应用C++ Builder实现实时数据采集、显示的方法

集散控制系统中数据的实时采集和显示是较重要和较难实现的问题。文中针对一个自行设计的集散控制系统,介绍了在W Iindows操作系统下,利用可视化编程语言C Builder中的时间控件Ttimer完成定时作用,产生实时时间信号直接触发处于后台运行的程序,实现生产现场中数据的实时采集和数据动态显示。所用程序由可视化编程语言C Builder编写,给出了相应的程序。     

Improvement of cathode–electrolyte interfaces of tubular solid oxide fuel cells by fabricating dense YSZ electrolyte membranes with indented surfaces

To improve cathode–electrolyte interfaces of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), dense YSZ electrolyte membranes with indented surfaces were fabricated on tubular NiO/YSZ anode supports by two comparable methods. Electrochemistry impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and current–voltage tests of the cells were carried out to characterize the cathode–electrolyte interfaces. Results showed that the electrode polarization resistances of the modified cells were reduced by 52% and 35% at 700 °C, and the maximum power densities of cells were remarkably increased, even by 146.6% and 117.8% at lower temperature (700 °C), respectively. The indented surfaces extended the active zone of cathode and enhanced interfacial adhesion, which led to the major improvement in the cell performance.     

Preparation and properties of carbon nanotube/polypropylene nanocomposite bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

This study aims at the fabrication of lightweight and high performance nanocomposite bipolar plates for the application in polymer electrode membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The thin nanocomposite bipolar plates (the thickness <1.2 mm) consisting of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), graphite powder and PP were fabricated by means of compression molding. Three types of polypropylene (PP) with different crystallinities including high crystallinity PP (HC-PP), medium crystallinity PP (MC-PP), low crystallinity PP (LC-PP) were prepared to investigate the influence of crystallinity on the dispersion of MWCNTs in PP matrix. The optimum composition of original composite bipolar plates was determined at 80 wt.% graphite content and 20 wt.% PP content based on the measurements of electrical and mechanical properties with various graphite contents. Results also indicate that MWCNTs was dispersed better in LC-PP than other PP owing to enough dispersed regions in nanocomposite bipolar plates. This good MWCNT dispersion of LC-PP would cause better bulk electrical conductivity, mechanical properties and thermal stability of MWCNTs/PP nanocomposite bipolar plates. In the MWCNTs/LC-PP system, the bulk electrical conductivities with various MWCNT contents all exceed 100 S cm⁻¹. The flexural strength of the MWCNTs/LC-PP nanocomposite bipolar plate with 8 phr of MWCNTs was approximately 37% higher than that of the original nanocomposite bipolar plate and the unnotched Izod impact strength of MWCNTs/LC-PP nanocomposite bipolar plates was also increased from 68.32 J m⁻¹ (0 phr) to 81.40 J m⁻¹ (8 phr), increasing 19%. In addition, the coefficient of thermal expansion of MWCNTs/LC-PP nanocomposite bipolar plate was decreased from 32.91 μm m⁻¹ °C⁻¹ (0 phr) to 25.79 μm m⁻¹ °C⁻¹ (8 phr) with the increasing of MWCNT content. The polarization curve of MWCNTs/LC-PP nanocomposite bipolar plate compared with graphite bipolar plate was also evaluated. These results confirm that the addition of MWCNTs in LC-PP leads to a significant improvement on the cell performance of the nanocomposite bipolar plate.     

基于dsPIC与ADE7758的多功能电能测量仪设计

随着电力市场化供应的深入,对电能计量的要求也越来越高,应用电能计量专用芯片ADE7758设计电能测量表,采集数据准确,控制功能灵活、性价比高、可靠性好。本文进行了基于ADE7758及单片机dsPIC的多功能电能测量仪的总体设计,着重设计了ADE7758的接口单元的硬件设计及与dsPIC的通信设计。     

Deformation analysis in microstructures and micro-devices

The mechanical behaviors of microstructures and micro-devices have drawn the attention from researchers on materials and mechanics in recent years. To understand the rule of these behaviors, the deformation measurement techniques with micro/nanometer sensitivity and spatial resolution are required. In this paper, a micro-marker identification method is developed to measure microstructure deformation. The micro-markers were directly produced on the top surface of microstructures by taking advantage of ion milling of focused ion beam (FIB) system. Based on the analysis of marker images captured by electronic microscope with specific correlation software, the deformation information in microstructures can be easily obtained. The principle of the technique is introduced in detail in the paper. An example experiment was executed to measure the displacement and strain distribution in a MEMS device. Obtained results show that the technique can be well applied to the deformation measurement of the micro/nano-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS/NEMS).     

