An Experimental Investigation into the Feed Rate Capacity of Rotary Valve and Blow Tank Feeders

Industry widely uses rotary valves and blow tanks for the pneumatic conveying of products, each having their pros and cons depending on the specific application. This article shows the differing results obtained when low-velocity conveying a product through a common pipeline using both a drop-through rotary valve and a bottom-discharge blow tank feeder. A number of issues arise in the rotary valve system, the main one being rotary valve air leakage. A blow tank system, on the other hand, does not leak, as it is an enclosed system. The experimental results show dramatic differences in product throughput. Further exploration leads to a novel modification being made to the rotary valve system in an attempt to increase its capacity. The result of this modification shows a slight increase in output tonnage, but still significantly less than that obtained from the blow tank.     

New rotary valves for pulse-tube refrigerators

In most used rotary valves in GM-type pulse-tube refrigerators the rotor makes heavy mechanical contact with the stator, so the valve is liable to wear, and large torques are needed. In this paper we will describe two types of valves, which have balanced forces on the rotor. In the first valve the rotor and the stator make no mechanical contact. The second type is a contact valve, like the classical valves, but the forces on the rotor are balanced in a different way. Therefore, these valves are less liable to wear, and the torques needed to rotate the valves are small.     

Instability of zeolite Y supported cobalt sulfide hydrotreating catalysts in the absence of H2S

Ion exchanged CoNaY was sulfided at 473 and 673 K and subsequently heated in He at 673 and 773 K. The resulting samples were characterized by means of overall sulfur analysis, temperature programmed Ar treatment and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It was shown that during He flushing at sufficiently high temperature a protolysis reaction occurs resulting in the decomposition of Co sulfide into Co²⁺ ions and H₂S.     

Understanding chemical reactions between carbons and NaOH and KOH: An insight into the chemical activation mechanism

Direct mixing of an anthracite with hydroxides (KOH or NaOH) and heat treatment up to 730 °C has shown to be a very good activation procedure to obtain activated carbons with very high surface areas and high micropore volumes. The reactions involved during the heat treatment of these hydroxide/anthracite mixtures have been analysed to deep into the fundamental of the knowledge of this chemical activation process, that has not been studied before. For this purpose, the present paper analyses the drying process, the atmosphere during the carbonisation, the chemical state of the activating agents (NaOH, KOH and Na₂CO₃) and the chemical reactions occurring during the heat treatment which have been followed by FTIR and TPD. The analysis of our results allows us to conclude that steam is a good atmosphere for the carbonisation process, alone or joined with nitrogen, but not as good as pure nitrogen. On the other hand, during the activation process, the presence of CO₂ should be avoided because it does not develop porosity. The reactions, and chemical changes, involved during this chemical process are discussed both from a thermodynamical point of view as well as identifying the reaction products (H₂ by TPD and Na₂CO₃ by FTIR). As a result, this paper helps to cover the present lack of understanding of the fundamentals of the reactions of an anthracite with hydroxides which are necessary to understand the activation of the material.     

Characterization of supported Pd-Pt catalysts by chemical probes

The temperature programmed (palladium) hydride decomposition appeared very effective method for diagnosing the extent of alloying in Pd-Pt/SiO₂ catalysts. Introduction of Pt to Pd catalysts moves the TPHD peak gradually towards lower temperatures and the shift in hydride decomposition peak is accompanied by a decrease in the amount of released hydrogen. The catalysts prepared the direct redox method showed much better alloy homogeneity than the samples prepared by coimpregnation. The results of probing with other techniques, i.e. catalytic probing with hydrodechlorination of CCl₂F₂ and XRD, were in line with TPHD data. The catalytic probing showed the presence of synergistic effect, a clear indication of Pd-Pt mixing. XRD data of post-reaction samples showed carbon incorporation into Pd-rich phase, whereas separate Pt-rich phase did not experience any bulk carbiding.     

单液晶光阀彩色大屏幕投影显示

设计一电路,将彩色图象信息编码到黑白CRT的亮度之中,并将其写入液晶光阀,用白光读出,当编码合适时,读出的象颜色可与原图像一致。本文讨论了这一技术原理并进行了单液晶光阀彩色大屏幕投影的实验验证。     

TPC方法研究催化剂热分解动力学

设计了ＴＰＣ方法研究催化剂前驱体的热分解；对ＴＰＣ方法求取催化剂的热分解动力学方程进行了理论推导；采用ＴＰＣ方法试验求得了Ｎｉ－Ｚｎ／Ｃ催化剂的热分解动力学参数。试验表明，ＴＰＣ方法能直观、灵敏、方便地反映催化剂活性组份前驱体的本征热分解。     

基于．NET气门尺寸检测系统软件架构设计

光学非接触检测是随着机械制造技术、计算机视觉技术、图像处理技术等发展而出现的新兴检测技术。传统人工手段对气门尺寸的检测往往存在效率低、可靠性差、检测精度不高、成本高、容易出错等弊端,采用光学非接触检测技术不仅可以提高检测的效率、精度和可靠性,同时可以降低成本和出错率。文中在阐述了系统的硬件结构和基本工作原理的基础上,通过分析实际生产需求,结合．NET技术框架,提出了符合实际需求的检测系统总体架构,并开发了汽车发动机气门尺寸自动检测系统,实现了系统各个功能模块并合理地解决了模块之间的联系,通过高精度算法检测出零件参数。该系统已应用于实际生产中,取得不错的效果。     

压力容器CAD绘图软件包的研究

本文结合压力容器计算机辅助设计软件的研制,研究了利用AUTOCAD开发计算机辅助设计专用软件的几个关键性问题;主要有程序绘图,汉字信息、绘图数据的显示和选择以及与绘图程序的连接、专用软件的控制结构设计和内存管理等问题;提出了一整套设计新颖,使用方便,运行高效的解决方法。     

自动排气阀在污水箱涵管道上的应用

自动排气阀应用于大型污水压力输送管系，在国内尚属首例，该文证明自动排气阀的应用对长距离污水输送管道的正常运行、安全运行具有重要意义。并阐明了自动排气阀的工作原理、排气性能的理论分析和实际运行情况，克服了排气井给景观地区的周围环境带来的种种弊端，提高了该地区的环境质量。