Performance simulations of MEA/NH3 based large-scale CO2 capture in packed columns under different flue gas parameters

Minkai Zhang,Yincheng Guo 한국화학공학회 2015 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.32 No.8

Based on the rate-based process simulation, performances of MEA and NH3 based large-scale CO2 capture in packed columns under different flue gas parameters were investigated. Simulation results show that the CO2 regeneration energy for the MEA based process is lower than that for the NH3 based process, which is mainly because the flow rate of the MEA solution is significantly lower than that of the aqueous ammonia. The MEA leakage concentration is far lower than the NH3 leakage concentration, and this indicates that the NH3 abatement system should be added for dealing with the NH3 slip in the NH3 based CO2 capture process. With the flow rate of the flue gas increasing, the liquid gas ratios for both processes decrease, which gives rise to the decrease of the CO2 removal efficiencies for the two processes. Since the liquid gas ratios are very high, the temperature of the flue gas has little effects on the MEA and NH3 based CO2 capture processes. The comparative studies on the effects of the flue gas parameters can provide technical guidance for the pretreatment of the flue gas before CO2 capture.

Preeclampsia serum-induced collagen I expression and intracellular calcium levels in arterial smooth muscle cells are mediated by the PLC-γ1 pathway

Rongzhen Jiang,Yincheng Teng,Yajuan Huang,Jinghong Gu,Li Ma,Minglin Shi,Yuedi Zhou 생화학분자생물학회 2014 Experimental and molecular medicine Vol.46 No.-

In women with preeclampsia (PE), endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction can lead to altered secretion of paracrine factors that induce peripheral vasoconstriction and proteinuria. This study examined the hypothesis that PE sera may directly or indirectly, through human umbilical vein ECs (HUVECs), stimulate phospholipase C-γ1-1,4,5-trisphosphate (PLC-γ1-IP3) signaling, thereby increasing protein kinase C-α (PKC-α) activity, collagen I expression and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells (HUASMCs). HUASMCs and HUVECs were cocultured with normal or PE sera before PLC-γ1 silencing. Increased PLC-γ1 and IP3 receptor (IP3R) phosphorylation was observed in cocultured HUASMCs stimulatedwith PE sera (Po0.05). In addition, PE serum significantly increased HUASMC viability and reduced their apoptosis (Po0.05); these effects were abrogated with PLC-γ1 silencing. Compared with normal sera, PE sera increased [Ca2+]i in cocultured HUASMCs (Po0.05), which was inhibited by PLC-γ1 and IP3R silencing. Finally, PE sera-induced PKC-α activity and collagen I expression was inhibited by PLC-γ1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) (Po0.05). These results suggest that vasoactive substances in the PE serum may induce deposition in the extracellular matrix through the activation of PLC-γ1, which may in turn result in thickening and hardening of the placental vascular wall, placental blood supply shortage, fetal hypoxia–ischemia and intrauterine growth retardation or intrauterine fetal death. PE sera increased [Ca2+]i and induced PKC-α activation and collagen I expression in cocultured HUASMCs via the PLC-γ1 pathway.

Multi-Sensor Image Fusion with Adaptive Guided Image Filtering in Nonsubsampled Contourlet Transform Domain

Zhenbing Zhao,Yinping Cai,Yincheng Qi,Ning Liu 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Vol.9 No.11

Aiming at the problems that the luminance information is not enough and the edge information can not be preserved easily in the process of the image fusion, an effective image fusion method based on nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) and adaptive guided image filtering is proposed in this paper. Firstly the source images are decomposed by NSCT with multi-scale, multi-direction and shift-invariant properties. The fusion rule of the low-frequency subband coefficients employs the local correlation energy to improve the energy and information of the subband coefficients. To acquire good effects with edge-preserving and noise reduction, the adaptive guided image filtering is introduced to the high-frequency subband coefficients as the fusion rule for the first time, and it can make use of halo-free edge slope enhancement in the fusion process. Finally, the fused image is reconstructed by the inverse NSCT. Experimental results demonstrate that the comprehensive performances of the proposed method are improved in the fusion information, edge and luminance.

