微波处理和压力汽蒸对河粉品质的影响

为推进微波处理和压力汽蒸技术在河粉加工中的应用,将籼稻砻谷碾白后,采用不同微波功率(280、420、560、700 W)处理,以未处理作对照,测定籼米理化及糊化特性,然后采用湿法加工成籼米粉,分别进行常压汽蒸和压力汽蒸制备河粉,以常压作对照,测定河粉外观品质、质构特性及感官评分,分析微波处理对籼米理化、糊化特性及压力汽蒸河粉品质的影响。结果表明:280 W微波功率处理对籼米垩白、直链淀粉含量影响不显著,而对新鲜度影响显著(P<0.05),呈增大趋势,此条件下籼米的黏度值升高;随微波功率的增加,河粉品质先升后降,在280 W时最好;与常压汽蒸相比,压力汽蒸河粉亮度增加,硬度增大,黏性降低,韧性、延展性增大,均呈显著变化(P<0.05),感官评价总分提升。因此,适宜的微波功率(280 W)处理能提升籼米新鲜程度、改善其吸水特性,压力汽蒸有利于提升河粉综合品质。

压力汽蒸温度对大米蒸煮特性与米饭食用品质的影响

为了探究压力汽蒸温度对大米蒸煮特性和米饭食用品质的影响及在最佳压力汽蒸温度下米饭质构特性的变化机制,以籼型和粳型的普通大米和蒸谷米为研究对象,测定不同压力汽蒸温度(100、110、120、130℃)下大米和蒸谷米的蒸煮特性,对米饭的食用品质进行感官评价并测定其质构特性,对在最佳压力汽蒸温度下米饭的结晶结构、微观形貌和水分结合状态进行分析。结果表明:随着压力汽蒸温度的升高,米饭的吸水率和膨胀率先升后降,米汤pH值、碘蓝值和固形物含量则呈上升趋势;米饭的L*和W呈下降趋势,外观颜色逐渐加深变黄,硬度逐渐降低,而黏着性、弹性、凝聚性和回复性呈上升趋势;当压力汽蒸温度分别为130、120℃时,蒸谷米饭和普通米饭的感官评分最高,食用品质最好;相比于常压蒸煮,最佳压力汽蒸条件下,籼米饭和籼蒸谷米饭的V型衍射峰较低,淀粉-脂质复合物含量更少,米饭外部和内部结构破损程度更严重,米饭弛豫时间T2更长,水分受到的阻力更小,米饭硬度降低而黏着性增加。因此,压力汽蒸米饭拥有更低的硬度和更高的黏着性,食用品质更佳。

Pressure Drop Measurements on Distillation Columns

Pressure drops are of major importance for distillation/absorption columns. This paper mainly discusses how to correctly measure, interpret and use pressure drop data. The possible causes of incorrect pressure drop measurements are studied including the effects of pressure tap dimensions, locations, and vapor condensation etc. The effect of the static head of vapor on the pressure drop data and column pressures is evaluated. Variations of sectional pressure drops along the column are investigated based on the experimental data obtained from commercial size distillation columns at Fractionation Research, Inc. （FRI）. For a packed column, it is found that the spacing between the liquid distributor and the top of the bed affects the overall pressure drop measurements, which is confirmed by a fundamental fluid dynamics analysis.

Effect of cavitation bubble collapse on hydraulic oil temperature

Cavitation bubble collapse has a great influence on the temperature of hydraulic oil. Herein, cone-type throttle valve experiments are carried out to study the thermodynamic processes of cavitation. First, the processes of growth and collapse are analysed, and the relationships between the hydraulic oil temperature and bubble growth and collapse are deduced. The effect of temperature is then considered on the hydraulic oil viscosity and saturated vapour pressure. Additionally, an improved form of the Rayleigh–Plesset equation is developed. The effect of cavitation on the hydraulic oil temperature is experimentally studied and the effects of cavitation bubble collapse in the hydraulic system are summarised. Using the cone-type throttle valve as an example, a method to suppress cavitation is proposed.

