Hydrogen production from methane in a dielectric barrier discharge using oxide zinc and chromium as catalyst

The hydrogen fuel cell is a promising option as a future energy resource; however, the nature of the gas is such that the conversion process of other fuels to hydrogen on board is necessary. Among the raw fuel resources, methane could be the best candidate as it is plentiful. In this experiment, the possibility of producing hydrogen with less carbon formation from methane by a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) was investigated. Without the addition of a catalyst, the formation of hydrogen reached between 30% and 35% at methane residence time of 0.22 min and supplied powers in the range of 60-130 W. The hydrogen selectivity increased at higher supplied power, but the process efficiency, defined as a ratio of the produced hydrogen to the supplied power, decreased slightly. In order to boost the hydrogen production with less carbon formation, a mixed oxide catalyst of zinc and chromium was added to the reactor. It was shown that the production of hydrogen was ca. 40% higher than the non-catalytic plasma process.     

工艺对C/SiC复合材料结构与性能的影响

介绍一种化学气相渗透与先驱体浸渍裂解联用(CVI-PIP)的工艺制备碳毡增强SiC复合材料,采用SEM分析复合材料的显微结构,采用三点弯曲法测试复合材料的力学性能,结果显示在复合材料致密化过程早期,CVI工艺致密化效率明显高于PIP工艺;与完全采用PIP工艺制备C/SiC复合材料相比,采用CVI-PIP工艺可提高复合材料的致密化效率和致密化程度,复合材料残留孔隙率从18.86%下降到5.45%;相应的,C/SiC复合材料的抗弯强度与弹性模量分别从66.43 MPa和38.43 GPa增加到112.16 MPa和68.49 GPa;采用CVI-PIP联用工艺同时能够增加复合材料与其表面CVD涂层的结合性能.     

基于大规模MIMO网络的低复杂度块对角化算法

在多用户MIMO系统下行链路中,块对角化（Block diagonalization, BD）预编 码算法的和速率性能要优于匹配滤波算法（Matched filter, MF）和迫零算法（Zero forc i ng, ZF）。然而,传统的BD算法利用矩阵分解来构造除当前用户的其他所有用户信道的零空 间,需要O(N2)浮点运算次数（Float point operations, FLOPs）。当 基站的天线数N趋向于大规模时,BD算法计算复杂度巨大。本文 提出一种基于投影子方法构造其他用户合成信道的零空间的BD算法,该算法仅需O( N)FLOPs。仿真表明：同传统的BD算法相比,本文所提出的低复杂度BD算法显著地降低 了实现复杂度,而和速率性能损失微小,仍然优于MF和ZF,并且当N趋 向于大规模时,它的和速率性能趋向于传统的BD算法和SVD算法。     

考虑天然气混氢的园区综合能源系统电制氢优化配置

电制氢和天然气混氢技术在促进可再生能源消纳、降低系统碳排放量方面具有良好的理论研究和工程应用前景。面向含高比例可再生能源的园区综合能源系统,提出一种计及天然气混氢及跨季节存储的电制氢优化配置方法。首先梳理了含氢园区综合能源系统的运行框架和能量流动关系,建立园区内部能源生产、转换与存储设备的数学模型,其次以设备的年化投资成本、园区综合能源系统的年度运行成本和碳交易成本最优为目标,提出电制氢优化配置模型。最后通过算例分析表明电制氢及天然气混氢技术的引入可提升可再生能源的消纳能力,降低系统的整体经济成本和碳排放量,并分析了电解槽投资成本、混氢体积分数上限以及经济性和低碳性成本权重系数变化对规划运行结果的影响。关键词：园区综合能源系统;电制氢;天然气混氢;碳交易;跨季节储氢;优化配置 中图分类号：TM732     

