Influence of bio-inspired flow channel designs on the performance of a PEM fuel cell

Performance of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC)is appreciably affected by the channel geometry.The branching structure of a plant leaf and human lung is an efficient network to distribute the nutrients in the respective systems.The same nutrient transport system can be mimicked in the flow channel design of a PEMFC,to aid even reactant distribution and better water management.In this work,the effect of bio-inspired flow field designs such as lung and leaf channel design bipolar plates,on the performance of a PEMFC was examined experimentally at various operating conditions.A PEMFC of 49 cm2 area,with a Nafion 212 membrane with a 40%catalyst loading of 0.4 mg·cm-2 on the anode side and also 0.6 mg·cm-2 on the cathode side is assembled by incorporating the bio-inspired channel bipolar plate,and was tested on a programmable fuel-cell test station.The impact of the working parameters like reactants’relative humidity(RH),back pressure and fuel cell temperature on the performance of the fuel cell was examined;the operating pressure remains constant at 0.1 MPa.It was observed that the best performance was attained at a back pressure of 0.3 MPa,75°C operating temperature and 100%RH.The three flow channels were also compared at different operating pressures ranging from 0.1 MPa to 0.3 MPa,and the other parameters such as operating temperature,RH and back pressure were set as 75°C,100%and 0.3 MPa.The experimental outcomes of the PEMFC with bio-inspired channels were compared with the experimental results of a conventional triple serpentine flow field.It was observed that among the different flow channel designs considered,the leaf channel design gives the best output in terms of power density.Further,the experimental results of the leaf channel design were compared with those of the interdigitated leaf channel design.The PEMFC with the interdigitated leaf channel design was found to generate 6.72%more power density than the non-interdigitated leaf channel design.The fuel cell with interdigitated leaf channel design generated5.58%more net power density than the fuel cell with non-interdigitated leaf channel design after considering the parasitic losses.

Optimization of nanofiber scaffold properties towards nerve guidance channel design

Nerve guidance channels are limited by lack of topographical guidance：Treatment of sizeable nerve gaps remains problematic following peripheral nerve injury.Functional outcomes are good when neurorrhaphy,or direct end-to-end suture repair,is possible.The problem arises when there is significant segmental loss,which can occur following trauma as well as oncological procedures.

Threshold Subliminal Channel Based on Designated Verifier Signature

The subliminal channel is used to send a secret message to an authorized receiver; the message cannot he discovered by any unauthorized receivers. Designated verifier signature （DVS） provide authentication of a message, we design a DVS scheme with message recovery mechanism and use it as a subliminal channel. In order to share a message among n users securely and allows t or more users can reconstruct the secret in dynamic groups, we combine both subliminal channel and （t, n） threshold cryptography. Then we proposed a threshold subliminal channel which can convey a subliminal message to a group of users based on message-recovery designated verifier signatures. Reconstructing the subliminal message relies on the cooperation of t or more users in the group and they can verify the validity of the subliminal message. Security and performance analysis show that the proposed scheme is secure and efficient.

Average fidelity estimation of twirled noisy quantum channel using unitary 2t-design

We propose a method to estimate the average fidelity using the unitary 2t-design of a twirled noisy channel, which is suitable for large-scale quantum circuits. Compared with the unitary 2-design in randomized benchmarking, the unitary2t-design for the twirling of noisy channels is more flexible in construction and can provide more information. In addition,we prove that the proposed method provides an efficient and reliable estimation of the average fidelity in benchmarking multistage quantum gates and estimating the weakly gate-and time-dependent noise. For time-dependent noise, we provide a scheme of moment superoperator to analyze the noise in different experiments. In particular, we give a lower bound on the average fidelity of a channel with imperfect implementation of benchmarking and state preparation and measurement errors(SPAM).

5G High Frequency Band Channel Modeling and Insights on System Design

There are two main opposing views in the wireless industry on the feasibility of developing 5th generation(5G) cellular networks in mm-Wave bands. The optimistic view is based on the fact that the path loss in mm Wave bands is not significantly worse than that in cellular bands when beamforming gain is also considered. The cautious view points out the significant blockage issues due to the lack of diffraction and adequate penetration in mm Wave bands. The implementation of 5G mm Wave cellular networks also faces major challenges due to the high link budget needed for long- range communication and the strong dependency on beamforming technology. This paper addresses some of these fundamental technology issues, from mm Wave channel characters and channel modeling to the implications on system and network architecture design.Although we believe that mm Wave can be used for 5G networks, we show that the air interface, device and network design will be very different from existing cellular design.

