Expressing the equivalence of non‐isothermal and isothermal heat sterilization processes

Currently, the sterility of heat‐processed food and pharmaceuticals is assessed in terms of an F₀ value, based on the equivalence of the heat treatment to an isothermal process at a reference temperature. This F₀ value, however, has a meaning if, and only if, the inactivation kinetics of the targeted spores (or cells) follow a first‐order relationship and the temperature dependence of the D value, the reciprocal of the rate constant, is log‐linear. There is growing evidence that these conditions are not satisfied by many spores, including those of Clostridium botulinum and vegetative cells. Consequently, a replacement for the F₀ value is proposed in the form of a momentary equivalent time at the reference temperature based on the actual survival pattern of the spores, which need not be log‐linear. This equivalent time can be calculated together with the theoretical survival ratio in real time, thus enabling an operator to monitor the lethality of ongoing industrial heat processes. The concept is demonstrated with published survival data of C. botulinum, for which the Weibullian and log‐logistic models served as primary and secondary models, respectively. The safety factor according to the proposed method is in the number of added minutes of processing, beyond the theoretical time needed to reduce the survival ratio of the targeted spores or cells to a level that would produce practical (or commercial) sterility. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry     

变频调速节能改造方案的经济性评价和比较

本文详细介绍了变频调速节能改造方案的经济性评价方法。静态分析法包括投资回收期法、抵偿年限法和年计算费用法；动态分析法则包括净现值法、内部回收率法、总费用现值法和最小年费用法。     

钢筋混凝土结构内的钢筋腐蚀监测

用钢筋混凝土修建的建筑物和构筑物，因受外界因素的影响，其内部钢筋可能会受到腐蚀而生锈，锈蚀严重者将危及安全。根据钢筋在混凝土内的锈蚀是一个电化学过程的特点，在不损伤钢筋混凝土结构的条件下，利用腐蚀监测仪，测量钢筋混凝的电化学特性值，并以此特性值绘制等值线图，利用该图能正确评估混凝土内钢筋受腐蚀的情况。     

奇异值分解对非定常约束多体系统的动力学分析

通过对约束方程的雅可比矩阵进行奇异值分解，定义组合坐标，从拉格朗日第一类方程出发，建立了非定常约束多体系统的纯微分方程，给出了动力学数值分析的过程，最后举了一个算例。     

方程根数对反应系数法求解负荷的影响

房间围护结构热力系统传递矩阵元素Ｂ（Ｓ）的根数多少或根值大小，直接影响反应系数的精度。其值取多少，国内外没有统一标准。本文结合空调房间的下部送风，针对不同结构的房间进行探讨，发现最小根值取到（—３０）时，即足能满足一般精度要求。     

砼回弹法测强统计分析

简述了砼回弹法测强与抗压强度对比试验的方法，得出了影响砼回弹测强的种种因素，通过统计分析给出了砼回弹测强的实用计算公式，从而就可在结构物上直接进行回弹测强，达到及时，方便，准确地了解结构物的强度．     

论情感化造型语言在产品设计中的体现

本文从产品设计在情感化产品中的造型语言入手,从本能情感、行为情感和反思情感三方面具体阐述了情感化的造型语言在现代产品设计中的体现形式,旨在让人们对于产品的造型语言有更加深入清晰的认识,更好的实现工业产品的人性化设计。     

Arnold置乱在零水印中的二次复用

为了提高水印的鲁棒性和减小对应版权信息的大小,本文提出了一种基于Arnold变换、DWT和SVD的零水印算法。该算法将载体图像进行DWT变换,对低频子带进行分块SVD;比较置乱后的最大奇异值的大小,若大于则对应位为1,否则为0;将结果与预处理过的水印做异或运算,得密钥矩阵。该矩阵为检测水印提供密钥。实验证明,本算法对图像压缩、滤波、模糊、噪声及脏图具有良好的鲁棒性。     

Blind estimation of the PN sequence in lower SNR DS-SS signals with residual carrier

This paper presents a method of singular value decomposition (SVD) plus digital phase lock loop (DPLL) to solve the difficult problem of blind pseudo-noise (PN) sequence estimation in low signal to noise ratios (SNR) direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS, DS) signals with residual carrier. Of course, the method needs to know the parameters of DS signal, such as the period and code rate of PN sequence. Firstly, the received signal is sampled and divided into non-overlapping signal vectors according to a temporal window, whose duration is two periods of PN sequence. Then, an autocorrelation matrix is computed and accumulated by the signal vectors one by one. The PN sequence with residual carrier can be estimated by the principal eigenvector of this autocorrelation matrix. Furthermore, a DPLL is used to deal with the estimated PN sequence with residual carrier, it estimates and tracks the residual carrier, removes the residual carrier in the end. Theory analysis and computer simulation results show that this method can effectively realize the PN sequence estimation from the input DS signals with residual carrier in lower SNR.     

Equations of state for hard-sphere fluids

Equations of state and contact values of hard-sphere radial distribution functions (rdf's) which are given by a linear combination of the Percus— Yevick and scaled-particle virial expressions are considered. In the one-component case the mixing coefficient() is, in general, a function of the volume fraction. In mixtures the coefficient( _i ,d _i ), in general, depends upon the volume fraction _i , and diameterd _i , of each species,i andj. For the contact valuesY _ij of the rdf's, the mixing coefficients _ij ( _k ) also depend on speciesi andj. Density expansions for the exact for the one-component hard-sphere fluid are obtained and compared with several approximations made in earlier works and in our own work, as well as with simulations. For a mixture, it turns out that one cannot obtain the exact fourth virial coefficient by using a linear combination of the Percus-Yevick and scaled-particle virial expressions forY _ij unless one allows _ij to depend on mole fractionsx _i even at the zeroth order of its density expansion. We also find that _ij must depend on particle speciesi andj in order to satisfy the exact limits obtained earlier by Sung and Stell. A new equation of state for the binary hard-sphere mixture which satisfies all the exact limits we have considered is suggested.Paper presented at the Tenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 20–23, 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.