This work develops an optimization-based methodology for the design and scheduling of batch water recycle networks. This task requires the identification of network configuration, fresh-water usage, recycle assignment...This work develops an optimization-based methodology for the design and scheduling of batch water recycle networks. This task requires the identification of network configuration, fresh-water usage, recycle assignments from sources to sinks, wastewater discharge, and a scheduling scheme. A new source-tank-sink representation is developed to allow for storage and dispatch tanks. The problem is solved in stages by first eliminating scheduling constraints and determining minimum usage of fresh water and wastewater discharge. An iterative procedure is formulated to minimize the total annual cost of the system by trading off capital versus operating costs. The work overcomes limitations in previous literature work including restricted recycle within the same cycle, lumped balances that may not lead to feasible solutions, and unrealistic objective functions. A case study is solved to illustrate the usefulness of the devised procedure.展开更多
Service composition is considered to be an effective way for resource sharing and node collaboration in Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) environment.In order to improve the reliability and shorten the response time of ...Service composition is considered to be an effective way for resource sharing and node collaboration in Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) environment.In order to improve the reliability and shorten the response time of composite services,this paper first analyzes the node environments and network environments that affect the component services' availability,and then proposes an Environment-aware Quantitative Evaluation Model for Service Availability (EQEM-SA).In addition,based on EQEM-SA,a service field concept is proposed as well as the availability attenuation equation,where the availability value is considered as the field strength.Then the service selection approach based on service field model is presented.The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated and compared with related references,and the results of experimental evaluations indicate that our approach significantly reduces the failure rate and shortens the service delay.展开更多
Diglycidyl-4,5-epoxycyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate(TDE-85)/methyl tetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MeTHPA) epoxy resin was modified with polyurethane(PU) and the interpenetrating polymer networks(IPNs) of PU-modified TDE-...Diglycidyl-4,5-epoxycyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate(TDE-85)/methyl tetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MeTHPA) epoxy resin was modified with polyurethane(PU) and the interpenetrating polymer networks(IPNs) of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin were prepared. The structural characteristics and properties of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin were investigated by Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectrum,emission scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and thermogravimetry(TG). The results indicate that epoxy polymer network (Ⅰ) and polyurethane polymer network (Ⅱ) of the modified resin can be obtained and the networks (Ⅰ) and (Ⅱ) interpenetrate and tangle highly each other at the phase interface. The micro morphology presents heterogeneous structure. The integrative properties of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA epoxy resin are improved obviously. The PU-modified TDE-85/ MeTHPA resin's tensile strength reaches 69.39 MPa,the impact strength reaches 23.56 kJ/m,the temperature for the system to lose 1% mass (t1%) is 300 ℃,and that for the system to lose 50% mass (t50%) is 378 ℃. Compared with those of TDE-85/MeTHPA resin,the tensile strength,impact strength,t1% and t50% of the PU-modified resin increases by 48%,115%,30 ℃,11 ℃,respectively. The PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin has the structure characteristics and properties of interpenetrating polymer networks.展开更多
Waste reduction is gaining importance as the preferred means of pollution prevention. Reactor network synthesis is one of the key parts of chemical process synthesis. In this study, a geometric approach to reactor net...Waste reduction is gaining importance as the preferred means of pollution prevention. Reactor network synthesis is one of the key parts of chemical process synthesis. In this study, a geometric approach to reactor network synthesis for waste reduction is presented. The bases of the approach are potential environment impact (PEI) rate-law expression, PEI balance and the instantaneous value of environmental indexes. The instantaneous value can be derived using the PEI balance, PEI rate-law expression and the environmental indexes. The optimal reactor networks with the minimum generation of potential environment impact are geometrically derived by comparing with areas of the corresponding regions. From the case study involving complex reactions, the approach does not involve solving the complicated mathematical problem and can avoid the dimension limitation in the attainable region approach.展开更多