电子设计软件Altium Designer的多通道设计应用

学习好Altium Designer对于电子工程师的设计能力的提高有着十分重要的作用。本文介绍了Altium Designer多通道设计应用的背景、功能,以及在电路图和电路板设计中的实现方法,并给出了一个设计实例。

H-infinity performance optimization for networked control systems with limited communication channels

This paper studies the problems of H-infinity performance optimization and controller design for continuous-time NCSs with both sensor-to-controller and controller-to-actuator communication constraints （limited communication channels）. By taking the derivative character of network-induced delay into full consideration and defining new Lyapunov functions, linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）-based H-infinity performance optimization and controller design are presented for NCSs with limited communication channels. If there do not exist any constraints on the communication channels, the proposed design methods are also applicable. The merit of the proposed methods lies in their Jess conservativeness, which is achieved by avoiding the utilization of bounding inequalities for cross products of vectors. The simulation results illustrate the merit and effectiveness of the proposed H-infinity controller design for NCSs with limited communication channels.

A 4-channel 3 Tesla phased array receive coil for awake rhesus monkey fMRI and diffusion MRI experiments

Awake monkey fMRI and diffusion MRI combined with conventional neuroscience techniques has the potential to study the structural and functional neural network. The majority of monkey fMRI and diffusion MRI experiments are performed with single coils which suffer from severe EPI distortions which limit resolution. By constructing phased array coils for monkey MRI studies, gains in SNR and anatomical accuracy (i.e., reduction of EPI distortions) can be achieved using parallel imaging. The major challenges associated with constructing phased array coils for monkeys are the variation in head size and space constraints. Here, we apply phased array technology to a 4-channel phased array coil capable of improving the resolution and image quality of full brain awake monkey fMRI and diffusion MRI experiments. The phased array coil is that can adapt to different rhesus monkey head sizes (ages 4-8) and fits in the limited space provided by monkey stereotactic equipment and provides SNR gains in primary visual cortex and anatomical accuracy in conjunction with parallel imaging and improves resolution in fMRI experiments by a factor of 2 (1.25 mm to 1.0 mm isotropic) and diffusion MRI experiments by a factor of 4 (1.5 mm to 0.9 mm isotropic).

A Simplified Procedure for Prediction of Ultimate Strength of Beam-Column Channel Sections

A design procedure is presented to estimate the load carrying capacity of beam-column channel sections. A reduced cross-section is used to compensate for the reduction in the post-buckling stiffness. The non-linear stress distribution acting on the entire channel width is replaced by simplified linear distributions. Using this simplified concept, the maximum stress in the post-buckling state, is assumed to be carried entirely by both edges while the central region of the channel remains unstressed. Thus a fraction of the channel section is considered in resisting the applied loading. This approximation enables the structural engineer to deal with a simplified stress distribution to compute the ultimate strength instead of the non-linear one.

Mitigating adjacent channel interference in vehicular communication systems

In the last few decades, dedicated wireless channels were specifically allocated to enable the development and implementation of vehicular communication systems. The two main protocol stacks, the WAVE stan- dards proposed by the IEEE in the United States and the ETSI ITS-G5 in Europe, reserved 10 MHz wide channels in the 5.9 GHz spectrum band. Despite the exclusive use of these frequencies for vehicular com- munication purposes, there are still cross channel interference problems that have been widely reported in the literature. In order to mitigate these issues, this paper presents the design of a two-stage FIR low-pass filter, targeting the integration with a digital baseband receiver chain of a custom vehicular communications platform. The filter was tested, evaluated and optimized, with the simulation results proving the effectiveness of the proposed method and the low delay introduced in the overall operation of the receiver chain. 2016 Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license

Novel Optimized Cross-Layer Design with Maximum Weighted Capacity Based Resource Allocation for AMC/HARQ Wireless Networks

To provide quality-of service (QoS) guarantees for heterogeneous applications, most recent wireless communications technologies and standards combine the error-correcting capability of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) schemes at the data link layer (DLL) with the adaptation ability of the adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) modes at the physical layer (PHY) layer. This paper aims to investigate the aggregated system capacity as well as the breakdown of this capacity for different ACM modes in each HARQ scheme. This investigation was done by using maximum weighted capacity (MWC) resource allocation at the PHY layer in conjunction with a novel packet error rate (PER)-based scheduling at the medium access control (MAC) layer. As a result, the dominant AMC mode corresponding to channel SNR was available.

