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Relevance and costs of large scale underground hydrogen storage in France

The study analyzes the techno-economic feasibility and business case of large-scale hydrogen underground storage in France. Potential regions for locating the storage cavity were assessed, as well as the anticipated hydrogen demand and renewable energy developments. The business case of salt caverns storage facility has been assessed both in 2025 and 2050, looking at several demand sectors, including mobility (FCEVs), hydrogen-consuming industries and what is defined as “Power-to-Gas”. The hourly operation of the cavern has been modeled. The electricity supply is restricted to wind and grid electricity only.The mobility market is clearly the key driver, both in quantity and economic terms, with an easier to achieve target cost (€4/kgH2, ex-storage). High utilization rates of electrolysers are necessary to reach profitability. A need for massive storage begins for a renewable penetration rate of 50%. The hydrogen costs varies from €4.5/kg to €6.6/kg H2, and the underground mass storage cost remains always under 5% of the overall costs.     

In Vivo Renin Activity Imaging in the Kidney of Progeroid Ercc1 Mutant Mice

Changes in the renin–angiotensin system, known for its critical role in the regulation of blood pressure and sodium homeostasis, may contribute to aging and age-related diseases. While the renin–angiotensin system is suppressed during aging, little is known about its regulation and activity within tissues. However, this knowledge is required to successively treat or prevent renal disease in the elderly. Ercc1 is involved in important DNA repair pathways, and when mutated causes accelerated aging phenotypes in humans and mice. In this study, we hypothesized that unrepaired DNA damage contributes to accelerated kidney failure. We tested the use of the renin-activatable near-infrared fluorescent probe ReninSense680™ in progeroid Ercc1^d/− mice and compared renin activity levels in vivo to wild-type mice. First, we validated the specificity of the probe by detecting increased intrarenal activity after losartan treatment and the virtual absence of fluorescence in renin knock-out mice. Second, age-related kidney pathology, tubular anisokaryosis, glomerulosclerosis and increased apoptosis were confirmed in the kidneys of 24-week-old Ercc1^d/− mice, while initial renal development was normal. Next, we examined the in vivo renin activity in these Ercc1^d/− mice. Interestingly, increased intrarenal renin activity was detected by ReninSense in Ercc1^d/− compared to WT mice, while their plasma renin concentrations were lower. Hence, this study demonstrates that intrarenal RAS activity does not necessarily run in parallel with circulating renin in the aging mouse. In addition, our study supports the use of this probe for longitudinal imaging of altered RAS signaling in aging.     

Parallel Algorithms for Image Histogramming and Connected Components with an Experimental Study

This paper presents efficient and portable implementations of two useful primitives in image processing algorithms, histogramming and connected components. Our general framework is a single-address space, distributed memory programming model. We use efficient techniques for distributing and coalescing data as well as efficient combinations of task and data parallelism. Our connected components algorithm uses a novel approach for parallel merging which performs drastically limited updating during iterative steps, and concludes with a total consistency update at the final step. The algorithms have been coded in S -C and run on a variety of platforms. Our experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis and provide the best known execution times for these two primitives, even when compared with machine-specific implementations.     

Bidirectional transepithelial water transport: measurement and governing mechanisms

In the search for the mechanisms whereby water is transported across biological membranes, we hypothesized that in the airways, the hydration of the periciliary fluid layer is regulated by luminal-to-basolateral water transport coupled to active transepithelial sodium transport. The luminal-to-basolateral (JWL-->B) and the basolateral-to-luminal (JWB-->L) transepithelial water fluxes across ovine tracheal epithelia were measured simultaneously. The JWL-->B (6.1 microliter/min/cm2) was larger than JWB-->L (4.5 microliter/min/cm2, p < 0.05, n = 30). The corresponding water diffusional permeabilities were PdL-->B = 1.0 x 10(-4) cm/s and PdB-->L = 7.5 x 10(-5) cm/s. The activation energy (Ea) of JWL-->B (11.6 kcal/mol) was larger than the Ea of JWB-->L (6.5 kcal/mol, p < 0.05, n = 5). Acetylstrophanthidin (100 microM basolateral) reduced JWL-->B from 6.1 to 4.4 microliter/min/cm2 (p < 0. 05, n = 5) and abolished the PD. Amiloride (10 microM luminal) reduced JWL-->B from 5.7 to 3.7 microliter/min/cm2 (p < 0.05, n = 5) and reduced PD by 44%. Neither of these agents significantly changed JWB-->L. These data indicate that in tracheal epithelia under homeostatic conditions, JWB-->L was dominated by diffusion (Ea = 4.6 kcal/mol), whereas approximately 30% of JWL-->B was coupled to the active Na+,K+-ATPase pump (Ea = 27 kcal/mol).     