A series of Polyurethane (PU)/bisphenol A based Epoxy Resin(EP) Interpenetrating Polymer Networks(IPN) were synthesized and characterized by SEM, DSC, TGA and DMTA. It was found that IPN shows the best compatibility a...A series of Polyurethane (PU)/bisphenol A based Epoxy Resin(EP) Interpenetrating Polymer Networks(IPN) were synthesized and characterized by SEM, DSC, TGA and DMTA. It was found that IPN shows the best compatibility and damping properties when the ratio of PU/EP is 80 to 20. The results show that chain-extender and higher molecular weight of PPG are able to improve the properties of compatibility, damping and thermal properties.展开更多
Not So Cooperative Caching(NSCC) considers a network comprised of selfish nodes; each is with caching capability and an objective of reducing its own access cost by fetching data from its local cache or from neighbori...Not So Cooperative Caching(NSCC) considers a network comprised of selfish nodes; each is with caching capability and an objective of reducing its own access cost by fetching data from its local cache or from neighboring caches. These nodes would cooperate in caching and share cached content if and only if they each benefit. The challenges are to determine what objects to cache at each node and to implement the system in the context of Information Centric Networking(ICN). This work includes both a solution for the NSCC problem and a design and implementation of an NSCC system in Named Data Networking(NDN), a large effort that exemplifies ICN. Our design applies NDN synchronization protocol to facilitate the information exchange among nodes, adopts group key encryption to control data access within the NSCC group, and offers an error checker to detect error events in the system. Our approach is validated by deploying the system we developed on Planet Lab.展开更多
State space approach is an effective method to mass-exchange network (MEN) synthesis. By decomposing the network into two interactive parts, a distribution network and a process operator, the synthesis problem can be ...State space approach is an effective method to mass-exchange network (MEN) synthesis. By decomposing the network into two interactive parts, a distribution network and a process operator, the synthesis problem can be formulated into a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model. In this article, a generalized state space model based on typical MEN is established and verified in two cases. A new asymmetrical operator and cost index are also adopted to speed up the solution process. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed approach.展开更多
This paper introduces an adaptive traffic allocation scheme with cooperation of multiple Radio Access Networks (RANs) in universal wireless environments.The different cooperation scenarios are studied,and based on the...This paper introduces an adaptive traffic allocation scheme with cooperation of multiple Radio Access Networks (RANs) in universal wireless environments.The different cooperation scenarios are studied,and based on the scenario of cooperation in both network layer and terminal layer,an open queuing system model,which is aiming to depict the characteristics of packet loss rate of wireless communication networks,is proposed to optimize the traffic allocation results.The analysis and numerical simulations indicate that the proposed scheme achieves inter-networking load balance tominimize the whole transmission delay and expands the communication ability of single-mode terminals to support high data rate traffics.展开更多
Along with the rapid development of communications,the Internet,and smart terminals,mobile Internet has become a hot topic with both opportunities and challenges.In this article,a new perspective on edge content deliv...Along with the rapid development of communications,the Internet,and smart terminals,mobile Internet has become a hot topic with both opportunities and challenges.In this article,a new perspective on edge content delivery service for mobile Internet is described,based on cooperating terminals.A mobile cloud architecture named Cloudlet Aided Cooperative Terminals Service Environment(CACTSE) is proposed as an edge network service environment.The Service Manager(SM),a cloudlet like module,is introduced into the local service domain in order to manage the in-domain terminals and help coordinate the content delivery requests for better bandwidth efficiency as well as user experience.The reference model is presented in this article with architecture and mechanism design.Moreover,the research progress and potential technology trends of CACTSE are analysed based on the related R&D directions.展开更多
