数字辐射流动可视化系统设计与实现

介绍了一种利用数字辐射成像技术来实现高压不透明输送管道中高固多相黏稠物料流动成像的^60Co数字辐射流动可视化系统。首先阐述了该数字辐射流动可视化系统的总体构成,包括系统的基本原理和研制概况,进而介绍了该可视化系统的性能指标以及功能特点。该^60Co数字辐射流动可视化系统以扫描方式工作,能直接获得数字图像,可用于高压不透明输送管道中密相固液多相流流动机理的研究,其应用对推动高固多相黏稠物料管道输送及处置技术的发展具有重要意义。     

Integrated modeling of information and physical flows in transportation systems

Modeling transportation systems operations in large part involves an understanding of how physical entities (i.e., vehicles) move and interact with each other in the system. Transportation systems that are integrated with information technologies involve flow of information besides the flow of physical entities. In some cases, a unified modeling approach that considers both flows is needed to create an accurate model for system operations. This paper highlights the significance of such a modeling approach that involves an explicit representation of information flow attributes (e.g., response time and information delay). Several small-scale queuing models are developed to illustrate the importance of incorporating information flow related attributes into the models of transportation systems operations. In each example system, two scenarios are considered: modeling the given system with or without explicitly representing the information flow. Comparison of performance statistics is made between these two scenarios. It is found that ignoring information flows may lead to significant inaccuracies in the estimates of the system performance.     

Physics of day-to-day network flow dynamics

This paper offers a new look at the network flow dynamics from the viewpoint of physics by demonstrating that the traffic system, in terms of the aggregate effects of human behaviors, may exhibit like a physical system. Specifically, we look into the day-to-day evolution of network flows that arises from travelers’ route choices and their learning behavior on perceived travel costs. We show that the flow dynamics is analogous to a damped oscillatory system. The concepts of energies are introduced, including the potential energy and the kinetic energy. The potential energy, stored in each link, increases with the traffic flow on that link; the kinetic energy, generated by travelers’ day-to-day route swapping, is proportional to the square of the path flow changing speed. The potential and kinetic energies are converted to each other throughout the whole flow evolution, and the total system energy keeps decreasing owing to travelers’ tendency to stay on their current routes, which is analogous to the damping of a physical system. Finally, the system will approach the equilibrium state with minimum total potential energy and zero kinetic energy. We prove the stability of the day-to-day dynamics and provide numerical experiments to elucidate the interesting findings.     

多节点环网系统的瞬变过程模拟

在管网系统的运行操作中，阀门误关闭、管道堵塞、停泵等都会导致流体的瞬变流动，由此产生的水击压力波可能导致管段的强度破坏。环网的瞬变流动计算问题较为复杂，需要求解高阶非线性方程组，对于复杂的网状结构，系统的自动识别或标记相当麻烦。通过对环网系统水击问题的分析研究，提出了求解任意液体环网问题的计算方法和相应的计算程序。     

多泵并联管道中调节阀控制流量平衡系统的应用

通过调节阀控制多泵并联管道中各泵输出流量平衡是一种简便易行的流量平衡调节方式。文中对多泵并联管道中调节阀控制流量平衡的工作原理以及控制系统的组成等进行介绍,并结合陕西神渭输煤管道工程中实际应用情况,对调节阀的性能曲线进行校核标定,同时,在多泵并联条件下对调节阀控制流量平衡系统的设备配置和控制效果进行了介绍,最终建立了一套完善的流量平衡控制系统。     

高压输送管道中高固多相黏稠物料流动显示方法

在分析输送管道中高固多相黏稠物料流动测量特点和难点的基础上,结合现阶段数字式射线辐射成像的性能和特点,提出了适合于高压输送管道中高固多相黏稠物料流动显示的具体方案———射线实时数字成像系统,并由射线成像系统的性能指标论证了射线成像系统方案的可行性。     

