Commuters’ behavior towards upgraded bus services in Greater Beirut: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions,social welfare and transport policy

Climate change is one of the most critical environmental challenges faced in the world today. The transportation sector alone contributes to 22% of carbon emissions, of which 80% are contributed by road transportation. In this paper we investigate the potential private car greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and social welfare gains resulting from upgrading the bus service in the Greater Beirut Area. To this end, a stated preference (SP) survey on mode switching from private car to bus was conducted in this area and analyzed by means of a mixed logit model. We then used the model outputs to simulate aggregate switching behavior in the study area and the attendant welfare and environmental gains and private car GHG emissions reductions under various alternative scenarios of bus service upgrade. We recommend a bundle of realistic bus service improvements in the short term that will result in a reasonable shift to buses and measurable reduction in private car emissions. We argue that such improvements will need to be comprehensive in scope and include both improvements in bus level of service attributes (access/egress time, headway, in-vehicle travel time, and number of transfers) and the provision of amenities, including air-conditioning and Wi-Fi. Moreover, such a service needs to be cheaply priced to achieve reasonably high levels of switching behavior. With a comprehensively overhauled bus service, one would expect that bus ridership would increase for commuting purposes at first, and once the habit for it is formed, for travel purposes other than commuting, hence dramatically broadening the scope of private car GHG emissions reduction. This said, this study demonstrates the limits of focused sectorial policies in targeting and reducing private car GHG emissions, and highlights the need for combining behavioral interventions with other measures, most notably technological innovations, in order for the contribution of this sector to GHG emissions mitigation to be sizable.     

绿色船舶固定式灭火系统的分析及选用研究

通过对目前船舶几种灭火系统的原理比较,分析绿色船舶上消防系统的选用,主要对高倍泡沫灭火系统及压力水雾灭火系统的设计进行阐述。提供设计人员在新型绿色船舶设计中选用更安全、更环保、更高效、更经济的灭火系统。     

透平发电机组的自动控制

透平发电机组在实际运行过程中，一方面为乙烯装置提供不同压力等级的蒸汽动力，一方面又将热能转化为电能。因此，透平发电机组的自动控制对整个乙烯装置的平衡运行都非常重要。而透平发电机组要完成减温减压和发电两个任务，常规控制仪表是很难实现的，完成这两个任务主要是由DG505E电子自动高速速器来完成的。文中在简单介绍透平发电机组工艺原理基础上，着重讨论了透平发电机的自控制系统、联锁保护系统的设计方案。     

钻井液添加剂抑制天然气水合物形成的实验研究

抑制或防止气体水合物的生成一直是油气生产和运输部门关注的问题。针对上述问题，利用自行设计的实验设备，开展了多种钻井液处理剂对天然气水合物形成影响的实验研究；通过对实验数据分析得到了各实验组分的过冷度，并得出结论：在钻井过程中添加一定剂量的有机聚合物类处理剂可以抑制水合物生成，在实验条件下，抑制能力从强到弱分别为：PF-THTN、PAM、LV-CMC、XY-28、SD-102。     

Fatigue design for plug/ring type gas welded joints of sts301l including welding residual stresses

This paper presents a fatigue design method for plug and ring type gas welded joints, which incorporates welding residual stress effects. A non-linear finite element analysis (FEA) was first performed to simulate the gas welding process. The numerically predicted residual stresses of the gas welds were then compared to experimental results measured using a hole drilling method. In order to evaluate the fatigue strength of the plug and ring type gas welded joints, a stress amplitude (σ _a ) _R taling the welding residual stress of the gas weld into account was introduced and is based on a modified Goodman equation incorporating the effect of the residual stress. Using the stress amplitude (σ _a ) _R , the ΔP-N _f relations obtained from fatigue tests for plug and ring type gas welded joints having various dimensions and shapes were systematically rearranged into (σ _a ) _R -N _f relations. It was found that the proposed stress amplitude (σ _a ) _R could provide a systematic and reasonable fatigue design criterion for the plug and ring type gas welded joints.     

