Synthesis of carbon nanocapsules containing Fe, Ni or Co by arc discharge in aqueous solution

A simple, inexpensive and one-step synthesis method of metal-containing carbon nanocapsules using an arc discharge in aqueous solution is reported. It was found that Ni, Co and Fe nanoparticles could be in situ encapsulated in carbon shells when the arc was performed respectively in aqueous solutions of NiSO₄, CoSO₄ and FeSO₄. Transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron diffraction patterns of selected areas were used to determine the crystalline phase of the metal cores. To explain the formation mechanism of metal-containing carbon nanocapsules, a model of discharge in solution is proposed. This result presents a simply controllable way to synthesize metal-containing carbon nanocapsules.     

A novel preparation method for NiCo2O4 electrodes stacked with hexagonal nanosheets for water electrolysis

In this paper, we describe the preparation of a porous nanosheet-stacked NiCo₂O₄ composite electrode using a novel electrophoretic deposition (EPD) calcination method. The effects of the deposition time and voltage, and of the calcination temperature have been investigated. The microstructure of the deposited films in the electrodes before and after calcination has also been investigated. The electrocatalytic properties of the electrodes have been investigated using cyclic voltammetry and polarization curves. The electrode films produced using this new technique have a porous structure composed of stacked hexagonal NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets. The resulting electrodes exhibit good electrocatalytic properties for water electrolysis.     

尼龙6生产中注带处单体烟的回收

分析比较了尼龙 6生产中注带处单体烟的几种回收方法。利用萃取水与注带的单体烟在吸收塔内逆向传质吸收而将单体予以截留的工艺 ,对单体的吸收效果最好。单体的实际回收率可达 98%以上。讨论了影响吸收效率的主要因素及在吸收塔顶加装除沫器的设计     

Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of KxNa(1−x)NbO3 Powders

NaNbO₃, KNbO₃, and K _x Na_{(1− x )}NbO₃ powders were successfully prepared by the hydrothermal method. The phase of the products was identified to be orthorhombic structure by X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, and the XRD results revealed that the x value of the K _x Na_{(1− x )}NbO₃ gradually increased with the increase in the ratio of K⁺ to Na⁺ in alkaline solution. The morphology and the microstructure were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, and the results indicated that the ratio of K⁺ to Na⁺ in the solution had a great effect on the morphology and the size of products. Na_0.5K_0.5NbO₃ with morphotropic phase boundary composition could be synthesized when the molar ratio of K⁺ to Na⁺ was between 4:1 and 6:1 in the solution. A possible formation mechanism of the K _x Na_{(1− x )}NbO₃ crystal was also proposed based on the experimental results.     

3D video components generation using object tracking technique

2D-to-3D conversion that would be a solution of the lack of 3D contents has been a worthy and challenging research field. In this paper, we propose a computer interactive conversion method to capture components which is used to generate 3D sequences. First, we divide the key frame into foreground and background, and then label the objects by convenient computer interactive operation. Depth information of objects is labeled after segmentation. Second, we use object tracking technique which synthesizes the advantages of kernel-based mean shift tracker and contour tracker to accomplish object depth capture for non-key frame. Finally, all the 3D information is prepared to render 3D sequences. After all, we propose our future work direction: a 2D-to-3D system which can generate 3D sequence interactively.     

Speech enhancement with an adaptive Wiener filter

This paper proposes an adaptive Wiener filtering method for speech enhancement. This method depends on the adaptation of the filter transfer function from sample to sample based on the speech signal statistics; the local mean and the local variance. It is implemented in the time domain rather than in the frequency domain to accommodate for the time-varying nature of the speech signals. The proposed method is compared to the traditional frequency-domain Wiener filtering, spectral subtraction and wavelet denoising methods using different speech quality metrics. The simulation results reveal the superiority of the proposed Wiener filtering method in the case of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) as well as colored noise.     

钻井泥浆抑制剂JFT的实验研究

针对钻井过程中泥页岩的水化膨胀导致井壁不稳定和泥浆性能恶化这一严重问题 ,通过室内试验研制了一种阳离子型聚合物抑制剂———JFT ,并进行了性能评价。结果表明 ,该抑制剂具有好的水溶性、时间稳定性和热稳定性 ,其适应温度范围广 (在 30～ 95℃下不生成絮状沉淀 ) ,有效浓度为 1 %的JFT比 5 %KCl的抑制性好。     

Echo state networks based predictive model of vinyl chloride monomer convention velocity optimized by artificial fish swarm algorithm

Conversion rate in the Polyvinylchloride (PVC) polymerizing process has a certain influence on the molecular weight of PVC, porosity, absorption rate of plasticizer, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) residue and thermal stability. Therefore, a predictive model based on echo state networks (ESN) method optimized by the artificial fish swarm algorithm (AFSA) is proposed to predict the conversion velocity. Firstly, the hot balancing mechanisms of polymerizer and the influenced factors of convention rate of VCM are analyzed in details. Then the auxiliary variables of the predictive model kernel are selected by using the kernel principal component analysis method for reducing the model dimensionality. Thirdly, the structure parameters of the ESN are optimized by the AFSA to realize the nonlinear mapping between input and output variables of the discussed soft-sensor model. The artificial fish swarm behaviors, such as foraging, swarming, chasing, random, are introduced in details. Finally, simulation results show that the proposed model can significantly enhance the predictive accuracy and robustness of the technical index and satisfy the real-time control requirements of PVC polymerizing production process.     

Cell structure and dynamic properties of injection molded polypropylene foams

The cell structure and properties of branched and linear polypropylene (PP) foams containing organically modified nanoclay and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (PPMA) have been thoroughly investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and melt rheometry were used to identify the structure and linear viscoelastic properties of the nanocomposites, as well as the effectiveness of two different compatibilizers. These nanocomposites were used in injection molding to investigate their foamability and the influence of experimental conditions such as chemical foaming agent concentration, shot size, back pressure, injection speed, as well as melt temperature and different injection methods on the resulting cell structure of the foams. Quite different results were obtained with the linear and the branched PP. While the foamability of the branched PP was intrinsically good, that of the linear one could largely be improved by modifying its rheological properties and favoring nucleation through the addition of nanoclay. The effect of cell structure on the dynamic mechanical properties of the foams was also investigated using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1070–1081, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers