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The present research is dedicated to the study of anaerobic co-digestion process of different biomass materials. Anaerobic co-digestion of digested sludge, grass silage, haylage and cattle manure was evaluated in mesophilic tank reactors in the lab-scale experiment. Twelve laboratory scale tank reactors (1.5 L) were used during the incubation period of 45 days. First triplet of reactors was fed with pure digested sludge and the other three with different mixtures having the volumetric ratios of 30/35/25/10, 40/30/20/10 and 50/25/15/10 for digested sludge/corn silage/grass haylage/cattle manure. Methane production was analyzed for all labscale reactors individually. The resulting specific methane production of above-mentioned batches was 336.34, 238.1 and 233.23 LSTP[CH4] kg-1 [TVS], respectively. Other results such as cumulative biogas and methane yield, volumetric biogas and methane yield, volumetric biogas and methane yield per day were also assessed. These results had the highest meaning when complex substrate had no more than 30% of inoculum

In recent years, in order to promote the independent development of the new energy vehicle industry, Chinese government has decided to reduce the consumption subsidies for new energy vehicles until the subsidies are completely withdrawn. The reduction of consumption subsidy has a great impact on the production and sales of new energy vehicles in the whole vehicle market. However, does the reduction of this subsidy also have an impact on other enterprises in the new energy vehicles industry chain? This paper tests this problem using data from 2016 to 2018, and finds, through empirical analysis, that during the period of subsidy decline, the profitability of component enterprises is significantly positively correlated with this subsidies, while the r&d investment of enterprises is significantly negatively correlated with this subsidies. The results show that in terms of profitability, the reduction of consumer subsidies not only has an impact on the whole vehicle industry of new energy vehicles, but also has an adverse impact on the core component companies in the industrial chain. However, in terms of r&d, the reduction of subsidies has more negatively strengthened the input and attention of R&D in component companies.

We have attained superior quality a-SiGe:H and nc-Si:H materials deposited at high rate, ~0.6 nm/s for a-SiGe:H and 1-1.5 nm/s for nc-Si:H, and achieved improved multi-junction solar cell performance. For a-SiGe:H based cells, we have focused our effort on further improving the a-SiGe:H film quality by carefully optimizing process parameters, particularly with Ge content and profile, hydrogen dilution, deposition pressure and substrate-tocathode distance, to fabricate a-SiGe:H films with low defect density and good stability. For nc-Si:H based solar cells, we have mainly worked on improving the spatial uniformity and homogeneous properties for nc-Si:H deposition, and on optimizing the plasma process and selecting species to deposit further improved nc-Si:H. We attained 10.1% and 11.2% stabilized efficiencies, respectively, for large-area (≥400 cm2) encapsulated a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H/a-SiGe:H and a- Si:H/nc-Si:H/nc-Si:H triple-junction cells. Comparison between a-SiGe:H and nc-Si:H based technologies and future improvement will be presented. 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 6-10 September 2010, Valencia, Spain; 2783-2787

The utilization of biofuels in spark ignition and compression ignition engines is the trend of the recent time. The great expectations are inserted into n - butanol as a fuel, especially for spark ignition engines. The short time use of n - butanol in the SI (spark ignition) combustion engine does not make a big problem (start of the cold engine, change of the air - fuel ratio). The purpose of this contribution is the effect of long - term use of n - butanol as a fuel for SI engine. For this purpose the small portable generator was used. The harmful emissions, fuel consumption and power of the generator was measured then the generator was operated for 300 hours on 100% n - butanol with 80% of nominal load and the measurement was repeated. The g enerator was loaded with adjustable electrical resistance. As a reference fuel the petrol BA 95 with no bio - component was used. During the operation on n - butanol no technical problems occurred with the generator. After 300 hours of operation on n - butanol t he performance parameters slightly decreased with little impact on production of harmful emissions components.

