Evaluation of modification effect of epoxy resin based on performance of asphalt mixtures

Based on the analysis of the main failures discovered in pavement on steel deck plate and the demanding service condition of the pavement on steel deck, high-temperature rutting test, low-temperature bending test and controlled stress flexural fatigue test are used to study the performance of asphalt mixtures modified by epoxy resin including high-temperature stability, low-temperature cracking-resistance, and fatigue cracking-resistance, which are served to evaluate the modification effect of epoxy resin of different contents. With the addition of epoxy resin, all the three performances are improved greatly. However, when the amount of epoxy resin added is over a certain value, the modification effect will be stable with no extra benefit detected. Finally, in terms of the properties of the three respects, 20%, 30%, 30% are given separately as the proposal adding contents.

Modeling of Fluid Turbulence Modification Using Two-time-scale Dissipation Models and Accounting for the Particle Wake Effect

Presently developed two-phase turbulence models under-predict the gas turbulent fluctuation, because their turbulence modification models cannot fully reflect the effect of particles. In this paper, a two-time-scale dissipation model of turbulence modification, developed for the two-phase velocity correlation and for the dissipation rate of gas turbulent kinetic energy, is proposed and used to simulate sudden-expansion and swirling gas-particle flows. The proposed two-time scale model gives better results than the single-time scale model. Besides, a gas turbulence augmentation model accounting for the f＇mite-size particle wake effect in the gas Reynolds stress equation is proposed. The proposed turbulence modification models are used to simulate two-phase pipe flows. It can properly predict both turbulence reduction and turbulence enhancement for a certain size of particles observed in experiments.

High-performance n-channel organic thin-film transistors based on the dual effects of heterojunction and surface modification

This paper presents two n-channel organic heterojunction transistors with modified insulator by using hexadecafiuorophthalocyaninatocopper （F16CuPc）/copper phthalocyanine （CuPc） and F16CuPc/pentacene as the active layers. Compared with a single-layer device, it reports that an improved field-effect mobility and a 6-fold higher drain current are observed. The highest mobility of 0.081 cm^2/（V. s） was obtained from F16CuPc/CuPc heterojunction devices. This result is attributed to the dual effects of the organic heterojunction and interface modification. Furthermore, for two heterojunction devices, the performance of the F16CuPc/CuPc-based transistor is better than that of F16CuPc/pentacene. This is attributed to the morphologic match of two organic components.

Modeling of Fluid Turbulence Modification Using Two-time-scale Dissipation Models and Accounting for the Particle Wake Effect

Presently developed two-phase turbulence models under-predict the gas turbulent fluctuation, because their turbulence modification models cannot fully reflect the effect of particles. In this paper, a two-time-scale dis- sipation model of turbulence modification, developed for the two-phase velocity correlation and for the dissipation rate of gas turbulent kinetic energy, is proposed and used to simulate sudden-expansion and swirling gas-particle flows. The proposed two-time scale model gives better results than the single-time scale model. Besides, a gas tur- bulence augmentation model accounting for the finite-size particle wake effect in the gas Reynolds stress equation is proposed. The proposed turbulence modification models are used to simulate two-phase pipe flows. It can prop- erly predict both turbulence reduction and turbulence enhancement for a certain size of particles observed in ex- periments.

Solutions of the modification heating conduction equations of a kind of laser thermal effect

This paper has solved the Chester modified heat conduction equation of the different relaxation time r value under different temperature conditions, different boundary conditions and the different initial conditions by different means of methods. These solutions can help to obtain temperature field of laser thermal effects.

Assessing quality of crash modification factors estimated by empirical Bayes before-after methods

Before-after study with the empirical Bayes(EB)method is the state-of-the-art approach for estimating crash modification factors(CMFs).The EB method not only addresses the regression-to-the-mean bias,but also improves accuracy.However,the performance of the CMFs derived from the EB method has never been fully investigated.This study aims to examine the accuracy of CMFs estimated with the EB method.Artificial realistic data(ARD)and real crash data are used to evaluate the CMFs.The results indicate that:1)The CMFs derived from the EB before-after method are nearly the same as the true values.2)The estimated CMF standard errors do not reflect the true values.The estimation remains at the same level regardless of the pre-assumed CMF standard error.The EB before-after study is not sensitive to the variation of CMF among sites.3)The analyses with real-world traffic and crash data with a dummy treatment indicate that the EB method tends to underestimate the standard error of the CMF.Safety researchers should recognize that the CMF variance may be biased when evaluating safety effectiveness by the EB method.It is necessary to revisit the algorithm for estimating CMF variance with the EB method.

