A newly isolated photosynthetic bacterium,Rhodobactersphaeroides HY01 showed high hydrogen production performance(*** Energy39,10051-60)and good flexibility on genetic modification(*** Energy 39,14633-41).In order to ...
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A newly isolated photosynthetic bacterium,Rhodobactersphaeroides HY01 showed high hydrogen production performance(*** Energy39,10051-60)and good flexibility on genetic modification(*** Energy 39,14633-41).In order to investigate its potential on using wastewater containing heavy metal ions for photosynthetic hydrogen production,four conventional heavy metal ions,Pb2+,Cu2+,Cr6+ and Cd2+ were studied for their effects on the photosynthetic hydrogen production performance of Rhodobactersphaeroides HY01.
Carbon dioxide is the major greenhouse gas that contributes to the global warming more than 60%. Carbon dioxide from power plants is one of the main sources. Therefore it is essential to reduce the CO 2 emission from ...
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Carbon dioxide is the major greenhouse gas that contributes to the global warming more than 60%. Carbon dioxide from power plants is one of the main sources. Therefore it is essential to reduce the CO 2 emission from power plant flue gas. Post- combustion carbon capture is the optimal choice in near-to meddle-term, since it does not need to change the configuration of the power plants essentially. Chemical absorption with amine-based solvents is currently the state-of-the-art technology for post- combustion carbon capture. This paper introduces the typical CO 2 amine absorption process and analyses the main problems during the absorption process. To make the process more efficient, several improvements were investigated: increasing gas-liquid contacting area, searching for new type of reactant, and dilution of the aqueous fraction with organic liquids. The present study aims to summarize the improvements in amine scrubbing process for CO 2 capture and forecast the promising research directions in the future.
In order to achieve uniform mixing between spray droplets and crossflow, cold-model experiment of a hollow-cone water spray in an air crossflow is investigated via a numerical simulation. The simulation cases are desi...
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In order to achieve uniform mixing between spray droplets and crossflow, cold-model experiment of a hollow-cone water spray in an air crossflow is investigated via a numerical simulation. The simulation cases are designed by using the orthogonal design method. The Eulerian-Lagrangian formulation is employed for modeling the droplets-crossflow two-phase flow while the realizable k-ε turbulence model is used to describe the turbulence. A new index, mixedness quality, is proposed to assess the overall mixing of the droplets in the crossflow. The simulation results demonstrate that the counter-rotating vortex pair (CVP) imposes a more significant impact on the spatial distribution than on the size distribution of the droplets. Pairs of CVP with smaller scales are preferable for achieving a better mixing. The influencing factors are listed in the following order in terms of the degree of their impact from the greatest to the least: the Sauter diameter of the initial droplets, the mixing tube diameter, the spray angle, the velocity of the inlet crossflow, and the vertical velocity of the initial droplets. A moderate droplet diameter, a smaller tube diameter, a moderate spray angle, a greater crossflow velocity and a moderate vertical velocity of the droplet are favorable for achieving a higher mixedness quality of the jet spray in a confined crossflow.
CO 2 gases stored underground may escape from the reservoir site to other places and even through the soil layer into atmosphere, thus identify the leakage source is therefore a crucial problem after leakage occurring...
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CO 2 gases stored underground may escape from the reservoir site to other places and even through the soil layer into atmosphere, thus identify the leakage source is therefore a crucial problem after leakage occurring. The paper introduced a direct method to solve the inverse problem combined with the optimization method, which is Occam regularization method. This method was applied to estimate the source parameters. Firstly, the calculation process of Occam regularization method was introduced and then the feasibility of its application for source parameters identification was proved by simulation and experiment data. The results showed that, Occam regularization method is able to estimate source parameters successfully.
Chemical absorption using Ethanolamine to capture CO 2 is considered to be an effective way to cover the large reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions. As the absorption capacity is different between aqueous and non...
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Chemical absorption using Ethanolamine to capture CO 2 is considered to be an effective way to cover the large reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions. As the absorption capacity is different between aqueous and non- aqueous solutions, in this work, the reaction processes about monoethanolamine (MEA) absorbing CO 2 in aqueous and non-aqueous (take methanol as the medium) solvation effect without solvent molecular are studied using density functional theory (DFT), respectively. The result shows that the reaction mechanism is same both in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions and a two-step reaction process can demonstrate it well. The main effect of the different solvent on the reaction is the relative energy of the optimized configurations. The energy shows that stable configurations have lower relative energy in methanol than in water, which demonstrates that the configurations are more stable in non-aqueous solutions than those in aqueous solutions.
