NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF LOCAL HYDRODYNAMICS ON MASS TRANSFER IN HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA

Many engineering problems require the estimation of mass transfer coefficients in porous materials. In heterogeneous materials or in cases where mass transfer sites are not spatially uniform, empirical equations for mass transfer coefficients vary widely, and the origin of these differences is not well understood. In this article, we use a stochastic algorithm to model mass transfer from single particles in a two-dimensional heterogeneous packed bed. The computed mass transfer coefficients are used to generate a distribution of local Peclet numbers in the bed. Detailed hydrodynamics are then used to interpret variations in the local Peclet number. The results show clear relationships between pore structure, streamline patterns, and mass transfer rates.     

用模糊综合评判法评估钢制储罐的寿命

针对影响钢制储罐寿命的因素具有复杂性、非确定性以及时变性的特点,提出了用动态二级模糊综合评判的方法对其寿命进行评估,建立了评估的数学模型和评估流程。在对某石油库油罐的寿命分析中,考虑到保留所有评判因素的影响,采用了乘、加型模糊算子,并用层次分析法来确定评价指标权重。计算结果表明,该方法能够解决储罐寿命评估中的一些复杂因素的处理问题,具有一定的实际工程意义。     

Stability of TCP/RED systems in AQM routers

By applying the time-delay control theory to a TCP/RED dynamic model, this note establishes some explicit conditions under which the TCP/RED system is stable in terms of the average queue length. Then, the stability region is discussed. Finally, the results are illustrated by using ns2 simulations, which demonstrates that it is able to choose an appropriate control parameter max/sub p/ of RED based on the stability conditions derived in this note, to achieve satisfactory network performance. It is found, by comparison, that this improved performance is better than that of three other typical active queue management (AQM) schemes-the random exponential marking (REM), proportional-integral (PI) controller, and adaptive virtual queue (AVQ) schemes.     

辐射剂量对环氧树脂电子束固化行为的影响

分析了电子束剂量对环氧树脂体系辐射固化行为的影响规律。研究结果表明，电子束辐射过程中，温度由树脂辐射体系表面向内部逐渐降低，随着辐射剂量提高，树脂体系温度上升，辐射表面与内部的温度梯度加大，高辐射剂量下的温度变化缓慢。树脂辐射固化层厚度以及在相同厚度的固化程度均随辐射剂量增加，但增幅逐渐变小，树脂辐射固化度沿固化深度会加速下降。     

硫酸/盐酸比例和Al~(3+)含量对铝箔隧道孔生长的影响

研究了硫酸/盐酸比例、温度和Al3+含量对高纯铝箔隧道孔生长的影响,发现随着硫酸浓度增加,温度对隧道孔极限长度和孔径的影响减小,在本文条件下隧道孔生长的临界温度最低可降低到35℃。在电解液中一定含量的Al3+可以避免铝箔表面形成大孔,从而改善隧道孔分布均匀性。     

入炉煤分炉计量系统的应用探讨

介绍了江西贵溪发电厂的入炉煤分炉计量系统在节能方面开展的一些应用情况。     

养马岛大桥钢管拱肋支撑架的设计与施工

介绍了养马岛大桥钢管拱肋支撑架的设计与施工，从设计方案的比选、施工技术等方面进行了论述，指出该桥使用此种支架施工，保证了质量，降低了成本。     

Kinetic trapping of oxygen in cell respiration

Cell respiration in eukaryotes is catalysed by mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome c oxidase. In bacteria there are many variants of this enzyme, all of which have a binuclear haem iron-copper centre at which O2 reduction occurs, and a low-spin haem, which serves as the immediate electron donor to this centre. It is essential that the components of the cell respiratory system have a high affinity for oxygen because of the low concentration of dissolved O2 in the tissues; however, the binding of O2 to the respiratory haem-copper oxidases is very weak. This paradox has been attributed to kinetic trapping during fast reaction of O2 bound within the enzyme's binuclear haem iron-copper centre. Our earlier work indicated that electron transfer from the low-spin haem to the oxygen-bound nuclear centre may be necessary for such kinetic oxygen trapping. Here we show that specific decrease of the haem-haem electron transfer rate in the respiratory haem-copper oxidase from Escherichia coli leads to a corresponding decrease in the enzyme's operational steady-state affinity for O2. This demonstrates directly that fast electron transfer between the haem groups is a key process in achieving the high affinity for oxygen in cell respiration.     

Use of exercise technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT imaging to detect residual ischemia and for risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction

The clinical presentation, electrocardiographic findings, and technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging results of 134 consecutive patients who underwent nuclear exercise testing within 14 days of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were correlated with cardiac events over a 15 +/- 10-month follow-up. Whereas only 23 patients (17%) had chest pain and 31 (23%) had ischemic ST-segment depression during exercise, 94 (70%) had ischemia on SPECT (p < 0.001). On follow-up, 13 patients experienced a cardiac event: 7 were rehospitalized for unstable angina, 3 had recurrent AMI, and 3 died of cardiac causes. Ischemia on the sestamibi images identified 11 of these patients (85%), whereas chest pain identified only 3 (23%, p = 0.006), and electrocardiographic ischemia identified only 4 (31%, p = 0.017). The presence of either ischemia as seen on SPECT or defects in multiple vascular territories identified 12 patients (92%) with an event, including all who had cardiac death. By Cox regression analysis of clinical, stress, and image parameters, the number of ischemic defects on SPECT was the only significant correlate of a future event (chi-square = 4.62, p = 0.03), and patients with > or = 3 reversible sestamibi defects had an event rate of 38%. The extent of ischemia as seen on nuclear imaging remained a strong correlate (p = 0.008) of an event in the 54 patients (40%) who had received thrombolytic therapy. Thus, exercise technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT after AMI frequently reveals residual ischemia, and is better than clinical data, symptoms, and stress electrocardiographic data in identifying patients who will have a subsequent cardiac event.