Experimental study of the influence of particle size on Minimum Explosible Concentration of sulfur dust

Despite the extensive use of sulfur in the industry, very little information is available in the literature on its key dust explosion properties. The work presented in this paper contributes to filling the current knowledge gaps on sulfur dust explosion properties and focuses on the experimental determination of the MEC of sulfur dust using a Modified Hartmann Tube and a 20 L dust explosion sphere. First, the MEC of sulfur dust samples collected at a sulfur production facility from areas prone to the generation of fine sulfur dust was measured. The results showed that these sulfur dust samples are fine enough to cause dust explosions with 55 ± 5< MEC <105 ± 5 g/m³. Second, the influence of the particle size of sulfur dust was investigated with both equipment. The use of the Modified Hartmann Tube for MEC determination showed that the MEC increases with increasing particle size in the particle size range of 0–2000 μm. Unlike the Modified Hartmann Tube, MEC experiments done in the 20 L Sphere did not allow the quantification of the influence of the particle size on the MEC. These results were explained by the phenomenon of particle breakage induced by the 20 L Sphere's dispersion mechanism. Additional experiments with the 20 L sphere confirmed the particle breakage of sulfur dust particles and showed that it is inversely proportional to dust concentration and proportional to the dust's original particle size distribution.     

黄土高原刺槐人工林地土壤颗粒分形特征研究

采用分形理论,研究黄土高原刺槐人工林地不同树龄和不同深度的土壤颗粒的分形特征.结果表明,在刺槐人工林凋落物和根系等的作用下,人工林能够提高林地土壤的团聚能力,降低土壤的分形维数;不同树龄刺槐人工林地的土壤颗粒分形维数在土壤剖面的不同深度上趋于均一,而且小于同种质地的其他土壤;土壤颗粒分形维数可以反映森林土壤粒径分布的变化,因而可作为评价森林土壤生态特征的指标.     

四种再分析资与长江中下游地区降水观测资科的对比研究

为了获得对中国区域降水刻画能力较好的再分析资料,以长江中下游地区为例,将PREC/L、CMAP、GPCP及NCEP2四种再分析降水资料与台站降水观测资料进行了多年和逐年平均的年、季、月降水量距平的时空相关分析和方差分析,比较了再分析资料对该区降水刻画能力的差异.首先对该区域的观测资料、CMAP、GPCP及NCEP2资料进行插值,使所有资料具有相同的空间分辨率,在此基础上比较再分析资料与观测资料年、季、月平均的降水变化特征.结果表明,四种再分析资料与观测资料的距平相关系数(均方根误差)由大到小(由小到大)的变化次序为:PREC/L→CMAP→GPCP→NCEP2,四种再分析资料均能较好地刻画出长江中下游地区降水的时空分布特征,尤以PREC/L资料对该区域降水变化的时空演变规律描述得最好.最后,利用PREC/L资料与观测资料对该区域降水的时空特征进行了相关分析、EOF分析和功率谱分析,结果显示夏季平均降水量具有2.3和3.1年的显著周期,EOF分析的前两个模态的时间变化分别具有2.3和2.8年的显著周期,这些显著周期都通过了95%的红噪声检验.