The incremental capacity analysis(ICA)technique is notably limited by its sensitivity to variations in charging conditions,which constrains its practical applicability in real-world scenarios.This paper introduces an ...The incremental capacity analysis(ICA)technique is notably limited by its sensitivity to variations in charging conditions,which constrains its practical applicability in real-world scenarios.This paper introduces an ICA-compensation technique to address this limitation and propose a generalized framework for assessing the state of health(SOH)of batteries based on ICA that is applicable under differing charging conditions.This novel approach calculates the voltage profile under quasi-static conditions by subtracting the voltage increase attributable to the additional polarization effects at high currents from the measured voltage profile.This approach's efficacy is contingent upon precisely acquiring the equivalent impedance.To obtain the equivalent impedance throughout the batteries'lifespan while minimizing testing costs,this study employs a current interrupt technique in conjunction with a long short-term memory(LSTM)network to develop a predictive model for equivalent impedance.Following the derivation of ICA curves using voltage profiles under quasi-static conditions,the research explores two scenarios for SOH estimation:one utilizing only incremental capacity(IC)features and the other incorporating both IC features and IC sampling.A genetic algorithm-optimized backpropagation neural network(GABPNN)is employed for the SOH estimation.The proposed generalized framework is validated using independent training and test datasets.Variable test conditions are applied for the test set to rigorously evaluate the methodology under challenging conditions.These evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed framework achieves an estimation accuracy of 1.04%for RMSE and 0.90%for MAPE across a spectrum of charging rates ranging from 0.1 C to 1 C and starting SOCs between 0%and 70%,which constitutes a major advancement compared to established ICA methods.It also significantly enhances the applicability of conventional ICA techniques in varying charging conditions and negates the necessity for separate testing protocols for each charging scenario.展开更多
Considering that perfect channel state information(CSI)is hard to obtain in practice,the capacity of downlink distributed antennas system(DAS)with imperfect CSI is analyzed over Rayleigh fading channel.Based on the pe...Considering that perfect channel state information(CSI)is hard to obtain in practice,the capacity of downlink distributed antennas system(DAS)with imperfect CSI is analyzed over Rayleigh fading channel.Based on the performance analysis,using the probability density function and numerical calculation,an accurate closedform expression of ergodic capacity of downlink DAS under imperfect CSI is derived.It includes the one under perfect CSI as a special case.This theoretical expression can provide good performance evaluation for downlink DAS for both perfect and imperfect CSI due to its accuracy.Simulation results indicate that the theoretical analysis agrees well with the corresponding simulation,and the capacity can be increased effectively by decreasing the estimation error and/or path loss.展开更多
Wireless statistic division multiplexing (WSDM) is a multiplexing scheme that transmits multiple signals simultaneously in the same frequency band over wireless channels. Based on the Shannon capacity of band-limited ...Wireless statistic division multiplexing (WSDM) is a multiplexing scheme that transmits multiple signals simultaneously in the same frequency band over wireless channels. Based on the Shannon capacity of band-limited waveform AWGN channel with input power constraint, we obtain channel capacity of WSDM. Compared to time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and code division multiplexing (CDM), WSDM is more effective in raising spectrum efficiency. What’s more, we propose information optimization method to separate time-frequency mixed signals. Computer simulations also verify that the proposed method is feasible and performs better than traditional algorithms.展开更多
Capacity estimation plays a crucial role in battery management systems,and is essential for ensuring the safety and reliability of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries.This paper proposes a method that uses a long short-term...Capacity estimation plays a crucial role in battery management systems,and is essential for ensuring the safety and reliability of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries.This paper proposes a method that uses a long short-term memory(LSTM)neural network to estimate the state of health(SOH)of Li-S batteries.The method uses health features extracted from the charging curve and incre-mental capacity analysis(ICA)as input for the LSTM network.To enhance the robustness and accuracy of the network,the Adam algorithm is employed to optimize specific hyperparameters.Experimental data from three different groups of batteries with varying nominal capac-ities are used to validate the proposed method.