Exhaust Emissions from an Engine Fueled with Biodiesel from High-Oleic Soybeans

Biodiesel is a fuel comprising mono-alkyl esters of medium to long-chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. Typically, engines operated on soybean-based biodiesel exhibit higher emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) compared with petroleum diesel. The increase in NOx emissions might be an inherent characteristic of soybean oil’s polyunsaturation, because the level of saturation is known to affect the biodiesel’s cetane number, which can affect NOx. A feedstock that is mostly monounsaturated (i.e. oleate) helps to balance the tradeoff between cold flow and oxidative stability. Genetic modification has produced a soybean event, designated 335-13, with a fatty acid profile high in oleic acid (>85%) and with reduced palmitic acid (<4%). This high-oleic soybean oil was converted to biodiesel and run in a John Deere 4045T 4.5-L four-stroke, four-cylinder, turbocharged direct-injection diesel engine. The exhaust emissions were compared with those from conventional soybean oil biodiesel and commercial No. 2 diesel fuel. There was a significant reduction in NOx emissions (α = 0.05) using the high-oleic soybean biodiesel compared with regular soybean oil biodiesel. No significant differences were found between the regular and high-oleic biodiesel for unburned hydrocarbon and smoke emissions.     

MnO超微粒子的制备及其对PEMFC电催化性能的研究

用微乳液法合成了 Mn O超微粒子 ,探讨了影响萃取率及粒度的因素 ,得到了最佳反应条件 ,并用透射电子显微镜 (TEM)、X射线衍射仪 (XRD)及红外光谱 (FTIR)进行了表征。得到了粒径为 5 nm左右的 Mn O超微粒子 ,并在质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFC)的铂电极中加入 5 nm的Mn O超微粒子作为催化剂 ,改变了电池的放电机理 ,提高了输出电压。为 PEMFC的商品化进行了有价值的探索。     

垃圾焚烧管式布风流化床的冷态实验

在床截面为300mm×300mm、床高为4. 4m的管式布风流化床实验台上,分别对宽筛分下不同颗粒粒度、不同床层高度、不同截面流速、布风的均匀性以及非平衡布风时颗粒流化特性进行实验研究,为未来垃圾衍生燃料的流化燃烧实验提供基础数据。管式布风流化床的开孔方向与夹角大小对床层压降变化影响明显,向下开孔角度越小,动能消耗越大,但床层稳定性能好。随着料层高度增加,各布风管间的布风更趋于平衡,流化的稳定与均匀性能也越好。管组压降失衡时,床层压降不平衡明显增加,波动幅度增大,不稳定性明显高于正常流化状态。     

Performance of Methanol Oxidation Catalysts with Varying Pt:Ru Ratio as a Function of Temperature

This paper describes the effects of varying the Pt to Ru ratio in carbon-supported catalysts for methanol oxidation as a function of temperature. Previously these effects were studied in isolation, but now it is shown that the composition of a given catalyst as a function of temperature is extremely important for its activity towards methanol oxidation. Platinum rich 3:2 atomic ratio catalysts perform better than a 1:1 catalyst at 25 °C, where only Pt is believed to be active towards methanol dehydrogenation, since this process is a highly thermally activated process on Ru sites. This result is reversed at 65 °C, where the 1:1 catalyst displays much higher currents across the entire range of polarization. This may result from methanol dehydrogenation occurring on both Ru and Pt sites at higher temperatures. At an intermediate temperature, 45 °C, the 3:2 catalyst is seen to perform better at lower current values, while the 1:1 catalyst is superior at higher current densities, with the crossover occurring at 62 A g^–1. As a consequence, when designing fuel cell catalysts, the composition of the catalyst employed should be tailored with respect to the exact operating conditions, in order to promote optimum fuel cell performance.     

