何时着火?何时爆炸?——谈混合物浓度高于爆炸浓度上限的结果

不少人对爆炸浓度极限认识模糊,误认为可燃气体混合物浓度高于爆炸上限时虽不能爆炸,但能着火。 浓度高于爆炸浓度上限的混合物究竟能不能着火?对此,人们往往顾名思义,既然高于爆炸上限了,肯定不会再爆炸,但未必就不能着火。这就是人们产生模糊认识的根源所在,以致在火灾案例报道中也出现了高于上限虽不能爆炸,但仍能着火的错误提法。 那么,究竟怎样来认识这一问题呢?其实理解这个问题并不难,只是需要抓住一个关键,即浓度的变化。 实验得出的结论是很难明确的。混合物浓度低于爆炸下限时不着火,不爆炸;高于上限的也不着火,不爆炸。但在通电情况下打开瓶盖时可看到。

Gradient Step Method to Predict the Ozone Solubility in Water

In this work it presents a strategy to obtain the ozone solubility in water by gradient step method. In this methodology, the ozone in mixture with oxygen is bubbling in a reactor with distilled water at 21℃ and pH 7. The ozone concentration on gas phase is continually increased after the saturation is reached. The method proposed is faster than conventional method （isocratic method）. The solubility from the gradient method is compared with that values obtained from correlations founded in the literature.

Cleavage of catalytic ally grown carbon nanofibers into hydrophilic segments by oxidation in a mixture of concentrated HNO3-H2SO4 in an autoclave

The catalytically grown carbon nanofibers were treated by a mixture of concentrated nitric aid and sulfuric aid in an autoclave at temperature 333, 363 and 423 K. It was found that the samples treated at 363 K and 423 K were still well dispersed in water 15 hours later, indicating that carbon nanofibers can be made hydrophilicy. It was also found that the dispersion was destroyed when the pH value was lowered by adding acid. The results are significant when the carbon nanofibers are used as enhancing component in polymer composite material because several hundreds of nm are perfect size and the hydrophilicity controls the dispersion of CNFs in the polymer media. It is concluded that the amount of the oxygen-containing groups on the surface and the hydrophilicity of the carbon nanofibers can be controlled by the treatment temperature, and that the carbon nanofibers can be cleaved into uniform segments.

Flow Behaviors of Non-spherical Granules in Rectangular Hopper

Flow behaviors of four kinds of granular particles(i.e. sphere,ellipsoid,hexahedron and binary mixture of sphere and hexahedron) in rectangular hoppers were experimentally studied. The effects of granular shape and hopper structure on flow pattern,discharge fraction,mean particle residence time and tracer concentration distribu-tion were tested based on the visual observation and particle tracer technique. The results show that particle shape affects significantly the flow pattern. The flow patterns of sphere,ellipsoid and binary mixture are all parabolic shape,and the flow pattern shows no significant difference with the change of wedge angle. The flowing zone be-comes more sharp-angled with the increasing outlet size. The flow pattern of hexahedron is featured with straight lines. The discharge rates are in increasing order from hexahedron,sphere,binary mixture to ellipsoid. The dis-charge rate also increases with the wedge angle and outlet size. The mean particle residence time becomes shorter when the outlet size increases. The difference of mean particle residence time between the maximum and minimum values decreases as the wedge angle increases. The residence time of hexahedron is the shortest. The tracer concen-tration distribution of hexahedron at any height is more uniform than that of binary mixture. The tracer concentra-tion of sphere in the middle is lower than that near the wall,and the contrary tendency is found for ellipsoid particles.

Study on explosion process of methane-coal dust mixture

The experimental system of 10 m3 large-scale multiphase combustion explosion tank was used for research into the explosion development process under the ignition conditions of methane-coal dust-air mixture, and the overpressure development processes of the mixture at different distances were obtained. For the methane-coal dust-air mixture with an equivalence ratio of 1, the explosion pressure and pressure rise rate reached their maximum under a methane concentration of 8% and a coal dust concentration of 25 g/m3, while the maximum explosion pressure and pressure rise rate both occurred 0.5 m away from the ignition point under a methane concentration of between 4.5% and 8%, and a coal dust concentration of between 25 g/m3 and 1 O0 g/m3. Moreover, the greater the explosion intensity of mixture, the closer the occurrence location of maximum overpres- sure was to the ignition source.

Solubilization of Phenanthrene and Fluorene in Equimolar Binary Mixtures of Gemini/Conventional Surfactants

This study deals with the enhanced solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons （PAHs） such as phenanthrene （PHE） and fluorene （FLR） in a pure cationic gemini （G6） and three conventional surfactants [polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether （Brij35）, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide （CRAB） and sodium lauryl sulfate （SDS）] as well as in their equimolar binary combinations （G6-Brij35, G6-CTAB and G6-SDS）. Their solubilization efficiency toward PHE and FLR has been quantified in terms of the molar solubilization ratio （MSR） and the micelle-water partition coefficient （Kin）. The ideality/nonideality of the mixed micelles is discussed with the help of Clint, Rubingh and Rosen＇s approaches. These theories determine the deviation of experimental critical micelle concen- tration （CMC） values from ideal critical micelle concentration, which was measured by evaluating the interaction parameters （/3m and/3）. Negative values ofβm were observed in all the equimolar binary systems, which show synergism in the mixed micelles. Whereas at air/liquid interface synergism was observed in the systems G6-CrAB and G6-Brij35; G6-SDS exhibited an antagonistic effect. The order of MSR and Km was G6-CTAB 〉 G6- Brij35 〉 G6-SDS for phenanthrene as well as for fluorene.

