A NEW CHALLENGE FOR WESTERN WATER SUPPLIES1

ABSTRACT: In many of the limited water resource areas of the western United States most water supplies have been put to beneficial uses. Energy, a fast expanding high-priority water use, is making challenging demands for these limited supplies. Can water supplies be stretched, supplemented, or redirected so that present uses can be maintained and energy water needs satisfied? The Bureau of Reclamation is investigating innovative methods of water management, reregulation, and use to meet these demands. Related programs under study include potentials for: development of additional hydroelectric power, installation of low-head turbines in western water courses, utilization of pumped storage and underground storage, use of geo-thermal heat, extension of water supplies through more efficient irrigation systems and practices, and weather modification.     

液化石油气储存和管道输送安全

系统地分析了液化石油气的危险性，并给出了有代表性的事故案例，在此基础上，提出了必要的事故预防措施及应急救援中应注意的问题，对于液化石油气储存安全和管道输送安全有重要的参考价值。     

The role of economic,policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests,South Florida,USA

Old growth mangroves in existing protected areas store more carbon than restored forests or plantations. Carbon storage in such forests has economic value independent of additionality, offering opportunities for policy makers to ensure their maintenance, and inclusion in climate change mitigation strategies. Mangrove forests of the Everglades National Park (ENP), South Florida, though protected, face external stressors such as hydrological alterations because of flooding control structures and agriculture impacts and saltwater intrusion as a result of increasing sea level rise. Moreover, decreased funding of Everglades’ restoration activities following the recent economic crisis (beginning 2008) threatens the restoration of the Greater Everglades including mangrove dominated coastal regions. We evaluate several economic and ecological challenges confronting the economic valuation of total (vegetation plus soil) organic carbon (TOC) storage in the ENP mangroves. Estimated TOC storage for this forested wetland ranges from 70 to 537 Mg C/ha and is higher than values reported for tropical, boreal, and temperate forests. We calculate the average abatement cost of C specific for ENP mangroves to value the TOC from $2–$3.4 billion; estimated unit area values are $13,859/ha–$23,728/ha. The valuation of the stored/legacy carbon is based on the: 1) ecogeomorphic attributes, 2) regional socio-economic milieu, and 3) status of the ENP mangroves as a protected area. The assessment of C storage estimates and its economic value can change public perception about how this regulating ecosystem service of ENP mangrove wetlands (144,447 ha) supports human well-being and numerous economic activities. This perception, in turn, can contribute to future policy changes such that the ENP mangroves, the largest mangrove area in the continental USA, can be included as a potential alternative in climate change mitigation strategies.     

二氧化碳封存及提高石油采收率的环境风险研究

随着全球气候变暖效应的加剧,如何降低大气中二氧化碳含量成为一个焦点问题,二氧化碳的地质封存及资源化利用成为可选的有效途径。目前,二氧化碳封存及二氧化碳提高石油采收率的项目已遍布世界各地,但是其存在的环境风险不容忽视。本文从二氧化碳的封存原理出发,具体分析了二氧化碳地质封存的风险来源及其可能对环境、人体、生态等造成的危害,同时结合二氧化碳提高石油采收率工程的特殊性进行了风险分析,并鉴于我国目前并没有相应的风险评价导则,提出了下一步需要根据相应的风险类型制定出一套适合我国二氧化碳地质封存的风险评价体系的建议。     

放空管设计对超临界CO2管道放空影响研究

与天然气管道相比,超临界CO2管道放空时的降压可能导致管道内的低温,甚至形成干冰对管道及设备造成损伤,危害管道安全。针对超 临界CO2放空过程可能出现的潜在风险,建立了超临界CO2管道放空计算模型,借助OLGA软件对超临界CO2管道放空进行了稳态和动态模拟,并研 究放空管设计对管道放空的热力水力影响。研究表明:超临界CO2管道放空时管道沿线上各点之间的压力、温度变化差异不大;CO2首先由超临 界相变为气相,然后沿着气液相平衡线或气固相平衡线进行,管内温度降到一定值后逐步回升至管道埋地温度;放空管的直径对超临界CO2管道 放空过程的总时间、放空速率、最大温降以及是否生成干冰有直接影响;放空管高度对放空过程管内参数变化几乎无影响。     

Power system planning with emission constraints: Effects of CCS retrofitting

Today, the world's energy needs are still supplied mainly from fossil fuel based resources. This is true for electricity generation as well, thus making the power sector responsible for 45% of greenhouse gas emissions. The present climate crisis has made it necessary to minimise emissions in power generation, with low-carbon energy sources taking on greater significance in recent years. However, most low-carbon sources have inherent problems, like intermittency and high capital expenditure. A suitable alternative is carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology which allows continued fossil fuel-based electricity generation at much lower rates of emission. Two approaches are possible in the deployment of CCS technology. The first is to introduce new power plants equipped for carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture, while systematically shutting down existing coal power plants. Another is to retrofit existing power plants for CO₂ capture. These approaches are compared in this work. The study shows that allowing CCS retrofitting of existing power plants can reduce the overall cost requirement significantly. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is also done to study the effect of nuclear energy on the overall energy mix.     

