Design of the HL-2M power supply control system

The power supply control system is one of the most important local control systems of HL-2M tokamak. The power supply system of HL-2M is composed of four flywheel generator sets with total capacity of 600 MVA, all the magnetic field coil power supplies and high voltage power supplies of auxiliary heating system. The control system of power supply should make sure the large amount of on-site equipment and facilities to operate steadily and reliably.This paper presents the architecture of HL-2M control system and four kinds of established control networks. It describes how the power supply control system is built by using the established hardware structures and software agreements. Specially, it is focused on introducing an application of real-time technology based on the reflective shared memory and the fully digital compact solution for controlling the high power converters. Otherwise, a scheme which adopts PROFINET and Sequence of Events technology to carry out the intellect interlock control system is given.     

Fractal characterization of ceramic crack patterns after thermal shocks

This work utilized a combination of experimental evidence and fractal geometric method to assess the effect of crack extension concerning the thermal shock on residual strength of ceramics. Sintered alumina (Al₂O₃) ceramic slabs were bundled and quenched in water under different thermal shock temperatures. The fractal dimension of thermal shock crack patterns on the interior surface and the cooled surface was calculated by the Box-counting method. Fracture energy of a fractal pattern of microcracks in quasi-brittle solids was employed to explain the relationship between crack length and fractal dimensions. The results show that if the crack propagation has the same crack length but a larger fractal dimension, it will absorb more fracture energy. The thermal shock crack patterns of Al₂O₃ ceramics with different grain sizes were analyzed, and the smaller grain size ceramic had a higher fractal dimension of crack patterns than the larger one.     

A theoretical study of the ability of 2D monolayer Au (111) to activate gas molecules

The adsorption and activation of gas molecules are investigated substantially in solid-gas heterogeneous catalysis. Here we investigated the interaction between gas molecules and unique two-dimensional monolayer Au (111) structure using density functional theory. It is found that CO₂, H₂O, N₂ and CH₄ molecules are weakly adsorbed on the surface with the adsorption energies between ?0.150 and ?0.250 eV due to van der Waals interaction. While CO, NO, NO₂, and NH₃ molecules are adsorbed more stably with the adsorption energies between ?0.300 and ?0.470 eV. Especially, the bond length of CO is stretched by 0.038 Å and the bond angle of NO₂ is obviously enlarged by 10.460°. The activation originates from the rearrangement of molecule orbitals and the orbitals hybridization between the partial orbitals of gas molecules and Au-5d orbitals. The fundamental analyses of adsorption mechanism and electronic properties may provide guidance for the applications of two-dimensional monolayer metal catalysis.PACSnumbers 73.22.-f, 73.61.-r     

Effect of [6,6]‐phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid methyl ester on the morphology of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) film

The change of morphology of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) film as a result of blending with [6,6]‐phenyl‐C₆₁‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was studied using a freeze‐dry method. A porous structure was observed as the P3HT/PCBM solution was freeze‐dried. The pore size decreased as the proportion of PCBM increased in the P3HT/PCBM blended film. Additionally, the freeze‐dried P3HT/PCBM film was more resistant to the formation of PCBM crystals than that prepared by a spin‐coating method during the thermal annealing process. Homogeneous distribution of PCBM in the freeze‐dried P3HT/PCBM film was the main reason for the reduction of large PCBM crystal formation. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Hydrogen adsorption on and diffusion through MoS2 monolayer: First-principles study

We investigate the hydrogen adsorption on and diffusion through the MoS₂ monolayer based on density-functional theory. We show that the hydrogen atom prefers to bond to the S atom at the monolayer, leading to enhanced conductivity. The hydrogen atom can also adsorb at the middle of the hexagon ring by overcoming an energy barrier of 0.57 eV at a strain of 8%. Also, we show that the MoS₂ monolayer is flexible and any mechanical deformation of the monolayer is reversible because the extension of the Mo–S bond is much smaller than the applied strain. The monolayer can block the diffusion of hydrogen molecule from one side to the other due to a high energy barrier (6.56 eV). However, the barrier can be reduced to 1.38 eV at a strain of 30% and even totally removed by creating S vacancies and applying a strain of 15%. The MoS₂ monolayer may find applications in sensors to detect hydrogen, and as mechanical valve to control the concentration of hydrogen gas.     

Oxidation kinetics of Wolfcamp light oil

Air injection has been used for decades as an enhanced oil recovery method. An oxidation kinetics study is important for the application of air injection. Low-temperature oxidation is more feasible in light oil reservoirs. Although an experiment using a small batch reactor has been conducted before, the reaction order with respect to the oxygen partial pressure was not well studied. The authors use a small batch reactor to study the effect of temperature and pressure on the oxygen consumption rate of the Wolfcamp light oil. The reaction order, the activation energy, and Arrhenius constant are calculated.     

Fast and scalable parallel layout decomposition in double patterning lithography

For 32/22 nm technology nodes and below, double patterning (DP) lithography has become the most promising interim solutions due to the delay in the deployment of next generation lithography (e.g., EUV). DP requires the partitioning of the layout patterns into two different masks, a procedure called layout decomposition. Layout decomposition is a key computational step that is necessary for double patterning technology. Existing works on layout decomposition are all single-threaded, which is not scalable in runtime and/or memory for large industrial layouts. This paper presents the first window-based parallel layout decomposition methods for improving both runtime and memory consumption. Experimental results are promising and show the presented parallel layout decomposition methods obtain upto 21× speedup in runtime and upto 7.5×reduction in peak memory consumption with acceptable solution quality.     

Lagrangian-based Hydrodynamic Model for Traffic Data Fusion on Freeways

This paper conducts a comprehensive study of the Lagrangian-based hydrodynamic model with application to highway state estimation. Our analysis is motivated by the practical problems of freeway traffic monitoring and estimation using multi-source data measured from mobile devices and fixed sensors. We conduct rigorous mathematical analysis on the Hamilton-Jacobi representation of the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards model in the transformed coordinates, and derive explicit and closed-form solutions with piecewise affine initial, boundary, and internal conditions, based on the variational principle. A numerical study of the Mobile Century field experiment demonstrates some unique features and the effectiveness in traffic estimation of the Lagrangian-based model.