Spray drying is an important continuous industrial process for drying pumpable liquid formulations irrespective of their heat sensitivity, rheology, solids content and processing rate. Furthermore spray drying has the...Spray drying is an important continuous industrial process for drying pumpable liquid formulations irrespective of their heat sensitivity, rheology, solids content and processing rate. Furthermore spray drying has the capability through drying chamber design, plant layout and mode of operation to produce dried products of specific particulate size and morphology. These are important aspects when spray drying technology is applied to the needs of customized powder manufacture. There are many examples in industry where spray dried powders have to meet stringent specifications set by such factors as end-product powder quality standards dictated by global competition,dry raw material characteristics required for optimum downstream processing, and dry materials handling to comply with environmental, health and safety issues. Spray drying is no longer regarded just as a convective industrial drying concept, but also as an integral part of modern manufacturing practices applying powder technology. This paper reviews the aspects of spray dryer design and operation for consideration when customized powder manufacture is involved.展开更多
TiO2/SiO2 aerogels with different molar ratio of SiO2/TiO2 were prepared via non-supercritical method using tetrabutyl titanate and silica sols as raw materials. The samples were characterized by TEM, SEM, BET, IR, XR...TiO2/SiO2 aerogels with different molar ratio of SiO2/TiO2 were prepared via non-supercritical method using tetrabutyl titanate and silica sols as raw materials. The samples were characterized by TEM, SEM, BET, IR, XRD and so on. The results indicate that the BET surface area of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels calcined at 550℃ which consisted of anatase structure of TiO2 with narrow distribution pores of 5-25 nm is as high as 357.89 m2·g-1. For the photocatalytic degradation of pyridine, the catalytic activities of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels are much higher than that of TiO2 powder. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels calcined at 800℃ is the optimum. The higher the content of SiO2, the higher the photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels. The cost for preparation of the aerogels is greatly reduced by using non-supercritical drying method, and the aerogels are hopefully applied in the treatment of industrial waste water such as coking effluent treatment.展开更多
Instead of avoiding occurrence of chaos in motor drives, chaos is positively utilized in this paper. A new chaotic pulse width modulation （PWM） scheme is proposed and implemented for AC motors, which functions to si...Instead of avoiding occurrence of chaos in motor drives, chaos is positively utilized in this paper. A new chaotic pulse width modulation （PWM） scheme is proposed and implemented for AC motors, which functions to significantly suppress harmonic peaks and hence acoustic noise. The key is to employ the Chua＇s circuit for generating a desired chaotic sequence. By using a practical induction motor, computer simulation and experimental results verify that the chaotic PWM has advantages of harmonic peak suppression and simple hardware implementation over the conventional PWM and random PWM.展开更多
Based on the good time-frequency localization of the wavelet packet modulation （WPM） system and the analysis of the muhitone （MT） interference, an improved WPM narrow band interference （NBI） rejection system usi...Based on the good time-frequency localization of the wavelet packet modulation （WPM） system and the analysis of the muhitone （MT） interference, an improved WPM narrow band interference （NBI） rejection system using an adaptive least mean square （LMS） algorithm is discussed in this paper. In the WPM interference rejection system, according to the structure of the wavelet packet tree （WFF） and the characteristic of the MT interference, the demodulated WPM signal which contains the interference component is filtered using an adaptive LMS filtering implementation. Theoretical analysis and simulation resuits show that the proposed method improves the bit error rate （BER） performance of the WPM system in the presence of MT interference.展开更多
Radio frequency interference （RFI） is a major problem in high-frequency （HF） radars. Conventional filtering-involved RFI suppression methods may introduce distortions to the target signals of interest and often de...Radio frequency interference （RFI） is a major problem in high-frequency （HF） radars. Conventional filtering-involved RFI suppression methods may introduce distortions to the target signals of interest and often demand extra hardware costs. In this paper, a novel method for RFI suppression by using linearly or randomly phase-modulated （PM） chirps is proposed, which enables independent analyses of the target signal and the RFI. Furthermore, the directions of arrival （DOA） of the interference are used as constraints to ensure a better DOA estimation of the target. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by numerical simulation results. The method can greatly improve the anti-interference capabilities of HF radars and is extremely applicable in the portable and low-cost radar systems.展开更多