Correlation between the overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor and mesenchymal makers in endometrial carcinoma

Wei-Ning Yang,Zhi-Hong Ai,Juan Wang,Yan-Li Xu,Yincheng Teng 대한부인종양학회 2014 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.25 No.1

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the expression of epithelial cell markers (E-cadherin and α-catenin) and mesenchymal cell markers (N-cadherin and vimentin) in endometrial carcinoma. Methods: The expression of all 4 markers was evaluated in EGFR overexpressing Ishikawa cells, control Ishikawa cells, and KLE cells using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. The expression of these 4 markers was also determined in cancerous tissues of patients with endometrial carcinoma using immunohistochemical staining. Results: Ishikawa cells transfected with EGFR showed decreased expression of E-cadherin and α-catenin and increased expression of N-cadherin and vimentin compared with control Ishikawa cells (p<0.01 for all). The expression of N-cadherin and vimentin was higher and the expression of E-cadherin and α-catenin was lower in stage II-III than stage I and in grade II-III than grade I endometrial carcinoma tissue (p<0.01 for all). Conclusion: Decreased expression of epithelial markers (E-cadherin and α-catenin) and increased expression of mesenchymal markers (N-cadherin and vimentin) were observed in human endometrial carcinoma tissue. These findings correlate with high EGFR expression in cultured endometrial carcinoma cells.

Supra-herbicide based on sunlight-opened macrocycle gate with reduced toxicity

Kairong Zhao,Lingda Zeng,Jie Zhao,Ping Yang,Jun Nie,Yincheng Chang 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.123 No.-

Supramolecular herbicide was fabricated through the host–guest complexation of prism[5]arene (NP5)and paraquat (PQ). For the supra-herbicide, the toxicity of PQ could be reduced by molecular shieldingeffect. Under exposure to sunlight, NP5 gate was opened to release PQ and the herbicidal activity wasrecovered.

GaN stripe 꼭지점 위의 GaN 나노로드의 선택적 성장

유연수,이준형,안형수,신기삼,양민,Yu, Yeonsu,Lee, Junhyeong,Ahn, Hyungsoo,Shin, Kisam,He, Yincheng,Yang, Min 한국결정성장학회 2014 한국결정성장학회지 Vol.24 No.4

GaN nanorods were grown on the apex of GaN stripes by three dimensional selective growth method. $SiO_2$ mask was partially removed only on the apex area of the GaN stripes by an optimized photolithography for the selective growth. Metallic Au was deposited only on the apex of the GaN stripes and a selective growth of GaN nanorods was followed by a metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). We confirmed that the shape and size of the GaN nanorods depend on growth temperature and flow rates of group III precursor. GaN nanorods were grown having a taper shape which have sharp tip and triangle-shaped cross section. From the TEM result, we confirmed that threading dislocations were rarely observed in GaN nanorods because of the very small contact area for the selective growth. Stacking faults which might be originated from a difference of the crystal facet directions between the GaN stripe and the GaN nanorods were observed in the center area of the GaN nanorods. 3차원적 선택적 결정 성장 방법에 의해 GaN stripe 구조의 꼭지점 부분에만 GaN 나노로드를 성장하였다. GaN stripe의 꼭지점 부분의 $SiO_2$ 만을 최적화된 포토리소그라피 공정을 이용하여 제거하고 이를 선택적 결정 성장을 위한 마스크로 사용하였다. $SiO_2$가 제거된 꼭지점 부근에만 Au 금속을 증착하고, metal organic vapor phase epitaxy(MOVPE) 방법에 의해 GaN stripe의 꼭지점 부분에만 GaN 나노로드의 선택적 성장을 실시하였다. GaN 나노로드의 형상과 크기는 결정 성장 온도와 III족 원료의 공급량에 의해 변화가 있음을 확인하였다. Stripe 꼭지점에 성장된 GaN 나노로드는 단면이 삼각형형태를 가지고 있으며 끝으로 갈수록 점점 폭이 좁아지는 테이퍼 형상을 가지며 성장되었다. TEM 관측 결과, 매우 좁은 영역에서만 선택적 결정 성장이 이루어졌기 때문에 GaN 나노로드에서 관통전위(threading dislocations)는 거의 관찰되지 않음을 확인하였다. 선택성장이 시작되는 부분의 결정면과 GaN 나노로드의 성장방향의 결정면 방향의 차이에 기인하는 적층결함(stacking faults)들이 GaN 나노로드의 중심영역에서 생성되는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다.

