Advanced Materials Research Vols. 230-232

Abstract: The principles and characteristics of the sensorless brushless DC motor rotor position detection were analyzed by using inductive method and third harmonic back-EMF detection method. A composite rotor position detection method was proposed in full speed range (including zero speed). At zero speed (static state) inductive method was used to determine the initial rotor position, and it was bases of starting and controlling for the brushless DC motor; at low speed third harmonic back EMF detection method was used. Analysis shows that the composite test method can estimate the rotor position, and it is to achieve the position sensorless brushless DC motor to run a viable method.

Abstract: In this paper, a new method for the determination of bismuth in urine and tap water is described. The methodology combines determined using a hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS) with pre-concentration of the bismuth on the modified organobentonite by dithizone (D-O-bentonite). Optimal experimental conditions for the adsorption and elution of the bismuth, including pH, contact time, eluent concentration, eluent volume and co-existing ions have been investigated. The result showed that the bismuth ion could be adsorbed on the D-O-bentonite. The adsorbed quantitive was affected by the pH value and contact time. In the medium of pH 5.0, the shaking time was 10 min, the adsorption capacity was 15.2 mg·g^-1. The bismuth adsorbed on the modified organobentonite by dithizone could be completely eluated by using 2 mol·L^-1 HNO₃. The method has been applied to the pre-concentration/separation of bismuth in the human urine and tap water samples with satisfied results.

Abstract: A new method for the determination of traces of mercury in environmental and biological samples is described. The present methodology combines determined using a hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS) with pre-concentration/separation of the analyte on dithizone-anchored organobentonite (D-O-bentonite). Optimal experimental conditions for the adsorption of the Hg, including pH, contact time, eluent concentration and volume and co-existing ions have been studied. The result showed that the mercury could be adsorbed on the D-O-bentonite. The adsorbed quantitively was affected by the pH value of medium and contact time. In the medium of pH 5.0, the adsorption time was 15 min, and capacity of adsorption was 23.2 mg·g^-1. The mercury adsorbed on the sorbent could be completely eluated by using 3 mol·L^-1 HCl. The adsorption agent has been applied to the pre-concentration/separation of mercury in surface water and human hair samples with satisfied results.

Abstract: A new method was proposed for the preconcentration/separation of zinc at trace levels using a modified organo-bentonite with dithizone (D-O-bentonite) and determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The influences of some experimental parameters including pH of the sample solution, contact time, and volume of eluent have been investigated. The influences of some matrix elements were also examined. The results show that the zinc ion could be adsorbed on the D-O-bentonite. The adsorbed quantitively was affected by the pH value of medium and contact time. In the medium of pH 4-5, the contact time was 20 min, and capacity of adsorption was 32.0 mg·g^-1. The zinc adsorbed on the sorbent could be completely eluated by using 0.5 mol·L^-1 HNO₃. The method has a good tolerance to matrix interference. The detection limit of the method for zinc ion was 0.013 µg·L^-1. The method was successfully applied to the pre-concentration/separation of zinc ion in the tap water and human urine with satisfactory results.

Abstract: A new system for determination of trace mercury based on separation and preconcentration with porous nano-barium-strontium titanate microspheres (PBSTM) prior to its determination by a hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS) was propounded. The optimum experimental parameters for preconcentration of mercury, such as pH of the sample, contact time, sample volume, eluent and interfering ions, have been studied. The result showed that mercury could be quantitatively retained by PBSTM in the pH range of 4-8, the shaking time was 10 min, and the amount adsorbed was 12.2 mg·g^-1. The mercury adsorbed on the sorbent could be eluated completely with 2 mol·L^-1 HNO₃. The detection limit of this method for mercury was 6.3 ng·L^-1 with an enrichment factor of 60. The method has been applied for the determination of trace amounts of mercury in whole blood and urine with satisfactory results.

Abstract: This paper proposes and analyzes sensory measurement of tire based on image processing, which uses tangent value method, proportion method and Euclidean distance method to detect tire pressure and overload and uses Tamura texture features to describe tire abrasion level. The research presents a contactless way to detect tire pressure, overload and abrasion level and has certain advantages and innovations in function and implementation compared with existing TPMS which can’t detect the tire abrasion level. This research is an application of image processing-based computer vision in tire sensory measurement; it makes the measurement of tire automatically and intelligently and can be used to prevent traffic accidents caused by tires effectively. There are practical values.

Abstract: People usually spend almost 90% of time under various indoor surroundings in their daily lives, and thus the impact of indoor air quality (IAQ) on human health has received much attention recently. In this study, 20 public sites were selected as case studies to compare the difference of indoor air quality measurements. Indoor air quality was first assessed by direct detection apparatus, including CO₂, CO, HCHO, TVOCs, PM₁₀, PM_2.5, and O₃. Based on the results of walk-through detection, indoor air contaminants at hot-spot location were measured in a 24 hour period by the EPA standard method. The use of direct detection apparatus has the advantages of easy operation, high mobility, rapid detection, and less cost. However, official data of indoor air quality measurement is based on the detailed measurement by Taiwan EPA’s standard methods that possess high precision and accuracy. The comparison of direct detection data and the detailed measurements by standard methods illustrated that there exists a high linear relationship for CO₂, PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 measurements. It means that direct detection data of CO₂, PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 are reliable, and direct detection apparatus can be applied to monitoring of these indoor air contaminants for the better control of their accumulations.

Abstract: In order to solve the inserting order scheduling problem of agile supply chains which already have fixed production plans, a two stage supply chain which consists of one factory and many suppliers is studied. Take minimizing the total supply chain cost as the objective, an Integer Planning (IP) model is designed to describe the scheduling problem based on the time slot representation of corps’s available schedule periods, and a Neighbor Value Partial Interchange Simulated Annealing algorithm(NVPI-SA) is proposed to optimize the IP model. Finally, the practicality and effectiveness of the model and algorithm is verified by scheduling experiments.

Abstract: By analyzing various kinds of gripper systems of different sheet-fed offset presses, the under-table swing-arm system, with a fixed axis, has the advantages of meeting high-speed press running requirement, keeping longer dwell time of printing sheets, helping improve print registration, and hence in favor of assuring HIFI print quality while having high press output. The dynamic optimization design of the under-table swing-arm system is vital to the higher performance of the system on the state of the art press machines. Through dynamic analysis of the gripper system, the way of dynamic optimization design and its correspondent formulas are derived in this paper.

Abstract: When insufficient data are available, probabilistic reliability method is invalid, but the non-probabilistic reliability method based on I-G (information-gap) model is a valid alternative. The most common I-G model, ellipsoidal-bound model, has been updated in this paper by acquiring information about span restrictions of uncertainty quantities and a corresponding non-probabilistic reliability index was proposed. The method for computing the reliability index was also given. The new model can reveal the influence of the span restriction of uncertainty quantities on structural reliability.