Debunking the mythology of PBR in electric power

PBR in the electric power industry has failed to gain the traction that incentive regulation experienced in the telecommunications industry. We do not believe institutional differences between the two industries fully explain why PBR has not gained the footing that the economics literature suggests that it should. It is time to debunk several myths that pervade industry and regulatory thinking on the merits of PBR that have had a deleterious effect on its adoption.     

Zimbabwe: An Assessment of the Electricity Industry and What Needs to Be Done

Zimbabwe highlights the weaknesses in power pooling that typically occur in third world countries, particularly when foreign currency is in short supply. The electricity industry’s monopoly should be abolished, independent power producers should be attracted into the industry, and an independent regulator should be created for the power sector.     

浙江省蓄电池产业标准化现状及推进对策

近年来,蓄电池产业不断引发的铅污染事件,使该产业面临着巨大的发展压力,制约其发展。浙江省铅蓄电池产业成为全国颇有影响的特色产业,但其产业标准化现状仍不太乐观,表现为产业升级进程比较缓慢、标准体系不完备、标准话语权地位低下等。应从加强标准化技术组织建设、提高标准研制水平、实施产业准入门槛和条件等角度实施对策,促进该产业转型升级。     

对"煤电博弈"现象的理性思考

从经济学角度对近两年煤电博弈以及国家新出台的煤电联动政策进行分析,提出煤电联营是解决煤电博弈问题的长期战略,根本解决手段是电力体制改革,让煤电在市场经济大环境中自由发展。     

Engineering education, design and senior projects

The role of senior year projects in engineering education is addressed. The author examines the meaning of design in relation to the senior project experience and offers the distinction between, in the author's terminology, discrete design and continuous design. The ability to do continuous design comes from a sound theoretical background, and expertise in discrete design comes more from experience. On this basis, it is argued that the education of an engineer is a partnership between university and industry, with the university providing the theory and industry giving experientially accumulated instinct. In providing in-house senior design programs, universities have imposed the fiction that they provide true industrial experience and have encroached into what industry can do better. Senior projects should, therefore, be dispensed with and universities should concentrate on teaching the theory, leaving the completion of the engineer's education to industry     

关于燃气电厂设计标准的探讨

加快燃气行业的发展是我国优化能源结构、改善环境、提高能效、节能减排的战略选择之一。十二五期间,燃气发电的快速增长是可以预期的,燃气发电行业应有新的技术追求。本文根据有关资料,编辑整理出我国燃气发电设计标准的要点,并进行初步的分析和探讨。供业内人士参考。     

亚洲电力改革：孰是孰非？

在过去的 1 0多年间 ,风靡全球的电力工业改革采用了多种不同的形式 ,包括私有化、私人机构的参与、垂直和水平的拆分、公司化重组以及在发电和零售侧引入竞争等。文中首先论述了全球的经济和技术环境及其对电力工业改革、尤其是亚洲发展中国家的电力工业改革的影响 ,之后着重论述了亚洲国家的电力工业改革过程中应该特别注意的问题 ,以及与西方国家的主要区别。在此基础上 ,讨论了输配电系统的特性 ,以及私人机构参与电力工业发展的可能的方式 ,指出在某些国家所进行的将整个电力工业私有化的做法总的来讲不适合于亚洲发展中国家。对于亚洲发展中国家 ,重点在于吸引投资而非将所有电力资产私有化 ,其输电系统仍然应该由政府代表公众所有。对于配电系统 ,可以允许私人机构采用专营权的方式参与运行管理。最后对现货市场中应该采用按“统一切除价”还是按发电公司自己的报价结算这一广为关注的问题进行了讨论。     

从电力行业角度浅议《循环经济法》制订中相关法律制度的建设

电力工业具有把多种一次能源高效率转换为能便于控制、利用和节约使用的二次能源并易于集中治理污染物的能力,在循环经济发展的社会和区域2个层面上发挥基础和关键作用。《循环经济法》的地位应高于现行的环境保护、清洁生产和其他资源法。法律中应对循环经济的理念予以法定解释以避免歧义,要高度重视与现行环保、资源方面的法规相协调问题,在立法中应延伸到电力行业的领域,强化政府和消费者的责任,强化规划及产业政策的作用,建立循环经济发展的指标体系,强化市场和政策引导作用,进一步完善污染物控制法规和清洁生产促进法规,明确行业自律责任,并要对发展循环经济有重要影响的环境政策进行改革。     

电站标识系统在我国电力行业应用的探讨

电站标识系统是电力工程建设中所采用的一种技术手段。为了电力行业的现代化管理 ,为了对外交流、同国际接轨 ,我国电力行业应采用国际认知度高、使用广泛、管理严格的电站标识系统。电力行业的技术管理部门、设计部门和生产制造部门应认真对待、正确评估、早做准备。     

Curricular implications of trends in RF and microwave industry

All microwave educators I know want to serve the students as well as the industry for which they prepare the students, and all agree that the curriculum should be modern and in step with the technology. However, since educators have different industries to serve in their neighborhood, different perspectives on significant technological trends in industry, and different views on what education is required to serve the needs of the industry, we end up with a variety of types of educational offerings around the globe in the same discipline of RF and microwave engineering. This engenders concerns about the adequacy of existing syllabi for serving the present and future needs of the industry that are further heightened by the rapid changes in technological knowledge base.     