Insight into the promotional mechanism of Cu modification towards wide-temperature NH3-SCR performance of NbCe catalyst

A simple strategy of Cu modification was proposed to broaden the operation temperature window for NbCe catalyst.The best catalyst Cu0.010/Nb1Ce3 presented over 90%NO conversion in a wide temperature range of 200-400℃and exhibited an excellent H_(2)O or/and SO_(2) resistance at 275℃.To understand the promotional mechanism of Cu modification,the correlation among the"activity-structure-property"were tried to establish systematically.Cu species highly dispersed on NbCe catalyst to serve as the active component.The strong interaction among Cu,Nb and Ce promoted the emergence of NbO4 and induced more Bronsted acid sites.And Cu modification obviously enhanced the redox behavior of the NbCe catalyst.Besides,EPR probed the Cu species exited in the form of monomeric and dimeric Cu^(2+),the isolated Cu^(2+)acted as catalytic active sites to promote the reaction:Cu^(2+)-NO_(3)^(-)+NO(g)→Cu^(2+)-NO_(2)^(-)+NO_(2)(g).Then the generated NO_(2) would accelerate the fast-SCR reaction process and thus facilitated the lowtemperature deNO_(x) efficiency.Moreover,surface nitrates became unstable and easy to decompose after Cu modification,thus providing additional adsorption and activation sites for NH3,and ensuring the improvement of catalytic activity at high temperature.Since the NH3-SCR reaction followed by E-R reaction pathway efficaciously over Cu_(0.010)/Nb_(1)Ce_(3) catalyst,the excellent H_(2)O and SO_(2) resistance was as expected.

Atomically Dispersed Iron Active Sites Promoting Reversible Redox Kinetics and Suppressing Shuttle Effect in Aluminum-Sulfur Batteries

Rechargeable aluminum-sulfur(Al-S)batteries have been considered as a highly potential energy storage system owing to the high theoretical capacity,good safety,abundant natural reserves,and low cost of Al and S.However,the research progress of Al-S batteries is limited by the slow kinetics and shuttle effect of soluble polysulfides intermediates.Herein,an interconnected free-standing interlayer of iron sin-gle atoms supported on porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers(FeSAs-NCF)on the separator is developed and used as both catalyst and chemical barrier for Al-S batteries.The atomically dispersed iron active sites(Fe-N_(4))are clearly identified by aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption near-edge structure.The Al-S battery with the FeSAs-NCF shows an improved specific capacity of 780 mAh g^(−1)and enhanced cycle stability.As evidenced by experimental and theoretical results,the atomically dispersed iron active centers on the separator can chemically adsorb the polysulfides and accelerate reaction kinetics to inhibit the shuttle effect and promote the reversible conversion between aluminum polysulfides,thus improving the electrochemical performance of the Al-S battery.This work provides a new way that can not only promote the conversion of aluminum sulfides but also suppress the shuttle effect in Al-S batteries.

Co-adsorption behavior of aggregated asphaltenes and silica nanoparticles at oil/water interface and its effect on emulsion stability

In petroleum industry, crude oil emulsions are commonly formed in oilfields. The asphaltenes and fine particles in crude oil may affect the stability of the emulsions by adsorbing at the water/oil interface. In this research, the effect of silica nanoparticles and asphaltenes on emulsion stability is explored first. The asphaltenes are proved to benefit emulsion stability. Unlike the asphaltenes, however, the modified silica nanoparticles may have positive or negative effect on emulsion stability, depending on the asphaltene concentration and aggregation degree in the emulsions. Further, it is confirmed by conducting interfacial experiment that the asphaltenes and particles can adsorb at the interface simultaneously and determine the properties of the interfacial layer. More in-depth experiments concerning contact angle and asphaltene adsorption amount on the particles indicate that the asphaltenes can modify the wettability of the particles. Higher concentration and lower aggregation degree of the asphaltenes can increase their adsorption amount on the surface of particles and then improve the modification effectiveness of the particles. Resultantly, the particles with good modification effectiveness can enhance the emulsion stability while the particles with poor modification effectiveness will weaken the emulsion stability.

