A study on vibration and acoustic radiation characters of an isotropic rectangular thin plate under thermal environments is presented in this paper. It is assumed that thermal loads caused by thermal environments just change the structure stress state. Thermal stresses induced by uniform temperature rise of the plate are determined with the thermo-elastic theory. Then the stress state is used in the following dynamic analysis as a pre-stressed factor. It is observed that thermal loads influence the natural frequencies evidently, especially the fundamental natural frequency. The order of mode shapes stays the same. Dynamic response peaks float to lower frequency range with the increment of structure temperature. Acoustic radiation efficiency of the plate subjected to thermal loads decreases in the mid-frequency band. For validation, numerical simulations are also carried out. It can be found that the combined approach of finite element method (FEM) and boundary element method (BEM) is more appropriate for radiation problems.

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The adsorption and photocatalytic degradation kinetics of gaseous cyclohexane using nano-titania agglomerates were investigated in an annular fluidized bed photocatalytic reactor (AFBPR). A series of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation kinetic equations were developed to explore the relationship of adsorption/degradation efficiency and operating variables based on Langmuir adsorption law and photocatalytic elementary reactions. The adsorption equilibrium constant, adsorption active sites, and apparent reaction rate coefficient of cyclohexane were determined by linear regression analysis with variation of gas velocity and relative humidity (RH). It has been demonstrated that the initial concentration, RH, and gas velocity have obviously influenced the adsorption/photocatalytic degradation efficiency and corresponding kinetic parameters. In the adsorption process, the variation of adsorption sites and adsorption efficiency with gas velocity indicated that the adsorption controlling step was related to gas velocity. In the photocatalytic degradation process, the relationship of photocatalytic degradation efficiency and RH indicates that the water molecule played a promotion role in photocatalytic degradation of cyclohexane below a humidity inflection point, while it played an inhibition role in photocatalytic degradation of cyclohexane after this point. In addition, the optimal operating conditions were determined according to the maximum degradation efficiency with respect to RH at 20% and the fluidization number at 1.62.

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