Selection of Heat Recovery Ventilators in Different Climate Zones of China

Considering four different climate zones in China, an investigation on the choice of heat recovery ventilator for the buildings with little moisture emissions is carried out. The annual composition of energy consumption of air intake for per unitary air ventilation flow rate is evaluated by employing the testing data of climatic parameters in eight selected cities. The analysis shows that the total heat recovery is suitable in a controlled ventilation system with air humidity controlled during heating period of all the climates. For the building without air humidity controlled in winter, the sensible heat recovery ventilators can be used in severe cold and cold regions, and total heat recovery systems are more suitable for energy saving in hot summer and cold winter and hot summer and warm winter regions.

NAND flash service lifetime estimate with recovery effect and retention time relaxation

A service life model of NAND flash and threshold voltage shift process is proposed to calculate the service life and endurance.The relationships among achievable program/erase(P/E) cycles,recovery time,bad block rate and storage time are analyzed.The achievable endurance and service life of a NAND flash are evaluated based on a flash cell degradation and recovery model by varying recovery time,badblock rate,and storage time.It is proposed to improve the service lifetime of solid state disk by both relaxing the bad block rate limitation and retention time while extending the recovery time.The results indicate that endurance can be improved by 17 times if the storage time guarantee is reduced from 10 a to 1 a with 105 s recovery time inserted between cycles.

Investigation of different coal types effect on the overall plant recovery

Coal washing plants are usually fed from various sources. Coals include different combinations which should be considered for increasing the plant proficiency. Thus different methods have been used to enrich various coal types. In this study, Alborz-Sharghi coal washing plant was investigated which is fed from five coalmines. The optimum recovery was achieved for all coal types individually through experimental design. The controllable operation parameters in the experiments were collector dosage,frother dosage, solid percent content and particle size. The other parameters such as impeller speed,pH, conditioning time and flotation time were kept constant for all experiments. The optimum combination of coals was also specified. The results show that the optimum recovery for coal blends is 91.2%which shows much improvement relative to the plant conditions.

Effect of Pre-strain on the Transformation and Recovery Behaviours of a Ti_(44)Ni_(47)Nb_9 Shape Memory Alloy

The recovery strain, stress and transformation temperature of different pre-strained specimens of Ti44Ni47Nb9 were investigated by tensile test and electrical resistance measurement. The results indicated that pre-strain increases the reverse martensitic transformation temperature (A ' (s)) and hysteresis (A(s) - M-s). The recovery strain and stress are higher if the specimens are pre-strained between M-s and A(s) temperature than outside this temperature range. There exists an optimal pre-strain value, about 10%, at which the specimen exhibits maximum recovery strain and stress.

The Effect of a Chocolate Bar Supplementation on Moderate Exercise Recovery of Recreational Runners

To study the effects of a chocolate bar supplementation before exercise on improving recovery of physiological and metabolic changes induced by exercise, 16 male students aged 18-20 years voluntarily served as subjects. A crossover design was employed. Each subject took part in two trials and ran an hour on a treadmill with the intensity of keeping heart rate at 148-150 min for each trial. Results showed that plasma glucose levels of subjects increased significantly (5.42±0.83 mmol/L) at 15 min after ingestion of a chocolate bar and maintained in moderate high levels (4.92 ±0.57 mmol/L) until 30 min after an hour's running while the glucose levels were low and dropped to under normal ranges (3.84 ± 0.31 mmol/L) at 30 min after exercise as they were with a supplement of placebo. Results of plasma FFA, blood lactate and plasma urea nitrogen levels and RPE all indicated that chocolate bar supplementation before exercise benefits to create the necessary prerequisite for exercise and recovery

(＋)-Borneol is neuroprotective against permanent cerebral ischemia in rats by suppressing production of proinflammatory cytokines

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability and death globally.It occurs when a major artery is occluded in the brain and leads to death of cells within the injured tissue.（＋）-Borneol,a simple bicyclic monoterpene extracted from traditional Chinese medicine,is widely used in various types of diseases.However,no study has proved the effects of（＋）-borneol on functional recovery from permanent ischemic stroke and the mechanism is still unknown.Here,we report that in the rat model of permanent cerebral ischemia,we found that（＋）-borneol（1.0 mg/kg） significantly ameliorated infarct size and neurological scores via reducing the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase（iNOS）and tumor necrosis factor-alpha（TNF-α） in a dose dependent manner.Notably,（＋）-borneol showed long-term effects on the improvement of sensorimotor functions in the photothrombotic model of stroke,which decreased the number of foot faults in the grid-walking task and forelimb asymmetry scores in the cylinder task,at least in part through reducing loss of dendritic spines in the length,brunch number and density.These findings suggest that（＋）-borneol could serve as a therapeutic target for ischemic stroke.

Characteristics of gravity signal and loading effect in China

The complex geographical environment in China makes its gravity signals miscellaneous.This work gives a comprehensive representation and explanation in secular trend of gravity change in different regions,the key features of which include positive trend in inner Tibet Plateau and South China and negative trend in North China plain and high mountain Asia（HMA）.We also present the patterns of amplitudes and phases of annual and semiannual change.The mechanism underlying the semiannual period is explicitly discussed.The displacement in three directions expressed in terms of geo-potential spherical coefficients and load Love numbers are given.A case study applied with these equations is presented.The results show that Global Positioning System（GPS） observations can be used to compare with Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment（GRACE） derived displacement and the vertical direction has a signal-noise-ratio of about one order of magnitude larger than the horizontal directions.

How to achieve energy efficiency in buildings without compromising indoor air quality:A case study on enthalpy exchangers

As a representative heat recovery device,the fixed-plate enthalpy exchanger possesses the advantages of high recovery effectiveness,low pressure drop,and small space occupied.Still,indoor contaminants may transfer to fresh air through the enthalpy exchanger simultaneously,causing cross-contamination risk.However,the cross-contamination risk of the fixed-plate enthalpy exchanger has been under-researched in previous studies.As a result,this study experimentally investigates the energy performance,formaldehyde and ammonia transfer rates of paper-based and membrane-based enthalpy exchangers.The results illustrate that the enthalpy recovery effectiveness of the plate exchangers ranges from 60%–85%.The formaldehyde transfer rate through the exchangers varies from 5%–23%,and the ammonia transfer rate is 0–15%.The high effectiveness and low contaminant transfer rates are conducive to the promising application of the fixed-plate enthalpy exchangers.In addition,the energy reclaimed increases with the increase of the absolute indoor-outdoor enthalpy difference.The formaldehyde and ammonia transfer rates and cross-contamination risk slightly decrease with increasing temperature but significantly increase with increasing humidity.Moreover,the experimental results demonstrate that the contaminant transfer rates through the membranebased exchanger are lower than those of the paper-based exchanger.This study provides a reference for the fixed-plate enthalpy exchanger design in practical applications.

Effect of a pain diary use on recovery from acute whiplash injury: a cohort study

Previously,it was shown that the use of a symptom diary for two weeks,even in generally healthy subjects,results in increased recall of daily symptoms and increased perception of symptom severity(Ferrari and Russell,2010).In that study,generally healthy female subjects were asked to recall symptoms experienced in the previous two weeks,after keeping a symptom diary for two weeks,while a control group was asked to recall symptoms experienced in the previous two weeks without having kept a symptom diary.While both groups had