Utility of fluid inclusion paleo-temperature in petroleum system modelling:A case study from western offshore,India

The paleo-temperature(Th)data from fluid inclusions are utilized for thermal history modelling using PetroMod software.Generally,bottom hole temperature(BHT)and vitrinite reflectance(Ro)measurements are widely used in petroleum system modelling(PSM)in the oil industry for calibration purposes.Th representing the minimum temperature of fluid entrapment estimated from fluid-inclusion study provides extra support to build the thermal models for PSM.Fluid inclusion parameters along with Rock-Eval pyrolysis analysis have been used to predict the maturity of oil in terms of API gravity as well as the maturity of source rocks respectively.Two exploratory wells RV-1(Mumbai Offshore Basin)and KK4C-A-1(Kerala-Konkan Offshore Basin),India were examined and the T_(h)from most of the fluid inclusions of wells RV-1 and KK4C-A-1 fell in the oil window range of 60e140℃suggesting thermal conditions favourable for oil generation in both of the wells.T_(h)of coeval aqueous inclusions along with the Hydrocarbon Fluid inclusions(HCFIs)was used to calibrate PSM.Vital parameters show that source rocks of well RV-1 are mature and that of well KK4C-A-1 are immature.Two sets of PSM are created in terms of generation and expulsion for the dry wells RV-1 and KK4C-A-1 and calibrated each well using fluid inclusion Th and BHT.From the fluid inclusion analysis method,it is evident that hydrocarbon generation happened in both wells and the paleo-temperature indicates that the formations of both wells were subjected to temperatures in the oil window range,even though it was designated as dry wells in the present scenario.The present study highlights the application of fluid inclusion paleo-temperature(Th)during calibration instead of commonly used methods.We could obtain desirable and accurate data output from PSM using T_(h) calibration.

Statecharts for Distributed Product Data Management System Modelling

Product data management (PDM) has been accepted as an important tool for the manufacturing industries. In recent years, more and mor e researches have been conducted in the development of PDM. Their research area s include system design, integration of object-oriented technology, data distri bution, collaborative and distributed manufacturing working environment, secur ity, and web-based integration. However, there are limitations on their rese arches. In particular, they cannot cater for PDM in distributed manufacturing e nvironment. This is especially true in South China, where many Hong Kong (HK) ma nufacturers have moved their production plants to different locations in Pearl R iver Delta for cost reduction. However, they retain their main offices in HK. Development of PDM system is inherently complex. Product related data cover prod uct name, product part number (product identification), drawings, material speci fications, dimension requirement, quality specification, test result, log size, production schedules, product data version and date of release, special tooling (e.g. jig and fixture), mould design, project engineering in charge, cost spread sheets, while process data includes engineering release, engineering change info rmation management, and other workflow related to the process information. Accor ding to Cornelissen et al., the contemporary PDM system should contains manageme nt functions in structure, retrieval, release, change, and workflow. In system design, development and implementation, a formal specification is nece ssary. However, there is no formal representation model for PDM system. Theref ore a graphical representation model is constructed to express the various scena rios of interactions between users and the PDM system. Statechart is then used to model the operations of PDM system, Fig.1. Statechart model bridges the curr ent gap between requirements, scenarios, and the initial design specifications o f PDM system. After properly analyzing the PDM system, a new distributed PDM (DPDM) system is proposed. Both graphical representation and statechart models are constructed f or the new DPDM system, Fig.2. New product data of DPDM and new system function s are then investigated to support product information flow in the new distribut ed environment. It is found that statecharts allow formal representations to capture the informa tion and control flows of both PDM and DPDM. In particular, statechart offers a dditional expressive power, when compared to conventional state transition diagr am, in terms of hierarchy, concurrency, history, and timing for DPDM behavioral modeling.

