High fluid shear strain causes injury in silver shark: Preliminary implications for Mekong hydropower turbine design

The Lower Mekong Basin is facing unprecedented threats to fish diversity from hydropower development. There is increasing pressure on developers and construction authorities to design solutions to improve fish survival through turbines, thus protecting the resources in regions being developed for hydropower. A hydraulic characteristic of hydropower turbines with known fisheries impacts is fluid shear stress. Elevated shear stress occurs where rapidly flowing water passes near spillways, screens and within turbine draft tubes. Shear stress can have adverse impacts on fish, but no work has assessed whether this holds true for Mekong River species. A flume was used to determine critical tolerances of silver shark, Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker), to shear stress rates at a high‐velocity jet which simulated a hydropower turbine. Fish were assessed for injury or mortality following exposure. Results were compared against a no‐shear control. Injury and mortality were greater at higher shear stress exposures. Injuries occurred at all shear exposure levels with mortality at shear levels higher than 600/s. This approach should help design future hydropower turbines if data on other species demonstrate similar results. If the likelihood of adverse impact is high, then shear stress will need to be considered in the design of future hydropower facilities.     

燃驱天然气压气站设备以可靠性为中心的维护

燃气轮机驱动压气站的设备维护费用较高，现行的基于时间的维护策略存在一些缺陷，可以借助以可靠性为中心的维护思想，降低维护成本。结合相关理论及燃气轮机驱动压缩机组的实际运行维护情况，提出依据以可靠性为中心的维护理论及相关分析方法，优化现有维护大纲，使该理论为实际设备的管理活动服务。以压气站燃气轮机进气滤芯为例，进行故障危害性分析、故障后果分析、故障模型分类、性能参数预测，优化维护大纲，包括将多项原有维护项目的时间推后；将多项原有的定时维护内容删除，改为事后或视情维护；新增对现有测点数据的分析，最终实现在保证设备可靠性的基础上，简化维护、节约成本的目的。     

Movement patterns of seaward migrating European eel (Anguilla anguilla) at a complex of riverine barriers: implications for conservation

River infrastructure such as weirs and hydropower stations commonly present migrating fish with multiple potential passage routes. Knowledge of the cues fish use to navigate such environments is required to protect migrants from hazardous areas and guide them towards safe passage; however, this is currently lacking for many species. Employing high‐resolution positioning telemetry, this study examined movements of downstream migrating adult European eel, Anguilla anguilla, as they encountered a complex of water control structures in one location on the River Stour, southern England. The distribution of eels across five potential routes of passage differed from that predicted based on proportion of discharge alone. Certain routes were consistently avoided, even when the majority of flow passed through them. Passage distribution was partially explained by avoidance in the vicinity of a floating debris boom. Movement paths were nonrandomly distributed across the forebay and eels moved predominantly within a zone 2–4 m from the channel walls. Understanding of avoidance and structure oriented movementation exhibited by eels will help advance effective guidance and downstream passage solutions for adults.     

南水北调中线工程水质监测站点布设研究

科学合理布设水质监测站点是加强南水北调中线工程对突发水污染事件监控,保障水质安全的重要手段。制定水质监测站点的布设方案受到监测效率与布设成本的约束,同时,监测仪器精度、污染物衰减特性的不确定性等问题也对布设方案产生影响。以中线工程京石段为研究对象,基于一维水质模型,以突发水污染事件漏报率最低、发现时间最短以及监测站点布设成本最小为目标函数,构建水质监测站点布设多目标优化模型对布设方案进行优化,同时结合监测仪器精度对目标函数的影响确定了最优布设方案,在此基础上,分析了污染物衰减特性对最优布设方案的影响。研究结果可为中线工程合理布设水质监测站点提供建议。     

移动通信基站的环境纠纷问题

指出了随着移动通讯的发展,移动通讯设施的不断增加,移动通信基站投诉纠纷问题逐渐凸显。根据浙江省辐射环境监测站2009～2013年期间承接的移动通信基站委托监测数据,分析了投诉纠纷的原因,并从公众、建设单位及环保部门的角度提出了应对投诉纠纷的意见及建议。     

Fishing for conservation of freshwater tropical fishes in the Anthropocene

1. The ecosystem services provided by freshwater biodiversity are threatened by development and environmental and climate change in the Anthropocene.
2. Here, case studies are described to show that a focus on the shared dependence on freshwater ecosystem functioning can mutually benefit fisheries and conservation agendas in the Anthropocene.
3. Meeting the threat to fish biodiversity and fisher livelihood is pertinent in developing regions where there is often a convergence between high biodiversity, high dependency on aquatic biota and rapid economic development (see Kafue River, Logone floodplain, Tonle Sap, and Rio Negro case studies).
4. These case studies serve as evidence that biodiversity conservation goals can be achieved by emphasizing a sustainable fisheries agenda with partnerships, shared knowledge and innovation in fisheries management (see Kafue River and Kenai River case studies).
5. In all case studies, aquatic biodiversity conservation and fisheries agendas are better served if efforts focused on creating synergies between fishing activities with ecosystem functioning yield long‐term livelihood and food security narratives.
6. A unified voice from conservation and fisheries communities has more socio‐economic and political capital to advocate for biodiversity and social interests in freshwater governance decisions.

