Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DS...Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)was used to analyze the phase change properties.Thermal conductivity and maximum heat flux of cotton fabric finished with PCMs before and after being washed were also measured.It has been found that melting and crystal enthalpy of the PCMs decrease with decreasing the core/shell ratio,while qmax of fabric treated with PCMs decreases and the thermal conductivity increases.Study shows that fabric finished by the PCMs has good temperature conditioning function.展开更多
This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat tran...This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat transfer surface.The work-fluid is flown to a high temperature or a low temperature heat transfer surface from the narrow path.In order to increase the amount of the heat transmission,a trace of Diethylether(boiling point 34.8 ℃),as a phase change material(PCM),is added to the work-fluid.The parameters of the experiment are additive amount of PCM,the rotational speed of the displacer piston and the temperature of heat transfer surface.It is clarified that the increasing of engine cycle output is brought by the PCM addition.The effect of PCM addition is evaluated by output ratio which is defined from the experimental cycle output data.The requirements for acquiring the increasing effect of output by adding PCM are clarified.展开更多
Biodiversity is found to have a significant promotion effect on ecosystem functions in manipulation experiments on grassland communities.However,its relative role compared with stand factors or functional identity is ...Biodiversity is found to have a significant promotion effect on ecosystem functions in manipulation experiments on grassland communities.However,its relative role compared with stand factors or functional identity is still controversial in natural forests.Here,we examined their relative effects on biomass and productivity during forest restoration.We investigated stand biomass and productivity for 24 plots(600 m2)across restoration stages in the subtropical forests of Mt.Shennongjia,Central China.We measured five key functional traits and calculated functional diversity(functional richness,evenness and dispersion)and community-weighted mean of traits.We used general linear models,variation partitioning methods to test the relative importance of stand factors(density,stand age,maximum height,etc.),functional identity,species and functional diversity on biomass and productivity.Our results illustrated that stand biomass and productivity increased significantly as forest restoration,and that community species richness increased,while functional dispersion decreased significantly.Variation partitioning analyses showed that diversity had no significant pure effects on biomass and productivity.However,diversity may affect biomass and productivity through the joint effect with stand factors and functional identity.Overall,we found that stand factors had the strongest effect on biomass and productivity,while functional identity significantly affects productivity but not biomass,suggesting that modulating stand structure and species identity are effective ways to enhance forest carbon storage and sequestrations potential in forest management.展开更多
文摘Phase change microcapsules(PCMs)are prepared with n-hexadecane and n-octadecane as core material,and melamine-formaldehyde resin is used as shell material by in-situ polymerization.Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)was used to analyze the phase change properties.Thermal conductivity and maximum heat flux of cotton fabric finished with PCMs before and after being washed were also measured.It has been found that melting and crystal enthalpy of the PCMs decrease with decreasing the core/shell ratio,while qmax of fabric treated with PCMs decreases and the thermal conductivity increases.Study shows that fabric finished by the PCMs has good temperature conditioning function.
基金the Cooperative Research Program of IOES,Institute of Ocean Energy,Saga University.(Accept15004A)
文摘This paper deals with the output improvement of heating and cooling cycle by using the work-fluid including phase change material.The experimental study is carried out by heat exchange between work-fluid and heat transfer surface.The work-fluid is flown to a high temperature or a low temperature heat transfer surface from the narrow path.In order to increase the amount of the heat transmission,a trace of Diethylether(boiling point 34.8 ℃),as a phase change material(PCM),is added to the work-fluid.The parameters of the experiment are additive amount of PCM,the rotational speed of the displacer piston and the temperature of heat transfer surface.It is clarified that the increasing of engine cycle output is brought by the PCM addition.The effect of PCM addition is evaluated by output ratio which is defined from the experimental cycle output data.The requirements for acquiring the increasing effect of output by adding PCM are clarified.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870430)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC0503901,2016YFC0502104).
文摘Biodiversity is found to have a significant promotion effect on ecosystem functions in manipulation experiments on grassland communities.However,its relative role compared with stand factors or functional identity is still controversial in natural forests.Here,we examined their relative effects on biomass and productivity during forest restoration.We investigated stand biomass and productivity for 24 plots(600 m2)across restoration stages in the subtropical forests of Mt.Shennongjia,Central China.We measured five key functional traits and calculated functional diversity(functional richness,evenness and dispersion)and community-weighted mean of traits.We used general linear models,variation partitioning methods to test the relative importance of stand factors(density,stand age,maximum height,etc.),functional identity,species and functional diversity on biomass and productivity.Our results illustrated that stand biomass and productivity increased significantly as forest restoration,and that community species richness increased,while functional dispersion decreased significantly.Variation partitioning analyses showed that diversity had no significant pure effects on biomass and productivity.However,diversity may affect biomass and productivity through the joint effect with stand factors and functional identity.Overall,we found that stand factors had the strongest effect on biomass and productivity,while functional identity significantly affects productivity but not biomass,suggesting that modulating stand structure and species identity are effective ways to enhance forest carbon storage and sequestrations potential in forest management.
