THE EFFECT OF OPERATING VARIABLES ON THE DYNAMICS OF CATALYTIC CRACKING PROCESSES

The dynamic Characteristics of a Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Process are examined over a wide range of operating conditions. A novel Order of Magnitude Approach is introduced to successfully provide physical insight into the cause and effect relationship between operating conditions and dynamic characteristics. It is shown that the original five-dimensional dynamic model is characterized by three fast time constants and two slow ones that dominate the dynamic responses. The two most important time constants are expressed as explicit functions of the operating conditions. These formulas correctly indicate in which parameter regions the open loop response is oscillatory (underdamped) or nonoscillatory (overdamped). Extensive process variables, that are either flow or capacity, related are defined in order to provide an approximate physical meaning for the dynamic modes of the system. It is shown that the two slow modes of the process are related to the enthalpy content of the regenerator and the sensible heat content of the catalyst phase in both the reactor and regenerator.     

Method for characterization of triacylglycerols and fat-soluble vitamins in edible oils and fats by supercritical fluid chromatography

This study demonstrates the usefulness of capillary supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) for the characterization of triacylglycerols of edible oils and fats. Triacylglycerols were separated according to the acyl carbon number and the degree of unsaturation on a 25% cyanopropyl/25% phenyl/50% methylpolysiloxane stationary phase. Valuable information concerning the triacylglycerol composition of berry oils was obtained, despite the overlapping of certain triacylglycerol peaks. Simultaneous analysis of fat-soluble vitamins and triacylglycerols is not practical by capillary SFC with flame-ionization detection because of the low concentration of naturally-occurring fat-soluble vitamins in edible oils. Therefore, higher loading of the sample, which led to overloading of triacylglycerols, was required to get reasonable peaks for fat-soluble vitamins. The method was applied to the characterization of triacylglycerols and tocopherols in sea buckthorn pulp and seed oil, and cloudberry seed oil without any sample purification prior to SFC. In addition, the stationary phase proved useful for separating the more complex mixtures of triacylglycerols found in milk fat and in fish oil.     

超临界流体沉析制备微细颗粒的技术及其应用

快速膨胀超临界流体溶液（ＲＥＳＳ）过程和以超临界流体为稀释膨胀剂（ＧＡＳ）过程是制备微细颗粒的新技术。本文着重分析了用ＲＥＳＳ和ＧＡＳ过程制备微细颗粒的特点及影响因素，介绍了在高分子聚合物、无机盐、陶瓷材料、有机物、药物及含能材料方面的应用，提出超临界流体沉淀技术将成为制备特殊细颗粒材料、超薄膜及提纯热敏性、易氧化物质的有效手段。     

分子动力学模拟聚乙烯在碳纳米管表面的扩散

通过采用分子动力学方法模拟不同链长的聚乙烯分子在单壁碳纳米管表面的扩散,探究了聚乙烯的动力学性质。研究表明随着链长的增加聚乙烯在碳纳米管表面的扩散系数减小,且二者间存在明显的标度关系。聚乙烯在碳纳米管表面扩散的扩散系数和聚乙烯吸附在碳纳米管表面的构象有关,有序结构的聚乙烯比无序结构的聚乙烯在碳纳米管表面扩散的快。此外,由于受到碳纳米管吸附作用的影响,聚乙烯分子在平行于管轴和垂直于管轴2个方向上的扩散系数不同,扩散表现各向异性。     

Uric Acid: The Sperm-Release Pheromone of the Marine Polychaete Platynereis dumerilii

In the marine polychaete, Platynereis dumerilii, reproductive behavior in the two sexes is synchronized by the consecutive discharge of male and female sex-specific pheromones. After the female releases the eggs into the free water column, immediate fertilization is achieved by several males circling around the eggs emitting sperm clouds. We report the isolation and identification of the sperm-release pheromone present in the coelomic fluid of sexually mature females. Each step in isolation was guided by bioassay. Isolation methods included extraction and solvent partitioning and separation methods included ultrafiltration and high-performance liquid chromatography. Uric acid was identified as the sperm-release pheromone that is discharged by the female with release of the eggs. The threshold concentration for sperm release by males was determined as 0.6 M.     

Fault identification for process monitoring using kernel principal component analysis

In this research, we develop a new fault identification method for kernel principal component analysis (kernel PCA). Although it has been proved that kernel PCA is superior to linear PCA for fault detection, the fault identification method theoretically derived from the kernel PCA has not been found anywhere. Using the gradient of kernel function, we define two new statistics which represent the contribution of each variable to the monitoring statistics, Hotelling's T²and squared prediction error (SPE) of kernel PCA, respectively. The proposed statistics which have similar concept to contributions in linear PCA are directly derived from the mathematical formulation of kernel PCA and thus they are straightforward to understand. The main contribution of this work is that we firstly suggest a fault identification method especially applicable to process monitoring using kernel PCA. To demonstrate the performance, the proposed method is applied to two simulated processes, one is a simple nonlinear process and the other is a non-isothermal CSTR process. The simulation results show that the proposed method effectively identifies the source of various types of faults.     

超临界CO2萃取丁香花蕾的工艺研究及对萃取物的GC—MS分析

本文应用超临界二氧化碳技术 ,研究了丁香花蕾的最佳萃取工艺。结合温度、压力、堆积密度、CO2 流量等因素对丁香花蕾提取物的萃出率的影响 ,采用四因素三水平的正交设计 ,得出丁香花蕾油萃取的最佳工艺条件为 :压力30MPa ,温度 4 5℃ ,CO2 流量 10L/h ,低堆积密度。作者还对萃取出的丁香花蕾油进行了GC—MS成分分析     

分布式非线性控制的回路小增益方法

近年来,分布式控制在控制及相关学科引起了广泛的兴趣.复杂的包含不确定性的非线性动力学在控制系统中普遍存在,而针对这种系统的分布式控制研究尚处于起步阶段.其中一个关键问题就是由分布式控制系统中信息交换约束与复杂非线性动力学的并存所导致的.近期相关研究表明,基于回路小增益定理的控制设计方法能够较有效地解决这类问题.本文重点回顾分布式控制回路小增益方法的近期主要结果,给出了一种分布式非线性控制器的系统化设计方法,并在此基础上指出若干未来研究方向.     

气固两相流全分辨率直接数值模拟的并行算法

用沉浸边界法对气固两相流进行全分辨率直接数值模拟,介绍并行算法及其并行效率。考察球形颗粒的空间分辨率等对计算精度的影响,对颗粒雷诺数Rep=1~150,颗粒直径与计算网格比大于20时,该并行算法获得的计算精度较高。     

Planar and axially symmetric slow shearing granular flows: a comparative evaluation of assembly evolution incorporating wavelet transforms

We demonstrate the enhanced capacities of our analysis toolset for three-dimensional data. In particular, we provide supporting evidence for some of the conclusions reached in our previous studies of two-dimensional avalanching heaps. Segregation by self-diffusion is shown to take place in three-dimensional assemblies and self-diffusion velocities are shown to be of a comparable order of magnitude to those found in plane-strain situations. The effect on assembly evolution by discrete avalanching of the availability of a third dimension for translation is investigated. The discrete wavelet transform is again shown to be a useful component of the toolset in coupling process variables in the context of the discrete defining events associated with assembly evolution. In particular, we move towards the determination of time constants by correlating wavelet coefficients with a time shift.