Influence and optimization of swirler parameters on elbow wear of deep coal fluidization pipeline transportation system

Elbow wear is a major threat to the multiphase pipeline transportation industry,which has a negative impact on the stable operation of the transportation system.In order to find the wear reduction methods of elbows in the fluidization pipeline transportation system for 2000-meter-deep coal resources,the swirler was installed upstream of the elbows,and wear simulations and tests of three kinds of elbows were carried out.The results showed that the maximum wear rate(MWR)of elbows increased and then decreased along the elbow angle.Due to the different directions of gravity,the heavy wear position(HWP)of the horizontal-vertical(H-V)elbow was in front of the vertical-horizontal(V-H)elbow.Because the downstream portion of the horizontal-horizontal(H-H)elbow was still a horizontal pipe,the HWP of the H-H elbow almost covered the whole elbow.The swirler placed upstream of the elbows could make the particles at the elbow move to the intrados of the elbows,resulting in less collision between the particles and the extrados of the elbows,thus reducing the wear of the elbows.The wear reduction effects of swirlers on three different elbows were favorably connected with the guide vane angle(GVA)and negatively correlated with the guide vane length(GVL),decreased first and then increased as the guide vane height(GVH)increased,and were little affected by the guide vane number(GVN)and the guide vane thickness(GVT).The mathematical models between the MWR of the elbows and guide vane parameters were established.By bench tests,the wear reduction effect of three kinds of elbows under the optimal guide vane parameters was 58.4%,76.9%,and 78.6%,respectively.The errors between the bench test results and the simulation results were around 10%.

Equilibrium Joining Strategies in the M/M/1 Queues with Setup Times under N-Policy

This paper carries out a game-theoretic analysis of a single-server queueing system with setup times under N-policy by considering both the partially observable and the partially unobservable information scenarios. The server switches off whenever the system becomes empty, and is resumed when the number of customers reaches a certain threshold value. Customers decide whether to join or to balk the system upon arrival based on their available information. The equilibrium joining strategy of customers as well as the systemzs performance measures are derived under different information levels. We find that both Follow-the-Crowd (FTC) and Avoid-the-Crowd (ATC) behaviors exist in our system. Numerical results show that the social welfare is unimodal in the threshold, and is decreasing in the waiting cost.

Effects of plant coverage on shrub fertile islands in the Upper Minjiang River Valley

The patchy distribution of vegetation in dry land results in well-documented "fertile islands". However, the response of shrub fertile islands to plant recovery and the underlying mechanisms, such as the linkage plant and soil properties, remain unknown.We sampled soils from areas with three different plant coverages(25%, 45%, and 75%) and three of their adjacent inter-plants to investigate soil physicochemical and microbial properties in the upper Minjiang River arid valley. The results showed that these factors were influenced by the persistence of plants that contrasted with the inter-plant interspaces. We found fertile islands in under-plant soil that were enhanced with increasing plant coverage, from 25% to 45% and 75%; however, there were no significant differences between 45% and 75% plant coverage apart from the soil clay content and the fungi to bacteria ratio. The soil microbial communities in under-plant soil were strongly influenced by the total soil carbon(TC), soil organic carbon(SOC),and available nitrogen(AN), whereas the microbial communities in inter-plant soil were primarily constrained by the AN and available phosphorous(AP). Moreover, the inter-plant soil properties, including gravimetric soil water content, pH, electrical conductivity(EC), and soil C:N ratio, were also strongly influenced by adjacent vegetation, which suggested that fertile islands may be beneficial for plant recovery in this region.

Erratum to:Equilibrium Joining Strategies in the M/M/1 Queues with Setup Times under N-Policy

The article“Equilibrium Joining Strategies in the M/M/1 Queues with Setup Times under N-Policy”unfortunately contained a mistake about the first author’s affiliation.In the original publication of the paper,this affiliation was“Department of Mathematics,Beijing Jiaotong University,Beijing 100044,China”.It should be“School of Economics and Management,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100190,China”.