Nowadays, entrepreneurship inspires those who want to carve out their own destiny and dream of changing the world. But they require a lot of courage and perseverance - especially for those who seek to do business in a...Nowadays, entrepreneurship inspires those who want to carve out their own destiny and dream of changing the world. But they require a lot of courage and perseverance - especially for those who seek to do business in a foreign country, such as African entrepreneurs in China.展开更多
This paper investigates the start-up and shutdown phases of a five-bladed closed-impeller centrifugal pump through experimental analysis,capturing the temporal evolution of its hydraulic performances.The study also pr...This paper investigates the start-up and shutdown phases of a five-bladed closed-impeller centrifugal pump through experimental analysis,capturing the temporal evolution of its hydraulic performances.The study also predicts the transient characteristics of the pump under non-rated operating conditions to assess the accuracy of various machine learning methods in forecasting its instantaneous performance.Results indicate that the pump’s transient behavior in power-frequency mode markedly differs from that in frequency-conversion mode.Specifically,the power-frequency mode achieves steady-state values faster and exhibits smaller fluctuations before stabilization compared to the other mode.During the start-up phase,as the steady-state flow rate increases,inlet and outlet pressures and head also rise,while torque and shaft power decrease,with rotational speed remaining largely unchanged.Conversely,during the shutdown phase,no significant changes were observed in torque,shaft power,or rotational speed.Six machine learning models,including Gaussian Process Regression(GPR),Decision Tree Regression(DTR),and Deep Learning Networks(DLN),demonstrated high accuracy in predicting the hydraulic performance of the centrifugal pump during the start-up and shutdown phases in both power-frequency and frequency-conversion conditions.The findings provide a theoretical foundation for improved prediction of pump hydraulic performance.For instance,when predicting head and flow rate during power-frequency start-up,GPR achieved absolute and relative errors of 0.54 m(7.84%)and 0.21 m3/h(13.57%),respectively,while the Feedforward Neural Network(FNN)reported errors of 0.98 m(8.24%)and 0.10 m3/h(16.71%).By contrast,the Support Vector Machine Regression(SVMR)and Generalized Additive Model(GAM)generally yielded less satisfactory prediction accuracy compared to the other methods.展开更多
A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating ...A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating pisland, is used to provide start up current and sustain high voltage.An NMOS transistor having a high source to ground breakdown voltage is included to extend the bias voltage range to the SMPS.Simulation results indicate that the high voltage start up circuit can start and restart as designed.The proposed structure is believed to be more energy saving and cost-effective compared with other solutions.展开更多
The anaerobic ammonia oxidation(Anammox) bioreactor was successfully started up with the nitrifying activated sludge. After anaerobically operated for 105 d, the bioreactor reached a good performance with removal perc...The anaerobic ammonia oxidation(Anammox) bioreactor was successfully started up with the nitrifying activated sludge. After anaerobically operated for 105 d, the bioreactor reached a good performance with removal percentage of both ammonia and nitrite higher than 95% and volumetric total nitrogen removal as high as 149.55 mmol/(L·d). The soft padding made an important contribution to the high efficiency and stability because it held a large amount of biomass in the bioreactor.展开更多
Two start up strategies of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket(UASB) reactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater were investigated. The results showed that both of them were workable. Compared with the strategy th...Two start up strategies of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket(UASB) reactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater were investigated. The results showed that both of them were workable. Compared with the strategy that started up the reactor directly using chloromycetin wastewater, the strategy that started up the reactor first using mixed wastewater and then using chloromycetin wastewater could save time by 23%. When the latter strategy was adopted the development of sludge activity fluctuated more largely and its final activity was lower, but the sludge grew faster in the course of start up.展开更多
