Thermal comfort and indoor air quality as well as the energy efficiency have been recognized as essential parts of sustainable building assessment. This work aims to analyze the energy conservation of the heat recover...Thermal comfort and indoor air quality as well as the energy efficiency have been recognized as essential parts of sustainable building assessment. This work aims to analyze the energy conservation of the heat recovery ventilator and to investigate the effect of the air supply arrangement. Three types of mixing ventilation are chosen for the analysis of coupling ANSYS/FLUENT （a computational fluid dynamics （CFD） program） with TRNSYS （a building energy simulation （BES） software）. The adoption of mutual complementary boundary conditions for CFD and BES provides more accurate and complete information of indoor air distribution and thermal performance in buildings. A typical office-space situated in a middle storey is chosen for the analysis. The office-space is equipped with air-conditioners on the ceiling. A heat recovery ventilation system directly supplies flesh air to the office space. Its thermal performance and indoor air distribution predicted by the coupled method are compared under three types of ventilation system. When the supply and return openings for ventilation are arranged on the ceiling, there is no critical difference between the predictions of the coupled method and BES on the energy consumption of HVAC because PID control is adopted for the supply air temperature of the occupied zone. On the other hand, approximately 21% discrepancy for the heat recovery estimation in the maximum between the simulated results of coupled method and BES-only can be obviously found in the floor air supply ventilation case. The discrepancy emphasizes the necessity of coupling CFD with BES when vertical air temperature gradient exists. Our future target is to estimate the optimum design of heat recovery ventilation system to control CO2 concentration by adjusting flow rate of flesh air.展开更多
A new intercalation-type anode material is reported herein to improve the lithium storage kinetics for high-rate lithium ion capacitors.The crystal structure of orthorhombic NaNbO3 indicates two possible tunnels for l...A new intercalation-type anode material is reported herein to improve the lithium storage kinetics for high-rate lithium ion capacitors.The crystal structure of orthorhombic NaNbO3 indicates two possible tunnels for lithium ions insertion into NaNbO3 host along the<101>and<141>directions.Moreover,in situ XRD is conducted to investigate the lithium storage mechanism and structural evolution of the NaNb O_(3) anode,demonstrating its intercalation behavior through(101)and(141)planes.Furthermore,the rGO nanosheets are introduced to facilitate the charge transfer,which also effectively prevent the aggregation of NaNbO3 nanocubes.As expected,the NaNbO_(3)/rGO nanocomposites possess remarkable reversible capacity(465 mA h g^(-1) at 0.1 A g^(-1)),superior rate capability(325 mA h g^(-1) at 1.0 A g^(-1))and cycling stability,attributed to their synergistic effect and high Li+diffusion coefficient DLi[D(NaNbO_(3)/rGO)/D(NaNbO_(3))≈31.54].Remarkably,the NaNbO3/rGO-based LIC delivers a high energy density of 166.7 W h kg^(-1) at 112.4 W kg^(-1) and remains 24.1 W h kg^(-1) at an ultrahigh power density of26621.2 W kg^(-1),with an outstanding cycling durability(90%retention over 3000 cycles at 1.0 A g^(-1)).This study provides new insights on novel intercalation-type anode material to enrich the materials system of LICs.展开更多
Two-dimensional carbon nitride(2 D-C_(3) N_(4))nanosheets are promising materials in photocatalytic water splitting,but still suffer from easy agglomeration and fast photogene rated electron-hole pairs recombination.T...Two-dimensional carbon nitride(2 D-C_(3) N_(4))nanosheets are promising materials in photocatalytic water splitting,but still suffer from easy agglomeration and fast photogene rated electron-hole pairs recombination.To tackle this issue,herein,a hierarchical Nb_(2) O_(5)/2 D-C_(3) N_(4) heterostructure is precisely constructed and the built-in electric field between Nb_(2)O_(5) and 2 D-C_(3) N_(4) can provide the driving force to separate/transfer the charge carriers efficiently.Moreover,the strongly Lewis acidic Nb_(2)O_(5) can adsorb TEOA molecules on its surface at locally high concentrations to facilitate the oxidation reaction kinetics under irradiation,resulting in efficient photogene rated electrons-holes separation and exceptional photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.As expected,the champion Nb_(2)O_(5)/2 D-C_(3)N_(4) heterostructure achieves an exceptional H2 evolution rate of 31.6 mmol g^(-1) h^(-1),which is 213.6 times and 4.3 times higher than that of pristine Nb_(2)O_(5) and2 D-C_(3)N_(4),respectively.Moreover,the champion heterostructure possesses a high apparent quantum efficiency(AQE)of 45.08%atλ=405 nm and superior cycling stability.Furthermore,a possible photocatalytic mechanism of the energy band alignment at the hetero-interface is proposed based on the systematical characterizations accompanied by density functional theory(DFT)calculations.This work paves the way for the precise construction of a high-quality heterostructured photocatalyst with efficient charge separation to boost hydrogen production.展开更多
