Experimental Study on Channel Characteristic and Refrigerating Effect in Vortex Tubes

Taking compressed air as the working medium, the performances of energy separation and temperature distribution in various kinds of vortex tubes are experimentally studied. Temperature distribution and refrigerating effect curve in vortex tubes are attained. The results show that the refrigerating effect of vortex tube with four nozzles is better than the other three kinds of vortex tube under the condition of ordinary temperature and 0.7 MPa pressure, and the refrigerating effect of vortex tube with six nozzles is worst in the four kinds of vortex tube. The refrigerating effect of nozzle with Achimid curve is best compared with other kinds of curves. The experiment shows that there is a boundary between cold and hot airflow at 0.7R of the tube, where cold airflow is inside the boundary and hot airflow is outside the boundary.     

Experimental study on natural convection of cold water near the maximum density in horizontal annulus

This paper conducts the experimental study on the natural convection characteristics of cold water near the maximum density in horizontal annulus with the fixed inner radius ri=14 mm and different width l=6~18 mm. The temperature at outer wall is maintained at 0 ℃, and the temperature differences between the inner and outer walls range from 2 to 24 ℃. The results show that the heat transfer coefficient at inner wall increases with the increase of the annulus width. When the temperature difference is bellow 4 ℃ or above 8 ℃, the heat transfer coefficient increases with the increase of the temperature difference. When the temperature difference is between 4 ℃ and 8 ℃, it decreases with the increase of the temperature difference. The formula of heat transfer at inner walls is obtained by using the method of linear regression.     

Design of subretinal artificial chip based on standard CMOS technology

A chip with smaller size and higher pixel density was designed to increase the chip’s pixel density in subretinal prosthesis. This chip was designed on 0.35 μm standard CMOS(complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology of CHRT company, while the double inverter relaxation oscillator was chosen as the basic pixel circuit. By creating layout on Cadence software, the circuit was debugged and simulated. The experiment results show that the pixel circuit provide effective pulse signals whose values and frequencies can vary with photocurrent to stimulate retinal nerve cells. For the simulated layout, the pulse width was 0.26 ms, the frequency was 18～503 Hz, the pixel size was 65 μm×65 μm, and the chip size was 1.1 mm×1.1 mm. All of the parameters can satisfy the requirement to stimulate retinal nerve cells in physiology. The experiment results provide a good foundation for the following research.     

Simulation of dissolved nitrogen pollution in Xiaojiang river basin of Three Gorges reservoir

Xiao Jiang River is the largest tributary on the north of the middle part in Three Gorges reservoir area, because of predominant hilly cropland with purple soil, the dissolved nitrogen from surface and subsurface runoff caused by raining accounts for most part of the nitrogen pollution in water. This paper develops the annual pollution models based on the characteristics of topography and soil, etc., of the basin in order to study dissolved nitrogen pollution, and introduces a Semi distributed Land Use based Runoff Processes (SLURP) hydrological model into the surface and subsurface runoff simulation which is an important part of non point source pollution modeling. Integrated with the geography information system technology, the annual temporal spatial distribution of the dissolved nitrogen in the basin is simulated and the load at the watershed outlet is estimated from 2000 to 2007. The results show that the load from cropland is up to 68.3~76.8of the total load, in which over 85 from croplands and then rural settlement is 23.2~31.7.     

Pollution characteristics of mercury in incineration fly ash of municipal solid waste in Three Gorges region

This study investigates the mercury distribution characteristics at different particle sizes, leaching characteristics with different impact factor such as the different time, the different ratio of liquid to solid and the different acidity, leaching toxicity and speciation of mercury in Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MWSI) fly ash in Three Gorges area. The results show that the average content of mercury in the fly ash is 8.52 mg·kg1. The content of mercury in the fly ash is higher at the particle size of 100 μm, and which increases with the decreas of the ash particle size. Mercury leaching content closely relates to environmental conditions. The leaching content of mercury increases with the increase of pH and L/S, while it decreases with the leaching time. The content of mercury at oxidable form and the residue form are high, and whith at exchangeable form and reducible form is relatively low.     

