Impact of drifts in the ASDEX upgrade upper open divertor using SOLPS-ITER

SOLPS-ITER L-mode-like simulations with the full set of currents and drift velocities activated, and fluid neutrals have been carried out to interpret experimental results obtained in AUG. Drifts are critical to quantitatively reproduce the experimental results; however, simulations without drifts can also reproduce some trends qualitatively. The magnitude and dependence of the peak heat flux onto both targets on the upstream collisionality are, in general, in quantitative agreement within uncertainties with infrared thermography measurements in favourable field direction. The onset of power detachment is observed. In unfavourable toroidal field direction, a more symmetrical inner/outer target solution with regards to the power distribution is predicted, in agreement with experimental observations. However, also in unfavourable toroidal field direction, insufficient power is dissipated in the simulations and therefore q_{peak, inn} is overpredicted by up to a factor of 4 and q_{peak, out} by up to a factor of 1.5. The largest contribution to the sources due to radial transport in the energy balance equation is the radial divergence of the energy flux due to V_{E × B}.     

Prototype of time digitizing system for BESⅢ endcap TOF upgrade

The prototype of a time digitizing system for the BESⅢ endcap TOF (ETOF) upgrade is introduced in this paper. The ETOF readout electronics has a distributed architecture. Hit signals from the multi-gap resistive plate chamber (MRPC) are signaled as LVDS by front-end electronics (FEE) and are then sent to the back-end time digitizing system via long shield differential twisted pair cables. The ETOF digitizing system consists of two VME crates, each of which contains modules for time digitization, clock, trigger, fast control, etc. The time digitizing module (TDIG) of this prototype can support up to 72 electrical channels for hit information measurement. The fast control (FCTL) module can operate in barrel or endcap mode. The barrel FCTL fans out fast control signals from the trigger system to the endcap FCTLs, merges data from the endcaps and then transfers to the trigger system. Without modifying the barrel TOF (BTOF) structure, this time digitizing architecture benefits from improved ETOF performance without degrading the BTOF performance. Lab experiments show that the time resolution of this digitizing system can be lower than 20 ps, and the data throughput to the DAQ can be about 92 Mbps. Beam experiments show that the total time resolution can be lower than 45 ps.     

Optimizing cost flows by edge cost and capacity upgrade

We examine a network upgrade problem for cost flows. A budget can be distributed among the arcs of the network. An investment on each single arc can be used either to decrease the arc flow cost, or to increase the arc capacity, or both. The goal is to maximize the flow through the network while not exceeding bounds on the budget and on the total flow cost.

The problems are NP-hard even on series-parallel graphs. We provide an approximation algorithm on series-parallel graphs which, for arbitrary δ,>0, produces a solution which exceeds the bounds on the budget and the flow cost by factors of at most 1+δ and 1+, respectively, while the amount of flow is at least that of an optimum solution. The running time of the algorithm is polynomial in the input size and 1/(δ). In addition we give an approximation algorithm on general graphs applicable to problem instances with small arc capacities.     

Orange Peel Biomass-derived Carbon Supported Cu Electrocatalysts Active in the CO2-Reduction to Formic Acid

We report a green, wet chemistry approach towards the production of C-supported Cu electrocatalysts active in the CO₂ reduction to formic acid. We use citrus peels as a C support precursor and as a source of reducing agents for the Cu cations. We show that orange peel is a suitable starting material compared to lemon peel for the one-pot hydrothermal synthesis of Cu nanostructures affording better Cu dispersion as well as productivity and selectivity towards formic acid. We rationalize this finding in terms of the beneficial chemical composition of the orange peel, which favors both the reduction of the Cu precursor as well as the carbon matrix. This work demonstrates new viable opportunities for the reuse of citrus waste on a rational basis.     

Improving multicut in directed trees by upgrading nodes

In this paper, we consider the network improvement problem for multicut by upgrading nodes in a directed tree T = (V, E) with multiple sources and multiple terminals. In a node based upgrading model, a node v can be upgraded at the expense of c(v) and such an upgrade reduces weights on all edges incident to v. The objective is to upgrade a minimum cost subset S ⊆ V of nodes such that the resulting network has a multicut in which no edge has weight larger than a given value D. We first obtain a minimum cardinality node multicut V_c for tree T, then find the minimum cost upgrading set based on the upgrading sets for the subtrees rooted at the nodes in V_c. We show that our algorithm is polynomial when the number of source–terminal pairs is upper bounded by a given value.     

低温太阳热与甲醇化学链整合能量释放机理实验初探

本文在低温太阳热能与CH3OH-Fe2O3化学链燃烧相结合控制CO2分离动力系统的基础上,进一步探讨了低温太阳热能品位提升的内在规律,分别揭示出辐照强度与CH3OH-Fe2O3反应特性、低温太阳热能品位提升的关联关系.本文采用溶胶凝胶法制作了Fe2O3反应颗粒,在热重反应器中进行了模拟太阳热能与甲醇化学链实验的初步研究,通过电镜,分析了反应前后金属氧化物的表面形貌特征.研究成果将为低温太阳热能与化学链燃烧整合能量释放新机理的研究提供理论依据和基础实验数据.     

超关系Ri的性质

In this paper we discuss the basic properties of hyper relation Ri， which is upgraded from the base relation R. The relationship between Ri and R is considered.     

Online upgrading of organic vapors from the fast pyrolysis of biomass

The online upgrading process that combined the fast pyrolysis of biomass and catalytic cracking of bio-oil was developed to produce a high quality liquid product from the biomass. The installation consisted of a fluidized bed reactor for pyrolysis and a packed bed reactor for upgrading. The proper pyrolysis processing conditions with a temperature of 500℃ and a flow rate of 4m3·h-1 were determined in advance. Under such conditions, the effects of temperature and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) on both the liquid yields and the oil qualities of the online catalytic cracking process were investigated. The results showed that such a combined process had the superiority of increasing the liquid yield and improving the product quality over the separate processes. Furthermore, when the temperature was 500℃, with a WHSV of 3h-1, the liquid yield reached the maximum and the oxygenic compounds also decreased obviously.     

快控电源支路控制器程序的远程升级研究

在 EAST 等离子体垂直位移快速控制电源(快控电源)的数字信号处理(DSP)执行控制程序远程升级中, 通过改变“二次引导”的顺序结构,提出一种新的“二次引导”结构。该结构不需要汇编语言的参与,使用 C 语言编写“二次引导”程序,同时将该结构与无线网络传输技术相结合,实现了对程序的远程升级固化。实验结果 表明,所提出的结合无线网络的“二次引导”结构能够实现对控制电源 DSP 程序的远程加密升级。