A New Variable Diffusion Drying Model for the Second Falling Rate Period of Paddy Dried in a Rapid Bin Dryer

The objectives of this article is to propose a new drying model for the second falling rate period known as the variable diffusion controlled period that follows after the first falling rate period and to propose a new method to determine the second critical moisture content that separates these two periods. Experimental work on paddy drying at minimum fluidization velocity was carried out in a rapid bin dryer. The effects of operating temperatures (60-120°C) and bed depths (2-6 cm) on the paddy drying characteristics were investigated. It was found that the normalized drying rate of paddy was proportional to the normalized moisture content in the first falling rate period but in the second falling rate period, the normalized drying rate of the material varies exponentially with the normalized moisture content. The different relationship between the normalized drying rate and the normalized moisture content in the first and second falling rate periods indicate that two different mechanism of moisture transport are at work. The new exponential model of the second falling rate period and the linear model of the first falling rate period were found to fit the experimental data very well. Derivation from variable diffusion equation shows that the linear model is the result of constant diffusion coefficient whereas the new exponential model is the result of linear diffusion coefficient. This also implies that the first falling rate period is a constant diffusion controlled period and the second falling rate period is a variable diffusion controlled period. In addition, drying kinetics data of a drying process that fits the exponential model over a very slow drying period will show that the drying process is under the effect of a linear diffusion coefficient. It was also found that the proposed new method to determine the second critical moisture content that distinguishes between the first and second falling rate periods by using a sudden change in the value of the drying rate gradient to a much lower value at that point is more rigorous and yet simpler than the method of determining the specific location of the receding drying boundary since it is based on the behavior of the actual drying kinetic data.     

Finding nondegenerate Hopf bifurcation points for four-dimensional two-parametric systems

We establish a numerically feasible algorithm to find a simplicial approximation A to a certain part of the boundary of the set of stable (or Hurwitz) polynomials of degree 4. Moreover, we have that . Using this, we build an algorithm to find a piecewise-linear approximation to the intersection curve of a given surface contained in ⁴ with . We have also devised an efficient computer program to perform all these operations. The main motivation is to find the curve of nondegenerate bifurcation points in parameter space for a given 2-parametric Hopf bifurcation problem of dimension 4.     

LD泵浦的声光调Q腔内倍频激光器

研制成用ＬＤ泵浦的声光调Ｑ的Ｎｄ：ＹＶＯ４－ＫＴＰ腔内倍频激光器，得到了ＴＥＭ００模、频率高达１００ｋＨｚ的稳定的５３２ｕｍ绿激光脉冲系列输出，阈值泵浦功率为２７ｍＷ；在连续５７０ｍＷ的泵浦功率下，绿激光脉冲的峰值功率达１１００Ｗ，脉宽为４．６ｕｓ；输出功率稳定，在±５℃的工作温度变化下，输出功率变化小于±２％。此种器件可望得到广泛的应用。     

线性时滞状态反馈下Stuart-Landau系统的多周期解

对一个stuart-landau系统引入时滞状态反馈,研究时滞对非线性系统动力行为的影响。发现时滞可使系统出现周期振动,与无时滞系统不同之处在于有多个周期吸引子共存的现象。从理论上预测由时滞导致的动力学行为,得到周期解的解析形式。随着时滞量的变化,周期解个数及其稳定性发生变化。并通过对比周期解的数值解和解析解,数值验证多周期吸引子共存的现象。这些结果对控制系统的振动和系统同步等有着潜在的应用价值。     

延长生焦时间对延迟焦化装置的影响

国内焦化装置的生焦时间几乎都采用24小时，设计的焦炭塔空高较大，在装置低负荷生产时，适当延长生焦时间，不仅可降低装置的运营成本、提高焦炭质量、降低劳动强度，而且还可降低维修费用。安庆焦化成功地在一套装置上实现了48小时生焦操作，年运行200天，增效约100万元。     

Hot-spot combustion of heterogeneous condensed mixtures. Thermal percolation

A model of combustion of heterogeneous condensed mixtures composed of reactive particles separated by an inert heat-conducting substance is considered. Propagation of the reaction in a one-dimensional periodic system of point reaction cells connected by inert thermal bridges is examined. The burning rate is determined as a function of the basic parameters of the system, and stability of the steady combustion mode is studied. It is shown that there exists a range of parameters in which the reaction propagates in an unstable manner. Combustion of the system in the instability domain is examined. It is shown that the reaction propagation loses its stability many times as the adiabatic temperature of the system decreases; in this case, the existing unsteady mode is replaced by another, more complicated mode, and the alteration of the regimes in the examined systems always proceeds as a period-doubling bifurcation. Beginning from a certain value of adiabatic temperature, the reaction-propagation process becomes stochastic. In the systems examined, there exists an ultimate adiabatic temperature, below which self-sustained propagation of the reaction in the system becomes impossible.Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 41–54, January–February, 2005.     

基于贝叶斯的服务通告改装经济性决策方法

改装类服务通告的经济性决策是航空维修企业工程人员的一项重要工作内容。设计了改装类服务通告经济性决策程序;通过服务通告对飞机运营的经济性影响分析构建了成本分解结构,并对不同的成本项目建立了成本评估模型;针对模型的成本影响参数MTBUR和MTBF的估计采用了贝叶斯方法以解决小样本问题;通过投资回收期方法获得评价指标以决定是否进行服务通告改装投资。最后通过实例对决策方法的应用进行说明。此方法能够为航空企业的维修改装决策提供有效的技术支持。     

资水梯级电站施工期闸孔通航方式工程实践

有通航要求的水利水电工程施工期通航问题,是施工导流设计和工程实施期间需要妥善解决的问题之一。以资水柘溪电站以下河段修建的修山水电站、东坪水电站和株溪口水电站工程为例,介绍了施工期利用工程既有的闸孔通航并取得较好技术经济效果的实际做法。工程实践表明,利用闸孔通航,技术上是可行的,并具有导流程序简单、施工期通航工程措施费用低、电站发电时间可提前等优点,经济效益显著。其工程经验可在类似工程中推广应用。     

Influence of temperature on the liver circadian clock in the ruin lizard Podarcis sicula

Reptiles represent an interesting animal model to investigate the influence of temperature on molecular circadian clocks. The ruin lizard Podarcis sicula lives in a continental climate and it is subjected to wide range of environmental temperatures during the course of the year. As consequence, ruin lizard daily activity pattern includes either the hibernation or periods of inactivity determined by hypothermia. Here we showed the rhythmic expression of two clock genes, lPer2 and lClock, in the liver of active lizards exposed to summer photo-thermoperiodic conditions. Interestingly, the exposition of lizards to hypothermic conditions, typical of winter season, induced a strong dampening of clock genes mRNA rhythmicity with a coincident decrease of levels. We also examined the qualitative and quantitative distribution of lPER2 and lCLOCK protein in different cellular compartments during the 24-h cycle. In the liver of active lizards both proteins showed a rhythmic expression profile in all cellular compartments. After 3 days at 6 degrees C, some temporal fluctuations of the lCLOCK and lPER2 are still detectable, although, with some marked modifications in respect to the values detected in the liver of active lizards. Besides demonstrating the influence of low temperature on the lizard liver circadian oscillators, present results could provide new essential information for comparative studies on the influence of temperature on the circadian system across vertebrate classes.