High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping...High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping.Herein,a high interfacial-energy artificial solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)with rich LiF embedded in lithiated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid(PAMPS-Li)network is designed to realize favorable Li^(0) nucleation and rapid desolvation of Li+simultaneously.The Li-F bonds in LiF(001)exhibit stronger ion-dipole interactions with Li atoms,offering higher interfacial energies.When the growth surface energy and total interfacial energy of Li^(0) are balanced,the high interfacial energy SEI with abundant LiF can promote the formation of larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos.In addition,the PAMPS-Li with immobilized anions presents weaker interaction with Li^(0) and possesses higher polymer-Li interfacial energy,and its amide and sulfonic acid groups exhibit higher binding energies with Li^(+).Therefore,PAMPS-Li can easily promote the Li+to escape from the solvent sheath and weaken the desolvation energy barrier.The highly reversible Li^(0) deposition behavior with restricted side reactions is achieved based on the synergistic modification of high interfacial energy SEI with heterostructure.Most importantly,lifespan of multi-layered Li^(0) pouch cell(330 Wh kg-1)with a low N/P ratio(1.67)is over 100 cycles,verifying its potential practical application.展开更多
In this paper,we study lag synchronization between two coupled networks and apply two types of control schemes,including the open-plus-closed-loop(OPCL) and adaptive controls.We then design the corresponding control a...In this paper,we study lag synchronization between two coupled networks and apply two types of control schemes,including the open-plus-closed-loop(OPCL) and adaptive controls.We then design the corresponding control algorithms according to the OPCL and adaptive feedback schemes.With the designed controllers,we obtain two theorems on the lag synchronization based on Lyapunov stability theory and Barbalat's lemma.Finally we provide numerical examples to show the effectiveness of the obtained controllers and see that the adaptive control is stronger than the OPCL control when realizing the lag synchronization between two coupled networks with different coupling structures.展开更多
Astrocytes have potential to break synchrony between neurons. Authors' recent researches reveal that astrocytes vary the synchronization threshold and provide an appropriate feedback control in stabilizing neural act...Astrocytes have potential to break synchrony between neurons. Authors' recent researches reveal that astrocytes vary the synchronization threshold and provide an appropriate feedback control in stabilizing neural activities. In this study, we propose an astrocyte-inspired controller for desynchronization of two coupled limit-cycle oscillators as a minimal network model. The design procedure consists of two parts. First, based on the astrocyte model, the structure of the dynamic controller is suggested. Then, to have an emcient controller, parameters of controller are tuned through an optimization algo- rithm. The proposed bio-inspired controller takes advantages of three important proper- ties: (1) the controller desynchronizes the oscillators without any undesirable effects (e.g. stopping, annihilating or starting divergent oscillations); (2) it consumes little effort to preserve the desirable desynchronized state; and (3) the controller is robust with respect to parameters' variations. Simulation results reveal the ability of the proposed controller.展开更多
基金the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)the Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center
文摘This work develops an optimization-based methodology for the design and scheduling of batch water recycle networks. This task requires the identification of network configuration, fresh-water usage, recycle assignments from sources to sinks, wastewater discharge, and a scheduling scheme. A new source-tank-sink representation is developed to allow for storage and dispatch tanks. The problem is solved in stages by first eliminating scheduling constraints and determining minimum usage of fresh water and wastewater discharge. An iterative procedure is formulated to minimize the total annual cost of the system by trading off capital versus operating costs. The work overcomes limitations in previous literature work including restricted recycle within the same cycle, lumped balances that may not lead to feasible solutions, and unrealistic objective functions. A case study is solved to illustrate the usefulness of the devised procedure.
基金supported in part by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2009CB320406and2009CB320504)Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.60821001)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61070206)
文摘Service composition is considered to be an effective way for resource sharing and node collaboration in Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) environment.In order to improve the reliability and shorten the response time of composite services,this paper first analyzes the node environments and network environments that affect the component services' availability,and then proposes an Environment-aware Quantitative Evaluation Model for Service Availability (EQEM-SA).In addition,based on EQEM-SA,a service field concept is proposed as well as the availability attenuation equation,where the availability value is considered as the field strength.Then the service selection approach based on service field model is presented.The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated and compared with related references,and the results of experimental evaluations indicate that our approach significantly reduces the failure rate and shortens the service delay.