N-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone（C（12）-HSL）was detected in the supernatant of an anammox granular sludge reactor（AGSR）.C（12）-HSL could enhance the specific anammox activity of anammox biomass.Adding C（12）-HSL...N-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone（C（12）-HSL）was detected in the supernatant of an anammox granular sludge reactor（AGSR）.C（12）-HSL could enhance the specific anammox activity of anammox biomass.Adding C（12）-HSL-containing AGSR supernatant into the continuously stirred tank reactors reduced the start-up time of the anammox process from80 to 66 days.Moreover,the nitrogen loading rate was also enhanced to 1.6 times that of the control reactor.AHLs could increase the secretion of extracellular polymeric substances and anammox obtained better enrichment with the addition of AHLs-containing AGSR supernatant.Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis further revealed that AHLs played a role in mediating microbial community parameters.In conclusion,adding AHL-containing supernatant could be an effective and economical way to accelerate the start-up of anammox.展开更多
As an efficient method for ammonium（NH4~＋）removal,contact catalytic oxidation technology has drawn much attention recently,due to its good low temperature resistance and short start-up period.Two identical filters ...As an efficient method for ammonium（NH4~＋）removal,contact catalytic oxidation technology has drawn much attention recently,due to its good low temperature resistance and short start-up period.Two identical filters were employed to compare the process for ammonium removal during the start-up period for ammonium removal in groundwater（Filter-N）and surface water（Filter-S）treatment.Two types of source water（groundwater and surface water）were used as the feed waters for the filtration trials.Although the same initiating method was used,Filter-N exhibited much better ammonium removal performance than Filter-S.The differences in catalytic activity among these two filters were probed using X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）,and compositional analysis.XRD results indicated that different manganese oxide species were formed in Filter-N and Filter-S.Furthermore,the Mn3p XPS spectra taken on the surface of the filter films revealed that the average manganese valence of the inactive manganese oxide film collected from Filter-S（FS-MnOx）was higher than in the film collected from Filter-N（FN-MnOx）.Mn（IV）was identified as the predominant oxidation state in FS-MnOxand Mn（III）was identified as the predominant oxidation state in FN-MnOx.The results of compositional analyses suggested that polyaluminum ferric chloride（PAFC）used during the surface water treatment was an important factor in the mineralogy and reactivity of MnOx.This study provides the theoretical basis for promoting the wide application of the technology and has great practical significance.展开更多
The start-up current control of the high-speed brushless DC（HS-BLDC） motor is a challenging research topic. To effectively control the start-up current of the sensorless HS-BLDC motor, an adaptive control method is ...The start-up current control of the high-speed brushless DC（HS-BLDC） motor is a challenging research topic. To effectively control the start-up current of the sensorless HS-BLDC motor, an adaptive control method is proposed based on the adaptive neural network（ANN）inverse system and the two degrees of freedom（2-DOF） internal model controller（IMC）. The HS-BLDC motor is identified by the online least squares support vector machine（OLS-SVM） algorithm to regulate the ANN inverse controller parameters in real time. A pseudo linear system is developed by introducing the constructed real-time inverse system into the original HS-BLDC motor system. Based on the characteristics of the pseudo linear system, an extra closed-loop feedback control strategy based on the 2-DOF IMC is proposed to improve the transient response performance and enhance the stability of the control system. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed control method is effective and perfect start-up current tracking performance is achieved.展开更多
Starting the cracking gas compressor and precooling the refrigeration system are keys to start-up of an ethylene plant and accounts for up to 50% of the total start-up time and plant flare emissions. Premature feeding...Starting the cracking gas compressor and precooling the refrigeration system are keys to start-up of an ethylene plant and accounts for up to 50% of the total start-up time and plant flare emissions. Premature feeding of cracking furnaces can be avoided if the cracking gas compressor is started and the refrigeration system is precooled in advance using mixed gas as the start-up working medium(SWM). Start-up scenario with mixed gas as SWM could significantly reduce the emission loss and shorten the precooling time. Research shows that making appropriate start-up scheme is important not only to ensure operational safety and feasibility, but also to reduce energy consumption. In this paper, a method is proposed to select suitable start-up operational parameters of compression and refrigeration system with sufficient safe operating ranges and short precooling time. The complex interrelation among key parameters of start-up is analyzed. It is found that higher energy consumption, especially for super high-pressure steam(SS), can promote operational safety and shorten the precooling time during start-up.Based on steady-state and dynamic simulation, appropriate operating parameter ranges are determined with reasonable SS consumption. A real case study demonstrates that an appropriate start-up scheme will optimize the operation.展开更多
