Piezoelectric nanowires have attracted much scientific interest in the last few years because of their enhanced piezoelectric coefficients at nanometer scale, with promises of efficient mechanical energy harvesters fo...Piezoelectric nanowires have attracted much scientific interest in the last few years because of their enhanced piezoelectric coefficients at nanometer scale, with promises of efficient mechanical energy harvesters for autonomous integrated systems. This paper presents the design and, for the first time, guideline rules, based on simple analytical expressions, to improve the performance of a mechanical energy harvester integrating vertical ZnO piezoelectric nanowires. Additional simulations were carried out to account more realistically for device geometry. The authors discuss the prospects of such an approach, based on design and material improvement.展开更多
Novel carbon-carbon ultracapacitors and hybrid lithium-carbon devices are described. New approach to the design of electrode materials and electrochemical systems followed by the improved design of ultracapacitor cell...Novel carbon-carbon ultracapacitors and hybrid lithium-carbon devices are described. New approach to the design of electrode materials and electrochemical systems followed by the improved design of ultracapacitor cells and modules have resulted in prototypes of superior performance that was verified by independent tests in the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC （ultracapacitor） Davis, in JME Inc., in Wayne State University, and in some other labs. All the test results confirm the superlative performance of the devices developed： carbon-carbon ultracapacitors demonstrate the extremely low inner resistance resulting in the highest power capability and efficiency that also alleviates the cooling requirements and improves safety. Our ＂parallel＂ hybrid devices demonstrate substantially higher energy density than competing LIC （lithium ion capacitor） technologies keeping at the same time the high power density, comparable with the best carbon-carbon ultracapacitors available in the market. In order to make ultracapacitor technology even more attractive to automakers, new organic electrolytes （not ionic liquids） have been developed and are currently under testing at temperatures about 100 ℃ and voltages up to 3.0 V.展开更多
On the basis of the three-dimensional design platform of the mixed-flow pump impellers, an optimization design system was developed in this paper by improving the genetic algorithm with application of both strategies ...On the basis of the three-dimensional design platform of the mixed-flow pump impellers, an optimization design system was developed in this paper by improving the genetic algorithm with application of both strategies of keeping the optimal individu- al and employing the niche. This system took the highest efficiency of the impeller as the optimization objective and employed P, a0, A0h and A0t, which could directly affect the shape and the position of the blade, as optimization parameters. In addition, loss model was used to obtain fast and accurate prediction of the impeller efficiency. The optimization results illustrated that this system had advantages such as high accuracy and fine convergence, thus to effectively improve the design of the mixed-flow pump impellers. Numerical simulation was applied to determine the internal flow fields of the impeller obtained by optimization design, and to analyze both the relative velocity and the pressure distributions. The test results demonstrated that the mixed flow pump had the highest efficiency of 87.2%, the wide and flat high efficiency operation zone, the relatively wide range of blade angle adjustment, fine cavitation performance and satisfied stability.展开更多
This paper addresses the composite nonlinear feedback（CNF） control for a class of singleinput single-output nonlinear systems with input saturation to track a time varying reference target with good transient perfor...This paper addresses the composite nonlinear feedback（CNF） control for a class of singleinput single-output nonlinear systems with input saturation to track a time varying reference target with good transient performance. The CNF control law consists of a tracking control law and a performance compensator. The tracking control law is designed to drive the output of the system to track the time varying reference target rapidly, while the performance compensator is used to reduce the overshoot caused by the tracking control law. The stability of the closed-loop system is established. The design procedure and the improvement of transient performance of the closed-loop system are illustrated with a numerical example and the controlled Van del Pol oscillator.展开更多
The availability equivalence of different designs for a repairable multi-state series-parallel system(RMSPS) is discussed in this paper.The system components are assumed to be independent,and their failure and repair ...The availability equivalence of different designs for a repairable multi-state series-parallel system(RMSPS) is discussed in this paper.The system components are assumed to be independent,and their failure and repair rates to be constant.The system availability is defined as the ability of the system to satisfy consumer demand.Factor improvement method and standby redundancy method are used to improve the system design.To evaluate availability of the both original and improved systems,a fast technique,based on universal generating function,is adopted.The availability equivalence factor is introduced to compare different system designs.Two types of availability equivalence factors of the system are derived.A numerical example is provided to illustrate how to utilize the obtained results.展开更多
文摘Piezoelectric nanowires have attracted much scientific interest in the last few years because of their enhanced piezoelectric coefficients at nanometer scale, with promises of efficient mechanical energy harvesters for autonomous integrated systems. This paper presents the design and, for the first time, guideline rules, based on simple analytical expressions, to improve the performance of a mechanical energy harvester integrating vertical ZnO piezoelectric nanowires. Additional simulations were carried out to account more realistically for device geometry. The authors discuss the prospects of such an approach, based on design and material improvement.
