Accident investigation in the Norwegian petroleum industry - Common features and future challenges

In their regulations, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) states that the companies responsible for oil and gas exploration and production activities in Norway shall record and investigate accidents and serious incidents. This paper introduces a general model for the accident investigation process in the Norwegian petroleum industry, and presents some results derived from a comparative study of causal factors identified in offshore accident investigation reports from 2002 to 2006. The paper also offers a discussion of the improvement potential in the use of investigation methods. Finally, a discussion of future challenges in accident investigations is provided.     

湖北省地表水水质评价指标及监测方式研究

选取湖北省100个国控断面2019年1—12月手工和自动监测数据,采用因子分析和聚类分析相结合的方法对水质评价指标进行优化筛选,结果表明,高锰酸盐指数、氨氮、总磷、pH、溶解氧等5项指标可以代表湖北省地表水水质的主要影响因子,从而实现水质监测指标的降维。对手工和自动2种监测方式进行比对,证明自动监测pH、溶解氧、高锰酸盐指数、总磷和氨氮5项水质评价指标的数据、评价结果与手工监测具有较强的一致性,用自动监测5项指标进行水质评价是合理、可行的,并能减轻手工监测的工作量。     

Quantifying cultural values associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

This study analyzes the distribution of cultural values associated with forest and non-forest landscapes among stakeholder groups shaping land use and land cover change (LULCC) in an agricultural/forest frontier in the western Brazilian Amazon. The study addresses theoretical and methodological obstacles to the integration of cultural data and social science research into the study of LULCC, providing a simple, systematic, and more accurate way of understanding this missing feature of land change. The findings offer insights on elusive cultural features that influence how diverse actors make land use decisions and respond to drivers, and can thus contribute to enhancing the predictive capacity of land change research.     

胞外聚合物的提取、组成及其对污泥性质的影响

胞外聚合物(Extracellular Polymeric Substances,EPS)即附着于污泥细胞表面的不溶性有机聚合物,主要来源于微生物新陈代谢和细胞自溶。EPS化学组成十分复杂,其主要成分为多糖和蛋白质(占70%-80%)。由于EPS极大地影响着污泥絮体的凝聚性质,因此它在控制和改善污泥处理过程中起着举足轻重的作用。     

采油污水中聚丙烯酰胺的去除方法

采用实验室合成的絮凝剂和助凝剂,对聚合物驱采油污水进行了聚丙烯酰胺絮凝实验。通过絮凝效果的比较,筛选出两种絮凝效果较好的絮凝剂XN-Ⅲ和XN-Ⅳ。实验确定了絮凝剂的最佳加入量、沉降时间、pH值和温度条件。在此基础上,对采油污水中聚丙烯酰胺的不同去除方法进行了比较,得到最优去除方法,为现场采油污水中聚丙烯酰胺的脱除提供了依据。     

Recovery of foundry sands and iron fractions from an industrial waste landfill

This study was performed to analyse the technical and economical feasibility of a project concerning the recovery of foundry wastes from a landfill. In such a context, an evaluation of the total amount of residues that could be recovered was performed by using the physical chemical characterization of landfilled wastes: molding and core sands, furnace dusts, finishing dusts, muds, calcium hydroxide and refractory slags. Field tests were realized employing both geophysical methods both the digging of trenches.Two cells of the landfill were investigated by means of geophysical methods using magnetic and electromagnetic techniques. The physical and chemical characterization of wastes was employed in order to determine the best geophysical methods to locate the useful fractions of wastes in landfill and to establish the occurring treatment cycle for the recovery of useful fractions.A cost–benefit analysis was performed to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed landfill mining operation.     

Evaluating Visitor-Monitoring Techniques: A Comparison of Counting and Video Observation Data

Two visitor-monitoring methods, video monitoring and counts by human observers, were compared in order to identify and evaluate their respective advantages and disadvantages. The analysis considered user numbers, user type (walkers, dog walkers, bicyclists, and joggers) and group size of visitors. Remarkable differences were found between the two methods for user type and use levels. At low use levels, evaluations based on video monitoring resulted in fewer single bicyclists compared to counts by human observers, whereas at high use levels, human observers counted fewer walkers and bikers than video-interpreters. Based on this comparative analysis, we derive recommendations for more effective visitor-monitoring approaches. All data were collected during a visitor-monitoring project in the Danube Floodplains National Park in Austria between 1998 and 1999.     

Applying the discrete vortex method in environmental fluid mechanics: A study of the time-averaged near wake behind a circular cylinder

This work illustrates the discrete vortex method (DVM) as a tool for simulating environmental fluid mechanics problems involving transport in the wake of a bluff body. The DVM was used to model both the long-time-averaged and instantaneous features of flow past a circular cylinder. Simulations were performed for Re = 140, 000. Verification testing was accomplished by refining time-step and vortex element circulation. The DVM was validated through comparison with experimental data from Cantwell and Coles. Verification testing demonstrated that, while global convergence is not possible for an unsteady flow simulation, it is possible to have convergence to physical results. This verification entails identifying a range of parameters in which a flow containing coherent structures and matching physical conditions is attainable. Validation tests demonstrated excellent agreement between experimental and simulated results for time-averaged velocity and shear stress profiles, as well as Strouhal number.     

运用地球化学防治矿山环境污染

本文阐述了运用地球化学防治矿山环境污染的基本原理和一些应用实例,介绍了矿山环境污染和地球化学的基本联系;阐述了地球化学勘查方法和对尾矿、废石以及矿山酸性废水的治理的应用;探讨了美国在矿床的地球化学背景和基准值、矿床地质—环境模型应用方面的先进经验,并针对国情提出了一些其它防治矿山环境污染的地球化学方法。     

大型商场营业厅设计疏散人数指标体系研究

针对大型商场营业厅设计疏散人数指标体系的研究现状与存在问题,提出了设计疏散人数指标体系的安全保证率理念,论证了大型商场营业厅设计疏散人数取双休日(而不取黄金周)人数指标的合理性.进一步优化了大型商场营业厅疏散人数指标体系,进一步减少了以此为根据设计的楼梯间宽度,为修编<建筑设计防火规范>提供参考依据.