Recovery of iron from vanadium tailings with coal-based direct reduction followed by magnetic separation

A technique with coal-based direct reduction followed by magnetic separation is presented in this study for recovering and reusing iron otherwise wasted in vanadium tailings. Process parameters such as usage of additives, tailings/reductant/additives ratio, reduction temperature and time, as well as particle size were experimentally determined. The optimum process parameters were proposed as follows: using lime as the additive, lignite as the reductant, weight ratios of vanadium tailings/lignite/lime at 100:30:10, reduction roasting at 1200 °C for 60 min, and particle size of 98% less than 30 μm in the final roasted product feeding to magnetic separation. Under these conditions, a magnetic concentrate containing 90.31% total iron and 89.76% metallization iron with a total iron recovery rate of 83.88% was obtained. In addition, mineralography of vanadium tailings, coal-based reduction product and magnetic concentrate were studied by X-ray powder diffraction technique (XRD). The microstructures of above products were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) to help understand the mechanism.     

膜分离法从甲醇尾气回收氢气的工业应用

介绍了膜法气体分离技术的原理、特点和应用于甲醇尾气回收氢气的工艺流程，并针对甲醇尾气回收的变压吸附和膜分离进行技术和经济的比较，最后以哈尔滨气化厂的工程实例介绍了膜分离技术的工业应用．     

Manganese recovery from secondary resources: a green process for carbothermal reduction and leaching of manganese bearing hazardous waste

During the hydrometallurgical extraction of zinc by electrowinning process, a hazardous solid waste called anode mud is generated. It contains large quantity of manganese oxides (55-80%) and lead dioxide (6-16%). Due to the presence of a large quantity of lead, the anode mud waste is considered hazardous and has to be disposed of in secure landfills, which is costly, wastes available manganese and valuable land resources. For recovery of manganese content of anode mud, a process comprising of carbothermal treatment using low density oil (LDO) followed by sulphuric acid leaching is developed.     

Novel robust cellulose-based foam with pH and light dual-response for oil recovery

We fabricated pH and light dual-responsive adsorption materials which could induce the transition of surface wettability between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity by using ATRP. The structure and morphology of adsorption materials were confirmed by ATR-FTIR, XPS, TGA and SEM. It showed that the modified cellulose (CE)-based foam was hydrophobic, which can adsorb a range of oils and organic solvents in water under pH = 7.0 or visible light irradiation (λ > 500 nm). Meanwhile, the wettability of robust CE-based foam can convert hydrophobicity into hydrophilicity and underwater oleophobicity under pH = 3.0 or UV irradiation (λ = 365 nm), giving rise to release oils and organic solvents. Most important of all, the adsorption and desorption processes of the modified CE-based foam could be switched by external stimuli. Furthermore, the modified CE-based foam was not damaged and still retained original performance after reversible cycle repeated for many times with variation of surface wettability. In short, it indicates that CE-based foam materials with switchable surface wettability are new responsive absorbent materials and have owned potential application in the treatment of oil recovery.     

Application of Bayer red mud for iron recovery and building material production from alumosilicate residues

Red mud is a solid waste produced in the process of alumina extraction from bauxite. In this paper, recovery iron from Bayer red mud was studied with direct reduction roasting process followed by magnetic separation, and then building materials were prepared from alumosilicate residues. After analysis of chemical composition and crystalline phase, the effects of different parameters on recovery efficiency of iron were carried out. The optimum reaction parameters were proposed as the following: ratio of carbon powder: red mud at 18:100, ratio of additives: red mud at 6:100, roasting at 1300 degrees C for 110min. With these optimum parameters, total content of iron in concentrated materials was 88.77%, metallization ratio of 97.69% and recovery ratio of 81.40%. Then brick specimens were prepared with alumosilicate residues and hydrated lime. Mean compressive strength of specimens was 24.10MPa. It was indicated that main mineral phase transformed from nepheline (NaAlSiO4) in alumosilicate residues to gehlenite (Ca2Al2SiO7) in brick specimens through X-ray diffraction (XRD) technology. The feasibility of this transformation under the experimental conditions was proved by thermodynamics calculation analysis. Combined the recovery of iron with the reuse of alumosilicate residues, it can realize zero-discharge of red mud from Bayer process.     

Numerical method for the estimation of column radial heterogeneity and of the actual column efficiency from tailing peak profiles

It is probably impossible to prepare high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns that have a completely homogeneous packing structure. Many reports in the literature show that the radial distributions of the mobile phase flow velocity and the local column efficiency are not flat, even in columns considered as good. A degree of radial heterogeneity seems to be a common property of all HPLC columns and an important source of peak tailing, which prevents the derivation of accurate information on chromatographic behavior from a straightforward analysis of elution peak profiles. This work reports on a numerical method developed to derive from recorded peak profiles the column efficiency at the column center, the degree of column radial heterogeneity, and the polynomial function that best represents the radial distributions of the flow velocity and the column efficiency. This numerical method was applied to two concrete examples of tailing peak profiles previously described. It was demonstrated that this numerical method is effective to estimate important parameters characterizing the radial heterogeneity of chromatographic columns.     