Experimental study on new method and automatic system for fast evaluating Al-Si alloy modification effect in front of furnace

A new method based on the surface tension measurement for fast evaluating modification effect of Al-Si alloy in front of furnace and an automatic system for fast measuring surface tension of molten Al-Si alloy are introduced. By theoretical analysis the relation between surface tension σe of molten Al-Si alloy and information parameters △P , N , φx and T has been established, namely, σ e = a △P + b . N + c . (φ x- φ0)+ d . T +e . By ex- periments the relationship between surface tension and modification level of Al-Si alloy has been also got that σ e > 530 mN/m, 400 ≤σe ≤530 mN/m and σ e < 400 mN/m are corresponding with AFS 1-2, AFS 3-4 and AFS 5-6 of Al-Si modification effect. Depending on the conclusions, modification effect can be recognized in a few seconds, which is of practical significance for real-time evaluating modification effect of Al-Si alloy in front of furnace.

Mechano-activated surface modification of calcium carbonate in wet stirred mill and its properties

Surface modification of calcium carbonate particles using sodium stearate(SDS) as a modification agent incorporated with the simultaneous wet ultra-fine grinding in the laboratory stirred mill was investigated. The physical properties and application properties of modified calcium carbonate were measured and evaluated. The action mechanism between SDS and calcium carbonate in the modification was studied by infrared spectrometry(IR) and X-ray photoelectron energy spectroscopy(XPS). The results indicate that the crushing mechanic force intensity can obviously influence the modification effect of calcium carbonate because of mechano-chemical effect. The hydrophilic surface of calcium carbonate is turned into hydrophobic after modification. The properties of polyethylene(PE) filled by modified calcium carbonate powder is markedly improved. And the adsorption of SDS could occur by chemical reaction with calcium carbonate surface.

Psychosocial Stress Modifies the Acute Cardiac Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Previous studies have shown that exposure to black carbon(BC,a tracer of traffic-related air pollution)and psychosocial stress are both associated with adverse cardiac effects,but whether psychosocial stress could modify the cardiac effects of BC is unclear.To investigate the potential modifying effect of psychosocial stress on the associations between acute exposure to BC and typical cardiac health variables,real-time personal 24 h measurements were conducted in a repeated-measure study among adults with elevated blood pressure(high-risk group)and a panel study among normal adults(low-risk group)in China.Measured cardiac health variables included ST-segment depression events,heart rate,and heart rate variability(HRV)variables.Perceived Stress Scale,State Anxiety Inventory and Self-rating Depression Scale were used to assess the recent psychosocial stress status of the participants,and a composite stress index was established based on these scales.Generalized linear mixed-effects model was used to analyze the associations between BC exposure and cardiac health variables and potential effect modification by psychosocial stress.A total of 9724 h measurements among 97 participants in the repeated-measure study and 20224 h measurements among 87 participants in the panel study were included in the final analysis.Acute BC exposure was significantly associated with increased ST-segment depression events and heart rate and decreases in HRV in both studies.The marginal effects of acute BC exposure on most cardiac health variables generally tended to be amplified under higher vs low levels of psychosocial stress in both studies,with the composite stress index apparently modifying the associations of BC exposure with most ST-segment depression events and HRV variables.These findings suggest that psychosocial stress may increase the participants’cardiac susceptibility to BC exposure,which could be helpful for the identification of susceptible individuals in the context of traffic-related air pollution.

