Experimental and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation of leak shapes and sizes for gas pipeline

In this paper, a parametric study has been carried out to predict the exit velocity of air through the leakage in the pipe with the help of CFD software ANSYS Fluent. The effect of air pressure in the pipe and the shape of leakage have been studied. Further experiments were also carried out to determine the exit velocity for the defined shape of leakage by varying the air pressure in the pipe. Experimentally, the velocity at a distance of 8 cm from the location of a leak in the horizontal plane was obtained with the help of differential pressure transducers. Using the experimental results, the computational results were validated. The results of the parametric simulation study showed that even for a pressure of 2 bars the velocity profile at the leak location indicates the supersonic state where the Mach number is greater than 1. The study is useful because it may be used as a foundation for risk assessment and safety management in the case of flammable gas leaks through gas pipes.     

Identifying and mitigating the impacts on primates of transportation and service corridors

Most primate populations are declining; 60% of species face extinction. The expansion of transportation and service corridors (T&S) (i.e., roads and railways and utility and service lines) poses a significant yet underappreciated threat. With the development of T&S corridors predicted to increase across primates' ranges, it is necessary to understand the current extent of its impacts on primates, the available options to mitigate these effectively, and recognize research and knowledge gaps. By employing a systematic search approach to identify literature that described the relationship between primates and T&S corridors, we extracted information from 327 studies published between 1980 and 2020. Our results revealed that 218 species and subspecies across 62 genera are affected, significantly more than the 92 listed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The majority of studies took place in Asia (45%), followed by mainland Africa (31%), the Neotropics (22%), and Madagascar (2%). Brazil, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea, Vietnam, and Madagascar contained the greatest number of affected primate species. Asia featured the highest number of species affected by roads, electrical transmission lines, and pipelines and the only studies addressing the impact of rail and aerial tramways on primates. The impact of seismic lines only emerged in the literature from Africa and the Neotropics. Impacts are diverse and multifaceted, for example, animal–vehicle collisions, electrocutions, habitat loss and fragmentation, impeded movement and genetic exchange, behavioral changes, exposure to pollution, and mortality associated with hunting. Although several mitigation measures were recommended, only 41% of studies focused on their implementation, whereas only 29% evaluated their effectiveness. Finally, there was a clear bias in the species and regions benefiting from research on this topic. We recommend that government and conservation bodies recognize T&S corridors as a serious and mounting threat to primates and that further research in this area is encouraged.     

典型陆源入海排污对邻近海域富营养化及生物毒性的影响

主要采用等标污染负荷、营养状态指数、生物综合毒性指标和GIS手段,通过对秦皇岛海域3个陆源入海排污口及邻近海域水质因子调查,考察典型陆源入海排污对邻近海域富营养化及生物毒性的影响。结果表明,大蒲河、人造河和洋河入海污染物的等标污染负荷比分别为36.9%、61.1%和2.0%,其中大蒲河和人造河对该海域污染负荷比的贡献达98%,为主要污染源;邻近海域主要超标污染物为PO3-4和DIN,PO3-4浓度与NQI相关分析(r=0.76,P=0.004 6)和GIS空间对比表明,PO3-4可能是造成该海域富营养化的主要因子。NQI和发光细菌发光抑制率的空间分布特征表明,该海域受陆源排污的影响比较明显。     

Performance evaluation method of oil and gas pipeline integrity management

The performance evaluation of integrity management has become the focus of attention because integrity management has become widely accepted by pipeline operators. This paper proposes a three-index system of pipeline integrity management performance evaluation (TISPIMPE), which includes system construction, implementation process, and pipeline health status, comprehensively evaluating the status, adequacy, and effectiveness of integrity management. It helps the pipeline operators to determine the weakness in each step. Based on the improved analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the different backgrounds of experts are fully considered, and experts' opinions are revised. The adjustment coefficient of performance evaluation is set up simultaneously, and the evaluation results are adjusted to make the results more reasonable. Taking the performance evaluation of pipeline integrity management of an oil and gas company as an example, it is shown that TISPIMPE has reasonable practicability and can accurately reflect the shortcomings of pipeline integrity management. TISPIMPE can effectively help pipeline managers comprehensively and systematically evaluate the performance of pipeline integrity management and gain an in-depth understanding of pipeline operation status.     

基于ISOA-RBPNN的埋地管道剩余强度预测*

为提高腐蚀管道剩余强度的预测精度，提出引入弹性梯度下降法改进BP神经网络，并融合改进海鸥优化算法(ISOA)，构建腐蚀管道剩余强度预测模型。关于改进BP神经网络模型的参数寻优，首先采用Cat混沌映射初始化改进海鸥优化算法(SOA)初始种群的分布，提升寻优能力，优化SOA的搜索方向和攻击形式，增强其全局搜索能力并提高收敛速度，然后用ISOA对弹性BP神经网络（RBPNN）模型中的权值和阈值进行寻优，最后构建ISOA-RBPNN预测模型。以管道爆破数据为例，利用MATLAB进行仿真模拟，并与PSO-BPNN模型和IFA-BPNN模型预测结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明:ISOA-RBPNN模型的各项评价指标均优于其他2个模型，预测结果较实际值误差更小，在预测腐蚀管道剩余强度领域具有更好的性能，可为后续研究腐蚀管道剩余寿命和制定维修策略提供参考依据。