Role of ecological approaches to eliminating schistosomiasis in Eryuan County evaluated by system modelling

Background:Schistosomiasis was severely prevalent in Yunnan Province,and it is difficult to achieve its elimination by convention approaches due to complexity of the nature.We explored the comprehensive model to eliminate schistosomiasis in Eryuan County,Yunnan Province,the People’s Republic of China,through integration with the ecological protection programme in Erhai Lake,in order to promote an efficient elimination strategy.We expected that this model is able to be tailored to other local settings,which help achieve the goal of precisely eliminating the disease in Yunnan Province.Methods:Eryuan County of Yunnan Province was chosen as the study area,where the data on environmental protection activities in Erhai Lake and on the schistosomiasis control programme were collected through different departments of Erhai County government since 2015.System modelling was performed using system dynamics software to establish a simulation model in order to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention activities.Results:Ecological approaches to control schistosomiasis in Eryuan County consist of three major components:(i)implementing precise interventions to stop schistosomiasis transmission by means of controlling the source of infection,blocking the biological transmission chains and cutting off the route of disease transmission;(ii)employing ecological approaches to improve the co-effectiveness of environmental protection and schistosomiasis prevention in the study area;and(iii)strengthening the professional skills of personnel involving in the schistosomiasis control programme.Simulation results showed that this strategy could speed up the progress of schistosomiasis control programme moving from the control stage to the elimination stage.Conclusions:Ecological approaches implemented in schistosomiasis endemic areas of the Eryuan region are able to improve the co-effectiveness of environmental protection and schistosomiasis control,providing a new avenue for eliminating schistosomiasis thanks to the application of precise interventions.

Modelling Immune System:Principles,Models,Analysis and Perspectives

The biological immune system is a complex adaptive system.There are lots of benefits for building the model of the immune system.For biological researchers,they can test some hypotheses about the infection process or simulate the responses of some drugs.For computer researchers,they can build distributed,robust and fault tolerant networks inspired by the functions of the immune system.This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the literatures on modelling the immune system.From the methodology perspective,the paper compares and analyzes the existing approaches and models,and also demonstrates the focusing research effort on the future immune models in the next few years.

Modelling of a Residential Solar Energy Recuperation System Setup

Increased pollution levels have caused damage to our planet. Many scientists are now warning on the long term effects. Green houses gases causes more of the sunlight to be trapped within the Earth’s atmosphere and thus causing increased Earth temperature. Individuals, governments, and private entities are now acting on fixing this problem. One of the most promising solutions is installing an array of solar cells in residential areas. Doing so makes sense for areas with abundant sunlight as the dependency on the grid can be minimized and even completely illuminated while providing a feasible economic perspective at the same time. This paper presents the modelling of a residential setup as a complete system along with an electric vehicle. The modelled components include: Photovoltaic Cells, Home Load Usage, Electric Vehicle, High-Voltage battery as an energy storage, Boost, and Inverter. The presented analysis will help engineers and system designers do better cost analysis. The study can also be used as a basis for maximizing the solar energy usage and perform component optimization.

A new method to evaluate integrated production system capacity in oil fields

To improve the design and management of an integrated production system(IPS),a set of mathematical models and workflows are developed for evaluating the capacity of an IPS at steady-state conditions.Combining the conservation laws with applicable multiphase fluid and choke models,these mathematical models are solved to characterize the hydraulics of an integrated system of reservoir,wells,chokes,flowlines,and separator at steady state.The controllable variables such as well count,choke size and separator pressure are adjusted to optimize the performance of the IPs at a specific time.It is found that increasing the well count can increase the bulk flow rate of the production network,but too many wells may increase the manifold pressure,leading to decline of single-well production.Increasing the choke size can improve the capacity of the IPs.The production of the IPs is negatively correlated with the separator pressure.With increasing separator pressure and decreasing choke size,the increment of total fluid production(the capacity of IPS)induced by increasing well count decreases.Validation tests with field examples show a maximum absolute deviation is 1.5%,demonstrating the robustness and validity of the proposed mathematical models and workflows.

Quantitative characterization of cell physiological state based on dynamical cell mechanics for drug efficacy indication

Cell mechanics is essential to cell development and function,and its dynamics evolution reflects the physiological state of cells.Here,we investigate the dynamical mechanical properties of single cells under various drug conditions,and present two mathematical approaches to quantitatively characterizing the cell physiological state.It is demonstrated that the cellular mechanical properties upon the drug action increase over time and tend to saturate,and can be mathematically characterized by a linear timeinvariant dynamical model.It is shown that the transition matrices of dynamical cell systems significantly improve the classification accuracies of the cells under different drug actions.Furthermore,it is revealed that there exists a positive linear correlation between the cytoskeleton density and the cellular mechanical properties,and the physiological state of a cell in terms of its cytoskeleton density can be predicted from its mechanical properties by a linear regression model.This study builds a relationship between the cellular mechanical properties and the cellular physiological state,adding information for evaluating drug efficacy.

