Control strategies for reactive batch distillation

A batch reactor may be combined directly with a distillation column by distilling off the light component product in order to increase the reactor temperature or to improve the product yield of an equilibrium reaction. The same amount of the light product should be removed as the amount being formed by the reaction at any time. A linearized model has been developed which describes the process behaviour satisfactorily for control analysis purposes. The controllability of a combined batch reactor/batch distillation column is found to depend strongly on the operating conditions and on the time during the run. In general, controlling only the reactor temperature (one-point bottom control) is difficult since the set-point has to be specified below a maximum value in order to avoid break-through of an intermediate component in the ditillate. This maximum value may be difficult to know a priori. For the example considered in this study, control of both reactor temperature and distillate composition (two-point control) is also found to be difficult due to large interactions in the column. As with one-point bottom control, the reactor temperature has to be specified below a maximum value. However, energy can be saved since the heat duty can be decreased with time. Controlling the temperature on a tray in the column (one-point column control) is found to give good performance for the given process with no loss of reactant and a high reactor temperature, although no direct control of the reactor temperature is obtained.     

ASSM-Ⅱ型声学悬浮泥沙观测系统

本文介绍了一种新型的水文观测设备－“ＡＳＳＭ－Ⅱ型声学悬浮泥沙观测系统”，它可认自动，连续和长时间地实时观测水中悬浮泥沙深度分布和动态变化过程，文中介绍了工作原理框图，技术参数，性能特点及海上现场观测结果。     

Efficient simulation of hierarchical stochastic activity network models

Stochastic extensions to Petri nets have gained widespread acceptance as a method for describing the dynamic behavior of discrete-event systems. Both simulation and analytic methods have been proposed to solve such models. This paper describes a set of efficient procedures for simulating models that are represented as stochastic activity networks (SANs, a variant of stochastic Petri nets) and composed SAN-based reward models (SBRMs). Composed SBRMs are a hierarchical representation for SANs, in which individual SAN models can be replicated and joined together with other models, in an iterative fashion. The procedures exploit the hierarchical structure and symmetries introduced by the replicate operation in a composed SBRM to reduce the cost of future event list management. The procedures have been implemented as part of a larger performance-dependability modeling package known asUltraSAN, and have been applied to real, large-scale applications. This work was supported in part by the Digital Equipment Corporation Faculty Program: Incentives for Excellence.     

Driver detection and recognition of lineside signals and signs at different approach speeds

A study was carried out using simulation to investigate driver responses to lineside signals and signs at various approach speeds. The objectives of the study were: (1) to find out whether train speed would significantly affect signal/sign reading; (2) to examine at which point certain types of signs or signals could be detected or recognised, and (3) to determine a speed cut-off level above which certain types of signs or signals are no longer recognisable or detectable. Fifty-seven train drivers from 12 Train Operating Companies in the UK participated in the trials. Twenty different types of lineside signs and ten types of signals were tested under six different approach speeds ranging from 100 to 350 km/h (62–218 mph). Driver performance measures were ‘time remaining to the signal/sign’ at the point of detection or recognition, and reading error rate. The results showed a significant influence of train speed on driver responses to lineside signals/signs and demonstrated a non-linear relationship between driver responses to signals/signs and approach speed. This has been used to estimate a maximum approach speed limit within which a specific signal or sign can be correctly detected or recognised. The findings and implications of the study are discussed in the paper.     

考虑变质量湍流影响的水平井流入动态分析

在水平井生产过程中,井筒内管流与地层渗流互相制约、互相影响、互为边界条件,从而构成了一个完整的水动力学体系。根据水平井生产时井筒内管流与油藏的相互作用关系,建立了水平井筒存在压力梯度的变质量湍流与地层渗流的耦合计算新方法。关于井筒内流的计算;应用了经典的k_εM湍流模型,关于地层的渗流计算,采用了有限元法。通过耦合模拟获得了井筒内湍流场流速分布及总压能损耗的规律,根据耦合模拟计算结果绘出了较为准确的水平井流入动态曲线。该计算方法为描述水平井流入动态、评价水平井产能、确定合理生产制度提供了可靠的手段.     

水平井岩屑录井的影响因素及对策

由于岩屑沉积床的形成、井壁坍塌和井眼不规则、岩屑多次破碎、钻时资料失真及混油钻井液污染等因素影响，水平井的岩屑比普通直井更混杂、更细碎，代表性也更差，岩屑中的油气显示真假难辨。通过加密实测迟到时间，参考钻井参数及DC指数可以对岩屑进行较准确地分层、描述，采用多次荧光滴照、四氯化碳浸泡、气测资料分析等方法，能够有效地区分真假油气显示。     

TK406H侧钻短半径水平井钻井工艺技术

TK40 6H侧钻短半径水平井是西北石油局在塔河油田利用已钻无产能直井井眼侧钻钻水平井而布署的第一批短半径水平井 ,也是国内目前已钻的最深的短半径水平井 ,设计侧钻造斜井深在 5 30 0m以下 ,施工难度大 ,该批短半径水平井的钻成并获得良好的产能 ,使国内水平井钻井技术迈上了新的台阶。本文主要从该油田短半径水平井钻井的技术难点入手 ,对TK40 6H侧钻短半径水平井的设计和施工进行了分析和阐述 ,并通过主要工艺技术分析 ,阐明了技术实施的着眼点和配套的技术措施     

利用CFD获取超声流量计截面速度分布

 通过CFD技术在超声波流量计设计过程中的引入,为流量系数的获取提供了新的途径.通过对特定管道的理论计算表明,采用CFD技术获取的管道内部流型完全可以与试验数据吻合,有助于超声波流量计应用场合流量系数曲线的获取及其精度的保证.     

Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity at Low Temperatures Using an Optical Reflectivity Technique

An experimental arrangement has been developed for measuring the transient temperature responses and the thermal diffusivities of foil materials in the range of 10 to 300K by using the optical reflectivity technique. The cryogenic system with optical windows is designed to provide temperatures from 10 to 300 K. The front surface of a foil specimen is heated by a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. In situ measurement of the reflectivity of a continuous-wave He–Ne laser at the rear surface is conducted on the microsecond time scale. Using the temperature dependence of reflectivity, the transient temperature response is deduced. The thermal diffusivity is obtained by fitting Parker's formulae to the experimental data on temperature rise. Stainless-steel foils are chosen as samples and are studied in the region from 10 to 300 K. The accuracy is examined by comparing the present results with the theoretical temperature responses and thermal diffusivity data from the literature. Good agreement is observed.     

具有初始弯曲转子振动峰值的控制方法

本文从理论上研究了控制初始弯曲引起的转子振动幅值的一种新方法。通过在与转轴初始弯曲方向成较大夹角的方向添加不平衡质量的方法 ,使转子新的不平衡方向与初始弯曲方向夹角接近 180° ,则可以减小转子在临界转速附近的振幅。无论新的不平衡参数大于或小于初始弯曲参数 ,只要新的不平衡参数不至于太大 ,则临界转速附近的振幅响应肯定会得到改善。特别是当新的不平衡参数近似等于初始弯曲参数时 ,无论转速高低 ,振幅都会大幅下降。当重力参数、外阻尼系数和内阻尼系数改变后仍有同样结论。本文援引文献 [2 ]中的实例对这种方法进行了验证 ,并给出了解决类似故障的步骤。本文的方法可用于处理生产实际中转轴初弯引起的振动问题