Hydrodynamics of gas-solid flow around immersed tubes in bubbling fluidized beds

A numerical study was conducted based on the gas-solid two-fluid model using the body-fitted coordinate system to analyze the behavior of particles and bubbles flow in bubbling fluidized beds without and with immersed tubes. The kinetic theory of granular flow was implemented in the model. The images of simulated instantaneous particle concentration and velocity gave the process of the formation, coalescence and eruption of bubbles. The effects of the tube pitch and superficial gas velocity on the fluidization in a bubbling fluidized bed were investigated. Calculated bubble frequencies without and with immersed tubes were in agreement with previous experimental and simulation findings. The wavelet multi-resolution analysis was used to analyze the simulated data of instantaneous particle concentration. From the random-like particle concentration fluctuations, the fluctuating components due to particle flow and bubble motion can be extracted based on the wavelet multi-resolution analysis over a time-frequency plane.     

Inhibition and recovery of cucumber roots given multiple treatments of ferulic acid in nutrient culture

Ferulic acid, a frequently cited allelopathic agent, inhibited photosynthesis, leaf expansion, and root elongation of cucumber seedlings grown in aerated nutrient cultures in a growth chamber. Other effects were a reduction in the proportion of radioactivity fixed by photosynthesis translocated to roots, a stimulation in secondary root initiation, and an increase in root-shoot ratios. Inhibition of leaf expansion and root elongation induced by multiple ferulic acid treatments was rapidly lost once ferulic acid was removed from the root environment. The changes in general root morphology, i.e., average root length and root number, associated with ferulic acid treatments, were partially reversed or not affected when ferulic acid was removed from the root environment.Paper No. 11411 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7601. The use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the products named, nor criticism of similar ones not mentioned.     

Estimation of the critical properties of compounds using volume-based thermodynamics

The importance, yet scarcity of the critical constants of thermally unstable fluids warrants the development of reliable methods for the estimation of these essential thermodynamic properties. A thorough investigation undertaken in this study on 1,589 compounds belonging to 83 chemical classes, indicated that the ratio of critical temperature to critical pressure of both low and high molecular weight compounds could be well expressed in terms of their volumetric properties. In addition, two new methodologies are presented for estimating V_c, as well as an indirect approach for prediction of T_c from surface tension data, altogether allowing the calculation of Z_c. Moreover, comparative studies are made with five group contribution methods. It is also demonstrated that by employing the Peng-Robinson EOS, and without prior knowledge of the critical properties, it is possible to calculate various thermophysical properties including P^sat., T_b, , ∆H^vap. , C_p, and even the T_c and P_c themselves.     

Performance analysis for range expansion in heterogeneous networks

In this paper, the uplink and downlink performance of a two-tier heterogeneous network （HetNet） with range expansion （RE） is analyzed. Different from previous works, base stations （BSs） are modeled as a spatial Poisson point process. This model can not only capture the irregularity of the BS deployment but also lead to closed form expressions. With the analytical results, the impacts of several key parameters on the coverage and throughput performance are investigated. Our results justifies the effectiveness of RE and Pico deployment. Based on our analyses, certain attention should be made on the RE design to balance the uplink and downlink performance. Our analyses are corroborated by simulations and can thus serve as a flexible and quick guidance for system design without complicated and time-consuming system-level platform construction and simulation.     

Thermal expansion of an SiC particle-reinforced aluminum composite

Using a push-rod dilatometer, we measured between 76 and 390 K the thermal expansion of a particle-reinforced-composite wrought plate obtained by powdermetallurgy methods. The particles, 30% by volume, consisted of monocrystals of -SiC with sizes near 10 m. The matrix consisted of a 6061 aluminum alloy with original particle sizes near 20 m. We found the perpendicular thermal expansivity, ₃, higher by 26% than the in-plane thermal expansivity, ₁-₂. These values differ from a rule-of-mixture prediction by –3 and –23%, respectively. All three _i, components lie outside the Rosen-Hashin bounds. Levin's isotropic model agrees within 10% with the ₁-₂-₃ average. Both the anisotropy and the bounds violation result from microstructural nonhomogeneity arising from processing. Rosen and Hashin's transverse-isotropicsymmetry relationships account approximately for these effects by introducing the anisotropic elastic constants. Using neutron diffraction, we determined that the SiC particles are textureless.Paper presented at the Tenth International Thermal Expansion Symposium, June 6–7, 1989, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.     