Convective flow is a self-sustained flow with the effect of the temperature gradient.The density is non-uniform due to the variation of temperature.The effect of the magnetic flux plays a major role in convective flow...Convective flow is a self-sustained flow with the effect of the temperature gradient.The density is non-uniform due to the variation of temperature.The effect of the magnetic flux plays a major role in convective flow.The process of heat transfer is accompanied by a mass transfer process;for instance,condensation,evaporation,and chemical process.Due to the applications of the heat and mass transfer combined effects in a different field,the main aim of this paper is to do a comprehensive analysis of heat and mass transfer of MHD unsteady second-grade fluid in the presence of ramped boundary conditions near a porous surface.The dynamical analysis of heat transfer is based on classical differentiation with no memory effects.The non-dimensional form of the governing equations of the model is developed.These are solved by the classical integral(Laplace)transform technique/method with the convolution theorem and closed-form solutions are attained for temperature,concentration,and velocity.The physical aspects of distinct parameters are discussed via graph to see the influence on the fluid concentration,velocity,and temperature.Our results suggest that the velocity profile decrease by increasing the Prandtl number.The existence of a Prandtl number may reflect the control of the thickness of momentum and enlargement of thermal conductivity.Furthermore,to validate our results,some results are recovered from the literature.展开更多
The main focus of this study is to investigate the impact of heat generation/absorption with ramp velocity and ramp temperature on magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)time-dependent Maxwell fluid over an unbounded plate embedded ...The main focus of this study is to investigate the impact of heat generation/absorption with ramp velocity and ramp temperature on magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)time-dependent Maxwell fluid over an unbounded plate embedded in a permeable medium.Non-dimensional parameters along with Laplace transformation and inversion algorithms are used to find the solution of shear stress,energy,and velocity profile.Recently,new fractional differential operators are used to define ramped temperature and ramped velocity.The obtained analytical solutions are plotted for different values of emerging parameters.Fractional time derivatives are used to analyze the impact of fractional parameters(memory effect)on the dynamics of the fluid.While making a comparison,it is observed that the fractional-order model is best to explain the memory effect as compared to classical models.Our results suggest that the velocity profile decrease by increasing the effective Prandtl number.The existence of an effective Prandtl number may reflect the control of the thickness of momentum and enlargement of thermal conductivity.The incremental value of the M is observed for a decrease in the velocity field,which reflects to control resistive force.Further,it is noted that the Atangana-Baleanu derivative in Caputo sense(ABC)is the best to highlight the dynamics of the fluid.The influence of pertinent parameters is analyzed graphically for velocity and energy profile.Expressions for skin friction and Nusselt number are also derived for fractional differential operators.展开更多
QUEST has a divertor configuration with a high and a negative n-index, and the problem of plasma vertical position instability control in QUEST is still under extensive study for achieving high efficiency plasma. The ...QUEST has a divertor configuration with a high and a negative n-index, and the problem of plasma vertical position instability control in QUEST is still under extensive study for achieving high efficiency plasma. The instability we considered is that the toroidal plasma moves either up or down in the vacuum chamber until it meets the vessel wall and is extinguished. The actively controlled coils （HCU and HCL） outside the vacuum vessel are serially connected in feedback with a measurement of the plasma vertical position to provide stabilizing control. In this work, a robust controller is employed by using the loop synthesis method, and provides robust stability over a wide range of n-index. Moreover, the gain of the robust controller is lower than that of a typical proportional derivative （PD） controller in the operational frequency range; it indicates that the robust controller needs less power consumption than the PD controller does.展开更多
Two-dimensional structure of density fluctuations is examined during the current jump phase, indicating a change from the open magnetic fields to the closed ones. During the smooth current ramp-up phase the two-dimens...Two-dimensional structure of density fluctuations is examined during the current jump phase, indicating a change from the open magnetic fields to the closed ones. During the smooth current ramp-up phase the two-dimensional contour of the LiI intensity shows vertically alignment, consistent with the magnetic surfaces. At the inflection point in Ip ramp-up the LiI intensity contour becomes flat in the observation regime and then suddenly a steep gradient and higher intensity regime are formed in the vertical direction. This higher intensity corresponds to a burst of LiI waveform. According to these changes in the contour, it is found that, within ~1 ms around the burst of LiI, a low frequency coherent wave with a long wavelength rapidly grows. The relations with other signals （magnetic flux and microwave stray power） are discussed with respect to the topological change in the magnetic configuration and mode conversion of the incident electromagnetic waves.展开更多