我国环保型绝缘材料的现状及发展方向

本文介绍了国内外绝缘材料在环保领域的发展状况.阐述了绝缘材料在环境保护领域应该发挥的作用,强调未来新型绝缘材料应在循环经济、低能耗产品、低碳工业及新能源技术等新兴产业发挥积极作用.结合正在制定的"十二五规划"提出当前绝缘材料的研发方向.并特别指出在绝缘材料的生产制造和研发及使用过程中,对环境保护认识和理念的重要性.     

Are electric utilities aboard the ‘train to Ithaca’?

Increasing competition for electric utilities, including distributed generation in the form of renewables, such as wind and solar has given rise to a paradigm shift in the industry that poses complex questions. How should the carrier-of-last resort obligation be administered? What form of price restructuring is required? The telecommunications industry traversed a similar path. The lessons from that experience suggest that regulation changes markedly slower than technology. This inertia poses a considerable risk for the utilities.     

我国热电联产产业的发展趋势

介绍了国内外热电联产产业发展的现状和热电联产的优势,分析了今后我国热电联产机组的发展模式,指出今后我国热电联产产业应以大容量、高参数的热电联产机组和分布式能源系统这两个模式为主,并大力发展CFB锅炉、燃气轮机技术和研发高温气冷核反应堆技术。     

电力市场双边垄断最优拍卖模型的建立与分析

近些年来世界各国掀起电力市场化改革浪潮, 以提高效率为目的, 通过引入竞争、打破高度一体的垂直垄断,不同程度地放松或解除管制。我国也开始对电力进行市场化改革, 已在部分试点区域实行“厂网分开、竞价上网”, 形成了电力公司双边垄断模式。为了与原有厂网合一、垂直一体化的完全垄断模式作效率比较, 文章构造了赋予垄断地位的国家电力公司的双边垄断采购拍卖模型, 深入分析了这种模式给电力公司、发电厂和用电户带来的期望效用和社会福利水平及变化情况, 结果证明改革后社会福利增加、效率提高, 但并未达到电力市场的社会最优。这表明通过引入竞争进行改革的方向是应该坚持的, 但目前双边垄断仍不是最优模式, 需要进一步打破垄断、加强竞争、提高效率。     

Need for industry standards for AC induction motors intended foruse with adjustable-frequency controllers

With the increased use of AC induction motors on adjustable-frequency controls (AFCs) offered in a wide variety of types, there is a need to develop industry standards to provide the guidance necessary for the proper selection of the motor, which will function as intended with the control. These new standards should establish requirements for both electrical and mechanical characteristics of the motor necessary to establish uniformity within the industry. The items that must be covered by such industry standards in order to assure successful applications on adjustable frequency are discussed. Proposals for the content of the standards are presented     

我国电力监管体系下的电价规制探析

从规制与我国电力市场化改革的关系着手,进而提出应建立现代电力监管体系,指出了在现代电力监管体系中加强电网企业规制的必要性,最后对电网企业的价格规制进行了探讨。     

我国高压开关行业的最新发展述评

在电力系统中，高压开关的控制和保护作用，对电网的安全运行至关重要。介绍了我国高压开关行业的发展近况、技术的进步以及推出的新产品。展望了我国电力工业的发展前景，指出我国高压开关行业应抓住机遇，增强技术自主创新能力，加大研发力度，以更先进的产品装各我国的电力工业。     

流程工业CIMS建模之浅见

为了提高企业适应市场竞争的能力，CIMS已成为流程工业的必然选择。本文针对现代流程工业面临的问题，对应流程工业CIMS的三层体系结构，对流程工业CIMS建模思想进行了研究，对流程工业CIMS的建模进行了展望。     

电力市场下输电价格分析

输电市场化是电力工业市场化改革的重要组成部分.与发电市场、用电市场改革一样,输电作为一种市场服务,其定价方式为广大电力工作者所关注.合理的输电价格不仅需给出明显的经济信号,以促进输电资源的优化配置,保证电网公司的生存与发展,其定价方法还要做到科学、简明,以保证电力市场的公开与公平性.虽然,在我国输电电价还未单独计算,但随着以"厂网分开"为目标的电力工业市场化改革与发展,形成一套科学合理的输电价格定价方法与模型势在必行.     

一种考虑了负荷特性的企业电网潮流算法

大型企业电网的负荷特性主要表现为感应电动机群特性,为了改进现在常用的电力系统潮流算法中用恒功率模型来表征节点负荷,不能满足工程精度要求的问题,提出了在对企业电网负荷节点电动机群进行等效变换后,引入负荷特性的潮流计算的思路,在此基础上进行了理论推导,并经过现场实测数据,进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,负荷特性的潮流计算方法符合企业工程精度要求,可以达到提升业电网潮流计算结果在精确度、实用度等方面的要求,具有一定的理论和工程意义。