Multiple alpha-glucoside transporter genes in brewer's yeast

Maltose and maltotriose are the two most abundant fermentable sugars in brewer's wort, and the rate of uptake of these sugars by brewer's yeast can have a major impact on fermentation performance. In spite of this, no information is currently available on the genetics of maltose and maltotriose uptake in brewing strains of yeast. In this work, we studied 30 brewing strains of yeast (5 ale strains and 25 lager strains) with the aim of examining the alleles of maltose and maltotriose transporter genes contained by them. To do this, we hybridized gene probes to chromosome blots. Studies performed with laboratory strains have shown that maltose utilization is conferred by any one of five unlinked but highly homologous MAL loci (MAL1 to MAL4 and MAL6). Gene 1 at each locus encodes a maltose transporter. All of the strains of brewer's yeast examined except two were found to contain MAL11 and MAL31 sequences, and only one of these strains lacked MAL41. MAL21 was not present in the five ale strains and 12 of the lager strains. MAL61 was not found in any of the yeast strains. In three of the lager strains, there was evidence that MAL transporter gene sequences occurred on chromosomes other than those known to carry MAL loci. Sequences corresponding to the AGT1 gene, which encodes a transporter of several alpha-glucosides, including maltose and maltotriose, were detected in all but one of the yeast strains. Homologues of AGT1 were identified in three of the lager strains, and two of these homologues were mapped, one to chromosome II and the other to chromosome XI. AGT1 appears to be a member of a family of closely related genes, which may have arisen in brewer's yeast in response to selective pressure.     

三面共振反射器耦合Nd∶YAG振荡器获得光滑调Q脉冲

光学共振反射器作为Nd∶YAG振荡器的耦合输出腔镜,具有很强的选纵模能力,三面共振反射器具有规则的反射峰调制结构。为获得稳定的单纵模光滑脉冲输出,理论上对振荡器结构参数作了优化设计,并指出振荡器宜在阈值附近工作,以充分发挥共振反射器的选纵模能力。实验上振荡器获得了 17mJ的光滑单纵模脉冲,光滑脉冲出现几率大于 97%     

The Effect of Fibre Surface Treatment on the Failure of Continuous Carbon Fibre/Epoxy Resin Composites

The failure mechanisms of a composite, consisting of continuous, aligned, high strength, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fibre in an epoxy resin, under uniaxial tension, have been studied. In order to study the effect of the interphase/interface strength, six different levels of an electrochemical fibre surface treatment were used. Single tows containing approximately 12,000 treated carbon fibres were impregnated to produce composite rods with a fibre volume fraction of 0.55. Lengths of this impregnated tow were also set in the centre of glass-fibre/epoxy resin composite coupons which were used to study the mechanisms of failure of the embedded tows. Acoustic emission was used to monitor all samples and bundle failure was found to occur after a build-up of sub-critical damage events as previously modelled.¹ Microdebond tests demonstrated an initial increase of interfacial strength which levelled out at the higher levels. In impregnated samples with high surface treatments, catastrophic failure occurred with the crack propagating approximately perpendicular to the fibre direction. However, in samples with lower fibre surface treatments, longitudinal splitting (not accounted for in current models), occurred, meaning that a greater length of composite was involved in the final failure process. Acoustic emission has been shown to have an approximately direct relation with the predicted number of single fibre breaks in composite test-pieces; however, there was no significant difference attributable to the different surface treatments. The hybrid test coupons allow a detailed assessment of the failure mechanisms within the impregnated carbon tow. The failure strains of the embedded tow is some 5% higher than that of unsupported tow. The Weibull modulus is of the same order.