自流装车管路系统的工艺计算

根据自流装车管路系统中鹤管流量不同的工艺特点,建立了自流装车管路系统水力计算和装车时间计算的严格模型,讨论了自流装车管路系统水力计算的数值求解方法和基本思路,应用弦截法求解管路系统水力计算方程,求出在一定液位上集油管、鹤管段的流量。采用龙贝格数值积分法求解装车时间,应用VC 6．0高级语言编制了自流装车管路系统计算程序,应用该程序可快速进行工艺设计计算和模拟计算。计算表明：操作的鹤管数越多,各鹤管的流量差别就越大。     

基于壅塞理论的CNG加气管流量计算分析

为了计算CNG加气系统的高压胶管的流量,以气体动力学为基础,建立等截面一维定常绝热摩擦流动的数学模型.利用VC+ +语言编制界面计算程序对模型进行编程求解,对壅塞状态和非壅塞状态下流量以及出口压力进行计算和拟合.当天然气汽车储瓶内的压力小于临界压力时,加气流量最大,且与胶管两端的压差无关,并计算出最大流量与胶管管长的关...     

Evaluating the benefits of a combined route guidance and road pricing system in a traffic network with recurrent congestion

When drivers do not have complete information on road travel time and thus choose their routes in a stochastic manner or based on their previous experience, separate implementations of either route guidance or road pricing cannot drive a stochastic network flow pattern towards a system optimum in a Wardropian sense. It is thus of interest to consider a combined route guidance and road pricing system. A road guidance system could reduce drivers' uncertainty of travel time through provision of traffic information. A driver who is equipped with a guidance system could be assumed to receive complete information, and hence be able to find the minimum travel time routes in a user-optimal manner, while marginal-cost road pricing could drive a user-optimal flow pattern toward a system optimum. Therefore, a joint implementation of route guidance and road pricing in a network with recurrent congestion could drive a stochastic network flow pattern towards a system optimum, and thus achieve a higher reduction in system travel time. In this paper the interaction between route guidance and road pricing is modeled and the potential benefit of their joint implementation is evaluated based on a mixed equilibrium traffic assignment model. The private and system benefits under marginal-cost pricing and varied levels of market penetration of the information systems are investigated with a small and a large example. It is concluded that the two technologies complement each other and that their joint implementation can reduce travel time more efficiently in a network with recurrent congestion.     

海洋平台输液管道激振流体特性研究

研究了海洋平台输液管道激振流体的行为特性。依据振荡流体力学及傅里叶变换基本原理，建立了输液管道非定常、不可压缩、黏性振动流的数学模型，将流动分解为稳定流和振荡流2部分，推导出关于流场速度、压力系数的微分方程组，求解了不同条件下的流速和压力。结果表明：海洋平台输液管道激振流体的行为特性受管道结构形状及流体性质的影响。比较等截面管道的变分解和数值解，说明此方法用于研究海洋平台输液管道的流体激振是有效的。     

Estimation of rail passenger flow and system utilization with ticket transaction and gate data

Capturing the dynamics in passenger flow and system utilization over time and space is extremely important for railway operators. Previous studies usually estimated passenger flow using automatic fare collection data, and their applications are limited to a single stopping pattern and/or a single type of ticket. However, the conventional railway in Taiwan provides four types of ticket and five types of train service with a number of stopping patterns. This study develops a comprehensive framework and corresponding algorithms to map passenger flow and evaluate system utilization. A multinomial logit model is constructed and incorporated in the algorithms to estimate passenger train selection behavior. Results from the empirical studies demonstrate that the developed framework and algorithms can successfully match passengers with train services. With this tool, operators can efficiently examine passenger flow and service utilization, thereby quickly adjusting their service strategies accordingly to improve system performance.     

