Transformation of mercury speciation through the SCR system in power plants

Coal-fired utility boilers are now identified as the largest source of mercury in the United States. There is speculation that the installation of selective catalytic reduction （SCR） system for reduction of NOx can also prompt the oxidation and removal of mercury. In this paper, tests at six full-scale power plants with similar type of the SCR systems are conducted to investigate the effect of the SCR on the transformation of mercury speciation. The results show that the SCR system can achieve more than 70%-80% oxidation of elemental mercury and enhance the mercury removal ability in these units. The oxidation of elemental mercury in the SCR system strongly depends on the coal properties and the operation conditions of the SCR systems. The content of chloride in the coal is the key factor for the oxidization process and the maximum oxidation of elemental mercury is found when chloride content changes from 400 to 600 ppm. The sulfur content is no significant impact on oxidation of elemental mercury.

Purification of oily wastewater in thermal power plant by coal fly ash

The removal of oil from oily wastewater in thermal power plant by coal fly ash(CFA) was investigated. It contained about 2.5 g/L of mineral oil,which had to be treated efficiently before it was discharged. The experiments were carried out as a function of different initial concentrations of oil,mass dosage,contact time and pH value to obtain the optimum conditions for the removal of oil from oily wastewater. The experimental results show that CFA presents the most suitable conditions for the removal of oil from waste-water at a dosage of CFA 2.5 g/L,15 min of contact time and a pH value of 4.8. The adsorption process is performed with almost 96% of oil removal from wastewater. The kinetic data meet the second-order kinetic model. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describing the experimental isotherms and isotherm constants. The equilibrium data fit very well with the Freundlich model.

A single-phase turbulent flow numerical simulation of a cyclonic-static micro bubble flotation column

Improved fluid dynamics can enhance the separation efficiency of flotation methods. A Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation using FLUENT was performed to model the fluid environment of a cyclonic-static micro bubble flotation column. The simulation results visually show the interior flow and illustrate mixing of the different flows within the apparatus. An analysis of the distribution in velocity and vorticity was used to analyze the separation mechanism and the synergism of the component parts and to strengthen the design of each unit. The conclusions are that axial back mixing and vortexes still exist in the separation unit even in the presence of packing media. The inverted cone structure near the tangential inlet (cone 1) within the cyclonic unit is the main reason for this. The cone 1 structure enhances swirling and focuses energy within the inner area of the cone where there are abundant bubbles. As a result slowly floating minerals are forcibly recovered and tailings are effectively separated within this unit. However, cone 1 also reduces the vorticity downstream from it, which reduces the efficiency of tailings separation within this part. Therefore, the design of cone 1 should be based on the principles of lessening disturbances to the column unit while strengthening the separation effect of the cyclonic unit. Also, the axial distance between the paired cyclonic structures at the bottom of the column (cone 2) and cone 1 poses tough requirements because of an interaction between separation of the middlings and tailings.

Analysis on Venting Time of Rarefaction Wave Gun

Based on the operation principle of rarefaction wave gun,the selection and calculation methods for venting opportune moment are invastigated. Considering property of the rarefaction wave,taking the center of muzzle section as initial calculation point,supposing that at the moment projectile arrives to the muzzle,the rarefaction wave arrives to the base of projectile,the rarefaction wave velocity along the barrel can be obtained by fitting calculation of the interior ballistic data of the same closed gun and reverse deduction. And then,the optimal venting time can be found out correctly based on the rarefaction wave velocity.

Hopf Bifurcation Analysis and Control for Electrical System of Military Vehicle

Electrical system of military vehicle is a typical parameterized nonlinear system where complicated bifurcations may exist and threaten its safe and stable operation. An algebraic criterion for Hopf bifurcation is presented briefly and applied to find Hopf bifurcation point of the electrical system with automatic voltage regulator(AVR) dynamics in military vehicle. Hopf bifurcation controllers are designed for this electrical system by using wash-out filter,linear feedback,nonlinear feedback and their combination. The linear feedback control makes the system bring Hopf bifurcation at preferable parameter,the nonlinear feedback control modifies the type of the bifurcation,and the wash-out filter enhances the system damping,thus,the Hopf bifurcation is eliminated and the electrical system stability is ensured. Simulation results show the controller's validity.