Finite data performance analysis of a sidelobe canceller

The performance of the generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC) is affected by the desired signal (DS) even if all signals are uncorrelated with each other when the DS exists in the received array data with finite snapshot number. Under the condition that the DS is blocked totally in the auxiliary array, a novel expression of the weight vector of the GSC, where the auxiliary array is separated from the main array, is derived for the finite data. Based on the new weight vector, the corresponding expressions of the output signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) can be developed for the case that all signals, including the DS and interference signals, are independent with each other. Then, effects on the SINR for some parameters, including the signal-to-noise ratio, the array antenna number, the direction-of-arrival of the interference signal and the interference-to-noise ratio, are studied, respectively. Some guidelines can thus be obtained for the practical application.

     

Neuromuscular Interfacing: Establishing an EMG-Driven Model for the Human Elbow Joint

Assistive devices aim to mitigate the effects of physical disability by aiding users to move their limbs or by rehabilitating through therapy. These devices are commonly embodied by robotic or exoskeletal systems that are still in development and use the electromyographic (EMG) signal to determine user intent. Not much focus has been placed on developing a neuromuscular interface (NI) that solely relies on the EMG signal, and does not require modifications to the end user's state to enhance the signal (such as adding weights). This paper presents the development of a flexible, physiological model for the elbow joint that is leading toward the implementation of an NI, which predicts joint motion from EMG signals for both able-bodied and less-abled users. The approach uses musculotendon models to determine muscle contraction forces, a proposed musculoskeletal model to determine total joint torque, and a kinematic model to determine joint rotational kinematics. After a sensitivity analysis and tuning using genetic algorithms, subject trials yielded an average root-mean-square error of 6.53° and 22.4° for a single cycle and random cycles of movement of the elbow joint, respectively. This helps us to validate the elbow model and paves the way toward the development of an NI.     

On the path-loss attenuation regime for positive cost and linear scaling of transport capacity in wireless networks

Wireless networks with a minimum inter-node separation distance are studied where the signal attenuation grows in magnitude as 1/ρ/sup δ/ with distance ρ. Two performance measures of wireless networks are analyzed. The transport capacity is the supremum of the total distance-rate products that can be supported by the network. The energy cost of information transport is the infimum of the ratio of the transmission energies used by all the nodes to the number of bit-meters of information thereby transported. If the phases of the attenuations between node pairs are uniformly and independently distributed, it is shown that the expected transport capacity is upper-bounded by a multiple of the total of the transmission powers of all the nodes, whenever δ>2 for two-dimensional networks or δ>5/4 for one-dimensional networks, even if all the nodes have full knowledge of all the phases, i.e., full channel state information. If all nodes have an individual power constraint, the expected transport capacity grows at most linearly in the number of nodes due to the linear growth of the total power. This establishes the best case order of expected transport capacity for these ranges of path-loss exponents since linear scaling is also feasible. If the phases of the attenuations are arbitrary, it is shown that the transport capacity is upper-bounded by a multiple of the total transmission power whenever δ>5/2 for two-dimensional networks or δ>3/2 for one-dimensional networks, even if all the nodes have full channel state information. This shows that there is indeed a positive energy cost which is no less than the reciprocal of the above multiplicative constant. It narrows the transition regime where the behavior is still open, since it is known that when δ<3/2 for two-dimensional networks, or δ<1 for one-dimensional networks, the transport capacity cannot generally be bounded by any multiple of the     

MDP based link scheduling in wireless networks to maximize the reliability

This paper considers wireless networks where communication links are unstable and link interference is a challenge to design high performance scheduling algorithms. Wireless links are time varying and are modeled by Markov stochastic processes. The problem of designing an optimal link scheduling algorithm to maximize the expected reliability of the network is formulated into a Markov Decision Process first. The optimal solution can be obtained by the finite backward induction algorithm. However, the time complexity is very high. Thus, we develop an approximate link scheduling algorithm with an approximate ratio of \(2(N - 1)(r_{M}\Delta - r_{m} \delta ),\) where N is the number of decision epochs, r _M is the maximum link reliability, r _m is the minimum link reliability, Δ is the number of links in the largest maximal independent set and δ is the number of links in the smallest maximal independent set. Simulations are conducted in different scenarios under different network topologies.