Wind turbine response to parameter variation of analytic inflow vortices

As larger wind turbines are placed on taller towers, rotors frequently operate in atmospheric conditions that support organized, coherent turbulent structures. It is hypothesized that these structures have a detrimental impact on the blade fatigue life experienced by the wind turbine. These structures are extremely difficult to identify with sophisticated anemometry such as ultrasonic anemometers. This study was performed to identify the vortex characteristics that contribute to high‐amplitude cyclic blade loads, assuming that these vortices exist under certain atmospheric conditions. This study does not attempt to demonstrate the existence of these coherent turbulent structures. In order to ascertain the idealized worst‐case scenario for vortical inflow structures impinging on a wind turbine rotor, we created a simple, analytic vortex model. The Rankine vortex model assumes that the vortex core undergoes solid body rotation to avoid a singularity at the vortex centre and is surrounded by a two‐dimensional potential flow field. Using the wind turbine as a sensor and the FAST wind turbine dynamics code with limited degrees of freedom, we determined the aerodynamic loads imparted to the wind turbine by the vortex structure. We varied the size, strength, rotational direction, plane of rotation, and location of the vortex over a wide range of operating parameters. We identified the vortex conformation with the most significant effect on the blade root bending moment cyclic amplitude. Vortices with radii on the scale of the rotor diameter or smaller caused blade root bending moment cyclic amplitudes that contribute to high damage density. The rotational orientation, clockwise or counter‐clockwise, produces little difference in the bending moment response. Vortices in the XZ plane produce bending moment amplitudes significantly greater than vortices in the YZ plane. Published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

APPLICATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC NATURAL ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION (SNIF-NMR) OF HYDROGEN TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF EUROPEAN BEERS

More than one hundred samples of European beers have been investigated by the new SNIF-NMR method which is based on 2H NMR at the natural abundance level and enables site-specific natural isotope fractionation factors in ethanol to be determined. The relative (R) and absolute (D/H)_i, parameters are shown to be characteristic of the country where the beers are brewed and the observed variations are explained in terms of cereal composition, water resource, and manufacturing processing (fermentation, yeast, temperature cycle). These new parameters find analytical and mechanistic applications in the identification of a beer and in the investigation of a fermentation process.     

皮革加油原理及注意事项

本文从乳液出发，阐述乳液形成，稳定，破乳以及皮革加油过程。要求使用最少的油剂达到最佳的目的。     

Structural and surface properties of thermally prepared Ti/RhxTi(1−x)Oy electrodes: I—influence of preparation parameters

Electrodes of Rh_xTi_(1−x)O_y nominal composition were prepared by thermal decomposition of the chloride or nitrate precursor salts dissolved in strongly acidic medium and applied by brush to both sides of a Ti° support. A systematic study of the influence of calcination temperature and time as well as oxygen flux was conducted. The coatings were characterised by SEM, EDAX, XRD, open circuit potential measurements and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Visible-ultraviolet spectrophotometry was employed to identify the chemical form of the precursor in solution while thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to assess the decomposition temperature ranges. Optimisation of the coating preparation parameters showed coatings obtained from [Rh(H₂O)₆](NO₃)₃ precursor dissolved in HNO₃ 1:2 (v/v) and fired at 430 °C for 2 h in a 5 l min⁻¹ oxygen stream-furnished stable electrodes having the highest electrochemically active surface area.     

SYMMETRIC STABLE SEQUENCES WITH MISSING OBSERVATIONS

Abstract. A procedure for evaluating optimal linear estimates of missing values in the minimum dispersion sense is proposed for stationary symmetric stable processes. Analytical expressions for the estimates are obtained for the autoregressive moving-average process and it is shown that the finite variance setting results are special cases. Cases of one and more than one missing value are considered.     

