Costs of air pollutants from shipping: a meta-regression analysis

ABSTRACT

This study estimated the external cost of air pollution from shipping by means of a meta-regression analysis, which has not been made before. Three pollutants, which were included in most of the primary studies, were considered: nitrogen oxides (NO_x), sulphur dioxides (SO₂) and particulate matters with a diameter of max 2.5 micrometres (PM_2.5). All primary studies included damages of health and a majority added impacts on agriculture and estimated the cost of air pollutants by transferring cost estimates from studies on costs of air emissions from transports in Europe. Different regression models and estimators were used and robust results were found of statistically significant emission elasticities of below one, i.e. total external costs increase by less than 1% when emissions increase by 1%. There was a small variation between the pollutants, with the highest elasticity for PM_2.5 and lowest for NO_x. Calculations of the marginal external cost of the pollutants showed the same pattern, with this cost being approximately six times higher for PM_2.5 than for the other pollutants. Common to all pollutants was that the marginal external cost decreases when emission increases. Another robust result was a significant increase in the cost of studies published in journals compared with other publication outlets. These findings point out some caution when transferring constant external unit cost of air pollutant from shipping, which is much applied in the literature, and the cost functions estimated in this study could thus provide a complementary transfer mechanism.     

Online channel strategies under different offline channel power structures for the Belt and Road of China

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the online channel strategies adopted by Chinese manufacturers with regard to the Belt and Road. It also investigates the effect of offline channel power structures and maritime transportation costs on online channel mode selection and pricing strategies. The offline channel power structures are classified into three types, namely, Chinese manufacturer Stackelberg (MS) structure, vertical Nash (VN) structure, and foreign retailer Stackelberg (RS) structure. Furthermore, a game model is developed among the Chinese manufacturer, foreign retailer, and cross-border e-tailer to investigate the interactions among offline channel power structures, maritime transportation costs, and Chinese manufacturers’ online channel mode selection. The results show that Chinese manufacturers’ preferences for the online agency selling mode increases correspondingly with the decrease in their market position and bargaining power. Moreover, foreign retailers can obtain higher profits in the online agency selling mode under the VN structure. However, the level of profit for foreign retailers depends on the intensity of their competition with cross-border e-tailers under the MS and RS structures. Finally, consumers in countries along the Belt and Road can obtain a higher surplus in the online agency selling mode under all of the structures.     

远洋船舶制冷节能技术与经济分析

根据实船操作实践和调研，在对远洋船舶制冷与空调系统的运行工况、操作管理、维护保养等特点进行综合分析基础上，阐述了船舶制冷装置降低能耗和操作运行成本的有效途径，提出了一些有益于船舶制冷节能的结论。     

节约资源是我国长期的国策

从技术改造、循环经济、防污治污、政策支持、综合利用、可再生能源等方面推进能源资源节约,这既是缓解能源资源供求矛盾的重大举措,也是从源头上减少污染、改善生态环境的重要途径.     

曲线弯梁桥振动理论分析

利用广义坐标法和能量原理推导曲线梁桥的振动控制微分方程,解释曲线梁桥振动理论与直线梁振动理论的异同点,在推导质量矩阵的显式表达式过程中考虑截面扭转中心与截面形心的不一致。随后给出了曲线梁动力分析的有限元方法,并完成了相应电算程序的编制。最后通过实例分析并验证本文所提计算理论和计算方法的正确性。     

舰船综合电力推进监控系统研究

研究分析了舰船电力推进系统的发展历史及其特点。提出了舰船综合电力推进监控系统的二层网络体系结构。对主要子系统的功能进行了阐述,分析了系统的关键技术。指出由于综合电力推进系统在动力性、经济性、安全性以及灵活性等方面具有诸多明显的优势,它已成为21世纪舰船动力发展的主要方向。     

钢纤维混凝土力学性能和弯曲韧性研究

为研究钢纤维混凝土的力学性能、弯曲韧性及最优钢纤维掺量,进行掺量为25、30、35、40 kg/m3的4组(每组15根)钢纤维混凝土切口梁试验。通过对荷载-挠度变化规律曲线分析,发现钢纤维掺入对混凝土开裂后的力学性能、弯曲韧性有显著提高,开裂后荷载二次峰值较初裂荷载最大提高了41.5%;基于CECS 13∶2009标准,分析钢纤维混凝土的能量吸收和弯曲韧性比,获得单位质量钢纤维能量吸收与钢纤维掺量的曲线关系,并推导弯曲韧性比与钢纤维掺量间的关系式,结果认为掺量为36 kg/m3时钢纤维能够最大程度发挥其弯曲韧性作用。     

铁路沿线线性无线传感器网络路由协议研究

针对铁路沿线环境监测对象种类繁多、位置分散的特点,设计一种无线传感器网络用于将传感器采集信息传输至监测中心,该无线传感器网络由传感器节点、轨边汇聚节点、机房汇聚节点及中继节点组成,重点研究提出轨边汇聚节点与机房汇聚节点之间线性无线传感器网络路由协议。鉴于铁路沿线传感器节点采集信息的重要程度不同,该路由协议根据信息重要程度对数据包进行优先级排序。综合考虑网络寿命和信息重要程度,以网络生命周期内传输数据包数量最大化为目标,建立数据包转发模型和数据包排队模型。在网络能耗均衡的前提下,采用减少优先级高的数据包的转发次数和减少优先级高的数据包在轨边汇聚节点的排队时延两种方式,减少优先级高的数据包的总传输时延。仿真结果表明,该路由协议可以显著减少高优先级数据包的传输时延,均衡使用网络能量,最大化网络寿命。     

汽车吸能转向机构与驾驶员碰撞的仿真与试验

利用非线性有限元方法建立了可收缩吸能转向机构与驾驶员所组成碰撞系统的仿真模型，深入讨论了碰撞仿真模型初始条件与边界条件的处理方法、材料非线性本构关系的选择、接触对摩擦系数的确定。并按照GB11557规定的要求，对人体模块有限元模型进行了验证。分析计算了吸能转向机构与人体模块碰撞时上下套管间的收缩位移和作用在转向柱上的碰撞力，并通过相应的碰撞台架试验验证了仿真结果的正确性。     

成品油管输水力计算

将成品油管流摩阻因数计算公式分为适用于设计计算和适用于工况分析两类，提出立足于应用计算机，在整个紊流区用科尔布鲁克混合摩擦管公式计算的思想，并用它构建单油品输送和多油品顺序输送新型压能平衡方程，以提高计算精度和避免分区计算。