Effect of salt stress on growth and physiology in amaranth and lettuce: Implications for bioregenerative life support system

Growing plants can be used to clean waste water in bioregenerative life support system (BLSS). However, NaCl contained in the human urine always restricts plant growth and further reduces the degree of mass cycle closure of the system (i.e. salt stress). This work determined the effect of NaCl stress on physiological characteristics of plants for the life support system. Amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L. var. Huahong) and leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. var. Luoma) were cultivated at nutrient solutions with different NaCl contents (0, 1000, 5000 and 10,000 ppm, respectively) for 10 to 18 days after planted in the Controlled Ecological Life Support System Experimental Facility in China. Results showed that the two plants have different responses to the salt stress. The amaranth showed higher salt-tolerance with NaCl stress. If NaCl content in the solution is below 5000 ppm, the salt stress effect is insignificant on above-ground biomass output, leaf photosynthesis rate, Fv/Fm, photosynthesis pigment contents, activities of antioxidant enzymes, and inducing lipid peroxidation. On the other hand, the lettuce is sensitive to NaCl which significantly decreases those indices of growth and physiology. Notably, the lettuce remains high productivity of edible biomass in low NaCl stress, although its salt-tolerant limitation is lower than amaranth. Therefore, we recommended that amaranth could be cultivated under a higher NaCl stress condition (<5000 ppm) for NaCl recycle while lettuce should be under a lower NaCl stress (<1000 ppm) for water cleaning in future BLSS.     

5kW离子电推进大功率屏栅电源的设计研究

本文针对航天器用5kW离子电推力器核心供电模块屏栅电源的技术需求,采用移相全桥技术设计了低电压输入高电压输出的大功率屏栅电源模块。对比分析了ZVS和ZVZCS两种移相全桥方案后,得出ZVZCS更适合于电推进屏栅电源的设计。提出了ZVZCS移相全桥变换器CDD无损缓冲电路中辅助电容的设计方法,论述了屏栅电源功率级和控制电路的设计过程。通过实物产品验证表明：采用ZVZCS移相全桥技术设计的屏栅电源模块能在较宽的负载范围内实现超前桥臂和滞后桥臂的软开关,提高了变换器的效率;采用CDD无损缓冲电路能辅助实现滞后桥臂的零电流关断,降低原边电流的损耗,同时降低高压整流管的电压应力。在具备完善的输入滤波,浪涌抑制及母线开关等功能以后,最大功率下效率在95%以上。     

气相二氧化硅/汽油凝胶燃料流变特性实验研究

为了较为全面地了解凝胶燃料的流变特性,采用超声波振荡与机械搅拌相结合的方法制备了含铝与不含铝的气相二氧化硅/汽油凝胶燃料,使用旋转流变仪实验研究了各凝胶燃料的剪切变稀特性、触变性、屈服应力与粘弹性等流变参数。结果表明:气相二氧化硅/汽油凝胶燃料具有明显的剪切变稀特性和不可逆触变性。凝胶剂含量增加,凝胶燃料粘度和屈服应力增大。添加10μm粒径铝粉的粘度和屈服应力比5μm粒径铝粉的大,比1μm粒径铝粉的小,但均比不含铝凝胶燃料的大。凝胶燃料在低频振荡下更接近于流体,在高频振荡下具有类固体特征。      

Assessment of converting approach to efficient design of micro-turboprop engines

The design, manufacture and experiment of a shaft power unit for converting a micro-turbojet engine to a micro-turboprop in the class of less than 20 kW with the aim of obtaining maximum shaft power were described in this study. For this purpose, a Wren100 micro-turbojet engine was used as the gas generator, and the specifications of its outflow were measured. The optimal configuration of the inter-stage diffuser, which was an annular S-type diffuser, was selected based on its small total pressure drop and outlet flow uniformity. The power turbine was a single stage axial turbine that was designed based on the fixed nozzle angle assumption without any taper or twist in its stator. The turbine rotor was a bladed disk (Blisk) in which its unique blade profiles were designed based on the Wilson method. Subsequently, the shaft power unit was completed by designing and manufacturing an exhaust complex and gearbox. Finally, the micro-turboprop engine was tested with an overloading propeller. The results show a significant increase in the extracted power, an acceptable efficiency of the power turbine, and a significant reduction in the Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) compared to other engines that use similar gas generators.     

