Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a zeolite may include a microporous framework comprising a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may further include organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties may include a zirconium atom. The zirconium atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and the bridging oxygen atom may bridge the zirconium atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for integrated utilization of a calcium chloride solution and CO2. In this method, with the calcium chloride solution and the CO2 being taken as raw materials, a water-soluble amine is added as an auxiliary agent to promote the occurrence of a mineralization reaction. As a result of crystallization following the reaction, calcium carbonate and a solution of a hydrochloride of the water-soluble amine are obtained. After the reaction is completed, the water-soluble amine is regenerated by subjecting a liquid phase resulting from separation to bipolar membrane electrodialysis, and dilute hydrochloric acid is obtained as a by-product at the same time. The method provides a novel perspective and approach to integrated utilization of calcium chloride-containing liquid waste and flue gas CO2. The water-soluble amine allows excellent mineralization, and the bipolar membrane electrodialysis enables excellent regeneration of the amine.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for synthesizing glycolide using methyl glycolate as a raw material, comprising two steps as illustrated in the following reaction formulas: wherein, the ROH represents a straight/branched chain alcohol, acid or ester containing 18-30 carbons and at least one hydroxyl group. The method for glycolide synthesis disclosed in the present invention manages to maintain a low viscosity within the reaction system by introducing a high-boiling alcohol into the reaction system to form a larger alkoxy glycolate exhibiting a significantly lower molecular weight compared to the typical glycolic acid oligomers utilized in the conventional process. Thus the challenges of coking and inefficient heat transfer encountered in traditional glycolide synthesis routes are effectively addressed.

Abstract: A method for smelting low-phosphorus high-manganese steel based on reduction dephosphorization of ferromanganese is provided in the present application, relating to the technical field of high-manganese steel smelting, where the dephosphorization of ferromanganese is carried out under reducing atmosphere conditions through mediate-frequency induction furnace to obtain molten ferromanganese with lower phosphorus content, which is subsequently mixed with low phosphorus molten steel obtained by smelting in oxidative period of electric arc furnace in LF ladle refining furnace to make the Mn content of steel reach the requirement of high-manganese steel, and smelting is carried out under the condition of reducing atmosphere by adjusting the composition and temperature of the molten steel to meet the requirements of the target composition of the steel grade before tapping the steel.

Abstract: A method of incorporating nanoparticles into a contact lens includes contacting the contact lens with a solvent sufficient to remove liquid from the contact lens and contacting the contact lens with colloidal nanoparticles sufficient to transfer nanoparticles from the colloidal nanoparticles to the contact lens.

Abstract: A concentrating solar power plant includes a solar light capturing part configured to capture solar light; and a heat exchange part configured to transform solar energy, from the captured solar light, into heat, which is stored in a solid medium, wherein the solid medium is stored underground. The solar light capturing part has a heliostat farm, a beam down solar concentrator, and a compound concentrator, each configured to reflect the solar light.

Abstract: A composite aerogel based on graphdiyne motif arrangement and a preparation method thereof are provided by the embodiments of the disclosure, belonging to the technical field of photothermal evaporation materials, including firstly growing graphdiyne on a surface of the graphene oxide to obtain a graphdiyne-coated graphene oxide, taking an additional graphene oxide, adding the additional graphene oxide and the graphdiyne-coated graphene oxide obtained by the coupling reaction into pure water, and ultrasonically mixing to obtain a mixed dispersion, adding a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution into the mixed dispersion, and transferring to a reaction kettle after ultrasonic mixing, putting the reaction kettle after sealing into a blast drying box for hydrothermal reaction to obtain a gel structure, and cleaning the gel structure, and freeze-drying to obtain a composite aerogel containing graphdiyne-coated reduced graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide.

