Experimental study of the spray characteristics of biodiesel based on inedible oil

We studied the spray characteristics of inedible oil using experimental and simulation methods. Spray penetration, spray cone angle and spray tip speed were measured at different biodiesel ratios in a constant volume vessel with wide visualization and high back pressure, using a high-speed camera. The characteristics of biodiesel spray were simulated under the same conditions using Star-CD software. The experimental results showed that, as the ratio of biodiesel in the blends increased, spray penetration and spray speed increased, but the spray cone angle decreased. Throughout the spray injection period, the region at 0.05–0.475S (spray tip penetration) was a key area affecting spray cone angle. From 0.8 ms after injection, the spray penetration deviation ratios started to increase with increasing biodiesel blend ratios. Simulation results showed similar macroscopic spray characteristics to the experimental results for jatropha oil. The results also showed that the Sauter mean diameter of blend fuels was greater than that of diesel, and spray was more concentrated, due to the higher viscosity and surface tension of the biodiesel, compared with conventional diesel fuel. The macroscopic and microscopic spray properties of blended fuels containing 5%, 10% and 20% biodiesel were similar to diesel.     

A new principle of cell cultivation: No air-liquid interface but gas exchange across a synthetic membrane

Summary A completely liquid-filled growth chamber for axenic cultures ofTetrahymena pyriformis is described; gas exchange is ensured across a synthetic membrane. The chamber may be incorporated into a continuous flow system with inoculation and removal of cell samples under sterile conditions. Initially, the generation time of the cells was slightly prolonged, about 10%, but after some cell doublings decreased to 5%. The capacity of the cells to form food vacuoles (endocytosis) was unaltered during growth in the chamber. The synthetic membrane was highly permeable to O₂ and CO₂; however, cells grown in the chamber contained small refractive granules. The culture chamber permits the culture volume to be varied and it may be used for other protozoa, bacteria, and even tissue culture cells.     

黄淮海平原封丘试区水体理化性状的多元分析

在封丘试区内两个最具代表性水体(曹岗湖,潘店芦苇荡)水质调查的基础上,对主要水质指标及其集合进行方差分析和聚类分析,结果表明:封丘试区水体具有典型的北方水体特征,其水质的变化主要受季节影响,水体间无甚大差别。各水体pH值偏高(年平均值为8.0—9.0),属弱碱性;硬度较大(17.54—20.63德国度),均属硬水且有逐年上升趋势;离子总量较大(860—1448mg/L);碱度(4.57—5.20me/L)和主要营养物含量(总氮1.31—2.08mg/L,总磷0.100—0.135mg/L)较高,属富营养型水体。文中指出:该试区水体水质状况较好,渔业开发潜力较大,但磷是水体生物生产力的主要限制性营养物。     

喀喇昆仑山-西昆仑山地区土壤元素的自然含量特征

本文对喀喇昆仑山-西昆仑山地区土壤中23种元素的自然含量进行了论证。用对比和区域分异系数的方法,讨论了本区土壤元素在世界、我国和区域内的异同和分异特征。通过相关分析和主成份分析,揭示了土壤元素的共生组合关系和表现在土壤类型上的聚类特征,进一步说明了元素在本区土壤中的相关性和分异特征。     

海南粗榧生物生态学特性初步研究

海南粗榧(Cephalotaxus mannii Hook.f.)主产海南,是生产抗癌药物三尖杉酯碱(harringtonine)及高三尖杉酯碱(homoharringtonine)的主要原料。开发利用已有10多年的历史,由于发现该植物的药用价值时,其资源蕴藏量已经很少,经过10多年的开发利用,现已成罕见树种,为国家二级保护植物。进行生物学生态学特性以及繁殖技术研究,可为就地保护、迁地保护及建立原料生产基地提供基础资料。     

Habitat preferences of four chironomid species associated with aquatic macrophytes in an irrigation reservoir

Habitat preferences of four chironomid species associated with aquatic macrophytes were studied during the vegetation season from April to October at an irrigation reservoir located in Nagoya, Japan.The two smaller sized species,Corynoneura cuspis Tokunaga andPentapedilum tigrinum Hashimoto, were found to be abundant in two floating-leaved plants,Nymphoides indica O. Kuntze andTrapa japonica Flerov. Phytophages,C. cuspis larvae were observed freely moving on the surfaces of leaves and stems within both of these floating-leaved plant communities. Although found within both plant communities,P. tigrinum larvae, as facultative leaf miners, were more concentrated on the surfaces and within the leaves ofN. indica, which have a thin epidermis and thick mesophyll layer.The two larger sized species,Glyptotendipes viridis (Macquart) andPentapedilum sordens (van der Wulp), were found to be living principally within the stems ofN. indica and the petioles ofT. japonica. These parts of the plants, with thin epidermis and many lacunae in the parenchyma, are favorable for miners.