy AlSi1.2Mg0.4

The corrosion resistance of aluminium surfaces is closely linked to the surface state after a grinding process. For years, iron-containing abrasive materials were suspected to lead to increased corrosion susceptibility after processing of aluminium surfaces. To prove a possible correlation between the iron content of an abrasive and the corrosion behaviour of aluminium components, scientific investigations and experimentally practical corrosion tests are necessary. For the current investigation, specimens of a technical Al-Si alloy from the same batch were used. The test specimens were mechanically ground with various resin-bonded model abrasives containing different iron contents. The performed corrosion tests did not reveal a negative influence of the different iron-containing abrasives on the corrosion behaviour of the Al–Si alloy. However, the most sensitive measuring method (electrochemical noise) showed differences in the surface activity depending on the type of abrasive.     

破碎方式对白鲢鱼糜凝胶结构的影响

与斩拌方式对比,研究搅拌方式对鱼糜制品凝胶特性的影响。结果表明,搅拌破碎使白鲢鱼糜的凝胶强度及持水力增加,提高了硬度、黏附性、胶黏性和咀嚼性,但是对白度无明显影响。在2%和3%盐添加量的条件下,搅拌破碎对鱼糜制品的质构改善效果显著,凝胶强度分别提高了70.2%,66.7%。根据鱼糜的盐溶蛋白、肌动球蛋白的活性巯基含量、化学作用力和浊度结果可知,搅拌破碎可以增加活性巯基含量,使得更多的巯基氧化成二硫键,提高疏水相互作用,促进蛋白分子间的聚集,浊度增加,三维凝胶网络结构更致密。     

自动垂直钻井工具分类及发展现状

从石油钻井和地质钻探两方面阐述了自动垂直钻井技术的原理及优点,按照不同结构及工作原理对自动垂直钻井工具做出分类,并简要分析了各类工具的优缺点。随后在上述分类基础上系统归纳了国内外现有垂直钻井工具及其技术特点,剖析了国内外自动垂直钻井工具之间的技术差距。最后总结出自动垂直钻井工具存在的问题,指出工具今后的发展趋势为小型化、可取心、高精度和长寿命,并对其未来的研究思路与方法提出建议:对执行机构零部件结构和布局进行优化,在减小工具外径的同时增大工具内部空间,使工具在小口径井眼垂直钻进的同时还能进行取心作业;对电控式垂直钻井工具的测控传感器及其密封系统进行优化改进,使工具整体耐温耐压性能得到提高;对机械式垂直钻井工具的偏重平台在井下复杂环境下的响应规律进行研究,并探索相应的误差抑制补偿方法,以提高工具的井斜控制精度。     

高强不锈钢绞线网与ECC黏结-滑移关系模型

高强不锈钢绞线网与ECC的黏结是二者协同工作的基础，且黏结 滑移关系模型是其黏结性能的综合反映，故通过对17组51个高强不锈钢绞网增强ECC薄板试件进行单边拉拔试验，研究横向钢绞线间距、纵向钢绞线直径和相对锚固长度等因素对钢绞线网在ECC中黏结性能的影响规律。试验结果表明，横向钢绞线的设置可使黏结破坏由脆性破坏转变为延性破坏；高强不锈钢绞线网与ECC的黏结滑移曲线可分为5个阶段，分别为上升段、微降段、延性强化段、下降段和残余段。基于试验结果，对钢绞线网在ECC中的黏结破坏特征和黏结 滑移机理进行分析，在相关黏结-滑移关系模型的基础上，提出钢绞线网与ECC的黏结 滑移关系模型，并进行模型参数分析。所提模型及模型参数计算公式与试验结果吻合良好，能较好地反映钢绞线网与ECC的界面黏结滑移特征。     

In-situ preparation of cross-linked hybrid anion exchange membrane of quaternized poly (styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) covalently bonded with graphene

Introducing graphene into polymer matrix is an effective way to enhance performances of anion exchange membrane (AEM). However, utilizing the advantages of graphene by physical approach is limited due to the weak interface interaction between graphene and polymer matrix. Herein, we report an effective strategy to covalently bond graphene with polymer matrix to improve the interface interaction and further to improve the properties of AEM. A series of cross-linked quaternized graphene-based hybrid AEM were fabricated by covalently bonding poly (vinylbenzyl chloride) grafted graphene (GN-g-PVBC) copolymer with chloromethyl functionalized poly (styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) (SIBS) through the cross-linker (N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine) by in-situ synthetic approach. The interface interaction between graphene and QSIBS is greatly enhanced according to micromorphology characterization of the hybrid membrane. The cross-linked quaternized hybrid AEM containing 0.55 wt% of GN-g-PVBC exhibits obviously improved dynamical mechanical properties (storage modulus: 418 MPa), ion conductivity (1.81 × 10² S cm^?1), methanol barrier property (5.19 × 10^?7 cm² s^?1), selectivity (3.49 × 10⁴ S s cm^?3) at 60 °C and especially a comparably excellent chemical stability to that of Nafion 115 due to the enhanced interface interaction between graphene and the polymer matrix.     

研磨介质形状对铁矿石磨矿动力学研究

以由粗到细的四种单粒级铁矿石为研究对象,基于磨矿动力学原理,解析了三种研磨介质(钢球、钢锻以及立方体)对铁矿石颗粒的破碎行为,探究了磨矿动力学参数k和m,获得了矿石在三种研磨介质下的比破碎速率。研究表明:随着单粒级铁矿石给料尺寸由小到大,矿石在三种研磨介质下的比破碎速率先增加后减小,其中,采用钢球为研磨介质时,矿石比破碎速率最大,钢锻次之,立方体的最小;不同给料尺寸下,采用钢球为研磨介质时的k和m始终最大,立方体的始终最小。