出气边形状对叶栅中凝结流动影响机理的数值研究

湿蒸汽两相凝结流中凝结过程对流场参数的变化敏感。本文对一个叶型五种出气边形状对应的凝结流动进行了比较,以初步揭示几何参数影响凝结流动的机理。结果显示,出气边形状的改变影响凝结流中水滴状态、熵增、湿度、出口气流角的分布。在本文计算条件下,当出气边为平行于切向的平面时,流动中熵增最小,叶栅出口处湿度也最小,其原因在于这种出气边形状造成的流场参数改变使叶栅中蒸汽凝结过程受到抑制,叶栅出口蒸汽仍然维持了较高的非平衡程度。     

三维湿蒸汽流动快速准确数值模拟方法及应用

本文以解析化wilson点参数和相对饱和湿度算法为基础,发展了三维粘性非平衡态湿蒸汽流动的快速准确数值模拟方法,模拟了一实际运行机组低压缸初始凝结级内的流动,分析了与非平衡态凝结相关的流动现象。该方法可成为汽轮机湿蒸汽级流动的分析和设计的先进和实用的平台。     

Scalable Wet Deposition of Zeolite AEI with a High Degree of Preferred Crystal Orientation

Producing zeolite films with controlled preferred orientation on an industrial scale is a long‐standing challenge. Herein we report on a scalable approach to the direct wet deposition of zeolite thin films and membranes while maintaining a high degree of control over the preferred crystal orientation. As a proof of concept, thin films comprising aluminophosphate zeolite AEI were cast on silicon wafer or porous alumina substrates. Electrical properties and separation performance of the zeolite thin films/membranes were engineered through controlling degree of preferred crystal orientation.     

Catalytic wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene

The rates of wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene in the presence of excess oxygen and at different temperatures and oxygen pressures was investigated. Oxidation experiments were carried out at temperatures between 180 and 225^oC and oxygen partial pressures of 1,0-3,0 MPa, in a 280 mL glass vessel-inserted stainless steel reactor. Copper sulfate (CuSO₄ .5H₂O) was used as a catalyst, and the effect of catalyst loading was studied by varying the concentration: 0.75, 2.5 and 25 mg/L as Cu²⁺. Addition of Cu²⁺ ions in the reaction media accelerated 2-nitrotoluidine oxidation nearly ten times even if it exists in trace amount in the reaction medium (0.75 ppm Cu²⁺). Unfortunately copper did not show catalytic effect for the oxidation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Fermentation and costs of fuel ethanol from corn with quick-germ process

The Quick-Germ process developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a way to obtain corn oil, but with lower capital costs than the traditional wet-milling process. Quick-Germ has the potential to increase the coproduct credits and profitability of the existing dry-grind fuel ethanol process, but the fermentability of the corn remaining after oil recovery has not been tested. Therefore, a series of pilot scale (50 L) fermentations was carefully controlled and monitored with unique methods for standard inoculation and automatic sampling. It was found that the concentration of suspended solids was significantly reduced in the Quick-Germ fermentations. When compared at the same concentration of fermentable sugars, the fermentation rate and yield were not statistically different from controls. When Quick-Germ was integrated into a state-of-the-art dry-grind fuel ethanol process, computer simulation and cost models indicated savings of approx $0.01/L of ethanol ($0.04/gal) with the Quick-Germ process. Additional savings associated with the lower suspended solids could not be quantified and were not included. However, the savings are sensitive to the price of corn oil. Mention of brand or firm name does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over others of a similar nature not mentioned.     

ZrxCe1－xO2催化剂催化湿式氧化乙酸的活性研究

采用共沉淀法制备了Zr_xCe_1－xO₂催化剂, 利用BET, XRD和XPS对其进行了表征, 并研究了催化剂催化湿式氧化乙酸的活性. 结果表明: Zr和Ce摩尔比为1∶9的催化剂催化湿式氧化乙酸时具有最好的活性, 当乙酸溶液的初始化学需氧量(COD)为5000 mg/L, 反应温度为230 ℃, 压力为5 MPa时, 120 min后, COD的去除率为76% . 催化剂具有良好的活性是因为在CeO₂中加入Zr能够增大催化剂的比表面积和表面缺陷氧的含量, 并最终加快了HO₂•自由基的产生, 从而提高了催化剂的活性.     

