Effect of preparation conditions on the properties of a coal-derived activated carbon honeycomb monolith

Activated carbon honeycomb (ACH) monoliths were prepared by extruding of a mixture of bituminous coal and organic additives and subsequent carbonization and steam activation. Preparation parameters that were varied were carbonization temperature and activation time. The carbonization conditions were 500, 650 and 800 °C for 1 h and the steam activation conditions were 850 °C for 2, 4 and 6 h. The monoliths at various states were characterized by SEM, XRD, nitrogen adsorption and compression test. It was found that carbonization temperature has significant effects on pore size distribution and mechanical strength of ACH monoliths. The ACH monoliths prepared from high carbonization temperatures exhibited lower values of the BET surface area and total pore volume and higher value of the mechanical strength than those of the ACH monoliths prepared from low carbonization temperatures. This was attributed to the effect of high temperature carbonization that results in the formation of relatively less defective structures.     

A rheological model for iron oxide suspensions

We have examined the rheological properties of a Co-adsorbed γ-Fe₂O₃ magnetic suspension with polyurethane (PU) as a binder and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or cyclohexanone (CH) as a solvent. A Haake RV20 viscometer was used to measure the suspension viscosity and the vane method was adopted to determine the fluid yield stress. A rheological model which can be viewed as a combination of the Casson model and the Bingham model is proposed to describe the suspension viscosity. The effects of temperature, particle content, and binder concentration are included in the model.     

新型液晶PVDF合金的研究

本文系统地研究了液晶聚合物(LCP)与PVDF合金共混体系的组成及加工工艺条件对共混物制件性能的影响。并用SEM观察了合金的形态结构。结果表明:在液晶含量10%左右时,加工温度为210℃,合金的拉伸强度最高,磨耗量最低,体系分散均匀并形成了较多的微纤结构。     

化学清洗中不容忽视的步骤——钝化

对低压锅炉化学清洗中容易被忽视的“钝化”这一步骤，从理论上进行了探讨，并介绍了相应的钝化工艺及防腐措施     

A helical drive in-pipe robot based on compound planetary gearing

The modern society is fuelled by very comprehensive grids of gas and liquid pipelines. In recent years, various in-pipe robots have been developed for inspection and maintenance tasks inside such pipes. In this paper, a novel in-pipe robot is proposed and developed for gas/oil well interventions at thousands of meters downhole. Due to the nature of such intervention, in-pipe robot design must be capable of carrying a very large payload, as large as 2500?N inside a pipe with diameter as small as 54?mm. The proposed design concept is based on a compound planetary gearing system. One of the major novelties of this design is the use of pipe wall as a ring gear for one stage of the compound planetary gear system; the other novelty is the generation of helical angle when the planetary gears are expanded to press on the pipe wall. The proposed concept is compact, efficient, and has never been reported before. In this paper, the helical angle, the velocity, and load capability of the proposed system will be analyzed. The load transportation capability of the proposed robot is also measured based on an experiment. Initial data have shown great potential in carrying large payloads.     

Collaborative representation with reduced residual for face recognition

Collaboration representation-based classification (CRC) was proposed as an alternative approach to the sparse representation method with similar efficiency. The CRC is essentially a competition scheme for the training samples to compete with each other in representing the test sample, and the training class with the minimum representation residual from the test sample wins the competition in the classification. However, the representation error is usually calculated based on the Euclidean distance between a test sample and the weighted sum of all the same-class samples. This paper exploits alternative methods of calculating the representation error in the CRC methods to reduce the representation residual in a more optimal way, so that the sample classes compete with each other in a closer range to represent the test sample. A large number of face recognition experiments on three face image databases show that the CRC methods with optimized presentation residual achieve better performance than the original CRC, and the maximum improvement in classification accuracy is up to 12 %.     

A new Chinese character recognition approach based on the fuzzy clustering analysis

In this paper, a new Chinese character recognition (CCR) approach is proposed based on the fuzzy clustering analysis theory. Chinese characters (CCs) have various similar radicals and stroke components, which make it difficult to recognize features in the CCR process. At the same time, the recognition accuracy and the efficiency are lower when the objects to be recognized are complex. In order to solve these problems, a fuzzy clustering analysis method is introduced to enhance the computing efficiency. At first, the CCs including learning samples and testing samples are transformed into binarization templates in the form of matrixes. Then, the minimum distance algorithm is applied to calculate ‘distances’ between the testing sample templates and the learning sample templates. At last, the character recognition can be achieved by searching the minimum distance from the results. The experiment results of the CCR process can prove the effectiveness and accuracy of the new method.     

关注非异氰酸酯聚氨酯(NIPU)涂料的应用和发展

介绍了NIPU涂料发展的现状,阐述其特点,主要原材料聚碳酸酯和多元胺的反应动力学,杂化HNIPU的概念及其应用前景。     

Formation Mechanisms of Platelet Sr3Ti2O7 Crystals Synthesized by the Molten Salt Synthesis Method

The molten salt synthesis (MSS) method is utilized to synthesize the anisotropic platelet Sr₃Ti₂O₇ (S3T2) single-crystal particles. The aim of this study is to identify the essence of platelet Sr₃Ti₂O₇ crystal growth and guide the synthesis of anisotropic platelet SrTiO₃ crystals as well as various technologically important materials. Based on the results of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, the formation mechanism of platelet Sr₃Ti₂O₇ crystals conforms to a nucleation–structure rearrangement–dissolution–diffusion in situ epitaxial growth mechanism model. First, SrCO₃ reacts with TiO₂ to form submicrometer SrTiO₃ nuclei. Then, most of the nuclei surrounded by salt ions aggregate and rearrange to form a large SrTiO₃ matrix. The structural rearrangement and the subsequent in situ epitaxial growth processes control the morphology, composition, and size of the final Sr₃Ti₂O₇ crystals. In the synthesis process, the conversion between SrTiO₃ and Sr₃Ti₂O₇ is as follows: and the crystallographic orientation relationship between Sr₃Ti₂O₇ and SrTiO₃ in the interface is (100)_S3T2//{100}_ST, (010)_S3T2//{010}_ST, and (001)_S3T2//{001}_ST.