A series of reduction experiments of iron ore pellets with hydrogen,carbon monoxide and their mixture were carried out in a laboratory scale shaft furnace.The sticking behavior accompanying reduction of iron ore pelle...A series of reduction experiments of iron ore pellets with hydrogen,carbon monoxide and their mixture were carried out in a laboratory scale shaft furnace.The sticking behavior accompanying reduction of iron ore pellets was investigated.And morphology of the sticking interface forming during reduction was analyzed by SEM equipped with EDS.In order to evaluate the effects of the temperature and gas composition on sticking properties,reduction of iron ore pellets were conducted at 800-1000 ℃.The results show that the sticking strength of the pellets increases with temperature,however,decreases with hydrogen content in reducing gas.For an efficient shaft furnace operation in direct reduction(DR),relative prevention of sticking such as coating of pellets was also developed to solve sticking problem.The results show that CaO is a suitable material for the coating method.展开更多
Changes in structure of oral solid dosage forms(OSDF) elementally determine the drug release and its therapeutic effects.In this research,synchrotron radiation X-ray micro-computed tomography was utilized to visualize...Changes in structure of oral solid dosage forms(OSDF) elementally determine the drug release and its therapeutic effects.In this research,synchrotron radiation X-ray micro-computed tomography was utilized to visualize the 3 D structure of enteric coated pellets recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of rats.The structures of pellets in solid state and in vitro compendium media were measured.Pellets in vivo underwent morphological and structural changes which differed significantly from those in vitro compendium media.Thus,optimizations of the dissolution media were performed to mimic the appropriate in vivo conditions by introducing pepsin and glass microspheres in media.The sphericity,pellet volume,pore volume and porosity of the in vivo esomeprazole magnesium pellets in stomach for2 h were recorded 0.47,1.55 × 10^(8)μm^(3),0.44 × 10^(8)μm^(3)and 27.6%,respectively.After adding pepsin and glass microspheres,the above parameters in vitro reached to 0.44,1.64 × 10^(8)μm^(3)0.38 × 10^(8)μm^(3)and 23.0%,respectively.Omeprazole magnesium pellets behaved similarly.The structural features of pellets between in vitro media and in vivo condition were bridged successfully in terms of 3 D structures to ensure better design,characterization and quality control of advanced OSDF.展开更多
基金Project(50725416)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China
文摘A series of reduction experiments of iron ore pellets with hydrogen,carbon monoxide and their mixture were carried out in a laboratory scale shaft furnace.The sticking behavior accompanying reduction of iron ore pellets was investigated.And morphology of the sticking interface forming during reduction was analyzed by SEM equipped with EDS.In order to evaluate the effects of the temperature and gas composition on sticking properties,reduction of iron ore pellets were conducted at 800-1000 ℃.The results show that the sticking strength of the pellets increases with temperature,however,decreases with hydrogen content in reducing gas.For an efficient shaft furnace operation in direct reduction(DR),relative prevention of sticking such as coating of pellets was also developed to solve sticking problem.The results show that CaO is a suitable material for the coating method.
基金financial support from National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFE0201700)Major New Drugs Innovation and Development(2017ZX09101001-005,China)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81803441,81803446 and 81773645)Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(2018323,China)。
文摘Changes in structure of oral solid dosage forms(OSDF) elementally determine the drug release and its therapeutic effects.In this research,synchrotron radiation X-ray micro-computed tomography was utilized to visualize the 3 D structure of enteric coated pellets recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of rats.The structures of pellets in solid state and in vitro compendium media were measured.Pellets in vivo underwent morphological and structural changes which differed significantly from those in vitro compendium media.Thus,optimizations of the dissolution media were performed to mimic the appropriate in vivo conditions by introducing pepsin and glass microspheres in media.The sphericity,pellet volume,pore volume and porosity of the in vivo esomeprazole magnesium pellets in stomach for2 h were recorded 0.47,1.55 × 10^(8)μm^(3),0.44 × 10^(8)μm^(3)and 27.6%,respectively.After adding pepsin and glass microspheres,the above parameters in vitro reached to 0.44,1.64 × 10^(8)μm^(3)0.38 × 10^(8)μm^(3)and 23.0%,respectively.Omeprazole magnesium pellets behaved similarly.The structural features of pellets between in vitro media and in vivo condition were bridged successfully in terms of 3 D structures to ensure better design,characterization and quality control of advanced OSDF.