     

Turbine entrainment and passage of potadromous fish through hydropower dams: Developing conceptual frameworks and metrics for moving beyond turbine passage mortality

Potadromous fishes are vulnerable to involuntary entrainment through hydropower turbines. However, turbines can also provide a downstream passage route for potadromous fish. Here, we review evidence for turbine entrainment and passage in potadromous fish, and evaluate the effects of these processes on upstream and downstream populations. We develop conceptual frameworks and metrics to quantify vulnerability to turbine entrainment removals, and to quantify the efficiency of turbines as a downstream passage route. We highlight factors that influence these processes and provide case‐studies demonstrating their applicability. We found that juvenile potadromous fish are being entrained through turbines at rates high enough to impact upstream populations. Given that juvenile passage survival is often high, we argue that turbines provide an important downstream passage route for potadromous fish. We show that entrainment vulnerability is likely a function of interactions between in‐reservoir fish behaviour, habitat configuration and operations and thus not well captured by passage mortality estimates. Similarly, we show that while passage mortality can limit downstream passage efficiency, passage success is also dependent on reservoir and forebay navigation, along with survival and fitness in the downstream river. We advocate for a shift in focus away from estimates of passage mortality and injury, which have previously accounted for the majority of turbine passage research. Instead, we recommend an approach that focusses on quantification of the factors that influence downstream passage efficiency and entrainment vulnerability. Moreover, we highlight the need to better understand the broader scale impacts of these events on upstream and downstream populations.     

基于混合狼群算法参数优选的泵站群运行优化

对于求解复杂的并联泵站群优化运行模型,狼群算法(wolf pack algorithm,WPA)存在收敛性和鲁棒性差等问题。为改善这些问题,该文以某典型并联泵站群为例,以泵站系统主机组运行能耗最低为优化目标,考虑流量、叶片角度、开机台数等约束条件,建立了并联泵站群优化运行模型。将模拟退火算法引入WPA算法中,提出混合狼群算法(hybrid wolf pack algorithm,HWPA)用于求解建立的优化模型。选择最小值、平均值和标准差作为算法性能的评价指标。相较于粒子群算法(particle swarm optimization,PSO)和WPA算法,HWPA算法求解典型并联泵站群优化运行模型得出的运行能耗最小值平均降低了15.60、10.23 kW,平均值平均降低了36.94、14.30 kW,标准差平均降低了84.82%、72.90%。在HWPA算法的基础上,对算法中的游走步长、奔袭步长、围攻步长的最小值和最大值4个参数进行单因素分析和拉丁超立方抽样设计计算,确定出4个参数的最优组合为0.33、1.53、0.672和4.8×10^5,进而提出改进混合狼群算法(improved hybrid wolf pack algorithm,IHWPA)。相较于HWPA算法,IHWPA算法求解典型并联泵站群优化运行模型得出的运行能耗最小值和平均值平均降低了4.66和13.26 kW,标准差平均降低了94.02%。应用IHWPA算法确定典型并联泵站群6个不同运行工况优化方案,结果表明,采用引入模拟退火算法、优选WPA算法参数的方法提高了算法的全局收敛性与计算鲁棒性,泵站运行最优决策方案较实际方案的运行能耗平均降低9.80%,可为泵站工程提供合理有效的运行方案,降低运行能耗。     

使用权限SIM卡实现区域站远程故障维修

介绍了通过使用权限SIM卡实现CAWS600-RT型四要素区域气象观测站(以下简称区域站)的远程故障诊断和维修的方法,列出了区域站采集器采集命令集,分别从参数配置命令和常用命令2个方面进行了详细说明,并列举了通过使用权限SIM卡实现区域站的远程故障诊断和维修能诊断和排除的具体故障类型,提出了诊断和排除故障办法,在工作中具有实用性。     

新能源公交车的推广应用

近年来，随着石油燃料的消耗增加，能源消耗以及环境问题逐渐得到了广泛的关注，新能源汽车（文章是指新能源公交车）的技术研发和产业化发展受到的重视程度越来越高。中国的经济发展越来越快，近几年汽车销售量增长迅速，石油消耗量大幅增加，导致二氧化碳等温室气体排放量大幅增加。文章主要从国家政策、车辆使用情况、配套充电设施建设等几个方面浅议新能源公交车在推广应用中面临的机遇和挑战。