Unit GDP Energy Consumption in 2006:Moving from Increase to Decline

On July 12, Xie Fuzhan, Commissioner of National Bureau of Statistics of China attended the press conference held by State Council Information Office, and delivered the report on China＇s national unit GDP energy consumption in 2006, presenting with major indicators of unit GDP energy consumption both at national and regional levels in the year 2006.

Analysis of Energy Consumption and Energy Conservation Measures for RFCCU at Shengli Petrochemical Company

This article introduces a string of energy conservation measures adopted over the past sev- eral years by the RFCC unit at Shengli Petrochemical Complex, including the optimization of feedstock properties, the adoption of high-efficiency atomizing nozzles, the revamp of CO boiler, the atomization by means of dry gas, the post-burning of flue gas as well as the application of frequency converting machines and pumps, resulting in ideal effects. The energy consumption of the RFCC unit was gradually decreased to 2984.25 MJ/t from the original level of 3716.99 MJ/t. After comparing basic energy con- sumption values with actual consumption values, the authors have set forward measures for further energy conservation, such as the recovery of low-temperature excess heat contained in oil/gas streams exiting from the fractionation tower top, addition of the fourth cyclone, delivery of hot oil slurry, and heat tracing with hot water.

Optimization of drilling and blasting operations in an open pit mine——the SOMAIR experience

Drilling and blasting play vital roles in opencast mining. These operations not only affect the cost of production directly but as well and significantly, the overall operational costs. This research was carried out to find a possible way of optimizing the drilling and blasting operations in an open pit mine of Somair (Société des Mines de l’Air), in the Niger Republic. In order to optimize the drilling operation, the time taken by two drilling machines to accomplish the same task was analyzed statistically. The result indicates that the Down the Hole Hammer Drilling Rig (DMNo406) is more efficient than the Drill Master (DM405). The relative unit consumption of two explosives (Explus and Nitram 9), when used under the same operating conditions, were also considered and the results indicate Explus to be more economical per unit consumption with a range of 0.15 g/t–0.183 g/t, when compared with Nitram 9 with a unit consumption range of 0.19 g/t-0.24 g/t in the study area.

The MIP Technology and Its Commercial Application

This article introduces the specifics of the MIP technology involving respectively the case for production of clean gasoline, the case for producing clean gasoline coupled with production of diesel and the case for producing gasoline with increased output of propylene. The performance of the MIP units that were in operation was wrapped up. Test results have shown that the MIP technology is characterized by improved product distribution as evidenced by the reduced yields of dry gas and slurry and the increased total liquid yield; the upgraded product quality as evidenced by the reduced olefin and sulphur contents in gasoline; and the more ideal techno-economic indicators as evidenced by the reduced unit consumption of catalyst and the reduced energy consumption of the process unit.

Effect of impeller type and scale-up on spatial distribution of shear rate in a stirred tank

The main spatial distribution features of shear rate in a stirred tank operated with five different radial and axial flow impellers were presented with particle image velocimetry(PIV)experiments.Not only the average shear rate in the whole tank but also the local value in the vicinity of impeller increases linearly with impeller speed.Furthermore,the shear coefficient(Ks,imp)at the impeller outlet is linearly related to the impeller flow number(Nq)and decreases with the increase of Nq in general at the constant power consumption per unit volume(Pv).During scale-up based on the constant Pv and geometric similarity,CFD results show that the volume-averaged shear rate(cavg)for RDT decreases faster than that of other impellers with the impeller tip velocity(Utip).The novel multi-blade combined(MBC)impeller with the increased height-to-diameter ratio of the stirred tank is able to more effectively improve the distribution uniformity of shear rate at the same Pv after scale-up.These studies provide a data basis for selecting the impeller types and improving the shear rate environment in the large-scale stirred tank.

