Coal gasification fine slag(CGFS)is a solid waste produced in the process of coal gasification.The separation of residue carbon in CGFS is essential for its resource utilization.In this study,the basic physical proper...Coal gasification fine slag(CGFS)is a solid waste produced in the process of coal gasification.The separation of residue carbon in CGFS is essential for its resource utilization.In this study,the basic physical properties of CGFS were analyzed and the effect of physical separation experiments were carried out.The gravity separation results indicated that the coarser particle size fraction achieved a good separation effect.The High-carbon product has a yield of 12.53% with an ash content of 16.84%,and the High-ash product has a yield of 17.85%with an ash content of 98.15% were obtained.Theoretical calculations indicated that the apparent density difference between residue carbon and ash minerals in the water phase environment was the basis for achieving separation.The Rich-ash product was further separated by magnetic separation,and both magnetic field characteristics,water elutriation frequency and grinding time had impacts on the magnetic separation effect.Compared to gravity separation alone,the combined gravity-magnetic separation further enhanced the separation effect of residue carbon and ash minerals.The ash content of the Rich-ash product decreased from 80.56% to 69.52% due to the removal of high-ash Fe oxides,and the yield of combined separation tailings increased from 17.85% to 41.75%.The characterization results obtained through SEM-EDS,VSM,XRD and XRF analysis demonstrated significant differences in saturation magnetization,mineral composition and peak intensity among magnetic separation products,confirming that the feasibility of magnetic separation.The research findings contribute to a better understanding of the separation mechanism and provide a new separation process for efficiently enriching residue carbon from CGFS,also facilitate the step utilization of separation products.展开更多
Detailed information can be gathered using images acquired from multi-scale imaging at the molecular and macroscopic levels.However,the technical difficulties in combining separate functional units and the impermeabil...Detailed information can be gathered using images acquired from multi-scale imaging at the molecular and macroscopic levels.However,the technical difficulties in combining separate functional units and the impermeability to biological barriers remain two of the biggest challenges in the development of such imaging systems.Herein,we report two manganese(II)compounds(MnFM1 and MnFM2)which showed enhanced stable fluorescence including a two-photon signal and magnetic contrast.These metal complexes were rationally constructed using terpyridine-based ligands and manganese(II)ions with small molecular weights.In particular,MnFM1 demonstrated multi-modal imaging effectiveness based on a d5 electron configuration:the compound displayed not only good penetration into thick tissue with an enhanced magnetic signal but also the capability of two-photon imaging and stimulated emission depletion(STED)super-resolution imaging.Compared to nano-based cross-platform systems,this candidate might open up the possibility of a revolutionised multi-modal imaging technique using metallic probes.展开更多
Modular Solar-Powered Aircraft(M-SPA)is a kind of High-Altitude Long-Endurance(HALE)aircraft which exploits the mission advantage of swarm UAV and the HALE advantage of large aspect-ratio SPA.M-SPA’s separated mode a...Modular Solar-Powered Aircraft(M-SPA)is a kind of High-Altitude Long-Endurance(HALE)aircraft which exploits the mission advantage of swarm UAV and the HALE advantage of large aspect-ratio SPA.M-SPA’s separated mode and combined mode give it the potential to maximize the mission efficiency with limited solar energy.In this paper,firstly,oriented by the mission of maximizing the cruise area,the overall design of the M-SPA is modeled,including the energy model,the aerodynamic model and the flight environment settings.Secondly,by analyzing the energy consumption of the flight modes,we design a multi-phase flight mission strategy.Then,a 24-hour three-dimensional(3D)flight profile of the M-SPA is optimized,including the sub-SPA cooperative path planning in the separation mode.Finally,inspired by the Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP),an improved Ant Colony Algorithm(ACA)is exploited to find the optimal path for each sub-SPA,which is further developed into a dynamic separation and combination scheme for the M-SPA.The simulation results show that the mission performance of the M-SPA outperforms that of the conventional SPA,and explicitly,the mission coverage of the M-SPA is slightly less than a linear increase under comparable simulation conditions.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52104262)the Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U23A20131)the National Key Research and Development Plan(2023YFB4103501,2022YFB4101604).
