A Rapid Life Cycle Assessment Method based on Green Features in Supporting Conceptual Design

Qiang Meng,Fang-yi Li,Li-rong Zhou,Jing Li,Qin-qin Ji,Xiaodong Yang 한국정밀공학회 2015 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Vol.2 No.2

A Rapid Life Cycle Assessment (RLCA) method based on Green features is proposed in order to solve the inherent limitations of conventional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), such as long period, massive data requirement, which result in difficulties in supporting product conceptual design. Firstly, Green Feature is proposed in supporting the LCA in conceptual design, where a mapping relationship is established between green feature and design information to achieve the transformation from the design information to green features. Secondly, product conceptual design model is proposed based on modular configuration. The approximate products program will be obtained through retrieval and matching of each module of product using the knowledge base and case base. Thirdly, Intuitionistic Fuzzy theory and Monte Carlo method are respectively used to process the qualitative and quantitative uncertain information of green features in order to ensure the accuracy of the evaluation results. Besides, the appropriate life cycle impact assessment method is selected to complete the life cycle impact assessment and obtain the LCA results. Consequently, the RLCA of product design program is completed to support product green design. Finally, a fan of a ventilation system is studied as an example to verify the proposed RLCA theory.

Power Cable Ampacity and Influential Factors Analysis under Operation

( Qiang Tong ),( Jianping Qi ),( Yanling Wang ),( Likai Liang ),( Xiangxing Meng ),( Qiang Zhang ) 한국정보처리학회 2018 Journal of information processing systems Vol.14 No.5

With the increasing of urban electricity demand, making the most use of the power cable carrying capacity has become an important task in power grid system. Contrary to the rated ampacity obtained under extremely conservative conditions, this paper presents the various steady value of cable ampacity by using the changing surrounding parameters under operation, which is based on cable ampacity calculation equation under the IEC-60287 standard. To some degree, the cable ampacity analysis of actual surroundings improves the transmission capacity of cables. This paper reveals the factors that influence cable ampacity such as insulating layer thickness, allowable long-term conductor temperature, the ambient temperature, soil thermal resistance coefficient, and so on, then gives the class of the influence of these parameters on the ampacity, which plays a great role in accurately calculating the real-time ampacity and improving the utilization rate of cable in the complex external environment condition. Furthermore, the transient thermal rating of the cable is analyzed in this paper, and temperature variation of the conductor under different overload conditions is discussed, which provides effective information for the operation and control of the system.

Posttranscriptional deregulation of Src due to aberrant miR34a and miR203 contributes to gastric cancer development

Qiang Hao,Xiao Zhao Lu,Nan Nan Liu,Xiao Chang Xue,Meng Li,Cun Zhang,Xin Qin,Wei Na Li,Zhen Shu,Bin Song,Qing Wang,Li Qiang Song,Wei Zhang,Ying Qi Zhang 생화학분자생물학회(구 한국생화학분자생물학회) 2013 BMB Reports Vol.46 No.6

Power Cable Ampacity and Influential Factors Analysis under Operation

Tong, Qiang,Qi, Jianping,Wang, Yanling,Liang, Likai,Meng, Xiangxing,Zhang, Qiang Korea Information Processing Society 2018 Journal of information processing systems Vol.14 No.5

With the increasing of urban electricity demand, making the most use of the power cable carrying capacity has become an important task in power grid system. Contrary to the rated ampacity obtained under extremely conservative conditions, this paper presents the various steady value of cable ampacity by using the changing surrounding parameters under operation, which is based on cable ampacity calculation equation under the IEC-60287 standard. To some degree, the cable ampacity analysis of actual surroundings improves the transmission capacity of cables. This paper reveals the factors that influence cable ampacity such as insulating layer thickness, allowable long-term conductor temperature, the ambient temperature, soil thermal resistance coefficient, and so on, then gives the class of the influence of these parameters on the ampacity, which plays a great role in accurately calculating the real-time ampacity and improving the utilization rate of cable in the complex external environment condition. Furthermore, the transient thermal rating of the cable is analyzed in this paper, and temperature variation of the conductor under different overload conditions is discussed, which provides effective information for the operation and control of the system.

