Soil Reinforcement Experiment Inside Large-Scale Bucket Foundation in Muddy Soil

The large-scale bucket foundation with 30 m in diameter and 6 m in height was used as the foundation of wind turbine. The wide-shallow foundation is different from the traditional bucket foundation with high ratio of height to diameter. The cover-load-bearing mode of the new type foundation can resist more external loadings. To achieve the bearing mode, the muddy soil inside the bucket should be reinforced, which will improve the soil strength and make the soil and foundation into a whole part to resist the external loadings. The vacuum and electro-osmotic soil reinforc- ing methods were used in the experiments. The results showed that the bearing behavior of the muddy soil were effec- tively improved by the negative pressure and electro-osmotic effect, and the improved muddy soil with better strength could work together with the bucket foundation, meaning that the top-cover bearing mode of the new bucket founda- tion was achieved. During the soil reinforcing process, the foundation moved downward, i.e., the settlement of founda- tion was almost finished during the pre-loading process caused by the vacuum and electro-osmotic method.

Catalytic performance of hybrid Pt@ZnO NRs on carbon fibers for methanol electro-oxidation

A novel Pt@ZnO nanorod/carbon fiber （NR/CF） with hierarchical structure was prepared by atomic layer deposition combined with hydrothermal synthesis and magnetron sputtering （MS）. The morphology of Pt changes from nanoparticle to nanorod bundle with controlled thickness of Pt between 10 and 50 nm. Significantly, with the increase of voltage from 0 to 0.6 V （vs. standard calomel electrode）, the prompt photocurrent generated on ZnO NR/CF increases from 0235 to 0.725 mA. Besides, the Pt@ZnO NR/CF exhibited higher electrochemical active surface area （ECSA） value, better methanol oxidation ability and CO tolerance than Pt@CF, which demonstrated the importance of the multifunctional ZnO support. As the thickness of Pt increasing from 10 to 50 rim, the ECSA values were improved proportionally, leading to the improvement of methanol oxidation ability. More importantly, UV radiation increased the density of peak current of Pt@ZnO NR/CF towards methanol oxidation by additional 42.4%, which may be due to the synergy catalysis of UV light and electricity.

Electrocatalytic oxidation behavior of L-cysteine at Pt microparticles modified nanofibrous polyaniline film electrode

Platinum(Pt)/nanofibrous polyaniline(PANI) electrode was prepared by pulse galvanostatic method and characterized by scanning electron microscopy.The electrochemical behavior of L-cysteine at the Pt/nanofibrous PANI electrode was investigated by cyclic voltammetry.The results indicate that the pH value of the solution and the Pt loading of the electrode have great effect on the electrocatalytic property of the Pt /nanofibrous PANI electrode;the suitable Pt loading of the electrode is 600 μg/cm2 and the suitable pH value of the solution is 4.5 for investigating L-cysteine oxidation.The L-cysteine sensor based on the Pt/nanofibrous PANI electrode has a good selectivity,reproducibility and stability.The Pt/nanofibrous PANI electrode is highly sensitive to L-cysteine,and the linear calibration curve for the oxidation of L-cysteine can be observed in the range of 0.2-5.0 mmol/L.

Fast preparation of photopolymerized monolithic columns for capillary electrochromatography

Photopolymerized sol-gel(PSG) columns were prepared using methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane as the monomer,toluene as the porogen and hydrochloric acid as the catalyst.Four different photoinitiators such as benzoin methyl ether,Irgacure 819,Irgacure 1700 and Irgacure 1800 were comparatively used in the reaction solution in the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate.The above eight solutions were respectively irradiated at 365 nm for 5?10 min in each capillary(75 μm inside diameter) to prepare the porous monolithic sol-gel column by a one-step,in situ,process.The chromatographic behavior of the eight PSG columns were comparatively studied,all of which exhibit reversed-phase character.Using these columns,several neutral compounds,namely thiourea,benzene,toluene,ethyl benzene,biphenyl and naphthalene can be separated from mixtures with a largest column efficiency of 74 470 plate/column for thiourea.Addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate in the polymerization process has a significant influence on the morphology and migration time.

