Power sector development in India with CO2 emission targets: Effects of regional grid integration and the role of clean technologies

The power sector in India at present comprises of five separate regional electricity grids having practically no integrated operation in between them. This study analyses the utility planning, environmental and economical effects of integrated power sector development at the national level in which the regional electric grids are developed and operated as one integrated system. It also examines the effects of selected CO₂ emission reduction targets in the power sector and the role of renewable power generation technologies in India. The study shows that the integrated development and operation of the power system at the national level would reduce the total cost including fuel cost by 4912 million $, total capacity addition by 2784 MW, while the emission of CO₂, SO₂ and NO_x would be reduced by 231.6 (1.9%), 0.8 (0.9%), 0.4 (1.2%) million tons, respectively, during the planning horizon. Furthermore, the study shows that the expected unserved energy, one of the indices of generation system reliability, would decrease to 26 GWh under integrated national power system from 5158 GWh. As different levels of CO₂ emission reduction targets were imposed, there is a switching of generation from conventional coal plants to gas fired plants, clean coal technologies and nuclear based plants. As a result the capacity expansion cost has increased. It was found that wind power plant is most attractive and economical in the Indian perspective among the renewable options considered (Solar, wind and biomass). Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Lifetime and ageing management of nuclear power plants: A brief overview of some light water reactor component ageing degradation problems and ways of mitigation

The susceptibility and tendency for nuclear power plant (NPP) components to undergo changes in their mechanical and physical properties in the course of the NPP lifetime is generally termed as “ageing”. The light water reactor (LWR) nuclear environment is not a begnign one; it is characterized not only by fast neutrons, which can degrade metallic structures, but also relatively high temperatures of coolant water (around 300°C) which may contain impurities (e.g. sulphate, chloride, peroxides) which can cause corrosion. The hydrodynamical conditions of the coolant in steam generators, for example, can cause thermal fatigue, erosion and corrosion; suspended particulate matter can accelerate erosion processes which can lead to wall thinning and lowering of safety margins. Ageing is, therefore, a very complex mixture of factors concerned with materials, temperatures, times of exposure to environments which vary with time and with respect to chemical composition and flow charactertistics.

The paper describes a few ageing phenomena which can be considered important due to their impact on nuclear safety issues; their influence on economic aspects (availability) of NPP is outlined. Mitigation measures for NPP component ageing problems are given together with recommendations for addressing such issues in NPP now and in the future.     

Preliminary Study in Spatial Data Warehouse of Flood Control and Disaster Mitigation in Yangtze River Basin

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桥梁信息化及智能桥梁2020年度研究进展

以信息化、智能化为特征的数字化时代的到来推动了桥梁工程技术的发展与创新,有必要将云计算、大数据、人工智能、3D打印、机器人等战略性新兴产业技术与桥梁工程相融合,从智能设计、智能施工、智能运维等多个维度,推进桥梁工业化、数字化、智能化升级。本文从桥梁信息化、智能检测与安全运维、智能防灾减灾、智能材料等方面,综述了2020年该领域前沿技术和重要成果,总结了研究热点与前景展望。分析表明：BIM技术可以提升桥梁正向设计精细化水平、施工过程控制和管理准确化程度;无人机、机器人等智能检测技术与机器学习、卷积神经网络等人工智能技术提高了桥梁检测的精度和效率;高性能智能材料的应用促进了桥梁结构的自感知性、自适应性、自调节性和自诊断性;基于人工智能的自然灾害监测与预警为桥梁智能防灾减灾提供了新的发展思路。未来应将人工智能技术深度融合桥梁设计、建造和养护的全生命周期,顺应信息化、智能化的发展趋势,实现桥梁强国梦。     