The start-up process of Stokes＇ second problem of a viscoelastic material with fractional element is studied. The fluid above an infinite flat plane is set in motion by a sudden acceleration of the plate to steady os...The start-up process of Stokes＇ second problem of a viscoelastic material with fractional element is studied. The fluid above an infinite flat plane is set in motion by a sudden acceleration of the plate to steady oscillation. Exact solutions are obtained by using Laplace transform and Fourier transform. It is found that the relationship between the first peak value and the one of equal-amplitude oscillations depends on the distance from the plate. The amplitude decreases for increasing frequency and increasing distance.展开更多
A flux linkage compensation field oriented control (FOC) method was proposed to suppress the speed and torque ripples of a brushless wound-field synchronous motor in its starting process. The starting process was anal...A flux linkage compensation field oriented control (FOC) method was proposed to suppress the speed and torque ripples of a brushless wound-field synchronous motor in its starting process. The starting process was analyzed and the model of wound-field synchronous electric machine was established. The change of field current of the electric machine was described mathematically for simplified exciter and rotate rectifier. Based on the traditional field control, the flux linkage compensation was introduced in d-axis current to counteract the flux ripple. Some simulation and preliminary experiments were implemented. The results show that the proposed method is feasible and effective.展开更多
In order to research start-up pressure wave propagation mechanism and determine pressure wave speed in gelled crude oil pipelines accurately,experiment of Large-scale flow loop was carried out.In the experiment,start-...In order to research start-up pressure wave propagation mechanism and determine pressure wave speed in gelled crude oil pipelines accurately,experiment of Large-scale flow loop was carried out.In the experiment,start-up pressure wave speeds under various operation conditions were measured,and effects of correlative factors on pressure wave were analyzed.The experimental and theoretical analysis shows that thermal shrinkage and structural properties of gelled crude oils are key factors influencing on start-up pressure wave propagation.The quantitative analysis for these effects can be done by using volume expansion coefficient and structural property parameter of gelled crude oil.A new calculation model of pressure wave speed was developed on the basis of Large-scale flow loop experiment and theoretical analysis.展开更多
In order to understand the effect of low temperature on the formation process of aerobic granules and contaminants removal characteristics,the aerobic granules-membrane bioreactor (AGS-MBR) has been started up and ope...In order to understand the effect of low temperature on the formation process of aerobic granules and contaminants removal characteristics,the aerobic granules-membrane bioreactor (AGS-MBR) has been started up and operated at low temperature using the carbon resource of sodium acetate. Aerobic granules cultivated in AGS-MBR possess smooth surface and compact structure in morphology as well as better settling property and higher biomass after 38 days. The average parameters of aerobic granules are: diameter 3. 1 mm,wet density 1. 041 g/mL,sludge volume index 42. 35 mL/g and settling velocity 20. 6 - 45. 2 cm/min. During the start-up of AGS-MBR,the respectively average contaminants removal efficiencies at low temperature are 91. 9% for chemical oxygen demand (COD) ,89. 2% for NH4 + -N and 86. 3% for PO43- -P,and the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria has been well controlled. In addition,the hollow fiber microfiltration (MF) membrane fouling is light and the regime membrane layer is capable of enhancing membrane filtration as well as the average growth of trans-membrane pressure (TMP) is 1. 07 kPa/d. Compared with the conventional cultivation of aerobic granules,the sludge granulation time significantly decreases from 73 days to 38 days by the application of microfiltration membrane at low temperature.展开更多