Airflow‐induced high‐speed separation method for stacked paper labels and its mechanism

An airflow‐induced separation method for stacked paper labels is proposed with a stream of compressed air used to jet vertically onto the side of the stacked labels and force constraints applied to the two ends of the labels. Its mechanism is revealed that the viscous force caused by airflow is the main driving force for the initial separation of labels and the vertical force is the main factor for the formation of successive separation channels. Theoretical and experimental analyses are implemented to ensure the effects of airflow velocity, label characteristics, label stress, and other factors on label separation and show that a stable separation gap can be generated with separation efficiency of more than 3600 sheets per minute and reliability of 99.99%. A complete airflow‐induced label separation device is designed, which can be integrated into the existing packaging machine, and the physical feasibility of the stack label separation method is verified by experiments.     

CECE法重水电解分离氚的热力学研究

文章研究了CECE法中D2-含氚重水同位素交换以及电解的热力学问题,即可逆分解电压和2个反应(19-1) 和(19-2)的热力学平衡条件。研究给出了H2O, HDO, D2O, DTO和T2O的可逆分解电压。H2O(0) 与T2O(4)的可逆分解电压的相差为0.047 V,如要保留T2O,则实际的分解电压不能大于H2O的分解电压。同时,导出了这5种氢同位素水的平衡蒸汽压和汽化热与温度(0～100 ℃)的函数关系。从热力学来讲,反应(19-1)和(19-2)的平衡常数都很小,在静态反应中难以实现,如果在流动系统中,则能符合条件Q < K,使反应进行。电解分离氢同位素水的最大的难点是选择性差,可以探索使用光催化分离的方法。     

Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators with quasi-square waves

In this paper, an efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators with low frequency square waves in low-power applications such as mobile microrobots is investigated. Efficiency issues related to periodic mechanical work of the actuators and the relationship among the driving electronics efficiency, the piezoelectric coupling factor, and the actuator energy transmission coefficient are discussed. The proposed charge recovery method exploiting the energy transfer between an inductor and a general capacitive load is compared with existing techniques that lead to inherent inefficiencies. A charge recovery method is then applied to piezoelectric actuators, especially to bimorph ones. Unitary efficiency can be obtained theoretically for purely capacitive loads while intrinsic losses such as hysteresis necessarily lower the efficiency. In order to show the validity of the method, a prototype driving electronics consisting of an extended H-bridge is constructed and tested by experiments and simulations. Preliminary results show that 75% of charge (i.e., more than 56% of energy) can be recovered for bending actuators such as bimorphs without any component optimization at low fields.     

Process development for the removal and recovery of hazardous dye erythrosine from wastewater by waste materials-Bottom Ash and De-Oiled Soya as adsorbents

Erythrosine is a water-soluble xanthene class of dye. It is widely used as colorant in foods, textiles, drugs and cosmetics. It is highly toxic, causes various types of allergies, thyroid activities, carcinogenicity, DNA damage behaviour, neurotoxicity and xenoestrogen nature in the humans and animals. The photochemical and biochemical degradation of the erythrosine is not recommended due to formation of toxic by-products. The present paper is an attempt to remove erythrosine from wastewater using adsorption over Bottom Ash-a power plant waste and De-Oiled Soya-an agricultural waste. Under the batch studies, effect of concentration of dye, temperature, pH of the solution, dosage of adsorbents, sieve size of adsorbents, etc., have been studied for the uptake of the dye over both adsorbents. The adsorption process verifies Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms in both the cases and based on the data different thermodynamic parameters have been evaluated. Batch studies also include kinetic measurements, rate constant study, mass transfer behaviour and establishment of mechanistic pathway for both the cases. For the bulk removal of the dye column operations have been carried out and breakthrough capacities of the Bottom Ash and De-Oiled Soya columns have been calculated. Attempts have also been made for the recovery of the adsorbed dye from exhausted columns by eluting dilute NaOH and more than 90% of the dye was recovered.     