In this study, we combined silver nanowires with cupro fabrics using a dipping- drying method to prepare electrically conductive fabrics. The silver nanowires were first adhered to and then absorbed by microfibers to ...In this study, we combined silver nanowires with cupro fabrics using a dipping- drying method to prepare electrically conductive fabrics. The silver nanowires were first adhered to and then absorbed by microfibers to form electrically conductive fibers. They also filled the gaps and spaces between the microfibers, and were stacked or piled together to form networks with high electrical conductivity. The electrically conductive fabric had low resistance and good stretchability, e.g., 0.0047-0.0091 Ωin the strain range of 0-190%. They also exhibited stable electrical conductivity, as well as excellent flexibility, which remained even when the fabric was stretched, shrunk, or bent. The results show that the electrically conductive fabric can be used as a smart textile, especially in fields associated with weaving, clothing, food products, lifestyle products, medicine, biology, electronics, aviation, and military equipment and accessories.展开更多
An interference suppression algorithm is proposed to meet challenges of the traditional technique in dealing with the linear frequency modulation(LFM) interference,such as high loss of signal-to-noise ratio(SNR),the o...An interference suppression algorithm is proposed to meet challenges of the traditional technique in dealing with the linear frequency modulation(LFM) interference,such as high loss of signal-to-noise ratio(SNR),the output signal-to-interfer-ence-plus-noise ratio(SINR) sensitive to input interference-to-signal ratio(ISR) that results in an unstable synchronization,and the spectrum leakage serious in strong ISR situation.This approach firstly makes use of the windowed and lapped technique to the fractional Fourier transform(FRFT) to enhance the ISR improvement and lower the SNR loss.Then by weakening the interference and a secondary threshold process,interference energy can be suppressed as much as possible and the output SINR is less sensitive to the ISR.Finally,a joint fractional Fourier domain and time domain technique is proposed to overcome the residual interference energy caused by the strong interference or the discontinuous-phase interference.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve better performance than the conventional methods in suppressing both the multi period LFM interference and the multi chirp-rate LFM interference,especially in the strong interference environment.展开更多
文摘Spray drying is an important continuous industrial process for drying pumpable liquid formulations irrespective of their heat sensitivity, rheology, solids content and processing rate. Furthermore spray drying has the capability through drying chamber design, plant layout and mode of operation to produce dried products of specific particulate size and morphology. These are important aspects when spray drying technology is applied to the needs of customized powder manufacture. There are many examples in industry where spray dried powders have to meet stringent specifications set by such factors as end-product powder quality standards dictated by global competition,dry raw material characteristics required for optimum downstream processing, and dry materials handling to comply with environmental, health and safety issues. Spray drying is no longer regarded just as a convective industrial drying concept, but also as an integral part of modern manufacturing practices applying powder technology. This paper reviews the aspects of spray dryer design and operation for consideration when customized powder manufacture is involved.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20473057)Development Foundation of Science and Technology of Shanghai (No. 0352nm094).
文摘TiO2/SiO2 aerogels with different molar ratio of SiO2/TiO2 were prepared via non-supercritical method using tetrabutyl titanate and silica sols as raw materials. The samples were characterized by TEM, SEM, BET, IR, XRD and so on. The results indicate that the BET surface area of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels calcined at 550℃ which consisted of anatase structure of TiO2 with narrow distribution pores of 5-25 nm is as high as 357.89 m2·g-1. For the photocatalytic degradation of pyridine, the catalytic activities of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels are much higher than that of TiO2 powder. The photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels calcined at 800℃ is the optimum. The higher the content of SiO2, the higher the photocatalytic activity of TiO2/SiO2 aerogels. The cost for preparation of the aerogels is greatly reduced by using non-supercritical drying method, and the aerogels are hopefully applied in the treatment of industrial waste water such as coking effluent treatment.
