高产过程的过程能力指数

对于高产过程,控制对象是相邻不合格品的连续合格品数,服从几何分布,是非正态分布。文章通过Box-Cox的幂转换方法计算非正态分布的过程能力指数,并以此方法来分析高产过程的过程能力指数。

Progress on Porous Ceramic Membrane Reactors for Heterogeneous Catalysis over Ultrafine and Nano-sized Catalysts

Heterogeneous catalysts with ultrafine or nano particle size have currently attracted considerable attentions in the chemical and petrochemical production processes, but their large-scale applications remain challenging because of difficulties associated with their efficient separation from the reaction slurry. A porous ceramic membrane reactor has emerged as a promising method to solve the problem concerning catalysts separation in situ from the reaction mixture and make the production process continuous in heterogeneous catalysis. This article presents a review of the present progress on porous ceramic membrane reactors for heterogeneous catalysis, which covers classification of configurations of porous ceramic membrane reactor, major considerations and some important industrial applications. A special emphasis is paid to major considerations in term of application-oriented ceramic membrane design, optimization of ceramic membrane reactor performance and membrane fouling mechanism. Finally, brief concluding remarks on porous ceramic membrane reactors are given and possible future research interests are also outlined.

Simulation of hydrocarbons pyrolysis in a fast-mixing reactor

Currently, thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons for the production of basic petrochemicals(ethylene, propylene) is carried out in steam-cracking processes. Aside from the conventional method, under consideration are alternative ways purposed for process intensification. In the context of these activities, the method of hightemperature pyrolysis of hydrocarbons in a heat-carrier flow is studied, which differs from previous ones and is based on the ability of an ultra-short time of feedstock/heat-carrier mixing. This enables to study the pyrolysis process at high temperature(up to 1500 K) at the reactor inlet. A set of model experiments is conducted on the lab scale facility. Liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) and naphtha are used as a feedstock. The detailed data are obtained on temperature and product distributions within a wide range of the residence time. A theoretical model based on the detailed kinetics of the process is developed, too. The effect of governing parameters on the pyrolysis process is analyzed by the results of the simulation and experiments. In particular, the optimal temperature is detected which corresponds to the maximum ethylene yield. Product yields in our experiments are compared with the similar ones in the conventional pyrolysis method. In both cases(LPG and naphtha), ethylene selectivity in the fast-mixing reactor is substantially higher than in current technology.

The Shandong Shidao Bay 200 MW_e High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Pebble-Bed Module(HTR-PM) Demonstration Power Plant: An Engineering and Technological Innovation

In 2005, the US passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandating the construction and operation of a high-temperature gas reactor （HTGR） by 2021. This law was passed after a multiyear study by national experts on what future nuclear technologies should be developed. As a result of the Act, the US Congress chose to develop the so-called Next-Generation Nuclear Plant, which was to be an HTGR designed to produce process heat for hydrogen production. Despite high hopes and expectations, the current status is that high temperature reactors have been relegated to completing research programs on advanced fuels, graphite and materials with no plans to build a demonstration plant as required by the US Con- gress in 2005. There are many reasons behind this diminution of HTGR development, including but not limited to insufficient government funding requirements for research, unrealistically high temperature requirements for the reactor, the delay in the need for a ＂hydrogen＂ economy, competition from light water small modular light water reactors, little utility interest in new technologies, very low natural gas prices in the US, and a challenging licensing process in the US for non-water reactors.