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method in accurately estimating the capacity degradation of all three batteries.Also,the study examines the impact of different lengths of network training sets on capacity estimation.The results reveal that the ICA-LSTM model achieves a prediction accuracy of mean absolute error 4.6%and mean squared error 0.21%with three different training set lengths of 20%,40%,and 60%.The analysis demonstrates that the lightweight model maintains high SOH estimation accu-racy even with a small training set,and exhibits strong adaptive and generalization capabilities when applied to different Li-S batteries.Overall,the proposed method,supported by experimental validation and analysis,demonstrates its efficacy in ensuring accurate and reliable SOH estimation,thereby enhancing the safety and per-formance of Li-S batteries.Index Terms—Adam algorithm,incremental capacity analysis,Li-S battery,long short-term memory,state of health.展开更多
Single-crystal Ni-rich cathodes are a promising candidate for high-energy lithium-ion batteries due to their higher structural and cycling stability than polycrystalline materials.However,the phase evolution and capac...Single-crystal Ni-rich cathodes are a promising candidate for high-energy lithium-ion batteries due to their higher structural and cycling stability than polycrystalline materials.However,the phase evolution and capacity degradation of these single-crystal cathodes during continuous lithation/delithation cycling remains unclear.Understanding the mapping relationship between the macroscopic electrochemical properties and the material physicochemical properties is crucial.Here,we investigate the correlation between the physical-chemical characteristics,phase transition,and capacity decay using capacity differential curve feature identification and in-situ X-ray spectroscopic imaging.We systematically clarify the dominant mechanism of phase evolution in aging cycling.Appropriately high cut-off voltages can mitigate the slow kinetic and electrochemical properties of single-crystal cathodes.We also find that second-order differential capacity discharge characteristic curves can be used to identify the crystal structure disorder of Ni-rich cathodes.These findings constitute a step forward in elucidating the correlation between the electrochemical extrinsic properties and the physicochemical intrinsic properties and provide new perspectives for failure analysis of layered electrode materials.展开更多
Abuse of Lithium-ion batteries,both physical and electrochemical,can lead to significantly reduced operational capabilities.In some instances,abuse can cause catastrophic failure,including thermal runaway,combustion,a...Abuse of Lithium-ion batteries,both physical and electrochemical,can lead to significantly reduced operational capabilities.In some instances,abuse can cause catastrophic failure,including thermal runaway,combustion,and explosion.Many different test standards that include abuse conditions have been developed,but these generally consider only one condition at a time and only provide go/no-go criteria.In this work,different types of cell abuse are implemented concurrently to determine the extent to which simultaneous abuse conditions aggravate cell degradation and failure.Vibrational loading is chosen to be the consistent type of physical abuse,and the first group of cells is cycled at different vibrational frequencies.The next group of cells is cycled at the same frequencies,with multiple charge pulses occurring during each discharge.The final group of cells is cycled at the same frequencies,with a partial nail puncture occurring near the beginning of cycling.The results show that abusing cells with vibrational loading or vibrational loading with current pulses does not cause a significant decrease in operational capabilities while abusing cells with vibrational loading and a nail puncture drastically reduces operational capabilities.The cells with vibration only experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 1.09–1.26,the cells with vibration and current pulses experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 1.16–1.23,and all cells from each group reach their rated lifetime of 500 cycles without reaching their end-of-life capacity.However,the cells with vibration and nail puncture experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 6.83–22.1,and each cell reaches its end-of-life capacity within 50 cycles.Overall,the results show that testing multiple abuse conditions simultaneously provides a better representation of the extreme limitations of cell operation and should be considered for inclusion in reference test standards.展开更多