Feasibility of the solar photocatalysis has been validated theoretically and experimentally. Main concerns on the solar photocatalysis in the solutions are: the mass transfer limitation between the photocatalyst and t...
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Feasibility of the solar photocatalysis has been validated theoretically and experimentally. Main concerns on the solar photocatalysis in the solutions are: the mass transfer limitation between the photocatalyst and the solution, and the concentration or radiation distribution in the photoreactors. Most researches concentrated their research on one aspect. There is limited research considering variable catalysis concentrations together with the changing solar radiation. However, outdoor solar photocatalysis devices, i.e. for hydrogen production or waste water degradation, would practically face this phenomenon. In the present study, the photon absorption in a suspended photocatalytic reactor was simulated by adopting Monte Carlo method and the six-flux radiation absorption-scattering model. Different photocatalyst concentrations were taken into account. Simulation results indicated that the photon absorption had a close relationship with the concentration distribution of the photocatalysts, and that there is an optimal concentration gradient in the photoreactor leading to the maximum photon absorption. Accordingly, the concentration field is optimized according to the changing solar irradiation. The present work is expected to be of effective value for obtaining the optimal operating parameters for industrial solar photocatalytic applications.
With the experimental system of thermo-balance, the combustion characteristics of powders of different kinds of coals under various experimental conditions are studied by using the method of thermo-gravimetric analysi...
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With the experimental system of thermo-balance, the combustion characteristics of powders of different kinds of coals under various experimental conditions are studied by using the method of thermo-gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Different factors such as heating rate, particle size and additives on the combustion characteristics are investigated. The results show that, with the raise of heating rate , coal combustion TG and DTG curves of different kinds of coal move to higher temperature zone and the combustion rate increases while the characteristics of ignition and burnout is strengthened. With the sample weight increasing, the ignition temperature and coal combustion rate decreases and the burnout temperature increases. With the decrease of particle size of coal powder, combustion characteristics are commonly enhanced firstly and wakened later. Additives such as K2CO3, Ca(OH)2, Fe(NO3)3·9H2O, FeSO4 can promote coal combustion in the low temperature zone(573∼723K).
The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is dominated by the solar radiation, and therefore its discontinuous operation is an unavoidable problem. In this paper, low temperature geothermal energy is introduced into the SC...
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The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is dominated by the solar radiation, and therefore its discontinuous operation is an unavoidable problem. In this paper, low temperature geothermal energy is introduced into the SCPP for overcoming this problem. Based on a developed mathematical model, theoretical analyses are carried out to investigate the performance of the geothermal-solar chimney power plant (GSCPP) with main dimensions the same as the Manzanares prototype in Spain. It is found that the GSCPP can attractively run in the full geothermal mode to deliver power continuously, which could solve the problem of the SCPP's running without sunlight in a long time, including at night. In addition, the introducing of geothermal energy into the SCPP can highly improve its power capacity.
A set of solar photovoltaic and thermal combined (PV/T) system is installed and tested in the present study. The PV/T system is designed and constructed by integrating coiled-channel flat-plate collectors with polycry...
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A set of solar photovoltaic and thermal combined (PV/T) system is installed and tested in the present study. The PV/T system is designed and constructed by integrating coiled-channel flat-plate collectors with polycrystalline silicon PV modules. The linear Fresnel lens acts as the concentrator. Three systems, i.e. the non-cooling PV system, the non-concentrating PV/T system and the concentrating PV/T system, are tested and analyzed. Experimental results show that a high thermal and electrical combined efficiency, over 65%, is achieved by the PV/T system. Water in the flat plate can significantly decrease the PV module temperature and improve the electricity-conversion efficiency. Comparing with the non-concentrating PV/T system, the concentrating PV/T system can increase the total utilization of solar energy.
Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of coal is a promising technology for clean coal utilization. In this paper, hydrogen production by non-catalytic partial oxidation of coal was systematically investigated in su...
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