无油螺杆压缩机在燃料电池中的应用

由于环境污染、全球变暖、能源短缺等各方面原因,能量转换效率高且无污染的燃料电池汽车备受人们的青睐,作为燃料电池系统中重要部件之一的空气压缩机也成为研究的热点。西安交通大学压缩机研究所成功研制了可以应用于燃料电池的LG300型喷水螺杆空气压缩机以及具有体积小、质量轻、效率高的高速干式螺杆压缩机、膨胀机,并且经过与燃料电池系统配套使用,获得成功。     

煤与垃圾衍生燃料的流化床混烧试验研究

使用鼓泡流化床燃烧炉进行了煤与垃圾衍生燃料(RDF)的混烧实验研究,分析了燃烧尾气中O2、CO、CO2、H2O、NOx、CH4、SO2、HCl、HCN浓度的变化,并对各成分之间的浓度进行了相关性分析。研究结果表明在750~900℃的范围内,高温利于SO2的脱除;NO的浓度随床温的提高而增加,NO2的浓度与床温的关系不大;HCl的浓度随床温的升高而增加,说明高温不利于HCl的脱除;在空气量较低的情况下,CO、CH4、N2O、HCN等气体的浓度较高,相关分析表明,这些气体浓度之间有较强的正相关关系,说明这些气体适宜于还原气氛下生成;随着HCl气体浓度的增加,SO2浓度降低,说明HCl的存在可促进石灰石脱除SO2的反应,同时还证实煤与RDF混烧可使尾气中的SO2和HCl气体浓度均有所下降。     

燃料电池氢源技术--中低温乙醇水蒸气重整制氢研究

采用浸渍-热分解法制备了一种纳米Ni/Y2O3催化剂,并应用X射线衍射、BET比表面测试分析手段对该催化剂的结构性能进行了表征,采用固定床反应器对催化剂的催化性能进行测试。结果表明:该催化剂对乙醇的水蒸气重整反应表现出较高的活性和稳定性,可作为燃料电池氢源技术中乙醇重整器的候选催化剂。     

全球催化剂工业动向

介绍了在全球范围内催化剂工业的现状,包括市场需求及经营形势。由于美国及其他国家环保法规日趋严格迫使炼油工业采用清洁燃料催化剂,导致炼油催化剂需求量上升,聚烯烃催化剂工业获得较大发展,炼油催化剂技术推陈出新。特种化学品产品催化剂和精细化工领域的催化剂工业将面临挑战。     

Enthalpy recovery of gases issued from H2 production processes: Activity and stability of oxide and noble metal catalysts in oxidation reaction under highly severe conditions

Oxidation activity and stability under reaction was investigated for a series of mixed oxide catalysts, doped or not by a precious metal (Pd, Pt). The reaction feedstock, containing CO, H₂, CH₄, CO₂ and H₂O, simulated gases issued from H₂ production processes for fuel cells. Contrarily to conventional noble metal catalysts, mixed oxide samples present generally good stability under reaction at high temperature. The activities measured for the perovskite and hexaaluminate catalysts, are however largely lower than that of the reference Pd/Al₂O₃ catalyst. High activities were obtained after impregnation of 1.1 wt.% Pd or 0.8 wt.% Pt on the hexaaluminates samples. Even if Pd/Al₂O₃ was found to present a high activity, this sample suffered from drastic deactivation at 700 °C. Better stability were obtained on perovskite. Furthermore, doping hexaaluminate by Pt led to samples with good activities and high stability. Even if better activities were obtained by doping the hexaaluminate samples by Pd, the Pd/BaAl₁₂O₁₉ strongly deactivated, as it was previously observed for the reference catalyst. Interestingly, this Pd deactivation was not observed when Pd was impregnated on the Mn substituted hexaaluminate, leading to a stable and active catalyst. This suggests that it is possible to stabilize the palladium in its oxidized form at high temperature (700 °C) on the surface of some supports.     

燃料电池用Cu-Ce(La)Ox变换催化剂

对采用共沉淀法制备的Cu-Ce(La)O_x高温变换催化剂进行了研究，包括中和pH值、中和温度、焙烧温度和方式以及CuO、CeO₂和LaO_x含量对催化剂性能的影响。5%CuO-CeO₂-La(10%)O_x高温变换催化剂的最佳制备工艺条件为：pH＝11，中和温度54 ℃，400 ℃焙烧4 h。催化剂的最佳质量分数配比是：CuO 为20%，CeO₂ 为70%，LaO_x 为10%。XRD晶相分析表明，5%Cu-Ce-La(10%)O_x催化剂中除了主相CeO₂以外，还出现了Cu与La形成的钙钛矿型复合氧化物CuLaO₂，且CuLaO₂高度均匀地分散在主相CeO_x中；还原态中除了CeO₂、CuLaO₂外，还出现了Cu单质。因此，这类催化剂的活性中心不可能是简单的CuLaO₂或Cu，这使得催化剂无论氧化态还是还原态都具有基本相同的活性。催化剂的活性位形态结构尚需做进一步研究。