Composition of stable isotope in precipitation and its influences by different vapor sources in the eastern Qilian Mountains

To better understand the process of precipitation and water cycle, the composition of stable isotope in precipitation and its influences by different vapor sources in the eastern of Qilian Mountains were conducted from June 2013 to May 2014. The total of 100 precipitation samples were collected in Wushaoling national meteorological station located in the eastern of Qilian Mountains. The analysis indicates that the slope of Local Meteoric Water Line is lower than that of Global Meteoric Water Line. The average values of δ18 O and δD in precipitation are higher in summer but lower in winter. Except for negative correlation with relative humidity, the stable isotope values in precipitation are positive correlations with temperature, precipitation and water vapor pressure. Influenced by water vapor source, the values of d-excess are lower for the Westerly wind and the South Asia Monsoon onJuly and the Westerly wind and the East Asia Monsoon on August, but they are higher for the Westerly wind on other months, that they are also influenced by the weather conditions in rainfall process. The variation of stable isotope in precipitation exhibited significant temperature effect, and there is also some precipitation amount effect in spring and summer.

Sliding Mode Predictive Control of Main Steam Pressure in Coal-fired Power Plant Boiler

Since the combustion system of coal-fired boiler in thermal power plant is characterized as time varying, strongly coupled, and nonlinear, it is hard to achieve a satisfactory performance by the conventional proportional integral derivative (PID) control scheme. For the characteristics of the main steam pressure in coal-fired power plant boiler, the sliding mode control system with Smith predictive structure is proposed to look for performance and robustness improvement. First, internal model control (IMC) and Smith predictor (SP) is used to deal with the time delay, and sliding mode controller (SMCr) is designed to overcome the model mismatch. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed controller compared with conventional ones.

Vapor pressure measurement and correlation of acetonitrile + 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, + 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, and + 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

Vapor pressures were measured for acetonitrile+1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride([C4mim][Cl]),+1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate([C4mim][BF4])and+1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride([C6mim][Cl])at temperatures of 313 to 353 K by a quasi-static method.The experimental data for the binary systems were correlated by the non-random two liquid(NRTL)equation with an average absolute relative deviation(AARD)of within 1.84%.The results indicate that the three ionic liquids(ILs)can result in a negative deviation from the Raoult's law for the binary solutions containing acetonitrile,and the affinity between ILs and acetonitrile molecules follows the order[C4mim][BF4]+acetonitrile N[C4mim][Cl]+acetonitrile N[C6mim][Cl]+acetonitrile.

Vapor Pressure Measurement of Water+1,3-Dimethylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate System

In absorption cycles,ionic liquid(IL)1,3-dimethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate([Dmim]BF4)may be a promising absorbent of working pair using water as refrigerant.The vapor pressures of[Dmim]BF4 aqueous solution were measured with the boiling-point method in the temperature range from 312.25 to 403.60 K and in the mass concentration range of 65%to 90%of[Dmim]BF4.The experimental data were correlated with an Antoine-type equation and the Non-Random Two-Liquid(NRTL)model,and the average absolute deviations between the experimental and calculated values were 1.06%and 1.15%,respectively.For the[Dmim]BF4 aqueous solution,the experimental vapor pressures show negative deviations from the calculated data with Raoult's law.For higher mass concentration of the IL,the deviation is more negative.In addition,the vapor pressures,the hydrophilicity and the solubility of[Dmim]BF4 aqueous solutions were compared with those of[Dmim]Cl aqueous solutions and [Bmim]BF4 aqueous solutions at IL-mole fraction of 0.20.