Covalent Organic Framework with 3D Ordered Channel and Multi-Functional Groups Endows Zn Anode with Superior Stability

Achieving a highly robust zinc(Zn)metal anode is extremely important for improving the performance of aqueous Zn-ion batteries(AZIBs)for advancing“carbon neutrality”society,which is hampered by the uncontrollable growth of Zn dendrite and severe side reactions including hydrogen evolution reaction,corrosion,and passivation,etc.Herein,an interlayer containing fluorinated zincophilic covalent organic framework with sulfonic acid groups(COF-S-F)is developed on Zn metal(Zn@COF-S-F)as the artificial solid electrolyte interface(SEI).Sulfonic acid group(-SO_(3)H)in COF-S-F can effectively ameliorate the desolvation process of hydrated Zn ions,and the three-dimensional channel with fluoride group(-F)can provide interconnected channels for the favorable transport of Zn ions with ion-confinement effects,endowing Zn@COF-S-F with dendrite-free morphology and suppressed side reactions.Consequently,Zn@COF-S-F symmetric cell can stably cycle for 1,000 h with low average hysteresis voltage(50.5 m V)at the current density of 1.5 m A cm^(-2).Zn@COF-S-F|Mn O_(2)cell delivers the discharge specific capacity of 206.8 m Ah g^(-1)at the current density of 1.2 A g^(-1)after 800 cycles with high-capacity retention(87.9%).Enlightening,building artificial SEI on metallic Zn surface with targeted design has been proved as the effective strategy to foster the practical application of high-performance AZIBs.

团聚体级配对固废改良膨胀土耐久性的影响

通过工业固废改良膨胀土团聚体的搅拌破碎试验以及破碎土的耐久性试验,揭示了团聚体尺寸效应对改良效果的影响,并分析了其影响机理.结果表明:掺入铁尾矿砂和电石渣能加速土团聚体在搅拌过程中的破碎;大粒径团聚体内部膨胀土的改良效果较差,容易产生裂隙;粒径大于15 mm的团聚体含量越高,试样的耐久性越差;相对于电石渣改良土,复合改良土的耐久性更好;对于应用于底基层的电石渣改良土和复合改良土,建议控制粒径大于15 mm土团聚体的含量分别小于2.5%和21.8%.

温度和湿度对P-CNT自感知混凝土压敏性的影响

为研究温度与湿度对自感知混凝土(SSC)感知性能的影响,通过低温等离子体改性处理技术对碳纳米管(CNT)进行官能团嫁接,使其在水性体系下获得较好的分散性,并将改性后的CNT(P-CNT)加入混凝土中制备P-CNT/SSC传感器,通过改变含水率与温度条件研究P-CNT/SSC传感器的极化效应与循环加载下的自感知性能。试验结果表明:过高或过低的含水率均不利于SSC的感知性能,其中变化最为明显的是饱水状态下的P-CNT/SSC传感器,其应力敏感系数下降89.8%,并且压敏曲线极不稳定;在变温试验中,P-CNT/SSC传感器的电阻率与温度之间呈现负相关性,高温和低温下的应力敏感系数相较于常温组试件,分别下降了约35.66%和44.53%,并且压敏曲线整体出现了上移或下滑的趋势;P-CNT/SSC传感器在工程应用中的最佳测试环境为常温、自然含水率。

聚乳酸/聚乙二醇相变材料的结构与降温效果

针对加热卷烟中聚乳酸(PLA)材料降温效果不理想的问题,采用高相变焓的聚乙二醇(PEG)对PLA进行共混改性。通过熔融挤出制备了不同PEG分子量与含量的PLA/PEG相变材料,系统地研究了材料的相变行为、力学性能、亲水性能、降温效果以及相变前后的结构变化。结果表明,与纯PLA材料相比,PEG的引入使材料在40~70℃处的相变潜热增大,相变温度范围变宽。PLA/PEG材料的力学性能和亲水性受PEG质量分数的影响显著,但受PEG分子量影响不明显。随着PEG质量分数的增加,PLA/PEG材料的屈服强度和杨氏模量显著降低,断裂伸长率升高,亲水性提高。采用熔融沉积成型技术将PLA/PEG材料3D打印成降温滤嘴,并应用到加热卷烟中具有良好的降温效果,这归因于PEG的熔融吸热和PLA在玻璃化转变区域的热焓松弛。