基于LVM 的系统扩容技术研究

近年来,随着大数据业务的使用,系统在运行时会产生大量的数据信息与日志文件并保存在磁盘中。由于在系统规划初期,对系统分区大小规划预期不足,很难合理规划磁盘空间,造成后期系统运行中经常出现系统分区磁盘不足的问题。当发生此类告警时,通常的分区很难动态调整大小,通常采用暂停业务,更换磁盘,数据备份与恢复的方式,该方式操作困难,程序复杂,有数据丢失的风险。在Linux系统里使用LVM(逻辑卷)技术,支持在线空间扩容,可以在用户无感知的情况下扩展系统分区容量,达到合理利用磁盘空间的目的。本文介绍了LVM技术,并在Linux系统里将分区做成逻辑卷,达到合理利用磁盘空间的目的。     

基于2030可持续发展目标的珠三角土地消耗率与人口增长率协调关系评价

量化联合国可持续发展目标SDG 11.3.1“土地消耗率与人口增长率的比率（LCRPGR）”有助于了解城市扩张与人口增长之间的关系,为城市国土空间规划和人口城镇化调控提供数据支撑,并且对指导决策者制定城市增长计划至关重要。基于土地利用产品、夜间灯光数据和人口普查数据,提取了城市建成区,利用地理加权回归模型测算了珠三角地区1 km×1 km格网尺度人口密度。依据SDG 11.3.1指标元数据中定义和公式,对珠三角地区可持续发展进行了可靠评价。结果显示：①1990~2010年珠三角建成区面积扩张4.6倍,城区人口增长3.7倍;②1990~2010年珠三角的LCRPGR值由0.71增长到2.01;城市扩张速度与人口增长速度并非是成比例协调增长关系;③建成区的扩张主要是由耕地和农村居民用地转换而来。综上,自2000年后珠三角地区土地消耗率已经超过人口增长率,城市扩张速度与人口增长速度并非是成比例协调增长关系,二者的差异在增大,应当引起一定注意。     

基于主题和关键词特征的比较文本分类方法

比较文本对于企业竞争产品分析至关重要,但目前面向问答领域的比较文本分类研究较少。针对问答文本中比较信息丰富、主题集中的特点,提出了基于主题特征和关键词特征扩展的比较文本分类方法。通过预训练主题模型,推断问答文本的主题概率分布作为其主题特征;针对向量拼接、求和导致关键词信息流失的问题,设计GRU自编码器实现关键词向量特征提取。综合文本主题信息和关键词语义,从语言、产品、情感、社交、主题、关键词角度构建比较文本分类特征,最后使用多种分类器对问答文本进行分类。实验结果表明,构建的特征行之有效,比较文本分类效果较好。     

波浪对圆柱外接圆弧型防波堤绕射的解析计算

在微幅波绕射理论的基础上,使用特征函数展开法,推导了圆柱外接圆弧型防波堤复合结构的水波绕射的解析解,并据此计算了该结构所受到的波浪载荷以及绕射波面分布。计算结果表明:与单一圆柱相比,外接圆弧型防波堤的存在可明显降低作用于圆柱的波浪载荷和圆柱表面的波浪爬高;采用外接堤表面密实或透空而内圆柱表面透空的结构形式可以取得圆柱防浪的较佳效果;结构透空系数、波浪入射角度、外接堤张角、外堤半径与水深比、水深与波长比等因素的变化对绕射波浪作用均存在一定影响。     

改性MgO膨胀剂对水泥浆体流动度和膨胀性能的影响

为了改善MgO膨胀剂(MgO expansive agent,简称MEA)对混凝土流动性的不利影响和延缓氧化镁混凝土的膨胀时间,采用十八碳不饱和脂肪酸对MEA进行表面改性,测试了改性MEA的活性指数、孔结构和水化热等特性,并通过测定掺改性MEA的水泥浆体的流动度和膨胀性能来评价其改性效果。结果表明:MEA经过表面改性后,其活性指数增大,孔结构被细化,水化放热时间有所延迟;改性MEA可明显降低MEA水泥浆体的流动度经时损失,并有效地延缓MEA水泥浆体的膨胀时间,提高其后期膨胀量。研究成果可为表面改性MEA在大体积混凝土中的应用提供参考。