深层地埋管换热器换热性能模拟及稳定性研究

以深层地源热泵地埋管换热器为研究对象,对其换热特性进行数值模拟和实验研究。建立考虑轴向地温梯度的深层地埋管换热器传热模型并进行模拟计算,通过示范工程现场测试数据验证该模型的正确性。对深层地埋管换热器换热的性能稳定性进行研究,发现深层地埋管换热器连续长期运行及间歇长期运行下换热性能基本稳定。当按不同运停比运行时,岩土温度恢复效果良好。研究结果表明深层地源热泵有较好的换热性能及运行稳定性,为深层地热能的开发利用提供了新思路。     

渤海海域浅层油气运移新认识与勘探新进展

浅层新近系是渤海海域油田储量和产量的主要层系。随着勘探程度的提高，大—中型油气田发现的难度也越来越大。基于渤海海域的勘探实践，结合浅层大—中型油田源外成藏的特性，通过分析油气深层运移与浅层富集的耦合关系，明确了古近系烃源层油气初次、二次运移所形成的"汇聚脊"对其上浅层油气富集、聚集的控制作用，并根据输导体系的组合划分出油气汇聚样式。在"汇聚脊"控藏模式的指导下，渤海海域多个构造带的油气勘探都取得突破，获得一系列亿吨级新发现，由此保证了渤海海域浅层规模优质油气储量持续发现，指导后续勘探进展。     

障板上矩形薄板在浅水环境中的振动及声辐射解析分析

通过推导得到浅水环境中矩形板声辐射阻抗矩阵的解析表达,进一步结合振动假设模态方法及辐射表面单元辐射器思想求解浅水环境中矩形板的振动响应,分析水深对矩形板模态附加质量的影响,给出矩形板模态附加质量随水深的变化情况,得到波导模态的激发对附加质量的影响,并通过对辐射抗矩阵的特征分析得到附加质量在板上分布的主要模式;进一步结合声辐射模态辐射效率,分析水深变化对矩形板振动响应峰值及远场声辐射的影响,分析结果表明:水深度变化对振动响应峰值及声辐射功率的影响与第1阶声辐射模态的辐射效率随深度的变化具有一致性。     

河流下浅埋深薄基岩煤层部分开采可行性分析

控制覆岩破坏高度是实现水体下安全开采的关键。针对“浅埋深、薄基岩、坚硬顶板”河流下压覆煤炭资源的问题，采用数值模拟的方法，计算了巷柱式和房柱式等部分开采的覆岩破坏高度，并从防水煤岩柱留设、岩梁极限跨度以及煤柱稳定性3个方面论述河流下部分开采的可行性。研究结果表明，部分开采能够很好地控制覆岩破坏高度，煤岩柱厚度基本满足留设防水安全煤岩柱要求；由于上覆基岩柱中存在厚度大于10 m的粗砂岩，在跨度小于8.53 m的情况下可以支撑上覆岩层；设计煤柱安全系数为1.28～1.81，均满足要求。采用采6 m、留6 m的巷柱（窄条带）式开采是最佳方案，面积采出率为50%，按总采出率45%计算，可解放河流压覆区域约52万t煤炭。     

Combination of double and single cyclic pressure alternation technique to increase CO2 sequestration with heat mining in enhanced geothermal reservoirs by thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling method

The rise in global temperature due to an unceasingly increase in non-condensable gases (NCG) prompts more development of safe and economical CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage) technologies. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) sequestration with heat mining in deep enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs) is one of the promising methods to reduce CO₂ emitted to the atmosphere. In this study, a cyclic alternation of pressures at the injection and production wells is applied in an EGS for heat mining together with CO₂ deposit. Simultaneous alternation of the injection and production pressures can significantly increase the amount of CO₂ sequestrated compared to applying a fixed pumping or withdrawing pressures at the injector and producer respectively. At the injection well, alternation in pumping pressures at high frequency (small interval of days) increased CO₂ sequestration rate. Reducing the pumping frequency resulted in the lowering of the total amount of CO₂ sequestrated, lesser than using a fixed pumping pressure. The alternation in pumping frequency has a direct relationship to the CO₂ sequestration rate. The frequency of the injection and production pressures refers to the interval in days of the interchange in pressure between high to a low value and vice-versa. Furthermore, simultaneous alternation of pressures at the injection and production wells respectively (double cyclic method) improved geothermal heat extraction efficiency, thus higher performance for both geothermal and CO₂ sequestration projects.     

