Effects of bottom profile on the circulation and classification of particles in cylindrical hydrocyclones

The cylindrical hydrocyclone has been increasingly used in coarse classification due to its reduced fine particle entrainment, but the loss of coarse particles to overflow remains an intractable problem. Based on the notion that the strong circulation flow caused by the flat bottom structure bears primary responsibility for the problem, this study designs eight unique bottom profiles to regulate the particle circulating flow and attempts to correlate particle circulation flow with classification performance. The effects of the bottom profile on flow field characteristics, particle spatial distribution, circulation flow rates, and grade efficiency are explored in detail using validated models in a Φ200 mm cylindrical hydrocyclone. The findings suggest that bottom profiles have the greatest effect on the axial velocity near the bottom and the grade efficiency of intermediate and coarse particles, while all unique designs have the potential to lower turbulence intensity. An ascending segment near the wall or a descending segment near the axis can help to mitigate the misplacement of coarse particles by reducing particle circulation flow without affecting the entrainment of fines appreciably. Additionally, two circles are found on each side of the cut plane, which is conducive to releasing coarse particles from the circulation flow. Regulation of particle circulation flow by adjusting bottom profile parameters can improve separation performance.     

Influence of alumina nanoparticles additives into biofuel (water hyacinth)-diesel mixture on diesel engine performance and emissions

The using diesel and biodiesel blends as a fuel has been a recent field of study especially with nanoparticles additives. The addition of alumina nanoparticles to biodiesel was verified to reduce emissions, while engine performance was not given great attention to evaluate the effect of blending alumina nanoparticles with the diesel and biodiesel mixture on the performance characteristics of the diesel engine. Then performance and emission tests were carried out by using different fuel samples in a single cylinder diesel engine. The brake thermal efficiency for the alumina nanoparticles (50 ppm, 100 ppm) and biodiesel blends were lower than that of biofuel (D80B20) blends, it was decreased by 2.5 %, 6.05 % respectively as compared to the blend (D80B20). The rate of carbon monoxide emissions for the two biodiesel and alumina blends were lower than that of the biodiesel blend (D80B20) and the best reduction was for the blend (D80B20N50) and was 76.3 % as compared with the biodiesel blend (D80B20). Also, the nitrogen oxides emissions for all the blends with nanoparticles were lower than that of the blend D80B20 due to shortened ignition delay and less fuel was added during the combustion which lead to reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions.     

Characterization and evaluating the mechanical performance of halloysite nanotubes reinforced acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate composites exposed to aggressive environmental conditions

Developing light weight polymer based composites dispersed with novel reinforcements which can function well in the presence of aggressive environments is an active research field in the materials engineering. Hence, in the current work, halloysite nanotubes (1 %, 2 %, 4 %, 6 %, 8 % and 10 % by weight) were reinforced into acrylonitrile butadiene styrene/polycarbonate blend and the role of reinforcing phases on the mechanical performance under aggressive environmental conditions has been evaluated. Hardness was measured as gradually increased in the composites with the increased content of the reinforcements. Impact strength of the composites was observed as increased in the composites up to 4 % reinforcement and further decreased. Increased strength was measured for the composite up to 2 % reinforcement. Ductility of the composites was decreased as reflected form the decreased % of elongation with the higher fraction of reinforcements due to induced brittleness. The composites were exposed to diluted sulfuric acid for 3 h and 6 h at 60 °C and then subjected to tensile loading. With the increased time of exposure, composites with 1 % and 2 % reinforcement exhibited relatively better performance.     

Rational Filters for Passive Depth from Defocus

A fundamental problem in depth from defocus is the measurement of relative defocus between images. The performance of previously proposed focus operators are inevitably sensitive to the frequency spectra of local scene textures. As a result, focus operators such as the Laplacian of Gaussian result in poor depth estimates. An alternative is to use large filter banks that densely sample the frequency space. Though this approach can result in better depth accuracy, it sacrifices the computational efficiency that depth from defocus offers over stereo and structure from motion. We propose a class of broadband operators that, when used together, provide invariance to scene texture and produce accurate and dense depth maps. Since the operators are broadband, a small number of them are sufficient for depth estimation of scenes with complex textural properties. In addition, a depth confidence measure is derived that can be computed from the outputs of the operators. This confidence measure permits further refinement of computed depth maps. Experiments are conducted on both synthetic and real scenes to evaluate the performance of the proposed operators. The depth detection gain error is less than 1%, irrespective of texture frequency. Depth accuracy is found to be 0.51.2% of the distance of the object from the imaging optics.     