The method of numerical simulation was applied to investigate gas preheating and start-up process in a drained aluminum reduction cell. The transient temperature and velocity fields of a 156 kA drained aluminum reduct...The method of numerical simulation was applied to investigate gas preheating and start-up process in a drained aluminum reduction cell. The transient temperature and velocity fields of a 156 kA drained aluminum reduction cell were numerically calculated. The results show that the method of gas preheating and bake-out can basically meet the technical requirements of the start-up process for the drained cell. If the same distributing scheme of gas nozzle as that in the general cells is used, there are problems of great temperature gradients and low temperature zone at the top of cathode near the side of nozzles. In order to promote the effect of gas preheating and baking the drained cell, the jetting angle of end nozzle is adjusted and the temperature distribution in the drained cell is obviously improved. By means of simulating the temperature field in the case that jetting angle varies from 0? to 30?, it is concluded that better temperature distribution can be obtained if the jetting angle of end nozzle is approximately 15?.展开更多
The primary issue for the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell（PEMFC） is the carbon corrosion of support under start-up/shut-down conditions. In this study, we employ the nanostructured graphitize...The primary issue for the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell（PEMFC） is the carbon corrosion of support under start-up/shut-down conditions. In this study, we employ the nanostructured graphitized carbon induced by heat-treatment. The degree of graphitization starts to increase between 900 and 1300 ℃ as evidenced by the change of specific surface area, interlayer spacing, and ID/IG value. Pt nanoparticles are deposited on fresh carbon black（Pt/CB） and carbon heat-treated at 1700 ℃（Pt/HCB17） with similar particle size and distribution. Electrochemical characterization demonstrates that the Pt/HCB17 shows higher activity than the Pt/CB due to the inefficient microporous structure of amorphous carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction. An accelerating potential cycle between 1.0 and 1.5 V for the carbon corrosion is applied to examine durability at a single cell under the practical start-up/shutdown conditions. The Pt/HCB17 catalyst shows remarkable durability after 3000 potential cycles. The Pt/HCB17 catalyst exhibits a peak power density gain of 3%, while the Pt/CB catalyst shows 65% loss of the initial peak power density. As well, electrochemical surface area and mass activity of Pt/HCB17 catalyst are even more stable than those of the Pt/CB catalyst. Consequently, the high degree of graphitization is essential for the durability of fuel cells in practical start-up/shut-down conditions due to enhancing the strong interaction of Pt and π-bonds in graphitized carbon.展开更多
文摘Nowadays, entrepreneurship inspires those who want to carve out their own destiny and dream of changing the world. But they require a lot of courage and perseverance - especially for those who seek to do business in a foreign country, such as African entrepreneurs in China.
基金financially supported by Science and Technology Project of Quzhou(Grant Nos.2023K256,2023NC08)Research Grants Program of Department of Education of Zhejiang Province(No.Y202455709)+1 种基金Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.LZY21E050001)University-Enterprise Cooperation Program for Visiting Engineers in Higher Education Institutions in Zhejiang Province(No.FG2020215).
文摘This paper investigates the start-up and shutdown phases of a five-bladed closed-impeller centrifugal pump through experimental analysis,capturing the temporal evolution of its hydraulic performances.The study also predicts the transient characteristics of the pump under non-rated operating conditions to assess the accuracy of various machine learning methods in forecasting its instantaneous performance.Results indicate that the pump’s transient behavior in power-frequency mode markedly differs from that in frequency-conversion mode.Specifically,the power-frequency mode achieves steady-state values faster and exhibits smaller fluctuations before stabilization compared to the other mode.During the start-up phase,as the steady-state flow rate increases,inlet and outlet pressures and head also rise,while torque and shaft power decrease,with rotational speed remaining largely unchanged.Conversely,during the shutdown phase,no significant changes were observed in torque,shaft power,or rotational speed.Six machine learning models,including Gaussian Process Regression(GPR),Decision Tree Regression(DTR),and Deep Learning Networks(DLN),demonstrated high accuracy in predicting the hydraulic performance of the centrifugal pump during the start-up and shutdown phases in both power-frequency and frequency-conversion conditions.The findings provide a theoretical foundation for improved prediction of pump hydraulic performance.For instance,when predicting head and flow rate during power-frequency start-up,GPR achieved absolute and relative errors of 0.54 m(7.84%)and 0.21 m3/h(13.57%),respectively,while the Feedforward Neural Network(FNN)reported errors of 0.98 m(8.24%)and 0.10 m3/h(16.71%).By contrast,the Support Vector Machine Regression(SVMR)and Generalized Additive Model(GAM)generally yielded less satisfactory prediction accuracy compared to the other methods.