H_∞-Mixed Sensitivity Design of Roll Channel of Bank-to-Turn Autopilot for Small Diameter Bomb

According to requirements of the bank-to-turn (BTT) control for a small diameter bomb (SDB), the robust design problem for the roll autopilot was studied by H∞-mixed sensitivity control method. A roll channel dynamics model was established. Considering the couple between the yaw and roll channel as uncertain disturbance, the roll autopilot was designed using dual-loop scheme which takes a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) as inner-loop, to ensure the control effect of the certain part in model, and an H∞-mixed sensitivity control as outer-loop, to restrain coupling disturbance and strengthen the system's robust performance. The dynamic tracking performance and the robustness for the parameter disturbance of the roll controller were analyzed. The simulated results show that the roll control system functions better and robustly.

Experiment and Calculation for Expansion Process of Ablation Plasma Jets in Liquid

The expansion process of ablation plasma jet in liquid was experimentally investigated by using high speed digital camera. The sequential pictures show that, in the initial stage of the jet, the Taylor cavity expands in the axial and radial directions simultaneously, and then, is subjected to the constraint of chamber wall, in axial direction mainly. The maximum axial speed of the cavity's head ranges from 240m/s to 280m/s. Some strong heat conduction and mass transmission effects can be found in the surface of Taylor cavity, where the plasma cools down and condenses as solid particles while the liquid vaporizes as gas. Compared the expansion processes of the cavities among the different discharge energies and the nozzle diameters, it can be seen that the expansion speed of the cavity is directly proportional to the discharge energy and inversely to the nozzle diameter, and the effect of the discharge energy is stronger than that of the nozzle diameter. A set of equations describing the expansion process of ablation plasma jet was derived under the assumption of momentum conservation. The calculated results by use of the equations coincide with the experimented results better.

Hollow MOF capsule encapsulated amino-functionalized ionic liquid for excellent CO_(2) catalytic conversion

The engineering of highly efficient and stable heterogeneous catalysts for catalytic conversion of CO_(2) to high value-added products is highly desirable but presents a great challenge. Herein, we reported the synthesis of a series of multifunctional IL@H-Zn/Co-ZIF composite catalysts with a unique porous hollow capsule structure and encapsulated amino-functionalized ionic liquids(ILs). The unique hollow capsule structure of IL@H-Zn/Co-ZIF provides sufficient space for loading active ILs([C_(2)NH_(2) Mim+][Brà]) and fast mass transfer of substrate molecules during catalysis. Furthermore, the microporous Zn-ZIF shell can effectively avoid the leaching of active ILs. Benefiting from the unique hollow structure, the resultant IL@H-Zn/Co-ZIF demonstrated excellent catalytic performance(>95% yield), and good recyclability(still remained about 90% activities after 5 cycles) when applied in the CO_(2) cycloaddition reaction under solvent and co-catalyst free conditions.

Investigation of convection cooling guide vane with conjugate heat transfer method

This paper studied a certain blade with ten radial cooling holes which employed conjugate heat transfer method. The cooling air entered the cooling channel from the bottom of the blade and went out from the top, it was not ejected into the main flow. This paper used different numerical conditions including different turbulence models,turbulence intensities,thermal conduction coefficients and the influence on fluid property via temperature variation. The temperature distribution and pressure distribution of the blade were compared with experimental data. The results show that the numerical results using different turbulence models are almost identical to experimental data even little deviation occurs at shock wave location. The trends of temperature distribution under different numerical conditions are coincident to experimental data,especially Reynolds stress turbulence model. It can be concluded that anisotropic turbulence models can simulate the transition from laminar to turbulence,and the influence of turbulence intensity on laminar region and transition region is more than that on developed turbulent region.

Numerical Simulation of Muzzle Flow Field Based on Calculation of Combustion Productions in Bore

To improve the accuracy of numerical simulation of muzzle chemical flow field,and study the gunpowder combustion productions, the muzzle flow field is simulated coupled with the calculation of combustion productions in bore. The calculation in bore uses the gibbs free-energy minimization method and the classical interior ballistics model. The simulation of the muzzle flow field employs the multi-component ALE( Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler) equations. Computations are performed for a 12. 7 mm gun. From 2. 48 ms to3. 14 ms,the projectile moves in the gun barrel. CO and H2 O masses decrease by 3. 37% and 6. 51%,and H2 and CO2masses increase by 11. 11% and 10. 58%. The changes conform to the fact that the water-gas equilibrium reaction of all reactions plays a dominant role in this phase. After the projectile leaves the barrel,the masses of H2 and CO decrease,and the masses of H2 O and CO2 increase. When it moves to 80 d away from the muzzle,the decreases are 12. 75% and 8. 05%,and the increases are 12. 76% and 36. 26%,which tallies with the existence of muzzle flame. Further,CO and H2 burn more and more fiercely with the muzzle pressure pg increasing,and burn more and more weakly with the altitude rising. When two projectiles launch in series,the combustion of the second projectile muzzle flow field is fiercer than the first projectile. Analysis results have shown that the proposed method is effective for simulating the muzzle flow filed.