Abstract: An online measurement device for crystal size and shape in a high-solid-content crystallization process includes a solution amplifier, a measurement device, a peristaltic pump, a crystallization kettle, a dilution device and a solution storage tank. A crystal-containing solution is arranged in the crystallization kettle; an inner wall of the solution amplifier is smooth, one end is an amplification end, and the other end is a contraction end. The contraction end is communicated with one end of the solution storage tank and one end of the crystallization kettle. The amplification end is communicated with the dilution device and the peristaltic pump. The peristaltic pump is communicated with the other end of the crystallization kettle. The solution amplifier, the peristaltic pump and the crystallization kettle form a complete passage through a pipeline. A measurement instrument of the measurement device is arranged at the outer side of the solution amplifier.

Abstract: Lost circulation materials may include a plurality of self-aggregating particles having a degradable coating, wherein the self-aggregating particles are capable of bonding via mechanical interactions, electrical interactions, magnetic interactions, chemical interactions, or any combination thereof into a plurality of aggregated particles. The aggregated particles have a larger effective size and can seal large openings/apertures in the subsurface that cause lost circulation during a wellbore drilling operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of heat dissipation for electronic devices, and discloses a manifold microchannel heat sink based on directional optimization of hotspot areas, including a power module, a heat dissipation substrate, a cold source device, and a diverter manifold; the heat dissipation substrate is arranged on the power module, a microchannel is provided on a side of the heat dissipation substrate away from the power module and on a back of a heat generating area of the power module for carrying the power module and dissipating heat from the power module. According to the manifold microchannel heat sink based on the directional optimization of hotspot areas, the local heat dissipation performance of the power module may be preliminarily changed by optimizing the microchannel on the heat dissipation substrate, which avoids poor heat dissipation temperature uniformity in a multi-heat source system.

Abstract: Disclosed are a high temperature blasting resistance isotactic polybutene alloy and a preparation method thereof. The isotactic polybutene alloy of the present invention comprises 1-40% of isotactic polypropylene in parts by mass, 0.1-10% of a polypropylene-polybutene-1 block copolymer in parts by mass, 35-95.9% of isotactic polybutene-1 of a medium molecular weight in parts by mass, and 3-15% of isotactic polybutene-1 of a high molecular weight in parts by mass. The alloy material is prepared using a method of segmented polymerization of propylene polymerization, high hydrogen content butene polymerization and low hydrogen content butene polymerization. The prepared isotactic polybutene alloy has excellent high temperature blasting resistance and high temperature hydrostatic pressure, is high in vicat softening temperature, and is applicable to pressure pipes.

Abstract: A system for treating nitrate nitrogen sewage by autotrophic denitrification subsurface flow constructed wetland and a method thereof. The system includes a wetland pool body, a wetland substrate, a water distribution device, a water outlet device, and plants. The wetland substrate is filled in the wetland pool body. The wetland substrate includes pyrite, volcanic rock, and biochar. The water distribution device is located at the top of the wetland pool body to distribute water into the wetland pool body, and the water outlet device is located at the bottom of the wetland pool body to collect treated sewage. The plant is planted in the wetland substrate. The dissolved oxygen concentration of the system for treating nitrate nitrogen sewage by autotrophic denitrification subsurface flow constructed wetland is maintained at 1.2˜2.8 mg/L.

