脱涡致振式压电风力发电机性能分析与试验

为满足农业遥感监测系统的供电需求，减少化学电池对水和土壤的污染，提出一种脱涡致振式压电风力发电机，并从理论和试验两方面进行了研究。建立了脱涡致振式压电风力发电机的理论模型，通过仿真分析研究迎风角、压电振子长度及风速对压电振子变形量的影响，并对发电机样机进行了测试试验。结果表明，不同风速下均存在两个最佳迎风角，使发电机输出电压较大，压电振子长度为60、78mm，风速为7.6、11.6、12.4m/s时的两个最佳迎风角分别为(35°,135°)、(45°,125°)、(50°,120°)和(35°,120°)、(40°,115°)、(45°,110°)。当迎风角为120°时，存在最佳风速，使发电机输出电压达到最大；随着压电振子长度的增加，最佳风速由12.4m/s降低到8.4m/s，其对应的最大输出电压由16.6V增加为16.8V。当外接电阻为150kΩ、迎风角为30°时，试验测得最大输出功率为1mW。研究表明，根据实际风速确定合理的迎风角及压电振子长度可提高发电机的发电能力。     

新疆日光温室前屋面的风载数值模拟分析

【目的】 对日光温室前屋面风载大小和变化趋势进行模拟,可辅助前屋面骨架结构优化设计和前屋面实际风载计算,为提前预测和防灾功能提供科学依据。【方法】 将日光温室墙体、保温被和骨架等结构简化,使用UG 软件对日光温室进行造型,将模型与空气进行布尔求差,得到整体模型,将整体模型导入到ANSYS ICEM中,进行网格划分,得到保温被4种工作状态薄膜风压。再通过Y向的9条曲线画出不同条件下风压变化对比曲线。【结果】 在无保温被和保温被全铺时,薄膜最南侧风压最高,约1.014×10⁵Pa,往北侧风压逐渐降低,脊高位置风压最小约1.010×10⁵Pa。由于最南侧风遇到薄膜阻碍,造成风压的升高,而北侧接近日光温室顶端,风速快,而风速快的位置风压小。在保温被全卷及半卷时,也是最南侧风压较最高,约1.014×10⁵Pa,往北有风压的降低,总体屋面风压变化比较小,约1.013×10⁵Pa。只是保温被半卷时,在保温被卷放位置会有风压的突变为1.012×10⁵Pa。【结论】 无保温被、保温被全铺、保温被全卷及保温被半卷4种情况南侧风压较大且相差不大,但越往北侧,保温被全卷或半卷会造成薄膜风压的升高,尤其是顶部的突然升高。保温被全铺是最佳防风方案。南侧风压高,南侧前屋面钢骨架拱形段的性能对日光温室结构稳定性和安全性至关重要,设计和建设时需要着重计算和核验。     

冀北坝上地区3种人工灌木林地防风蚀效果的比较

选取冀北坝上地区防风固沙林为研究对象,通过观测风速、地表粗糙度、临界起沙风速、输沙量、风沙流结构等指标,对比分析3种人工灌木林地(沙棘林地、柠条林地、沙柳林地)防风蚀效果。结果表明:人工植被能够增加地表粗糙度,改变近地表风场和风沙流结构,降低风速,减少输沙量,有效防治土壤风蚀。不同人工灌木林地防风蚀效果存在较大差异。从主要观测指标来看,粗糙度和临界起沙风速为柠条林地>沙棘林地>沙柳林地;输沙量为柠条林地<沙棘林地<沙柳林地;防风效应为沙棘林地>沙柳林地>柠条林地;固沙效应为柠条林地>沙棘林地>沙柳林地。冀北坝上地区应充分发挥林木防风固沙、保持水土的特性,采用生物治沙技术与措施,合理配置人工植被开展生态建设,防治土壤风蚀,改善生态环境。     

Interactions of baseflow habitat constraints: Macroinvertebrate drift,stream temperature,and physical habitat for anadromous salmon in the Calapooia River,Oregon

1. The Calapooia River in western Oregon supports a small winter steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population and historically supported spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Early timber harvesting removed the riparian forest, and log transportation practices simplified the channel. Those disturbance legacies continue to affect fish habitat by limiting shade and channel complexity, complicating conservation efforts.
2. To evaluate juvenile salmonid rearing potential, macroinvertebrate drift, thermal regime and physical habitat were measured at eight sites in 24 km of the upper river during late summer baseflow.
3. Overall physical habitat was simple, with few functioning instream structures or pools. During the 22‐day drift study, flows declined and maximum site stream temperatures ranged from 23.1°C at the lower end to 16.4°C 24 km upstream.
4. Macroinvertebrate drift concentrations ranged from 0.7–13.7 ind. m^?3 with biomasses from 0.02–1.23 mg m^?3. Drift concentration biomass was higher upstream (P  = 0.006) than downstream and declined overall (P  < 0.001) during the study. Drift biomass was dominated by five taxon groups – Baetis tricaudatus, Calineuria californica, Hesperoperla pacifica, Simulium spp., and Chironomidae, which were 65% of total biomass. During twilight, total biomass and biomass of B. tricaudatus, Simulium spp., and Chironomidae (both larvae and adults) were higher.
5. Total drift declined dramatically over the study period owing to decreases in drift concentration and a 58% decline in discharge, greatly reducing overall drift and available food resources for juvenile‐rearing salmonids.
6. The upper catchment, both with cooler temperatures and higher food availability, provided the best conditions for juvenile anadromous salmonids to survive late summer conditions. Conservation consequences of climate change‐induced alterations in flow and temperature may further affect habitat quality for juvenile salmonids in this catchment in the coming decades.

