Semi-analytical and computational investigation of different dust loading structures affecting the performance of a fibrous air filter

In this study, a semi-analytical model was developed to illustrate the relationship between filtration performance (filtration efficiency and pressure drop) and dust loading under two different particle deposit structures based on theoretical analysis and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) technology. Under the compact deposit structure, within the practical parameter ranges (fiber diameter, air velocity, dust loading mass), a slight efficiency enhancement (∼10%) occurred at the most penetration particle size (MPPS) and pressure drop increased significantly (∼100%) in response to the solidity increase from 5% to 15%. However, under the dendritic particle deposit structure, both filtration efficiency (∼40%) and pressure drop (∼600%) increased significantly with the same solidity increase due to the larger air velocity and swerve change between fibers.     

PM2.5 in China: Measurements,sources, visibility and health effects,and mitigation

Concern over the health effects of fine particles in the ambient environment led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop the first standard for PM_2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 μm) in 1997. The Particle Technology Laboratory at the University of Minnesota has helped to establish the PM_2.5 standard by developing many instruments and samplers to perform atmospheric measurements. In this paper, we review various aspects of PM_2.5, including its measurement, source apportionment, visibility and health effects, and mitigation. We focus on PM_2.5 studies in China and where appropriate, compare them with those obtained in the U.S. Based on accurate PM_2.5 sampling, chemical analysis, and source apportionment models, the major PM_2.5 sources in China have been identified to be coal combustion, motor vehicle emissions, and industrial sources. Atmospheric visibility has been found to correlate well with PM_2.5 concentration. Sulfate, ammonium, and nitrate carried by PM_2.5, commonly found in coal burning and vehicle emissions, are the dominant contributors to regional haze in China. Short-term exposure to PM_2.5 is strongly associated with the increased risk of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in China. The strategy for PM_2.5 mitigation must be based on reducing the pollutants from the two primary sources of coal-fired power plants and vehicle emissions. Although conventional Particulate Emission Control Devices (PECD) such as electrostatic precipitators in Chinese coal-fired power plants are generally effective for large particles, most of them may not have high collection efficiency of PM_2.5. Baghouse filtration is gradually incorporated into the PECD to increase the PM_2.5 collection efficiency. By adopting stringent vehicle emissions standard such as Euro 5 and 6, the emissions from vehicles can be gradually reduced over the years. An integrative approach, from collaboration among academia, government, and industries, can effectively manage and mitigate the PM_2.5 pollution in China.     

薄层色谱法分析葵花仁粕中的绿原酸

 以聚酰胺薄膜为固定相、体积分数为 36 %的乙酸溶液为流动相 ,研究建立了薄层色谱分离测定葵花仁粕中绿原酸的方法。绿原酸样品溶液上行展开 8 5cm ,其Rf 值为 0 6 1。绿原酸的检测量在 0 0 5 μg～ 0 6 μg范围内 ,其斑点的面积与绿原酸的检测量具有良好的线性关系。绿原酸的回收率为 97 5 3 % ,不同薄层板之间的RSD为2 5 7% ,最低检出限为 0 0 2 5 μg。在以体积分数为 70 %的乙醇溶液为萃取剂、搅拌振荡萃取时间为 30min的条件下 ,以该方法测定萃取液中绿原酸的含量和葵花仁粕中绿原酸的残留量 ,确定了最佳萃取次数。     

Non-self-similar solutions of multidimensional nonlinear diffusion equations

An original construction of the exact nonnegative solution of multidimensional nonlinear diffusion equations is proposed and studied. On substituting this construction into the original equation, we obtain a system of algebro-differential equations in which the number of equations exceeds the number of unknown functions. It is proved that the resulting system possesses nontrivial solutions. On the basis of this result, we construct exact non-self-similar explicit nonnegative solutions anisotropic with respect to the space variables both of the class of equations of a porous medium (nonstationary filtration) and of the class of equations involving nonlinear thermal conductivity with negative exponent. In particular, this class contains the so-called equations of rapid and limit diffusion. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 250–256, February, 2000.     

Noise reduction in Raman spectra: Finite impulse response filtration versus Savitzky–Golay smoothing

Application of the finite impulse response (FIR) filtration technique for the removal of spectral noise and background broadband deformations from the Raman spectra is tested. Optimal parameters of FIR filters are found and their effectiveness is compared with the Savitzky–Golay (SG) smoothing procedure. The FIR filtration is found to be an effective procedure to treat the whole Raman spectra, but high computing power is needed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Radial angular temperature distributions for nonisothermal two-phase filtration of oil and water

The distributions of phase saturations, pressure, and temperature in a porous medium of nonuniform permeability are studied by numerical modeling of nonisothermal two-phase filtration of oil and water with the Joule-Thomson effect and adiabatic effect taken into account. It is shown that the presence of nonuniformity in the near-well zone of the reservoir results in nonmonotonic angular and radial distributions of temperature and phase saturations. During oil and water filtration, there is transition from negative to positive temperature anomalies or vice versa, depending on the ratio of the reservoir permeabilities and the presence of a segment on which the angular temperature distribution in the well is nonuniform. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 124–130, November–December, 2008.     

