An economic receding horizon optimization approach for energy management in the chlor-alkali process with hybrid renewable energy generation

This paper presents a methodology for the application of receding horizon optimization techniques to the problem of optimally managing the energy flows in the chlor-alkali process using a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES). The HRES consists of solar and wind energy generation units and fuel cells to supply energy. The HRES is also connected to the grid and allows for buying or selling electricity from and to the grid. Initially, detailed models of each system component are introduced as the basis for the simulation study. Energy management strategies are then developed to realize the objectives of meeting production requirements while minimizing the overall operating and environmental costs. Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses are carried out to elucidate the key parameters that influence the energy management strategies. Finally, production demand response is integrated into the proposed methodology.     

用混合式遗传算法进行给水管网现状分析

将广义简约梯度法(GRG)思想应用于传统遗传算法,提出一种新的混合式遗传算法(HGA),此方法具有很强的全局和局部搜索能力,并且无需复杂的编码、解码过程,可以准确解决多变量、多峰值的给水管网现状分析问题。采用此算法,绝大多数的计算值与实测值的误差可减小到1%以下,能准确反映管网的实际工况。     

突发GMSK混和信号混合位置估计迭代算法

针对GMSK混合信号的混合位置估计问题,提出了一种基于参数估计与混合位置估计的迭代算法。混合信号混合部位和未混合部位在幅度和频率上存在明显差异,通过混合部位信号过零点和极值点得到混合的信号和幅度估计后,可以对采样点是否混合进行判断,同时混合起点对应着相对时延,当混合信号的相对时延较大时,利用未混合部位信号来进行迭代时,其估计精度更高。对混合起点估计的克拉美罗界进行了推导,仿真表明,本文算法估计精度高,所需的数据量小,适用于突发通信,且对参数变化不敏感,具有较强的鲁棒性,在高信噪比下混合位置估计精度接近克拉美罗界。     

Capacitance behavior of activated carbon fibers with oxygen-plasma treatment

Modified activated carbon fibers (ACFs) were used as the electrodes of an electric double-layer capacitor and showed an enhanced capacitance effect after a RF-plasma treatment. The capacitance and the surface functional groups of the ACFs were studied. For the plasma-treated ACFs having a specific surface area of 1500 m² g⁻¹, the capacitance increased by 28% compared to the untreated sample and the highest electric capacitance value of 142 F g⁻¹ was achieved with an oxygen feed concentration of 10 vol.%. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area was 2103 m² g⁻¹, which was 34% higher than that of the untreated sample. The pore volume was similarly increased to 483.1 cm³ g⁻¹ STP, and from the pore distribution plot, quantities of mesopores of 10 nm or less and micropores also increased. However, in order to enhance the capacitance, the quinone functional group had a significant influence in addition to the BET surface area. The correlation between the capacitance and the number of quinone functional groups was confirmed because quinone is an electron acceptor.     

Conceptual design of a novel hybrid fuel cell/desalination system

A novel concept for integrating fuel cells with desalination systems is proposed and investigated in this work. Two unique case studies are discussed — the first involving a hybrid system with a reverse osmosis (RO) unit and the second — integrating with a thermal desalination process such as multi-stage flash (MSF). The underlying motivation for this system integration is that the exhaust gas from a hybrid power plant (fuel cell/turbine system) contains considerable amount of thermal energy, which may be utilized for desalination units. This exhaust heat can be suitably used for preheating the feed in desalination processes such as reverse osmosis which not only increases the potable water production, but also decreases the relative energy consumption by approximately 8% when there is an increase of just 8°C rise in temperature. Additionally, an attractive hybrid system application which combines power generation at 70%+ system efficiency with efficient waste heat utilization is thermal desalination. In this work, it is shown that the system efficiency can be raised appreciably when a high-temperature fuel cell co-generates DC power in-situ with waste heat suitable for MSF. Results indicate that such hybrid system could show a 5.6% increase in global efficiency. Such combined hybrid systems have overall system efficiencies (second-law base) exceeding those of either fuel-cell power plants or traditional desalination plants.     

一次低烧SrTiO3基晶界层电容器的研究

研究了以Ｌｉ２ＣＯ３为助烧结剂、Ｓｒ（Ｌｉ１／４Ｎｂ３／４）Ｏ３为施主掺杂剂、Ｂｉ２Ｏ３和ＳｉＯ２为晶界绝缘剂的ＳｒＴｉＯ３基晶界层电容器的一次低温烧成技术。初步探索了Ｔｉ／Ｓｒ比值、施主掺杂剂、绝缘剂对显微结构及介电性能的影响。在１１５０℃烧成温度下，获得了εａｐｐ〉３．５×１０＾４；ｐ〉１．０×１０＾１１Ω·ｃｍ；ｔｇδ〈１．０％；ΔＣ／Ｃ〈±５．０％（－２５￣＋８５℃）的ＳｒＴｉＯ３基晶界层     

Hybrid systems in seawater desalination—practical design aspects, present status and development perspectives