Emergency Control Strategy for Power Systems with Renewables Considering a Utility-scale Energy Storage Transient

Integration of renewable energy generators has greatly altered both static and dynamic characteristics of the system.Combined with the uncertainties it introduced,the risk of a system being transient instable is significantly alleviated.This paper proposes a multi-objective coordinated post-contingency control method.It aims to increase post-contingency system security with emergence control(EC)while minimizing the total control cost.Two ECs are adopted in this paper:energy storage systems(ESSs)and emergency load shedding(ELS).ESSs are immediately connected to the network after contingency occurrence to provide both active and reactive power support.ELS will be triggered when the support from ESSs is insufficient to stabilize the system to prevent further deterioration of system security.Performance of the proposed method was evaluated on a modified New England 39-bus benchmark system.The results indicate that the proposed method can find solutions to stabilize the system against credible contingencies and optimally balance between system stability and economy.

Beyond cost reduction:improving the value of energy storage in electricity systems

From a macro-energy system perspective,an energy storage is valuable if it contributes to meeting system objectives,including increasing economic value,reliability and sustainability.In most energy systems models,reliability and sustainability are forced by constraints,and if energy demand is exogenous,this leaves cost as the main metric for economic value.Traditional ways to improve storage technologies are to reduce their costs;however,the cheapest energy storage is not always the most valuable in energy systems.Modern techno-economical evaluation methods try to address the cost and value situation but do not judge the competitiveness of multiple technologies simultaneously.This paper introduces the‘market potential method’as a new complementary valuation method guiding innovation of multiple energy storage.The market potential method derives the value of technologies by examining common deployment signals from energy system model outputs in a structured way.We apply and compare this method to cost evaluation approaches in a renewables-based European power system model,covering diverse energy storage technologies.We find that characteristics of high-cost hydrogen storage can be more valuable than low-cost hydrogen storage.Additionally,we show that modifying the freedom of storage sizing and component interactions can make the energy system 10% cheaper and impact the value of technologies.The results suggest looking beyond the pure cost reduction paradigm and focus on developing technologies with suitable value approaches that can lead to cheaper electricity systems in future.

Design optimization of hydraulic energy storage and conversion system for wave energy converters

Wave energy collected by the power take-off system of a Wave Energy Converter(WEC)is highly fluctuating due to the wave characteristics.Therefore,an energy storage system is generally needed to absorb the energy fluctuation to provide a smooth electrical energy generation.This paper focuses on the design optimization of a Hydraulic Energy Storage and Conversion(HESC)system for WECs.The structure of the HESC system and the mathematical models of its key components are presented.A case study and design example of a HESC system with appropriate control strategy is provided.The determination of the ratings of the HESC system is also investigated in order to achieve optimal system energy efficiency.

Optimization and verification of single pilot operations model for commercial aircraft based on biclustering method

Commercial aircraft crews have experienced a trend from five-person crew to dual-pilot crew.Arised from both technological and market demands,Single Pilot Operations(SPO)is considered an important development direction in modern aviation technology.In this paper,starting from Dual-Pilot Operations(DPO),the piloting process,decision-making process and decisionmaking mode of DPO for commercial aircraft are studied to obtain the operational requirements of SPO.Then,based on above analysis,the operational mechanism of SPO is studied and the core technology of SPO mode is proposed.Next,a new closed frequent bicluster mining algorithm named FsCluster is proposed for the optimization of the SPO model,and the other efficient bicluster mining algorithm named TsCluster is proposed for the analysis and verification of the SPO model.Finally,a typical flight phase scenario is modelled by Magic System of System,and combined with the proposed algorithms for analysis and verification to determine whether the SPO mode can meet the DPO requirements.