MoO_(2)/ZnS复合材料改性隔膜实现锂硫电池稳定的高倍率性能

锂硫电池由于其高能量密度、低成本效益被认为是最有前途的下一代电池体系之一.然而多硫化物的穿梭效应大幅降低了锂硫电池的循环稳定性和寿命,严重阻碍其实际应用.无机金属化合物材料改性的隔膜不仅能抑制多硫化锂(LiPS)的穿梭效应,其部分特殊的晶面还能加速多硫化物的氧化还原反应动力学.本文在罗盘状ZnS表面原位生长球状的MoO_(2),制备MoO_(2)/ZnS复合材料.MoO_(2)对多硫化物有着较强的吸附作用,ZnS有着良好的电导率,两者的复合可加速电子传导效率和氧化还原速率.以所制备的MoO_(2)/ZnS作为隔膜改性材料,锂硫电池在5 C的大电流密度下,经过1000次循环后仍可以保持690 mAh g^(-1)的放电比容量,平均每圈的容量衰减率仅为0.014%,表现出优异的循环性能和倍率性能.

木材用于水伏发电的研究进展

化石能源的过度使用带来能源枯竭与环境恶化问题,绿色可持续成为发展的首要目标。水能作为目前较为优质的清洁能源,其中一部分潜在的能量有待转化利用。近年来,水伏发电受到国内外学者的广泛关注,被认为是一种新兴的深度挖掘水能资源的手段,研究者们取得了一系列关于功能材料与水滴、水波、水蒸发与湿气等相互作用输出电能的研究成果。开发生物质基水伏发电材料有助于推动可再生能源的充分利用。木材是一种储量充足、可再生、易加工的材料,同时具有独特的多级孔道结构,内部富含极性基团,有良好的机械强度,因此木材在水伏发电领域具有一定应用前景。笔者总结了水伏发电技术的研究进展,阐述了水伏发电的理论基础,基于水伏效应的能量转换方式及其器件材料的选择,介绍了木材用作水伏发电器件材料的研究成果,归纳了研究者为提高水伏发电器件的输出功率,对木材进行表面修饰、孔道调控、材料负载、碳化处理的功能化改性方法,并对其面临的挑战与应用前景进行展望。

液态CO_(2)-水循环作用下煤体的物理改性规律及增润减尘效应

煤层注水是预防煤矿粉尘危害的主动性、治本性措施,也是防治瓦斯突出、冲击地压等灾害的重要手段之一。但我国大量煤层具有高地应力、低孔隙率、低渗透性的特点,传统方法和技术面临水注入难、注水周期长、煤体假性润湿等瓶颈。为此,利用液态CO_(2)具有的低温冷冻、高渗透性、相变自增压、酸化解堵等优异特性,提出液态CO_(2)-水循环作用致裂增润煤体的新思路,研制了液态CO_(2)循环冷浸试验系统,联合低场核磁共振仪研究了液态CO_(2)-水循环作用对煤孔隙结构的影响规律,联用电液伺服压力实验机探究了循环作用对煤体力学特性的改变机理,运用截齿破碎煤岩产尘试验系统研究了循环作用后煤体破碎过程的产尘特性。结果表明:液态CO_(2)-水循环作用使煤体有效孔隙度(φ_(NF))增加,增幅与循环作用次数呈正相关,煤体内部束缚流体变少,自由流体增多,T2截止值(T_(2cutoff))随之降低,结合分形理论发现基于渗流孔隙的分形维数Ds具有明显的分形特征,煤体原生孔隙经历了“扩容”的过程,微裂隙与原始裂隙形成贯通,循环作用增强了有效渗流通道连通性,优化了煤的孔隙网络与渗流条件。随着循环次数的增加,煤的最大应力σ_(c)呈指数衰减至4.93 MPa,应变ε_(c)线性增加至2.29×10^(-2),煤的抗压强度减弱,变形能力增加,循环作用改变了煤基质间联结状态,产生的冻胀力对煤体施加挤压作用加剧了裂隙的扩展,脆性指数B5最大降幅为34.71%,显著减弱了煤体脆性,具有了更好的抗动载荷或冲击能力;煤体对外加能量的存储能力弱化,改变了煤在截割过程中的破坏形式,试验条件下煤体破碎过程全尘产尘率降低了74%,呼吸性粉尘占比下降至2%,大幅减弱了粉尘危害性。