Optimal bus fleet management strategy for emissions reduction

Transportation is a major cause for environmental degradation via exhaust emissions. For many transit-oriented metropolitan areas, bus trips often constitute a sizeable mode share. Managing the bus fleet, in particular updating buses to comply with the newer emissions standards, therefore, can have a substantial impact on transportation-induced air quality. This paper presents the approach of remaining life additional benefit–cost (RLABC) analysis for maximising the total net benefit by either early-retiring or retrofitting the current bus fleet within their lifespans. By referring to the net benefits for different bus types estimated by RLABC analysis, the most beneficial management scheme for the current bus fleet can be identified. Optimal bus fleet management (BFM) models based on the RLABC analysis for the operator and the government are developed. Then a government subsidy plan is produced to achieve win–win solutions, which will offer efficient and flexible management schemes. To illustrate the approach, the largest bus company in Hong Kong, which carries more than 23% of the total trips in Hong Kong, is taken as a case study example. Instead of adopting a fixed retirement plan, such as replacing buses at the age of 17 as is currently practised, the proposed method develops an optimal BFM scheme that progressively phases out buses or retrofits them. This study produces promising results to demonstrate the large benefit of this approach for optimal bus fleet management.     

Subjective-utility travel time budget modeling in the stochastic traffic network assignment

ABSTRACT

In this article, we propose a new model called subjective-utility travel time budget (SU-TTB) model to capture travelers' risk-averse route choices. In the travel time budget (TTB) and mean-excess travel time (METT) model, a predefined confidence level is needed to capture the risk-aversion in route choice. Due to the day-to-day route travel time variations, the exact confidence level is hard to be predicted. With the SU-TTB model, we assume travelers' confidence level belongs to an interval that they may comply with in the route choice. The two main components of SU-TTB are the utility function and the TTB model. We can show that the SU-TTB can be reduced to the TTB and METT model with proper utility function for the confidence levels. We can also prove its equivalence with our recently proposed nonlinear-expectation route travel time (NERTT) model in some cases and give some new interpretation on the NERTT with this equivalence. Finally, we formulate the SU-TTB model as a variational inequality (VI) problem to model the risk-averse user equilibrium (RAUE), termed as generalized RAUE (GRAUE). The GRAUE is solved via a heuristic gradient projection algorithm, and the model and solution algorithm are demonstrated with the Braess's traffic network and the Nguyen and Dupuis's traffic network.     

面向控制的SCR催化转化器温度模型

为了建立面向控制的SCR催化器温度模型,根据能量守恒和质量守恒方程并考虑热平衡中所涉及的换热过程不同,建立了4种SCR催化器温度的数学模型,并利用Matlab/Simulink构建图形化的计算模型。采用柴油机欧洲稳态循环(ESC)和欧洲瞬态循环(ETC)条件下的台架实测数据对模型进行检验,基于最大离散程度、拟合度和计算时间3个指标对模型进行评价和比较。结果表明,考虑催化器与废气和周围环境对流换热的温度模型具有良好的预测精度和实时性,更适合用于SCR控制策略。     

低温独立液舱曲面外板加工减薄量评估

基于耐低温合金材料的非线性特性,以某液化气船的低温独立液舱曲面外板加工成形过程为研究对象,研究其塑形变形过程及机理。利用ABAQUS作为计算分析工具,建立了板材原料及上、下加工模具的分析模型,给定冲压成形的时间和初始速度,并设定时间步长,考察每个时间步长的计算结果,分析了其加工过程中的弹塑性变形过程,评估了低温合金材料在加工过程中的板厚变化情况,并与实际加工测量值进行对比,验证了模型和计算分析过程的准确性。为各类低温独立液舱的设计和材料尺寸选用提供了技术支持和指导。     

海上油田伴生气用作燃料气的预处理方案研究

海上油田生产随着节能减排要求的提高,油田生产过程中的伴生气通过火炬排放的方式已不可取。详细介绍了伴生气去重烃化处理的技术过程。针对海上采油平台的特殊工况,提出了利用伴生气作为燃料的主机系统设计方案。     

侧推减阻降噪装置设计与应用探索

侧推减阻降噪装置是一种填补国内空白的特种船舶装置,此装置可针对性解决因侧推通道激发的局部紊流及气泡层影响船舶声学设备正常使用的难题,该文介绍了该装置产生的背景、预期功能、设计校核方案及船上安装使用方法,经实船验证,该装置满足母船声学设备使用要求。     

发达国家船舶配员现状与未来

简述了国际航运发达国家船舶配员减少的发展过程,总结了船舶配员减少的基础和主要方法,目的是为我国国家、航运企业及航海教育提供参考。     

非晶态合金催化剂在催化中的应用

非晶态合金是一种新型催化剂.重点介绍了非晶态合金用作催化剂材料在电催化反应、加氢反应和脱氢反应以及氨合成反应等中的应用及对非晶态合金用作催化剂材料的发展前景作了评述.     

智能仪器中微型Linux的构建

在新型智能仪器仪表中,功能强大但资源消耗较小的微型Linux有很好的应用价值.本文以主机/目标板为开发模式,介绍了裁减系统内核、构建根文件系统和设置引导装入器等过程.并根据仪器仪表的具体情况,在构建微型Linux过程中对需要注意的问题进行了详细的说明.     

直线电机轨道交通轨道减振降噪技术

论述对直线电机轨道结构减振降噪的必要性,并就直线电机轨道交通振动与噪声的产生机理进行分析;在对加拿大及日本轨道结构的主要减振降噪措施进行分析的基础上,就我国在发展直线电机轨道交通时轨道结构减振降噪的主要研究思路进行初步探讨.