文摘Novel carbon-carbon ultracapacitors and hybrid lithium-carbon devices are described. New approach to the design of electrode materials and electrochemical systems followed by the improved design of ultracapacitor cells and modules have resulted in prototypes of superior performance that was verified by independent tests in the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC （ultracapacitor） Davis, in JME Inc., in Wayne State University, and in some other labs. All the test results confirm the superlative performance of the devices developed： carbon-carbon ultracapacitors demonstrate the extremely low inner resistance resulting in the highest power capability and efficiency that also alleviates the cooling requirements and improves safety. Our ＂parallel＂ hybrid devices demonstrate substantially higher energy density than competing LIC （lithium ion capacitor） technologies keeping at the same time the high power density, comparable with the best carbon-carbon ultracapacitors available in the market. In order to make ultracapacitor technology even more attractive to automakers, new organic electrolytes （not ionic liquids） have been developed and are currently under testing at temperatures about 100 ℃ and voltages up to 3.0 V.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51176088)
文摘On the basis of the three-dimensional design platform of the mixed-flow pump impellers, an optimization design system was developed in this paper by improving the genetic algorithm with application of both strategies of keeping the optimal individu- al and employing the niche. This system took the highest efficiency of the impeller as the optimization objective and employed P, a0, A0h and A0t, which could directly affect the shape and the position of the blade, as optimization parameters. In addition, loss model was used to obtain fast and accurate prediction of the impeller efficiency. The optimization results illustrated that this system had advantages such as high accuracy and fine convergence, thus to effectively improve the design of the mixed-flow pump impellers. Numerical simulation was applied to determine the internal flow fields of the impeller obtained by optimization design, and to analyze both the relative velocity and the pressure distributions. The test results demonstrated that the mixed flow pump had the highest efficiency of 87.2%, the wide and flat high efficiency operation zone, the relatively wide range of blade angle adjustment, fine cavitation performance and satisfied stability.
基金supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61374035 and 61733017
文摘This paper addresses the composite nonlinear feedback（CNF） control for a class of singleinput single-output nonlinear systems with input saturation to track a time varying reference target with good transient performance. The CNF control law consists of a tracking control law and a performance compensator. The tracking control law is designed to drive the output of the system to track the time varying reference target rapidly, while the performance compensator is used to reduce the overshoot caused by the tracking control law. The stability of the closed-loop system is established. The design procedure and the improvement of transient performance of the closed-loop system are illustrated with a numerical example and the controlled Van del Pol oscillator.
基金supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province under Grant Nos.A2014203096 and G2012203136the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11201408the Science Research Project of Yanshan University under Grant No.13LGA017
文摘The availability equivalence of different designs for a repairable multi-state series-parallel system(RMSPS) is discussed in this paper.The system components are assumed to be independent,and their failure and repair rates to be constant.The system availability is defined as the ability of the system to satisfy consumer demand.Factor improvement method and standby redundancy method are used to improve the system design.To evaluate availability of the both original and improved systems,a fast technique,based on universal generating function,is adopted.The availability equivalence factor is introduced to compare different system designs.Two types of availability equivalence factors of the system are derived.A numerical example is provided to illustrate how to utilize the obtained results.