Regime shifts observed in Lake Kasumigaura,a large shallow lake in Japan: Analysis of a 40‐year limnological record

Lake Kasumigaura, which is composed of the two basins (Nishiura and Kitaura), is a large, shallow, hypereutrophic lake. Phytoplankton and water quality records from the past forty years were analysed to elucidate whether or not, when, and what type of certain regime shifts may have occurred, based on using inferential regime shift detectors. Characteristics of the phytoplankton and water quality changes were similar at 6 sampling sites in the two basins, with 20 water quality parameters being classified into four groups, based on cluster analysis. Shifts in dominant plankton groups (DPGs) and water quality occurring almost concomitantly, concentration on the period from 1987 to 1992 (Shift A) and from 1997 to 2001 (Shift B), with those observed for the two basins usually being similar with small differences. Two types of inferential regime shift detectors (sequential t‐test type; Rodionov's RSD and sequential F‐test type: package strucchange in R) yielded similar timings and significances of the shifts. Furthermore, changes in skewness and conditional heteroskedasticity (package early warnings in R) usually represented early warning signals before the shifts. Correlation analysis and ratios of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) vs. total phosphorus (TP) supported the hypothesis that phosphorus was the phytoplankton biomass limiting nutrient, except for one period for the Nishiura basin. Neither the nitrogen:phosphorus (N/P) ratio hypothesis and ammonia–nitrate (NH₄‐N/NO₃‐N) hypothesis satisfactorily explain the DPGs before and after Shift A (Microcystis spp. and Planktothrix spp., respectively), although it may be possible that these ratios triggered the DPG change in this shift. A considerable increase in silicon was observed for Shift B when the DPGs changed from cyanobacteria to diatoms. Further studies on the accurate types and triggers of the regime shifts are necessary to better understand the interactions between ecosystem and water quality for this and similar lakes elsewhere.     

Thermodynamic analysis and performance optimization of organic rankine cycles for the conversion of low‐to‐moderate grade geothermal heat

The present study considers a thermodynamic analysis and performance optimization of geothermal power cycles. The proposed binary‐cycles operate with moderately low temperature and liquid‐dominated geothermal resources in the range of 110°C to 160°C, and cooling air at ambient conditions of 25°C and 101.3 kPa reference temperature and atmospheric pressure, respectively. A thermodynamic optimization process and an irreversibility analysis were performed to maximize the power output while minimizing the overall exergy destruction and improving the First‐law and Second‐law efficiencies of the cycle. Maximum net power output was observed to increase exponentially with the geothermal resource temperature to yield 16–49 kW per unit mass flow rate of the geothermal fluid for the non‐regenerative organic Rankine cycles (ORCs), as compared with 8–34 kW for the regenerative cycles. The cycle First‐law efficiency was determined in the range of 8–15% for the investigated geothermal binary power cycles. Maximum Second‐law efficiency of approximately 56% was achieved by the ORC with an internal heat exchanger. In addition, a performance analysis of selected pure organic fluids such as R123, R152a, isobutane and n‐pentane, with boiling points in the range of ?24°C to 36°C, was conducted under saturation temperature and subcritical pressure operating conditions of the turbine. Organic fluids with higher boiling point temperature, such as n‐pentane, were recommended for non‐regenerative cycles. The regenerative ORCs, however, require organic fluids with lower vapour specific heat capacity (i.e. isobutane) for an optimal operation of the binary‐cycle. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Performance of a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger

In this study, a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger was developed, and the performance of this system was investigated under the conditions of snowfall. The structural response of the bridge deck during the deicing process was also analyzed. The slab temperature, air temperature, inlet and outlet circulating fluid temperature, and slab thermal strain were monitored during the test. The results show that the deicing system developed in this study was capable of accelerating the snow‐melting process even though no heat pump was employed in the deicing system. The deicing system was also suitable for anti‐icing in winter. In addition, the thermal effects of the deicing system on the structural response of the bridge deck could be ignored during the deicing process.     

Transport of pollutant in shallow flows: A space–time CE/SE scheme

This paper focuses on implementation of space–time CE/SE scheme for computing the transport of a passive pollutant by a flow. The flow model comprises of the Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations and the pollutant propagation is described by a transport equation. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional flow equations are numerically investigated using the CE/SE scheme. A number of test problems are presented to check the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed scheme. The results of CE/SE scheme are compared with the central scheme. Both the schemes are found to be in close agreement. However, our proposed CE/SE scheme accurately captures shocks and discontinuous profiles.     

Competitiveness of shallow water hydrocarbon development projects in Mexico after 2015 actualization of fiscal reforms: Economic benchmark of new production sharing agreement versus typical U.S. federal lease terms

Development of Mexican hydrocarbon reservoirs by foreign operators has become possible under Mexico's new Hydrocarbon Law, effective as per January 2015. Our study compares the economic returns of shallow water fields in the Gulf of Mexico applying the royalty and taxes due under the fiscal regimes of the U.S. and Mexico. The net present value (NPV) of the base case scenario is US$1.4 billion, assuming standard development and production cost (opex, capex), 10% discount rate accounting for the cost of capital and revenues computed using a reference oil price of $75/bbl. The impact on NPV of oil price volatility is accounted for in a sensitivity analysis. The split of the NPV of shallow water hydrocarbon assets between the two contractual parties, contractor and government, in Mexico and the U.S. is hugely different. Our base case shows that for similar field assets, Mexico's production sharing agreement allocates about $1,150 million to the government and $191 million to the contractor, while under U.S. license conditions the government take is about $700 million and contractor take is $553 million. The current production sharing agreement leaves some marginal shallow water fields in Mexico undeveloped for reasons detailed and quantified in our study.