To improve methanol-oxidation performances of membrane-electrode assemblies composed of a hydrocarbon-based ionomers, the resistances involved in the reaction were decreased. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed that the proton-conductive resistance (Ri) in the anode was decreased from 0.54 to 0.40 Ω cm2 by increasing a loading ratio of platinum-ruthenium to carbon support of anode catalyst from 54 to 73 wt.%. In addition, Ri was decreased to be 0.25 Ω cm2 by increasing ion-exchange capacity (IEC) of the ionomer from 1.4 to 2.9 mequiv. g−1. Consequently, the polarization resistance of the anode was significantly decreased, in turn, increasing current density of methanol oxidation at the potential of 0.45 V from 0.110 to 0.244 A cm−2. 相似文献
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This article evaluates the performance of flexible manufacturing systems with finite local buffers and fixed or dynamic routing rules, and addresses the optimal design or system configuration problem of maximizing the system throughput. The costs include machine cost, part (or pallet) cost, and local buffers cost. First, the system throughputs and their behaviors are considered with both queueing network analysis and simulation, and it is shown for a fixed routing model that the system throughput in the case of finite local buffers is greater than in the case of infinite local buffers. For a fixed versus dynamic routing rule, it is also found that the throughput in the former case can be close to the one in the latter case by changing the setting parameters. Next, the design problems of maximizing the system throughput are considered numerically for fixed and dynamic routing cases. Then, it is seen that better combination of design variables is a class of the monotonicity in local buffers, service rates, and routing probabilities. 相似文献
Abstract Possibility of the previously proposed hinge-opened product 2 of [2+2] C60, dimer 1 transforming itself into IPR C120 fullerenes by a series of generalized Stone-Wales (GSW) rearrangements has been tested by seeking all topologically acceptable pathways with the help of a graphical search program. the first IPR isomer 4 appeared after 20 GSW steps from the wide-bridged dumb-bell shaped precursor 3. More than 1,000 C120 fullerene structures were generated during subsequent ten GSW steps, but the outstanding TdC120 global minimum 5 was not reached. Semiempirical vibrational calculations predict characteristic transition in the vibrational spectra in the course of rearrangement pathway. 相似文献
Measurements of the V–I characteristics of a solid polymer electrolytic (SPE) dehumidifier were done using a modified SPE
dehumidifier with four electrodes which included two electrodes to carry the main current and the other two electrodes to
measure the voltages applied to the electrical double layer, which are the boundary voltages between the electrodes and the
SPE membrane. The measured results were analyzed using the Butler-Volmer equation to examine the validity of the measurements.
The current flowing in the dehumidifier is produced by the decomposition of water near the anode. Therefore, under a steady-state
condition, the current should be proportional to the supply rate of water to the anode. On the other hand, a two-layer model
for the SPE dehumidifier presented in our previous article showed that the current flowing in the dehumidifier was roughly
proportional to the water content in the vicinity of the anode. These results were introduced for interpretation of the V–I
measurements of the SPE dehumidifier. It was concluded that the dehumidifier current was expressed in the form of a Butler-Volmer
equation as a function of the electrode boundary voltages which were the voltages across the boundary between the electrodes
and the SPE membrane. An experimental formula for the current under a steady-state condition was developed as a function of
the water content near the anode and the boundary voltages. 相似文献
Three peptides (5A, 5C and 6C), purified from potato protein hydrolysate fractions, possessed antioxidative activities. Isolation and purification were carried out using gel permeation chromatography and successive reverse-phase HPLC. These three peptide fractions were sequenced and identified as Phe-Gly-Glu-Arg, Phe-Asp-Arg-Arg and Phe-Gly-Glu-Arg-Arg, respectively. The fractions 5A, 5C and 6C inhibited linoleic acid oxidation by 55.3%, 58.5% and 61.7% using β-carotene decolorization assay system, while the inhibition ratio was 32.1%, 93.0% and 93.4% in the ferric thiocyanate assay system, respectively. The peptide fractions 5A, 5C and 6C also repressed lipid oxidation by 24.2%, 14.7% and 26.4% in the erythrocyte membrane ghost assay system, respectively. Oral administration of 100 mg/kg of body weight of the chemically synthesized peptides, 5A, 5C and 6C to rats (male Wistar) 30 min prior to ethanol injection reduced ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage by 67.9%, 57.0% and 60.3%, respectively. Conclusively, these peptides have shown real potent antioxidative activities and could further be investigated for potential use as food additives. 相似文献
Oral intake of some lactic acid bacteria can have beneficial effects on the host by activating immune responses and enhancing resistance to infection by pathogens. In this study, effects of Lactobacillus sp. on the development of autoimmune disease were examined in mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). CIA, a model of some types of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), can be induced in DBA/1J mice by immunizing them with bovine type II collagen (bCII). Oral intake of skimmed milk (SM) fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus OLL1073R-1 (SM/OLL1073R-1) was found to markedly inhibit the development of CIA in these mice, compared with a control group fed the control foodstuff. The inhibitory effect of SM fermented with L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus OLLI 102 (SM/OLL1102) or fresh SM was weaker than that of SM/ OLL1073R-1. A deMan Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) broth culture of OLL1073R-1 without any major components of SM had the same inhibitory effect as SM/OLL1073R-1, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of SM/OLL1073R-1 is attributable not only to SM components but also to OLL1073R-1 cells, their metabolites, or both. We found that SM/OLL1073R-1 and SM caused reduced secretion of the cytokine IFN-gamma by lymph node cells (LNCs) in response to bCII. However, SM/OLL1102 did not affect the secretion of IFN-gamma. A polysaccharide fraction secreted by OLL1073R-1 also exhibited the inhibitory effects on both development of CIA and secretion of IFN-gamma. 相似文献
We have investigated the size dependence of crystallization within spherical microdomains formed in various poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymers (PCL-b-PB). The crystallinity (χ) and melting temperature (Tm) of the PCL block are considerably lower than those of PCL homopolymer, and χ decreases steadily and Tm decreases only slightly with decreasing radius of PCL spheres (R) for a series of PCL-b-PB with a same molecular weight (Mn). When PCL-b-PB is compared with the similar R but different Mn, χ is significantly different, suggesting that the sphere size is not the unique factor to control crystallization within spherical microdomains. 相似文献
The coexistence of alkaline earth (Ca and Sr) and transition metal (Fe, Co and Ni) cations with Cu ions in ZSM-5 zeolite is effective in the promotion of the maximum activity and the expansion of the active temperature range for the reduction of nitric oxide with ethene in the presence of excess oxygen. 相似文献