A contour extraction algorithm for digital images based on water balloons snake model

Due to weak edges and low contrast areas in digital images, such as a left ventricle in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images, a deformation curve may leak from the outer boundary when images are segmented using the traditional snake model. An improved algorithm based on the water balloons snake model is introduced to solve this problem. Firstly, the barycenter and the boundary shape area of the left ventricle in a digital MRI image are obtained through mathematical morphology. The left ventricular watershed line is obtained next using a watershed transform algorithm, which is taken as the initial deformation curve in a balloon snake model to capture the contour. Different snake models are tested to digitally tagged MRI images of left ventricles of small pigs. Contrast results indicate that the water balloons snake model can solve the leakage problem in traditional snake and balloon snake models. In addition, the processing speed is improved significantly.     

An aeroelastic model design of ultra high voltage power transmission line systems

We present an aeroelastic model design and method creation based on the case of an ±800 kV ultra high voltage (UHV) power transmission line from Xiang Jiaba to Shanghai, P. R. Chin, Both the centralized and discreted stiffness modeling methods are unsuitable for tower aeroelastic modeling. Taking these stiffness and aerodynamic characteristics into account, we introduce a new method to create an aeroelastic model that includes a semi rigid model segment and U shaped springs. Because the span of this transmission line is too long to fit within the wind tunnel in the same proportions as the tower, the proportions of the line model is condensed further. Aeroelastic test requirements can be satisfied by comparing theoretical analysis and actual measurements of the system model dynamics.     

Influence of fine aggregate on initial shrinkage of high performance concrete

The type and percentage of sand affect the gradation of coarse fine aggregate and the amount of spare mortar in concrete, which further affects the resistance of fresh concrete to initial plastic shrinkage. Taking into account the engineering characteristics of sand in the area of Chongqing, P. R. China, three fine aggregates composed of superfine, medium, mixed and manufactured sand, are used to prepare high performance concrete (HPC). The effects of these three fine aggregates on initial plastic shrinkage crack are investigated. The results show that the HPC prepared with superfine sand possesses a higher initial shrinkage value than HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand. An optimal sand percentage is necessary to reduce the initial shrinkage cracking of HPC prepared with mixed or medium sand.     

微细铣削表面粗糙度预测与试验

分别采用正交试验回归分析法和基于正交旋转组合设计的二次响应曲面法(RSM)建立了微细铣削表面粗糙度预测模型,并在微小型车铣中心上对硬铝合金进行了试验研究,分析了铣削参数对表面粗糙度的影响.分别对两种预测模型进行了显著性检验并进行对比分析后发现:二阶响应曲面法的预测精度明显优于正交回归分析法.根据二次响应曲面法的试验结果,对回归方程中的回归系数进行了显著性检验,得出了铣削参数影响表面粗糙度的线性效应、二次效应和交互效应的显著性并进行了排序.试验结果表明:在试验采用的工艺参数范围内,对微细铣削表面粗糙度影响重要程度依次是铣削速度、每齿进给量、切削深度.     

基于远程监控的农业气象自动采集系统设计

针对传统农业气象观测和当前传感器技术系统、方法存在的不足,设计了一套基于远程监控的农业气象自动采集系统,其硬件设备由农田小气候信息采集前端、视频图像信息采集前端、数据采集装置、数据传输装置和供电设备组成。该系统实现了农田小气候和视频图像信息参数采集与传输的高度集成,自动采集降水量、气温、空气湿度、风速、风向、光合有效辐射、土壤温度、土壤湿度和农作物视频图像信息,并通过远程客户端软件实现各要素信息的实时动态显示和远程监控。通过在郑州市、鹤壁市、温江市和荆州市开展的采集试验和系统试运行表明,系统显示出较好的稳定性,农田小气候和视频图像要素数据的采集、传输、动态实时显示与远程监控等各项功能均可满足各级用户需求。