Doping effects on the electro-degradation of phenol on doped titanium suboxide anodes

Titanium suboxide is an excellent electrode material for many oxidization reactions.In this article,the electrodes of pure Ti_4O_7,doped Ti_4O_7and the mixed-crystal of Ti_4O_7and Ti_5O_9were prepared to evaluate their activities and doping effects in the electro-degradation of phenol.It was revealed by the HPLC analysis results that the degradation intermediates and routes were significantly affected by the doping element.On the pure Ti_4O_7anode,a series of classic intermediates were obtained from benzoquinone and hydroquinone to various carboxylic acids.These intermediates were degraded gradually to the final organic intermediate of oxalate in all experiments.At last,oxalate was oxidized to CO_2and H_2O.Distinctively,the Y-doped Ti_4O_7 anode directly broke phenol toα-ketoglutaric acid without the intermediates of benzoquinone and hydroquinone.The strong oxidization ability of the Y-doped Ti_4O_7 anode might be responsible for the highest COD removal ratio.In contrast,the Ga-doped Ti_4O_7 anode showed the worst degradation activity in this article.Three intermediates of benzoquinone,hydroquinone and maleic acid were found during the degradation.Benefiting from the weak ability,oxalate was efficiently accumulated with a very high yield of 74.6%.The results demonstrated promising applications from electrochemical preparation to wastewater degradation by adjusting the doping reagent of Ti_4O_7 electrodes.

Effect of electro-scalp acupuncture on acute ischemic stroke: a randomized, single blind, trial

OBJECTIVE： To determine the clinical efficacy and safety of electro-scalp acupuncture in the treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS： Totally 74 patients with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled and divided into either body acupuncture （Control） or electro-scalp acupuncture （ESA） groups according to randomized controlled principle. The patients in the control group were given body acupuncture treatment once daily for 28 d, whereas except for the body acupuncture, electro-scalp acupuncture was additional treatment given to the ESA group. Neurological deficits, everyday motor function and muscle strength were evaluated at baseline and the 28th d by NIH Stroke Scale （NIHSS）, FugI-Meyer Assessment （FMA） and Modified Barthel Index Score （MBI）, respectively. RESULTS： There were not obvious between-group differences in the baseline efficacy parameters （NI- HSS, FMA and MBI） （all P 〉 0.05）, whereas signifi- cant between-group differences were found in post-treatment NIHSS, FMA-UE and MBI scores （all P 〈 0.05）. After acupuncture treatment, systematic within-group improvements were found in the two groups for any of the efficacy parameters assessed （all P 〈 0.01）, and the ESA group showed higher significant improvements in NIHSS, FMA-UE and MBI scores （all P 〈 0.05）. CONCLUSION： Electro-scalp acupuncture was efficacious in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, which resulted in meaningful improvements in neurologic function, motor function and activities of daily living of patients.

High electro-catalytic graphite felt/Mn O2composite electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries

A mild and simple synthesis process for large-scale vanadium redox flow batteries(VRFBs)energy storage systems is desirable.A graphite felt/Mn O_2(GF-MNO)composite electrode with excellent electrocatalytic activity towards VO^(2+)/VO_2^+redox couples in a VRFB was synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal process.The resulting GF-MNO electrodes possess improved electrochemical kinetic reversibility of the vanadium redox reactions compared to pristine GF electrodes,and the corresponding energy efficiency and discharge capacity at 150 m A cm^(-2)are increased by 12.5%and 40%,respectively.The discharge capacity is maintained at 4.8 A h L^(-1)at the ultrahigh current density of 250 m A cm^(-2).Above all,80%of the energy efficiency of the GF-MNO composite electrodes is retained after 120 charge-discharge cycles at 150 m A cm^(-2).Furthermore,these electrodes demonstrated that more evenly distributed catalytic active sites were obtained from the Mn O_2particles under acidic conditions.The proposed synthetic route is facile,and the raw materials are low cost and environmentally friendly.Therefore,these novel GF-MNO electrodes hold great promise in large-scale vanadium redox flow battery energy storage systems.