Physicochemical investigation of the decomposition products of ammonium metal carboxylates: ammonium ferric citrate hydrate

The thermal decomposition up to 400 °C of ammonium ferric citrate hydrate, of unknown structure and formula weight, was studied by thermogravimetry, differential thermal analysis, infrared (IR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. The possible identities of the formula weight and the intermediate products of calcination are discussed. The results revealed that the parent material is amorphous and contains two moles of water and two moles of ammonia. Decomposition takes place via six weight-loss processes, three endothermic (90–230 °C) and three exothermic (240–298 °C), leading eventually to the formation of Fe₂O₃. The intermediate solid products are mainly unstable amorphous oxycarbonates, as indicated by X-ray and IR spectroscopies. The gas-phase decomposition products identified by IR spectroscopy are NH₃, CO₂, CO, CH₃COCH₃, CH₄ and NH₄OH. Surface area measurement and scanning electron microscopy showed that Fe₂O₃, the final product at 400 °C, hada surface area of 40 m²/g and good crystalline and porous character.     

THE IRREVERSIBLE ADSORPTION OF PLUTONIUM HEXAFLUORIDE†

The room temperature adsorption of PuF_6(g) on a solid substrate was compared to the adsorption of UF6(g) on the same surface. Significantly more PuF_6(g) was adsorbed at pressures in the range of 1.2 to 0.2torr, accompanied by the evolution of molecular fluorine. The adsorbed UF₆ was easily desorbed by reducing the pressure. Most of the adsorbed PuF₆ remained on the surface when subjected to the same treatment.     

Quadratic optimization fine tuning for the Support Vector Machines learning phase

This work presents a comparative analysis of specific, rather than general, mathematical programming implementation techniques of the quadratic optimization problem (QP) based on Support Vector Machines (SVM) learning process. Considering the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker (KKT) optimality conditions, we present a strategy of implementation of the SVM-QP following three classical approaches: (i) active set, also divided in primal and dual spaces, methods, (ii) interior point methods and (iii) linearization strategies. We also present the general extension to treat large-scale applications consisting in a general decomposition of the QP problem into smaller ones, conserving the exact solution approach. In the same manner, we propose a set of heuristics to take into account for a better than a random selection process for the initialization of the decomposition strategy. We compare the performances of the optimization strategies using some well-known benchmark databases.     

我国建筑涂料的技术水平及发展方向

介绍了我国建筑涂料的技术水平、发展方向及前景。     

A solution approach to the design of multi-period,multipurpose batch plants

A deterministic model for multipurpose, multiperiod batch plants was presented in a linearized form to predict the future design according to the change of demand by using a modified Benders’ Decomposition. The OSL code offered by the IBM corporation as optimizer was employed for solving several example problems. The decomposition method was successful, showing remarkable reduction in the computing times as compared with those of the direct solution method. Also the heuristic used as a solution approach for the multiperiod model provided an efficient methodology to the block-structured problem by dividing the large overall problem into the manageable single period blocks.     

Seepage safety monitoring model for an earth rock dam under influence of high-impact typhoons based on particle swarm optimization algorithm

Extreme hydrological events induced by typhoons in reservoir areas have presented severe challenges to the safe operation of hydraulic structures. Based on analysis of the seepage characteristics of an earth rock dam, a novel seepage safety monitoring model was constructed in this study. The nonlinear influence processes of the antecedent reservoir water level and rainfall were assumed to follow normal distributions. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was used to optimize the model parameters so as to raise the fitting accuracy. In addition, a mutation factor was introduced to simulate the sudden increase in the piezometric level induced by short-duration heavy rainfall and the possible historical extreme reservoir water level during a typhoon. In order to verify the efficacy of this model, the earth rock dam of the Siminghu Reservoir was used as an example. The piezometric level at the SW1-2 measuring point during Typhoon Fitow in 2013 was fitted with the present model, and a corresponding theoretical expression was established. Comparison of fitting results of the piezometric level obtained from the present statistical model and traditional statistical model with monitored values during the typhoon shows that the present model has a higher fitting accuracy and can simulate the uprush feature of the seepage pressure during the typhoon perfectly.     

华北平原地下水资源承载力评价

华北平原地下水严重超采,并带来一系列资源环境问题,地下水资源承载力的可持续性面临严重挑战。本研究定义了地下水资源承载力的概念,提出了一种定量评价地下水承载力的新方法,并对华北平原地下水承载力进行了评价。结果表明,华北平原地区地下水资源支撑的GDP从2003年的15 608.18亿元迅速提高到2011年的37 584.9亿元,33.3%的地市位于未超采未超载区;华北平原整体及57.2%的地市均位于超采未超载区,已发生地下水超采,但通过提高用水效率,未来社会经济规模仍有发展空间;9.5%的地市位于超采超载区。最后探讨地下水资源的承载力的提高途径,主要包括增加地下水资源可利用量和提高用水效率两方面,其中提高用水效率效果更显著。     

基于GF_1卫星的丹江口水库水面面积-蓄水量-水位相关性研究

基于GF_1卫星16m分辨率多光谱遥感数据及水文观测数据,通过计算NDWI水体指数来提取丹江口水库水面面积,并研究水面面积、水位与蓄水量三者之间的相关性,实现动态分析水库蓄水量变化情况,以期为"南水北调"提供决策支撑。研究发现:(1)南水北调中线首个调度年前后丹江口水库水面面积-水位,水位-蓄水量以及水面面积-蓄水量之间均为显著相关关系,且三对变量依次呈现明显的1次、2次、3次曲线关系,拟合曲线方程的决定系数分别达到0.976、0.999和0.980,因此可以根据其中一个已知变量预测其他两个未知量;(2)水面面积自2014年10月5日至2016年5月5日最大变化幅度相差180km~2,是影响周边环境变化的重要因素;(3)同时蓄水量在首个调度年内,于2014年11月初达到最大值204.10亿m~3,可调水量在16.53~78.93亿m~3范围内浮动,且年内整体变化平缓稳定,保证了2015调度年内南水北调中线工程的供水需求。     

顺丁橡胶生产装置的技术改造

详细介绍了多年来在１．５万ｔ／ａ顺丁橡胶装置上所采用的各种技术改造措施，总结了改造后装置达到的新的技术水平和成就。     

我国结构抗浮水位研究现状与展望

目前我国结构抗浮水位方面研究成果虽然很丰富, 但分歧很大, 不仅直接影响了实际工程中的应用, 同时也造成了研究工作自身缺乏系统性和延续性。为解决这一问题, 利用水文学、水力学和土力学等科学理论, 分别从抗浮水位基本概念、抗浮水位分析中两个基本问题(孔隙水压力和远期最高水位)的方法论和抗浮水位分析的技术体系等3个角度对既有研究成果进行了系统综述与客观分析。在抗浮水位基本概念方面, 根据地下水赋存和渗流理论, 将目前研究成果划分为二维、准三维和三维等3种类型, 提出了各自的数学表达式, 分析了三者之间逻辑关系, 讨论了各自的科学性和适用性。在孔隙水压力分析方法方面, 尤其是孔隙水压力折减问题, 对基于渗流理论和有效应力原理的经典分析方法进行系统评述的同时, 还对当前讨论热烈的基于结合水理论的分析方法进行了梳理评价。在地下水远期最高水位预测方面, 着重讨论了历史最高水位法、基于宏观数据反演法和数值分析法等3种方法的优缺点及需要完善之处。在抗浮水位分析技术体系方面, 以北京地区为例对该类问题作了简要总结与评述。最后, 对抗浮水位研究与应用现状进行了概要性评述, 并结合我国国情, 对未来工作提出了展望与建议。