Design and model test of a soft-connected lattice-structured floating solar photovoltaic concept for harsh offshore conditions

Various types of floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) devices have been previously proposed, designed and constructed with applications primarily limited to onshore water bodies or near-shore regions with benign environmental conditions. This paper proposes a novel FPV concept which can survive harsh environmental conditions with extreme wave heights above 10 m. This concept uses standardised lightweight semi-submersible floats made of circular materials as individual modules. The floating modules are soft connected with ropes to form an FPV array. We first present the conceptual design of the floats and the connection systems, including hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and structural assessments of the floats. To verify the motion response performance, we carried out 1:60 scaled model tests for a 2 by 3 array under regular and irregular wave conditions. From the time series and response spectra, the motion characteristics of the array and the mooring responses are analysed in detail. The proposed concept exhibits excellent performances in terms of modular motions with limited wave overtopping and no contact is observed between adjacent modules under the extreme wave conditions. The findings of this study can serve as a valuable reference to developing reliable and cost-effective FPV technologies for offshore conditions.     

MPEG-2与ATM网在长春轻轨上的应用

以长春轻铁为例,介绍了轨道交通中数字图像在通信网中的传输,特别是MPEG-2压缩技术和ATM技术在系统中的成功应用。实践证明,MPEG-2作为一种高效的低带宽、低损失的全运动视频数据压缩方案,完全可以用于轨道交通中的视频压缩;ATM网络,具有的可靠性高、高效率、低容量交换、面向连接和QoS管理的特性,又为数字视频监控提供了理想承载网络。