Participatory Modeling Workshops in a Water-Stressed Basin Result in Gains in Modeling Capacity but Reveal Disparity in Water Resources Management Priorities

Participatory modeling workshops were held in Sonora, México, with the goal of developing water resources management strategies in a water-stressed basin. A model of the water resources system, consisting of watershed hydrology, water resources infrastructure, and groundwater models, was developed deliberatively in the workshops, along with scenarios of future climate and development. Participants used the final version of the water resources systems model to select management strategies. The performance of the strategies was based on the reliability of meeting current and future demands at a daily time scale over a year’s period. Pre- and post-workshop surveys were developed and administered. The survey questions focused on evaluation of participants’ modeling capacity and the utility and accuracy of the models. The selected water resources strategies and the associated, expected reliability varied widely among participants. Most participants could be clustered into three groups with roughly equal numbers of participants that varied in terms of reliance on expanding infrastructure vs. demand modification; expectations of reliability; and perceptions of social, environmental, and economic impacts. The wide range of strategies chosen and associated reliabilities indicate that there is a substantial degree of uncertainty in how future water resources decisions could be made in the region. The pre- and post-survey results indicate that participants believed their modeling abilities increased and beliefs in the utility of models increased as a result of the workshops.     

Ecosystem Service Impacts of Urban Water Supply and Demand Management

Utilities face the challenge of enhancing long-term water security while minimising undesirable economic, social and environmental impacts of supply and demand management options. This paper provides an example of how the ecosystem services concept can be used to enumerate and organise broad impacts of water supply options. A case study of Adelaide, South Australia, is used to examine costs and benefits associated with different sources of water and source-water mix scenarios. Ecosystem service impacts are estimated using estimates from the literature. Seven water supply and demand management options are considered for Adelaide: 1) the River Murray, 2) Mt. Lofty Ranges catchments, 3) wastewater reuse, 4) desalination, 5) stormwater harvesting, 6) groundwater and 7) water conservation. The largest costs are associated with sourcing water from conservation measures such as water restrictions on outdoor watering estimated at $1.87/kL. Salinity damage costs associated with residential uses are estimated at up to $1.54/kL. Salinity damage costs of wastewater reuse were estimated at $1.16/kL. The largest benefit is coastal amenity services associated with stormwater harvesting and treatment estimated at $1.03/kL. Results show that there is a trade-off between financial costs and ecosystem services impacts with source-water mix scenarios with the highest ecosystem services cost having the lowest financial O&M cost and vice versa. This highlights the importance of taking ecosystem services into account when evaluating water supply options.     

水电站进水塔动水压力研究和探讨

基于理想流体,将进水塔简化成水中悬臂梁体系,推导了其受迫振动时的动力响应方程,给出了进水塔内外表面动水压力的解析表达式。与有限元法、水工抗震规范公式计算结果进行了对比,分析验证了该方法在进水塔结构上的适用性及准确性。结果表明:动水压力表达式与结构振型密切相关。该方法的动水压力曲线趋势与有限元方法相似,均在水面以下某深度处迅速变大及达到最大值后曲线值减小弯回,两者最终在塔体底部收于相近的值;最大值大于有限元法,其最大值处曲线折回明显,幅度较大。弹性模量和进水塔高度对动水压力的曲线形态和数值有重要影响。同时,输入激励荷载的频率对动水压力影响巨大,尤其频率与进水塔某阶频率相近时会导致动水压力的异常增大。该方法对分析进水塔动水压力具有参考价值。     

仿人智能比例控制器与PID FUZZY控制算法的仿真分析

对于具有二阶惯性加纯滞后的不同对象，分别运用常规ＰＩＤ控制、Ｆｕｚｚｙ控制以及仿人智能控制算法进行仿真研究，并对各种控制算法的控制效果进行分析比较。结果表明：仿人智能控制的调节品质明显优于常规ＰＩＤ及Ｆｕｚｚｙ控制，具有响应速度快、超调小（甚至无超调）、过渡过程时间短、控制精度高、系统适应性强等优点。     

制备聚羟基氯化铝的一种新方法──以高岭土为原料，碳酸钙作盐基度调整剂制备条件的研究

本文研究了用碳酸钙作盐基度调整剂，从高岭土制聚羟基氯化铝的新方法．考查了酸浸液浓度及盐基度、反应温度和时间等因素对调整过程的影响。并制得了聚羟基氯化铝．     

硫酸锶晶体生长动力学研究

为了从控制晶体生长角度，说明制备纳米硫酸锶沉淀体系中存在的EDTA对产品粒径的影响作用，根据过程机理，用恒组成法研究硫酸锶晶体生长动力学。根据叠加模型和弱化模型，建立体系中有EDTA存在时，硫酸锶沉淀过程的晶体生长动力学模型。结果表明，硫酸锶沉淀过程中晶体生长属于表面反应控制机理。EDTA存在能降低晶体生长速率，有利于减小粉体粒径。     

拱肋间距对喷混凝土拱肋加固效应的影响研究

喷混凝土拱肋是加固软弱围岩的一种有效支护形式,其间距主要根据经验确定,可能偏大或偏小。为了揭示拱肋间距对加筋拱肋加固效应的影响,采用基于有限差分法的FLAC3D软件对施工期某地下厂房交通洞软弱围岩在拱肋间距分别在1.0―5.0m之间变化情况下变形、应力和屈服区等分布规律进行了对比仿真模拟。仿真结果表明:拱肋间距越大,围岩变形、顶拱最大主压应力和塑性屈服区越大,拱肋承受荷载越大;且拱肋间距介于2.0―3.0m时,能充分发挥围岩自承作用和拱肋支护潜力,围岩变形稳定满足要求,支护成本最低。本文的研究成果为确定喷混凝土拱肋合理间距提供了重要参考。     

Preparation and characterization of porous carbon beads and their application in dispersing small metal crystallites

Porous carbon beads were prepared by the pyrolysis of poly(vinylidene chloride) beads that were synthesized by suspension polymerization. After prolysis treatment at 180–300 °C under argon stream, the polymeric beads were further carbonized at 1000 °C for 3 h under argon stream to acquire porous carbon beads, of which the specific surface area was about 1000 m²/g, and pore size was mainly in the width range of 0.8–1.2 nm. The carbon structure and surface chemical composition characterized by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, depended on the preparation temperature and the relations between them were examined. The characterization of the carbon beads by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy presented the morphological structure of the carbon beads surface and a global view of pores. The dispersion of nickel crystallites on the carbon beads surface was characterized by electron microprobe analysis. This study reveals that uniform surface morphological structure leads to the fine dispersion of metal crystallites.     

Influence of organophilic clay and preparation methods on EVA/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Ethylene‐vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA)/montmorillonite MMT nanocomposites have been prepared by using different methods: one is from the organophilic montmorillonite (OMT) and the other is from the pristine MMT and reactive compatibilizer hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (C16). In this study, different kneaders were used (twin‐screw extruder and twin‐roll mill) to prepare nanocomposites. The nanocomposite structures are evidenced by the X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and high‐resolution electronic microscope (HREM). The thermal properties of the nanocomposites were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Moreover, the tensile tests were carried out with a Universal testing machine DCS‐5000. It is shown that different methods and organophilic montmorillonite have influence on EVA/MMT nanocomposites.© 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 91: 2416–2421, 2004