A Comparative Study on Open Circuit Voltage Models for Lithium-ion Batteries

The current research of state of charge(SoC) online estimation of lithium-ion battery(LiB) in electric vehicles(EVs)mainly focuses on adopting or improving of battery models and estimation filters. However, little attention has been paid to the accuracy of various open circuit voltage(OCV) models for correcting the SoC with aid of the ampere-hour counting method. This paper presents a comprehensive comparison study on eighteen OCV models which cover the majority of models used in literature. The low-current OCV tests are conducted on the typical commercial LiFePO_4/graphite(LFP) and LiNiMnCoO_2/graphite(NMC) cells to obtain the experimental OCV-SoC curves at different ambient temperature and aging stages. With selected OCV and SoC points from experimental OCV-SoC curves, the parameters of each OCV model are determined by curve fitting toolbox of MATLAB 2013. Then the fitting OCV-SoC curves based on diversified OCV models are also obtained. The indicator of root-mean-square error(RMSE) between the experimental data and fitted data is selected to evaluate the adaptabilities of these OCV models for their main features, advantages,and limitations. The sensitivities of OCV models to ambient temperatures, aging stages, numbers of data points,and SoC regions are studied for both NMC and LFP cells. Furthermore, the influences of these models on SoC estimation are discussed. Through a comprehensive comparison and analysis on OCV models, some recommendations in selecting OCV models for both NMC and LFP cells are given.     

上海四平大楼爆破拆除中环境振动监测的分析

介绍上海四平大楼组合楼宇定向爆破拆除时对周边环境的振动监测,通过环境的振动监测准确地了解楼宇倾倒触地时监测控制点的振动速度值,从而有效地评估组合楼宇被爆破拆除时对相邻环境的影响状态.通过对集录的测试数据分析可以递推估算周边相邻建筑的影响状况,也可为以后类同爆破环境作前期的评判指导作用.应该肯定随着大体积建筑物爆破拆除工程的发展,对爆破中环境振动监测的要求将越来越强烈.     

Comparison of ablative and compressive mechanical behavior of several PICA-like ablative materials

It is significant to compare the ablative and compressive mechanical behavior of different PICA-like materials in the engineering applications. The plasma wind tunnel ablation tests with high-entropy air and CO_2 atmospheres, and compressive experiments in the ambient and 150℃, were conducted for three kinds of PICA-like materials(CF/PR-Si, CBCF/PR-SiOC and NQF/PR-Si composites). The traditional carbon/phenolic(C/PR) braided composites were also used for comparison. PICA-like materials have the better thermal insulation than traditional C/PR composite, especially for CBCF/PR-SiOC composite. The ablation behavior of CF/PR-Si and CBCF/PR-SiOC PICA-like materials in the CO_2 atmosphere can produce a large amount of SiO_2 in the form of coatings, oxide layers and skeletons on the ablated surface, which are greatly different from that in the air atmosphere.The compressive behavior of PICA-like material is greatly depended on the fiber fabrics, and exhibits the large discrete characteristics. The longer fiber in the PICA-like materials plays the role in maintaining the material integrity, while it may increase the thermal conductivity.     

竹纤维发泡缓冲材料的研究

研究以竹纤维为原料,使其在水混合态中搅拌引起帚化,发泡剂在一定温度条件下分解产生气体,加入胶粘剂使纤维定向、结合,后在其他助剂作用下,形成很多小孔从而达到减小密度的目的,然后通过合适的干燥工艺,使材料具有开孔结构从而有一定的机械强度与缓冲性能的方法.最终对制品的外观和内部形貌进行表征,并对其性能进行研究并绘制出相应的F-x曲线、σ-ε曲线和c-ε曲线供缓冲设计用.     

