Mathematical analysis of positive pulsed corona discharge processemployed for removal of nitrogen oxides

A mathematical model was proposed to describe the behaviour of the removal of nitrogen oxides (NO_x) in a positive pulsed corona discharge reactor. The proposed model takes into account radical production at each pulsing and subsequent radical utilization for NO_x removal. The production efficiencies of radicals such as O, OH, H, and N were derived by considering direct electron impact on dissociation of gaseous molecules, followed by excitation transfer reactions of excited oxygen atoms. The production efficiencies of those species were used for the model calculations. The proposed model could adequately predict the experimental data. Of the active species present, the ozone (O₃) produced by the reaction of O radical with oxygen was found to play the crucial role in oxidation of NO to NO₂ , both theoretically and experimentally     

周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器时域特性的实验研究

分别采用MOTORULA公司的硅基光电二极管探测器和JUDSON公司的InGaAs光电二极管探测器对泵浦光和信号光的脉宽进行了测量.研究了极化周期、工作温度以及抽运功率与周期极化掺镁铌酸锂光学参量振荡器输出的信号光脉冲宽度的作用关系.实验采用LD端面抽运的声光调Q Nd∶YVO4激光器作为抽运源,在晶体温度为30 ℃、极化周期为29.5 μm条件下,当抽运功率为1 008 mW时,获得了平均功率为238 mW的信号光输出,其光-光转换效率为23.6%,最窄脉冲宽度约为9.3 ns,相对抽运光脉宽被明显压窄.     

Task-based exposure assessment of nanoparticles in the workplace

Although task-based sampling is, theoretically, a plausible approach to the assessment of nanoparticle exposure, few studies using this type of sampling have been published. This study characterized and compared task-based nanoparticle exposure profiles for engineered nanoparticle manufacturing workplaces (ENMW) and workplaces that generated welding fumes containing incidental nanoparticles. Two ENMW and two welding workplaces were selected for exposure assessments. Real-time devices were utilized to characterize the concentration profiles and size distributions of airborne nanoparticles. Filter-based sampling was performed to measure time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations, and off-line analysis was performed using an electron microscope. Workplace tasks were recorded by researchers to determine the concentration profiles associated with particular tasks/events. This study demonstrated that exposure profiles differ greatly in terms of concentrations and size distributions according to the task performed. The size distributions recorded during tasks were different from both those recorded during periods with no activity and from the background. The airborne concentration profiles of the nanoparticles varied according to not only the type of workplace but also the concentration metrics. The concentrations measured by surface area and the number concentrations measured by condensation particle counter, particulate matter 1.0, and TWA mass concentrations all showed a similar pattern, whereas the number concentrations measured by scanning mobility particle sizer indicated that the welding fume concentrations at one of the welding workplaces were unexpectedly higher than were those at workplaces that were engineering nanoparticles. This study suggests that a task-based exposure assessment can provide useful information regarding the exposure profiles of nanoparticles and can therefore be used as an exposure assessment tool.     

不同维度ZnO能带结构和电子态密度的研究

本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法来研究不同维度ZnO的能带结构和电子态密度.参考实验上的ZnO晶格参数构建不同维度的ZnO模型并进行结构优化后再计算能带结构和电子态密度.研究结果表明二维和三维ZnO都属于直接带隙半导体且二维ZnO的禁带宽度大于三维ZnO;从三维变到二维,ZnO的电子局域化程度变高且Zn 3d轨道电子从能量较低的能级向能量较高的能级跃迁.本文的研究展示了二维和三维ZnO能带结构和电子态密度的异同,为二维ZnO基的器件研究提供了一定的理论参考价值.     

类锂铝离子能级结构及光谱线性质的理论计算

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Some higher-order modifications of Newton’s method for solving nonlinear equations

In this paper we consider constructing some higher-order modifications of Newton’s method for solving nonlinear equations which increase the order of convergence of existing iterative methods by one or two or three units. This construction can be applied to any iteration formula, and per iteration the resulting methods add only one additional function evaluation to increase the order. Some illustrative examples are provided and several numerical results are given to show the performance of the presented methods.     

Weak Mixing in Interval Exchange Transformations of Periodic Type

Interval exchange transformations (IETs) are piecewise isometries of the interval, obtained permuting a certain number of subintervals. We give a condition on IETs in the special subclass of IETs with periodic Rauzy-Veech cocycle which guarantees weak mixing, i.e. the continuity of the spectrum. The proof involves the study of the associated spectral measures. The condition can be checked explicitly by computing a certain Galois group of a field related to the Ravzy-Veech cocycle. Explicit examples of weakly mixing IETs are constructed in the Appendix. *Dedicated to the memory of F.A. Berezin     

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Generalization of simulation results practicality of statistical methods

The major purpose of this paper is to evaluate the practical use of statistical techniques in both the generalization or analysis of simulation results, and the design of simulation experiments. This problem is investigated with the help of a real-life system, namely the container terminus of ECT in Rotterdam. This system is modeled by a simulation program. The relationship between the simulation response and its input variables is modeled by a linear regression model: metamodel or auxiliary model. The paper summarizes regression analysis including generalized least squares which might be used for simulation responses with non-constant variances. The validity of the postulated regression metamodel is tested statistically: F- and t-statistics. The selection of the situations to be simulated, is done through experimental design methodology, permitting both quantitative and qualitative factors. The statistical techniques apply not only to simulation but also to real-life experiments.