The exponential power law: partial wetting kinetics and dynamic contact angles

An equation for the kinetics of partial drop spreading is proposed. This equation was empirically derived from experimental data for the spreading kinetics of partially wetting liquids in terms of the wet area versus time. The equation has the form of an exponential power law (EPL), and transforms into the well-known power law for complete wetting, when the equilibrium contact angle approaches zero. The EPL fits very well available experimental data. To lend additional support to the validity of this generalized equation, it will be demonstrated that when it is transformed to present the dynamic contact angle (DCA), it fits very well DCA experimental data for other wetting processes, such as capillary flow and tape coating.     

核动力航空推进探析

文献调研国外核动力航空推进相关技术研究,美国GE与PW公司通过ANP计划已试验验证了核动力航空推进的可行性;分析认为核动力航空推进当前最佳用途是长航时无人机与巡航导弹动力,关键技术是核屏蔽的轻量化设计、热交换效率与速率、热力系统设计与新型结构问题;核动力航空推进若采用蒸汽介质的二回路闭式循环驱动螺旋桨,蒸汽透平及动力系统设计没有技术障碍,闭式循环蒸汽流量关键取决于蒸汽透平汽耗率与热交换循环时间。     

Reprint of : Shot noise fluctuations in disordered graphene nanoribbons near the Dirac point

Random fluctuations of the shot-noise power in disordered graphene nanoribbons are studied. In particular, we calculate the distribution of the shot noise of nanoribbons with zigzag and armchair edge terminations. We show that the shot noise statistics is different for each type of these two graphene structures, which is a consequence of the presence of different electron localizations: while in zigzag nanoribbons electronic edge states are Anderson localized, in armchair nanoribbons edge states are absent, but electrons are anomalously localized. Our analytical results are verified by tight binding numerical simulations with random hopping elements, i.e., off diagonal disorder, which preserves the symmetry of the graphene sublattices.     

循环倍率对动力和液体燃料多联产系统的电与蒸汽自平衡影响分析

本文以煤气化(240万吨/年)动力,液体燃料(甲醇,醋酸,醋酐)多联产系统(串联式)为研究对象,分析了循环倍率对系统动力输出、蒸汽、液体燃料产量的影响;确定了可满足具有不同优先级的目标、达到系统动力和蒸汽自平衡的循环倍率、燃气轮机选型等关键单元和系统参数。     

Optimum Temporal Pulse Shape of Launched Light for Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Type Sensors Using Brillouin Backscattering

We investigated numerically the relationship between the temporal shape of an optical pulse launched into an optical fiber and the power spectrum of the Brillouin backscattered light it produces. We analyzed the measurement error of the peak-power frequency of the Brillouin backscattered light power spectra obtained from the launched light with various pulse shapes. In this investigation and analysis, we characterized the pulse shape by the width, leading-trailing time, and steepness. Regardless of the launched pulse shape, the peak-power frequency-measurement error increases as the pulse width shortens. For identical launched pulse widths, a triangular pulse generates the Brillouin backscattered-light power spectrum with both the narrowest profile and the largest peak power, and consequently provides the minimum error when we measure the peak-power frequency. This shows that a temporally triangular pulse is the best for the launched light.     

高功率激光稳定腔选模分析

讨论了在有限菲涅耳数时，稳定凹－凸腔的高功率激光选模特性，研究表明当稳定凹－凸腔工作在临近界稳区时，基模体积显著提高，具有良好的选模效果。     

Bipolar-power-transistor-based limiter for high frequency ultrasound imaging systems

High performance limiters are described in this paper for applications in high frequency ultrasound imaging systems. Limiters protect the ultrasound receiver from the high voltage (HV) spikes produced by the transmitter. We present a new bipolar power transistor (BPT) configuration and compare its design and performance to a diode limiter used in traditional ultrasound research and one commercially available limiter. Limiter performance depends greatly on the insertion loss (IL), total harmonic distortion (THD) and response time (RT), each of which will be evaluated in all the limiters. The results indicated that, compared with commercial limiter, BPT-based limiter had less IL (−7.7 dB), THD (−74.6 dB) and lower RT (43 ns) at 100 MHz. To evaluate the capability of these limiters, they were connected to a 100 MHz single element transducer and a two-way pulse-echo test was performed. It was found that the −6 dB bandwidth and sensitivity of the transducer using BPT-based limiter were better than those of the commercial limiter by 22% and 140%, respectively. Compared to the commercial limiter, BPT-based limiter is shown to be capable of minimizing signal attenuation, RT and THD at high frequencies and is thus suited for high frequency ultrasound applications.     

Optimal Operations Management and Network Planning of a District Heating System with a Combined Heat and Power Plant

District heating plants are becoming more common in European cities. These systems make it possible to furnish users with warm water while locating the production plants in the outskirts having the double benefit of lowering the impact of pollution on the center of the city and achieving better conversion performances. In order to amortize the costs throughout the year, the system often includes a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, to exploit the energy during the summer as well, when the demand for warm water decreases. A linear programming model for the optimal resource management of such a plant is presented and some results for a real case are reported. A distribution network design problem is also addressed and solved by means of mixed integer linear programming.     

槽式DSG太阳能集热系统模拟分析

以采用真空集热管的一次通过式槽式DSG太阳能集热器为研究对象。基于集热器管内水工质的流型与传热特性,建立了集热器稳态传热模型,并验证了模型及计算方法的合理性。分析了当出口为400℃过热蒸汽时,集热器传热受太阳辐射强度、管径、水工质入口参数等的影响规律。结果表明集热器的传热效果取决于周围环境的边界条件以及集热器结构参数和水工质运行参数的选取,本文结论为DSG集热器的设计及运行提供了理论参考依据。     

Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic properties in NdMnO3 perovskite: A Monte Carlo approach

The magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect in $\text{NdMn}{\text{O}}_3$ have been investigated, as well as the effect of magnetic anisotropy in the magnetocaloric properties of the perovskite-type compound. A classical Heisenberg Hamiltonian with nearest and next-nearest neighbors interactions was implemented. Hamiltonian parameters were fitted in order to reproduce experimental results. Magnetic field dependence on the magnetization, for isothermal processes, was performed. In this way, the magnetic entropy change $\left(\mathrm{\Delta }{S}_m\right)$ was computed as well as the relative cooling power (RCP). Results show that as the magnetic anisotropy constant increases, there was not only a sharpening, but also an increase in peak height of $?\mathrm{\Delta }{S}_m$. Finally, the magnetic field and anisotropy dependences on the RCP were obtained, showing that the highest values of the RCP were found for low anisotropy values.