文摘A novel high voltage start up circuit for providing an initial bias voltage to an integrated switched mode power supply（SMPS） is presented.An enhanced mode VDMOS transistor,the gate of which is biased by a floating pisland, is used to provide start up current and sustain high voltage.An NMOS transistor having a high source to ground breakdown voltage is included to extend the bias voltage range to the SMPS.Simulation results indicate that the high voltage start up circuit can start and restart as designed.The proposed structure is believed to be more energy saving and cost-effective compared with other solutions.
文摘The anaerobic ammonia oxidation(Anammox) bioreactor was successfully started up with the nitrifying activated sludge. After anaerobically operated for 105 d, the bioreactor reached a good performance with removal percentage of both ammonia and nitrite higher than 95% and volumetric total nitrogen removal as high as 149.55 mmol/(L·d). The soft padding made an important contribution to the high efficiency and stability because it held a large amount of biomass in the bioreactor.
文摘Two start up strategies of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket(UASB) reactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater were investigated. The results showed that both of them were workable. Compared with the strategy that started up the reactor directly using chloromycetin wastewater, the strategy that started up the reactor first using mixed wastewater and then using chloromycetin wastewater could save time by 23%. When the latter strategy was adopted the development of sludge activity fluctuated more largely and its final activity was lower, but the sludge grew faster in the course of start up.
基金supported by the Major State Science and Technology Water Projects (No. 2013ZX07202010)
文摘N-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone（C（12）-HSL）was detected in the supernatant of an anammox granular sludge reactor（AGSR）.C（12）-HSL could enhance the specific anammox activity of anammox biomass.Adding C（12）-HSL-containing AGSR supernatant into the continuously stirred tank reactors reduced the start-up time of the anammox process from80 to 66 days.Moreover,the nitrogen loading rate was also enhanced to 1.6 times that of the control reactor.AHLs could increase the secretion of extracellular polymeric substances and anammox obtained better enrichment with the addition of AHLs-containing AGSR supernatant.Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis further revealed that AHLs played a role in mediating microbial community parameters.In conclusion,adding AHL-containing supernatant could be an effective and economical way to accelerate the start-up of anammox.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC0400706)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51278409, 51608431, 51408469)the Key Laboratory of Education Department of Shaanxi province (Nos. 15JS046, 16JS060)
文摘As an efficient method for ammonium（NH4~＋）removal,contact catalytic oxidation technology has drawn much attention recently,due to its good low temperature resistance and short start-up period.Two identical filters were employed to compare the process for ammonium removal during the start-up period for ammonium removal in groundwater（Filter-N）and surface water（Filter-S）treatment.Two types of source water（groundwater and surface water）were used as the feed waters for the filtration trials.Although the same initiating method was used,Filter-N exhibited much better ammonium removal performance than Filter-S.The differences in catalytic activity among these two filters were probed using X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）,and compositional analysis.XRD results indicated that different manganese oxide species were formed in Filter-N and Filter-S.Furthermore,the Mn3p XPS spectra taken on the surface of the filter films revealed that the average manganese valence of the inactive manganese oxide film collected from Filter-S（FS-MnOx）was higher than in the film collected from Filter-N（FN-MnOx）.Mn（IV）was identified as the predominant oxidation state in FS-MnOxand Mn（III）was identified as the predominant oxidation state in FN-MnOx.The results of compositional analyses suggested that polyaluminum ferric chloride（PAFC）used during the surface water treatment was an important factor in the mineralogy and reactivity of MnOx.This study provides the theoretical basis for promoting the wide application of the technology and has great practical significance.
