Effects of proline on the seed-setting rate of hybrid rice

The seed-setting rate of hybrid rice is general-ly lower than that of conventional varieties.One of the factors explained this phenomenonis the proline concentration in anthers.Fiveconcentrations(30,50,80,120,and240 mg/kg)of exogenous proline were sprayedat meiosis stage of the early hybrid rice combi-nation Shanyou R3-2.Anthers were collected

Reliability-BasedModel for Incomplete Preventive ReplacementMaintenance of Photovoltaic Power Systems

At present,the operation and maintenance of photovoltaic power generation systems mainly comprise regular maintenance,breakdown maintenance,and condition-based maintenance,which is very likely to lead to over-or under-repair of equipment.Therefore,a preventive maintenance and replacement strategy for PV power generation systems based on reliability as a constraint is proposed.First,a hybrid failure function with a decreasing service age factor and an increasing failure rate factor is introduced to describe the deterioration of PV power generation equipment,and the equipment is replaced when its reliability drops to the replacement threshold in the last cycle.Then,based on the reliability as a constraint,the average maintenance cost and availability of the equipment are considered,and the non-periodic incomplete maintenance model of the PV power generation system is established to obtain the optimal number of repairs,each maintenance cycle and the replacement cycle of the PV power generation system components.Next,the inverter of a PV power plant is used as a research object.The model in this paper is compared and analyzed with the equal cycle maintenance model without considering reliability and the maintenance model without considering the equipment replacement threshold,Through model comparison,when the optimal maintenance strategy is(0.80,4),the average maintenance cost of this paper’s model are decreased by 20.3%and 5.54%and the availability is increased by 0.2395% and 0.0337%,respectively,compared with the equal-cycle maintenance model without considering the reliability constraint and the maintenance model without considering the equipment replacement threshold.Therefore,this maintenance model can ensure the high reliability of PV plant operation while increasing the equipment availability to improve the system economy.

Transient simulation of regression rate on thrust regulation process in hybrid rocket motor

The main goal of this paper is to study the characteristics of regression rate of solid grain during thrust regulation process. For this purpose, an unsteady numerical model of regression rate is established. Gas–solid coupling is considered between the solid grain surface and combustion gas.Dynamic mesh is used to simulate the regression process of the solid fuel surface. Based on this model, numerical simulations on a H2O2/HTPB（hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene） hybrid motor have been performed in the flow control process. The simulation results show that under the step change of the oxidizer mass flow rate condition, the regression rate cannot reach a stable value instantly because the flow field requires a short time period to adjust. The regression rate increases with the linear gain of oxidizer mass flow rate, and has a higher slope than the relative inlet function of oxidizer flow rate. A shorter regulation time can cause a higher regression rate during regulation process. The results also show that transient calculation can better simulate the instantaneous regression rate in the operation process.

An Imperfect Grouping Maintenance Strategy for Multi-Component Systems Using the Survival Signature

This paper presents an imperfect maintenance strategy for the multi-component systems.The proposed maintenance strategy takes into account two types of maintenance actions,namely preventive maintenance(PM)and corrective maintenance(CM).The imperfect effect of PM is modeled on the basis of the hybrid hazard rate model.Meanwhile,a new structure importance measure based on the survival signature is presented.Using this new importance measure method,an adjustment function is designed to update the PM maintenance threshold.For CM actions,a decision rule relying on the criticality level of components is introduced.In order to judge the criticality level of components,a novel structure updating method based on the survival signature is proposed.Moreover,a maintenance model considering economic dependence among components is developed.A 10-component system is finally introduced to illustrate the use and advantages of the proposed maintenance strategy.