简介:Anenvironmentallyfriendlyprecursor,adenosine,hasbeenusedasadualsourceofCandNtosynthesizenitrogen-dopedcarboncatalystwith/withoutFe.Ahydrothermalcarbonizationmethodhasbeenusedandwateristhecarbonizationmedia.Themorphologyofsampleswith/withoutFecomponenthasbeencomparedbyHRTEM,andtheresultshowsthatFecanpromotethegraphitizationofcarbon.Furtherelectro-chemicaltestshowsthattheoxygenreductionreaction(ORR)catalyticactivityofFe-containingsample(C–FeN)ismuchhigherthanthatoftheFe-freesample(C–N).Additionally,theintermediatesofC–FeNformedduringeachsyntheticprocedurehavebeenthoroughlycharacterizedbymultiplemethods,andthefunctionofeachprocedurehasbeendiscussed.TheC–FeNsampleexhibitshighelectro-catalyticstabilityandsuperiorelectro-catalyticactivitytowardORRinalkalinemedia,withitshalf-wavepotential20mVlowerthanthatofcommercialPt/C(40wt%).Itisfurtherincorporatedintoalkalinepolymerelectrolytefuelcell(APEFC)asthecathodematerialandledtoapowerdensityof100mW/cm~2.
简介:Variousagriculturalcropresiduesincludingcornstover,corncob,andsorghumstalkwithamoisturecontentof75wt%weresubjectedtoalongpretreatment(12-60h)withsupercriticalCO2(scCO2),atlowtemperature(50-80℃)andapressureof17.5-25.0Mpa.Thesugaryieldsfromtheenzymatichydrolysis(EH)ofthepretreatedsampleswereasmuchasthree-tofourfoldgreaterthanthoseaffordedbytherawmaterials.However,whenpretreatmentwasconductedwithinashorttime(e.g.0.5h),aspreviouslyreportedintheliterature,onlyaslightincreaseintheEHsugaryieldswasobserved.TheproposedscCO2pretreatmentmechanismdemonstratedtheroleofmoistureinthesystem.Wetting,softening,andswellingwereobservedtomainlyaffectthelignocellulosewhenasuitableamountofwaterwasadded.Finally,thesampleswereanalysedbyX-raydiffractionandscanningelectronmicroscopy,beforeandafterpretreatment,toinvestigatethechangesinthemicroscopicstructureofthebiomass.
简介:Hightemperaturesuprerconductor(HTS)currentleadhasanadvantageinreducingelectricpowerconsumptionofarefrigeratorforalargecurrentsuperconductingmagnetsystemsuchasafusiondevice.Afusiondevicerequiresmorethan20pairsoflargecurrentleadsandeachcurrentcapacityisabout60kA.Theconventional60kAcurrentleadneeds100kWelectricpowerforrefrigerationanda2/3reductionisavailablebytheapplicationofaHTScurrentlead.
简介:Anovelgas-phaseelectrocatalyticcellcontainingalow-temperatureprotonexchangemembrane(PEM)wasdevelopedtoelectrochemicallyconvertCO2intoorganiccompounds.TwodifferentCu-basedcathodecatalysts(CuandCu-C)werepreparedbyphysicalvapordepositionmethod(sputtering)andsubsequentlyemployedforthegas-phaseelectroreductionofCO2atdifferenttemperatures(70-90℃).ThepreparedelectrodesCuandCu-CwerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),X-rayphotoemissionspectroscopy(XPS)andscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM).Asrevealed,CuispartiallyoxidizedonthesurfaceofthesamplesandtheCuandCu-Ccathodiccatalystswerecomprisedofaporous,continuous,andhomogeneousfilmwithnanocrystallineCuwithagrainsizeof16and8nm,respectively.Theinfluenceoftheappliedcurrentandtemperatureontheelectro-catalyticactivityandselectivityofthesematerialswasinvestigated.Amongthetwoinvestigatedelectrodes,thepureCucatalystfilmshowedthehighestCO2specificelectrocatalyticreductionratesandhigherselectivitytomethanolformationcomparedtotheCu-Celectrode,whichwasattributedtothehigherparticlesizeoftheformerandlowerCuO/Curatio.Theobtainedresultsshowpotentialinterestforthepossibleuseofelectrical「enewableenergyforthetransformationofCO2intovaluableproductsusinglowmetalloadingCubasedelectrodes(0.5mgCucm2)preparedbysputtering.
简介:Thispaperpresentedacontroldesignmethodologyforaprotonexchangemembranefuelcell(PEMFC)generationsystemforresidentialapplications.Thedynamicbehaviorofthegenerationsystemiscomplexinsuchapplications.Acomprehensivecontroldesignisveryimportantforachievingasteadysystemoperationandefficiency.Thecontrolstrategyfora60kWgenerationsystemwasproposedandtestedbasedonthesystemdynamicmodel.Atwo-variablesingleneuronproportional-integral(PI)decouplingcontrollerwasdevelopedforanodepressureandhumiditybyadjustingthehydrogenflowandwaterinjection.Asimilarcontrollerwasdevelopedforcathodepressureandhumiditybyadjustingtheexhaustflowandwaterinjection.Thedesiredoxygenexcessratiowaskeptbyafeedbackcontrollerbasedontheloadcurrent.Anoptimalseekingcontrollerwasusedtotracetheuniqueoptimalpowerpoint.TwonegativefeedbackcontrollerswereusedtoprovideACpowerandasuitablevoltageforresidentialloadsbyapowerconditioningunit.Controlsimulationtestsshowedthat60kWPEMFCgenerationsystemrespondedwellforcomputer-simulatedstepchangesintheloadpowerdemand.Thiscontrolmethodologyfora60kWPEMFCgenerationsystemwouldbeacompetitivesolutionforsystemleveldesignssuchasparameterdesign,performanceanalysis,andonlineoptimization.
