Development of a novel laboratory scale high solids reactor for anaerobic digestion of processed municipal solid wastes for the production of methane

Economic evaluations of the capital costs for anaerobic digestion systems for gas production show that the reactor is a significant cost component. The successful application of high solids digestion of processed MSW (e.g., greater than 10% solids within the digester) would allow a decrease in reactor volume with maintenance of relatively high gas production rates. However, high solids slurries do not mix well in conventional stirred tank reactors. A horizontal shaft, hydraulically driven reactor was designed and fabricated to test the anaerobic digestion of high solids concentrations. Digester performance was evaluated as a function of experimental parameters such as nutrient requirements, feeding rates, pH control, and agitator design/ rotation speed; horsepower of mixing was also evaluated for the reactor. Several startup protocols were examined to obtain a biologically stable anaerobic fermentation at high solids levels.     

化学光谱法测定5N氧化钆中14个稀土杂质元素

报道了化学光谱法测定５Ｎ高纯氧化钆中１４个稀土杂质元素，在Ｐ５０７萃淋树脂色层柱上分离氧化钆中稀土杂质元素，分别采用定量分离Ｌａ－Ｓｍ及Ｔｂ－Ｌｕ＋Ｙ和部份分离Ｅｕ的方法，并相应地采用碳粉吸附法和碳粉粉末法进行光谱测定。分离时间为３．５ｈ，测定下限为１．２μｇ／ｇ（ＲＥ）。     

Phase Diagram of the System NaF-KF-AlF3

The phase diagrams of the binary system KF-AlF₃ as well as the ternary system NaF-KF-AlF₃ in the range up to 50 mol% AlF₃, were measured using the thermal analysis method. In the system KF-AlF₃ the coordinates of the eutectic points are: E ₁: 8.0 mol% AlF₃, 821.2°C, and E ₂: 45.5 mol% AlF₃, 565.0°C. In the investigated concentration range of the ternary system 2 eutectic points have been found with the calculated coordinates: E ₁: 36.3 mol% NaF, 62.7 mol% KF, 1.0 mol% AlF₃; t=711.2°C; and E ₂: 51.9 mol% NaF, 27.4 mol% KF, 20.7 mol% AlF₃; t=734.5°C. Other eutectic points lie most probably beyond the investigated part of the system. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

负载型无铬超细铁基变换催化剂的制备和催化性能

 以镁铝尖晶石为载体，以过渡金属氧化物为助剂，用吸附γ－Fe2O3胶体法制备了负载型无铬铁基变换催化剂．TEM，XRD，BET和活性测试结果表明，采用胶体负载法制备的变换催化剂，其活性组分Fe3O4以分立的超细微颗粒分布在镁铝尖晶石载体表面上，颗粒之间存在一定的间隔．过渡金属氧化物NiO或V2O5能够进入Fe3O4晶格形成固溶体，起到代替氧化铬的作用，提高催化活性．负载型催化剂FeNi／MgAl2O4（m（NiO）／m（Fe2O3）＝3％）在汽／气比为1和空速为2000h－1的反应条件下，CO转化率在400和350℃时分别为95％和80％；在高空速和低汽／气比条件下也具有很好的催化性能．稳定性实验结果表明，该催化剂 具有良好的热稳定性和一定的抗硫能力．与非负载型催化剂相比，负载型催化剂具有更为优越的催化性能．     

高温超导体制备条件的人工神经网络识别

高温超导体的制备条件要求严格,其掺杂量大小、烧结温度控制等都直接影响实验样本的超导性质。近几年高温超导研究已积累大量实验数据,如何应用人工智能方法处理这些数据寻找更好的合成条件颇有意义。人工神经网络方法在许多领域己显示其处理复杂数据和模式识别的优越性,但尚未应用到化合物制备研究方面。本文对此作了初步尝试。     

Solubility of α-amino acids in water under high pressure: glycine, -alanine, -valine, -leucine, and -isoleucine

The solubility of glycine, -alanine, -valine, -leucine, and -isoleucine in water was measured at 298.15 K and pressures up to 400 MPa. The standard deviation of the logarithm of the solubility is 0.001–0.003, equal to or better than the accuracy of atmospheric pressure measurement in the literature (0.001–0.05). A variety of solubility phenomena were observed. The solubility of glycine decreased with increasing pressure, whereas that of -alanine increased. The -valine and -isoleucine have a solubility maximum at around 100 MPa, and -leucine seems to exhibit a solid-phase phase transition at around 200 MPa. Pressure coefficient of the solubilities at 0.10 MPa is compared with that thermodynamically estimated in reference to aqueous density measurements of glycine and -alanine at 298.15 K and 0.10 MPa, supporting a reliability of our high-pressure measurements.     

Determination of the Enantiomeric Purity of l-Carnitine and Acetyl-l-Carnitine by Chiral Liquid Chromatography

A chiral liquid chromatographic method for determination of the enantiomeric purity of both l-carnitine and acetyl-l-carnitine is described. Separation of the enantiomers of dl-carnitine and acetyl-dl-carnitine was achieved on a commercial chiral column (Chiralcel OD-R) after derivatization with (alpha-bromo)methyl phenyl ketone. Introduction of this lipophilic UV chromophoric group to the carnitine and acetylcarnitine molecules improved their retention, resolution, and UV detection. The mobile phase was 74:26 (v/v) 0.5 mol L^-1 sodium perchlorate–acetonitrile, pH 3.8, and the flow rate was 0.4 mL min^-1. Detection was performed at 235 nm. The method is selective and reliable for determination of the enantiomeric purity of bulk drug substances l-carnitine and acetyl-l-carnitine.     

液相色谱专家系统中柱系统推荐规则的建立和验证

把分子结构和分子、离子静电作用力作为影响溶质保留值和选择性的基本点,提出了液相色谱专家系统柱系统推荐的基本规则,由此可以从溶质所包含的基团或官能团的信息进行色谱柱系统推荐。为了验证这些规则的正确性,应用几类常用的或典型的样品从分子结构通道进行液相色谱柱系统推荐,获得满意的结果。     

RE2CuO4的热力学稳定性（RE=La,Nd,Sm,Eu）

构筑了ＭｇＯ部分稳定的ＺｒＯ２基固体电解质电化学电池测量ＥＡＦ的实验装置，测定了Ｓｍ２ＣｕＯ４的标准Ｇｉｂｂｓ生成自由能。结果表明化合物ＲＥ２ＣｕＯ２３（ＲＥ＝Ｌａ，Ｎｄ，Ｓｍ，Ｅｕ）随着镧系元素离子半径减小，热力学稳定性下降，并用晶体场理论解释了这一规律。