基金co-supported by the National Major Project for the Development and Application of Scientific Instrument Equipment of China (No. 2012YQ040235)
文摘The start-up current control of the high-speed brushless DC（HS-BLDC） motor is a challenging research topic. To effectively control the start-up current of the sensorless HS-BLDC motor, an adaptive control method is proposed based on the adaptive neural network（ANN）inverse system and the two degrees of freedom（2-DOF） internal model controller（IMC）. The HS-BLDC motor is identified by the online least squares support vector machine（OLS-SVM） algorithm to regulate the ANN inverse controller parameters in real time. A pseudo linear system is developed by introducing the constructed real-time inverse system into the original HS-BLDC motor system. Based on the characteristics of the pseudo linear system, an extra closed-loop feedback control strategy based on the 2-DOF IMC is proposed to improve the transient response performance and enhance the stability of the control system. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed control method is effective and perfect start-up current tracking performance is achieved.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB720500)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1462206)
文摘Starting the cracking gas compressor and precooling the refrigeration system are keys to start-up of an ethylene plant and accounts for up to 50% of the total start-up time and plant flare emissions. Premature feeding of cracking furnaces can be avoided if the cracking gas compressor is started and the refrigeration system is precooled in advance using mixed gas as the start-up working medium(SWM). Start-up scenario with mixed gas as SWM could significantly reduce the emission loss and shorten the precooling time. Research shows that making appropriate start-up scheme is important not only to ensure operational safety and feasibility, but also to reduce energy consumption. In this paper, a method is proposed to select suitable start-up operational parameters of compression and refrigeration system with sufficient safe operating ranges and short precooling time. The complex interrelation among key parameters of start-up is analyzed. It is found that higher energy consumption, especially for super high-pressure steam(SS), can promote operational safety and shorten the precooling time during start-up.Based on steady-state and dynamic simulation, appropriate operating parameter ranges are determined with reasonable SS consumption. A real case study demonstrates that an appropriate start-up scheme will optimize the operation.
文摘The start-up process of Stokes＇ second problem of a viscoelastic material with fractional element is studied. The fluid above an infinite flat plane is set in motion by a sudden acceleration of the plate to steady oscillation. Exact solutions are obtained by using Laplace transform and Fourier transform. It is found that the relationship between the first peak value and the one of equal-amplitude oscillations depends on the distance from the plate. The amplitude decreases for increasing frequency and increasing distance.
基金Sponsored by the NSFC General Project (51177135)the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (2011GZ013)
文摘A flux linkage compensation field oriented control (FOC) method was proposed to suppress the speed and torque ripples of a brushless wound-field synchronous motor in its starting process. The starting process was analyzed and the model of wound-field synchronous electric machine was established. The change of field current of the electric machine was described mathematically for simplified exciter and rotate rectifier. Based on the traditional field control, the flux linkage compensation was introduced in d-axis current to counteract the flux ripple. Some simulation and preliminary experiments were implemented. The results show that the proposed method is feasible and effective.
基金Project(2008B-2901) supported by China National Petroleum Corporation
文摘In order to research start-up pressure wave propagation mechanism and determine pressure wave speed in gelled crude oil pipelines accurately,experiment of Large-scale flow loop was carried out.In the experiment,start-up pressure wave speeds under various operation conditions were measured,and effects of correlative factors on pressure wave were analyzed.The experimental and theoretical analysis shows that thermal shrinkage and structural properties of gelled crude oils are key factors influencing on start-up pressure wave propagation.The quantitative analysis for these effects can be done by using volume expansion coefficient and structural property parameter of gelled crude oil.A new calculation model of pressure wave speed was developed on the basis of Large-scale flow loop experiment and theoretical analysis.