The Allelochemicals Effect of Zygophyllum album on Control of Bromus tectorum

The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential allelopathic effects of different concentrations of Zygophyllum album （donor species） aqueous extract （2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10%） on germination percentage, plumule and radicle length ofBromus tectorum （weed） and Triticum aestivum （crop species） under laboratory conditions to have the greatest inhibitory allelopathic effect on the recipient species in mixed culture compared to that pure culture. The germination percentage, plumule and radicle length ofB. tectorum in mixed culture was completely inhibited at the highest concentration of aqueous extracts of the donor species level the exerted weak measures as affected by the highest concentration level of donor in pure culture. This inhibition was markedly in obvious B. tectorum that is more sensitive to tested donor. The domineering effect of aqueous extract of the donor was more prominent on weeds than crop species. The variant response to the allelopathic substance could be related to the species specific growth regulatory effect of allelochemicals and concentration dependent. There is possibility of using these allelochemicals directly or as structural leads for the discovery and development of environment friendly herbicides to control weeds.

Process Flow Model of Combined High Temperature Fuel Cell Operated with Mixture of Methane and Hydrogen

One of the main challenges of biogas and syngas use as fuel in hybrid solid oxide fuel cell （SOFC） cycles is the variable nature of their composition, which may cause significant changes in plant performance. On the other hand, hydrogen is one of the main components in some types of gasified biomass and syngas. Therefore, it is vital to investigate the influences of hydrogen fraction in inlet fuel on the cycle performance. In this work, a steady-state simulation of a hybrid tubular SOFC-gas turbine （GT） cycle is first presented with two configurations： system with and without anode exhaust recirculation. Then, the results of the model when fueled by syngas, biofuel, and gasified biomass are analyzed, and significant dependency of system operational parameters on the inlet fuel composition are investigated. The analysis of impacts of hydrogen concentration in the inlet fuel on the performance of a hybrid tubular SOFC and gas turbine cycle was carried out. The simulation results were considered when the system was fueled by pure methane as a reference case. Then, the performance of the hybrid SOFC-GT system when methane was partially replaced by H2 from a concentration of 0% to 95% with an increment of 5% at each step was investigated. The system performance was monitored by investigating parameters like temperature and flow rate of streams in different locations of the cycle; SOFC and system thermal efficiency; SOFC, GT, and cycle net and specific work; air to fuel ratio; as well as air and fuel mass flow rate. The results of the sensitivity analysis demonstrate that hydrogen concentration has significant effects on the system operational parameters, such as efficiency and specific work.

Effects of Isotopic Concentrations on Thermodynamic Parameters of Deuterium-Tritium Mixtures

Thermodynamic estimation is still too much requested for scientific applications in spite of great advances in simulation methods for efficient determination of phase equilibrium of multi-component systems. In this work, thermodynamic properties of deuterium-tritium mixture in a wide range of temperatures and pressures have been predicted. Buckingham exp-6 potential has been utilized in calculations, based on statistical perturbation theory. The effects of various values of density, temperature and isotopic concentrations on pressure have been studied. Eventually, we have found out symmetrical effects of tritium concentration in deuterium-tritium mixtures.

Inhibiting effect of Al(OH)_3 and Mg(OH)_2 dust on the explosions of methane-air mixtures in closed vessel

The inhibiting effect of AI（OH）3 and Mg（OH）2 dust on explosion of methane-air mixtures was investigated by means of explosion parameter tests in a 20-liter closed vessel. The influences of varying methane concentration and dust concentration on explosion parameters were characterized based on the experimental data to determine the maximum explosion pressure, maximum rate of pressure rise, lower explosion limits and upper explosion limits. The inhibiting mechanisms of these kinds of dust were analyzed as well. The investigations indicate that AI（OH）3 and Mg（OH）2 dust can be used as inhibitors to prevent meth- ane explosion, however, their inhibiting effects are less than those of inert gas such as N2 and CO2 in that their dust can weaken the methane explosion but cannot totally eliminate it. The tests show that all of the explosion parameters with dust additives are strongly dependent on methane/air ratio and dust concentration, and AI（OH）3 dust has better performance than Mg（OH）2 dust in inhibiting methane explosion. The average percentage decreases of maximum explosion pressure and maximum rate of pressure rise with AI（OH）3 dust are 11.08% and 66.15%, respectively. Experiments also showed that there is a special phe- nomenon when methane explosion is inhibited by AI（OH）3 and Mg（OH）2 dust, in which is that during the process of explosion the maximum explosion pressure value first decreases then increases as dust concentration increases. The best dust concentrations to inhibit the explosion are 250 g/m3 with methane/air ratio at 9.5%, and 200 g/m3 with methane/air ratio at 7%. It is suggested that water vapor produced by the thermal decomposition of metal hydroxides makes the particles of descending dust combine, resulting in a decrease of the real dust concentration in the vessel. Water vapor also is the major cause of another phenomenon that the LEL curve and the UEL curve never meet with the increase of gas concentration.

Temperature and Concentration Fields in a Generator Integrated to Single Stage Heat Transformer Using Water/Carrol Mixture

The generator is the starter device of single stage heat transformer(SSHT) and its characteristics have main effects on the overall efficiency of this kind of absorption machines.This article reports a study of the generation of steam and changes in the concentration of the working solution(Water/Carrol mixture) into a plate heat exchanger as a function of its horizontal and vertical position by gravity effect.It is considered the analysis of six experimental tests;two were evaluated in a plate heat exchanger in a horizontal position and four in a vertical position(90 degree inclination).The generation of steam and increased concentration of the working solution are more sensitive to the vertical position of exchanger than in horizontal position.The results of numerical-experimental analysis indicates that a heat exchanger in horizontal position,the steam generation and the change in the concentration of the working solution occurring in the middle of the plate(or at greater distance depending to the thermodynamic conditions) and instantly in vertical position(at the input of the plate).