Analysis of surface and interior degradation of gas diffusion layer with accelerated stress tests for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

The effects of surface and interior degradation of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) on the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been investigated using three freeze-thaw accelerated stress tests (ASTs). Three ASTs (ex-situ, in-situ, and new methods) are designed from freezing ?30 °C to thawing 80 °C by immersing, supplying, and bubbling, respectively. The ex-situ method is designed for surface degradation of the GDL. Change of surface morphology from hydrophobic to hydrophilic by surface degradation of GDL causes low capillary pressure which decreased PEMFC performance. The in-situ method is designed for the interior degradation of the GDL. A decrease in the ratio of the porosity to tortuosity by interior degradation of the GDL deteriorates PEMFC performance. Moreover, the new method showed combined effects for both surface and interior degradation of the GDL. It was identified that the main factor that deteriorated the fuel cell performance was the increase in mass transport resistance by interior degradation of GDL. In conclusion, this study aims to investigate the causes of degraded GDL on the PEMFC performance into the surface and interior degradation and provide the design guideline of high-durability GDL for the PEMFC.     

布里奇曼法生长碲镉汞晶体的固液界面形态研究

文中综述了布里奇曼法及加速坩埚旋转技术的布里奇曼法生工碲镉汞晶体过程中固液界面形态的研究结果，简单讨论了固液界面形态对组分分布的影响，并将两种技术所得的组分分布结果进行了比较，在分析影响固液界面形态因素的基础上，认为加速坩埚旋转技术是目前改善固液界面形态的有效方法。     

船体水上防锈漆体系加速试验方法研究

根据船舶水线漆和船壳漆的使用环境和主要破坏因素，设计了一套以盐雾－人工加速老化（紫外光／冷凝）交替暴露和带人造缺陷样板的加速暴露试验方法为主，结合海水冲刷、附着力等主要力学性能测定的试验方案。对８种国内外船体水上部份防锈漆体系的性能进行综合评定，其结果采用数字量化评分。试验结果表明，该试验方法可在相当短的时间内对各类船体水上防锈漆体系的综合性能作出正确的评定。     

低合金耐海水腐蚀钢在模拟腐蚀环境下的耐蚀性能研究

以普碳钢为对比样,采用模拟海水全浸和间浸、盐雾、湿热等加速腐蚀实验并结合电化学测试技术研究了Cu-Cr-Mo系低合金耐海水腐蚀钢Q345C-NHY3的耐蚀性能.结果表明：在各种模拟环境条件下与碳钢相比Q345C-NHY3钢都具有较好的耐蚀性能.     

基于ARM芯片$3C4510的步进电机加减速控制

在经济型数控机床中，步进电机的应用非常广泛，它具有简单易用等显著优点。但要想充分发挥它的优点就必须解决步进电机启动和停止时容易产生的失步和过冲的现象。本文选择高性能的ARM微处理器，采用不断修正定时器初值，从而改变定时中断脉冲频率的方法控制步进电机的启动和停止过程。取得了良好的控制效果，并给出了具体的计算公式和软件实现。     

Evaluation of oxidative stability of canola oils by headspace analysis

Lipid oxidation is a major factor affecting flavor quality and shelf life of vegetable oils. Oxidative stability is therefore an important criterion by which oils are judged for usefulness in various food applications. In this study a method based on headspace analysis was developed to evaluate relative oxidative stability of canola oils. The method does not require the use of chemicals, involves minimal sample preparation, and can be performed on a relatively small sample size in comparison with traditional wet chemical methods. Canola oils freshly extracted in the laboratory from different seed samples were subjected to accelerated oxidation and analyzed for PV by standard methods and headspace volatiles by solid phase microextraction/GC-MS. Forward stepwise regression analysis of the data revealed a relationship between PV and headspace concentration of the volatile lipid oxidation products hexanal and trans,trans-2,4-heptadienal. The PV calculated using this formula correlated (R ²=0.73) with those measured by conventional methods. Presented in part at the 96th Annual Meeting of the AOCS, 1–4 May 2005, Salt Lake City, UT.     

An accelerated algorithm for full band electron–phonon scattering rate computation

Computing scattering rates of electrons and phonons stands at the core of studies of electron transport properties. In the high field regime, the interactions between all electron bands with all phonon bands need to be considered. This full band interaction implies a huge computational burden in calculating scattering rates. In this study, a new accelerated algorithm is presented for this task, which speeds up the computation by two orders of magnitude (100 times) and dramatically simplifies the coding. At the same time, it visually demonstrates the physical process of scattering more clearly.     

Normalized age applied to AAR occurring in concretes with or without mineral admixtures

This paper presents a method for assessing the normalized age factors, which allow accelerated alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR) tests performed at various temperatures (20, 40 and 60 °C) to be related to the conditions encountered in situ in concrete structures. The evaluation of normalized age factors is based on the comparison of many experimental results taken from the literature concerning laboratory tests and in situ measurements. The use of these factors permits us to evaluate, from the results of an accelerated test performed at 60 °C, the protection time against AAR that could be expected for in situ concretes containing mineral admixtures (silica fume and fly ashes). The results show that, in addition to the inhibitory action of mineral admixtures leading to a strong decrease in the final AAR-swelling, the protection against abnormal expansion caused by AAR increases significantly when mineral admixtures are used. Abnormal expansion is expected at 2-4 years for plain concrete compared to 7-50 years for concrete with mineral admixtures.     

Alkali silica reactivity of agglomerated silica fume

It is commonly accepted that replacement of a portion of cement in mortar or concrete with well-dispersed silica fume reduces expansion caused by alkali silica reaction. Recently there has been much discussion that large, agglomerated particles of silica fume may actually act as alkali silica reactive aggregates, thereby increasing expansion rather than reducing it. The data in the literature, from both field and laboratory studies, are inconsistent. This prompted an extensive laboratory investigation into the alkali silica reactivity of silica fume. Results from accelerated expansion testing and microscopic investigations are presented. It was seen that some agglomerated silica fumes participate in ASR while others do not. Factors determining the reactivity of silica fume agglomerates are suggested.     

A novel sintering resistant and corrosion resistant Pt4ZrO2/C catalyst for high temperature PEMFCs

A novel Pt₄ZrO₂/C catalyst was prepared and compared with 20 wt.% Pt/C in terms of the sintering resistance and corrosion resistance. To evaluate their sintering resistance and corrosion resistance properties, an accelerated ageing test (AAT) was performed. The catalysts before and after AAT were characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), rotating disk electrode (RDE) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). After AAT, the dissolution rate of Pt and Zr in H₃PO₄ media (105 wt.%, 204 °C) was characterized by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The electrochemical area (ECA) changes of thin film electrodes based on Pt₄ZrO₂/C and Pt/C catalysts were also evaluated using continuous CV sweep technique. All the results showed that Pt₄ZrO₂/C has higher sintering resistance and corrosion resistance than Pt/C. ‘Anchor effect’ is proposed to explain the enhanced effect of ZrO₂ in Pt₄ZrO₂/C binary catalyst compared with Pt/C that contain platinum alone.