Novel Folded Waveguide Resonator Filter Using Slot Technique

This letter presents a primary investigation into developing a compact and low-loss bandpass filter using novel folded-waveguide resonators with a footprint reduction. A slot coupling between adjacent resonators is introduced, which is characterized using full-wave electromagnetic simulations and verified experimentally. Two two-pole folded-waveguide resonator filters of this type have been designed, fabricated and tested. Simulation and measurement results are presented to validate the design and to show the advantages of this type of filter.     

油脂己烷浸出工程进展

油脂己烷浸出工程经过几十年的发展，在工艺、设备、自控、节能、环保等方面都已趋于完善。装置的规模日趋大型化。车间内的工段组合更加科学、合理与多样化，浅料层浸出器，形式多样化的湿粕脱溶系统，湿粕挤压机，废水零排放系统，不同理念的负压蒸发及余热回收系统，蒸汽冷凝水的再利用，简洁实用的全电脑操作系统，分步萃取，混合油过滤，浸出车间内的混合油碱炼、水化脱胶、磷脂干燥等使得当今的油脂浸出向大型化、集约化、自动化、节能环保的方向发展，为客户提供了越来越多的选择。     

保山气田新近系羊邑组二-三段沉积微相

保山盆地为滇西的一个具西断东超箕状断陷结构的新近系小型盆地。为搞清区内保山气田的沉积特征，指导该区油气勘探工作，结合沉积岩（物）与沉积环境之间的辩证关系，通过对沉积岩的岩性特征（颜色、岩石类型、岩石结构、黏土矿物、岩相组合）的分析研究，借助于沉积相在测井和地震剖面上的显著特征，研究并划分了保山气田新近系上新统羊邑组二-三段的沉积微相类型。结果表明，在该研究区主要发育了扇三角洲前缘亚相中的水下分流河道、分流河道间、前缘席状砂、河口坝等沉积微相类型，以及浅湖亚相中的浅湖泥和浅湖漫流席状砂沉积微相。剖析各类骨架微相的沉积特征后指出：水下分流河道、河口坝和前缘席状砂为该区最有利的储集砂体。     

光谱法快速测定土壤中的多个微量元素

本法采用碳酸钡、氟化锂、石墨粉作缓冲剂，用锑做铅锌的标．用铪作铌的内标，用钯作铍、铬、镧、锶、铜的内标。采用小孔电极，交流电弧做为激发光源，同时测定铅、锡、锌、铍、铬、镧、铌、铜、锶等九个元素。分析数据基本稳定．能达到土壤样品的检出限要求。     

Lactic acid production from dining‐hall food waste by Lactobacillus plantarum using response surface methodology

BACKGROUND: Food waste generally has a high starch content and is rich in nutritional compounds, including lipids and proteins. It therefore represents a potential renewable resource. In this study, dining‐hall food waste was used as a substrate for lactic acid production, and response surface methodology was employed to optimise the fermentation conditions. RESULTS: Lactic acid biosynthesis was significantly affected by the interaction of protease and temperature. Protease, temperature and CaCO₃ had significant linear effects on lactic acid production, while α‐amylase and yeast extract had insignificant effects. The optimal conditions were found to be an α‐amylase activity of 13.86 U g^?1 dried food waste, a protease activity of 2.12 U g^?1 dried food waste, a temperature of 29.31 °C and a CaCO₃ concentration of 62.67 g L^?1, which resulted in a maximum lactic acid concentration of 98.51 g L^?1 (88.75% yield). An increase in inoculum size would be appropriate for accelerating the depletion of initial soluble carbohydrate to enhance the efficiency of α‐amylase in dining‐hall food waste fermentation. CONCLUSION: A suitable regression model for lactic acid production was developed based on the experimental results. Dining‐hall food waste was found to be a good substrate for lactic acid fermentation with high product yield and without nutrient supplementation. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

Restraining the associations of anthracene fluorophore by chemically linking to poly(methyl methacrylate)

Associations (dimer or aggregate) of anthracene (An) fluorophores tend to interrupt the monomer emission and reduce the quantum yield (Φ_PL); therefore, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) chain was used in this study to chemically link to anthracene and to block the mutual associations among the anthracene fluorophores. With this aim, the target polymers were prepared by anionic polymerizations with 9,10‐dibromoanthracene/s‐butyllithium as initiating system to proceed polymerizations of methyl methacrylate (MMA) directly or in the presence of 1,1‐diphenylethylene (DPE). Use of DPE before addition of MMA produces stable initiating anionic species and avoids potential side reactions during polymerization; however, it also introduces four β‐phenylene rings around the central anthracene ring, which interfere with the corresponding emission pattern and reduce the Φ_PL (32%) value due to potential interactions between phenylene rings and anthracene. On the contrast, polymerization without participation of DPE results in polymer with central anthracene ring directly connected to two PMMA chains, which gives clean vibronic emission pattern with limited association emissions and enhanced Φ_PL (52%) value. Physical blending of anthracene by PMMA is less efficient to restrain the associations and results in a film of lower Φ_PL (20%). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

Synthesis and properties of novel amphiphilic sulfated ionomers by the ring‐opening reaction of an epoxidized styrene–butadiene–styrene triblock copolymer

A method for the synthesis of novel sulfated ionomer of styrene–butadiene–styrene triblock copolymer (SBS) was developed. SBS was first epoxidized by performic acid in the presence of a phase‐transfer catalyst; this was followed by a ring‐opening reaction with an aqueous solution of alkali salt of bisulfate. The optimum conditions for the ring‐opening reaction of the epoxidized SBS with an aqueous solution of KHSO₄ were studied. During the ring‐opening reaction, both phase‐transfer catalyst and ring‐opening catalyst were necessary to enhance the conversion of epoxy groups to ionic groups. The products were characterized with Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). After the potassium ions of the ionomer were substituted with lead ions, the lead sulfated ionomer exhibited dark spots under TEM. Some properties of the sulfated ionomer were studied. With increasing ionic groups or ionic potential of the cations, the water absorbency and emulsifying volume of the ionomer and the intrinsic viscosity of the ionomer solution increased, whereas the oil absorbency decreased. The sulfated ionomer possessed excellent emulsifying properties compared with the sulfonated SBS ionomer. The sodium sulfated ionomers in the presence of 10% zinc stearate showed better mechanical properties than the original SBS. When the ionomer was blended with crystalline polypropylene, a synergistic effect occurred with respect to the tensile strength. The ionomer behaved as a compatibilizer for blending equal amounts of SBS and oil‐resistant chlorohydrin rubber. In the presence of 3% ionomer, the blend exhibited much better mechanical properties and solvent resistance than the blend without the ionomer. SEM photographs indicated improved compatibility between the two components of the blend in the presence of the ionomer. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008