基金Project(2003AA84ts04) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘Diglycidyl-4,5-epoxycyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate(TDE-85)/methyl tetrahydrophthalic anhydride (MeTHPA) epoxy resin was modified with polyurethane(PU) and the interpenetrating polymer networks(IPNs) of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin were prepared. The structural characteristics and properties of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin were investigated by Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectrum,emission scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and thermogravimetry(TG). The results indicate that epoxy polymer network (Ⅰ) and polyurethane polymer network (Ⅱ) of the modified resin can be obtained and the networks (Ⅰ) and (Ⅱ) interpenetrate and tangle highly each other at the phase interface. The micro morphology presents heterogeneous structure. The integrative properties of PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA epoxy resin are improved obviously. The PU-modified TDE-85/ MeTHPA resin's tensile strength reaches 69.39 MPa,the impact strength reaches 23.56 kJ/m,the temperature for the system to lose 1% mass (t1%) is 300 ℃,and that for the system to lose 50% mass (t50%) is 378 ℃. Compared with those of TDE-85/MeTHPA resin,the tensile strength,impact strength,t1% and t50% of the PU-modified resin increases by 48%,115%,30 ℃,11 ℃,respectively. The PU-modified TDE-85/MeTHPA resin has the structure characteristics and properties of interpenetrating polymer networks.
基金the Support Program for the Young Backbones of the College Teachers in Henan Province (No.[2005]461)the Key Technologies R &D Program of Henan Province (No.072102360052)
文摘Waste reduction is gaining importance as the preferred means of pollution prevention. Reactor network synthesis is one of the key parts of chemical process synthesis. In this study, a geometric approach to reactor network synthesis for waste reduction is presented. The bases of the approach are potential environment impact (PEI) rate-law expression, PEI balance and the instantaneous value of environmental indexes. The instantaneous value can be derived using the PEI balance, PEI rate-law expression and the environmental indexes. The optimal reactor networks with the minimum generation of potential environment impact are geometrically derived by comparing with areas of the corresponding regions. From the case study involving complex reactions, the approach does not involve solving the complicated mathematical problem and can avoid the dimension limitation in the attainable region approach.
文摘A series of Polyurethane (PU)/bisphenol A based Epoxy Resin(EP) Interpenetrating Polymer Networks(IPN) were synthesized and characterized by SEM, DSC, TGA and DMTA. It was found that IPN shows the best compatibility and damping properties when the ratio of PU/EP is 80 to 20. The results show that chain-extender and higher molecular weight of PPG are able to improve the properties of compatibility, damping and thermal properties.
基金sponsored by the National Grand Fundamental Research 973 program of China under Grant No.2009CB320505the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60973123+1 种基金the Technology Support Program (Industry) of Jiangsu under Grant No.BE2011173Prospective Research Project on Future Networks of Jiangsu Future Networks Innovation Institute under Grant No.BY2013095-5-03
文摘Not So Cooperative Caching(NSCC) considers a network comprised of selfish nodes; each is with caching capability and an objective of reducing its own access cost by fetching data from its local cache or from neighboring caches. These nodes would cooperate in caching and share cached content if and only if they each benefit. The challenges are to determine what objects to cache at each node and to implement the system in the context of Information Centric Networking(ICN). This work includes both a solution for the NSCC problem and a design and implementation of an NSCC system in Named Data Networking(NDN), a large effort that exemplifies ICN. Our design applies NDN synchronization protocol to facilitate the information exchange among nodes, adopts group key encryption to control data access within the NSCC group, and offers an error checker to detect error events in the system. Our approach is validated by deploying the system we developed on Planet Lab.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSF 29836140).
文摘State space approach is an effective method to mass-exchange network (MEN) synthesis. By decomposing the network into two interactive parts, a distribution network and a process operator, the synthesis problem can be formulated into a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model. In this article, a generalized state space model based on typical MEN is established and verified in two cases. A new asymmetrical operator and cost index are also adopted to speed up the solution process. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed approach.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.60971125National Major Project under Grant No.2011ZX03003-003-01
文摘This paper introduces an adaptive traffic allocation scheme with cooperation of multiple Radio Access Networks (RANs) in universal wireless environments.The different cooperation scenarios are studied,and based on the scenario of cooperation in both network layer and terminal layer,an open queuing system model,which is aiming to depict the characteristics of packet loss rate of wireless communication networks,is proposed to optimize the traffic allocation results.The analysis and numerical simulations indicate that the proposed scheme achieves inter-networking load balance tominimize the whole transmission delay and expands the communication ability of single-mode terminals to support high data rate traffics.