简介:Inthispaper,a60kWprotonexchangemembranefuelcell(PEMFC)generationsystemismodeledinordertodesignthesystemparametersandinvestigatethestaticanddynamiccharacteristicsforcontrolpurposes.Toachieveanoverallsystemmodel,thesystemisdividedintofivemodules:thePEMFCstack(anodeandcathodeflows,membranehydration,andstackvoltageandpower),cathodeairsupply(aircompressor,supplymanifold,cooler,andhumidifier),anodefuelsupply(hydrogenvalveandhumidifier),cathodeexhaustexit(exitmanifoldandwaterreturn),andpowerconditioning(DC/DCandDC/AC)modules.Usingacombinationofempiricalandphysicalmodelingtechniques,themodelisdevelopedtosettheoperationconditionsofcurrent,temperature,andcathodeandanodegasflowsandpressures,whichhavemajorimpactsonsystemperformance.Thecurrentmodelisbasedona60kWPEMFCpowerplantdesignedforresidentialapplicationsandtakesaccountoftheelectrochemicalandthermalaspectsofchemicalreactionswithinthestackaswellasflowsofreactantsacrossthesystem.Thesimulationtestsshowthatthesystemmodelcanrepresentthestaticanddynamiccharacteristicsofa60kWPEMFCgenerationsystem,whichismathematicallysimpleforsystemparametersandcontroldesigns.
简介:Carbon-supportedPdnanoparticleswerepreparedbymicrowaveheating-glycolreductionmethod,andcharacterizedbyawidearrayofexperimentaltechniquesincludingX-raydiffractionspectroscopy(XRD)andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM).TheelectrooxidationbehaviorsofethanolonthePd/Celectrodeinalkalinemediawereinvestigatedusingcyclicvoltammetry(CV),chronoamperometry(CA),electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy(EIS)andsinglecellperformancemethods.Pd/Celectrodeforethanoloxidationshowedhighelectro-catalyticactivityandlongtermstability.However,itisobservedthatthecurrentdensitydecreaseswiththeincreasingofthepotentialandnegativeimpedancepresentsinthepotentialfrom-0.1to0.1V.Thedecreasingcurrentdensityandthenegativeimpedancecouldbeduetotheadsorbedintermediatesspeciesthatinhibitedthefurtheroxidationofethanol.BasedonthechemicalreactionanalysisandEISspectra,equivalentcircuitsrelatingtovariouspotentialzoneshavebeenobtained.TheseresultsrevealthedynamicadsorptionofintermediatesspeciesonPdsurfaces.Significantly,itisclarifiedthattheadsorptionbehaviorbeginsfromthemaximumcatalysisofelectro-catalysisandendsintheformationofthepalladium(II)oxidelayerontheelectrodesurface.
简介:TheCprogramminglanguageisexpressiveandflexible,butnotsafe;asitsexpressivepowerandflexibilityareobtainedthroughunsafelanguagefeatures,andimproperuseofthesefeaturescanleadtoprogrambugswhosecausesarehardtoidentify.SinceCiswidelyused,anditisimpracticaltorewriteallexistingCprogramsinsafelanguages,sowaysmustbefoundtomakeCprogramssafe.ThispaperdealswiththeunsafefeaturesofCandpresentsasurveyonexistingsolutionstomakeCprogramssafe.Wehavestudiedbinary-levelinstrumentationtools,sourcecheckers,source-levelinstrumentationtoolsandsafedialectsofC,andpresentacomparisonofdifferentsolutions,summarizedthestrengthsandweaknessesofdifferentclassesofsolutions,andshowmeasuresthatcouldpossiblyimprovetheaccuracyoralleviatetheoverheadofexistingsolutions.
简介:ThefirststarsintheearlyUniversewereformedabout400millionyearsafterthebigbang.VerificationoftheexistenceofthesestarsisimportantforourunderstandingoftheevolutionoftheUniverse[1].IthasbeenpredictedthatforPopulation-IIIstellarproductionyields,theabundancesofodd-Zelementsareremarkablydeficientcomparedtotheiradjacenteven-Zelements[2].Astronomersaresearchingforlong-lived,lowmassstarswiththeuniquenucleosyntheticpatternmatchingthepredictedyields[3].
简介:The12C+13Csystemhasbeenstudiedextensively,becauseofthesimilarityoftheentrancechanneltotheastrophysicallyimportant12C+12Creaction[1??3].Untilnow,threedifferentmethodshavebeenexploitedtoperformthefusioncrosssectionmeasurementsfor12C+13CundertheCoulombbarrier:(1)measuringtheyieldofcharacteristicrays,(2)thetotal-rayyieldsusingNaIsummingdetectorsand(3)theactivityofthereactionresidue24Na(T1=2=15.0h).Recently,thefusioncrosssectionof12C+13Chasbeenmeasureddownto0.9nbthroughtheactivitymeasurementbyourgroup[4].Althoughthestatisticalmodelcalculationsinallthesethreemethodshavebeenroutinelyusedtoconverttheobservedpartialcrosssectionsintothetotalfusioncrosssections[5],thesystematicuncertaintyinducedbythestatisticalcorrectionshasnotbeenstudiedverywell.