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2010, Vol.23 No.2  Publication date:25 June 2010
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  • The Kinetics Study of the Esterification on the Carbon-Based Solid Acid Catalys
  • LENG Dong-mei,SHI Cai-jing,ZHOU Chang-xing,et al
  • 2010, 23 (2): 16-20.
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  • Novel solid acid catalysts for esterification have been described that were made by incomplete carbonization of expanded starch and dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid. The effects of the molar ratio of alcohol to oleic acid, the mass ration of catalyst to oleic acid,reaction temperatures and reaction time were discussed. The kinetics of esterification of oleic acid with ethanol in the liquid phase catalyzed by carbon-based solid acid was studied under atmospheric pressure. The results of XRD and acid-base titration indicate the incompletely carbonization of the mixtures of expanded starch and p-toluene sulfonic acid results in amorphous carbon consisting of small polycyclic aromatic carbon sheets with high density of —SO3H groups. The remarkable catalytic activity of this material is attributable to the incorporation of reactants into the bulk structure and the high density of strongly acidic —SO3H sites. The experimental results show that the conversion of oleic acid is 83.88% by following conditions:molar ratio of ethanol to oleic acid is 8∶1,catalyst mass 1.0 g, refluxe reaction time 6.0 h.It was also found that the reaction depended on temperature. The conversion of oleic acid was found to increase with the temperature increasing from 50 ℃ to 70 ℃. The experimental data were correlated with a first-order pseudohomogeneous kinetic model. The activation energy and pre-exponential factor of this reaction are calculated to be 35.78 kJ/mol and 5.70×104  h-1, respectively. 
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  • Investigation on the Separation Characteristics of W/O Emulsion in the Cylinder-Electrode Coalescer
  • Lv Yu-ling, HE Li-min, LUO Xiao-ming, HE Zhao-yang
  • 2010, 23 (2): 53-57.
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  • A new type of cylinder-electrode electrostatic coalescer with insulation was designed and developed. When the W/O emulsion flowed through the electrodes, under the applied electrical field, the tiny water droplets coalesced into bigger droplets and then settled out to separate. With the laboratory experiments, W/O emulsion separation characteristics was investigated. The relationship among the electrode diameter and length, electrical field intensity and water cut was investigated. Also the influence of these parameters was analyzed. It is shown that, without the electrodispersion happening, the coalescer separation efficiency of water-in-oil emulsion increases as the electric field intensity increases. Also the separation efficiency is influenced by the affecting time of electric field and the electrostatic force between the droplets in the water-in-oil emulsion. When the water content is low, the influence of electric field affecting time plays an important role and it’s proved that the longer the electric field affecting time, the higher the separation efficiency. Under the condition of high water content, the influence of electric field affecting time decreases. When the electrostatic force between the droplets in the water-in-oil emulsion increases, the separation efficiency also turns higher. The high-speed camera was used to observe and record the droplets’ size from the coalescer exit. It’s estimated that the droplets’ size increased dramatically. Accordingly, the new cylinder-electrode electrostatic coalescer showed high efficiency in the separation of diesel oil/water emulsion.
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  • Research on the Singularity of Parallel Machine Tools
  • WANG Chuan-qiang, ZHAO Heng-hua
  • 2010, 23 (2): 84-88.
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  • The singularity of parallel machine tools was researched, which was based on the research objects of the speed matrix determinant, Jacobian matrix determinant det([WTHX]J[WTBZ]) and operability W respectively. The researches provided a basis for the design of the structural parameters about parallel machine tools.The singularity of bodies about parallel machine tools can be divided into three categories when the speed matrix determinant was put as the research object. Parallel machine tools can be judged at the singularity when det([WTHX]J[WTBZ])=0 or the operability was zero.The singularity was researched for a new type of 3-legged 3-DOF parallel machine tool when det([WTHX]J[WTBZ]) and the operability W were [KG*4]put as the research objects. The mathematical model of the [KG*4]machine [KG*4]tool [KG*4]was [KG*4]established. The [KG*4]Jacobian [KG*4]matrix [KG*4]of [KG*4]the [KG*4]machine [KG*4]tool [KG*4]were [KG*4]derived. [KG*4]The [KG*4]expressions [KG*4]of [KG*4]|det([WTHX]J[WTBZ])| and the operability W about the machine tool by Matlab had been worked out. |det([WTHX]J[WTBZ])|=W>0 and |det([WTHX]J[WTBZ])|=W≠∞ were obtained by the analysis. That is, there is no singularity about the machine tool. Besides, the machine tool has good operability. The stationarity of the machine tool was researched in the environment of Matlab. The simulation results show that the machine tool has good stationarity.
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