Dynamic optimization of chemical cleaning in dead-end ultra filtration

In this paper a control strategy is formulated that minimizes the costs for a single chemical cleaning of a dead-end ultra filtration membrane. From the process model, the performance index and the constraints it can be derived that dynamic optimization will lead to a ‘maximum effort control problem’, in which the controls (cleaning flow and cleaning agent concentration) are either zero or maximum. The change from maximum to zero is called the switching point. This switching point depends on the overall cleaning time and the requested cleaning effectiveness. From the calculated optimal control strategy it follows that cleaning time can be significantly reduced, compared to conventional cleaning.     

陶瓷过滤器高温除尘技术的研究进展

对陶瓷过滤元件及结构、滤饼的作用和架桥、过滤器故障安全（CPP）系统及陶瓷过滤器高温气体净化一体化技术等几个方面进行了评述，总结了陶瓷过滤器存在着过滤管破裂、清灰效率下降、管板和器壁的连接及脉冲阀的长期稳定性等几个问题，指出新型陶瓷材料的研究和陶瓷过滤器高温气体净化一体化技术是陶瓷过滤器今后的研究方向．     

The effect of pH on the separation of manure nutrients with reverse osmosis membranes

This paper reports on the effect of pH on the retention of dry matter (DM), total ammonia-nitrogen (TAN), potassium, phosphorus and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) during the filtration of pretreated swine manure by three highly selective reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The manure was pretreated using various combinations of biological and physical technologies, namely anaerobic digestion (AD), vacuum filtration through diatomaceous earth (DE), nanofiltration (NF), and a first stage RO filtration. The objective was to establish the level of acidification required to optimize permeate quality while minimizing chemical addition.     

一般非线性渗流方程广义解的存在唯一性与Blow-up

In this paper,we consider nonnegative solutions to Cauchy problem for the general nonlinear filtration equations ut-Dj(aij(x,t,u)Diφ(u))+bi(t,u)Diu+C(x,t,u)=0,and obtain the existence,uniqueness and blow-up in finite time of these solutions under some structure conditions.     

Comparison of antimicrobial peptide purification via free‐flow electrophoresis and gel filtration chromatography

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are usually small and cationic biomolecules with broad‐spectrum antimicrobial activities against pathogens. Purifying them from complex samples is essential to study their physiochemical properties. In this work, free‐flow zone electrophoresis (FFZE) was utilized to purify AMPs from yeast fermentation broth. Meanwhile, gel filtration chromatography (GFC) was conducted for comparison. The separation efficiency was evaluated by SDS‐PAGE analysis of the fractions from both methods. Our results demonstrated as follows: (i) FFZE had more than 30‐fold higher processing capacity as compared with GFC; (ii) FFZE could achieve 87% purity and 89% recovery rate while in GFC these parameters were about 93 and 82%, respectively; (iii) the former had ∼2‐fold dilution but the latter had ∼13‐fold dilution. Furthermore, Tricine‐SDS‐PAGE, Native‐PAGE, and gel IEF were carried out to characterize the purified AMPs. We found that two peptides existed as a pair with the molecular mass of ∼5.5 and 7.0 kDa, while the same pI 7.8. These two peptides were proved to have the antimicrobial activity through the standardized agar diffusion method. Therefore, FFZE could be used to continuously purify AMPs with high bioactivity, which will lead to its wide application in the clinical and pharmaceutical fields.     

Effective Permeabilities in a Porous Medium with Log-Stable Statistics

Equations for the effective coefficients of random permeability fields for fluid flow through a porous medium with log-stable distributions are derived using the Wilson renormalization group approach. Results of the theoretical modeling are compared with data of numerical modeling. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 146–158, November–December, 2005.     

Size fractionation of aquatic colloids and particles by cross-flow filtration: analysis by scanning electron and atomic force microscopy

The suitability of the combined application of environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) for the evaluation of the ability of cross-flow filtration (CFF) to perform adequate size fractionation of freshwater colloids and particles was examined. ESEM and SEM imaging provided reference images of the CFF-generated fractions and, in estimating the experimental cut-off diameter of the membrane, provided evidence that separation was not consistent with nominal pore sizes of the membranes. However, analysis of the images showed that size distribution of CFF-generated fractions and the estimated cut-off diameter of the membranes were dependent on the advantages and limitations of the two imaging techniques. With both ESEM and SEM, best estimates of size cut-offs were lower than the nominal pore size of the membrane in the case of 0.45 μm membranes, but roughly accurate in the case of 0.1 μm pore size membranes. The results also suggested that the effectiveness of CFF may benefit from a pre-separation step using a minimally perturbing technique such as split thin-flow fractionation. AFM demonstrated the presence of colloids smaller than 50 nm in all fractions including the retentates, showing that CFF fractionation is not fully quantitative and not based on size alone. The results indicate that previous studies investigating trace element partitioning using CFF may need re-evaluation as the importance of particles and large colloids may be over-estimated.     

Instability of the Motion of a Drop in Filtration Flows

The behavior of an inclusion (drop) of foreign fluid in a porous medium saturated with another fluid is considered. A steady-state regime of gravity-induced drop settlement is found and the instability of this regime is demonstrated. The horizontal motion of a liquid inclusion under the action of a stationary reservoir pressure gradient is also studied.     

Modeling of water-drain and salt-transfer processes on swamped lands

Hydrodynamic and hydraulic models of water drain on swamped lands are proposed, which describe the processes of filtration and surface drain with different degrees of detail and accuracy. Based on the models of salt transfer by interacting filtration and riverbed flows, the issues of modeling the quality of subsoil and surface waters are considered.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 96–105, January–February, 2005