The techniques of pressurized mining and hydraulic fracturing are often used to improve gas well productivity at the later development stage of low-permeability carbonate gas reservoirs,but reservoirs are watered out ...The techniques of pressurized mining and hydraulic fracturing are often used to improve gas well productivity at the later development stage of low-permeability carbonate gas reservoirs,but reservoirs are watered out and a great number of micro fractures are produced.Therefore,one of the key factors for underground gas storages(UGS)rebuilt from low-permeability fractured gas reservoirs with CO_(2) as the cushion gas is how to expand storage capacity effectively by injecting CO_(2) to displace water and to develop control strategies for the stable migration of gas-water interface.In this paper,a mathematical model was established to simulate the gas-water flow when CO_(2) was injected into dual porosity reservoirs to displace water.Then,the gas-water interface migration rules while CO_(2) was injected in the peripheral gas wells for water displacement were analyzed with one domestic UGS rebuilt from fractured gas reservoirs as the research object.And finally,discussion was made on how CO_(2) dissolution,bottom hole flowing pressure(BHFP),CO_(2) injection rate and micro fracture parameters affect the stability of gas-water interface in the process of storage capacity expansion.It is shown that the speed of capacity expansion reaches the maximum value at the fifth cycle and then decreases gradually when UGS capacity is expanded in the pattern of more injection and less withdrawal.Gasewater interface during UGS capacity expansion is made stable due to that the solubility of CO_(2) in water varies with the reservoir pressure.When the UGS capacity is expanded at constant BHFP and the flow rate,the expansion speed can be increased effectively by increasing the BHFP and the injection flow rate of gas wells in the central areas appropriately.In the reservoir areas with high permeability and fracture-matrix permeability ratio,the injection flow rate should be reduced properly to prevent gas-water interface fingering caused by a high-speed flow.Furthermore,it is necessary to monitor strictly the migration of gas-water interface by using observation wells to prevent gas escape through the edge water or water breakthrough at high-permeability zones.These research results provide a technical and theoretical support for water displacement and capacity expansion of UGS rebuilt from low-permeability fractured gas reservoirs with CO_(2) as the cushion gas.展开更多
By means of the relationship between speed and distance headway, this paperattempts to directly determine the road capacity based on a new concept. At first it makes acomprehensive analysis of distance headway, includ...By means of the relationship between speed and distance headway, this paperattempts to directly determine the road capacity based on a new concept. At first it makes acomprehensive analysis of distance headway, including safe distance headway and desired one. Theformer is decided by the demand for the degree of safety, and the latter depends on the motorists'behavior, i.e. the model of traffic flow. Both of them are functions of speed. According to thecharacteristics of their curves, we can find a crossing point that is the capacity of a roadsegment. This capacity represents the maximum flow rate meeting the minimum safety requirement.展开更多
The hierarchical ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 composite sub-microrods were synthesized via a water-in-oil microemulsion method followed by calcination.The ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 electrode displays an intriguing capacity increasing from 440 t...The hierarchical ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 composite sub-microrods were synthesized via a water-in-oil microemulsion method followed by calcination.The ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 electrode displays an intriguing capacity increasing from 440 to 910 mA·h/g at 500 mA/g during 550 consecutive discharge/charge cycles,and delivers an ultrahigh capacity of 1276 mA·h/g at 100 mA/g,which is much greater than the theoretical capacity of either ZnMn2O4 or Mn3O4 electrode.To investigate the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon,cyclic voltammetry and differential capacity analysis were applied,both of which reveal the emergence and the growth of new reversible redox reactions upon charge/discharge cycling.The new reversible conversions are probably the results of an activation process of the electrode material during the cycling process,leading to the climbing charge storage.However,the capacity exceeding the theoretical value indicates that there are still other factors contributing to the increasing capacity.展开更多
The authors performed economic assessment of producing biodiesel at pilot scale using used cooking oil as feed-oil in a Bio-Pro 380 EX biodiesel reactor. The overall results suggest that the biodiesel production using...The authors performed economic assessment of producing biodiesel at pilot scale using used cooking oil as feed-oil in a Bio-Pro 380 EX biodiesel reactor. The overall results suggest that the biodiesel production using used cooking oil is a viable project even at large or medium scale. The payback period for producing biodiesel at a pilot scale of 31,320 liters per year was 1.5 years, which was 1 month longer than the payback period for a large plant capacity of 66,000 liters per year. The study demonstrated that the unit selling price and unit production cost are sensitive to the economic feasibility of biodiesel production, since price variations of BWP 1 result in at least a 13% increase and 12% decrease in profit, respectively. The study further revealed that feed-oil (used cooking oil) was the most expensive among all the inputs accounting for 61%, followed by methanol and direct labour with 19% and 13% respectively. The overall energy recorded to produce approximately 360 liters of biodiesel contributed to 2% only, suggesting that Bio-Pro 380 EX biodiesel reactor is relatively a low energy intensity processor. The situation is suitable for the promotion of biodiesel particularly in countries where initiatives to stimulate the development of biofuels are at its infant stage Botswana included.展开更多