Background This paper presents an intelligent path planner for lifting tasks by tower cranes in highly complex environments,such as old industrial plants that were built many decades ago and sites used as tentative st...Background This paper presents an intelligent path planner for lifting tasks by tower cranes in highly complex environments,such as old industrial plants that were built many decades ago and sites used as tentative storage spaces.Generally,these environments do not have workable digital models and 3 D representations are impractical.Methods The current investigation introduces the use of cutting edge laser scanning technology to convert real environments into virtualized versions of the construction sites or plants in the form of point clouds.The challenge is in dealing with the large point cloud datasets from the multiple scans needed to produce a complete virtualized model.The tower crane is also virtualized for the purpose of path planning.A parallelized genetic algorithm is employed to achieve intelligent path planning for the lifting task performed by tower cranes in complicated environments taking advantage of graphics processing unit technology,which has high computing performance yet low cost.Results Optimal lifting paths are generate d in several seconds.展开更多
The increasing demand of clean water and ef- fective way to recycle industrial wastewater has offered a new application for carbon-based three-dimensional （3D） porous networks as sorbents due to their superior sorpt...The increasing demand of clean water and ef- fective way to recycle industrial wastewater has offered a new application for carbon-based three-dimensional （3D） porous networks as sorbents due to their superior sorption abilities. Through the surface modification and hybridization with functional materials, the physical and chemical properties of the 3D carbon-based materials can be engineered. In this work, graphene-MoS2 aerogels （GMAs） with bulky shape are synthesized via a one-pot hydrothermal method. The obtained GMAs show quick sorption rate and high sorption capacity towards a wide variety of contaminants. The sorption covers not only organic solvents or organic dyes, but also toxic heavy metals ions such as Hg2＋ and Pb2＋. More importantly, the sorption capacity towards metal ions can be optimized by simply changing the loading amount of MoS2.展开更多
基金Project supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS KAKENHI for Young Scientists (S), 21676005)
文摘Thermal comfort and indoor air quality as well as the energy efficiency have been recognized as essential parts of sustainable building assessment. This work aims to analyze the energy conservation of the heat recovery ventilator and to investigate the effect of the air supply arrangement. Three types of mixing ventilation are chosen for the analysis of coupling ANSYS/FLUENT （a computational fluid dynamics （CFD） program） with TRNSYS （a building energy simulation （BES） software）. The adoption of mutual complementary boundary conditions for CFD and BES provides more accurate and complete information of indoor air distribution and thermal performance in buildings. A typical office-space situated in a middle storey is chosen for the analysis. The office-space is equipped with air-conditioners on the ceiling. A heat recovery ventilation system directly supplies flesh air to the office space. Its thermal performance and indoor air distribution predicted by the coupled method are compared under three types of ventilation system. When the supply and return openings for ventilation are arranged on the ceiling, there is no critical difference between the predictions of the coupled method and BES on the energy consumption of HVAC because PID control is adopted for the supply air temperature of the occupied zone. On the other hand, approximately 21% discrepancy for the heat recovery estimation in the maximum between the simulated results of coupled method and BES-only can be obviously found in the floor air supply ventilation case. The discrepancy emphasizes the necessity of coupling CFD with BES when vertical air temperature gradient exists. Our future target is to estimate the optimum design of heat recovery ventilation system to control CO2 concentration by adjusting flow rate of flesh air.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20170549)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21706103)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.2019K295)。
文摘A new intercalation-type anode material is reported herein to improve the lithium storage kinetics for high-rate lithium ion capacitors.The crystal structure of orthorhombic NaNbO3 indicates two possible tunnels for lithium ions insertion into NaNbO3 host along the<101>and<141>directions.Moreover,in situ XRD is conducted to investigate the lithium storage mechanism and structural evolution of the NaNb O_(3) anode,demonstrating its intercalation behavior through(101)and(141)planes.Furthermore,the rGO nanosheets are introduced to facilitate the charge transfer,which also effectively prevent the aggregation of NaNbO3 nanocubes.As expected,the NaNbO_(3)/rGO nanocomposites possess remarkable reversible capacity(465 mA h g^(-1) at 0.1 A g^(-1)),superior rate capability(325 mA h g^(-1) at 1.0 A g^(-1))and cycling stability,attributed to their synergistic effect and high Li+diffusion coefficient DLi[D(NaNbO_(3)/rGO)/D(NaNbO_(3))≈31.54].Remarkably,the NaNbO3/rGO-based LIC delivers a high energy density of 166.7 W h kg^(-1) at 112.4 W kg^(-1) and remains 24.1 W h kg^(-1) at an ultrahigh power density of26621.2 W kg^(-1),with an outstanding cycling durability(90%retention over 3000 cycles at 1.0 A g^(-1)).This study provides new insights on novel intercalation-type anode material to enrich the materials system of LICs.