Gas separation using sol–gel derived microporous zirconia membranes with high hydrothermal stability

A microporous zirconia membrane with hydrogen permeance about 5 × 10-8mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1, H2/CO2 permselectivity of ca. 14, and excellent hydrothermal stability under steam pressure of 100 k Pa was fabricated via polymeric sol–gel process. The effect of calcination temperature on single gas permeance of sol–gel derived zirconia membranes was investigated. Zirconia membranes calcined at 350 °C and 400 °C showed similar single gas permeance, with permselectivities of hydrogen towards other gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, methane, and sulfur hexa fluoride, around Knudsen values. A much lower CO2permeance（3.7 × 10-9mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1）was observed due to the interaction between CO2 molecules and pore wall of membrane. Higher calcination temperature, 500 °C, led to the formation of mesoporous structure and, hence, the membrane lost its molecular sieving property towards hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The stability of zirconia membrane in the presence of hot steam was also investigated. Exposed to 100 k Pa steam for 400 h, the membrane performance kept unchanged in comparison with freshly prepared one, with hydrogen and carbon dioxide permeances of 4.7 × 10-8and ~ 3 × 10-9mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1, respectively. Both H2 and CO2permeances of the zirconia membrane decreased with exposure time to 100 k Pa steam. With a total exposure time of 1250 h, the membrane presented hydrogen permeance of 2.4 × 10-8mol·m-2·s-1·Pa-1and H2/CO2 permselectivity of 28, indicating that the membrane retains its microporous structure.

Estimation of Saturated Vapor Pressure from Nucleation Data

Saturated vapor pressure was calculated from the nucleation experimental data using the thermodynamically consistent nucleation theory in which the effect of real gas is considered. The cubic polynomial fit equations of saturation pressure for several substances were obtained based on the calculation. The results of the calculations were compared to those of thermodynamic equilibrium equation and the empirical equation and applied to the predictions of the classical nucleation theory. The results show that the saturation pressures estimated from the nucleation data agree fairly well with those of empirical equations for the substances investigated, and this indicates that the predictions from the classical nucleation theory are close to the experimental data.

Vapor Pressures of Di-n-Butyl Phthalate and Di-iso-Butyl Hexahydrophthalate at Reduced Pressures

In this paper the measured values of the vapor pressures by ebulliometer method of two important maleic anhydride recovery solvents, di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and di-iso-butyl hexahydrophthalate (DIBE), between 0.63—17.79 kPa and 0.49—30.95 kPa,are reported respectively.A comparison of the data of DBP with the published data has been made, which shows good consistency. For the convenient use of these vapor pressures, Cragoe equation, Antoine equation and Kirchhoff equation are selected to correlate them. The correlating results show that Antoine equation is the best one of the three equations to fit for the vapor pressures of the two solvents. According to Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the linear relationship between natural logarithm of pressure and reciprocal of temperature is used to calculate the molar latent heats of evaporation of the two organic solvents. The molar latent heats of evaporation of DBP and DIBE are 75.1 kJ/mol and 67.7 kJ/mol, respectively.

Analysis and Calculation of the Flow Pressure in the Multipoint Steam Injection String of a Horizontal Well

The multipoint steam injection string of the horizontal well is a commonly used downhole component for high efficiency steam injection of the thermal recovery horizontal well. A reasonable layout of the valves to ensure an even steam output of each point is still not well designed. At present, a general design method which is urgently necessary isn＇ t applied by each factory. According to the balance relationship of the momentum, the energy and the mass of the fluid flowing in the string, the pressure distribution equation of the fluid flowing in the multipoint steam injection string is built. On the basis of this equation, the design calculation method of the multipoint steam injection string is come up with. A specific example is given in the paper. Study shows that, with the equation built in this paper, the string can be designed with each axial valve having the same output, so that the technical demand of an even steam injection of the horizontal well section can be met.