Maize Seeds Submitted to Thermotherapy and Analyzed by Dynamic Speckle

The quality of the seeds used for sowing is fundamental for a high productivity and quality of the crop. Therefore, eradicating pathogens is essential for the plant to develop in the best possible way. The eradication of those pathogens can be accomplished by means of treatments that consist of the application of substances to the seeds or by performing physical procedures. Thermotherapy is a physical treatment, in which the seed is exposed to a given thermal energy, such as heated air or steam, and can be highly efficient for controlling those pathogens, in addition to reducing environmental damage and costs. The present work aimed to evaluate the efficiency of thermotherapy in two ways： wet heat （water） and dry heat （water vapor）, both at 60 °C, alternating the exposure time to the thermal sources. The treatment with humid heat with a time of exposure of 5 min was the most efficient, since it presented higher germination percentages （83%） and less occurrence of Fusarium sp. （33%）. It was observed that the most efficient thermotherapy is in the control of Fusarium, the most aggressive is for the quality of the seed. The quality of the treatments was evaluated through standard methodologies, according to the rules for seed analysis, such as germination and sanitation tests. Biospeckle laser was used to identify the microbial activity in these seeds, through activity maps generated by laser speckle contrast analysis （LASCA） processing. In this way, the research involving thermotherapy can be done by varying the temperature and the time of exposure to obtain values that considerably reduce the pathogenic agents and preserve the quality, in order to maintain the values of germination and vigor acceptable for commercialization.

Heavy Quarks Production in Hadronic Processes: Qualitative Study of Higher-Order Fock States

The contribution of the two particles Fock states for the production of a heavy quark in proton-pion and photon-pion collisions is studied. It is shown that the effect depends strongly on the produced heavy quark mass, and the choice of the factorization scale.

Research on the mechanical property test of a new high-strength metal bolt

In order to study how to improve the overall performance of the operational metal bolt, based on the production process of an ordinary metal bolt used in understructure engineering, this paper focused on the existing problems of ordinary metal bolts identified by some survey and analysis. The results show that the structure of operational metal bolts is so unrea- sonable that the bolt tail is easily fractured by low load capacity. Furthermore, a new type of strong big-end metal bolt and its heat treatment and roughing processing technology were introduced. Through bolt tensile and metallographic tests, the property of the new big-end bolt was analyzed. The new findings indicate that after a special processing, the overall strength and plasticity of the bolt is greatly improved, and the grain of the bolt tail structure is refined, which would help build up favorable working conditions for bolt tails.

Kinetic Characterization of Trichoderma reesei CL847 TR3002： An Engineered Strain Producing Highly Improved Cellulolytic Cocktail

Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose is often considered to be the major economic bottleneck of the production process of bioethanol from lignocellulose. It is generally admitted that the most efficient organism for the production ofcellulolytic enzymes is the fungus Trichoderma reesei, mostly due to its high secretion capacity. Unfortunately, this fungus secretes very low concentrations of β-glucosidase, thereby often requiring β-glucosidase supplementation for complete cellulose hydrolysis. It is especially important to have sufficient quantities of β-glucosidase in order to prevent inhibition of cellobiohydrolases by cellobiose. In order to optimize the produced cocktail, a more efficient β-glucosidase was cloned into T. reesei CL847 strain. The new strain, called CL847 TR3002, secretes the evolved β-glucosidase and was tested for cellulase production in laboratory-scale reactors. Its growth kinetics and cellulase production were characterized using fed-batch and chemostat modes under various culture conditions. The cellulase activities of the evolved strain were compared with activities of the parent strain. In addition, hydrolysis of a steam exploded wheat straw was performed at three different enzyme-loading levels （5 mg/g, 10 mg/g and 20 mg/g of dry matter） and a new kinetic model was developed.

Combustion Irreversibilities: Numerical Simulation and Analysis

An exergy analysis was performed considering the combustion of methane and agro-industrial residues produced in Portugal (forest residues and vines pruning). Regarding that the irreversibilities of a thermodynamic process are path dependent, the combustion process was considering as resulting from different hypothetical paths each one characterized by four main sub-processes: reactant mixing, fuel oxidation, internal thermal energy exchange (heat transfer), and product mixing. The exergetic efficiency was computed using a zero dimensional model developed by using a Visual Basic home code. It was concluded that the exergy losses were mainly due to the internal thermal energy exchange sub-process. The exergy losses from this sub-process are higher when the reactants are preheated up to the ignition temperature without previous fuel oxidation. On the other hand, the global exergy destruction can be minored increasing the pressure, the reactants temperature and the oxygen content on the oxidant stream. This methodology allows the identification of the phenomena and processes that have larger exergy losses, the understanding of why these losses occur and how the exergy changes with the parameters associated to each system which is crucial to implement the syngas combustion from biomass products as a competitive technology.