基金Project supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No.T0103)
文摘Instead of avoiding occurrence of chaos in motor drives, chaos is positively utilized in this paper. A new chaotic pulse width modulation （PWM） scheme is proposed and implemented for AC motors, which functions to significantly suppress harmonic peaks and hence acoustic noise. The key is to employ the Chua＇s circuit for generating a desired chaotic sequence. By using a practical induction motor, computer simulation and experimental results verify that the chaotic PWM has advantages of harmonic peak suppression and simple hardware implementation over the conventional PWM and random PWM.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 60532030）.
文摘Based on the good time-frequency localization of the wavelet packet modulation （WPM） system and the analysis of the muhitone （MT） interference, an improved WPM narrow band interference （NBI） rejection system using an adaptive least mean square （LMS） algorithm is discussed in this paper. In the WPM interference rejection system, according to the structure of the wavelet packet tree （WFF） and the characteristic of the MT interference, the demodulated WPM signal which contains the interference component is filtered using an adaptive LMS filtering implementation. Theoretical analysis and simulation resuits show that the proposed method improves the bit error rate （BER） performance of the WPM system in the presence of MT interference.
文摘Radio frequency interference （RFI） is a major problem in high-frequency （HF） radars. Conventional filtering-involved RFI suppression methods may introduce distortions to the target signals of interest and often demand extra hardware costs. In this paper, a novel method for RFI suppression by using linearly or randomly phase-modulated （PM） chirps is proposed, which enables independent analyses of the target signal and the RFI. Furthermore, the directions of arrival （DOA） of the interference are used as constraints to ensure a better DOA estimation of the target. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated by numerical simulation results. The method can greatly improve the anti-interference capabilities of HF radars and is extremely applicable in the portable and low-cost radar systems.
文摘In this study, we combined silver nanowires with cupro fabrics using a dipping- drying method to prepare electrically conductive fabrics. The silver nanowires were first adhered to and then absorbed by microfibers to form electrically conductive fibers. They also filled the gaps and spaces between the microfibers, and were stacked or piled together to form networks with high electrical conductivity. The electrically conductive fabric had low resistance and good stretchability, e.g., 0.0047-0.0091 Ωin the strain range of 0-190%. They also exhibited stable electrical conductivity, as well as excellent flexibility, which remained even when the fabric was stretched, shrunk, or bent. The results show that the electrically conductive fabric can be used as a smart textile, especially in fields associated with weaving, clothing, food products, lifestyle products, medicine, biology, electronics, aviation, and military equipment and accessories.
基金partially supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 60625104) the Foundation for Beijing Excellent Ph.D,Thesis (Grant No. 1320037010901)
文摘An interference suppression algorithm is proposed to meet challenges of the traditional technique in dealing with the linear frequency modulation(LFM) interference,such as high loss of signal-to-noise ratio(SNR),the output signal-to-interfer-ence-plus-noise ratio(SINR) sensitive to input interference-to-signal ratio(ISR) that results in an unstable synchronization,and the spectrum leakage serious in strong ISR situation.This approach firstly makes use of the windowed and lapped technique to the fractional Fourier transform(FRFT) to enhance the ISR improvement and lower the SNR loss.Then by weakening the interference and a secondary threshold process,interference energy can be suppressed as much as possible and the output SINR is less sensitive to the ISR.Finally,a joint fractional Fourier domain and time domain technique is proposed to overcome the residual interference energy caused by the strong interference or the discontinuous-phase interference.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve better performance than the conventional methods in suppressing both the multi period LFM interference and the multi chirp-rate LFM interference,especially in the strong interference environment.
