The design of stable acid–base bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts has become crucial for efficient catalytic conversion of renewable biomass to high value-added chemicals. Heteropolyacids (HPAs) are of great interest due to their unique tunable structures and suitable acidity. In this study, a series of acid–base bifunctional ionic hybrid catalysts [MimAM]_nH_3−nPW₁₂O₄₀ (n = 1–3) were synthesized by the ion exchange method using an amino-functionalized imidazolium ionic liquid and H₃PW₁₂O₄₀ as precursors. The introduction of the ionic liquid resulted in a varied Lewis–Brønsted acidity for [MimAM]_nH_3−nPW₁₂O₄₀. The synergistic effect of dual acidic properties endowed [MimAM]H₂PW₁₂O₄₀ with more efficiency for glucose dehydration in THF/H₂O–NaCl with 53.9% HMF yield. A unique sequential hydrogen transfer mechanism is proposed to understand the efficient heterogeneous catalysis. Among them, the absence of fructose and levoglucosenone in glucose dehydration may come from the formation of stabilized intermediates 1,2-enediol and anhydrosugars due to the existence of an effective hydrogen bond between O–H and OW on the heteropoly anion; the reversible process between glucose dehydration and anhydrosugar hydration is responsible for the absence of HMF during the early stage of reaction. This work provides a deep understanding of the HPA-catalyzed conversion of glucose to HMF.

The effective dehydration of glucose to 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has attracted increasing attention. Herein, a series of sulfonic‐acid‐functionalized ionic liquid (IL)–heteropolyacid (HPA) hybrid catalysts are proposed for the conversion of glucose to HMF. A maximum total yield of HMF and levoglucosan (LGA; ≈71 %) was achieved in the presence of pyrazine IL‐HPA hybrid catalyst [PzS]H₂PW in THF/H₂O–NaCl (v/v 5:1). The mechanism of glucose dehydration was studied by tailoring the Brønsted/Lewis acid sites of the hybrid catalysts and altering the solvent composition. It was found that water and heteropolyanions have a significant effect on the reaction kinetics. Heteropolyanions are able to stabilize the intermediates and promote the direct dehydration of glucose and intermediate LGA to HMF. A small amount of water could facilitate the conversion of glucose to LGA and suppress the dehydration of LGA to levoglucosenone. In addition, the synergetic effect of Brønsted/Lewis acid sites and a little water was conducive to accelerated proton transfer, which improved the yield of HMF from glucose dehydration.

Aiming at the impact of heat generation and temperature rise on the driving performance of a permanent magnet (PM) motor, taking the PM in-wheel motor (IWM) for electric vehicles as an object, research is conducted into the temperature distribution of the electromagnetic–thermal effect and cooling structure optimization. Firstly, the electromagnetic–thermal coupling model considering electromagnetic harmonics is established using the subdomain model and Bertotti’s iron loss separation theory. Combined with the finite element (FE) simulation model established by Ansoft Maxwell software platform, the winding copper loss, stator core loss and PM eddy current loss under the action of complex magnetic flux are analyzed, and the transient temperature distribution of each component is obtained through coupling. Secondarily, the influence of the waterway structure parameters on the heat dissipation effect of the PM-IWM is analyzed by the thermal-fluid coupled relationship. On the basis, the optimization design of waterway structure parameters is carried out to improve the heat dissipation effect of the cooling system based on the proposed chaotic mapping ant colony algorithm with metropolis criterion. The comparison before and after optimization shows that the temperature of key components is significantly improved, the average convection heat transfer coefficient (CHTC) is increased by 23.57%, the peak temperature of stator is reduced from 95.47 °C to 82.73 °C, and the peak temperature of PM is decreased by 14.26%, thus the demagnetization risk in the PM is improved comprehensively. The research results can provide some theoretical and technical support for the structural optimization of water-cooled dissipation in the PM motor.

The design of stable ionic liquids (ILs) has become crucial for efficient liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) of alcohol and water. Porous ionic liquids (PILs), as a special class of ILs, have attracted attention by virtue of their unique porous structure and IL characteristics. In this research, a series of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 based porous ionic liquids (ZIF-8-PILs) were synthesized by simply mixing a solution of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and rationally designed ILs. The introduction of ZIF-8 resulted in a unique liquid porous structure and molecular sieve for ZIF-8-PILs. The improved extraction properties endowed ZIF-8/[Bpy][NTf₂] with more efficiency for the separation of 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propanol (TFP) and water with 88.1% TFP extraction rate and steady reuse. The excellent extraction performance of ZIF-8-PILs is discussed in relation to their textural property and unique intermolecular interaction.

This paper presents a novel integrated permanent magnet (PM) in-wheel motor (IWM) driving system for electric vehicles (EVs), in order to overcome the disadvantages of electromagnetic vibration and cogging torque in the topology scheme, on the basis of maintaining high output torque. Firstly, the transient magnetic field of the integrated PM motor is analyzed using the improved analytical subdomain model and finite element (FE) model. The harmonic component of magnetic force density (MFD) is obtained with no-load condition. Furthermore, the vertical dynamic model for the dynamic vibration absorber is established to investigate the influence of the magnetic force harmonic on the vibration response of the stator and rotor. On this basis, the multi-objective optimization design of the pole–slot structure parameters is carried out by using the adaptive weighted particle swarm optimization (AWPSO) algorithm. Finally, the optimization results are compared and verified by FE analysis. The investigation shows that the unbalanced magnetic force and cogging torque is significantly reduced by the adjustment of the pole-arc coefficient, PM thickness, stator slot width and slot opening width.