Based on the capacity/demand(C/D)analysis of bridge components,and life cycle and performance based seismic design principles,a practical approach is developed for the seismic performance evaluation of super-long span...Based on the capacity/demand(C/D)analysis of bridge components,and life cycle and performance based seismic design principles,a practical approach is developed for the seismic performance evaluation of super-long span cable-stayed bridges.According to the approach,the seismic performance evaluation of the Sutong Bridge,which is a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 1 088 m,is completed,and the practicality of the approach is validated.The earthquake resistance level for super-long span cable-stayed bridges is discussed,including the earthquake level,its corresponding structural performance and check indices.And a set of formula for capacity/demand ratio calculation of bridge components is proposed.展开更多
In the light of current fast development of new and expanded copper foil projects of electronic copper foil enterprises and recent adjustment of the main copper foil categories set to be developed by some companies(ge...In the light of current fast development of new and expanded copper foil projects of electronic copper foil enterprises and recent adjustment of the main copper foil categories set to be developed by some companies(generally from lithium foil to PCB foil).The secretariat of China Electronics Materials Industry Association e-copper foil branch conducted in March,2017 an extensive and in-depth展开更多
We examine a capacitated system exposed to random stepwise capacity disruptions with exponentially distributed interarrival times and tmiformly distributed magnitudes. We explore two countermeasure policies for a risk...We examine a capacitated system exposed to random stepwise capacity disruptions with exponentially distributed interarrival times and tmiformly distributed magnitudes. We explore two countermeasure policies for a risk-neutral decision maker who seeks to maximize the long-nm average reward. A one-phase policy considers implementation of countermeasures throughout the entirety of a disruption cycle. The results of this analysis form a basis for a two-phase model which implements countermeasures during only a fraction of a disruption cycle. We present an extensive numerical analysis as well as a sensitivity study on the fluctuations of some system parameter values.展开更多
基金funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of ScienceResearch and Art(Grant number:H.2-F1116.WE/52/2)。
文摘The incremental capacity analysis(ICA)technique is notably limited by its sensitivity to variations in charging conditions,which constrains its practical applicability in real-world scenarios.This paper introduces an ICA-compensation technique to address this limitation and propose a generalized framework for assessing the state of health(SOH)of batteries based on ICA that is applicable under differing charging conditions.This novel approach calculates the voltage profile under quasi-static conditions by subtracting the voltage increase attributable to the additional polarization effects at high currents from the measured voltage profile.This approach's efficacy is contingent upon precisely acquiring the equivalent impedance.To obtain the equivalent impedance throughout the batteries'lifespan while minimizing testing costs,this study employs a current interrupt technique in conjunction with a long short-term memory(LSTM)network to develop a predictive model for equivalent impedance.Following the derivation of ICA curves using voltage profiles under quasi-static conditions,the research explores two scenarios for SOH estimation:one utilizing only incremental capacity(IC)features and the other incorporating both IC features and IC sampling.A genetic algorithm-optimized backpropagation neural network(GABPNN)is employed for the SOH estimation.The proposed generalized framework is validated using independent training and test datasets.Variable test conditions are applied for the test set to rigorously evaluate the methodology under challenging conditions.These evaluation results demonstrate that the proposed framework achieves an estimation accuracy of 1.04%for RMSE and 0.90%for MAPE across a spectrum of charging rates ranging from 0.1 C to 1 C and starting SOCs between 0%and 70%,which constitutes a major advancement compared to established ICA methods.It also significantly enhances the applicability of conventional ICA techniques in varying charging conditions and negates the necessity for separate testing protocols for each charging scenario.
