Chrysophyte stomatocyst taxonomy — classification of snowflakes?

The utility of classifying chrysophyte stomatocysts by their characteristic honeycomb and ridge patterns is questioned, because a strikingly similar expanding pattern appears on the surface of ionized polymer gels during osmotical swelling as a result of simple physical forces. The rapid accumulation of silicate into a spherical cyst inside a chrysophyte cell appears to be as a physical process sufficiently similar to result in an analogous pattern in microscopic scale. Chrysophyte stomatocysts that possess honeycomb or ridge patterns could be regarded as frozen moments of the pattern evolution during the silicate gel phase. As a consequence, such structures should have little taxonomical value.     

Studies on flow characteristics of coal–oil–water slurry system

Experiments were carried out to investigate the rheological properties of coal–oil–water suspension containing solids of different sizes. Two different coal samples with mean particle sizes of 120 mesh, 175 mesh and 220 mesh were used. The coal concentration was varied from 5% to 25% by weight. Sodium silicate has been used as an additive to study the behavior of the variation of average viscosity of the suspension. A generalized correlation has been developed to predict the average viscosity of suspension in terms of particle diameter of the coal, concentration of coal, viscosity of the suspending medium and the concentration of water. Experimental investigations revealed that coal–oil–water suspensions show an increase in the viscosity with decrease in coal size but with the addition of an additive, the average viscosity tends to decrease initially up to a certain optimum dosages and thereafter it increases with further addition of additives. Two empirical correlations are proposed for average viscosity of the coal–oil–water suspension, μ_sL in terms of physical properties of the solid and viscosity of the suspending medium with and without additives.     

Dissolved Trace Metal–Organic Complexes in the Lot–Garonne River System Determined Using the C18 Sep-Pak System

An 11-month observation of dissolved and particulate organic matter, chlorophyll a(Chl a), C18 Sep-Pak extractable hydrophobic dissolved organic matter (hDOM) fraction and associated dissolved trace metals (Cd, Cu, V, Co, Ni, Mo, U) was performed in the Lot–Garonne River system. This system includes the Riou Mort, the Lot River and the downstream reaches of the Garonne River and represents the fluvial transport path of trace metals between the major point source of polymetallic pollution, located in the Riou Mort watershed and the Gironde estuary. Spatial and temporal variations of dissolved and particulate organic carbon and Chl areflect the presence of different types of organic matter and their relation with the hDOM fraction. Maximum Chl a/POC ratios (up to 0.03), indicate intense phytoplankton production from March to May. In the Lot River (Temple), DOC and POC concentrations were clearly higher and mean Chl a concentration (2.8 mg g⁻¹) was about three times higher than those of the other sites. High Chl a/POC ratios suggest high phytoplankton activity with maxima in spring and late summer. In the Riou Mort River, very high POC concentrations of up to 40 (mean: 20) occurred, whereas Chl a concentrations were relatively low indicating low phytoplankton activity. High, strongly variable DOC and POC concentrations suggest important natural (Carboniferous soils, forests) or anthropogenic (e.g., former coal mines, waste areas, agriculture, sewage) carbon sources within the small Riou Mort watershed. Despite high DOC concentrations in the Riou Mort River, hDOM metal fractions were generally lower than those at the other sites. The general order of decreasing binding strength between metals and the organic hydrophobic phase (Cu, U > Co, Ni > V, Mo > Cd) at all four sites was in good agreement with the Irving–William series of transition element affinity towards organic ligands. Accordingly, the role of the hydrophobic phase in dissolved Cd transport appeared to be negligible, whereas the hDOM–Cu fraction strongly contributed to dissolved Cu transport.     