Novel method of calibration with restrictive constraints for stereo-vision system

Regarding the calibration of a stereo vision measurement system, this paper puts forward a new bundle adjustment algorithm based on the stereo vision camera calibration method. Multiple-view geometric constraints and a bundle adjustment algorithm are used to optimize the inner and outer parameters of the camera accurately. A fixed relative constraint relationship between cameras is introduced. We have improved the normal equation construction process of the traditional bundle adjustment method, so that each iteration process occurs just outside the parameters of two images that are taken by a camera that has been optimized to better integrate two cameras bound together as one camera. The relationship between the fixed relative constraints can effectively increase the number of superfluous observations of the adjustment system and optimize higher accuracy while reducing the dimension of the normal matrix; it means that each iteration will reduce the time required. Simulation and actual experimental results show the superior performance of the proposed approach in terms of robustness and accuracy, and our approach also can be extended to stereo-vision system with more than two cameras.     

单一热致相分离法制备聚乳酸纳米纤维大孔支架

在不结合其它致孔方法的条件下,基于单一的热致相分离的方法,采用聚左旋乳酸(PLLA),二氧六环,水三元体系,测量了体系的浊点和凝胶点,并在此基础之上系统地研究了溶液浓度,溶剂配比,凝胶温度,凝胶时间对支架大孔,纳米纤维的影响,在质量分数为5%,m(溶剂配比二氧六环)/m(水)=87/13,凝胶温度25℃,凝胶时间15min的条件下,制备了含有100μm以上大孔,同时孔壁上分布均匀的纳米纤维的PLLA支架,孔隙均匀,连通性很好。     

Electrophoresis separation in open microchannels. A method for coupling electrophoresis with MALDI-MS

The separation of biological mixtures in open micro-channels using electrophoresis with rapid and simple coupling to mass spectrometry is introduced. Rapid open-access channel electrophoresis employs microchannels that are manufactured on microchips. Separation is performed in the open channels, and the chips are transferred to a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) source after the solvent is evaporated. The matrix (2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid) is placed in the solution with the run buffer before the separation of the analyte components. After separation, the solvent is evaporated and the microchip is ready for MALDI-MS analysis. The microchip is placed directly into a specially designed ion source of an external source Fourier transform mass spectrometry instrument. Separation of simple mixtures containing oligosaccharides and peptides is shown.     

未知数量稀疏源盲分离的一种新方法

提出了一种新的用于未知数量稀疏源盲分离的统一方法。为了改善聚类分离的精度，该方法选取混合空间中半径给定的、中心位于原点的超球面以外的所有数据点，然后将这些数据点映射到中心位于原点的单位超球面上以得到集合Cy。由此，原来的聚类变为致密聚类，各聚类互相重叠的现象几乎消失。随后，先通过关于Cy的聚类分离来估计混合矩阵，再根据混合矩阵估计源，其中最佳不相似阚值和相应的聚类数量是自动生成的。计算机仿真结果验证了该方法对具有不同程度稀疏性源的有效性。当源充分稀疏时，重构信噪比大约是300dB。因此，该方法精确、便利。     

Novel method for the fatigue strength assessment of heavy sections made by ductile cast iron in presence of solidification defects

The fatigue strength of ferritic, pearlitic, and solution strengthened ferritic ductile irons taken from heavy sections and characterized by long solidification times has been assessed. Starting from the idea of Murakami and co‐workers, a new model for the prediction of the fatigue strength is proposed. It allows a sound fatigue assessment of the fatigue strength of as‐cast ductile irons containing solidification defects, such as low nodule count, exploded, chunky and spiky graphite, or microshrinkage porosities. The newly developed equation validated by means of an extensive benchmarking with data taken from the literature has shown a very high potential for applications to thick‐walled components.     

Novel method for analyzing the behavior of composite beams with non-smooth interfaces

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design - An almost exact solution is derived for the forced vibration of a composite beam with periodically varying non-smooth interface through...     

建立快速测定空分设备液氧中氧化亚氮的分析方法

介绍一种利用毛细管热导检测器气相色谱法(GC-TCD)测定空分设备液氧中氧化亚氮的检测方法。比较了填充柱和毛细管柱、脉冲放电检测器和热导检测器的优缺点,从生产实际出发,确定选择10m的毛细管PQ柱和热导检测器的搭配,对空分设备旁冷凝器的液氧中氧化亚氮含量进行监控。实际运用情况表明:该方法具有分析准确、过程时间短和稳定性好的优点。     

A new method for estimation of elastic properties of sintered iron powder compacts from ultrasonic longitudinal velocity

A new methodology has been proposed for estimation of elastic moduli of iron powder compacts solely based on longitudinal ultrasonic velocity. New correlations have been semianalytically derived between the elastic moduli and the longitudinal ultrasonic velocity. The moduli estimated on the basis of the suggested methodology agreed reasonably well with data reported for iron powder compacts in the literature. The proposed method can be a potent tool for quick and accurate, nondestructive estimation of elastic properties for porous materials through ultrasonic measurements.