基金supported by the "New Generation Broadband Wireless Mobile Communication Network"Key Project under Grant No. 2011ZX03005004-02the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants No. 60971125,No.61101119+2 种基金the Funds for Creative Research Groups of China under Grant No. 61121001the European Commission FP7 Project EVANS under Grant No. 2010-269323the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China under Grant No. IRT1049
文摘Along with the rapid development of communications,the Internet,and smart terminals,mobile Internet has become a hot topic with both opportunities and challenges.In this article,a new perspective on edge content delivery service for mobile Internet is described,based on cooperating terminals.A mobile cloud architecture named Cloudlet Aided Cooperative Terminals Service Environment(CACTSE) is proposed as an edge network service environment.The Service Manager(SM),a cloudlet like module,is introduced into the local service domain in order to manage the in-domain terminals and help coordinate the content delivery requests for better bandwidth efficiency as well as user experience.The reference model is presented in this article with architecture and mechanism design.Moreover,the research progress and potential technology trends of CACTSE are analysed based on the related R&D directions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22109030 and 21875195)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2019A1515111069 and 2021A1515010177)the Key Research and Development Program of Yunnan Province(202103AA080019)。
文摘High interfacial energy Li^(0)-electrolyte interface contributes to larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos and a more stable interface,so the interfacial energy is essential for highly reversible Li^(0) deposition/stripping.Herein,a high interfacial-energy artificial solid electrolyte interphase(SEI)with rich LiF embedded in lithiated poly-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid(PAMPS-Li)network is designed to realize favorable Li^(0) nucleation and rapid desolvation of Li+simultaneously.The Li-F bonds in LiF(001)exhibit stronger ion-dipole interactions with Li atoms,offering higher interfacial energies.When the growth surface energy and total interfacial energy of Li^(0) are balanced,the high interfacial energy SEI with abundant LiF can promote the formation of larger Li^(0) nucleation embryos.In addition,the PAMPS-Li with immobilized anions presents weaker interaction with Li^(0) and possesses higher polymer-Li interfacial energy,and its amide and sulfonic acid groups exhibit higher binding energies with Li^(+).Therefore,PAMPS-Li can easily promote the Li+to escape from the solvent sheath and weaken the desolvation energy barrier.The highly reversible Li^(0) deposition behavior with restricted side reactions is achieved based on the synergistic modification of high interfacial energy SEI with heterostructure.Most importantly,lifespan of multi-layered Li^(0) pouch cell(330 Wh kg-1)with a low N/P ratio(1.67)is over 100 cycles,verifying its potential practical application.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61304173Foundation of Liaoning Educational Committee(No.13-1069)and Hangzhou Polytechnic(No.KZYZ-2009-2)
文摘In this paper,we study lag synchronization between two coupled networks and apply two types of control schemes,including the open-plus-closed-loop(OPCL) and adaptive controls.We then design the corresponding control algorithms according to the OPCL and adaptive feedback schemes.With the designed controllers,we obtain two theorems on the lag synchronization based on Lyapunov stability theory and Barbalat's lemma.Finally we provide numerical examples to show the effectiveness of the obtained controllers and see that the adaptive control is stronger than the OPCL control when realizing the lag synchronization between two coupled networks with different coupling structures.
文摘Astrocytes have potential to break synchrony between neurons. Authors' recent researches reveal that astrocytes vary the synchronization threshold and provide an appropriate feedback control in stabilizing neural activities. In this study, we propose an astrocyte-inspired controller for desynchronization of two coupled limit-cycle oscillators as a minimal network model. The design procedure consists of two parts. First, based on the astrocyte model, the structure of the dynamic controller is suggested. Then, to have an emcient controller, parameters of controller are tuned through an optimization algo- rithm. The proposed bio-inspired controller takes advantages of three important proper- ties: (1) the controller desynchronizes the oscillators without any undesirable effects (e.g. stopping, annihilating or starting divergent oscillations); (2) it consumes little effort to preserve the desirable desynchronized state; and (3) the controller is robust with respect to parameters' variations. Simulation results reveal the ability of the proposed controller.