增塑剂对纤维素膜表面结构和性能的影响

天然纤维素膜不经任何处理直接干燥,膜发脆、卷曲,作用不大.采用甘油做增塑剂来改变纤维素膜的柔顺性,研究了不同的增塑条件对纤维素膜表面结构和性能的影响及甘油的塑化机理.通过力学性能测试、表面形态的观察及红外光谱分析,研究表明,甘油在一定程度上改变了纤维素膜的柔顺性,但同时却使纤维素膜的力学性能变差,并且增塑的膜经水洗后,甘油易流失,增塑效果减弱.     

TiB2 Powders Synthesis by Borothermal Reduction in TiO2 Under Vacuum

TiB₂ powders were synthesized by borothermal reduction in nanoscale TiO₂ with boron under vacuum. Reaction processes were investigated, and the effect of by‐product B₂O₃ was evaluated. Results showed that TiO₂ was firstly reduced by boron to form TiBO₃ and Ti₂O₃, and then to produce TiB₂ and B₂O₃ with increasing temperature. The reaction processes of TiB₂ powders synthesis included two‐step reduction in TiO₂ by boron and the removal of B₂O₃. The presence of B₂O₃, which was previously reported as the most important factor in promoting the coarsening of ZrB₂ and HfB₂ powders by borothermal reduction, did not lead to significant coarsening of TiB₂ powders. Due to the minor effect of B₂O₃, TiB₂ powders with small particle size and low oxygen content could be prepared by direct heat treatment of TiO₂ and boron at 1550°C under vacuum for 1 h. The particle size and oxygen content of synthesized TiB₂ powders were ~0.9 μm and ~1.7 wt%, respectively.     

A New Ferroelectric Phase of YMnO3 Induced by Oxygen‐Vacancy Ordering

Manganese oxides are good candidates of strongly correlated electron materials due to the uniqueness of electronic structure of manganese and the mobility of oxygen among lattice sites under external impacts. Here, we used electron beam as the excitation source to explore the structural evolution of YMnO₃ and identified a new phase under the radiation of electron beam in the transmission electron microscope. Analyses of the electron energy‐loss spectra reveal that this phase originates from ordered oxygen vacancy. We applied the first principles calculation to pick out the optimized stable structure with a lower polarization, and verified its correctness by electron diffraction and image simulations. Analyses of density of states indicate that weak Y–O covalence is favorable for the existence of ferroelectricity, supporting the electrostatic nature of ferroelectricity in the YMnO₃.     

Thermal degradation behavior and gas phase flame‐retardant mechanism of polylactide/PCPP blends

The thermal degradation behavior of the blend based on polylactide (PLA) and poly(1,2‐propanediol 2‐carboxyethyl phenyl phosphinate) (PCPP) was investigated by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Thermal degradation activation energies (E_a) of neat PLA and PLA/15% PCPP blend were calculated via the Flynn–Wall–Ozawa method. The E_a of the blends increased with the addition of PCPP increasing when the conversion was higher than 10%. In addition, the appropriate conversion models for the thermal degradation process of PLA and PLA/15% PCPP were studied via the Criado method. At the same time, the main gaseous decomposition products of PLA and its blend were identified by TGA/infrared spectrometry (TGA–FTIR) analysis. And it revealed that the PCPP improved the flame‐retardant property of PLA via altering the release of the flammable gas and nonflammable gas. Moreover, the PCPP improved the flame‐retardant property of PLA by inhibiting exothermic oxidation reactions in the combustion, which was further proved by pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 40480.     

Tuning of dielectric and ferroelectric properties in single phase BiFeO3 ceramics with controlled Fe/Fe ratio

Single phase multiferroic BiFeO₃ (BFO) ceramics were synthesized with controllable amount of Fe²⁺ and oxygen vacancies in a very wide concentration range. Double ferroelectric hysteresis loops are observed in fresh BFO ceramics at room temperature without any aging processes. Detailed study shows that this is due to the defect dipoles which have preferential orientations antiparallel to the direction of spontaneous polarization, providing a driving force for domain back-switching. The dielectric constant of BFO could be enormously enhanced by 100 times by increasing the Fe²⁺ content, employing a polaronic relaxation process.