Practical Control of a Ball-Screw-Driven Stage for Long-Range Nanometer Positioning

A DC motor and ball-screw-driven stage is studied for long-range nanometer positioning.The closed-loop system with high-gain PID controller is specially designed for high-precision point-to-point (PTP) positioning.A particular input shape of the closed-loop system is proposed to avoid overshoot and vibration by taking into account the nonlinear characteristics of the feed drive.Friction modeling and identification are avoided and the effect of friction is greatly suppressed by the controller.Experimental and simulated results demonstrate long-range nanometer positioning is achieved without overshoot.In PTP positioning from 10 mm down to 5 nm,the positioning error is within ±5 nm and response dynamic is satisfactory.     

Molten salts/ceramic-foam matrix composites by melt infiltration method as energy storage material

A new type of high temperature energy storage material was obtained through the melt infiltration method, using compounding SiC ceramic foam as matrix and Na₂SO₄ as phase change material. The resulting composite material was measured by XRD, SEM, TG-DSC methods. The experimental results indicate that the composite is composed of silicon carbide, sodium sulfate and square quartz, and no chemical reactions occurs between Na₂SO₄ and SiC matrix. Na₂SO₄ has a good bonding with the SiC ceramic foam matrix. As the composite material is characterized by high thermal energy storage density and high thermal conductivity, it is suit for energy storage under high temperature. Funded by the “863” Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2008AA05Z418)     

ZrO2对CaO-SiO2系玻璃析晶的影响

通过DSC曲线研究了不同含量的ZrO2对CaO-SiO2系玻璃析晶的影响,根据JMA方程计算动力学参数(如析晶活化能E、频率因子ν、晶化指数n)。从计算结果可以看出,随着ZrO2含量的增加,析晶活化能E减少,而频率因子ν和晶化指数n增加。当ZrO2含量为7%时,E值最小:235.58kJ/mol;n值最大:4.70。说明ZrO2在CaO-SiO2玻璃体系是有效的晶核剂。     

Solvent free oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by KMnO4 adsorbed on Kieselguhr

Efficient and selective oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones catalyzed by potassium permanganate supported on Kieselguhr reagent under solvent free conditions are reported.     

A Novel Filtering Based Recursive Estimation Algorithm for Box-Jenkins Systems

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - This paper presents a novel filtering based multi-innovation estimation algorithm for output-error autoregressive moving average (i.e.,...     

Reaction mechanism and microstructure evolution of reaction sintered <Emphasis Type="Italic">h</Emphasis>-BN

Hexagonal boron nitride ceramic (h-BN) based on the nitridation of B powders was obtained by reaction sintering method. The effects of sintering temperature on the mechanical properties and microstructure of the resultant products were investigated and the reaction mechanism was discussed. Results showed that the reaction between B and N₂ occurred vigorously at temperatures ranging from 1 000 °C to 1 300 °C, which resulted in the generation of t-BN. When the temperature exceeded 1 450 °C, transformation from t-BN to h-BN began to occur. As the sintering temperature increased, the spherical particles of t-BN gradually transformed into fine sheet particles of h-BN. These particles subsequently displayed a compact arrangement to achieve a more uniform microstructure, thereby increasing the strength.