Engineered-airlift pumps for aquaculture applications using multiphase flow analysis

Currently, very few aquaculture operations are employing airlift pump technology for water recirculation, aeration, and waste removal. This is likely due to the poor design and lower efficiency of traditional airlift design, the limited amount of research effort that has been invested in improving performance capabilities of air lift pumps and the general lack of awareness of the industry about the inherent advantages of airlift systems. A new efficient airlift pump is hydrodynamically designed by incorporating the Volume of Fluid (VOF) multi-phase model along with the K-ε turbulence model utilizing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools. The pump is designed to offer a substantial reduction in total energy usage as well as an improved quality of the culture products in order to make it attractive to aquaculture industry. In this study, both numerical and experimental investigations were carried out for airlift systems operating under two different submergence ratios of 50% and 90% in a lab setting using 2.54 cm diameter pumps. Also, the performance of a large-scale pumps of 10.16 cm diameters were also tested in an aquaculture raceway to determine its effect on the operation. The numerical results were found to be in agreement with the experiments within ±20% which is considered very reasonable for multiphase flow analysis. The present study was found to present a great tool for modelling the airlift pump performance, and potentially proposing new designs.     

加气混凝土砌块在建筑中的应用

蒸压加气混凝土是一种新型的节能、环保墙体材料 ,它在基本建设中运用具有良好的综合经济效益和社会效益。这里以加气混凝土在建筑中的应用实例 ,从材料、施工、抹灰及存在的问题等方面论述了它的运用情况 ,可供有关设计和施工人员参考。     

热风循环智能化烤房试验

为了达到烤烟烤房操作简单,提高烤烟质量等级和烘烤自动化程度,进而提高烟农经济效益的目的,对热风循环智能化烤房的烘烤成本、初烤烟质量、效益状况等进行了试验研究。结果表明,与常规热风式烤房比较,智能化烤房在节约用煤、烘烤时间、提高烟叶质量等方面都较优;操作过程简便安全,增质节能明显,综合效益增加153.24元/667m2,经济效益明显。     

不同新能源类型密集烤房烘烤效果研究

通过烘烤试验对比,从烤房建造成本、运行参数、烘烤能耗用工、烤房控温精度、烤后烟叶外观质量、化学成分、经济效益等方面探索内置式生物质烤房、密闭式热泵烤房、光伏一体化烤房的烘烤效果,旨在为曲靖烟区筛选最适宜的烤房类型以及为烟草行业的绿色可持续发展提供理论依据。结果表明,密闭式热泵烤房烘烤能耗用工成本较低,控温精度、烤后烟叶质量、经济效益较好,是目前最适宜曲靖烟区的烤房类型;光伏一体化烤房建造成本高昂,且烘烤效果表现一般,目前推广难度较大,但可作为未来烤房的发展方向;内置式生物质烤房入门门槛较低,可在生物质颗粒供方市场成熟和电力配套设施不齐全的烟区加以应用。     

采用谐振进气系统的汽油/LPG双燃料发动机

通过计算和台架试验,得出了能使一台汽油/LPG双燃料发动机外特性最大转矩值为最佳的进气谐振管长度。开发出进气谐振管长度二级可变系统,提出了控制策略。应用该系统后,双燃料发动机的额定功率与原机差不多,而最大转矩提高了11.9%(汽油)、4.9%(LPG),外特性最低燃油消耗率降低4g/(kW·h)(汽油)。最后分析了该机以汽油燃料和LPG燃料工作时谐振进气系统对外特性改善效果不同的原因。     

Are dual-purpose and male layer chickens more resilient against a low-protein-low-soybean diet than slow-growing broilers?

ABSTRACT

1. Although fattening dual-purpose types or male layer hybrid chickens appears more ethical than the common practice of culling day-old male layer chicks, the lower feed efficiency of these birds raises concerns. Replacing feed ingredients that compete with food production by those of lower value for human nutrition would be beneficial.

2. Lohmann Dual (LD), a modern dual-purpose type, Lohmann Brown (LB), a male layer hybrid, and Hubbard JA 957 (HU), a slow-growing broiler type, were fattened for nine weeks on two diets (control or ?20% crude protein; n = 6 × 12 birds). Growth, carcass and meat quality were analysed.

3. Growth performance of HU exceeded that of LD and especially of LB. The growth depression caused by the low-protein diet fed to LD (?7%) was only half of that found in HU (?13%). The LD fed the control diet had the same feed efficiency as the HU fed the low-protein diet. Even the LB had a lower performance and feed efficiency with the low-protein diet in growth. There was a gradient in carcass properties (weight, dressing percentage, breast meat yield, breast proportion and breast angle) from HU to LD to LB, with some additional adverse effects of the low-protein diet especially in HU. There were some breed differences in fatty acid profile in the intramuscular fat.

4. In conclusion, the dual-purpose type used complied with regulations for Swiss organic poultry systems in terms of growth rate and was found to respond less when fed a low-protein diet than the slow-growing broiler type. The LB males were inferior in all growth and carcass quality traits. Future studies need to determine the exact protein and amino acid requirements of dual-purpose and layer hybrid chickens and the economic feasibility of the systems, especially for organic farming.     

密集烤房不同循环风机烘烤烟叶的色素降解及感官质量

采用三速和单速循环风机,研究密集烤房不同循环风机对烤烟色素及感官质量的影响.结果表明:采用三速循环风机烤后烟叶的叶绿素a、叶绿素b含量分别为5.10、167.74 μg/g,分别为单速循环风机的72.11％和93.30％;叶黄素、β-胡萝卜素、类胡萝卜素含量分别为0.84、155.56、156.40 μg/g,分别为单...     

不同能源类型密集烤房烘烤效果对比研究

[目的]探讨不同能源类型密集烤房的烘烤效果.[方法]2014年在云南大理进行了不同能源密集式烤房烘烤效果对比研究,通过试验分析了不同能源类型密集烤房在烘烤成本、经济效益及烤房温度控制等方面的烘烤效果.[结果]研究表明,最优处理为T2处理(25 kW内除湿热泵+20 kW电发热管辅助供热烤房),相比对照1 kg干烟可以减少烘烤成本1.28元,提高均价1.54元,中上等烟比例也有所提高,且烤房温度控制精准性好,其次是生物质燃烧机烤房和甲醇燃烧机烤房,但结合烤房的实际应用性,当前生物质燃烧机烤房最具推广价值.[结论]研究可为今后新能源烤房的开发与应用奠定基础.     

散叶堆积烘烤技术对烤烟综合效益的影响

为了进一步摸清散叶堆积烘烤技术对烤烟综合效益的影响,研究分析了2011年贵州正安县推广应用散叶堆积烘烤技术的相关数据.结果表明,散叶堆积烘烤相较常规挂竿烘烤,能省工节能、提质增效;其中,烤后烟均价、上等烟率和橘黄烟率分别提高0.33元/kg、5.78个百分点和3.52个百分点,杂色烟率降低0.97个百分点,烘烤环节用工成本降低0.53元/kg,能耗成本降低0.32元/kg,增加经济效益1.18元/kg.     

吴震东公式简化计算研究

混凝土工程冬季施工主要采用非加热养护方法,这类方法的技术关键是精确的热工计算,而热工计算目前仍广泛应用吴震东理论,按吴震东理论建立的整套公式可以描述混凝土在各咎情况下温度时间变化规律,但由于吴东公式较为复杂,许多学者对简化吴震东公式作了深化入的研究和讨论,据此分析了简化吴震东公式的思路、途径与方法,并评价了各类简化公式和近似公式的优点与不足之处。