Dynamic congestion pricing with day-to-day flow evolution and user heterogeneity

This paper investigates evolutionary implementation of congestion pricing schemes to minimize the system cost and time, measured in monetary and time units, respectively, with the travelers’ day-to-day route adjustment behavior and their heterogeneity. The travelers’ heterogeneity is captured by their value-of-times. First, the multi-class flow dynamical system is proposed to model the travelers’ route adjustment behavior in a tolled transportation network with multiple user classes. Then, the stability condition and properties of equilibrium is examined. We further investigate the trajectory control problem via dynamic congestion pricing scheme to derive the system cost, time optimum, and generally, Pareto optimum in the sense of simultaneous minimization of system cost and time. The trajectory control problem is modeled by a differential–algebraic system with the differential sub-system capturing the flow dynamics and the algebraic one capturing the pricing constraint. The explicit Runge–Kutta method is proposed to calculate the dynamic flow trajectories and anonymous link tolls. The method allows the link tolls to be updated with any predetermined periods and forces the system cost and/or time to approach the optimum levels. Both analytical and numerical examples are adopted to examine the efficiency of the method.     

轨道交通车站节能检测判定坐标系研究与应用

从轨道交通车站项目设计、技术要求、检测参数、检测方法及结果判定的角度,文章阐述了轨道交通车站系统节能检测的主要内容和检测方法。为了快速方便地判定检测结果,提出了检测结果坐标系的二维可视化评判方法,并给出了合格判定的点集数学表达式。以某车站系统节能性能检测项目为案例,运用检测结果判定坐标系法对主要参数包括室内温度、风系统总风量与风口风量、水系统水流量、平均照度与照明功率密度等进行了检测结果分析,实现了节能检测结果的快速和二维可视化判定。     

Optimization of transport investment and pricing policies: the role of transport pricing in network design

This paper investigates the role of transport pricing in network design and describes two facts about flow pattern in a transportation system. The first, illustrated by an example of Braess paradox, is that adding a new link to the network does not necessarily minimize the total travel time. The second is that introducing of appropriate toll pricing may reduce not only the total network time but also the travel time for each individual traveller. It follows with the investigations of different system objectives and different pricing policies (only toll pricing and distance‐based pricing are considered), and shows how they affect the system performance and flow pattern. Lastly, a systematic optimization process is proposed for integrated planning of transport network and pricing policies.     

Continuum modelling of spatial and dynamic equilibrium in a travel corridor with heterogeneous commuters—A partial differential complementarity system approach

This paper studies on modelling and solving spatial and dynamic equilibrium travel pattern in a travel corridor. Consider a travel corridor connecting continuously distributed commuters to the city centre. The traffic is subject to flow congestion and the commuter heterogeneity is captured. The traffic flow dynamics is described by flow continuity equation and the equilibrium travel pattern is assumed to follow trip-timing condition. The continuous spatial and dynamic equilibrium travel pattern is formulated into a partial differential complementarity system, which is then solved through Godunov scheme. The proof of solution existence is provided, and a set of numerical experiments are demonstrated.     

Cellpath: Fusion of cellular and traffic sensor data for route flow estimation via convex optimization

A new convex optimization framework is developed for the route flow estimation problem from the fusion of vehicle count and cellular network data. The issue of highly underdetermined link flow based methods in transportation networks is investigated, then solved using the proposed concept of cellpaths for cellular network data. With this data-driven approach, our proposed approach is versatile: it is compatible with other data sources, and it is model agnostic and thus compatible with user equilibrium, system-optimum, Stackelberg concepts, and other models. Using a dimensionality reduction scheme, we design a projected gradient algorithm suitable for the proposed route flow estimation problem. The algorithm solves a block isotonic regression problem in the projection step in linear time. The accuracy, computational efficiency, and versatility of the proposed approach are validated on the I-210 corridor near Los Angeles, where we achieve 90% route flow accuracy with 1033 traffic sensors and 1000 cellular towers covering a large network of highways and arterials with more than 20,000 links. In contrast to long-term land use planning applications, we demonstrate the first system to our knowledge that can produce route-level flow estimates suitable for short time horizon prediction and control applications in traffic management. Our system is open source and available for validation and extension.     