抑制锡须的方法

无铅封装工艺是IC制造商为了顺应电子产品无铅化趋势而发展起来的,但存在晶须生成的潜在威胁。因此,锡须的抑制方法成为研究的关键。对电子集成电路封装行业中常见的9种抑制锡须的方法──避免局部镀纯锡,选择亚光或低应力镀锡,选择适宜的镀层厚度,选择适宜的阻挡层,纯锡镀层表面回流处理,退火处理,避免在纯锡镀层表面进行压负载操作,采用有机涂层或其它金属涂层,采用适宜的电镀添加剂等进行了总结,为IC业无铅电镀提供参考依据。     

无线通信基站建设中电磁辐射缓解技术应用实践

无线通信基站电磁辐射缓解技术包括增加发射天线架设高度、增加天线增益、降低发射器功率、减小VRP下倾角度和改变垂直辐射图VRP等。结合案例分析了无线通信基站建设过程中电磁辐射缓解技术的应用实践。     

GNSS接收机多径抑制性能检测技术

多径干扰信号会导致GNSS接收机伪距、载波相位和多普勒等测量精度降低,多径信号对GNSS接收机观测数据的影响与多径信号的延迟、幅度、相位等特性参数有关,造成的伪距测量误差高于载波相位测量误差2个数量级。多径抑制是GNSS接收机关键性能指标之一,GNSS接收机主要从试验室模拟环境和实际工作环境两方面检测多径抑制性能,多径误差包络检测技术利用模拟导航信号源完成多径抑制性能检测,码减载波和多径误差分析都是通过接收观测卫星导航信号并进行数据分析完成多径抑制性能的检测。     

Vertical shaking table tests on the structure with viscoelastic multi-dimensional earthquake isolation and mitigation devices

The viscoelastic multi-dimensional earthquake isolation and mitigation device is a new kind of passive control device, which can perform its "name-giving" task of earthquake isolation and earthquake mitigation simultaneously. In order to quantify its vertical earthquake isolation and mitigation effect on structures, firstly, shaking table tests on steel frame structures with and without the devices were carried out; secondly, analysis on dynamic characteristics and dynamic responses of the structures was al...     

Increased hydropower production and hydropeaking mitigation along the Upper Inn River (Tyrol,Austria) with a combination of buffer reservoirs,diversion hydropower plants and retention basins

Research on hydropeaking in Austria started in the 1990s and the implementation of the WFD stipulated large research projects since the year 2009. The first research projects supported the process understanding and in a second investigation step, measures were evaluated. The mountains in the region of Tyrol create large heads and thus support the production of flexible energy. In this region, TIWAG is operating 9 large (>10 MW) and 27 small (<10 MW) hydropower plants, with an installed capacity of about 1,550 MW and a mean annual production of 3,000 GWh. As the governmental energy strategy foresees an extension of the hydropower production in Austria, suitable options were selected in 2004 by TIWAG and the water management framework plan for Western Tyrol was developed. This strategic planning instrument proposes five large power plants, with a generation of 1,800 GWh/year of renewable energy, which enables to reach the WFD targets, because the concept includes hydropeaking mitigation by combining buffer reservoirs (impoundments), diversion hydropower plants, and retention basins. We present our promising concept of hydropeaking mitigation and exemplify this based on the GKI, a hydropeaking diversion hydropower plants (HPP) at the Swiss/Austrian border as well as the Silz hydropeaking retention basin, with a volume of about 300,000 m³. As the presented case studies are the largest measures for hydropeaking mitigation being currently implemented in Central Europe, they have pilot-character. Thus, ongoing research and monitoring programs are expected to improve the knowledge about hydropeaking mitigation.     

北京市山区河道治理思路探讨

本文通过论述北京市地形、地势条件及特殊的气候条件,分析山区河流的特点,总结以往规划治理过程中存在的有关问题,探讨了山区河道治理思路,并提出了相应的改进的方向和措施,因此创立了由"减阻减糙"到"增阻增糙"的治理思路和模式;即:保证河道治理后,相应频率洪水流速及水位不大于治理前,降低区域防洪风险并降低对下游干流河道洪水威胁。