中国农田作物植被碳储量研究进展

作物植被碳储量是全球陆地生态系统碳库的重要组成部分。中国农田作物植被碳储量的估算主要采用参数估算法、遥感资料反演法和环境参数模型法。通过对中国近几十年来全国和区域尺度作物植被碳储量的估算研究,获得了一些作物的经济系数、含碳率和作物收获部分水分系数等估算参数值,探讨了遥感反演和环境参数模型方法,并提出加强农田基本建设、改进农业生产技术与管理、调整作物结构和加强作物秸秆利用等固碳措施。目前对中国农田作物植被碳储量的估算仍存在较大的不确定性,获取的估算参数尚不充分,估算方法和模型有待完善,对作物植被碳储量变化的源/汇效应尚未取得统一认识。虽然在农田生态系统中土壤碳储量（密度）普遍大于作物植被碳储量（密度）,但作物植被碳储量仍然是一个数量可观、并有增加潜力和可能的碳库,其大小及秸秆利用情况直接影响着土壤碳库。因此,对农田作物植被碳储量应分时段和区域具体分析,才能认识其源/汇效应。今后应在以下几方面进一步加强作物植被碳储量的研究：进一步完善和改进估算方法;加强作物植被碳储量估算及固碳措施的区域个例研究,探索不同空间尺度作物植被碳储量的尺度转换;开展作物碳储量动态及固碳机理的综合研究。此外,还应就气候变化与作物植被碳储量的相互耦合关系进行探讨。     

南亚热带中幼龄针阔混交林碳储量及其分配格局

以南亚热带中幼龄针阔混交林为研究对象,通过典型样地调查法,对森林生态系统各个层次进行取样调查,采用12个样地实测数据和已有生物量模型相结合的方法计算乔木层生物量,灌木层、草本层和凋落物层采用全部收获法测得其生物量,对土壤层的调查采用剖面法加土钻法,代表性样品碳含量的测定采用重铬酸钾-水合加热法。在此基础上,分析了中幼龄针阔混交林碳储量及其分配格局。结果表明,主要造林树种树根、树杆、树枝和树叶碳含量均值分别为45.07%、46.73%、46.30%和47.72%。植物碳含量表现为乔木〉灌木〉草本。乔木碳储量占植被总碳储量比例介于63.38%-94.08%之间,灌木碳储量所占比例介于3.55%-12.67%之间,而草本碳储量仅介于为1.28%-23.95%之间,不同林龄段乔木和灌木碳储量均值随林龄的增加呈上升趋势,而草本碳储量呈下降趋势。土壤碳储量介于106.73-136.61 t·hm^-2之间,土壤碳储量随林龄的增加呈现出先降低后升高的趋势。针阔混交林总碳储量介于134.79-162.60 t·hm^-2之间,分配格局表现为土壤层〉植被层〉凋落物层。土壤层碳储量所占总碳储量比例范围为78.34%-94.45%,植被层所占比例介于4.84%-20.16%之间,凋落物层仅介于0.71%-1.50%之间,中幼龄针阔混交林碳储量主要以土壤固碳为主。研究结果为树种选择、人工林生态系统固碳潜力以及人工碳汇林的经营管理等研究提供科学参考。     

重庆四面山五种人工林土壤有机碳储量研究

对重庆四面山杉木纯林、杉木×马尾松、杉木×马尾松×木荷、木荷×石栎×枫香×香樟、木荷×石栎人工林进行了有机碳储量研究。运用网格取样法取样,每个样地各层各取样81个,共计取样810个。结果表明：（1）林分类型不同,A层土壤有机碳含量总体差异显著（p〈0.05）。在此五种林分类型中,土壤平均有机碳含量以杉木人工纯林为最高,石栎木荷枫香香樟人工混交林为最小;B层土壤有机碳含量总体差异不显著（p〉0.05）。在垂直剖面上,五种人工林均差异显著（p〈0.05）,且表现出随着土层深度的增加,林下土壤有机碳含量随之减小,体现出土壤有机碳含量的表聚作用。（2）有机碳储量规律基本与土壤有机碳含量规律一致。在垂直剖面上,此五种人工林有机碳储量均差异显著（p〈0.05）,表现出随着土层深度的增加而减小的规律。不同林种类型、同一土层深度或是不同土层深度、同一林种类型其有机碳储量变异系数大小均不一样,这说明此五种林地土壤普遍存在空间异质性且其异质程度不一样。（3）就 A 土层而言,本研究区五种人工林平均有机碳密度为5.34 kg·m^-2,比相关研究的重庆市土壤有机碳密度3.11 kg·m^-2,全国森林土壤有机碳密度4.24 kg·m^-2,全国土壤有机碳密度2.67kg·m^-2等分别多出71.70%,25.94%,100%。