基于Fluent的空冷器管道系统流体均配研究

为了研究空冷器管道系统的流体均配问题,引入多孔介质模型,应用Fluent对空冷器的管道系统进行了数值模拟研究。结果表明:空冷器的压降越大,管道系统的流体分配越均匀;分流集合管与汇流集合管中的压力分布在一定程度上决定了管道系统的流体分配;分流集合管与汇流集合管中流体的流动方向相反有利于管道系统的流体均配,当二者的流体流动方向相同时,沿流动方向各支管流量依次增加。管道系统结构优化后,流体分配更均。     

Learning marginal-cost pricing via a trial-and-error procedure with day-to-day flow dynamics

This paper investigates the convergence of the trial-and-error procedure to achieve the system optimum by incorporating the day-to-day evolution of traffic flows. The path flows are assumed to follow an ‘excess travel cost dynamics’ and evolve from disequilibrium states to the equilibrium day by day. This implies that the observed link flow pattern during the trial-and-error procedure is in disequilibrium. By making certain assumptions on the flow evolution dynamics, we prove that the trial-and-error procedure is capable of learning the system optimum link tolls without requiring explicit knowledge of the demand functions and flow evolution mechanism. A methodology is developed for updating the toll charges and choosing the inter-trial periods to ensure convergence of the iterative approach towards the system optimum. Numerical examples are given in support of the theoretical findings.     

System energy optimisation strategies for metros with regeneration

Energy and environmental sustainability in transportation are becoming ever more important. In Europe, the transportation sector is responsible for about 30% of the final end use of energy. Electrified railway systems play an important role in contributing to the reduction of energy usage and CO₂ emissions compared with other transport modes. For metro-transit systems with frequently motoring and braking trains, the effective use of regenerated braking energy is a significant way to reduce the net energy consumption. Although eco-driving strategies have been studied for some time, a comprehensive understanding of how regeneration affects the overall system energy consumption has not been developed. This paper proposes a multi-train traction power network modelling method to determine the system energy flow of the railway system with regenerating braking trains. The initial results show that minimising traction energy use is not the same as minimising the system energy usage in a metro system. An integrated optimisation method is proposed to solve the system energy-saving problem, which takes train movement and electrical power flow into consideration. The results of a study of the Beijing Yizhuang metro line indicate that optimised operation could reduce the energy consumption at the substations by nearly 38.6% compared to that used with the existing ATO operation.     

Hierarchical perimeter control with guaranteed stability for dynamically coupled heterogeneous urban traffic

Perimeter control based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) is widely developed for alleviating or postponing congestion in a protected region. Recent studies reveal that traffic conditions might not be improved if the perimeter control strategies are applied to unstable systems where high demand generates heavy and heterogeneously distributed traffic congestion. Therefore, considering stability of the targeted traffic system is essential, for the sake of developing a feasible and then optimal control strategy. This paper sheds light on this direction. It integrates a stability characterization algorithm of MFD system equations into the Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme, and features respectively an upper and a lower bound of the feasible control inputs, to guarantee system stability. Firstly, the dynamics of traffic heterogeneity and its effect on the MFD are analyzed, using real data from Guangzhou in China. Piecewise affine functions of average flow are proposed to capture traffic heterogeneity in both regional and subregional MFDs. Secondly, stability of a three-state two-region system is investigated via stable equilibrium and surface boundaries analysis. Finally, a three-layer hierarchical control strategy is introduced for the studied two-region heterogeneous urban networks. The first layer of the controller calculates the stable surface boundaries for the given traffic demands and then determines the bounds of control input (split rate). An MPC approach in the second layer is used to solve an optimization problem with two objectives of minimizing total network delay and maximizing network throughput. Heterogeneity among the subregions is minimized in the last layer by implementing simultaneously a subregional perimeter flow control and an internal flow control. The effectiveness and stability of the proposed control approach are verified by comparison with four existing perimeter control strategies.