The increasing pace of urbanization means that cities and global organizations are looking for ways to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Combined cooling, heating, and power （CCHP） systems have the po...The increasing pace of urbanization means that cities and global organizations are looking for ways to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Combined cooling, heating, and power （CCHP） systems have the potential to improve the energy generation efficiency of a city or urban region by providing energy for heating, cooling, and electricity simultaneously. The purpose of this study is to estimate the water consumption for energy generation use, carbon dioxide （CO2） and NOx emissions, and economic impact of implementing CCHP systems for five generic building types within the Atlanta metropolitan region, under various operational scenarios following the building thermal （heating and cooling） demands. Operating the CCHP system to follow the hourly thermal demand reduces CO2 emissions for most building types both with and without net metering. The system can be economically beneficial for all building types depending on the price of natural gas, the implementation of net metering, and the cost structure assumed for the CCHP system. The greatest reduction in water consumption for energy production and NOx emissions occurs when there is net metering and when the system is operated to meet the maximum yearly thermal demand, although this scenario also results in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and, in some cases, cost. CCHP systems are more economical for medium office, large office, and multifamilv residential buildings.展开更多
Affected by structural uplift, the Ordovician carbonate rockbed in the Tarim Basin, China, was exposed to dissolution and reformation of atmospheric precipitation many times, and formed a large quantity of karst caves...Affected by structural uplift, the Ordovician carbonate rockbed in the Tarim Basin, China, was exposed to dissolution and reformation of atmospheric precipitation many times, and formed a large quantity of karst caves serving as hydrocarbon reser- voir. However, drilling in Tahe area showed that many large karst caves, small pores and fractures are filled by calcite, result- ing in decrease in their reservoir ability. Calcite filled in the karst caves has very light oxygen isotopic composition and STSr/S（＇Sr ratio. Its c^OpDB ranges from -21.2%o to 13.3%o with the average of -16.3%e and its 87Sr/86Nr ratio ranges from 0.709561 to 0.710070 with the average of 0.709843. The isotope composition showed that calcite is related to atmospheric precipitation. Theoretic analyses indicated that the dissolving and filling actions of the precipitation on carbonate rocks are controlled by both thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms. Among them, the thermodynamic factor determines that the pre- cipitation during its flow from the earth surface downward plays important roles on carbonate rocks from dissolution to satura- tion, further sedimentation, and finally filling. In other words, the depth of the karstification development is not unrestricted, but limited by the precipitation beneath the earth surface. On the other hand, the kinetic factor controls the intensity, depth, and breadth of the karstification development, that is, the karstification is also affected by topographic, geomorphologic, climatic factors, the degree of fracture or fault, etc. Therefore, subject to their joint effects, the karstification of the precipitation on the Ordovician carbonate rocks occurs only within a certain depth （most about 200 m） under the unconformity surface, deeper than which carbonate minerals begin to sedimentate and fill the karst caves that were formed previously.展开更多
基金This work was partially supported by the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, the Hightower Chair, Georgia Research Alliance, and grants （083604, 1441208） from the US National Science Foundation Program for Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation （EFRI）.
文摘The increasing pace of urbanization means that cities and global organizations are looking for ways to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Combined cooling, heating, and power （CCHP） systems have the potential to improve the energy generation efficiency of a city or urban region by providing energy for heating, cooling, and electricity simultaneously. The purpose of this study is to estimate the water consumption for energy generation use, carbon dioxide （CO2） and NOx emissions, and economic impact of implementing CCHP systems for five generic building types within the Atlanta metropolitan region, under various operational scenarios following the building thermal （heating and cooling） demands. Operating the CCHP system to follow the hourly thermal demand reduces CO2 emissions for most building types both with and without net metering. The system can be economically beneficial for all building types depending on the price of natural gas, the implementation of net metering, and the cost structure assumed for the CCHP system. The greatest reduction in water consumption for energy production and NOx emissions occurs when there is net metering and when the system is operated to meet the maximum yearly thermal demand, although this scenario also results in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and, in some cases, cost. CCHP systems are more economical for medium office, large office, and multifamilv residential buildings.
基金sponsored by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB214802)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41002037,41102075,41230312)
文摘Affected by structural uplift, the Ordovician carbonate rockbed in the Tarim Basin, China, was exposed to dissolution and reformation of atmospheric precipitation many times, and formed a large quantity of karst caves serving as hydrocarbon reser- voir. However, drilling in Tahe area showed that many large karst caves, small pores and fractures are filled by calcite, result- ing in decrease in their reservoir ability. Calcite filled in the karst caves has very light oxygen isotopic composition and STSr/S（＇Sr ratio. Its c^OpDB ranges from -21.2%o to 13.3%o with the average of -16.3%e and its 87Sr/86Nr ratio ranges from 0.709561 to 0.710070 with the average of 0.709843. The isotope composition showed that calcite is related to atmospheric precipitation. Theoretic analyses indicated that the dissolving and filling actions of the precipitation on carbonate rocks are controlled by both thermodynamic and kinetic mechanisms. Among them, the thermodynamic factor determines that the pre- cipitation during its flow from the earth surface downward plays important roles on carbonate rocks from dissolution to satura- tion, further sedimentation, and finally filling. In other words, the depth of the karstification development is not unrestricted, but limited by the precipitation beneath the earth surface. On the other hand, the kinetic factor controls the intensity, depth, and breadth of the karstification development, that is, the karstification is also affected by topographic, geomorphologic, climatic factors, the degree of fracture or fault, etc. Therefore, subject to their joint effects, the karstification of the precipitation on the Ordovician carbonate rocks occurs only within a certain depth （most about 200 m） under the unconformity surface, deeper than which carbonate minerals begin to sedimentate and fill the karst caves that were formed previously.
