In this research, a method called ANNMG is presented to integrate Artificial Neural Networks and Geostatistics for optimum mineral reserve evaluation. The word ANNMG simply means Artificial Neural Network Model integr...In this research, a method called ANNMG is presented to integrate Artificial Neural Networks and Geostatistics for optimum mineral reserve evaluation. The word ANNMG simply means Artificial Neural Network Model integrated with Geostatiscs, In this procedure, the Artificial Neural Network was trained, tested and validated using assay values obtained from exploratory drillholes. Next, the validated model was used to generalize mineral grades at known and unknown sampled locations inside the drilling region respectively. Finally, the reproduced and generalized assay values were combined and fed to geostatistics in order to develop a geological 3D block model. The regression analysis revealed that the predicted sample grades were in close proximity to the actual sample grades, The generalized grades from the ANNMG show that this process could be used to complement exploration activities thereby reducing drilling requirement. It could also be an effective mineral reserve evaluation method that could oroduce optimum block model for mine design.展开更多
The reverse osmosis process has been applied in large industrial fields （water treatment, food industry, biotechnology, and ect.）. Despite, this progress more investigation are required to optimize the reverse osmos...The reverse osmosis process has been applied in large industrial fields （water treatment, food industry, biotechnology, and ect.）. Despite, this progress more investigation are required to optimize the reverse osmosis process. The present paper deals the modeling of mass transfer in a cavity limited by a semi-permeable membrane. Mass conservation and momentum balances are developed, dimensionless and control volume method has been applied. The velocity and concentration profiles versus the Reynolds number and Sherwood are studied. The results show that the permeability of the membrane decreases as function of the transversal （radial） component of the velocity. The axial （tangential） component of the velocity presents a good stability along the thickness of the cavity; this phenomenon can be attributed to the zero gradient of the tangential velocity. These preliminary results show that the phenomenon of the concentration polarization affects the mass transfer coefficient in a channel. Current study has considered the cavity without a promoter of the turbulence; whereas, the design of the spacer has an important role on mass transfer coefficient in the reverse osmosis module. Our next interest is the integration of the spacer in the cavity, and the study of the effect of its design on the concentration and velocity profiles and the mass transfer coefficient through the reverse osmosis membrane.展开更多
Small reactors have become a new hotspot of international nuclear energy research.The nuclear heating reactor(NHR)technology developed by Tsinghua University is an important multipurpose small reactor solution with fe...Small reactors have become a new hotspot of international nuclear energy research.The nuclear heating reactor(NHR)technology developed by Tsinghua University is an important multipurpose small reactor solution with features such as high integration,modular design and full power natural circulation.A new small reactor based on the existing NHR-200 reactor was developed by the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology of Tsinghua University.A full-scale natural circulation test loop with the same operating parameters as the actual reactor was built in order to experimentally validate the natural circulation ability of the reactor primary loop and heat-transfer ability of fuel assemblies and heat exchangers.Corresponding results are given in detail,including parameter validation of the reactor primary loop,flow rules of the natural circulation and heat-transfer coefficients of heaters and heat exchangers,which can be directly used in the actual reactor as a reference for optimization design.Finally,a characteristic parameter k is proposed to represent the natural circulation ability of a system.By using the new data arrangement method in the form of parameter k,comprehensive experimental results of the natural circulation can be represented by a simple integrated expression.The work in this paper is of importance in broadening application fields and pushing forward commercialization of the NHR type reactors.展开更多
基金the management of Sierra Rutile Company for providing the drillhole dataset used in this studythe Japanese Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship for academic funding
文摘In this research, a method called ANNMG is presented to integrate Artificial Neural Networks and Geostatistics for optimum mineral reserve evaluation. The word ANNMG simply means Artificial Neural Network Model integrated with Geostatiscs, In this procedure, the Artificial Neural Network was trained, tested and validated using assay values obtained from exploratory drillholes. Next, the validated model was used to generalize mineral grades at known and unknown sampled locations inside the drilling region respectively. Finally, the reproduced and generalized assay values were combined and fed to geostatistics in order to develop a geological 3D block model. The regression analysis revealed that the predicted sample grades were in close proximity to the actual sample grades, The generalized grades from the ANNMG show that this process could be used to complement exploration activities thereby reducing drilling requirement. It could also be an effective mineral reserve evaluation method that could oroduce optimum block model for mine design.
文摘The reverse osmosis process has been applied in large industrial fields （water treatment, food industry, biotechnology, and ect.）. Despite, this progress more investigation are required to optimize the reverse osmosis process. The present paper deals the modeling of mass transfer in a cavity limited by a semi-permeable membrane. Mass conservation and momentum balances are developed, dimensionless and control volume method has been applied. The velocity and concentration profiles versus the Reynolds number and Sherwood are studied. The results show that the permeability of the membrane decreases as function of the transversal （radial） component of the velocity. The axial （tangential） component of the velocity presents a good stability along the thickness of the cavity; this phenomenon can be attributed to the zero gradient of the tangential velocity. These preliminary results show that the phenomenon of the concentration polarization affects the mass transfer coefficient in a channel. Current study has considered the cavity without a promoter of the turbulence; whereas, the design of the spacer has an important role on mass transfer coefficient in the reverse osmosis module. Our next interest is the integration of the spacer in the cavity, and the study of the effect of its design on the concentration and velocity profiles and the mass transfer coefficient through the reverse osmosis membrane.
基金supported by the National S&T Major Project(Grant No.ZX06901)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11072131)
文摘Small reactors have become a new hotspot of international nuclear energy research.The nuclear heating reactor(NHR)technology developed by Tsinghua University is an important multipurpose small reactor solution with features such as high integration,modular design and full power natural circulation.A new small reactor based on the existing NHR-200 reactor was developed by the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology of Tsinghua University.A full-scale natural circulation test loop with the same operating parameters as the actual reactor was built in order to experimentally validate the natural circulation ability of the reactor primary loop and heat-transfer ability of fuel assemblies and heat exchangers.Corresponding results are given in detail,including parameter validation of the reactor primary loop,flow rules of the natural circulation and heat-transfer coefficients of heaters and heat exchangers,which can be directly used in the actual reactor as a reference for optimization design.Finally,a characteristic parameter k is proposed to represent the natural circulation ability of a system.By using the new data arrangement method in the form of parameter k,comprehensive experimental results of the natural circulation can be represented by a simple integrated expression.The work in this paper is of importance in broadening application fields and pushing forward commercialization of the NHR type reactors.