Ever since seawater desalination has been applied on an industrial scale, and particular in the countries of the Arabian Gulf, the application of desalination processes in dual-purpose facilities—water and power—as a hybrid configuration has been discussed in many feasibility investigations and also planning concepts. It is above all the combination of reverse osmosis with thermal processes that has found increasing interest with the aim of ensuring, as economically as possible, uniform water supplies under the specific, greatly varying load conditions in the Gulf countries. Such design concepts for hybrid configurations encompass straightforward structures with a low degree of coupling between membrane and thermal desalination processes, but range up to very complex configurations with strong interconnections on both the water side and thermally, as well as with several desalination processes connected in series or in parallel. Classical hybrid concepts in which the permeate from an RO desalination component is mixed with distillate from thermal desalination have already been implemented in Saudi Arabian dual-purpose plants, like Jeddah and Yanbu-Medina. Although hybrid systems of greater complexity have been addressed in many design studies and publications, up to now none has been brought to fruition. Coming into consideration asthe design basis for determining the capacity shares of the various desalination processes operated in a hybrid configuration are: arrangement of thermal cycle of the power plant component; water/power ratio of the dual-purpose seawater desalination and power plant; provision of undiminished water production of the desalination plant as electricity generation varies; provision of a specified drinking water quality with regard to composition and salt content; combination of all these aspects. Also gaining in importance are concerns of environmental pollution and sustainable development when selecting seawater desalination and power plant configurations, as well as their optimization when considering desalination and electricity generation as a whole. In the practical design of hybrid membrane and thermal systems, aspects come to light, though, that restrict linking of the two systems and joint utilization of facilities, as conceived in studies and conceptual design investigations. This applies both for common utilization of intakes and the use of heated up cooling water from thermal processes as a feed stream for the RO part of the desalination process. Additionally, requirements of drinking water composition, particularly chloride content, TDS and compliance with a specific residual content of boron, influence specifically the design of the membrane process part and its share in the total desalination capacity. Such practical aspects have greatly influenced the design and configuration of the Fujairah hybrid plant for which, from a total desalination capacity of 100 MIGD (454,600 m³/d), the share of 37.5 MIGD (170,500 m³/d) makes its seawater RO plant the biggest currently being constructed anywhere in the world. From the findings of the engineering of this plant and the idea that, by increasing interconnection between the two processes on the water side, it is possible to advance a hybrid configuration of this type with regard to cost optimization in the membrane installation, but also by joint utilization of the intake equipment, perspectives result for applied research efforts over the near and long terms, for example: long-term behavior of membranes at elevated temperatures; tendency for biofouling in membrane process with common utilization of cooling water and brine; influences of such interconnections on the overall availability of the facility. But also for the operation and maintenance organization of such large facilities, consequences can be foreseen for the future development of hybrid plants, particularly for operation management and organisation of the interplay of the different power plant and desalination systems, monitoring of SWRO membrane replacement and cleaning, as well as controlling water quality.     

Residual strength of hybrid-fiber-reinforced high-strength concrete after exposure to high temperatures

Residual strengths of high-strength concrete (HSC) and hybrid-fiber-reinforced high-strength concrete (HFRHSC) after exposure to high temperatures were investigated in the paper. The results showed that normal HSC is prone to spalling after exposure to high temperatures, and its first spalling occurs when the temperature approaches 400 °C. For HSC reinforced by high melting point fibers, the first spalling occurs when the temperature reaches to approximately 800 °C, while there is no spalling during exposing to high temperatures for HSC reinforced by polypropylene (PP) fiber with a low melting point. Mixing high melting point fiber (i.e., carbon or steel fiber) with low melting point fiber (i.e., PP fiber) HSC greatly improves the properties of HSC after exposure to high temperatures.     

制备工艺和添加剂对TiO2体系陶瓷的复合功能特性的影响

TiO2体系复合功能陶瓷是一种兼有压敏功能和介电性能的新型功能陶瓷材料,具有压敏电压低、非线性系数高、介电常数大等优点,在微小型电子设备与器件中有广泛的用途。本文从制备工艺、添加改性等方面分析了TiO2体系复合功能陶瓷的研究现状,并对其发展方向进行了展望。     

Hybrid clustering solution selection strategy

Cluster ensemble approaches make use of a set of clustering solutions which are derived from different data sources to gain a more comprehensive and significant clustering result over conventional single clustering approaches. Unfortunately, not all the clustering solutions in the ensemble contribute to the final result. In this paper, we focus on the clustering solution selection strategy in the cluster ensemble, and propose to view clustering solutions as features such that suitable feature selection techniques can be used to perform clustering solution selection. Furthermore, a hybrid clustering solution selection strategy (HCSS) is designed based on a proposed weighting function, which combines several feature selection techniques for the refinement of clustering solutions in the ensemble. Finally, a new measure is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of clustering solution selection strategies. The experimental results on both UCI machine learning datasets and cancer gene expression profiles demonstrate that HCSS works well on most of the datasets, obtains more desirable final results, and outperforms most of the state-of-the-art clustering solution selection strategies.