Numerical Simulation for the External Combustion of Base-Bleed Projectile Using Gridless Method

The gridless method coupled with finite rate chemistry model is employed to simulate the external combustion flow fields of M864 base bleed projectile. The fluid dynamics process is described by Euler Equation in 2-D axisymmetric coordinate. The numerical method is based on least-square gridless method,and the inviscid flux is calculated by multi-component HLLC( Harten-Lax-van Leer-Contact) scheme,and a H2-CO reaction mechanism involving 9 species and 11 reactions is used. The computations are performed for the full projectile configuration of Ma = 1. 5,2,and 3. The hot air injection cases and inert cases are simulated for comparison. The numerical results show that due to the combustion in the weak region,the recirculation zone enlarges and moves downstream,the base pressure increases and the total drag force coefficient decreases. At Ma = 3. 0,the rear stagnation point shifts downstream approximate 0. 26 caliber,and the base pressure increases about 53. 4%,and the total drag force coefficient decreases to 0. 182 which agrees well with the trajectory model prediction. Due to neglecting the effects of viscosity and turbulence,there exists a certain difference at Ma = 1. 5,2. 0.

Design and research of magnetically levitated testbed with composite superconductor bearing for micro thrust measurement

A high temperature superconducting(HTS)magnetically levitated testbed has been developed for the steady thrust measurement of miniature ion electrospray thruster.The structure of the testbed mainly consists of an HTS composite bearing,a magnetic shielding plate,an active electromagnetic brake and a laser displacement sensor.The steady thrust is described as a function of the equilibrium angle displacement of the floating frame.Furthermore,the mechanical behaviors of HTS composite bearing were studied via finite element simulation and experiments,which include the load capacity,levitation stiffness and background noise.The results show that the thrust testbed can keep in low noise and have a load capacity up to 4 kg.According to the ignition testing of the electrospray thruster,the thrust force of 25.2 m N was measured by the testbed,which is close to the design value of miniature ion electrospray thruster.

Improvement of Open-Circuit Voltage in Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Chemically Modified Indium-Tin Oxide

The possibility of the increase in open-circuit voltage of organic photovoltaic cells based primarily indium-tin oxide (ITO)/rubrene/fullerene/Al structure by changing the work function of ITO anodes and Al cathodes was described in this work. To change built-in potential preferably in order to increase the open-circuit voltage, the work function of ITO should be increased and work function of Al should be decreased. The correlation between the change in work functions of electrodes and performance of the organic photovoltaic cells before and after surface modifications was examined in detail. The enhancement of open-circuit voltage depends on a function of work function change of both ITO and Al electrode. We could show that the built-in potential in the cells played an important role in open-circuit voltage.

Numerical Simulations on the Formation of Speckles in Nanofluids Illuminated by a TEM00 Laser Beam

On the basis of a Rayleigh scattering model for a single nanoparticle illuminated by a TEMoo laser beam, we theoretically and numerically study the speckle formation when nanofluids are illuminated by a TEMoo laser beam. The results show that the laser speckles possess a Gaussian distribution, which are in agreement with the experimental results. The results may be useful for using a laser speckle velocimetry to determine the velocitiies of nanoparticles in nanofluids.

Power output and efficiency optimization of endoreversible non-isothermal chemical engine via Lewis analogy

Compared with endoreversible heat engine with pure heat transfer and endoreversible isothermal chemical engine with pure mass transfer,endoreversible non-isothermal chemical engine(ENICE)is a more reasonable model of practical mass exchanger,solid device and chemo-electric systems.There exists heat and mass transfer(HMT)simultaneously between working fluid and chemical potential reservoir in ENICE.There is coupled HMT effect that in ENICE should be considered.There are two ways to consider this coupled effect.One is based on Onsager equations,and another is based on Lewis analogy.For the mathematical and physical description of the above HMT process,the model using Onsager equations are more appropriate in the linear HMT region not far from the equilibrium state,while that based on Lewis analogy is more appropriate in nonlinear HMT region far from the equilibrium state.Different from the previous research on the power optimization of ENICEs with Onsager equations,this paper optimizes power and efficiency of ENICE based on Lewis analogy.HMT processes are assumed to obey Newtonian heat transfer law(q∝ΔT,and T is temperature)and Fick's diffusive mass transfer law(g∝Δc,and c is concentration),respectively.Analytical results of power output and corresponding vector efficiency(η_(T)andη_(μ))of ENICE are obtained,which provide important parallel results with those based on Onsager equations.They include special cases for endoreversible Carnot heat engine with q∝ΔT and endoreversible isothermal chemical engine with g∝Δc.Adopting Lewis analogy in the modelling of ENICEs with simultaneous HMT is an important work.It provides important analytical and numerical results different from those with Onsager equations obtained previously and enriches the research contents of FTT.The research results in this paper have a certain guiding significance for the optimal designs of single irreversible NICEs,multistage NICE systems,practical mass exchangers,solid devices,chemo-electric systems,and so on.