基于动态故障树分析的民用飞机辅助动力装置系统安全性评估

在民用航空工业领域,传统的故障树分析方法广泛运用于系统安全性评估。然而,包含系统/子系统运行的时序阐述以及备份、冗余表达在内的动态特性不能通过传统故障树呈现。另一方面,民用飞机辅助动力装置(APU)经常作为一个冗余系统运作,因而其行为可以通过运用动态故障树进行适当的描述。所以APU的这种特性激发了动态故障树分析在APU系统安全性评估上应用的关注。首先介绍了两种动态门(优先与门和冷备件门),其定量计算通过施用马尔可夫模型来呈现;然后分别通过传统故障树以及动态故障树分析了APU系统安全性评估的两个典型案例;最后进行了两种故障树分析(FTA)的比较,其结果显示出通过合理的应用,动态故障树(DFTA)方法达到了对于真实情况来说相当高的精度,并且对指数分布函数施用二阶近似后,其运算成本也是可以接受的。     

基于BLUE的多窗口谱估计

文章提出了一种基于BLUE的多窗口功率谱估计算法。该算法是在无偏估计的约束条件下，使其方差最小化而得到的特征谱的最佳线性组合。通过仿真实例分析得到，与自适应的MTM相比，该算法的计算量大大减小了。由于正弦窗具有解析的表达式，不需要进行特征值分解，并且有良好的统计性能，因此，使用正弦窗的MTM可以进一步降低计算量并改善估计性能。     

基于B/S的沥青混合料搅拌设备远程监控系统

在分析比较客户器/服务器(C/S)和浏览器/服务器(B/S)结构模型的基础上,设计基于浏览器/服务器(B/S)结构模型的大型沥青混合料搅拌设备远程监控系统,并对系统实现中的现场总线技术、数据库技术以及A SP技术等关键技术进行了深入的研究。分析表明,B/S结构模型适用于构建大型沥青混合料搅拌设备的远程监控系统,该系统的构建对于提高我国公路施工关键设备的信息化水平具有重要意义。     

模糊层次分析法在机场备用电源选择中的应用

传统观念认为只有柴油发电机组才适合作机场备用电源，其实国际民航组织并没有对备用电源采用何种设备做出具体限制，备用电源的选择面很广。结合当前新兴的微型燃气轮机发电技术和燃料电池发电技术，采用模糊层次分析法(Fuzzy AHP)，对这三种电源进行综合性能评价，把难以量化的因素数字化，做出了具体的方案排序向量，为设计人员在实际工程中选用备用电源提供了参考。     

A tentative statistical analysis of flare events observed by NoRH and NoRP

In this paper, we report the statistical analysis of flare events observed by NoRH during 1992–2005 and NoRP during 1994–2005. We give the power law indices for the frequency distribution of peak brightness temperature which is 1.87 ± 0.05 for 17 GHz observation and is 1.64 ± 0.04 for 34 GHz observation. We also present the frequency variation of power law indices for peak flux and total energy of flare for NoRP observation, which is mono-increasing from 1 to 17 GHz.     

Two freedom linear parameter varying μ synthesis control for flight environment testbed

To solve the problem of robust servo performance of Flight Environment Testbed(FET)of Altitude Ground Test Facilities(AGTF) over the whole operational envelope, a two-degree-offreedom μ synthesis method based on Linear Parameter Varying(LPV) schematic is proposed, and meanwhile a new structure frame of μ synthesis control on two degrees of freedom with double integral and weighting functions is presented, which constitutes a core support part of the paper. Aimed at the problem of reference command's rapid change, one freedom feed forward is adopted, while another freedom output feedback is used to meet good servo tracking as well as disturbance and noise rejection; furthermore, to overcome the overshoot problem and acquire dynamic tuning,the integral is introduced in inner loop, and another integral controller is used in outer loop in order to guarantee steady errors; additionally, two performance weighting functions are designed to achieve robust specialty and control energy limit considering the uncertainties in system. As the schedule parameters change over large flight envelope, the stability of closed-loop LPV system is proved using Lyapunov inequalities. The simulation results show that the relative tracking errors of temperature and pressure are less than 0.5% with LPV μ synthesis controller. Meanwhile, compared with non-LPV μ synthesis controller in large uncertainty range, the proposed approach in this research can ensure robust servo performance of FET over the whole operational envelope.