基金Finacial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20170549,BK20180887)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21706103,62004084)+3 种基金Guangdong Innovation Research Team for Higher Education(2017KCXTD030)the High-level Talents Project of Dongguan University of Technology(KCYKYQD2017017)the Young Talent Cultivation Plan of Jiangsu UniversityJiangsu Provincial Program for High-Level Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents Introduction。
文摘Two-dimensional carbon nitride(2 D-C_(3) N_(4))nanosheets are promising materials in photocatalytic water splitting,but still suffer from easy agglomeration and fast photogene rated electron-hole pairs recombination.To tackle this issue,herein,a hierarchical Nb_(2) O_(5)/2 D-C_(3) N_(4) heterostructure is precisely constructed and the built-in electric field between Nb_(2)O_(5) and 2 D-C_(3) N_(4) can provide the driving force to separate/transfer the charge carriers efficiently.Moreover,the strongly Lewis acidic Nb_(2)O_(5) can adsorb TEOA molecules on its surface at locally high concentrations to facilitate the oxidation reaction kinetics under irradiation,resulting in efficient photogene rated electrons-holes separation and exceptional photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.As expected,the champion Nb_(2)O_(5)/2 D-C_(3)N_(4) heterostructure achieves an exceptional H2 evolution rate of 31.6 mmol g^(-1) h^(-1),which is 213.6 times and 4.3 times higher than that of pristine Nb_(2)O_(5) and2 D-C_(3)N_(4),respectively.Moreover,the champion heterostructure possesses a high apparent quantum efficiency(AQE)of 45.08%atλ=405 nm and superior cycling stability.Furthermore,a possible photocatalytic mechanism of the energy band alignment at the hetero-interface is proposed based on the systematical characterizations accompanied by density functional theory(DFT)calculations.This work paves the way for the precise construction of a high-quality heterostructured photocatalyst with efficient charge separation to boost hydrogen production.
文摘Convective flow is a self-sustained flow with the effect of the temperature gradient.The density is non-uniform due to the variation of temperature.The effect of the magnetic flux plays a major role in convective flow.The process of heat transfer is accompanied by a mass transfer process;for instance,condensation,evaporation,and chemical process.Due to the applications of the heat and mass transfer combined effects in a different field,the main aim of this paper is to do a comprehensive analysis of heat and mass transfer of MHD unsteady second-grade fluid in the presence of ramped boundary conditions near a porous surface.The dynamical analysis of heat transfer is based on classical differentiation with no memory effects.The non-dimensional form of the governing equations of the model is developed.These are solved by the classical integral(Laplace)transform technique/method with the convolution theorem and closed-form solutions are attained for temperature,concentration,and velocity.The physical aspects of distinct parameters are discussed via graph to see the influence on the fluid concentration,velocity,and temperature.Our results suggest that the velocity profile decrease by increasing the Prandtl number.The existence of a Prandtl number may reflect the control of the thickness of momentum and enlargement of thermal conductivity.Furthermore,to validate our results,some results are recovered from the literature.
文摘The main focus of this study is to investigate the impact of heat generation/absorption with ramp velocity and ramp temperature on magnetohydrodynamic(MHD)time-dependent Maxwell fluid over an unbounded plate embedded in a permeable medium.Non-dimensional parameters along with Laplace transformation and inversion algorithms are used to find the solution of shear stress,energy,and velocity profile.Recently,new fractional differential operators are used to define ramped temperature and ramped velocity.The obtained analytical solutions are plotted for different values of emerging parameters.Fractional time derivatives are used to analyze the impact of fractional parameters(memory effect)on the dynamics of the fluid.While making a comparison,it is observed that the fractional-order model is best to explain the memory effect as compared to classical models.Our results suggest that the velocity profile decrease by increasing the effective Prandtl number.The existence of an effective Prandtl number may reflect the control of the thickness of momentum and enlargement of thermal conductivity.The incremental value of the M is observed for a decrease in the velocity field,which reflects to control resistive force.Further,it is noted that the Atangana-Baleanu derivative in Caputo sense(ABC)is the best to highlight the dynamics of the fluid.The influence of pertinent parameters is analyzed graphically for velocity and energy profile.Expressions for skin friction and Nusselt number are also derived for fractional differential operators.