Mod.9Cr1Mo강에서 발생되는 일시적 취성현상

허성강,구지호,신기삼,신종호,Hur, Sung-Kang,Gu, Ji-Ho,Shin, Kee-Sam,He, Yincheng,Shin, Jong-Ho 한국재료학회 2011 한국재료학회지 Vol.21 No.11

It is well known that modified 9Cr-1Mo steel has a low thermal expansion and high thermal conductivity with excellent high temperature properties compared to austenitic stainless steel. For these advantages, the steel is very popular for the boiler tube of thermal power plants. Normalizing is commonly utilized to obtain martensite in this steel, which shows an unusual toughness for martensite. However, some accidents related to this steel have been reported recently, opening the necessity for further study. As a particular behavior of the steel, an abrupt drop of the impact value has been identified upon tempering at 750$^{\circ}C$ for about 1 hour. It is well known that $Fe_3C$ forms during autotempering and turns to $Cr_2C$ at an early stage and then transforms to $Cr_{23}C_6$. In this study, the cause of the abrupt drop of the impact value was investigated with an impact test, microstructural observation, nanodiffraction and phase analyses using instruments such as optical and transmission electron microscopes (TEM) with an extraction carbon replica of the carbides. The analyses revealed that the $M_2C$ that formed when retained for about 1 hour at 750$^{\circ}C$ causes a drastic decrease in the mechanical properties. The sharp drop in mechanical properties, however, disappeared as the $M_2C$ transformed into $M_{23}C_6$ with longer retention.

Intraoperative frozen pathology exam of Common iliac lymph nodes and Para-Aortic lymphadenectomy on the prognosis and quality of life for patients with IB2-IIA2 Cervical Cancer: trial protocol for a randomized controlled trial (C-PACC trial)

Xinyu Qu,Junjun Qiu,Lili Jiang,Xiaorong Qi,Guonan Zhang,Weiwei Feng,Yudong Wang,Yincheng Teng,Xipeng Wang,Xiaoqing Guo,Keqin Hua 대한부인종양학회 2023 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.34 No.2

Background: The impact of para-aortic lymphadenectomy (PALD) on prognosis and quality of life (QoL) for IB2-IIA2 cervical cancer patients remain controversial. And whether intraoperative frozen pathology exam on common iliac lymph nodes could help predict para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastasis was unanswered with high-level evidence. Methods: A multi-center, randomized controlled study is intended to investigate the effect of PALD on the prognosis and QoL in cervical cancer patients and to assess the value of intraoperative frozen pathological evaluation of common iliac nodes metastasis for the prediction of PALN metastasis. After choosing whether to receive intraoperative frozen pathological examination of bilateral common iliac lymph nodes, eligible patients will be randomly assigned (1:1) to receive PALD or not. The primary end point is 2-year progression-free survival (PFS). The secondary end points include 5-year PFS, 2-year overall survival (OS), 5-year OS, adverse events (AEs) caused by PALD, AEs caused by radiotherapy and QoL. A total of 728 patients will be enrolled from 8 hospitals in China within 3-year period and followed up for 5 years.

Addendum: A phase II trial of cytoreductive surgery combined with niraparib maintenance in platinum- sensitive, secondary recurrent ovarian cancer: SGOG SOC-3 study

Ting-Yan Shi,Libing Xiang,Jianqing Zhu,Ji-hong Liu,Ping Zhang,Hua-ying Wang,Yanling Feng,Tao Zhu,Yingli Zhang,Aijun Yu,Wei Jiang,Xipeng Wang,Yaping Zhu,Sufang Wu,Yincheng Teng,Jiejie Zhang,Rong Jiang 대한부인종양학회 2022 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.33 No.4