Power-optimization of multistage non-isothermal chemical engine system via Onsager equations,Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman theory and dynamic programming

The research on the output rate performance limit of the multi-stage energy conversion system based on modern optimal control theory is one of the hot spots of finite time thermodynamics.The existing research mainly focuses on the multi-stage heat engine system with pure heat transfer and the multi-stage isothermal chemical engine(ICE)system with pure mass transfer,while the multi-stage non ICE system with heat and mass transfer coupling is less involved.A multistage endoreversible non-isothermal chemical engine(ENICE)system with a finite high-chemical-potential(HCP)source(driving fluid)and an infinite low-chemical-potential sink(environment)is researched.The multistage continuous system is treated as infinitesimal ENICEs located continuously.Each infinitesimal ENICE is assumed to be a single-stage ENICE with stationary reservoirs.Extending single-stage results,the maximum power output(MPO)of the multistage system is obtained.Heat and mass transfer processes between the reservoir and working fluid are assumed to obey Onsager equations.For the fixed initial time,fixed initial fluid temperature,and fixed initial concentration of key component(CKC)in the HCP source,continuous and discrete models of the multistage system are optimized.With given initial reservoir temperature,initial CKC,and total process time,the MPO of the multistage ENICE system is optimized with fixed and free final temperature and final concentration.If the final concentration and final temperature are free,there are optimal final temperature and optimal final concentration for the multistage ENICE system to achieve MPO;meanwhile,there are low limit values for final fluid temperature and final concentration.Special cases for multistage endoreversible Carnot heat engines and ICE systems are further obtained.For the model in this paper,the minimum entropy generation objective is not equivalent to MPO objective.

Analysis of heat transfer of loop heat pipe used to cool high power LED

A novel loop heat pipe(LHP)cooling device for high power LED is developed.The thermal capabilities, including startup performance,temperature uniformity and thermal resistance of the loop heat pipe under different heat loads and incline angles have been investigated experimentally.The obtained results indicate that the thermal resistance of the heat pipe heat sink is in the range of 0.19―3.1 K/W,the temperature uniformity in the evaporator is controlled within 1.5℃,and the junction temperature of high power LED can be controlled steadily under 100℃for a heat load of 100 W.

沸腾氯化过程中C和CO分别与Cl2在TiO2(100)表面的吸附结构及电荷属性分析:第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,构建C和CO分别与Cl2在金红石TiO2(100)面共吸附模型,预测了氯化过程中的吸附结构及其电荷属性。之后,对吸附结构的吸附能、电荷密度、差分电荷密度和态密度等进行计算分析,研究了吸附结构的稳定性及原子间的电荷分布。发现C和CO均能促使Cl2在TiO2(100)表面发生吸附反应,且C更有利于促进吸附反应的发生。结果表明:Cl2分子单独在TiO2(100)表面吸附的过程为物理吸附,C和CO分别与Cl2同时在TiO2(100)表面吸附的过程均为化学吸附。

Observer-based passive control for uncertain linear systems with delay in state and control input

This paper deals with the robust passivity synthesis problem for a class of uncertain linear systems with timevarying delay in state and control input. The parameter uncertainties are norm-bounded and allowed to appear in all matrices of the model. The problem aims at designing an observer-based dynamic output-feedback controller that robustly stabilizes the uncertain systems and achieves the strict passivity of closed-loop systems for all admissible uncertainties. By converting the problem at hand into a class of strictly passive control problem for a parameterized system, the explicit solution is established and expressed in terms of a linear matrix inequality. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.

Delay-dependent robust passivity control for uncertain time-delay systems

The robust passivity control problem is addressed for a class of uncertain delayed systems with timevarying delay. The parameter uncertainties are norm-bounded. First, the delay-dependent stability sufficient condition is obtained for the nominal system, and then, based-on the former, the delay-dependent robust passivity criteria is provided and the corresponding controller is designed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.