文摘QUEST has a divertor configuration with a high and a negative n-index, and the problem of plasma vertical position instability control in QUEST is still under extensive study for achieving high efficiency plasma. The instability we considered is that the toroidal plasma moves either up or down in the vacuum chamber until it meets the vessel wall and is extinguished. The actively controlled coils （HCU and HCL） outside the vacuum vessel are serially connected in feedback with a measurement of the plasma vertical position to provide stabilizing control. In this work, a robust controller is employed by using the loop synthesis method, and provides robust stability over a wide range of n-index. Moreover, the gain of the robust controller is lower than that of a typical proportional derivative （PD） controller in the operational frequency range; it indicates that the robust controller needs less power consumption than the PD controller does.
基金the NIFS Collaboration Research Program (NIFS07KOAR009,NIFS05KUTR012)the JSPS-CAS Core-University Program in the field of Plasma and Nuclear Fusion
文摘Two-dimensional structure of density fluctuations is examined during the current jump phase, indicating a change from the open magnetic fields to the closed ones. During the smooth current ramp-up phase the two-dimensional contour of the LiI intensity shows vertically alignment, consistent with the magnetic surfaces. At the inflection point in Ip ramp-up the LiI intensity contour becomes flat in the observation regime and then suddenly a steep gradient and higher intensity regime are formed in the vertical direction. This higher intensity corresponds to a burst of LiI waveform. According to these changes in the contour, it is found that, within ~1 ms around the burst of LiI, a low frequency coherent wave with a long wavelength rapidly grows. The relations with other signals （magnetic flux and microwave stray power） are discussed with respect to the topological change in the magnetic configuration and mode conversion of the incident electromagnetic waves.
文摘Background This paper presents an intelligent path planner for lifting tasks by tower cranes in highly complex environments,such as old industrial plants that were built many decades ago and sites used as tentative storage spaces.Generally,these environments do not have workable digital models and 3 D representations are impractical.Methods The current investigation introduces the use of cutting edge laser scanning technology to convert real environments into virtualized versions of the construction sites or plants in the form of point clouds.The challenge is in dealing with the large point cloud datasets from the multiple scans needed to produce a complete virtualized model.The tower crane is also virtualized for the purpose of path planning.A parallelized genetic algorithm is employed to achieve intelligent path planning for the lifting task performed by tower cranes in complicated environments taking advantage of graphics processing unit technology,which has high computing performance yet low cost.Results Optimal lifting paths are generate d in several seconds.
基金supported by Ministry of Education(Singapore)under AcRF Tier 2(ARC 19/15,MOE2014-T2-2-093,MOE2015-T2-2-057 and MOE2016-T2-2-103)and AcRF Tier 1(2016T1-001-147 and 2016-T1-002-051)NTU under Start-Up Grant(M4081296.070.500000)+2 种基金NOL Fellowship Programme Research Grant in Singaporesupported by the Singapore National Research Foundation under its Environmental&Water Technologies Strategic Research Programme and administered by the Environment&Water Industry Programme Office(EWI)of the PUB(project No.:1301-IRIS-47)supported by the National Research Foundation,Prime Minister’s Office,Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise(CREATE)programme
文摘The increasing demand of clean water and ef- fective way to recycle industrial wastewater has offered a new application for carbon-based three-dimensional （3D） porous networks as sorbents due to their superior sorption abilities. Through the surface modification and hybridization with functional materials, the physical and chemical properties of the 3D carbon-based materials can be engineered. In this work, graphene-MoS2 aerogels （GMAs） with bulky shape are synthesized via a one-pot hydrothermal method. The obtained GMAs show quick sorption rate and high sorption capacity towards a wide variety of contaminants. The sorption covers not only organic solvents or organic dyes, but also toxic heavy metals ions such as Hg2＋ and Pb2＋. More importantly, the sorption capacity towards metal ions can be optimized by simply changing the loading amount of MoS2.