Flow of electrolytes in a porous medium

A two-scale model of ion transfer in a porous medium is obtained for one-dimensional horizontal flows under the action of a pressure gradient and an external electric field by the method of homogenization. Steady equations of electroosmotic flows in flat horizontal nano-sized slits separated by thin dielectric partitions are averaged over a small-scale variable. The resultant macroequations include Poisson’s equation for the vertical component of the electric field and Onsager’s relations between flows and forces. The total horizontal flow rate of the fluid is found to depend linearly on the pressure gradient and external electric field, and the coefficients in this linear relation are calculated with the use of microequations. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 162–173, July–August, 2008.     

交联-羧甲基复合变性淀粉的流变与降失水性能

以马铃薯淀粉和氯乙酸为主要原料,通过交联-醚化制备了交联-羧甲基复合变性淀粉(CCMS),考察了所得CCMS糊液的流变性能和在钻井泥浆中的降滤失水性能,并对其降失水原理进行了探讨。结果表明,在质量分数为0.5%~4.0%、温度为20~60℃的实验条件下,CCMS糊液表现为假塑性流体特征,符合Ostwald-Dewaele的经验公式ηa=Kγn-1;将CCMS与中粘羧甲基纤维素(MV-CMC)进行对比实验,结果发现,在饱和盐水泥浆和4%盐水泥浆中,当其用量分别为MV-CMC质量分数的57%和75%时,就可达到钻井液用MV-CMC的增粘、降滤失水性能指标。     

Three‐dimensional finite element modelling of coupled free/porous flows: applications to industrial and environmental flows

Conjunctive modelling of free/porous flows provides a powerful and cost‐effective tool for designing industrial filters used in the process industry and also for quantifying surface–subsurface flow interactions, which play a significant role in urban flooding mechanisms resulting from sea‐level rise and climate changes. A number of well‐established schemes are available in the literature for simulation of such regimes; however, three‐dimensional (3D) modelling of such flow systems still presents numerical and practical challenges. This paper presents the development of a fully 3D, transient finite element model for the prediction and quantitative analyses of the hydrodynamic behaviour encountered in industrial filtrations and environmental flows represented by coupled flows. The weak‐variational formulation in this model is based on the use of C⁰ continuous equal‐order Lagrange polynomial functions for velocity and pressure fields represented by 3D hexahedral finite elements. A mixed UVWP finite element scheme based on the standard Galerkin technique satisfying the Ladyzhenskaya–Babuska–Brezzi stability criterion through incorporation of an artificial compressibility term in the continuity equation has been employed for the solution of coupled partial differential equations. We prove that the discretization generates unified stabilization for both the Navier–Stokes and Darcy equations and preserves the geometrical flexibility of the computational grids. A direct node‐linking procedure involving the rearrangement of the global stiffness matrix for the interface elements has been developed by the authors, which is utilized to couple the governing equations in a single model. A variety of numerical tests are conducted, indicating that the model is capable of yielding theoretically expected and accurate results for free, porous and coupled free/porous problems encountered in industrial and environmental engineering problems representing complex filtration (dead‐end and cross‐flow) and interacting surface–subsurface flows. The model is computationally cost‐effective, robust, reliable and easily implementable for practical design of filtration equipments, investigation of land use for water resource availability and assessment of the impacts of climatic variations on environmental catastrophes (i.e. coastal and urban floods). The model developed in this work results from the extension of a multi‐disciplinary project (AEROFIL) primarily sponsored by the European aerospace industries for development of a computer simulation package (Aircraft Cartridge Filter Analysis Modelling Program), which was successfully utilized and deployed for designing hydraulic dead‐end filters used in Airbus A380.Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

生物质气化燃气中固体颗粒物的恒温临氧热解机理研究

在固定床反应器中考察了不同气氛下PBG恒温热解特性的差异,结合XPS与~(13)C NM R等技术手段分析了400℃恒温热解条件下PBG固相产物的化学结构变化。结果表明,PBG在400℃恒温热解时,生物质气化燃气(BAG)与N_2气氛下更易生成焦油,其析出量分别为50.71与37.45 mg/g,而临氧燃气气氛(BAG+2%O_2)下焦油析出量仅为11.96 mg/g,说明适量O_2的存在可有效抑制焦油的生成。进一步进行化学结构分析表明,在燃气(BAG)恒温热解条件下,PBG主要发生以脱氢脱氧为主的芳香化缩聚反应,易形成焦油类的大分子多环芳烃;而在临氧燃气(BAG+2%O_2)恒温热解条件下,PBG表面的有机基团易与O_2发生表面氧化反应,生成表面含氧官能团,在一定程度上抑制了芳香环缩聚反应,进而有利于降低焦油类物质的产率。因此,在生物质气化燃气实际高温过滤过程中适当添加氧(如:2%O_2),可有效降低PBG焦油收率,且不会形成大分子多环芳烃,有助于解决粗燃气过滤的过滤介质堵塞问题。