The use of the stable isotope 44Ca in studies of calcium incorporation into dentin

The incorporation into rat incisor dentin of two calcium isotopes, the stable ⁴⁴Ca and the radioactive ⁴⁵Ca, was studied using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) stepscanning and imaging, and autoradiography, respectively. The results demonstrated a time-dependent incorporation of the calcium isotopes into the mineral phase of dentin. With the SIMS step-scanning, detecting ⁴⁴Ca, the ion yield was high in the odontoblasts 2 min after intravenous injection. After 10 min a marked increase in signal intensity was found at the dentin mineralization front. This result was consistent with those obtained by ⁴⁵Ca autoradiography; a peak of incorporation occurred 10 min after injection of the isotope. Likewise, localization of ⁴⁴Ca to the mineralization front could be demonstrated 10 min after injection by SIMS imaging. In images obtained at earlier intervals, no such increase in ion yield could be detected. The results show that the nonradioactive, stable isotope ⁴⁴Ca can be used as a marker for biomineralization in a similar way to radioactive ⁴⁵Ca.     

GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COAL－FORMED GASES IH THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL－ASIA COAL－FORMED GAS ACCUMULATION DOMAIN──SERIES STUDY Ⅱ ON THE CENTRAL－ASIA COAL－FORMED GAS ACCUMULATION DOMAIN

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Limited evidence of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) consumption by freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in Lake Winnipeg

Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) may be a predator of the invasive zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), which established in Lake Winnipeg in 2013. In this study, the diets, trophic position, and growth of 51 freshwater drum collected in 2019 (six years post-zebra mussel invasion) were compared to 64 freshwater drum sampled in 2000. Benthic insect larvae were the dominant food items in both years. Although mollusks occur in high densities in Lake Winnipeg, they were only consumed by a few freshwater drum in either sample year. Zebra mussels were not a frequent prey item in 2019 as they were only consumed by four of the sampled freshwater drum. Stable isotope analysis of white muscle tissue yielded similar δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values in both years and were consistent with a benthic, insectivorous diet. Length-at-age data derived from otoliths revealed that the 2019 population had at least an equal growth rate to the 2000 population. Weight-at-length data suggested that fish condition was greater in 2019 than in 2000, which coincided with increased benthic macroinvertebrate density in Lake Winnipeg. Based on these findings, Lake Winnipeg freshwater drum continue to feed predominantly on insect larvae and not zebra mussels.     

基于水化学和环境同位素的准格尔煤田地下水循环特征

为揭示准格尔煤田地区地下水循环特征,运用水化学技术、水汽轨迹模型和环境同位素等方法分析不同水体水化学特征、环境同位素特征、大气降水主要来源、地表水及地下水转化关系。结果表明:地表水矿化度低,呈弱碱-偏碱性,水化学类型以HCO_3·SO_4·Cl-Ca型水为主;地下水整体矿化度低,偏弱碱性,主要以HCO_3-Na·Ca型、Cl-Na型、HCO_3-Ca·Mg型、HCO_3·Cl-Na型水为主;黄河水δ(D)平均值为-79.6‰、δ(~(18)O)平均值为-10.47‰,第四系地下水δ(D)平均值为-66.25‰、δ(~(18)O)平均值为-9.1‰,白垩系地下水δ(D)值为-70.6‰、δ(~(18)O)值为-9.3‰,石炭-二叠系地下水δ(D)平均值为-77.07‰、δ(~(18)O)平均值为-9.9‰,寒武-奥陶系地下水δ(D)平均值为-75.73‰、δ(~(18)O)平均值为-10.06‰;大气降水受极地气团和季风影响,主要来源为西风带水汽、地表水和地下水水汽蒸发再循环;断层带、褶皱轴部裂隙带为不同含水层间主要导水通道,大气降水和黄河为地下水主要补给来源;高承压水头寒武-奥陶系岩溶裂隙水越流补给第四系松散孔隙水和砂岩裂隙水,第四系松散孔隙水通过地层间不整合接触面裂隙发育带向下补给石炭-二叠系砂岩裂隙水,黄河水对寒武-奥陶系地下水的补给比例受地质构造发育的影响较大。     

具有时变状态滞后2-D离散系统的稳定与镇定(英文)

针对一类由局部状态空间(LSS)Fornasini-Marchesini(FM)第二模型描述的,具有时变状态滞后的2-D离散系统,其中时变滞后项的上、下界均为正实数,研究了其稳定性和控制综合问题。首先,利用Lyapunov-Krasovski泛函方法,提出了系统的稳定性准则。再根据这一准则,分别设计状态反馈和动态输出反馈控制器保证系统的稳定性。状态反馈控制律和输出反馈矩阵可由线性矩阵不等式(LMI)求得。最后,通过数值算例说明所得结果的有效性。