Examination of Archival Data for Inhomogeneities and Determination of Climate Change in North America

Numerous articles have examined archival weather observations and attributed climate changes on time scales ranging from centuries to decades and in one case even days to human activity. This article gives examples showing how climate variability and sudden changes in instruments affect trend determination. In particular, surface temperature and water vapor pressure trends in North America during 1948-2010 are discussed. Over 1/4 billion hourly observations taken at 309 stations, were first carefully examined for inhomogeneities. Positive and negative steps, for both temperature and water vapor pressure were found to not be evenly distributed in time. Inclusion of such data in a trend analysis would overstate decadal changes in temperature and water vapor. Time series free of such discontinuities show a statistically significant warming has primarily affected the western Arctic, Canadian prairies and the Midwestern U.S. during winter. Increases in water vapor pressure are most pronounced in summer in the eastern U.S. The decadal water vapor pressure trends are somewhat smaller than found in other studies that examined data for far shorter time periods. The claim of a change in the DTR （diurnal temperature range） during the 3 day flight ban following Sept. 11, 2011, is not substantiated. The observed change in the DTR was likely caused by a reduction in cloudiness during the flight ban.

Prediction of Boiler Drum Pressure and Steam Flow Rate Using Artificial Neural Network

Numerical simulation of complex systems and components by computers is a fundamental phase of any modern engineering activity. The traditional methods of simulation typically entail long, iterative processes which lead to large simulation times, often exceeding transient real time. Artificial neural networks （ANNs） may be advantageous in this context, the main advantage being the speed of computation, the capability of generalizing from the few examples, robustness to noisy and partially incomplete data and the capability of performing empirical input-output mapping without complete knowledge of underlying physics. In this paper, the simulation of steam generator is considered as an example to show the potentialities of this tool. The data required for training and testing the ANN is taken from the steam generator at Abott Power Plant, Champaign （USA）. The total number of samples is 9600 which are taken at a sampling time of three seconds. The performance of boiler （drum pressure, steam flow rate） has been verified and tested using ANN, under the changes in fuel flow rate, air flow rate and load disturbance. Using ANN, input-output mapping is done and it is observed that ANN allows a good reproduction of non-linear behaviors of inputs and outputs.

Effects of Vapor Pressure and Super-Hydrophobic Nanocomposite Coating on Microelectronics Reliability

Modeling vapor pressure is crucial for studying the moisture reliability of microelectronics, as high vapor pressure can cause device failures in environments with high temperature and humidity. To minimize the impact of vapor pressure, a super-hydrophobic(SH) coating can be applied on the exterior surface of devices in order to prevent moisture penetration. The underlying mechanism of SH coating for enhancing device reliability, however, is still not fully understood. In this paper, we present several existing theories for predicting vapor pressure within microelectronic materials. In addition, we discuss the mechanism and effectiveness of SH coating in preventing water vapor from entering a device, based on experimental results. Two theoretical models, a micro-mechanics-based whole-field vapor pressure model and a convection-diffusion model, are described for predicting vapor pressure. Both methods have been successfully used to explain experimental results on uncoated samples. However, when a device was coated with an SH nanocomposite, weight gain was still observed, likely due to vapor penetration through the SH surface. This phenomenon may cast doubt on the effectiveness of SH coatings in microelectronic devices. Based on current theories and the available experimental results, we conclude that it is necessary to develop a new theory to understand how water vapor penetrates through SH coatings and impacts the materials underneath. Such a theory could greatly improve microelectronics reliability.

The Effect of Micro Air Movement on the Heat and Moisture Characteristics of Building Constructions

The research focuses on the effect of air movement through building constructions. Although the typical air movement inside building constructions is quite small （velocity is of order -10-5 m/s）, this research shows the impact on the heat and moisture characteristics. The paper presents a case study on the modeling and simulation of 2D heat and moisture transport with and without air movement for a building construction using a state-of-art multiphysics FEM software tool. Most other heat and moisture related models don＇t include airflow or use a steady airflow through the construction during the simulation period. However, in this model, the wind induced pressure is dynamic and thus also the airflow through the construction is dynamic. For this particular case study, the results indicate that at the intemal surface, the vapor pressure is almost not influenced by both the 2D effect and the wind speed. The temperatures at the inner surface are mostly influenced by the 2D effect. Only at wind pressure differences above 30 Pa, the airflow has a significant effect. At the extemal surface, the temperatttres are not influenced by both the 2D effect and the wind speed. However, the vapor pressure seems to be quite dependent on the wind induced pressure. Overall it is concluded that air movement through building materials seems to have a significant impact on the heat and moisture characteristics. In order to verify this statement and validate the models, new in-depth experiments including air flow through materials are recommended.