Workload characterization of JVM languages

Originally developed with a single language in mind, the JVM is now targeted by numerous programming languages—its automatic memory management, just‐in‐time compilation, and adaptive optimizations—making it an attractive execution platform. However, the garbage collector, the just‐in‐time compiler, and other optimizations and heuristics were designed primarily with the performance of Java programs in mind. Consequently, many of the languages targeting the JVM, and especially the dynamically typed languages, are suffering from performance problems that cannot be simply solved at the JVM side. In this article, we aim to contribute to the understanding of the character of the workloads imposed on the JVM by both dynamically typed and statically typed JVM languages. To this end, we introduce a new set of dynamic metrics for workload characterization, along with an easy‐to‐use toolchain to collect the metrics. We apply the toolchain to applications written in six JVM languages (Java, Scala, Clojure, Jython, JRuby, and JavaScript) and discuss the findings. Given the recently identified importance of inlining for the performance of Scala programs, we also analyze the inlining behavior of the HotSpot JVM when executing bytecode originating from different JVM languages. As a result, we identify several traits in the non‐Java workloads that represent potential opportunities for optimization. © 2015 The Authors. Software: Practice and Experience Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

OpenMP任务调度开销及负载均衡分析

任务调度是OpenMP规范的重要内容。在考虑调度开销、负载均衡等多方面因素的基础上，OpenMP规范制定了静态调度、动态调度、指数动态调度和运行时调度等不同策略。详细分析了在单次循环时间相等情况下，不同的OpenMP调度策略对额外开销和负载均衡的影响；提出了选择不同任务调度策略的原则。     

Control design for recycled, multi unit processes

An integrated multi-unit chemical plant presents a challenging control design problem due to the existence of recycling streams. In this paper, we develop a framework for analyzing the effects of recycling dynamics on closed-loop performance from which a systematic design of a decentralized control system for a recycled, multi-unit plant is established. In the proposed approach, the recycled streams are treated as unmodelled dynamics of the “unit” model so that their effects on closed-loop stability and performance can be analyzed using the robust control theory. As a result, two measures are produced: (1) the ν-gap metric, which quantifies the strength of recycling effects, and (2) the maximum stability margin of “unit” controller, which represents the ability of the “unit” controller to compensate for such effects. A simple rule for the “unit” control design is then established using the combined two measures in order to guarantee the attainment of good overall closed-loop performances. As illustrated by several design examples, the controllability of a recycled, multi unit process under a decentralized “unit” controller can be determined without requiring any detailed design of the “unit” controller because the simple rule is calculated from the open-loop information only.     

葡萄籽超微粉添加对曲奇饼干香气的影响

将葡萄籽超微粉碎并添到曲奇饼干中,探究其对曲奇饼干香气成分及感官品质的影响。采用气相色谱-质谱联用仪分别检测了普通葡萄籽粉、葡萄籽超微粉及添加超微粉前后曲奇饼干的香气成分,并结合偏最小二乘判别分析法研究葡萄籽超微粉对曲奇饼干香气成分的影响。结果显示,超微粉碎后香气物质的种类虽未发生明显的改变,但香气成分的相对含量显著增加。葡萄籽超微粉添加比例为5%时,烘烤香比较浓郁。当添加比例达到10%时,曲奇饼干整体风味较为复杂,包括苦杏仁味、香蕉味、水果味/青草味、面包味以及坚果味。采用9点享乐法感官品评结果可以看出,葡萄籽的添加可以为饼干带来可感知的变化,添加比例为5%时,香气得分最高。葡萄籽超微粉会给曲奇饼干香气带来积极的影响,添加比例在10%以内均可被消费者接受。     

Simulation of temperature and reaction time prediction of the torrefaction process: case of hard-wood biomass

Direct utilisation of biomass for energy application is less profound due to the problems of low calorific value, high water content, and low grindability of biomass. For this reason, pre-heating treatment, sometimes called torrefaction, is necessary to improve the physical properties of biomass similar to ‘coal-like’ material. Unfortunately, only few comprehensive but simple theoretical models focused on hard-wood biomass were available to describe the torrefaction process. In this discussion, a simple proposed torrefaction model was developed and reported. The model has ability to estimate the yield of product mass and energy after the torrefaction process and determine the optimum conditions.