Sparse Recovery of Linear Time-Varying Channel in OFDM System

In order to improve the performance of linear time-varying（LTV）channel estimation,based on the sparsity of channel taps in time domain,a sparse recovery method of LTV channel in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing（OFDM）system is proposed.Firstly,based on the compressive sensing theory,the average of the channel taps over one symbol duration in the LTV channel model is estimated.Secondly,in order to deal with the inter-carrier interference（ICI）,the group-pilot design criterion is used based on the minimization of mutual coherence of the measurement.Finally,an efficient pilot pattern optimization algorithm is proposed by a dual layer loops iteration.The simulation results show that the new method uses less pilots,has a smaller bit error ratio（BER）,and greater ability to deal with Doppler frequency shift than the traditional method does.

IRS辅助的车联网相移设计和信道对齐策略

针对车联网中车辆的动态移动以及信号的随机散射所导致的信道快速变化问题,研究了智能反射面(intelligent reflecting surface,IRS)辅助的车联网通信并提出了联合相移设计和信道对齐策略,以削减车联网中多普勒频移的影响并提升通信性能。提出的策略由两个阶段构成。在第一阶段设计IRS的相移以改善级联信道的衰落状态,在策略的第二阶段进行修正函数的设计,实现了直接信道和级联信道的信道对齐,从而减少直接信道快衰落状态对通信性能的影响。通过联合相移设计和信道对齐策略中设计的反射相移以及修正函数,实现了通信性能的提升。仿真结果表明,所提策略相比于相移优化策略可以提升8.8%的频谱效率。

Molecular Docking Studies on Anticonvulsant Enaminones Inhibiting Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

Epilepsy is described as the most common chronic brain disorder. A typical symptom of epilepsy results in uncontrolled convulsions caused by temporary excessive neuronal discharges. Although several new anticon-vulsants have been introduced, some types of seizures have still not been adequately controlled with these new and current therapies. There is an urgent need to develop new anticonvulsant drugs to control the many different types of seizures. Many studies have shown that the epilepsies involve more than one mechanism and therefore may be responsible for the various types of observed seizures. Recently reported studies have shown that a group of newly synthesized 6 Hz active anticonvulsant fluorinated N-benzamide enaminones exhibited selective inhibitions of voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels. Nav channels are responsible for the initial inward currents during the depolarization phases of the action potential in excitable cells. The activation and opening of Nav channels result in the initial phases of action potentials. We hypothesize that there is an essential pharmacophore model for the interactions between these enaminones and the active sites of Nav channels. The research reported here is focused on molecular docking studies of the interactions that occur between the fluorinated N-benzamide enaminones and the Nav channels. These studies may open an avenue for designing anticonvulsant drugs by inhibiting Nav channels.

U型渠道移动式流线型量水槽扩散段水力特性及结构优化方法

移动式量水槽较固定式具有不易淤积、可移动多处重复使用等优点,流线型外形的量水槽水力性能好,量水槽的扩散段对水力性能影响大,然而当前还缺乏扩散段的设计原理与方法方面的研究。为了研究量水槽结构型式对水力特性的影响,为流线型量水槽结构设计提供理论指导,该研究建立D40U型渠道模拟模型,其后用FLOW-3D对35、45和55 L/s流量下的半椭圆+半椭圆、半椭圆+抛物线、半椭圆+圆弧、半椭圆+Myring曲线和鱼形量水槽进行模拟,结合原型试验验证数值模拟效果,探讨扩散段设计原则与方法。最后基于isight平台对水力性能较好的半椭圆+Myring曲线和鱼形量水槽进行结构优化。结果表明,45 L/s流量下不同进水口距离下水深数值模拟与试验值相对误差为0.1%~1.3%,上游、喉口和下游断面流速相对误差分别为0.19%~6.63%、0.06%~6.15%和0.02%~6.22%,模拟结果精度高。5种量水槽上游佛汝德数均小于0.5,最大壅水高度为5.71 cm,均满足测流精度和渠道安全要求。其中,半椭圆+Myring曲线量水槽水头损失和壅水高度最低,半椭圆+半椭圆量水槽临界淹没度最高,佛汝德数最小。量水槽扩散段设计原则为:在略微减少临界淹没度的条件下,扩散段前半段设计为曲率较大的曲线,以降低上游壅水高度;后半段设计为曲率相反且曲率较小的曲线,以改善过流流态,平顺水流,降低水头损失。优化后的半椭圆+Myring曲线和鱼形前半段曲率增大,后半段曲率减小,壅水高度和佛汝德数均有所降低,水头损失分别降低5.5%和6.3%,优化后曲线线型满足扩散段设计原则。研究可为流线型量水槽结构设计与优化提供理论指导。