基金supported by the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China(No.20093218120021)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities+1 种基金the Research Founding of Graduate Innovation Center in NUAA(Nos.kfjj201429,kfjj20150410)the PARD of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu
文摘Considering that perfect channel state information(CSI)is hard to obtain in practice,the capacity of downlink distributed antennas system(DAS)with imperfect CSI is analyzed over Rayleigh fading channel.Based on the performance analysis,using the probability density function and numerical calculation,an accurate closedform expression of ergodic capacity of downlink DAS under imperfect CSI is derived.It includes the one under perfect CSI as a special case.This theoretical expression can provide good performance evaluation for downlink DAS for both perfect and imperfect CSI due to its accuracy.Simulation results indicate that the theoretical analysis agrees well with the corresponding simulation,and the capacity can be increased effectively by decreasing the estimation error and/or path loss.
文摘Wireless statistic division multiplexing (WSDM) is a multiplexing scheme that transmits multiple signals simultaneously in the same frequency band over wireless channels. Based on the Shannon capacity of band-limited waveform AWGN channel with input power constraint, we obtain channel capacity of WSDM. Compared to time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and code division multiplexing (CDM), WSDM is more effective in raising spectrum efficiency. What’s more, we propose information optimization method to separate time-frequency mixed signals. Computer simulations also verify that the proposed method is feasible and performs better than traditional algorithms.
基金This work is supported by the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation(No.LY22E070007)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52007170).
文摘Capacity estimation plays a crucial role in battery management systems,and is essential for ensuring the safety and reliability of lithium-sulfur(Li-S)batteries.This paper proposes a method that uses a long short-term memory(LSTM)neural network to estimate the state of health(SOH)of Li-S batteries.The method uses health features extracted from the charging curve and incre-mental capacity analysis(ICA)as input for the LSTM network.To enhance the robustness and accuracy of the network,the Adam algorithm is employed to optimize specific hyperparameters.Experimental data from three different groups of batteries with varying nominal capac-ities are used to validate the proposed method.The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method in accurately estimating the capacity degradation of all three batteries.Also,the study examines the impact of different lengths of network training sets on capacity estimation.The results reveal that the ICA-LSTM model achieves a prediction accuracy of mean absolute error 4.6%and mean squared error 0.21%with three different training set lengths of 20%,40%,and 60%.The analysis demonstrates that the lightweight model maintains high SOH estimation accu-racy even with a small training set,and exhibits strong adaptive and generalization capabilities when applied to different Li-S batteries.Overall,the proposed method,supported by experimental validation and analysis,demonstrates its efficacy in ensuring accurate and reliable SOH estimation,thereby enhancing the safety and per-formance of Li-S batteries.Index Terms—Adam algorithm,incremental capacity analysis,Li-S battery,long short-term memory,state of health.
文摘Single-crystal Ni-rich cathodes are a promising candidate for high-energy lithium-ion batteries due to their higher structural and cycling stability than polycrystalline materials.However,the phase evolution and capacity degradation of these single-crystal cathodes during continuous lithation/delithation cycling remains unclear.Understanding the mapping relationship between the macroscopic electrochemical properties and the material physicochemical properties is crucial.Here,we investigate the correlation between the physical-chemical characteristics,phase transition,and capacity decay using capacity differential curve feature identification and in-situ X-ray spectroscopic imaging.We systematically clarify the dominant mechanism of phase evolution in aging cycling.Appropriately high cut-off voltages can mitigate the slow kinetic and electrochemical properties of single-crystal cathodes.We also find that second-order differential capacity discharge characteristic curves can be used to identify the crystal structure disorder of Ni-rich cathodes.These findings constitute a step forward in elucidating the correlation between the electrochemical extrinsic properties and the physicochemical intrinsic properties and provide new perspectives for failure analysis of layered electrode materials.
