With cloud data services, it is commonplace for data to be not only stored in the cloud, but also shared across multiple users. Unfortunately, the integrity of cloud data is subject to skepticism due to the existence of hardware/software failures and human errors. Several mechanisms have been designed to allow both data owners and public verifiers to efficiently audit cloud data integrity witho…
Abstract. Carbon spheres (CSs) retaining the morphology of potato starch were prepared by a twostep process: impregnation followed by carbonization. In this process, potato starch was impregnated in NH4Cl solution for 1 h. The mechanism of preparation was proposed. The presence of HCl catalyzes the dehydration of impregnated starch at lower temperature than its melting point, which destroy…
Methane cracking over a bed of Chinese bituminous coal char was studied using a fixed-bed reactor at atmospheric pressure and temperatures between 1073 and 1223 K. Methane conversion over the fresh char increased with increasing temperature to 90% at 1223 K. Hydrogen was the only gas-phase product that was detected during the experimentation. The char was shown to exert a significant catalyt…
The concept of combining coal gasification and methane reforming for syngas production in a fluidized-bed reactor, as a means for utilization of both coal and coal-bed methane, was proposed and evaluated experimentally. Preliminary experiments were performed in a laboratory-scale fluidized-bed reactor operating at 1000 °C, using two Chinese coals: a bituminous coal (Coal A) and an anthrac…