Genetic and phylogenetic analysis of the honey bee sacbrood virus from jiangxi isolates

Meng Yaping,Yu Xinyue,Huang Qiang,Zhang Li Zhen,Wu Xiaobo,Wang Zilong,Yan Wei Yu 한국응용곤충학회 2022 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.25 No.1

The high prevalence of honeybee viral diseases poses a severe threat to the health of honeybees and causes substantial economic losses worldwide. Sacbrood virus (SBV) is a single-strand RNA virus that infects honeybees at all life stages. The infection can shorten the lifespan of adult bees and is lethal to larvae. SBV is the major cause of honeybee losses in Asia. Genetic and phylogenetic analyses of SBV isolates from different areas have been previously conducted. However, the impact of Apis mellifera Linnaeus and Apis cerana Fabricius coexistence on the infection and phylogeny of SBV remains unknown. In this study, we collected A. cerana and A. mellifera samples from commercial apiaries, only A. cerana in mountainous region. SBV prevalence was evaluated in three commercial apiaries of Jinxi, Tonggu and Nanchang and two mountainous regions of Zixi and Yifeng. In our sampling location, we found a higher SBV prevalence in the mountainous regions than in commercial apiaries. Partial structural polyprotein coding sequences were sequenced and compared with other GenBank SBV isolates. Phylogenetic tree topologies showed that SBV isolates form two major groups based on their host specificity, and isolates from same country tend to cluster together in subclades, indicating that the host and geographic region has significant effects on SBV strain specificity.

Influence of Crank Rod Ratio on the Flow Pulsation and Slider Inertial Force of the New Reciprocating Pump

Qiang Li,Limin Meng,Qi Zhou 한국유체기계학회 2024 International journal of fluid machinery and syste Vol.17 No.1

Aiming at the problems of complex structure and unreasonable parameter setting leading to high flow pulsation rate of traditional hydraulic reciprocating pump in high pressure systems, a new reciprocating pump model with a simple structure was proposed based on the principle of variable orifice of mechanical iris mechanisms.First, based on the model of the new reciprocating pump, the analysis equation for flow pulsation is derived. Secondly, Fluent software is used to perform fluid simulation on the new reciprocating pump, verifying the correctness of the pulsation equation and analyzing the pressure distribution contour map and velocity distribution contour map of the internal flow field of the new reciprocating pump during the cycle. Finally, according to the analysis equation, the variation curve of flow pulsation rate with the number of new reciprocating pumps and the crank-connecting rod ratio is obtained, and optimization suggestions for the parameter setting of the crank-connecting rod in the new reciprocating pump are proposed. The results show that: The derived analytical formula for flow pulsation of the new reciprocating pump is correct. The flow pulsation rate increases with the increase of the crank-connecting rod ratio, and when the number of new reciprocating pumps is 5, the influence of the crank-connecting rod ratio on the flow pulsation rate reaches 87%. The degree of oscillation of the inertial force experienced by the slider decreases as the crank rod ratio decreases. To increase the maximum and minimum values of the instantaneous flow rate and reduce the oscillation degree of the inertial force experienced by the slider, the crank rod ratio should be controlled within the range of 0.2 to 0.3. This new reciprocating pump enriches the structure of the pump and provides certain references for reducing flow pulsation in reciprocating pumps as well as decreasing the oscillation degree of the inertial force experienced by the slider.

A Novel Facile and Green Synthesis Protocol to Prepare High Strength Regenerated Silk Fibroin/SiO2 Composite Fiber

Qiang Liu,Zhaohui Meng,Ronghui Wu,Liyun Ma,Wu Qiu,Honghao Zhang,Shuihong Zhu,Lingqing Kong,Zijjie Xu,Aniruddha Patil,Xiangyang Liu 한국섬유공학회 2019 Fibers and polymers Vol.20 No.10

In this work, regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) and silicon dioxide (SiO2) composite fiber was successfully extrudedby wet spinning method. The effect of SiO2 addition on structure of the composite fiber at microscopic level is studied, whichsubsequently correlated to the mechanical performance. The best concentration ratio for composite fiber is identified byscreening SiO2 concentration from 0.025 w/w% to 0.5 w/w%. The experimental results revealed that the SiO2 at a lowconcentration of 0.1 w/w% was well distributed. The breaking stress, breaking strain and Young’s modulus at 0.1 w/w% SiO2addition of the RSF fibers increased considerably compared to the neat RSF fibers from 243±3 to 458±21 MPa, 51±4 % to54±7 % and 6.34±0.55 to 11.69±1.12 GPa, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for RSF/SiO2composite fiber. We believed the insight provided in this report which looks into the structural evolution should be beneficialto the future design and building of other advanced functional fibers.