基于灰色马尔可夫理论的油气管道腐蚀剩余寿命预测

以灰色理论的标准GM（1,1）模型和马尔可夫TPM理论为基础,提出了基于灰色马尔可夫理论的油气管道腐蚀剩余寿命预测方法。利用灰色马尔可夫理论预测腐蚀油气管道剩余寿命的步骤主要包括：最大允许腐蚀深度的确定,腐蚀速率的预测以及剩余寿命预测。并基于该方法,采用VB系统开发了实用软件,简便可靠。该方法可以在腐蚀速率波动比较大的情况下预测油气管道的剩余寿命,为油气管道腐蚀检测周期的确定提供了科学依据。     

川藏铁路某隧道不明气体成因机制研究

为解决复杂地质条件地区隧道工程建设中出现的不明气体问题,以川藏铁路某隧道出现不明气体为切入点,结合工程地质学、地球化学等学科交叉的研究方法与思路,对该不明气体的成因机制及演化特征进行研究,探索一种研究不明气体的新思路。基于现场采样测试与全天候监测,总结分析该不明气体成分特征及其演化规律,得出该不明气体为混合成因气体;同时,从不明气体的工程地质条件入手,着眼于区域油气资源和煤系地层的分布及区域地质构造、岩石裂隙发育情况,排除不明气体由其他地区运移而来的可能;在此基础上,进行岩石室内试验,通过对不明气体赋存环境进行地球化学分析,分别论证气体的有机成因及无机成因,得出该不明气体是原地产生的,经历了有机成因和无机成因2个阶段且储量有限,对工程后期影响不大,为隧道后期顺利施工提供了指导。     

理论空燃比下废气再循环率对汽油机性能的影响

为了提高某增压汽油机的性能,将其压缩比提高到11.5,并加装一套EGR循环系统。通过台架试验,在低速小负荷和中速中负荷工况下,研究了理论空燃比下废气再循环率对改造后汽油机性能的影响。结果表明:当EGR率小于20%时,采用合适的EGR率配合优化的点火时刻,可以使该发动机燃烧稳定,在保证发动机动力性的同时,指示热效率随着EGR率的增加不断升高;与无EGR时相比,EGR率为20%时,有效燃油消耗率在低速小负荷工况下降低了约4.5%,中速中负荷工况下降低了9.7%;随着EGR率的增加,THC排放增加,而NOx排放显著降低,CO排放在低速小负荷时出现上下波动的现象,而在中速中负荷工况时,随着EGR率的增加不断降低。     

基于负阀重叠EGR策略的HCNG发动机仿真

为降低HCNG发动机NOx排放,采用负阀重叠EGR策略,利用AVL-Fire软件对HCNG发动机不同进气门开启角(θIVO)下的进气过程和燃烧过程进行了三维仿真计算,对比分析了采用负阀重叠前后发动机缸内EGR分布和燃烧过程。仿真结果表明:负阀重叠EGR策略下,排气门关闭角(θEVC)固定为340°曲轴转角不变,当θIVO为380°曲轴转角时,既可避免发生回火又能保证一定的进气量及充气效率;采用负阀重叠后,在压缩冲程后期,缸内EGR率呈梯度分布(靠近火花塞位置EGR率较低),更有利于着火及火焰传播;采用负阀重叠可降低缸内最高燃烧压力及最高温度,但会减少进入气缸的新鲜工质,降低发动机功率;通过负阀重叠实现内部EGR可降低NOx排放,但会导致着火困难,燃烧速度变慢;提高点火能量可缩短着火落后期和燃烧持续期,加快燃烧速度。     

曲轴箱通风系统机油消耗试验与改进设计

对某型车用直列4缸柴油机开展了机油消耗、窜气和曲轴箱压力试验研究,试验结果表明该发动机在低负荷低转速工况下燃油消耗与机油消耗的比值(机燃比)不满足设计要求,随着转速和负荷的提高,总机油消耗量呈增加趋势,曲轴箱通风(PCV)系统所占总机油消耗比例较高,各工况点平均值约为10%。借助CFD仿真手段对原油气分离器及改进方案进行了对比分析,得知原结构油气分离效率较低,改进方案分离效率大幅提高。验证试验表明,3种对比工况下改进方案窜气特性和曲轴箱压力均满足设计要求,PCV系统机油消耗均大幅度下降,说明改进方案合理可行。