基金Funding for this research has been provided by the Office of Naval Research(ONR)under the Grant N00014-20-1-2227(Program Manager:Dr.Maria Medeiros and Dr.Corey Love).
文摘Abuse of Lithium-ion batteries,both physical and electrochemical,can lead to significantly reduced operational capabilities.In some instances,abuse can cause catastrophic failure,including thermal runaway,combustion,and explosion.Many different test standards that include abuse conditions have been developed,but these generally consider only one condition at a time and only provide go/no-go criteria.In this work,different types of cell abuse are implemented concurrently to determine the extent to which simultaneous abuse conditions aggravate cell degradation and failure.Vibrational loading is chosen to be the consistent type of physical abuse,and the first group of cells is cycled at different vibrational frequencies.The next group of cells is cycled at the same frequencies,with multiple charge pulses occurring during each discharge.The final group of cells is cycled at the same frequencies,with a partial nail puncture occurring near the beginning of cycling.The results show that abusing cells with vibrational loading or vibrational loading with current pulses does not cause a significant decrease in operational capabilities while abusing cells with vibrational loading and a nail puncture drastically reduces operational capabilities.The cells with vibration only experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 1.09–1.26,the cells with vibration and current pulses experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 1.16–1.23,and all cells from each group reach their rated lifetime of 500 cycles without reaching their end-of-life capacity.However,the cells with vibration and nail puncture experience an increase in internal resistance by a factor of 6.83–22.1,and each cell reaches its end-of-life capacity within 50 cycles.Overall,the results show that testing multiple abuse conditions simultaneously provides a better representation of the extreme limitations of cell operation and should be considered for inclusion in reference test standards.
文摘The techniques of pressurized mining and hydraulic fracturing are often used to improve gas well productivity at the later development stage of low-permeability carbonate gas reservoirs,but reservoirs are watered out and a great number of micro fractures are produced.Therefore,one of the key factors for underground gas storages(UGS)rebuilt from low-permeability fractured gas reservoirs with CO_(2) as the cushion gas is how to expand storage capacity effectively by injecting CO_(2) to displace water and to develop control strategies for the stable migration of gas-water interface.In this paper,a mathematical model was established to simulate the gas-water flow when CO_(2) was injected into dual porosity reservoirs to displace water.Then,the gas-water interface migration rules while CO_(2) was injected in the peripheral gas wells for water displacement were analyzed with one domestic UGS rebuilt from fractured gas reservoirs as the research object.And finally,discussion was made on how CO_(2) dissolution,bottom hole flowing pressure(BHFP),CO_(2) injection rate and micro fracture parameters affect the stability of gas-water interface in the process of storage capacity expansion.It is shown that the speed of capacity expansion reaches the maximum value at the fifth cycle and then decreases gradually when UGS capacity is expanded in the pattern of more injection and less withdrawal.Gasewater interface during UGS capacity expansion is made stable due to that the solubility of CO_(2) in water varies with the reservoir pressure.When the UGS capacity is expanded at constant BHFP and the flow rate,the expansion speed can be increased effectively by increasing the BHFP and the injection flow rate of gas wells in the central areas appropriately.In the reservoir areas with high permeability and fracture-matrix permeability ratio,the injection flow rate should be reduced properly to prevent gas-water interface fingering caused by a high-speed flow.Furthermore,it is necessary to monitor strictly the migration of gas-water interface by using observation wells to prevent gas escape through the edge water or water breakthrough at high-permeability zones.These research results provide a technical and theoretical support for water displacement and capacity expansion of UGS rebuilt from low-permeability fractured gas reservoirs with CO_(2) as the cushion gas.
文摘By means of the relationship between speed and distance headway, this paperattempts to directly determine the road capacity based on a new concept. At first it makes acomprehensive analysis of distance headway, including safe distance headway and desired one. Theformer is decided by the demand for the degree of safety, and the latter depends on the motorists'behavior, i.e. the model of traffic flow. Both of them are functions of speed. According to thecharacteristics of their curves, we can find a crossing point that is the capacity of a roadsegment. This capacity represents the maximum flow rate meeting the minimum safety requirement.
