Potential Hydrothermal-Humification of Vegetable Wastes by Steam Explosion and Structural Characteristics of Humified Fractions

In this work, steam explosion (SE) was exploited as a potential hydrothermal-humification process of vegetable wastes to deconstruct their structure and accelerate their decomposition to prepare humified substances. Results indicated that the SE process led to the removal of hemicellulose, re-condensation of lignin, degradation of the cellulosic amorphous region, and the enhancement of thermal stability of broccoli wastes, which provided transformable substrates and a thermal-acidic reaction environment for humification. After SE treatment, total humic substances (HS), humic acids (HA_s), and fulvic acids (FA_s) contents of broccoli samples accounted for up to 198.3 g/kg, 42.3 g/kg, and 166.6 g/kg, and their purification were also facilitated. With the increment of SE severity, structural characteristics of HA_s presented the loss of aliphatic compounds, carbohydrates, and carboxylic acids and the enrichment of aromatic structures and N-containing groups. Lignin substructures were proved to be the predominant aromatic structures and gluconoxylans were the main carbohydrates associated with lignin in HA_s, both of their signals were enhanced by SE. Above results suggested that SE could promote the decomposition of easily biodegradable matters and further polycondensation, aromatization, and nitrogen-fixation reactions during humification, which were conducive to the formation of HA_s.     

Sorption-enhanced steam reforming of hydrocarbons with autothermal sorbent regeneration in a moving heat wave of a catalytic combustion reaction

A novel technological concept of sorption-enhanced steam reforming of hydrocarbons is suggested. The peculiarity of the concept is the autothermal regeneration of the carbon dioxide scavenger in the moving super-adiabatic heat wave of an exothermic catalytic combustion reaction performed directly inside the adsorption-catalytic bed. The capability and high efficiency of the proposed technological approach are confirmed by process simulation. The approach proposed is shown to open a way for the creation of an inexpensive, reliable and energy-saving adiabatic packed bed methane processors of unlimited processing capacity.     

基于流函数模型的矢量海流生成方法

提出了一种基于海洋流函数模型的双站高频地波雷达径向流生成矢量流算法.该算法避免了传统矢量合成法将径向流进行插值带来的误差,而且符合海洋动力学原理,生成的流场更接近实际分布.通过计算机仿真发现,流函数算法的容错、容差能力比矢量合成法更强.在径向流探测标准误差为10 cm.s-1时,新算法反演结果的均方根误差减小了约5 cm.s-1.应用到雷达实测数据中,与海流计实测结果比较表明,新算法比传统算法的平均误差减小了2 cm.s-1.     

小功率高转速蒸汽透平试验研究和优化

小功率高转速蒸汽透平试验研究和优化邵振麒（同济大学汽车工程系上海２０００９２）关键词：小蒸汽透平，效率，优化１前言回收能量和工业装置的余热及利用太阳能等新能源是节能和环保的重要措施，由此产生的机械能可供发电，气体增压等多种用途。在一些废热量不大且不宜...     

国产二十万千瓦汽轮机高中压缸准三维气动热力分析

本文采用准三维计算方法分析了国产二十万千瓦汽轮机在运行工况条件下的高中压缸气动热力性能.S1计算分析了叶型表面等摘马赫数分市情况及叶型的性能，S2计算得到了沿叶片高度的气动热力参数分布并分析了主要的通流性能参数，最后为改造设计提出了若干建议．     

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。     

低压蒸汽滴状冷凝传热性能的实验研究

实验研究了不同水蒸气压力条件下的滴状冷凝传热特性。10 kPa、40 kPa和70 kPa时的传热系数分别是常压下的56%,68%和81%。随着水蒸气压力的下降,液滴脱落直径变大,液滴生长周期延长,冷凝传热系数下降。通过液滴的动力学特性分析和基于界面效应的滴状冷凝传热模型,分析了低压对水蒸气冷凝传热的主要影响因素,压力变化主要影响了分子扩散率和气-液相际传热热阻,导致总冷凝传热系数随压力下降。     

Modelling and simulation of steam turbine processes: individual models for individual tasks

Within power plants, several physical, chemical and mechanical processes are conducted to transfer the energy, stored in fossil fuel, into electrical energy. This energy conversion is divided into several stages. Hitherto, the largest conventional power plants employ steam turbines as prime movers to drive a generator. Hence, a steam turbine is one module to convert heat energy into mechanical energy. And thus it is one link in the chain of energy conversions with the aim of generating electrical energy. Today, steam turbine industry faces numerous challenges concerning efficiency, commissioning time, start-up times, operation, availability, safety, cost-effectiveness, etc. Many of these tasks can be supported by simulating the transient operational behaviour of the turbine in advance. For example, the commissioning time can be shortened if the turbine controllers are initialized with well-tuned pre-set parameters; cost-effectiveness can be increased by setting aside unnecessary devices and exactly determining material specifications; safety may be increased by predicting the impacts of failures and thus taking the necessary precautions. Different tasks require different details regarding the employed turbine simulation model. Thus, the turbine controller may be well tuned with less complex simulation models of turbine, generator and electrical grid, whereas detailed studies of failures, mainly the transient behaviour which may lead to serious damages, may require detailed modelling of the turbine-internal thermodynamic processes. Here, a brief overview of models which simulate the transient thermodynamic behaviour of a steam turbine is presented. Three different approaches will be introduced and compared with respect to different operating situations. Also, special attention is directed towards the time dependence of critical states, mainly turbine speed and pressure development in certain areas. The first model is based on a simple, linear approach and is suitable of giving a quick overview. The second one incorporates more details and is useful if the operating point is close to the design point. Finally, the last model incorporates mass and energy balances as well as the major non-linearities. Hence it depicts the turbine behaviour over a large range of operating points.     

Reverse Thinking of the Aggregation-Induced Emission Principle: Amplifying Molecular Motions to Boost Photothermal Efficiency of Nanofibers**

Using reverse thinking of the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) principle, we demonstrate an ingenious and universal protocol for amplifying molecular motions to boost photothermal efficiency of fibers. Core–shell nanofibers having the olive oil solution of AIE-active molecules as the core surrounded by PVDF-HFP shell were constructed by coaxial electrospinning. The molecularly dissolved state of AIE-active molecules allows them to freely rotate and/or vibrate in nanofibers upon photoexcitation and thus significantly elevates the proportion of non-radiative energy dissipation, affording impressive heat-generating efficiency. Photothermal evaluation shows that the core–shell nanofibers with excellent durability can reach up to 22.36 % of photothermal conversion efficiency, which is 26-fold as the non-core–shell counterpart. Such a core–shell fiber can be used for photothermal textiles and solar steam generation induced by natural sunlight with green and carbon-zero emission.     

Variation in essential oil content and composition of Ridolfia segetum Moris based on 30-hour prolonged fractionated extraction procedure

Abstract

A comprehensive study on essential oil samples extracted from Ridolfia segetum Moris (Apiaceae) collected in Tarquinia (Italy) is reported. In this study, a 30-hour, fractionated, steam distillation procedure for essential oil preparation was applied. The gas chromatographic-mass spectrometry analysis showed monoterpene o-cymene and phenylpropanoid dill-apiol as the major essential oil’s constituents revealing a new chemotype dependent on extraction duration. Great impact of the duration of the distillation process on chemical profile of essential oil was observed; prolonged distillation gives chemically more diverse essential oil samples. Preliminary microbiological evaluations of the essential oils samples revealed some activity, although not high, against Candida albicans.