Octenylsuccinate starch ester,also called pure gum,is non-toxic and odourless modified starch which is widely used in many food fields.This study synthesized pure gum in a reaction kettle using the low molecular weigh...Octenylsuccinate starch ester,also called pure gum,is non-toxic and odourless modified starch which is widely used in many food fields.This study synthesized pure gum in a reaction kettle using the low molecular weight trehalose and octenyl succinic acid.An orthogonal test was carried out to find how the reaction factors aff ect the synthetization of octenylsuccinic acid polysaccharide ester and to optimize the reaction at single factor level.The optimal products were obtained using 1:2 of octenylsuccinic acid:alginic acid,catalysed by 0.1% p-toluenesulfonic acid catalyst for 1.5h at 200℃ under vacuum conditions.The gained product contains up to 46%of seaweed gel monoesters.The degree of esterification of the polysaccharide is controlled by the use of the small-molecule trehalose.Compared with the traditional methods,our process can reduce raw material cost and improve emulsification stability of pure gum.These all can significantly improve the market competitiveness of pure gum products.展开更多
A photovoltaic thermal(PV/T)system with parallel cooling channels was designed in this work to decrease the PV panel temperature and improve its photoelectric conversion efficiency.A 4E analysis method(includes energy...A photovoltaic thermal(PV/T)system with parallel cooling channels was designed in this work to decrease the PV panel temperature and improve its photoelectric conversion efficiency.A 4E analysis method(includes energy,exergy,economic,and environmental aspects)was formulated to comprehensively evaluate the performances of the PV/T system,combining experimental and simulation studies.Firstly,the experiment was performed using water as the cooling medium.Results show that the PV/T system can reduce daily CO_(2) emissions by 1682.47-1705.98 g,and compared to the PV system,the added cooling module can increase electrical efficiency and environmental performance by 12.19%and 6.2%,respectively.When the mass flow of water rose from 0.017 kg/s to 0.023 kg/s,the electrical,thermal,and overall efficiencies were improved by 3.82%,11.36%,and 8.27%,respectively.Secondly,a numerical simulation model was constructed based on the experimental results to predict operations of the presented PV/T system using nanofluids as the cooling medium,including Ag,Al_(2)O_(3),and SiO_(2).Simulation results show that the Al_(2)O_(3)-nanofluid-based PV/T system has a higher application value,enabling an electrical efficiency of up to 15.13%.Its thermal efficiency can be enhanced by 5.43%when the volume fraction of Al_(2)O_(3);increases from 1%to 5%.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key Scientific Research Project of China(No.2016YFD0400800)
文摘Octenylsuccinate starch ester,also called pure gum,is non-toxic and odourless modified starch which is widely used in many food fields.This study synthesized pure gum in a reaction kettle using the low molecular weight trehalose and octenyl succinic acid.An orthogonal test was carried out to find how the reaction factors aff ect the synthetization of octenylsuccinic acid polysaccharide ester and to optimize the reaction at single factor level.The optimal products were obtained using 1:2 of octenylsuccinic acid:alginic acid,catalysed by 0.1% p-toluenesulfonic acid catalyst for 1.5h at 200℃ under vacuum conditions.The gained product contains up to 46%of seaweed gel monoesters.The degree of esterification of the polysaccharide is controlled by the use of the small-molecule trehalose.Compared with the traditional methods,our process can reduce raw material cost and improve emulsification stability of pure gum.These all can significantly improve the market competitiveness of pure gum products.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52276007)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2023JC010).
文摘A photovoltaic thermal(PV/T)system with parallel cooling channels was designed in this work to decrease the PV panel temperature and improve its photoelectric conversion efficiency.A 4E analysis method(includes energy,exergy,economic,and environmental aspects)was formulated to comprehensively evaluate the performances of the PV/T system,combining experimental and simulation studies.Firstly,the experiment was performed using water as the cooling medium.Results show that the PV/T system can reduce daily CO_(2) emissions by 1682.47-1705.98 g,and compared to the PV system,the added cooling module can increase electrical efficiency and environmental performance by 12.19%and 6.2%,respectively.When the mass flow of water rose from 0.017 kg/s to 0.023 kg/s,the electrical,thermal,and overall efficiencies were improved by 3.82%,11.36%,and 8.27%,respectively.Secondly,a numerical simulation model was constructed based on the experimental results to predict operations of the presented PV/T system using nanofluids as the cooling medium,including Ag,Al_(2)O_(3),and SiO_(2).Simulation results show that the Al_(2)O_(3)-nanofluid-based PV/T system has a higher application value,enabling an electrical efficiency of up to 15.13%.Its thermal efficiency can be enhanced by 5.43%when the volume fraction of Al_(2)O_(3);increases from 1%to 5%.