Optimization of water use structure and plantation benefit of unit water consumption using fractional programming and conditional value-at-risk model

For optimizing the water-use structure and increasing plantation benefit of unit water consumption,a multi-objective model for water resources utilization was established based on fractional programming(FP).Meanwhile,considering the stochasticity of water availability in the study area,the impact of the risk factor(λ)from a quantitative and qualitative perspective was analyzed.The chance-constrained programming(CCP)and conditional value-at-risk(CVaR)models were introduced into five important major grain production areas in Sanjiang Plain,and the crop planting structure under this condition was optimized.The results showed that,after optimization,overall benefit of cultivation increased from 42.07 billion Yuan to 42.47 billion Yuan,water consumption decreased from 15.90 billion m3 to 11.95 billion m3,the plantation benefit of unit water consumption increased from 2.65 Yuan/m3 to 3.55 Yuan/m3.Furthermore,the index of water consumption,benefit of cultivation and plantation benefit of unit water consumption showed an increasing trend with the increase of violation likelihood.However,through the quantification ofλfrom an economic perspective,the increasing ofλcould not enhance plantation benefit of unit water consumption significantly.

Energy-Saving Optimization Study on 700℃ Double Reheat Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Generation System

700°C double reheat advanced ultra-supercritical power generation technology is one of the most important development directions for the efficient and clean utilization of coal.To solve the great exergy loss problem caused by the high superheat degrees of regenerative steam extractions in 700°C double reheat advanced ultra-supercritical power generation system,two optimization systems are proposed in this paper.System 1 is integrated with the back pressure extraction steam turbine,and system 2 is simultaneously integrated with both the outside steam cooler and back pressure extraction steam turbine.The system performance models are built by the Ebsilon Professional software.The performances of optimized systems are analyzed by the unit consumption method.The off-design performances of optimization systems are analyzed.The results show that:the standard power generation coal consumption rates of optimization systems 1 and 2 are decreased by 1.88 g·(kW·h)^(–1),2.97 g·(kW·h)^(–1)compared with that of the 700°C reference system;the average superheat degrees of regenerative steam extractions of optimized systems 1 and 2 are decreased by 122.2°C,140.7°C(100%turbine heat acceptance condition),respectively.The comparison results also show that the performance of the optimized system 2 is better than those of the optimized system 1 and the 700°C reference system.The power generation standard coal consumption rate and the power generation efficiency of the optimized system 2 are about 232.08 g·(kW·h)^(–1)and 52.96%(100%turbine heat acceptance condition),respectively.

Uniformity and energy evaluation of equal cross-section ventilation system(ECVS)for long tunnel in underground buildings

Uniform ventilation is important for the safety of long tunnel in underground buildings,it is difficult to install the large size air duct to ensure the centerline of each cross-section of the traditional variable cross-section ventila-tion system(VCVS)superimposed on the same horizontal axis,which is significant to the ventilation uniformity,energy consumption and installation convenience of the VCVS.On the contrary,each cross-section of the Equal Cross-section Ventilation System(ECVS)has the same horizontal axis,therefore,it is more convenient to manu-facture and install the large size air duct in the underground long tunnel and achieve uniform ventilation.This study proposes an ECVS,using computational fluid dynamics(CFD)numerical simulation analyzed the influences of main duct velocity,aspect ratio,and outlet numbers on uniformity and energy consumption per unit air vol-ume(ECPV).It revealed that when each ventilation equalizer’s valve Angle𝛽is given,uniformity of air supply decreases slightly with an increase in the inlet velocity.When the air supply main duct aspect ratio increases,the outlet velocity standard deviation range is from 0.22 to 0.34.When outlet numbers N=7~12 and𝛽are constant,air supply uniformity and resistance coefficient𝜉also decrease with the decrease of outlet numbers.The outlet number has a significant influence on the uniformity of system air supply,main duct velocity,and aspect ratio are relatively small.ECPV is positively correlated with the main duct velocity and outlet number,and is negatively correlated with aspect ratio.