Kinetic investigation of the chlorine reduction reaction on electrochemically oxidised ruthenium

The rate and mechanism of the electroreduction of chlorine on electrooxidised ruthenium has been investigated with focus on the effect of solution pH. Current/potential curves for the reduction process in solutions with constant chloride concentration of 1.0 mol dm⁻³ and varying H⁺ concentration have been obtained with the use of the rotating disk electrode technique (RDE). It was found that the chlorine reduction rate is highly inhibited in solutions with high H⁺ concentrations and that it can be satisfactorily described by the Erenburg mechanism, previously suggested for the chlorine evolution on RuO₂ and RTO. The expression of the kinetic current as a function of chlorine and H⁺ concentration was obtained by solving the elementary rate equations of the kinetic mechanism. The kinetic constants obtained from the correlation of the kinetic current expression to the experimental data were used to simulate the dependence of the surface coverages and elementary reaction rates on overpotential.     

Adhesion Effects of Intermediate Layers on the Densification of Ceramic Powders

In the ceramic technology the first step to produce sintered bodies is the manufacturing of powders which then are densified. The adhesion mechanisms between the single particles and the agglomerates produced from them determine the densification process. Starting from theoretical considerations adhesion mechanisms, such as solid bridge formation, adhesive bonding and glide-promoting effects, are discussed in principle. Subsequently, the effects of surface-active substances on the densification behaviour of clay-ceramics and oxide-ceramic bodies are discussed. Further, the evaluation of the action of additives to the powder mixtures on the microstructure of the compacts, such as porsity and texture, leads to a compaction equation which describes the transition from the powder pile to a densified green body.     

A110－1－H／A110－1型氨合成催化剂在双筐并流合成塔中的使用

在双筐并流氨合成塔中使用了Ａ１１０－１－Ｈ／Ａ１１０－１型氨合成催化剂，使用寿命达１７４０天，累计产氨４３８３７８ｔ．该催化剂组合具有低温活性好、易还原、高催化活性、高抗毒能力、良好的热稳定性与破碎强度等优点．     

Pattern synthesis of time‐modulated conformal arrays by an improved differential evolution algorithm

In this article, an improved differential evolution algorithm (IDE) based on two different colonies is proposed and applied to time‐modulated conformal arrays syntheses. The whole population of IDE is divided into two parts. The one part searches the solution globally while the other searches the neighborhood of the solution provided by the previous one. Benchmark functions are provided to testify IDE. Furthermore, IDE is applied to synthetize sum‐difference patterns with a 1 × 16 elements time‐modulated circular array and low sidelobe level (SLL) patterns with an 8 × 12 elements time‐modulated cone array. After optimization, the sideband level (SBL) of the circular array at the first sideband frequency is ?1.00 dB. The SLL and SBL at the first sideband frequency of the cone array are lower than ?30.00 and ?20.00 dB, respectively. Experiment results verify the superior performance of IDE. Moreover, to accelerate the computation speed, graphics processing unit parallel computing technique is introduced into pattern synthesis and the acceleration ratios of more than 23 times can be achieved. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:697–705, 2014.     

基于GPU-CUDA的共轭斜量法实现及性能对比

偏微分方程数值解法(包括有限差分法、有限元法)以及大量的数学物理方程数值解法最终都会演变成求解大型线性方程组。因此,探讨快速、稳定、精确的大型线性方程组解法一直是数值计算领域不断深入研究的课题且具有特别重要的意义。在迭代法中,共轭斜量法(又称共轭梯度法)被公认为最好的方法之一。但是,该方法最大缺点是仅适用于线性方程组系数矩阵为对称正定矩阵的情况,而且常规的CPU算法实现非常耗时。为此,通过将线性方程组系数矩阵作转换成对称矩阵后实施基于GPU-CUDA的快速共轭斜量法来解决一般性大型线性方程组的求解问题。试验结果表明:在求解效率方面,基于GPU-CUDA的共轭斜量法运行效率高,当线性方程组阶数超过3000时,其加速比将超过14;在解的精确性与求解过程的稳定性方面,与高斯列主元消去法相当。基于GPU-CUDA的快速共轭斜量法是求解一般性大型线性方程组快速而非常有效的方法。     

