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Lignocellulose is a promising raw material for the production of second-generation biofuels. In this study, the effects of acid-catalyzed liquid hot water (LHW) on pretreatment of corn stover (CS) for subsequent hydrolysis and conversion to ethanol were studied. The effects of reaction temperature, acid concentration, and residence time on glucose yield were evaluated using a response surface methodology. The optimal condition was 162.4 °C for 29.5 min with 0.45% v/v of sulfuric acid, leading to the maximum glucose yield of 91.05% from enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose-enriched fraction. Conversion of the solid fraction to ethanol by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation resulted in a theoretical ethanol yield of 93.91% based on digestible glucose. Scanning electron microscopy revealed disruption on the microstructure of the pretreated CS. Increases of crystallinity index and surface area of the pretreated biomass were observed along with alteration in the functional group profiles, as demonstrated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. This work provides an insight into the effects of LHW on the enzymatic susceptibility and modification of the physicochemical properties of CS for further application on bioethanol production in biorefinery.Raw material identification (RMID) is necessary and important to fulfill the quality and safety requirements in the pharmaceutical industry. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is a rapid, nondestructive, and commonly used analytical technique that could offer great advantages for RMID. In this study, two brand new similarity methods S1 and S2, which could reflect the similarity from the perspective of the inner product of the two vectors and the closeness with the cosine of the vectorial angle or correlation coefficient, were proposed. The ability of u and v factors to distinguish the difference between small peaks was investigated with the spectra of NIR. The results showed that the distinguishing ability of u is greater than v, and the distinguishing ability of S2 is greater than S1. Adjusting exponents u and v in these methods, which are variable and configurable parameters greater than 0 and less than infinity, could identify small peaks in different situations. Linsitinib supplier Meanwhile, S1 and S2 could rapidly identify raw materials, suggesting that the on-site and in situ pharmaceutical RMID for large-volume applications can be highly achievable. The methods provided in this study are accurate and easier to use than traditional chemometric methods, which are important for the pharmaceutical RMID or other analysis.A comfortable, environment-friendly, and metal-free approach for synthesizing the biologically important moiety aminoimidazopyridine through the multicomponent reaction of benzylamine, 2-aminopyridine, and t-butyl isocyanide under visible light using eosin Y as a photocatalyst has been developed. Inexpensive, nontoxic, the effortless accessibility of starting materials, and nonparticipation of particular glassware and a photoreactor system are important qualities of the current approach. Strangely, the mild conditions, environment-friendly, and enumerating tolerance of an extensive range of both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups are additional features of the approach.It is known that thermoelectric power generators (TEGs) can utilize geothermal resources and recycle waste heat. It is vital to improve the thermoelectric power generation efficiency to economically and efficiently use these thermal resources. In this paper, ANSYS was used to build a three-dimensional model of a very simple TEG with only one pair of p- and n-legs (1-PN-TEG) to find the optimal design. The thickness of the semiconductor elements, the cross-sectional area of p- and n-type semiconductor elements, the heat insulation material, the thickness of copper sheet, and other factors were analyzed to study their effects on the power output of 1-PN-TEG. The results show that the power of TEG increases first and then decreases with the thickness of p- and n-legs (H); the maximum power existed at a specific value of H. The power increases when the cross-sectional areas of p- and n-type semiconductor elements become more extensive, but the power per area decreases. Furthermore, the power increases with the volume of p- and n-type semiconductor elements and tends to be stabilized finally. This observation may be used to estimate how much thermoelectric material is required to generate a specific value of TEG power. The gaps between p- and n-type semiconductor elements were filled with different heat insulation materials. The heat insulation material with lower thermal conductivity had a greater power output. The thickness of the copper sheet, as a conductor between p- and n-type semiconductor elements, was also investigated. The maximum power value was reached when the thickness of the copper sheet was equal to about 1.0 mm. All of the results obtained in this paper might provide a theoretical basis for the configuration and design optimization of a thermoelectric generator, making more efficient use of geothermal resources and the waste heat.Transparent upconversion photoluminescent polyamide nanocomposites were fabricated via a facile in situ polycondensation method with interfacial chemistry modification employing polyacrylic acid-functionalized upconversion nanoparticles (UCNP-PAA) as fillers and transparent semiaromatic polyamides (SAPA) as host materials. The as-prepared UCNP-PAA could be dispersed uniformly in the polyamide salt solution and the SAPA chains can be grafted to the UCNP-PAA through condensation reactions. The grafted SAPA ligand on the surface of UCNP increases the compatibility between SAPA and UCNP, thus causing uniform dispersion of the UCNP in the polyamide nanocomposites and improving the transmittance of the polyamide nanocomposites. The obtained polyamide nanocomposites are transparent and show strong green upconversion photoluminescence. This work solved the problem of the dispersity of incorporated nanoparticles and improving the transparency of nanocomposites and, more importantly, endowed the traditional engineering plastic with upconversion photoluminescent properties which can be applied in three-dimensional displays and the related solar cell field in the future.
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