基金Sponsored by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program,Grant No.2008AA06Z304)State Water Pollution Control and Harnessing of the Major Projects (Grant No.2009ZX07424-005)International Cooperation Program (Grant No.2010DFA92460)
文摘In order to understand the effect of low temperature on the formation process of aerobic granules and contaminants removal characteristics,the aerobic granules-membrane bioreactor (AGS-MBR) has been started up and operated at low temperature using the carbon resource of sodium acetate. Aerobic granules cultivated in AGS-MBR possess smooth surface and compact structure in morphology as well as better settling property and higher biomass after 38 days. The average parameters of aerobic granules are: diameter 3. 1 mm,wet density 1. 041 g/mL,sludge volume index 42. 35 mL/g and settling velocity 20. 6 - 45. 2 cm/min. During the start-up of AGS-MBR,the respectively average contaminants removal efficiencies at low temperature are 91. 9% for chemical oxygen demand (COD) ,89. 2% for NH4 + -N and 86. 3% for PO43- -P,and the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria has been well controlled. In addition,the hollow fiber microfiltration (MF) membrane fouling is light and the regime membrane layer is capable of enhancing membrane filtration as well as the average growth of trans-membrane pressure (TMP) is 1. 07 kPa/d. Compared with the conventional cultivation of aerobic granules,the sludge granulation time significantly decreases from 73 days to 38 days by the application of microfiltration membrane at low temperature.
基金Project(G1999064903) supported by the National Basic Research Program of China
文摘The method of numerical simulation was applied to investigate gas preheating and start-up process in a drained aluminum reduction cell. The transient temperature and velocity fields of a 156 kA drained aluminum reduction cell were numerically calculated. The results show that the method of gas preheating and bake-out can basically meet the technical requirements of the start-up process for the drained cell. If the same distributing scheme of gas nozzle as that in the general cells is used, there are problems of great temperature gradients and low temperature zone at the top of cathode near the side of nozzles. In order to promote the effect of gas preheating and baking the drained cell, the jetting angle of end nozzle is adjusted and the temperature distribution in the drained cell is obviously improved. By means of simulating the temperature field in the case that jetting angle varies from 0? to 30?, it is concluded that better temperature distribution can be obtained if the jetting angle of end nozzle is approximately 15?.
文摘The primary issue for the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cell（PEMFC） is the carbon corrosion of support under start-up/shut-down conditions. In this study, we employ the nanostructured graphitized carbon induced by heat-treatment. The degree of graphitization starts to increase between 900 and 1300 ℃ as evidenced by the change of specific surface area, interlayer spacing, and ID/IG value. Pt nanoparticles are deposited on fresh carbon black（Pt/CB） and carbon heat-treated at 1700 ℃（Pt/HCB17） with similar particle size and distribution. Electrochemical characterization demonstrates that the Pt/HCB17 shows higher activity than the Pt/CB due to the inefficient microporous structure of amorphous carbon for the oxygen reduction reaction. An accelerating potential cycle between 1.0 and 1.5 V for the carbon corrosion is applied to examine durability at a single cell under the practical start-up/shutdown conditions. The Pt/HCB17 catalyst shows remarkable durability after 3000 potential cycles. The Pt/HCB17 catalyst exhibits a peak power density gain of 3%, while the Pt/CB catalyst shows 65% loss of the initial peak power density. As well, electrochemical surface area and mass activity of Pt/HCB17 catalyst are even more stable than those of the Pt/CB catalyst. Consequently, the high degree of graphitization is essential for the durability of fuel cells in practical start-up/shut-down conditions due to enhancing the strong interaction of Pt and π-bonds in graphitized carbon.
