Enhancing oil–solid and oil–water separation in heavy oil recovery by CO2-responsive surfactants

Interfacial properties are of critical importance to various separation applications. In heavy oil recovery, for example, a low oil–water interfacial tension (IFT) benefits the separation of heavy oil from their host rocks, which becomes problematic in the later stage of oil–water separation. CO₂-responsive surfactants were investigated to enhance the overall heavy oil recovery by switching their interfacial activity to the desired state in each stage. The surfactants at interfacially active state greatly enhanced the separation of heavy oil from hosting solids, as demonstrated by measuring contact angle and oil liberation using a custom-designed on-line visualization system. Meanwhile, the resulting heavy oil-in-water emulsions could also be easily demulsified by the bubbling of CO₂ gas, which switched off the interfacial activity of the surfactants. Furthermore, CO₂-responsive surfactants could be partially recycled in process water to improve sustainability, making CO₂-responsive surfactants to be promising chemical aids in heavy oil production and many other vital industries.     

Crystal structure and switchable optical properties of yttrium hydride films covered by palladium layer

1　INTRODUCTIONTherare earthhydridefilmswithswitchableop ticalpropertieswerefirstlydiscoveredbyHuibertsetal[13] andhaveattractedmoreandmoreinterestre cently .Huibertsetal[1,2 ] foundthatthefilmsofYHxandLaHx exhibitremarkablereversiblechangesintheiropticalpropertiesduringhydrogenation/dehy drogenationprocess .Bychangingthehydrogen gaspressureorbyelectrochemicalmeans,thefilmscanbecontinuouslyandreversiblyswitchedfromashinymirrortoatransparentwindowinafractionofasec ond[3,4 ] .Thesubsequen…     

Annular ring slot antenna design with reconfigurable polarization

A microstrip‐fed conventional annular ring slot (ARS) antenna with linear polarization (LP) is initially studied. To generate two orthogonal degenerate modes for circular polarization (CP) radiations, two identical meandering perturbation slots (MPS) are symmetrically loaded into the ARS. By further incorporating a PIN diode switch across each MPS, the proposed antenna can switch between left‐hand CP (LHCP), right‐hand CP (RHCP), and LP. All three polarizations have shown good impedance bandwidth and broad CP bandwidth that can satisfy the wireless local area network (WLAN) 2.4‐GHz operating band (2400–2480 MHz). Furthermore, desirable gains of 1.8–2.0 dBi and 2.40–2.84 dBic are also exhibited at LP and LHCP/RHCP, respectively. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 26:110–120, 2016.     

垂直外腔面发射半导体激光器的双波长调控研究

报道了一种结构紧凑的垂直外腔面发射激光器（Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser,VECSEL）及其双波长调控。通过调控泵浦光功率,实现了VECSEL输出的两个激光波长之间的相互转换,双波长的间隔接近50 nm。VECSEL的输出功率曲线呈现明显的两次翻转,翻转点对应了激射波长的转换。这是由于泵浦功率变化改变了增益芯片内部的温度,进而通过热调谐使得发光区增益峰值被调谐到腔模的不同位置。在0℃时,每个激射波长的最大输出功率都在1.5 W以上。随着泵浦功率的改变,激射波长可以在950 nm和1000 nm之间切换,同时还可以在1.5 W以上的功率水平下实现双波长同时激射。这种可切换波长及双波长同时激射的VECSEL器件在光调制、差频等领域有较大应用潜力。     

基于DeblurGAN的运动模糊图像盲复原算法研究

DeblurGAN方法利用条件生成对抗网络解决了端到端的图像去模糊问题,但存在图像边缘细节恢复不足以及鲁棒性不高的问题,针对此问题,提出一种基于DeblurGAN的运动模糊图像盲复原方法。在生成网络中,采用多尺度卷积核神经网络提取特征,并使用级联空洞卷积扩大神经元的感受野;采用自适配归一化方法代替原来生成器中使用的实例归一化方法。其次,引入了梯度图像L1损失,结合对抗损失和感知损失,将其作为图像去模糊的正则约束,使得生成图像的边缘特征更加清晰。实验结果表明,提出方法复原的图像峰值信噪比数值较DeblurGAN算法高出5.4%,结构相似性指标高出1%;在主观上清晰化效果较好,且消除了网格效应。     

