Turning Off the Heat: Impacts of Power Plant Decommissioning on Green Turtle Research in San Diego Bay

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are among the most high profile species in San Diego Bay, California, and understanding impacts of coastal development and industry is essential to the management and conservation of this local population. Here we describe power plant changing energy production and its impact on turtle habitat use and our ability to research and manage this population. For over 20 years, green sea turtles have been captured, assessed, and tagged near the South Bay Power Plant (SBPP) in the San Diego Bay; from 2002–2011, 104 turtles were captured on 212 occasions. As the 50-year-old SBPP generates less energy, effluent patterns change and water temperatures decrease, presumably to more natural conditions. There has been a concurrent decrease in turtle-capture success, perhaps due to lesser visitation to the effluent site where nets are tended. Seasonal catch-per-unit-effort declined from a high of 4.14 turtles per monitoring day, to a nine-year low of 1.33 during the 2010–2011 season. It is already apparent that management decisions related to energy policy are affecting the habitat and behavior of this stock of endangered turtles. Green turtles are expected to remain in the San Diego Bay after the SBPP becomes inoperative and continuing research will monitor future impacts and distribution shifts resulting from the expected changes in thermal pattern within south San Diego Bay. Research efforts to study this population (i.e., capture methods and locations) will require modification in response to these changes. Lessons learned here are applicable to the immediate coastal development of San Diego, as well as at similar interactions between marine turtles and industrial thermal effluent discharge throughout Southern California, the United States, and beyond.     

轨道交通车载智能应急电源系统

作为在紧急情况下为轨道交通列车辅助系统供电的应急电源,铅酸或镍铬电池被普遍使用;随着技术的不断发展,锂离子电池的应用也越来越广泛.介绍了GJCL-A型锂离子轨道交通车载智能应急电源系统的组成、工作原理、设计方案及试点应用情况.GJCL-A型锂离子轨道交通车载智能应急电源系统的试验应用结果表明,用于车厢的110V应急供电4 300 s后,其剩余电量仍有40％以上.     

中频电源逆变换相失败保护的研究

分析了并联逆变型晶闸管中频电源产生换相失败的原因,提出老换相失败保护新措施,经过实验和实践结果表明,新措施对各种原因产生的换相失败均有保护作用,且简单实用、效果良好。     

公路隧道供配电设计午若干问题探讨

针对公路隧道供配电系统设计中存在的一些问题，结合实际工程中供配电系统的设计、施工及运营管理经验进行简要分析，并就公路隧道供配电系统的设计提出具体意见和建议，供设计、施工人员参考     

基于卡尔曼滤波的4WD电动车辆寄生功率的测量技术

根据串励直流电动机工作特性,利用车辆行驶过程中较易测得的驱动电机工作电流及驱动轮转速,运用MATLAB/SIMULINK软件,建立基于卡尔曼滤波的驱动轮滑转率模型和寄生功率模型并进行仿真;通过道路试验对电动机工作电流和驱动轮转速的检测,实时预测驱动轮的滑转率与产生的寄生功率。结果表明,驱动轮滑转率和寄生功率的仿真结果与试验结果非常接近。     

大跨径连续梁实桥构件刚度模态识别方法

提出一种利用低阶测试模态对桥梁构件抗弯刚度进行有限权量平差的最小二乘解识别方法。通过对主跨110m的广州大桥主桥3跨变截面连续箱梁实桥梁体抗弯刚度进行数值模拟识别及结合桥梁现场动静载试验进行识别结果,表明此方法利用现有的测试技术对大跨径连续梁桥进行抗弯刚度识别误差是常规最小二乘解识别误差的1/8～1/10,识别精度得到了极大的改善。     

人机工程学在移动电站设计中的应用

通过介绍人机工程在移动电站设计中的应用,在移动电站引入人机工程的相关知识和经验。     

WT445电站故障实例剖析

通过对WT445电站监控系统主要任务和工作过程的阐述,分析该电站自动监控开关投入运行后自行停机的原因,给出故障分析的思路和排除故障的基本方法。     

某新型航空地面电源车的使用与维护体会

航空地面电源车主要用于飞机地面启动和通电检查等场合。介绍了我部新装备的某新型航空地面电源车的特性,对使用过程中曾出现的故障进行了分析,结合电源车的特点总结出了维护建议。     

静液压储能传动汽车动力源系统的匹配效率

为了便于进行汽车动力源系统的参数选择和设计，在试验数据的基础上运用曲面拟合和二维插值的方法，通过模拟计算绘制了液压泵的特性等值曲线；综合发动机和液压泵的特性曲线，分剐对发动机与液压变量泵、定量泵进行了匹配效率分析；考虑蓄能器的效率，建立了发动机与液压泵、蓄能器的效率数学模型以及效率脉谱图，定义了系统效率概念并以此评价动力源系统的经济性，得出了发动机与变量泵、定量泵匹配的效率关系以及动力源系统的最佳工作范围。