三氟硝基苯及其水解产物的高效液相色谱分析

研究了用高效液相色谱对２,３,４－三氟硝基苯水解制备２,３－二氟－６－硝基苯酚反应液中各组分含量的测定。所建立方法简单、重现性好,适用于实验室及工业生产中的快速控制分析。对２,３,４－三氟硝基苯和２,３－二氟－６－硝基苯酚的回收率分别为９７．１％和９８．２％,相对偏差分别为２．６％和１．９％。     

Parallel algorithms for image enhancement and segmentation by region growing, with an experimental study

This paper presents efficient and portable implementations of a powerful image enhancement process, the Symmetric Neighborhood Filter (SNF), and an image segmentation technique that makes use of the SNF and a variant of the conventional connected components algorithm which we call -Connected Components. We use efficient techniques for distributing and coalescing data as well as efficient combinations of task and data parallelism. The image segmentation algorithm makes use of an efficient connected components algorithm based on a novel approach for parallel merging. The algorithms have been coded in Split-C and run on a variety of platforms, including the Thinking Machines CM-5, IBM SP-1 and SP-2, Cray Research T3D, Meiko Scientific CS-2, Intel Paragon, and workstation clusters. Our experimental results are consistent with the theoretical analysis (and provide the best known execution times for segmentation, even when compared with machine-specific implementations). Our test data include difficult images from the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite data.Also affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering.Also affiliated with the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Automation Research.     

电动转辙机的可靠性和安全性分析

介绍了一种基于relex2008可靠性软件,建立故障树,分析电动转辙机单机系统的可靠性.对双机热备、三中取二、二乘二取二冗余结构构成系统的可靠性和安全性指标进行分析和比较.结果表明,二乘二取二冗余系统具有更高的安全性,可以在很大程度上降低风险发生的概率,从而保证行车安全.     

移动云计算数据保护性能分析

文章基于移动云计算平台,采取通过Socket数据传输的方法,针对两种数据加密算法DES和RSA,测试定量数据传输过程中的时延和终端能耗,结果表明数据保护对移动云计算中事务处理性能有着显著的影响。最后,文章指出高效数据保护算法的研究是未来移动云计算安全方面的研究重点。     

DS-UWB通信系统MAC协议设计

在新加坡学者Peng-Yong Kong提出的CT-MAC协议研究的基础上,提出了一种修正的UWB通信系统MAC接入协议;算法针对DS-UWB通信物理层,修正了CT-MAC协议原有的最优冲突域计算方法,细化了协议流程;将修正的CT-MAC协议与IEEE802.11 DCF协议分别应用于同一个高速UWB通信系统,对MAC层性能进行仿真分析比较,仿真结果表明:由于CT-MAC协议的最优冲突域范围随带宽增大而减小,因而可保证网络具有更多的并发通信节点;相比较DCF协议,CT-MAC协议更适合DS-UWB通信系统。     

信息决策中的优先性能需求和体系结构分析

针对美国国防部(Department of Defense,DoD)建立在安全服务基础上的优先和取代技术需求性能特性进行了全面的分析;一方面在语音网络通信中,基于安全服务基础上的优先特性(Precedence-Based Assured Service,PBAS)的实现是通过使用多层优先和取代(Multilevel Precedence and Preemption,MLPP)完成的,目的就是使重要信息在网络中顺利传输;二是在GIG网络技术中,PBAS性能特性必须在所有的网络应用中进行扩展,而且也必须在基于IP基础上的服务质量体系结构中应用;首先,主要对IP基础上的传输网络的PBAS性能特性的技术需求和体系结构的选择进行了分析;其次,对基于技术需求基础上的体系结构、工程设计和操作使用三者之间的选择和折中方案进行了讨论;结果表明,在GIG网络体系结构中,折衷方案的选择对于支持PBAS性能特性具有一定的指导意义。