Toughening of vinylester–urethane hybrid resins through functionalized polymers

Liquid nitrile rubber, hyperbranched polyester, and core/shell rubber particles of various functionality, namely, vinyl, carboxyl, and epoxy, were added up to 20 wt % to a bisphenol‐A‐based vinylester–urethane hybrid (VEUH) resin to improve its toughness. The toughness was characterized by the fracture toughness (K_c) and energy (G_c) determined on compact tensile (CT) specimens at ambient temperature. Toughness improvement in VEUH was mostly achieved when the modifiers reacted with the secondary hydroxyl groups of the bismethacryloxy vinyl ester resin and with the isocyanate of the polyisocyanate compound, instead of participating in the free‐radical crosslinking via styrene copolymerization. Thus, incorporation of carboxyl‐terminated liquid nitrile rubber (CTBN) yielded the highest toughness upgrade with at least a 20 wt % modifier content. It was, however, accompanied by a reduction in both the stiffness and glass transition temperature (T_g) of the VEUH resin. Albeit functionalized (epoxy and vinyl, respectively) hyperbranched polymers were less efficient toughness modifiers than was CTBN, they showed no adverse effect on the stiffness and T_g. Use of core/shell modifiers did not result in toughness improvement. The above changes in the toughness response were traced to the morphology assessed by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and fractographic inspection of the fracture surface of broken CT specimens. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 672–680, 2002; DOI 10.1002/app.10392     

考虑转包的平行机供应链排序

研究一类考虑转包的供应链排序问题, 即工厂从客户处接受一批订单, 这些订单既可以由工厂完成, 也可以通过支付一定费用进行转包. 工厂需要确定被转包的订单集并安排未被转包订单的生产和运输. 针对工厂为平行机生产环境的情况, 以交货期限内完成所有订单的转包成本、生产成本与运输成本之和最小化为目标, 构建了问题的数学模型, 并设计了启发式算法. 最后通过数值实验结果表明了算法的有效性.

     

热压氮化硅在1200℃的高温疲劳损伤

研究了热压氮化硅陶瓷的室温和高温力学性能及在１２００℃的高温疲劳损伤行为，发现材料的弹性模量、抗变强度与断裂韧性均随温度升高而下降，但在１０００℃以上降低最为显著。在１２００℃高温疲劳寿命与应力之间符合单对数线性关系经分析发现这种现象与失效的热激活过程有关。通过对实验数据，ＸＲＤ相结构、变形动力学过程和断口的微观分析证明，陶瓷高温疲劳失效机理为“杂质空穴复合作用机制”。对热压氮化硅来说，失效机理主     

Effect of competitive interference on the biosorption of lead(II) by Chlorella vulgaris

Batch experiments were carried out to asses the effect of Cu(II) and Zn(II) on the biosorption of lead(II) ions by non-living Chlorella vulgaris. The uptake of Pb(II) was examined for single, binary and ternary solutions at different initial concentrations and different pH values. The experimental results showed that the uptake increased with increasing pH from 3.0 to an optimum value of 5.0. The biosorption of Pb(II) was found to be adversely affected by the presence of Cu(II) ions, while Zn(II) ions seemed to have negligible effect on the process. The equilibrium data were fitted to four isotherm models: Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips and Dubinin–Radushkevich; the Sips isotherm gave the best fit for the data. Modeling of the controlling mechanisms indicated that both intrinsic kinetics and mass transfer played major roles in controlling the process. A new dimensionless parameter, Ψ, was defined to asses the relative contributions of the two mechanisms to the biosorption of lead(II). Mass transfer seemed to be the dominant mechanism at low initial lead(II) concentrations, while intrinsic kinetics dominates at high concentrations.     

基于 Hadoop 的电站数据中心云计算模型磁

针对云计算中的虚拟化、分布式存储与并行编程模型等问题,提出基于云计算的多电站计算平台的体系结构,实现电站数据中心的可靠存储与快速并行处理。详细讨论了传统的电站计算平台在数据存储和数据处理过程中的不足,设计了基于 Hadoop 的电站数据中心云计算平台,并利用 Hadoop 云计算平台对数据检索的效率进行实验比较分析。