Investigation on the Oscillating Buoy Wave Power Device

An oscillating buoy wave power device (OD) is a device extracting wave power by an oscillating buoy. Being excited by waves, the buoy heaves up and down to convert wave energy into electricity by means of a mechanical or hydraulic device. Compared with an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave power device, the OD has the same capture vvidth ratio as the OWC does, but much higher secondary conversion efficiency. Moreover, the chamber of the OWC, which is the most expensive and difficult part to be built, is not necessary for the OD, so it is easier to construct an OD. In this paper, a nu-merical calculation is conducted for an optimal design of the OD firstly, then a model of the device is built and, a model test is carried out in a wave tank. The results show that the total efficiency of the OD is much higher than that of the OWC and that the OD is a promising wave power device.     

Primary production of Inner Mongolia, China, between 1982 and 1999 estimated by a satellite data-driven light use efficiency model

Declining biological production as a part of an ongoing land degradation process is considered a severe environmental problem in the dry northern and northwestern regions of China. The aim of this study is to develop and adapt a satellite data-driven gross primary production model called Lund University light use efficiency model (LULUE) to temperate conditions in order to map gross primary production (GPP) for the Grasslands of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), China, from 1982 to 1999. The water stress factor included in the original model has been complemented with two temperature stress factors. In addition, algorithms that allocate the proportions of C3/C4 photosynthetic pathways used by plants and that compute temperature-based C3 maximum efficiency values have been incorporated in the model.The applied light use efficiency (LUE) model is using time series of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), CLouds from AVHRR (CLAVR) from the 8-km resolution NOAA Pathfinder Land Data Set (PAL). Quasi-daily rainfall and monthly minimum and maximum temperatures, together with soil texture information, are used to compute water limitations to plant growth. The model treats bare soil evaporation and actual transpiration separately, a refinement that is more biophysically realistic, and leads to enhanced precision in our water stress term, especially across vegetation gradients.Based on ground measurements of net primary production (NPP) at one site, the LULUE reproduces the variability of primary production better than CENTURY or NDVI alone. Mean annual GPP between 1982 and 1999 range from about 100 g/m² in desert regions in the west to about 4000 g/m² in the northeast of IMAR, and the coefficient of variation for GPP is highest near the margins of the deserts in the west where rainfall is erratic. Linear trends fitted through the 18-year time series reveal that the western regions have encountered no change, while a large area in the center of the IMAR shows marked increases in GPP. In the northeast, negative trends in GPP are noted and coincide with rainfall trends. Though the high inter-annual variability in primary production undermines the identification of significant trends, we could not isolate any general decline in grassland primary production.     

Effects of clear-cutting,meteorological, and physiological factors on evapotranspiration in the Kamabuchi experimental watershed in northern Japan

This study investigated the effects of clear-cutting and the meteorological and physiological factors on forest evapotranspiration (ET), by using the water-budget method in the Kamabuchi experimental watershed (KMB; 38° 56′ 21″ N, 140° 15′ 58″ E) in northern Japan. Meteorological and discharge data collected during no-snow periods (from June to October) from 1939 were used to compare ET in three sub-watersheds: No. 1, where the forest had been left undisturbed, and No. 2 and No. 3, where Cryptomeria japonica was planted after clear-cutting. Paired watershed experiments revealed that clear-cutting caused ET to decrease by approximately 100 mm yr⁻¹, and this reduction continued for more than 20 years, even after C. japonica was planted. ET fluctuated similarly across all watersheds, regardless of clear-cutting or planting. This fluctuation is mainly caused by solar radiation and temperature. Intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) calculated using δ¹³C of tree-ring cellulose in C. japonica increased due to elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration. We estimated annual carbon fixation in a single tree as the annual net photosynthesis (A). Subsequently, transpiration (E) was calculated from the relationship between iWUE and A. The results showed that A and E per tree increased as the tree grew older; however, the trees' responses to increasing c_a suppress the increase in ET. Moreover, the fluctuation of ET from the watershed was small compared to the fluctuation of P during the observation periods because the increase and decrease in E and interception loss complemented each other.     

Ø215.9 mm四牙轮取心钻头设计与应用

针对硬岩及复杂地层取心钻进效率低、钻头寿命短的问题,依托“深海钻探技术与工程支撑”项目研制了?215.9 mm四牙轮取心钻头。通过合理布置牙轮角度与分布、优化取心结构,有效提高岩心采取率,保证钻头在硬岩中的钻进速度与可靠性。在之前进行了陆地试验和海洋试验并不断优化改进的基础上,本次在内蒙古自治区呼和浩特市清水河县首次进行了实验性的地热勘探取心施工,全段地层均为高研磨性、高硬度花岗岩,取心困难。采用?215.9 mm牙轮取心钻头配合常规的取心钻具,钻进效率达1.2 m/h,岩心采取率为70%~90%,取得了较好的应用效果,为海洋钻探硬岩取心提供了技术保障。     

深部含水层储热系统的数值模拟研究

深部含水层储热系统, 是一种以深部含水层介质为载体的“地热+”多能互补储/供能系统。该系统可将各种形式的能量储存于地下并按需求取出加以利用, 能够弥补能源供需的时空分布的不平衡, 是综合利用多种可再生能源, 实现节能减排的有效途径。深部含水层储热是一种水热型地热资源开发利用的新方式。传统的水热型地热资源开采, 受限于地热尾水回灌导致的热突破, 热田寿命有限。而利用深部含水层储能, 不但可以增强热储能力, 而且能够延长热田寿命。本研究通过数值模拟研究表明, 与传统的水热型地热系统相比, 通过采取深部含水层储热技术, 在相同开采流量下, 可以提升单井供热能力20%。其储热效率可以达到60%~90%, 能够保证更高的地热能提取率; 同时, 与传统水热型地热井寿命受限于热突破时间的情况不同, 深部含水层储热系统可以延长地热井寿命, 实现可持续开采。通过参数敏感性分析的方法进一步评估了不同参数对深部含水层储热性能的影响。通过参数研究发现, 储层渗透率和储热温度等是影响储热能力和效率的关键参数。本研究为后续开展深部含水层储热系统工程的设计与优化提供科学参考。     

海上风电勘探装备研发与应用

配置合理的海上风电勘探装备,对海上风电地质钻探至关重要,而配置合理、功能齐备的海上风电勘探平台更是重中之重。为了提升35 m以上水深海上风电勘探作业工效、安全、精度,本文主要从平台运维功能和勘探功能设计为切入点,针对性地开展了平台主要技术规格、升降操控系统、场区设计、现场土工试验室等方面的海上风电勘探自升式勘探平台装备的功能设计与研究,研发了具备双孔勘探能力的自升式勘探平台,并在投产运营2年中,取得了良好的使用效果,勘探工效、安全性大大提升,达到了研发的目标,为海上风电勘探提供了有力的装备支撑。