     

Winter monsoon promotes the transport of Japanese temperate bass Lateolabrax japonicus eggs and larvae toward the innermost part of Tango Bay,the Sea of Japan

Northwesterly cold winds characteristic of the East Asian Winter Monsoon (EAWM) dictate winter climatic conditions over the Japanese Archipelago. Japanese temperate bass Lateolabrax japonicus is a commercially important coastal fish that spawns offshore in winter and uses shallow waters as nursery habitats. To investigate the effects of EAWM on the planktonic period of L. japonicus, eggs, larvae, and juveniles were quantitatively collected in Tango Bay on the Sea of Japan side in winter and spring from 2007 to 2017. Although eggs occurred close to the mouth of the bay, planktonic larvae occurred further inside as they developed. The horizontal distribution of planktonic larvae, combined with water velocity data obtained from mooring observations, indicated that planktonic larvae are transported south‐ to westward through Ekman current and an anticyclonic circulation, which are driven by northwesterly winds. To evaluate survival during the planktonic period in each year class, the abundance of benthic larvae/juveniles was divided by winter total landings of Lateolabrax spp. (proxy of the spawning stock size). This survival index exhibited a positive correlation with the northwesterly component of winter winds, and a negative correlation with winter air temperature (average from December to February, Spearman's correlation, p < .05). There was, however, no significant correlation with winter water temperature or winter freshwater discharge in the bay. We conclude that northwesterly cold winds of EAWM play a critical role in transporting L. japonicus eggs and larvae toward nursery habitats, specifically beaches and estuaries fringing the innermost part of Tango Bay.     

Challenges and opportunities of unmanned aerial vehicles as a new tool for crop pest control

The application of pesticides is not simply delivering chemicals to the target area. It also involves considering the negative aspects and developing strategies to deal with them during the application process, to ensure the maximization of pesticides use efficiency and the maintenance of the ecosystem. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sprayers demonstrate unique advantages compared to traditional ground sprayers, particularly in terms of maneuverability and labor intensity reduction, showed great potential for chemical application in pest control. It is undeniable that there exist challenges in the practice of UAV spraying, such as higher potential risks of pesticide drift or pathogen transmission, uncertainty canopy deposition for different crops, and unexpected leaf breakage induced by downwash flow. Maximizing the utilization of downwash flow while avoiding lateral air movement outside the intended target crop area is a major issue for chemical application with UAV sprayers, particularly in light of the increasingly apparent consensus on the need for enhanced environmental protection during the chemical application process. It must be considered that the operation strategy in different scenarios and for different crop targets is not the same, unique requirements should be given on nozzle atomization, flight parameters, adjuvants and aircraft types in specific working situations. In future, the implementation of spray drift prediction, technical procedures development, and other solutions aimed at reducing pesticide drift and improving deposition quality, is expected to promote the adoption of UAV sprayers by more farmers. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.     

Reinvestigation of the scaling law of the windblown sand launch velocity with a wind tunnel experiment

Windblown sand transport is a leading factor in the geophysical evolution of arid and semi-arid regions. The evolution speed is usually indicated by the sand transport rate that is a function of launch velocity of sand particle, whichhasbeen investigated by the experimental measurement and numerical simulation. However, the obtained results in literatures are inconsistent. Some researchers have discovered a relation between average launch velocity and wind shear velocity, while some other researchers have suggested that average launch velocity is independent of wind shear velocity. The inconsistence of launch velocity leads to a controversy in the scaling law of the sand transport rate in the windblown case. On the contrary, in subaqueous case, the scaling law of the sand transport rate has been widely accepted as a cubic function of fluid shear velocity. In order to explain the debates surrounding the windblown case and the difference between windblown and subaquatic cases, this study reinvestigates the scaling law of the vertical launch velocity of windblown transported sand particles by using a dimensional analysis in consideration of the compatibility of the characteristic time of sand particle motion and that of air flow. Then a wind tunnel experiment is conducted to confirm the revisited scaling law, where the sand particle motion pictures are recorded by a high-speed camera and then the launch velocity is solved by the particle tracking velocimetry. By incorporating the results of dimensional analysis and wind tunnel experiment, it can be concluded that, the ratio of saltonsnumber to reptonsnumberdetermines the scaling law of sand particle launch velocity and that of sand transport rate, and using this ratio is able to explain the discrepancies among the classical models of steady sand transport. Moreover, the resulting scaling law can explain the sand sieving phenomenon: a greater fraction of large grains is observed as the distance to the wind tunnel entrance becomes larger.     

草地贪夜蛾缅甸虫源迁入中国的路径分析

草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda(J.E. Smith)对非洲和南亚国家的入侵已对全球粮食安全造成重大影响,该虫2018年年底已在缅甸形成虫源基地,并零星进入中国云南西南部地区。本文利用历史数据分析了缅甸和华南地区春、夏两季(3-8月)925 hPa夜间平均风温场,并模拟预测了缅甸地区草地贪夜蛾在此期间进入中国的迁飞轨迹以及主要降落和波及的地区。结果表明:3-4月盛行的微弱西风不利于远距离迁移,但成虫的自主飞行可形成对云南和广西局部地区的近距离入侵;进入5月份后,随着西南夏季风的加强,云南和广西全境成为缅甸虫源的主要迁入地,并可能波及贵州、广东、海南和湖南等省。因此,4月份之前要重点监控云南和广西地区草地贪夜蛾的发生与为害,此后,应将监控区域扩大至中国中南部地区的各个省份。