The Year 2015 Fusion Power Conversations

Assuming significant technical success in the ITER project by the year 2015, it is likely that governments will want to develop a more comprehensive plan for DT tokamak fusion power commercialization. To provide a glimpse into many of the related issues, we construct conversations between the director of the U.S. fusion program and three specialists key to commercial fusion success: an environment and safety regulator, an environmentalist, and an electric generation investor. The insights from these imagined conversations will hopefully be of value as tokamak fusion power proponents plan beyond ITER.     

阴极爆炸发射电子电离气体原初过程的动力学模拟

基于阴极爆炸发射电子和电子对气体的碰撞电离模型 ,用胞中粒子 (PIC)模拟方法对单间隙冷阴极气体放电过程中阴极爆炸发射产生的电子和电子碰撞电离产生质子的动力学特性进行了研究。分别给出了在 1.33× 10 - 2 Pa氢气压和 10kV间隙电压下 ,气体放电过程中电子和质子的空间和相空间分布、速度统计分布以及轴线上电荷密度分布 ,分析了阴极爆炸发射电子电离过程。模拟结果表明 ,间隙中电子的最大速度达 5 .8× 10 7m/s ,而只有少数的气体电离产生的质子最大速度达到 1.3× 10 6 m/s。     

我国钢铁行业清洁生产标准HJ/T189存在的问题与修订建议

2006年10月1日起实施的《清洁生产标准钢铁行业》(HJ/T189-2006)存在着一些不足之处,如不及时修订,将无法适应“十一五”期间钢铁工业的发展形势和清洁生产形势,在某种程度上还很容易对国内钢铁企业造成误导,而且会产生一些负面不良影响。根据目前我国钢铁工业的发展形势和国内外钢铁企业已经达到的实际清洁生产水平,就其存在的问题和今后的修订谈了一些看法。     

Communications on energy: Fighting London's cold war

This communication illustrates the work of the London Energy and Employment Network. LEEN has the twin aims of promoting a rational energy policy for London and, in the process, generating much needed employment. In cooperation with Hackney, one of Britain's poorest boroughs, LEEN organized Hackney's Cold War — a series of initiatives showing the practical measures, informational back-up and funding sources necessary for a local energy policy. LEEN intends to repeat this project in other London Boroughs, with the eventual aim of helping to persuade central government to adopt a more comprehensive approach to energy conservation nationally.     

加强地下水管理的思路与对策

地下水是水资源不可分割的组成部分,是生态和环境的主要控制因素。作为我国北方地区的主要供水水源,地下水开发规模不断增加,超采以及因超采引发的生态与环境问题日趋突出,南方部分地区特别是沿海和重要城市区,地下水开发带来的问题也越发严重。今后一个时期,要全面推进地下水资源管理,对水资源进行统一调查评价,统一规划和统一调配,加强超采区的治理,遏制地下水超采,加强地下水水质保护,防止地下水污染,逐步实现地下水采补平衡,改善生态与环境,实现地下水资源的可持续利用。     

Allocation of Scarce Water Resources Using Deficit Irrigation in Rotational Systems

On irrigation schemes with rotational irrigation systems in semiarid tropics, the existing rules for water allocation are based on applying a fixed depth of water with every irrigation irrespective of the crops, their growth stages, and soils on which these crops are grown. However, when water resources are scarce, it is necessary to allocate water optimally to different crops grown in the irrigation scheme taking account of different soils in the command area. Allocating water optimally may lead to applying less water to crops than is needed to obtain the maximum yield. In this paper, a three stage approach is proposed for allocating water from a reservoir optimally based on a deficit irrigation approach, using a simulation-optimization model. The allocation results with a deficit irrigation approach are compared for a single crop (wheat) in an irrigation scheme in India, first with full irrigation (irrigation to fill the root zone to field capacity) and second with the existing rule. The full irrigation with a small irrigation interval was equivalent to adequate irrigation (no stress to the crop). It is found that practicing deficit irrigation enables the irrigated area and the total crop production in the irrigation scheme used for the case study to be increased by about 30–45% and 20–40%, respectively, over the existing rule and by 50 and 45%, respectively, over the adequate irrigation. Allocation of resources also varied with soil types.     

Interstate forensic psychology consultations: A call for reform and proposal of a model rule.

Forensic psychology has made important gains in professional recognition and stature in the courts, resulting in increasing demands for mobility of expertise. Current regulations regarding the interjurisdictional temporary forensic practice of psychology, however, are characterized by variability of regulations, ambiguity and inaccessibility, and continuing total barriers. A uniform, well-reasoned policy is needed. A conceptual basis for such a policy is provided by a discussion of licensing rationales and the application of these to forensic practice. Uniformity, public and professional protection, and practicability are identified as fundamental regulatory criteria. A Model Rule Regarding the Temporary Forensic Practice of Psychology is proposed for adoption by state licensing boards on a nationwide basis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

燃气红外线辐射器的节能与环保特性分析

论述了燃气红外线辐射器的基本原理 ,对其节能与环保特性的分析表明 :与大气式燃烧器相比 ,红外线辐射器的燃料节约率为 15 %～ 45 % ,CO2 排放量减少率为 15 %～ 48% ,CO排放量减少率为 96.2 %～ 97.7% ,NOx 减少率为 94.9%～ 96.9% ,具有显著的节能与环保效果     

富县探区长6段油藏特征与勘探对策分析

富县探区三叠系延长组长6段普遍见到不同级别的油气显示,但试油未能获得工业油流.据分析,该区白垩纪末的抬升和翘倾运动使油气发生了第三次运移成藏,油、气、水重新分布并受储层物性控制.正确勾画出有利沉积相带、针对油藏特征采取更有效的工艺技术,是实现该区勘探突破的关键.     

Tensile fracture and failure behavior of technical flax fibers

The apparent tensile strength of technical flax fibers was determined in single‐fiber tests at various clamping lengths (20, 40, and 80 mm) and the outcome was compared with literature data. It was demonstrated that the strength of flax at each clamping length obeyed the two‐parameter Weibull model. The failure mode and sequence were studied in situ (i.e., during loading) by SEM and acoustic emission (AE). The failure sequence (axial splitting of the technical fiber along its elementary constituents, radial cracking of the elementary fibers, multiple fracture of the elementary fibers) concluded reflected the hierarchical build‐up of the flax bast fibers. To the above failure events AE amplitude ranges were assigned. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 3638–3645, 2003