Using hot-vapor bypass for pressure control in distillation columns

Distillation column control is widely explored in literature due to its complexity and importance in chemical and petrochemical industries. In this process, pressure represents one of the most important variables to be controlled. However, there are few studies about how pressure affects the dynamic behavior of distillation columns and most research on distillation column control involve direct manipulation of cooling fluid through the condenser. Nevertheless, such an approach demands constant changes in cooling fluid flowrates that are commonly by the order of tons per hour, which can be difficult to work or even unfeasible in a real plant. Furthermore, this strategy is usually avoided, as it can cause fouling and corrosion acceleration. The hot-vapor bypass strategy fits well as a solution for these issues, eliminating the need to dynamically manipulate cooling fluid flowrates in the condensation unit. This work presents the modeling and simulation of a conventional distillation column for the separation of water and ethanol, in which a comparative study between a conventional pressure control and a control using hot-vapor bypass was performed. The main results were obtained through dynamic simulations which considered various disturbances in the feed stream, and demonstrated superior performance by the hot-vapor bypass system over the usual scheme proposed in literature, while evaluating the lntegral Absolute Error （IAE） norm as the control performance index.

LSER-based modeling vapor pressures of(solvent+salt) systems by application of Xiang-Tan equation

The study deals with modeling the vapor pressures of(solvent + salt) systems depending on the linear solvation energy relation(LSER) principles. The LSER-based vapor pressure model clarifies the simultaneous impact of the vapor pressure of a pure solvent estimated by the Xiang-Tan equation, the solubility and solvatochromic parameters of the solvent and the physical properties of the ionic salt. It has been performed independently two structural forms of the generalized solvation model, i.e. the unified solvation model with the integrated properties(USMIP) containing nine physical descriptors and the reduced property-basis solvation model. The vapor pressure data of fourteen(solvent + salt) systems have been processed to analyze statistically the reliability of existing models in terms of a log-ratio objective function. The proposed vapor pressure approaches reproduce the observed performance relatively accurately, yielding the overall design factors of 1.0643 and1.0702 for the integrated property-basis and reduced property-basis solvation models.

Optimal Analysis of Pure Low-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery Generation System

In this paper, a detailed thermodynamic analysis of the pure low-temperature waste heat recovery generation system is presented. The parameters affecting the system performance are compared to obtain the most significant ones; furthermore, parameter values are optimized for the largest power generating capability of the system. It is found that the most important parameters are inlet flue gas temperature, steam pressure and the pinch point temperature difference. There is an optimal superheated steam pressure value for giving the maximum generation power per unit flue gas. With the increase of inlet flue gas temperature, the generating power increases and the optimized steam pressure rises as well. However, with increase in pinch point temperature difference, the generating power decreases and the optimized steam pressure decreases as well. The theoretical calculation provides a theoretical basis for the parameters optimization in the design of the pure low-temperature waste heat recovery eeneration swtem

Skeletal Isomerization of 1-Hexene over MCM-22 Zeolite Catalyst

The performance of MCM-22 zeolite for catalytic isomerization of 1-hexene has been studied. At a n(H2)/n(1-hexene) ratio of 8, the influence of steam treatment temperature, reaction temperature and reaction pressure on the performance of MCM-22 zeolite for catalytic skeletal isomerization of 1-hexene was examined. The experimental results showed that at a steam treatment temperature of 500℃, a reaction temperature of 270℃, a space velocity of 1.0 h-1 and a reaction pressure of 0.2 MPa, the MCM-22 zeolite exhibited excellent performance for catalytic skeletal isomerization of 1-hexene with the i-hexene yield reaching 66.15%. Compared with other commonly used molecular sieve catalysts, the MCM-22 zeolite catalyst exhibited better catalytic performance for skeletal isomerization of 1-hexene.