Characterization of MASDs of surface soils in north China and its influence on estimating dust emission

Inordertoquantitivelyevaluateeffectsofdustaerosolonradiativeforcing[1],andtounderstandtheprocessofatmosphericchemistryandbiogeochemistry[2,3],modelingthedustemissionfluxisakindoffundamentalwork.TheDPMmodel[4—6]isidealforpredictingdustemission[7—10]becauseitconsiderseffectsofsurfacefea-tures(MASDofsurfacesoil,roughnesslengthandsoilmoisture,etc)andsandblastingprocess.Italsoprovidesanexplicitphysicalmechanismthatisvalidatedbywindtunnelandfieldexperiments[7—10].Themeandiameterofsurfacesoilsi…     

Problems of Dust Grains Charging to Negative Potentials

The presence of dust grains is a common phenomenon in the space environment. Grains can be charged by many different processes (e.g., photoemission, attachment of electrons/ions, the secondary emission, etc.). If the grain's surface potential becomes high enough, one can observe field emission of ions or electrons. We are trapping a single dust grain in a Paul trap, expose it to a low-energy electron beam, and investigate the evolution of its charge-to-mass ratio with respect to the energy of primary electron beam. We use micron-sized (D = 2–11 m) glass grains and charge them up to -300 V of surface potentials; it corresponds to the electric field strength of about 10⁸ V/m. Analysis of the charging/discharging processes has shown that (1) the effect of the field enhanced secondary emission is negligible in the case of insulators and (2) the effective work function for electron field emission from charged insulators is as low as 1 eV.     

On the Decay of Turbulence in the 20-Liter Explosion Sphere

The transient flow field in the standard 20-liter explosion sphere was investigated by means of laser Doppler anemometry. Velocities were measured at various locations within the flow field, and this information was used to quantify the transient behavior of the root-mean-square of the velocity fluctuations and to investigate the spatial homogeneity and the directional isotropy of the turbulence. The investigation involved the transient flow fields generated by the three most widely used dust dispersion systems, namely, the Perforated Dispersion Ring, the Rebound Nozzle, and the Dahoe Nozzle. With all three dispersion dust devices, the decay of turbulence could be correlated by a decay law of the form

Coupling and feedback between iron and sulphur in air-sea exchange

Iron in surface seawater has been demonstrated to be the limiting nutrient factor for primary productivity in certain oceanic regions where other major nutrients are abundant[1—5]. The available Fe to the phytoplankton in seawater is related to the uptake of carbon dioxide through the ocean and, in turn, to the global greenhouse effect[6—11]. Recent reports showed that the available Fe in the seawater is closely correlative to nitrogen fixation in the ocean[12—17]. Understanding which Fe s…     

太阳能吸附式制冷装置中集热系统的研究

针对吸附式制冷装置及太阳能集热器的特点,提出了一种适用于连续制冷吸附式制冷装置的太阳能集热系统。该集热系统可根据太阳辐射强度的变化,采取不同的运行模式。建立了采用该集热系统的连续制冷吸附式制冷装置数学模型,数值模拟了连续制冷吸附式制冷装置一天中不同时段在不同运行模式下的热力性能。计算结果表明,该太阳能集热系统可有效地提高吸附剂解吸温度及单位集热面积的制冷功率,实现太阳能的高效利用。     

Application of inertia-induced excitation theory for nonlinear acoustic modes in colloidal plasma equilibrium flow

Application of inertia-induced acoustic excitation theory offers a new resonant excitation source channel of acoustic turbulence in the transonic domain of plasma flow. In bi-ion plasmas like colloidal plasma, two well-defined transonic points exist corresponding to the parent ion and the dust grain-associated acoustic modes. As usual, the modified ion acoustic mode (also known as dust ion-acoustic (DIA) wave) dynamics associated with parent ion inertia is excitable for both nanoscale-and micronscale-sized dust grains. It is found that the so-called (ion) acoustic mode (also known as dust-acoustic (DA) wave) associated with nanoscale dust grain inertia is indeed resonantly excitable through the active role of weak but finite parent ion inertia. It is interestingly conjectured that the same excitation physics, as in the case of normal plasma sound mode, operates through the active inertial role of plasma thermal species. Details of the nonlinear acoustic mode analyses of current interest in transonic domains of such impure plasmas in hydrodynamic flow are presented.      

Combustion of bimodal nano/micron-sized aluminum particle dust in air

The combustion of bimodal nano/micron-sized aluminum particles with air is studied both analytically and experimentally in a well-characterized laminar particle-laden flow. Experimentally, an apparatus capable of producing Bunsen-type premixed flames was constructed to investigate the flame characteristics of bimodal-particle/air mixtures. The flame speed is positively affected by increasing the mass fraction of nano particles in the fuel formulation despite the lower flame luminosity and thicker flame zone. Theoretically, the flames are assumed to consist of several different regimes for fuel-lean mixture, including the preheat, flame, and post flame zones. The flame speed and temperature distribution are derived by solving the energy equation in each regime and matching the temperature and heat flux at the interfacial boundaries. The analysis allows for the investigation of the effects of particle composition and equivalence ratio on the burning characteristics of aluminum-particle/air mixtures. Reasonable agreement between theoretical results and experimental data was obtained in terms of flame speed. The flame structure of a bimodal particle dust cloud may display either an overlapping or a separated configuration, depending on the combustion properties of aluminum particles at different scales. At low percentages of nano particles in the fuel formulation, the flame exhibits a separated spatial structure with a wider flame regime. At higher nano-particle loadings, overlapping flame configurations are observed.     

新型丙烯酸酯抑尘剂的合成及应用性能

以丙烯酸丁酯（BA）、甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）为主要单体，采用传统的乳液聚合方法合成了稳定的聚丙烯酸酯水溶性抑尘剂乳液，考察了单体配比、引发剂和乳化剂用量对乳液性能的影响。此外，还采用黏度、IR、TG、SEM等方法对乳液进行了表征，研究了其作为固沙抑尘剂时的固沙抑尘效果。结果表明MMA质量含量25%、引发剂占单体质量0.8%、乳化剂质量含量3%时，所得产品作为固沙抑尘剂使用效果好，热稳定性和黏度等满足室外抑尘的需要。     

惠州市植物叶片和叶面降尘的重金属特征

用ICP-AES测定了惠州市不同功能区的典型绿化树种大叶榕和紫荆叶片及其叶面降尘的重金属含量。结果表明,不同功能区植物叶片和叶面降尘的重金属含量差异显著,植物叶片综合污染指数为:商业交通区>工业区>居民区>清洁区,而叶面降尘的综合污染指数则为:工业区>商业交通区>居民区>清洁区。大叶榕叶片的重金属含量略高于紫荆,但差异不显著。降尘重金属污染严重,尤其Cd含量达到了广东省土壤背景值的120倍以上,Pb则为12倍以上。降尘重金属含量是叶片的2～800倍,通过叶片气孔吸收的降尘重金属较少。植物叶片和降尘的重金属含量随交通流量的减少而降低。除Cr和Cd元素外,大叶榕与紫荆叶片的重金属与叶面降尘中重金属相关性不显著。