Process conditions affect pigment quality and yield in extracts of purple sunflower hulls

Extract of purple sunflower hulls is a potential red food colorant; however, suitable process conditions must still be identified. Selected process variables were studied using bench-scale units to prepare, clarify, concentrate and spray dry extracts. Concentration by evaporation at 32°C and addition of maltodextrin to 15% (wt/dry wt) prior to drying largely eliminated pigment degradation during those steps. Relative to water extracts, extracts prepared with 5 to 15% ethanol in water generally yielded more pigment with similar levels of degradation and loss during subsequent processing. Use of 5% ethanol/2% citric acid reduced yield by about half relative to water, but gave a powder with a lower degradation index and wetting time. Percentage recovery of pigment during concentration and drying was not greatly affected by solvent type or extraction temperature.     

Carbon Aerogels as Electrode Material in Supercapacitors

Due to their large specific surface area and their high electrical conductivity carbon aerogels are promising materials for electrodes in electrochemical double-layer capacitors (supercapacitor). The carbon aerogels were made via pyrolysis of resorcinol formaldehyde aerogels. The latter were prepared by supercritical and subcritical drying as well. The important findings of our investigation were, that the highest capacities of 46 F/cm³ were measured for samples with a density of about 800 kg/m³ pyrolyzed at 800°C. Also it was shown that RF-gels with molar resorcinol/catalyst ratios 1000 or higher can be dried subcritically without cracking or significant shrinkage. Carbon aerogels derived from these RF-aerogels have a small mesopore surface area, however an especially large micropore area. They provide electrical capacities which are most suitable for their use in supercapacitors.     

流化床电化学反应器研究进展

流化床电化学反应器是一种三维颗粒电极反应器,以其比表面积大、传质速率高而备受关注。就流化床电化学反应器在导电机理、数学模型、结构放大以及应用领域的研究现状和进展进行了综述,阐明了该类反应器开发、设计和模型化方面存在的问题,并提出了研究方向。     

Reply to the Comment by K. Jorgensen et al. to “Analysis of constant rate period of spray drying of slurry”

Previously developed model for spray drying of slurry droplets with high solid content (Liang, 2001) was revised to describe correctly a boundary condition on the outer surface of droplet on basis of the rate of liquid evaporation.     

Polymer waste recycling over “used” catalysts

Catalytic degradation of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was carried out under nitrogen using a laboratory fluidised bed reactor operating at 360 °C with catalyst to polymer feed ratio of 2:1 and at 450 °C with catalyst to polymer feed ratio of 6:1 under atmospheric pressure. The catalysts used in this study were ZSM-5, US-Y, ASA, fresh FCC (fluid catalytic cracking) commercial catalyst (Cat-A) and equilibrium FCC catalysts with different levels of metal poisoning were studied. The initial results for polymer degradation at 360 °C (catalyst to polymer ratio of 2:1) in a fluidised bed reactor in terms of the yield of volatile hydrocarbon products were: model catalysts>commercial FCC catalyst>E-Cats. However, when the process conditions more closely resembled to FCC conditions, the fresh commercial FCC catalyst was more favourable in terms of the yield of volatile hydrocarbon products. The degradation of HDPE over E-Cats although reduced was similar to ASA in product selectivity and yield, and the level of metal contamination did not affect the product stream generated. A simple economic evaluation of polymer recycling process is reported showing that a catalytic system based on E-Cats appears comparable in costs to a commercial thermal cracking plant.     

我国干燥技术和装备的研究及应用

介绍我国干燥设备的开发、研究和应用情况。情况表明：我国干燥技术有很大的进步，大批进口干燥器的时代已经结束。     

AlCl3/活性炭催化甲基三氯硅烷与低沸物再分配反应研究

甲基三氯硅烷(M1)与低沸物(LBR)是工业上"直接法"生产二甲基二氯硅烷单体过程中产生的副产物,两者之间通过再分配反应可转化为高价值的有机硅单体.以活性炭为载体,采用浸渍蒸发煅烧法制备了负载型AlCl3固体酸催化剂,在固定床反应器中进行甲基三氯硅烷与低沸物的再分配反应,制得二甲基二氯硅烷和三甲基氯硅烷.考察了活性炭载体预处理方式及反应条件对再分配反应的影响.结果表明,经过高温扩孔处理的活性炭载体负载的AlCl3催化剂具有较好的反应活性;优化的反应条件为:W(M1/LBR)为2.0～3.0,反应温度为310℃,LHSV为1.5 h-1;该催化剂的制备过程简单,催化反应条件温和且表现出良好的催化稳定性.     

旋转填料床精馏过程流体力学性能研究

在对旋转填料床精馏特性研究的基础上,以塑料多孔板为填料,乙醇-水为体系,在全回流操作条件下,进一步研究了气相动能因子F、超重力因子β和回流量L对旋转填料床流体力学特性的影响,证明了旋转填料床的低耗能特性。     

FP石膏在硫化轮胎模具上的应用

主要阐述FP石膏材料、制芯工艺过程及烘干工艺，阐述了应用硅橡胶母模复制石膏芯表面光洁度高，尺寸精度较好，硫化轮胎的铸造成品率达99％以上。     

UASB-SBR工艺处理城市生活污水的研究

研究了UASB工艺处理城市生活污水的可行性，通过UASB与SBR组合工艺的运行实验，得出在水力停留时间3h时，COD去除率为61．67％-82．32％，出水COD达到国家污水排放二级标准。在氮磷去除效果不佳的情况下，采用SBR工艺处理后，其出水COD、SS、氮、磷等指标均达到国家污水一级排放标准。