The article deals with the issue of processing and utilization of citrus peel, which often ends unused with other biodegradable waste. The research is concerned with the energy potential of this raw material and its torrefaction conversion. The tested materials were orange peel (Citrus sinensis Osbeck cv 'Valencia', Citrus sinensis Osbeck cv 'Murcia') and grapefruit peel (Citrus paradise 'Ruby red'). Samples of dried materials underwent torrefaction treatment at 225 °C, 250 °C and 275 °C for 30 minutes. Samples before and after torrefaction were analysed for proximate and elemental composition and for calorific value. Consequently, stoichiometric combustion analyses were done. The torrefaction was performed in a LECO TGA 701 thermogravimetric analyzer under nitrogen atmosphere. The results of proximate and elemental analysis showed positive influence of torrefaction on the samples. The highest net calorific value for orange peel is 24.97 MJ kg-1 at the temperature of 275 °C. The greatest differences in net calorific values are between 225 °C and 250 °C where the increase is almost 3 MJ kg-1. Subsequently, the increase between the 250 °C and 275 °C torrefaction temperatures is 1 MJ kg-1. Weight loss at respective torrefaction temperatures showed similar time-dependent curves for all samples. Stoichiometric combustion analysis shows slight differences between original samples, but great differences after torrefaction processing. Stoichiometric combustion parameters also change proportionately with increasing temperature of torrefication. The resulting comnbustion balance figures show significantly lower need for mass of fuel in the case of the torrefied material for a given heat output thanks to the net calorific value being nearly doubled.

Programmed Logic Controller (PLC) is the digital calculation operation system, which is specially designed for industrial working environment. This paper proposed the implement of hydraulic control system for large-scale railway maintenance equipment based on PLC. This implement pursued the purpose of accurate control of hydraulic working units of large-scale railway maintenance equipment. Large-scale railway maintenance equipment should always work in efficient statement. Focusing on this requirement, the reliability design of hardware for current leakage and impulse current which is proposed in the paper is necessary. This paper proposed Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) for relative horizontal check of working units linking bridge. This paper also proposed the method to prevent the current leakage and impulse current. As for hydraulic valves, this paper proposed PID algorithm to realize the control of Analogue Closed-Loop.

It has to be considered that dynamic performance of Super Capacitor and Battery hybrid energy storage system is poor and the output waveform of AC voltage distorted seriously. The Third Harmonic Injection PWM (THIPWM) with the three-level inverter, which has a excellent performance to improve the dynamic performance of the super capacitor and battery, gathers information from ends of the DC output voltage or current and the total current of the DC side to solve the problem of unbalanced neutral line voltage of three-level inverter .It also keeps super capacitor and battery controlled smoothly during the operation, and reduces the final output waveform distortion index. The simulation results verify the practicality and correctness of the three-level inverter topology and its control algorithm.

Landscape architectonic compositions that draw on the underlying landscape structure can function as a carrier for changing programmes, cultures, processes, etc. Precisely such an explicitly spatial design is required to foster the inclusive city, one that is not only socially just but also sensitive to the environment while allowing for and evoking diverse social and natural processes. The objective of an ‘inclusive city’ is often related to social issues, which might easily lead to the exclusion of ecological values; the opposite approach may prove equally exclusive. Inclusivity also means creating room for the unexpected. From a design point of view, this requires two underlying attitudes: a willingness to see any design assignment from different perspectives as well as a readiness to create sustainable, flexible and open designs. These two attitudes are inherent to landscape architecture, which traditionally prioritizes the site over the programme, and—because of the long term, time-based condition of the landscape—is forced to think in open-ended designs. In this paper we discuss a selection of graduation projects of the landscape architecture track at the TU Delft in order to illustrate how inclusivity is inherent to a complete understanding of landscape architecture. Four essential perspectives on analysis and design—perception, palimpsest, process and scale continuum—are discussed in order to reveal their capacity to serve as a basis for designing inclusive urban landscapes. Research in Urbanism Series, Vol. 6 (2020): Inclusive Urbanism: Advances in research, education and practice

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