太赫兹激光通信的信道均衡设计

为了提升激光通信信道的利用率,消除码间干扰,设计太赫兹激光通信的信道均衡方法。基于太赫兹频段下的激光通信网络结构,选取统计学数学方法构建激光通信网络的信道模型。利用太赫兹频段直扩配准方法,处理信道均衡器的多个输出,配准激光通信信道。将信道均衡器输出的通信信号视为有限脉冲响应的滤波器,利用伪噪声序列构建Toeplitz结构感测矩阵,估计激光通信信道相位。基于信道的伪随机序列,利用信道相位生成激光通信信道冲击响应,考虑信道的并行通信,实现太赫兹激光通信网络信道均衡化处理。实验结果表明,该方法可以实现太赫兹激光通信的信道均衡,通信误码率低于0.001,信道均衡性能优越。

熔盐堆下舱室非能动冷却系统的优化设计

熔盐堆下舱室非能动冷却系统是确保反应堆安全运行的重要保障,其结构设计是热工水力设计中的重要一环,其功能是保证熔盐堆下堆舱所有设备在反应堆正常运行时不超温,同时在事故工况下,能够最大程度地导出堆芯衰变热。基于一种热功率为153 MWt的百兆瓦级熔盐堆的概念设计,建立了熔盐堆下堆舱的1/4结构模型,使用ANSYS FLUENT 20.1软件进行下堆舱三维流场与温度场的数值模拟,通过优化下舱室非能动冷却系统的结构布局、空气环腔的结构尺寸、隔热板上保温棉厚度以及进风管的入口位置,使得下舱室内双通道非能动空冷系统的热屏蔽效果最好,且在事故工况下导出堆芯衰变热最多。结果表明:改变空冷系统中空气环腔的结构尺寸对下堆舱热屏蔽结果的影响很小;在空冷系统的中间隔板上增加保温棉可以显著降低侧面混凝土墙的温度;冷却系统的进风管入口位置距离空冷环腔顶端越近热屏蔽效果越好。据此最终设计出了一种新型的下舱室内双通道非能动空冷系统,达到了153 MWt熔盐堆下堆舱的屏蔽冷却的设计要求。为未来大功率熔盐堆下舱室内非能动余热排出系统的工程优化设计提供了重要参考。

等速节沟道磨削用椭球砂轮设计及优化

为提高等速万向节中星形套椭圆形弧沟道的加工精度,在分析了万向节沟道结构的基础上,提出了一种椭球砂轮磨削星形套沟道的方案,针对此方案,对砂轮尺寸进行了设计计算,初步得到了椭球砂轮的基本尺寸;根据砂轮的实际磨削状态,对砂轮形状进行了结构优化,为验证优化后砂轮形状的正确性,利用UG和VERICUT软件分别对球笼沟道磨床磨削沟道的加工过程和用新型椭球砂轮磨削沟道过程进行了模拟仿真,对比仿真结果,后者误差有所减小,从理论上验证了方案的可行性。

不同回收和转移模式下再制造供应链生产决策研究

随着公众环保意识增强,许多制造企业出于社会形象和成本考虑选择将再制造业务转移给第三方企业。针对由原始设备制造商(OEM)和第三方再制造商(TPR)组成的再制造供应链,根据不同回收主体(OEM和TPR)和转移模式(外包和授权)构建4种再制造供应链决策模型,对比分析4种模式下最优生产决策、利润、环境影响、消费者剩余和政府基金政策影响。研究结果表明:OEM青睐制造商回收外包模式,TPR在不同研发效率下有不同偏好;在不同模式下,提升环境税或补贴均会不同程度提高产品可再制造性水平并激励再制造。但提高补贴不一定有利于环境,环境税过高不利于社会总福利,因此政府需要综合考虑各方利益设置适当的环境税和补贴。

渠道管理课程思政教学设计与实施策略研究

高等学校的教学实践表明,高举习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想,是落实立德树人根本任务的重要指导,也是完善“三全育人”和构建育人体系的根本遵循。该文从课程思政的时代价值为切入点,以渠道管理课程的思政元素融入设计与实施为例,探索将思政元素融入专业教学,落实教书育人内涵于课堂教学与实践的环节之中,从而真正使学生未来能以高境界、真学识服务国家与社会的中国式现代化发展。