基金Ting-ting FENG acknowledges the financial support from Professor Paul V.BRAUN at Department of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,the support from Chinese Scholarship Council during her visit to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,partial financial supports from Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province,China(2019YFH0002,2019YFG0222 and 2019YFG0526).The research was partly carried out in the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory Central Research Facilities,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
文摘The hierarchical ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 composite sub-microrods were synthesized via a water-in-oil microemulsion method followed by calcination.The ZnMn2O4/Mn3O4 electrode displays an intriguing capacity increasing from 440 to 910 mA·h/g at 500 mA/g during 550 consecutive discharge/charge cycles,and delivers an ultrahigh capacity of 1276 mA·h/g at 100 mA/g,which is much greater than the theoretical capacity of either ZnMn2O4 or Mn3O4 electrode.To investigate the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon,cyclic voltammetry and differential capacity analysis were applied,both of which reveal the emergence and the growth of new reversible redox reactions upon charge/discharge cycling.The new reversible conversions are probably the results of an activation process of the electrode material during the cycling process,leading to the climbing charge storage.However,the capacity exceeding the theoretical value indicates that there are still other factors contributing to the increasing capacity.
文摘The authors performed economic assessment of producing biodiesel at pilot scale using used cooking oil as feed-oil in a Bio-Pro 380 EX biodiesel reactor. The overall results suggest that the biodiesel production using used cooking oil is a viable project even at large or medium scale. The payback period for producing biodiesel at a pilot scale of 31,320 liters per year was 1.5 years, which was 1 month longer than the payback period for a large plant capacity of 66,000 liters per year. The study demonstrated that the unit selling price and unit production cost are sensitive to the economic feasibility of biodiesel production, since price variations of BWP 1 result in at least a 13% increase and 12% decrease in profit, respectively. The study further revealed that feed-oil (used cooking oil) was the most expensive among all the inputs accounting for 61%, followed by methanol and direct labour with 19% and 13% respectively. The overall energy recorded to produce approximately 360 liters of biodiesel contributed to 2% only, suggesting that Bio-Pro 380 EX biodiesel reactor is relatively a low energy intensity processor. The situation is suitable for the promotion of biodiesel particularly in countries where initiatives to stimulate the development of biofuels are at its infant stage Botswana included.
基金National Key Technologies R&D Program(No.2006BAG04B01),research on technical standards,key structures and their characteristics of kilometer-magnitude cable-stayed bridges
文摘Based on the capacity/demand(C/D)analysis of bridge components,and life cycle and performance based seismic design principles,a practical approach is developed for the seismic performance evaluation of super-long span cable-stayed bridges.According to the approach,the seismic performance evaluation of the Sutong Bridge,which is a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 1 088 m,is completed,and the practicality of the approach is validated.The earthquake resistance level for super-long span cable-stayed bridges is discussed,including the earthquake level,its corresponding structural performance and check indices.And a set of formula for capacity/demand ratio calculation of bridge components is proposed.
文摘In the light of current fast development of new and expanded copper foil projects of electronic copper foil enterprises and recent adjustment of the main copper foil categories set to be developed by some companies(generally from lithium foil to PCB foil).The secretariat of China Electronics Materials Industry Association e-copper foil branch conducted in March,2017 an extensive and in-depth
基金supported by U.S. National Science Foundation Grant CMMI 0621030
文摘We examine a capacitated system exposed to random stepwise capacity disruptions with exponentially distributed interarrival times and tmiformly distributed magnitudes. We explore two countermeasure policies for a risk-neutral decision maker who seeks to maximize the long-nm average reward. A one-phase policy considers implementation of countermeasures throughout the entirety of a disruption cycle. The results of this analysis form a basis for a two-phase model which implements countermeasures during only a fraction of a disruption cycle. We present an extensive numerical analysis as well as a sensitivity study on the fluctuations of some system parameter values.
