A preliminary analysis of the biomass energy production potential in Africa in 2025 considering projected land needs for food production

This paper provides a preliminary examination of present and projected land use in Africa to estimate the potential availability of land in 2025 for use in producing biomass energy. Fifty countries are included in the analysis. Future cropland requirements are projected on the basis of average African cereal crop yield improvements since 1972, and minimum nutritional requirements are assumed to be met in 2025 without increasing imports above present absolute levels. Cropland, natural forests and other wilderness areas are excluded from consideration for biomass energy use. Woody biomass energy yields are estimated on the basis of nationally averaged precipitation, using a yield-precipitation correlation for commercial eucalyptus plantations in Brazil. The total African bioenergy production potential in 2025 is estimated to be about 18 EJ per year for a set of baseline assumptions that includes planting only 10% of the available non-crop, non-forest, non-wilderness area with biomass energy crops. A preliminary cost assessment suggests that much of this biomass could be produced for $1–2 GJ⁻¹. A number of uncertainties in the modelling assumptions are examined through a sensitivity analysis. Despite limitations in the model used here, one robust conclusion is that Africa as a whole has a significant biophysical potential for producing biomass energy. This result suggests that more detailed country and sub-country level assessments would be worthwhile to understand better the practical prospects for future biomass energy production in Africa.     

Operating experience from the ehecatl wind turbines

This paper presents a summary of the mechanical features and the medium term operating experience from three small horizontal axis wind energy conversion systems covering a range of 500 to 5000 Watt, intented for rural and isolated communities. These turbines have a new regulator which reduces gyroscopic loads, is easy to adjust and could be manufactured stronger and in smaller sizes than the conventional tail vanes. It is concluded that is feasible to build cheaps and reliable wind turbine generators with an acceptable efficiency employing common-use elements, but is needed a careful and optimized design.     

论冶金企业节能管理员的技术要求

本文围绕冶金企业节能管理的工作内容和要求，论述了企业节能员应掌握的技术和提高技术途径。     

在酸性介质中N-H伪酸Mannich反应机理的量子化学研究

用量子化学中的ＳＣＦ－ＭＯＡＭ１方法，全优化计算了以苯并唑酮为伪酸组分的（Ｎ－Ｈ酸）Ｍａｎｎｉｃｈ反应的反应物、过渡态和产物络合物的分子几何构型、电子结构和生成热。根据计算所得各反应的活化能，提出了该反应在酸性介质中的机理，即甲醛首先与苯并唑酮作用，其产物再与二甲胺作用生成Ｍａｎｎｉｃｈ碱，并就其缘由进行了讨论。     

液压转向助力系统能耗特性的分析和比较

 为了提高汽车转向系统的工作效率，利用在典型路面条件下获得的实验统计数据，分析了中位开式和中位闭式两种液压转向助力系统的能量消耗． 经过对4种不同工作原理的转向系统的经济性和环境适应性的评价，指出电动中位闭式系统在节能方面具有明显的优势，但在工程应用中仍有不少技术问题需要进一步解决．     

Ion irradiation—induced structure damage to botanic samples using the ion transmission energy spectrum

1 INTRODUCTIONThe new aPplications of low energy heavy ion beam in irradi4ted botanical materialswere studied in recellt yeaxs. The beaminduced mutation effect on crop seeds has causedthe attention of physicist and biologists.[1l:] FOr examPle, 1ow energy ions can induceremarkable mutation to rice seeds.[3] There are many special phenomena when heavyions bombard botanic sW1e due to its special structure. Some studies showed that tllepenetration depths of some ions were far larger than t…     

糠醛注水——润滑油糠醛精制装置的节能途径

介绍了用水稀释糠醛使润滑油糠醛精制装置节能的途径。通过注水——糠醛－水溶液（含水９５％左右），可降低糠醛的气化沸点，增大换热系统的传热温差，改善换热效果，更多地回收能量，达到节约能源的目的。     

Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9非晶合金的晶化动力学

用ＤＴＡ结合ＸＲＤ了Ｆｅ７３．５Ｃｕ１Ｎｂ３Ｓｉ１３．５Ｂ９晶合金的晶化动力学。表明，该事金在５００℃时析出α－Ｆｅ（Ｓｉ）相。晶化初期激活能最小为２４２ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ，它随晶化量的增加，在ＸＣ为０．４－０．８时，呈极大值为５２０ｋＪ／ｍｏｌ。在６２４℃时析出Ｆｅ２Ｂ相。     

起重机吊钩拖动绕线电动机他励双高调速系统

本文提出励磁电流可自动控制的他励式双高调速系统设计方案。系统在提升特别是在下放重物时，具有较硬的机械性；在负载１０－１００％的变化范围内，可实现最大偏差Δｎｍａｘ／ｎｍｉｎ１００％≤１０％，调速范围Ｄ≥１０；在满载运行条件下，可节约电能８０％以上。     

Solar assisted cooling with sorption systems: status of the research in Mexico and Latin America

Solar refrigeration projects both national and international with sorption and other refrigeration systems have been developed in Mexico and other Latin American countries in the last 15 years. A review of the main projects, both for solar cooling and refrigeration and the results obtained are presented in this paper. A methodology where 19 solar technologies for cooling were identified is also presented. Although solar cooling is still not an economically viable technology, the advances made and the experience gained in the projects described and the improved systems envisaged, will make solar refrigeration systems play an important role in the future.