Special Issue on Using Artificial Intelligence in Internet of Things

Interact of Things has received much attention over the past de cade. With the rapid increase in the use of smart devices, we are now able to collect big data on a daily basis. The data we are gather ing and related problems arc becoming more complex and uncer tain. Researchers have therefore turned to AI as an efficient way of dealing with the problems created by big data.     

Spectroscopic Characterization of Nanohybrids Consisting of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerodendron

Hydrogen gas, which can be used in fuel cells to generate electricity, is considered the ultimate clean energy source. Recently, it was reported that a photo-induced electron transfer system consisting of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and fullerodendrons shows photo-catalytic activity with a very high quantum yield for splitting water under visible light irradiation. However, the mechanism of high efficiency hydrogen generation is not yet clearly understood. We report here the spectroscopic characterizations of the SWCNT-fullerodendron composites. The results indicate two important fundamental properties of the composite system. First, fullerodendrons preferentially interact with the semiconducting SWCNTs instead of with their metallic counterparts. Second, the photo-induced electron transfer process from the C₆₀ moiety of fullerodendrons to SWCNTs occurs more efficiently with an increasing tube diameter.     

Investigation of false triggering mechanism

This paper discusses a problem that a half‐bridge circuit can generate, namely a false trigger by high‐speed switching transition. In general, a false trigger occurs by charging a gate–source capacitance because of high‐speed voltage transition and influx of current via a reverse transfer capacitance. Therefore, it is thought that the ratio of the input capacitance and the reverse transfer capacitance is important to check whether a false trigger occurs. However, we find another reason and propose a novel assumption. A novel false triggering mechanism appears by considering the source‐side parasitic inductance. © 2013 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of hydrothermal treatment and LaMnO3 loading on the oxygen reduction activity of chitosan-derived carbon-based gas diffusion electrodes

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry - Nitrogen-doped carbons with a high specific surface area were synthesized from chitosan for use in a catalyst support of a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) for...     

膨胀流变性围岩隧洞预制钢筋混凝土衬砌稳定性分析

 针对一实际流变、膨胀性围岩的室内实验结果及初步设计与施工方案, 应用引进的岩土工程仿真分析软件F INAL 对隧洞施工期、运行期的围岩变形与薄拱片钢筋混凝土衬砌结构的内力、强度特性进行了较系统的数值仿真分析。分析结果说明: 膨胀、流变性围岩一次开挖后按距掌子面2～ 3 倍洞径时施作薄拱片钢筋混凝土衬砌的开挖与支护方案是可行的; 在个别岩性岩层复杂的洞段, 由于衬砌内力受力不均匀可能导致弯矩较大而使衬砌在个别部位出现拉裂缝; 在所讨论的情况下, 衬砌内力受围岩膨胀性影响最大, 外水压力荷载次之, 流变影响最小。     

Thermal properties of polycrystalline NdN bulk samples with various porosities

Neodymium mononitride (NdN) pellets with various porosities were prepared by a spark plasma sintering (SPS). The thermal expansion, specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity were measured and compared with those of uranium mononitride (UN), because NdN exists in the irradiated nitride fuels. The thermal expansion and specific heat capacity of NdN were very similar to those of UN. The thermal conductivity of the porosity-free NdN was estimated from the porosity dependence of the thermal conductivity. Unlike the case of the thermal conductivity of UN, that of NdN decreased with increasing temperature.     

Research of core characteristics of the Package-Reactor

A new small reactor concept called the Package-Reactor has been jointly developed by Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The reactor technology was based on that of conventional LWRs. The reactor core consists of 12 cassettes containing fuel rods with a similar design to that of PWR fuel rods. Cassettes are placed in air at atmospheric pressure. Tube-type control clusters placed outside the pressure boundary are used as the core shutdown system. Natural circulation with two-phase flow is employed for the core cooling system and no re-circulation pumps are required. With these concepts the Package-Reactor eliminates any active components that operate in high pressure regions of the reactor and its capital costs can be reduced. The feasibility of reactivity control by using moderator void feedback and burnable poisons was studied to reduce operational and maintenance costs. It was found that a continuous operation of more than 5 years without any operations to control reactivity would be feasible with a UO₂ fuel enrichment of 5.0 wt%, which is the upper limit for UO₂ fuel enrichment under the current regulations in Japan. In addition, we researched the core reflectors' characteristics of the Package-Reactor.     

Application of the relativistic DV-Xα molecular orbital method to γ-uranium alloys with transition metals

The alloying behavior of 4d and 5d transition metals (TMs) in γ-phase solid uranium (U) has been investigated using the discrete-variational Dirac–Fock–Slater (DV-DFS) method. We examined the d-orbital energy (Md value) of these TMs, the orbital overlap population (OOP) between the d-orbital of these TMs and the 5f or 6d orbital of γ-U, and the effective charge on each atom of the γ-U/TM alloy, and the effect of these parameters on alloying. It was found that the maximum solid solubility (MSS) of TMs into γ-U was exponentially proportional to both the Md and the OOP (U5f–TMd and U6d–TMd), except for Ta and W elements. We found a good correlation between the MSS and Md, the effective charge, or OOP.