A magnetostrictive self-powered biosensor based on Au-BaTiO3-FeGa & PDMS

Qiang Zhang,Meng Xu,Yan Liu,Chunyan Zhang,Rui Zhang,Zhiyuan Fu,Jianlong Ji,Riguang Zhang,Shengbo Sang 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.117 No.-

Piezoelectric flexible sensors have been used to detect biomolecules such as sweat and glucose because oftheir passive, simple structure and high sensitivity. This paper proposes a novel flexible piezoelectric Au-BaTiO3-FeGa & PDMS biosensor in which magnetostrictive deformation amplifies the surface stress generatedby biomolecules combining on the thin film. The modification process of bovine serum albumin(BSA) binding with the sensor was initially determined by the first principles approach. Then, the sensingmechanism was verified by finite-element simulation. Based on the simulation results, flexible Au-BaTiO3-FeGa & PDMS biosensors were prepared, modified, and measured. The structure, modification,and detection of the sensors were analyzed by digital microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry(FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The responses ofthe biosensors detecting different BSA solution concentrations under magnetic fields were then investigated. Experimental results indicate that the biosensor has the highest sensitivity under a magnetic fieldof 30 mT.

Scutellaria baicalensis Inhibits Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis Via AKT and p38 Pathways

( Qiang Fu ),( Lu Gao ),( Xiao Fu ),( Qinghua Meng ),( Zhihong Lu ) 한국미생물생명공학회(구 한국산업미생물학회) 2019 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.29 No.8

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi has been widely used in China for treatment of various diseases. This study investigated the effect of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi extracts (SBE) against Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced myocarditis in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, Hela cells and primary myocardial cells were infected with CVB3 and treated with SBE (50-800 μg/ml) and ribavirin (200 μM) for 48 h and then determined by CCK8 assay. Real-time PCR and western blotting assays were performed. In vivo, a myocarditis model was induced in male BALB/c mice by injecting CVB3 suspension intraperitoneally for three times, followed by treatment with SBE (400 and 200 mg/kg) and ribavirin (100 mg/kg) for 28 days. SBE ameliorated the cytotoxicity of CVB3 in Hela cells, especially at 400 μg/ml (39.93% vs 65.67%, p < 0.05) without influencing cell growth and also significantly reduced CVB3 replication in primary myocardial cells. The levels of AKT, ERK, and p38 were increased after CVB3 infection. SBE could downregulate the expressions of AKT and p38. In vivo, the mortality rate from CVB3 reached to 66.67%, while 10.00% and 23.33% of this came after 400 and 200 mg/kg SBE treatment, respectively (p < 0.05). The CVB3 replication was obviously reduced after SBE administration from day 5. Similarly, the levels of AKT, ERK, and p38 mRNAs and proteins were increased, and SBE suppressed the expression of AKT and p38. Our study indicates that SBE is a promising potent antiviral agent against CVB3-induced myocarditis by inhibition of virus replication via depressing AKT and p38 expressions.

Optimized Transformation of Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366 Producing Leptomycin by Electroporation

Yong-Qiang Fan,Hong-Jian Liu,Li Yan,Yu-Shi Luan,Hai-Meng Zhou,Jun-Mo Yang,Shang-Jun Yin,Yu-Long Wang 한국미생물학회 2013 The journal of microbiology Vol.51 No.3

Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366 produces leptomycin derivatives. Leptomycin B, a potent and specific inhibitor against the export of nuclear proteins, is the main product; however, the introduction of DNA into this strain is almost impossible, which has impeded its further use. We developed a Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366 transformation protocol to introduce foreign DNA via electroporation. Various conditions were examined, including treatments of the cell wall with weakening agents, electroporation parameters, and DNA content. We found that only plasmid DNA isolated from a dam- ET12567 strain resulted in successful transformation. The mycelium growing in a yeast-peptone-dextrose medium supplemented with 1% glycine at 28°C on a rotary shaker (220 rpm) was more dispersed than those without supplementation and prone to electroporation. The maximum transformation efficiency of 8×102 CFU/μg plasmid DNA was obtained at a field strength of 13 kV/cm with a time constant of 13 ms (25-μF capacitor; parallel resistance, 600 Ω) using 1-mm electrocuvettes. The results of the transformations of two other Streptomyces species indicated that the optimized conditions established in this study might only be applicable to Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366. However, this is the first report of successful transformation of Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366, and will facilitate the construction of a gene knockout mutant in Streptomyces sp. ATCC 39366 to produce series of new leptomycin derivatives.