文摘Coal gasification fine slag(CGFS)is a solid waste produced in the process of coal gasification.The separation of residue carbon in CGFS is essential for its resource utilization.In this study,the basic physical properties of CGFS were analyzed and the effect of physical separation experiments were carried out.The gravity separation results indicated that the coarser particle size fraction achieved a good separation effect.The High-carbon product has a yield of 12.53% with an ash content of 16.84%,and the High-ash product has a yield of 17.85%with an ash content of 98.15% were obtained.Theoretical calculations indicated that the apparent density difference between residue carbon and ash minerals in the water phase environment was the basis for achieving separation.The Rich-ash product was further separated by magnetic separation,and both magnetic field characteristics,water elutriation frequency and grinding time had impacts on the magnetic separation effect.Compared to gravity separation alone,the combined gravity-magnetic separation further enhanced the separation effect of residue carbon and ash minerals.The ash content of the Rich-ash product decreased from 80.56% to 69.52% due to the removal of high-ash Fe oxides,and the yield of combined separation tailings increased from 17.85% to 41.75%.The characterization results obtained through SEM-EDS,VSM,XRD and XRF analysis demonstrated significant differences in saturation magnetization,mineral composition and peak intensity among magnetic separation products,confirming that the feasibility of magnetic separation.The research findings contribute to a better understanding of the separation mechanism and provide a new separation process for efficiently enriching residue carbon from CGFS,also facilitate the step utilization of separation products.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21602003,51432001,51672002 and 21871003)Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(1708085MC68)+1 种基金Anhui Provincial Returnees Innovation and Entrepreneurship for key support.L.F.X thanks the Science Foundation of the Department Education of Anhui Province(KJ2017ZD49)the Talent foundation of the Education Department of Anhui(gxbjZD2016111).
文摘Detailed information can be gathered using images acquired from multi-scale imaging at the molecular and macroscopic levels.However,the technical difficulties in combining separate functional units and the impermeability to biological barriers remain two of the biggest challenges in the development of such imaging systems.Herein,we report two manganese(II)compounds(MnFM1 and MnFM2)which showed enhanced stable fluorescence including a two-photon signal and magnetic contrast.These metal complexes were rationally constructed using terpyridine-based ligands and manganese(II)ions with small molecular weights.In particular,MnFM1 demonstrated multi-modal imaging effectiveness based on a d5 electron configuration:the compound displayed not only good penetration into thick tissue with an enhanced magnetic signal but also the capability of two-photon imaging and stimulated emission depletion(STED)super-resolution imaging.Compared to nano-based cross-platform systems,this candidate might open up the possibility of a revolutionised multi-modal imaging technique using metallic probes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61901448,61871401,12002340).
文摘Modular Solar-Powered Aircraft(M-SPA)is a kind of High-Altitude Long-Endurance(HALE)aircraft which exploits the mission advantage of swarm UAV and the HALE advantage of large aspect-ratio SPA.M-SPA’s separated mode and combined mode give it the potential to maximize the mission efficiency with limited solar energy.In this paper,firstly,oriented by the mission of maximizing the cruise area,the overall design of the M-SPA is modeled,including the energy model,the aerodynamic model and the flight environment settings.Secondly,by analyzing the energy consumption of the flight modes,we design a multi-phase flight mission strategy.Then,a 24-hour three-dimensional(3D)flight profile of the M-SPA is optimized,including the sub-SPA cooperative path planning in the separation mode.Finally,inspired by the Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP),an improved Ant Colony Algorithm(ACA)is exploited to find the optimal path for each sub-SPA,which is further developed into a dynamic separation and combination scheme for the M-SPA.The simulation results show that the mission performance of the M-SPA outperforms that of the conventional SPA,and explicitly,the mission coverage of the M-SPA is slightly less than a linear increase under comparable simulation conditions.