聚合物溶液在地下连续墙施工中的试验研究

简要叙述了一种新型地下连续墙施工稳定液——聚合物溶液的研制及其与细分散泥浆性能的对比，这种新型聚合物溶液克服了目前使用的地下连续墙稳定液品种单一、性能较差的缺点，满足复杂地层的地下连续墙施工需要。同时阐述了这种稳定液的组成成分和性能及其主要特点。     

青藏高原复杂地层地质钻探低固相冲洗液试验研究

青藏高原由于地质条件的多样性,分布有松散破碎地层、高应力地层、断层破碎带等复杂地层,在地质钻探中经常遇到塌孔、漏浆、缩径、卡钻、埋钻等问题。同时配套使用的冲洗液形成的泥皮质量差、胶结能力较差、携岩粉能力较弱等不足。冲洗液的性能是实现复杂地层顺利钻进的关键。结合青藏高原复杂地层的地质特点,研发了低固相聚合物新型冲洗液,该冲洗液以钠质膨润土和微泡剂等外加剂为基础,具有流动性好、胶结性强、降失水量适中的特点,适宜在青藏高原复杂地层地质钻探中使用。     

用于锦州9-3油田驱油技术的聚合物评价

聚合物驱油技术适用于非均质的中质和较重质油藏,与其他提高采收率技术比较起来相对简单,更符合海上油田安全环保要求。根据渤海锦州9-3油田油藏特性和聚合物结构性能,结合海上平台特点,研制出具有高效增黏、较好的抗剪切性、良好流动性和驱油效果的高抗盐聚合物3640D。该聚合物首次用于海上油田单井聚合物驱先导试验见到了显著的增油降水效果,正在进行中的井组聚合物驱试验也已初步显示出增产效果,表明聚合物3640D作为锦州9-3油田的驱油剂在技术上是可行的,在海上类似油田的聚合物驱技术中具有广阔的应用前景。     

打结高分子链穿孔行为的研究

以三叶草型结(即3₁结)为例,采用分子动力学(MD)方法,研究打结高分子链在外场力作用下穿越微孔的动力学过程.模拟发现,在拉动打结高分子链的过程中,结的大小呈涨落变化,直至最后散结.定性讨论了结的存在对高分子链穿孔速率的影响.在外场力作用下,打结高分子链平均穿孔时间(τ)与链长(N)满足标度关系τ~N^α,其中标度系数α随外场力f增大而增大.对于短链,外场力越大,平均穿孔时间越短;     

Effect of slow-solvent-vapour treatment on performance of polymer photovoltaic devices

In this work, enhanced poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices are achieved via slow-solvent-vapour treatment. The correlations between the morphology of the active layer and the photovoltaic performance of polymer-based solar cell are investigated. The active layers are characterized by atomic force microscopy and optical absorption. The results show that slow-solvent-vapour treatment can induce P3HT self-organization into an ordered structure, leading to the enhanced absorption and efficient charge transport.     

下二门油田H2Ⅲ油组交联聚合物驱后油藏剩余油分布特征

微观驱油试验表明,交联聚合物驱后剩余油进一步减少,主要以斑块状、小油滴状等形态分布于微孔隙中;数值模拟显示,下二门油田H2Ⅲ油组交联聚合物驱后80.8%的面积已为中强水淹,纵向上79.7%的剩余油分布于主力油层.受构造、储层物性及井网因素控制,未淹、弱水淹剩余油平面上主要分布在断层附近、断层破碎带、微构造高点和砂体上倾尖灭区等部位;纵向上主要分布于低渗透层段.针对剩余油分布特征,通过完善注采关系、优化注采结构,单元含水量的上升速度和产量递减幅度得到控制,采收率在交联聚合物驱的基础上进一步提高了2.01%.     

Hydrophobic and electrostatic parameters in bacterial adhesion

Recently it has been shown that the initial stages of bacterial adhesion to a model-surface of sulphated polystyrene can best be described using hydrophobic and electrostatic parameters. In the present study it is tested whether these parameters can generally be applied to predict bacterial adhesion by using (i) glass, as a model for hydrophilic and natural surfaces of silicates and oxides, (ii) polystyrene coated with proteins, as a model for a surface coated with an organic layer, and (iii) river Rhine sediment, as an example of a natural surface. Adhesion to glass was dominated by electrostatic interaction, whereas adhesion to polystyrene coated with various types of proteins depended on the surface characteristics of the bacteria and the type of protein. By relating Van der Waals interactions to hydrophobicity of the interacting species, the adhesion of bacteria to the various surfaces including the river Rhine sediments could be interpreted in terms of the DLVO-theory. It is therefore concluded that the conceptual principles of the DLVO-theory (interplay of Van der Waals and electrostatic interactions) are suitable to describe, at least qualitatively, the initial processes of bacterial adhesion to a wide range of surfaces.