Pretreatment of corn stover using wet oxidation to enhance enzymatic digestibility

Corn stover is an abundant, promising raw material for fuel ethanol production. Although it has a high cellulose content, without pretreatment it resists enzymatic hydrolysis, like most lignocellulosic materials. Wet oxidation (water, oxygen, mild alkali or acid, elevated temperature and pressure) was investigated to enhance the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover. Six different combinations of reaction temperature, time, and pH were applied. The best conditions (60g/L of corn stover, 195°C, 15 min, 12 bar O₂, 2 g/L of Na₂CO₃) increased the enzymatic conversion of corn stover four times, compared to untreated material. Under these conditions 60% of hemicellulose and 30% of lignin were solubilized, whereas 90% of cellulose remained in the solid fraction. After 24-h hydrolysis at 50°C using 25 filter paper units (FPU)/g of dry matter (DM) biomass, the achieved conversion of cellulose to glucose was about 85%. Decreasing the hydrolysis temperature to 40°C increased hydrolysis time from 24 to 72 h. Decreasing the enzyme loading to 5 FPU/g of DM biomass slightly decreased the enzymatic conversion from 83.4 to 71%. Thus, enzyme loading can be reduced without significantly affecting the efficiency of hydrolysis, an important economical aspect.     

Reduction behavior of Ru/CeO2 catalysts and their activity for wet oxidation

Three kinds of Ru/CeO₂ catalysts were prepared. The mobility of the oxygen on Ru and their catalytic activity in the wet oxidation of acetic acid was investigated. Ru was present in the form of RuO₂, and TPR experiment showed that the reaction, RuO₂ + 2H₂ Ru + 2H₂O, took place in different temperature ranges depending upon the kind of the catalysts. The catalyst with easily reducible oxygen on Ru had high activity in wet oxidation, and the importance of the release of oxygen from Ru to the reactant was suggested.     

CeO2-TiO2催化剂的表面结构及其湿式氧化活性

 采用溶胶-凝胶法和共沉淀法制备了CeO2-TiO2催化剂,利用N2吸附、X射线衍射、透射电镜、X射线光电子能谱和Zeta电位分析等手段表征了催化剂的表面结构性质. 以乙酸和苯酚为目标物,进行了湿式氧化高浓度乙酸和苯酚的活性测试,研究了CeO2-TiO2催化剂表面结构与活性之间的关系. 结果表明, Ce和Ti之间的相互作用使复合氧化物CeO2-TiO2催化剂具有小的晶粒尺寸和高的比表面积,催化剂表面化学吸附氧含量增加,且不同制备方法得到的CeO2-TiO2催化剂表面电位点不同,共沉淀法制备的催化剂更有利于乙酸和苯酚的吸附. 在湿式氧化反应中, CeO2-TiO2催化剂有较高的活性,其中共沉淀法制备的催化剂活性最高; 在230 ℃, 5 MPa条件下反应120 min后,乙酸COD去除率为79%; 在150 ℃, 4 MPa下反应120 min后,苯酚COD去除率为96%.     

Morphology of solidified polysulfone structures obtained by wet phase separation

Evidence is presented that all three theoretically predicted modes of phase separation take place in the ternary system polysulfone(PSf)/N,N-dimethyl acetamide(DMA)/water during the process of wet phase separation (WPS). The elementary process of solidification is reconsidered with regard to the (non-) equilibrium phase separation. Cast solutions with more than 15 wt% of PSf undergo nucleation and growth of the polymer lean phase with formation of separation membranes characterised by a cellular structure. When cast solutions with about 5-7 wt% of PSf undergo WPS, somewhere inside the ternary system conditions are established so that alongside other solidified PSf structures the bicontinuous spinodal structures superimposed by bead-like structures are also formed. Variety of lacy PSf structures with less/more polymer beads is the manifestation of the primary phase separation by the spinodal mode superimposed by the secondary phase separation taking place by heterogeneous nucleation and growth of the polymer rich phase mode. Latex formation during the WPS will also be explained. Skin formation on the cast solution - coagulation bath interface by direct accumulation of polymer is established regardless of the PSf content in the cast solution.