Solid waste management in urban areas: Development and application of a decision support system

A decision support system (DSS) developed to assist the planner in decisions concerning the overall management of solid waste at a municipal scale is described. The DSS allows to plan the optimal number of landfills and treatment plants, and to determine the optimal quantities and the characteristics of the refuse that has to be sent to treatment plants, to landfills and to recycling. The application of the DSS is based on the solution of a constrained non-linear optimization problem. Various classes of constraints have been introduced in the problem formulation, taking into account the regulations about the minimum requirements for recycling, incineration process requirements, sanitary landfill conservation, and mass balance. The cost function to be minimized includes recycling, transportation and maintenance costs. The DSS has been tested on the municipality of Genova, Italy, and the results obtained are presented.     

THE USE OF BINARY OPTIMIZATION AND HYDROLOGIC MODELS TO FORM RIPARIAN BUFFERS1

ABSTRACT: Riparian buffers are considered important management options for protecting water quality. Land costs and buffer performance, which are functions of local environmental characteristics, are likely to be key attributes in the selection process, especially when budgets are limited. In this article we demonstrate how a framework involving hydrologic models and binary optimization can be used to find the optimal buffer subject to a budget constraint. Two hydrologic models, SWAT and REMM, were used to predict the loads from different source areas with and without riparian buffers. These loads provided inputs for a binary optimization model to select the most cost efficient parcels to form a riparian buffer. This methodology was applied in a watershed in Delaware County, New York. The models were parameterized using readily available digital databases and were later compared against observed flow and water quality data available for the site. As a result of the application of this method, the marginal utility of incremental increases in buffer widths along the stream channel and the set of parcels to form the best affordable riparian buffer were obtained.     

利用EXCEL进行污水管道水力计算

EXCEL是一款非常优秀的办公自动化软件，其数字处理能力非常强大。通过推导出污水管道水力计算公式，介绍并利用EXCEL内部函数编写计算公式的程序和具体的计算方法。与手工计算的方法相比，该方法操作简单，计算结果快速、准确，非常适应于工程设计。     

边坡滚石运动的计算模型

边坡滚石是在山区基本建设中常遇到的一种工程灾害，其防护结构的设计依据主要是边坡滚石的运动轨迹，因而要对这种灾害进行防治，首先要确定滚石的运动轨迹。分析了几种主要形式的边坡滚石运动，考虑控制滚石运动的主要影响因素，从工程的角度建立了一套计算边坡滚石运动轨迹的计算公式，并对影响滚石运动的碰撞恢复系数、滚动摩擦系数等重要参数进行了讨论。     

Excel软件在环境系统最优化分析中的应用

本文针对环境系统分析中计算量大的不足，介绍了Excel软件在环境系统分析中最优化分析的方法和步骤，并结合大气污染削减控制进行了实例应用。     

GENERATING FARM DESCRIPTIONS IN A WATERSHED FROM INCOMPLETE DATA USING SIMULATED ANNEALING1

ABSTRACT: A fundamental problem faced in developing spatially explicit, simulation‐based analyses of watershed management and policy options is determining the distribution and spatial location of agricultural resources within a watershed based on incomplete information. This paper describes the use of simulated annealing, a heuristic scheduling process, to generate an assignment of all livestock and agricultural fields in a watershed to hypothetical farms such that the combined distribution of farm types, livestock, and farmland within the watershed is a reasonable representation of watershed‐level data. Compared to a manual method using GIS‐based analysis and data from aerial photography, the heuristic method was more likely to generate realistic spatial characterizations of the distribution of agricultural resources and practices in a watershed. Also compared to the manual method, the heuristic process was considerably more efficient and could more easily accommodate multiple criteria and modifications to those criteria.     

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE WATER USE STRATEGIES AT CATCHMENT LEVEL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AN INSTREAM FLOW REQUIREMENT1

ABSTRACT: A mathematical model of agricultural water use and a hydrological and economic simulation model were linked to quantify the economic and hydrological impact of deficit irrigation, increased water application efficiency, and farm storage dams when maintaining an IFR (instream flow requirement) under stochastic water supply conditions. The main finding was that a water conservation policy aimed at reducing the amount of water withdrawn from the river could bring more pressure to bear on stream flow. Water can only be saved if consumptive use is reduced. Increased water application efficiency is detrimental to other users as a result of reduced return flow. The economic cost of maintaining a specific IFR increases with the use of all three strategies as the probability of maintaining the IFR increases. Because of the control that can be exercised over the supply of water, a farm storage dam is the best strategy for minimizing the costs for irrigators. The interaction between water legislation, water policy administration, technology, hydrology, and human value systems necessitates an integrated approach to facilitate water management at catchment level and to formulate policies that will be in the interest of society.     

基于χ~2优化方法的铸钢侧架原始裂纹尺寸分布研究

将铸钢侧架清砂后未经修复的原始裂纹尺寸进行了统计 ,综合运用参数的点估计方法和区间估计方法 ,以置信区间作为优化的约束条件 ,提出了对检验值进行最优化处理的方法 ,并运用二参数约束非线性优化方法的直接解法 ,搜索出最佳点估计值。经过对裂纹尺寸分布参数的计算证明 ,其结果符合对数正态分布     

用矿井通风仿真系统(MVSS)确定通风系统优化改造方案

论述了矿井通风仿真系统 (MVSS)的功能 ,用MVSS仿真模拟增加或减少风路对周围其他风路的影响 ,仿真模拟拆除或增加机站对周围通风系统的影响 ,并以金川矿井 115 0水平为例 ,阐明了用MVSS确定通风系统优化改造方案的方法 ,对通风系统现状分析、通风网络优化、通风系统的设计提供了科学的依据和实用方法。     

抽出式通风矿井外部漏风率的正确测算法

详细分析了煤矿长期以来沿用的 ,基于理想气体风流连续性方程的近似方法计算矿井外部漏风率所带来的缺陷。以热力学基本原理为依据 ,将回风井看作是矿井通风系统中的一条特殊巷道 ,指出其风流中的空气不能看作理想气体 ,推导出了测算矿井外部漏风率的正确方法。并以实测数据为例 ,运用MATALAB方法求得了矿井外部漏风率的精确解 ,给出了传统近似方法的误差 ,指出了在有较深回风井的矿井通风系统中 ,运用正确方法测算其外部漏风率的重要性。笔者介绍的矿井外部漏风率的精确测算方法 ,可在采用抽出式机械通风的矿井推广应用。