深海装备接地故障检测系统设计

监测海底装备接地故障需要精确测量其供电线路的接地电阻值。区别于以往固定式采样电阻的检测方法,文章设计了切换式采样电阻阵列的新方法进行信号采样,并应用加权平均法对数据进行信息融合。试验数据表明,该方法有效地提高了测量精度和准确度。     

A dual-band reconfigurable direct-conversion receiver RF front-end

6 dBm at 2.2 GHz, and a gain of 18.8 dB and IIP3 of 7.3 dBm at 4.5 GHz. The whole front-end consumes 12 mA current at 1.2 V voltage supply for the LNA and 2.1 mA current at 1.8 V for the mixer, with a die area of 1.2 × 1 mm2.     

A Broadband Quadrature-Modulator in Standard 0.13 μm CMOS

A polyphase filtering topology is proposed which uses parallel switchable RC-networks for accurate broadband 90^∘ phasing. A 0.13μm CMOS prototype using the quadrature-generation network in a direct-conversion quadrature-modulator achieves a measured image-rejection ratio of −39 dBc or better in 0.6–2.5 GHz while consuming only 66 mW from a 2.2 V single supply. Esa Tiiliharjuwas born in Rovaniemi, Finland, in 1966. He received the M.Sc. degree in Information Technology in 1995, and the Lic.Tech degree in electrical engineering in 1998, both from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. From 1996 to July 1997 he was employed as an assistant at Helsinki University of Technology. He has held a position as a research assistant since 1997, and he is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree in the Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory at Helsinki University of Technology. His research interests include the design of integrated low-power circuits for portable telecommunication applications. He has designed and measured several integrated circuits for this application area. He is the author or co-author of several internationally-refereed conference and journal publications on analog integrated circuits. Kari A.I. Halonenwas born in Helsinki, Finland, on May 23, 1958. He received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) in 1982 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium, in 1987. From 1982 to 1984, he was with HUT as an Assistant and with the Technical Research Center of Finland as a Research Assistant. From 1984 to 1987, he was a Research Assistant with the E.S.A.T. Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with a temporary grant from the Academy of Finland. Since 1988, he has been with the Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory, HUT, as a Senior Assistant from 1988 to 1990, and as the Director of the Integrated Circuit Design Unit of the Microelectronics Center from 1990 to 1993. He was on leave of absence during the academic year 1992–1993, acting as Research and Development Manager with Fincitec Inc., Finland. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Associate Professor, and since 1997, he has been a full Professor with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, HUT. He became the Head of Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory year 1998. He was the Technical Program Committee Chairman for the European Solid-State Circuits Conference in 2000. He is the author or coauthor of over 150 international and national conference and journal publications on analog integrated circuits, and holds several patents on analog integrated circuits. His research interests are in CMOS and BiCMOS analog integrated circuits, particularly for telecommunication applications. Dr. Halonen was an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS–PART I: FUNDAMENTAL THEORY AND APPLICATIONS from 1997 to 1999. He has been a Guest Editor for the IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS. He received the BeatriceWinner Award from the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 2002.[c-halonen.eps]     

参数切换机械系统理论在变速箱传动方案设计中的应用

参数切换机械系统是以变速箱为工程背景 ,以数列为对象抽象出来的一种代数系统 ,具有独特的运算规律 :数列的遍乘、遍加和全并运算。本文简要介绍了此数学理论 ,引入参数结构、数列模式、最小结构实现等概念 ,给出系统 CAD的递归算法 ,并在此基础上开发了基于参数结构的变速箱传动方案 CAD系统。软件最终输出传动方案结构网及其评价 ,突破了变速箱传动方案主要靠经验图解设计的现状 ,为机械产品方案设计提供了有益的借鉴。