Abstract: A liquid desiccant system for controlling a temperature inside an enclosure includes a liquid desiccant evaporative cooler (LDEC) system configured to cool down an incoming air stream (AA) entering the enclosure by using a first liquid desiccant; a liquid desiccant humidity pump (LDHR) system configured to remove humidity from a humid air stream (AD) that exists the enclosure by using a second liquid desiccant; and a storage system fluidly connected to the LDEC system and to the LDHR system and configured to separately store the first liquid desiccant and the second liquid desiccant. The humid air stream (AD) includes water vapors from the first liquid desiccant and from inside the enclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solution-processed selective solar absorption coating and a process for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the bioengineering field, and relates to a method for fermentation production of L-theanine by using an Escherichia coli genetically engineered bacterium. The engineered bacterium is obtained by serving a strain as an original strain, wherein the strain is obtained after performing a single copy of T7RNAP, a dual copy of gmas, xylR knockout, and sucCD knockout on an Escherichia coli W3110 genome, and by integrating genes xfp, pta, acs, gltA, and ppc, and knocking out ackA on the genome. The present invention has a high yield, and stable production performance; after 20-25 h, L-theanine has a titer of 75-80 g/L, and the yield is up to 52-55%. The fermentation broth is purified by membrane separation in combination with a cation-anion resin series technique. Moreover, the one-step crystallization yield is 72.3% and the L-theanine final product has a purity of 99%.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for collecting water droplets from an airflow of a cooling tower (8) through condensation of water vapour using an electrostatic separator (20), wherein the electrostatic separator is a single unit electrostatic separator (20) or a multi-unit electrostatic separator. The method for water particles collection from the exhaust airflow of a cooling tower primarily comprises condensing water vapour into large water droplets. It is experimentally proved that electrostatic separation solves the problem of visible plume pollution, and blow down decreased since collected water flows back to the circulating water. Additionally, electrostatic separation results in small pressure drop of the cooling tower (8).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a preparation process of a Ti3AlC2 ceramic phase-toughened molybdenum alloy. The preparation process includes: mixing MoO2 and Ti3AlC2 powders, sieving to obtain a mixed powder, and then conducting high-temperature hydrogen reduction; mixing a resulting reduced powder with a coarse-grained Mo powder to obtain a precursor powder; putting the precursor powder into a cladding material to allow hot-pressed sintering; subjecting an obtained sintered molybdenum alloy to high-temperature treatment and thermoplastic processing in sequence; and annealing an obtained processed molybdenum alloy to obtain a high-strength and high-toughness molybdenum alloy. In the present disclosure, a Ti3AlC2-containing ultrafine powder prepared by reduction is mixed with the commercial coarse-grained molybdenum powder in a certain proportion to obtain the precursor powder.

Abstract: A method includes calculating an initial phase ?gv of each air gap working magnetic field Bgv required to generate positive back EMF based on certain parameters of each armature harmonic vth; generating Bgv and maximizing a sum of equivalent air gap flux density amplitude Beqv of each of the air gap working magnetic fields Bgv while calculating a phase ?mv and a pole arc coefficient ?v corresponding to each permeance harmonic; designing a number, a position(s) and a length(s) along a circumference of modulation teeth corresponding to each of the permeance harmonics based on the phase ?mv and the pole arc coefficient ?v, such that a generated permeance model is consistent with the phase ?mv of each of the permeance harmonics; and optimizing radial dimensions of modulation teeth corresponding to each of the permeance harmonics to maximize the sum of equivalent air gap flux density amplitude Beqv.

Abstract: Methods of preparing a mineral-coated rock micromodel can include 3D-printing a transparent porous micromodel with photo-curable polymer, seeding a thin layer of mineral nanoparticles in the network of pores inside the micromodel, and subsequently growing a mineral layer on the thin layer of mineral nanoparticles. The thin layer of mineral nanoparticles can be introduced by injecting a suspension containing the mineral nanoparticles through the microporous polymer micromodel, and the mineral layer can be grown in-situ on the thin layer of mineral nanoparticles in the network of pores by injecting an ion-rich solution configured to crystallize from solution in response to contacting the mineral nanoparticles.

Abstract: Lost circulation materials may be particles having a core-shell structure. Said particles may include: a core comprising an expandable material; and a shell around the core, the shell comprising an outer permeable membrane, an inner permeable membrane, and a hardenable material between the outer and inner permeable membranes; and wherein the core-shell structure is folded. The particles may be initially folded where, upon exposure to a stimulus, the core expands in volume (which unfolds the particles) and the shell increases in strength. The expanded particles can then clog large openings/apertures in the formation.