Benefit of speed reduction for ships in different weather conditions

Currently, the shipping industry is facing a great challenge of reducing emissions. Reducing ship speeds will reduce the emissions in the immediate future with no additional infrastructure. However, a detailed investigation is required to verify the claim that a 10% speed reduction would lead to 19% fuel savings (Faber et al., 2012).This paper investigates fuel savings due to speed reduction using detailed modeling of ship performance. Three container ships, two bulk carriers, and one tanker, representative of the shipping fleet, have been designed. Voyages have been simulated by modeling calm water resistance, wave resistance, propulsion efficiency, and engine limits. Six ships have been simulated in various weather conditions at different speeds. Potential fuel savings have been estimated for a range of speed reductions in realistic weather.It is concluded that the common assumption of cubic speed-power relation can cause a significant error in the estimation of bunker consumption. Simulations in different seasons have revealed that fuel savings due to speed reduction are highly weather dependent. Therefore, a simple way to include the effect of weather in shipping transport models has been proposed.Speed reduction can lead to an increase in the number of ships to fulfill the transport demand. Therefore, the emission reduction potential of speed reduction strategy, after accounting for the additional ships, has been studied. Surprisingly, when the speed is reduced by 30%, fuel savings vary from 2% to 45% depending on ship type, size and weather conditions. Fuel savings further reduce when the auxiliary engines are considered.     

Using GPS-data to determine optimum electric vehicle ranges: A Michigan case study

Fuel-switching personal transportation from gasoline to electricity offers many advantages, including lower noise, zero local air pollution, and petroleum-independence. But alleviations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are more nuanced, due to many factors, including the car’s battery range. We use GPS-based trip data to determine use type-specific, GHG-optimized ranges. The dataset comprises 412 cars and 384,869 individual trips in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. We use previously developed algorithms to determine driver types, such as using the car to commute or not. Calibrating an existing life cycle GHG model to a forecast, low-carbon grid for Ann Arbor, we find that the optimum range varies not only with the drive train architecture (plugin-hybrid versus battery-only) and charging technology (fast versus slow) but also with the driver type. Across the 108 scenarios we investigated, the range that yields lowest GHG varies from 65 km (55+ year old drivers, ultrafast charging, plugin-hybrid) to 158 km (16–34 year old drivers, overnight charging, battery-only). The optimum GHG reduction that electric cars offer – here conservatively measured versus gasoline-only hybrid cars – is fairly stable, between 29% (16–34 year old drivers, overnight charging, battery-only) and 46% (commuters, ultrafast charging, plugin-hybrid). The electrification of total distances is between 66% and 86%. However, if cars do not have the optimum range, these metrics drop substantially. We conclude that matching the range to drivers’ typical trip distances, charging technology, and drivetrain is a crucial pre-requisite for electric vehicles to achieve their highest potential to reduce GHG emissions in personal transportation.     

微型扑翼飞行器空气动力学研究进展

微型扑翼飞行器(FMAV)作为一种新概念的航空器,有着广泛的功能和用途,已经受到了各国的高度重视.综述了国内外对微型扑翼飞行器的低雷诺数空气动力学问题的研究现状及未来的发展趋势,讨论了目前研究中需要解决的一些关键技术.在此基础上,总结出今后研究的重点,并为微型扑翼飞行器的设计提供了参考依据.     

金鸡滩二线船闸工程原型观测方法

水利枢纽船闸改扩建是内河航道整治工程中的控制性工程,以右江金鸡滩水利枢纽二线船闸工程原型观测实践为例,对船闸改扩建原型观测的方法进行分析和总结,主要包括比降观测、表面流速流向测量、断面流量和流速流向观测、泥沙测验和底质取样等5个观测方法。通过现场实践生产,在枢纽上下游多维度同步观测和采样,并对观测成果进行统计、分析和研究,为枢纽船闸改扩建的规划、设计和施工等建设技术方案提供水文基础资料,为模型试验、航道整治工程提供准确的工程实施数据,值得类似项目借鉴和应用。     

基于电解海水法的船舶废气脱硫脱硝装置设计

设计一种利用海水淡化的生成物浓缩海水作为电解海水的原料,通过隔膜电解海水生成强氧化性溶液和强碱性溶液,利用强氧化性溶液与船舶废气中的SOX进行反应,强碱性溶液与船舶废气的NOX进行反应,从而达到废气的脱硫脱硝.为此,设计一套完整的基于电解海水的脱硫脱硝方案,将强氧化性溶液与强碱性溶液通过喷淋雾化的形式喷射出来,与船舶废...     

高压供气系统设计安装问题浅析

高压气源站作为一种动力和测试气源,广泛应用在航天、航空、船舶、化工、制药等行业,具有不可替代的作用。高压气站供气系统安全正常运行的基础是设计科学,安装合理。本文在对多个高压供气系统分析总结的基础上找出了现在高压供气安装中存在的问题,分析了原因,规范了管道安装的有关工艺流程和安装测试方法。     

平行流交叉口行人过街控制策略研究

为解决平行流交叉口行人与机动车冲突问题,考虑行人与机动车在冲突点为寻找间隙穿越的交替穿插的抢行博弈过程,重新设计行人过街信号相位方案,提出人车搭接相位行人过街模式;考虑行人专用相位过街模式,给出两种行人过街模式的信号控制策略;构建优化模型,并对模型等价变换,降低计算复杂度.结果显示：常规交叉口处于高饱和状态时,两种行人过街模式下平行流交叉口分别降低了73.8%、50.3%的车均延误,故人车搭接相位过街模式效益更优;人车搭接相位过街模式与不考虑行人过街模式相比,交叉口车均延误仅增加 0.6~3.8 s⋅ pcu-1 .研究成果可为平行流交叉口行人信号配时提供理论依据.     

基于时空特性和组合深度学习的交通流参数估计

为深入挖掘交通流时空特性,提高交通流参数估计精度,基于深度学习提出一种交通流参数估计的组合方法.根据目标断面及其上游断面的交通流数据构造输入矩阵,利用卷积神经网络捕捉交通流的空间特性,使用长短期记忆和门控循环神经网络挖掘交通流的时间特性,组合3种深度学习方法所得输出,得到交通流参数估计值.采用中国安徽省合肥市和美国加州...     

基于混沌时间序列的道路断面短时交通流预测模型

为了提高道路断面短时交通流预测的精确性,本文对道路断面的短时交通流数据进行混沌时间序列分析,并对多维交通流时间序列数据进行了相空间重构,建立基于混沌时间序列分析的道路断面短时交通流预测模型,利用粒子群优化算法优化模型的参数选择．最后应用本文的方法对城市快速路采集的断面交通流数据进行分析,对道路断面短时交通流建立预测模型并验证其有效性．     

燃机动力学建模中复杂结构处理方法研究

提出了三种以动力学相似为基础的转子动力学建模关键技术,并以某型燃气轮机建模为例,对该关键技术进行了验证。利用三种方法,对该燃气轮机的动力学特性进行研究,并与整机试验结果进行了对比。结果表明,动力学分析的准确程度主要由模型决定,本文所提出的三种建模关键技术能够反映结构的真实特性,可用于具有类似结构的双转子系统。