Interactions between wind and water erosion change sediment yield and particle distribution under simulated conditions

Wind and water erosion are among the most important causes of soil loss, and understanding their interactions is important for estimating soil quality and environmental impacts in regions where both types of erosion occur. We used a wind tunnel and simulated rainfall to study sediment yield, particle-size distribution and the fractal dimension of the sediment particles under wind and water erosion. The experiment was conducted with wind ero- sion firstly and water erosion thereafter, under three wind speeds （0, 11 and 14 m/s） and three rainfall intensities （60, 80 and 100 ram/h）. The results showed that the sediment yield was positively correlated with wind speed and rain- fall intensity （P〈0.01）. Wind erosion exacerbated water erosion and increased sediment yield by 7.25%-38.97% relative to the absence of wind erosion. Wind erosion changed the sediment particle distribution by influencing the micro-topography of the sloping land surface. The clay, silt and sand contents of eroded sediment were also posi- tively correlated with wind speed and rainfall intensity （P〈0.01）. Wind erosion increased clay and silt contents by 0.35%-19.60% and 5.80%-21.10%, respectively, and decreased sand content by 2.40%-8.33%, relative to the absence of wind erosion. The effect of wind erosion on sediment particles became weaker with increasing rainfall intensities, which was consistent with the variation in sediment yield. However, particle-size distribution was not closely correlated with sediment yield （P〉0.05）. The fractal dimension of the sediment particles was significantly different under different intensities of water erosion （P〈0.05）, but no significant difference was found under wind and water erosion. The findings reported in this study implicated that both water and wind erosion should be controlled to reduce their intensifying effects, and the controlling of wind erosion could significantly reduce water erosion in this wind-water erosion crisscross region.

A review of the research on complex erosion by wind and water

Complex erosion by wind and water, which is also called aeolian-fluvial interactions, is an important erosion process and landscape in arid and semiarid regions. The effectiveness of links between wind and water process, spatial environmental transitions and temporal environmental change are the three main driving forces determining the geomorphologic significance of aeolian-fluvial interactions. As a complex interrelating and intercoupling system, complex erosion by wind and water has spatial- temporal variation features. The process of complex erosion by wind and water can be divided into palaeoenvironmental process and contemporary process. Early work in drylands has often been attributed to one of two schools advocating either an ＇aeolianist＇ or a ＇fluvialist＇ perspective, so it was not until the 1930s that the research on complex erosion by wind and water had been conducted. There are two obstacles restricting the research of complex erosion by wind and water. Firstly, how to transform in different temporal and spatial scales is still unsettled; and secondly, the research methodology is still immature. In the future, the mechanism and control of erosion, the complex soil erodibility in wind and water erosion will be the focus of research on complex erosion by wind and water.

An experimental study on the influences of water erosion on wind erosion in arid and semi-arid regions

Complex erosion by wind and water causes serious harm in arid and semi-arid regions. The interaction mechanisms between water erosion and wind erosion is the key to further our understanding of the complex erosion. Therefore, in-depth understandings of the influences of water erosion on wind erosion is needed. This research used a wind tunnel and two rainfall simulators to investigate the influences of water erosion on succeeding wind erosion. The wind erosion measurements before and after water erosion were run on semi-fixed aeolian sandy soil configured with three slopes(5°, 10° and 15°), six wind speeds(0, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 20 m/s), and five rainfall intensities(0, 30, 45, 60 and 75 mm/h). Results showed that water erosion generally restrained the succeeding wind erosion. At a same slope, the restraining effects decreased as rainfall intensity increased, which decreased from 70.63% to 50.20% with rainfall intensity increased from 30 to 75 mm/h. Rills shaped by water erosion could weaken the restraining effects at wind speed exceeding 15 m/s mainly by cutting through the fine grain layer, exposing the sand layer prone to wind erosion to airflow. In addition, the restraining effects varied greatly among different soil types. The restraining effects of rainfall on the succeeding wind erosion depend on the formation of a coarsening layer with a crust and a compact fine grain layer after rainfall. The findings can deepen the understanding of the complex erosion and provide scientific basis for regional soil and water conservation in arid and semi-arid regions.

An experimental study on the influences of wind erosion on water erosion

In semi-arid regions, complex erosion resulted from a combination of wind and water actions has led to a massive soil loss and a comprehensive understanding of its mechanism is the first step toward prevention of the erosion. However, the mutual influences between wind erosion and water erosion have not been fully understood. This research used a wind tunnel and two rainfall simulators and simulated two rounds of alternations between wind erosion and water erosion（i.e., 1^（st） wind erosion–1^（st） water erosion and 2^（nd） wind erosion–2^（nd） water erosion） on three slopes（5°, 10°, and 15°） with six wind speeds（0, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 20 m/s） and five rainfall intensities（0, 30, 45, 60, and 75 mm/h）. The objective was to analyze the influences of wind erosion on succeeding water erosion. Results showed that the effects of wind erosion on water erosion were not the same in the two rounds of tests. In the 1^（st） round of tests, wind erosion first restrained and then intensified water erosion mostly because the blocking effect of wind-sculpted micro-topography on surface flow was weakened with the increase in slope. In the 2^（nd） round of tests, wind erosion intensified water erosion on beds with no rills at gentle slopes and low rainfall intensities or with large-size rills at steep slopes and high rainfall intensities. Wind erosion restrained water erosion on beds with small rills at moderate slopes and moderate rainfall intensities. The effects were mainly related to the fine grain layer, rills and slope of the original bed in the 2^（nd） round of tests. The findings can deepen our understanding of complex erosion resulted from a combination of wind and water actions and provide scientific references to regional soil and water conservation.

Relationship Between Watershed Landscape Pattern Change and Runoff-Sediment in Wind-Water Erosion Crisscross Region

This paper selected the typical wind-water erosion crisscross region Xiliugou watershed for research to reveal the impact of the landscape pattern change of the underlying surface in wind-water erosion crisscross region where soil erosion is most serious on rainfall and runoff as well as erosion and sediment.Based on the Landsat TM image data and measured data of runoff-sediment in that watershed,the paper analyzed the characteristics of watershed landscape pattern change and runoff-sediment and explored the relationship between landscape index and runoff-sediment yield by means of GIS and Fragstats.The results were included as follows.(1)Grassland was the dominant landscape.In terms of the number of patches and area change rate,from 1985 to 2010,cultivated land,forest land and construction land were most stable,followed by unused land.Unused land,grassland and cultivated land experienced the most dramatic conversion and maximally affected by human activities.(2)The inter-annual difference between annual runoff and annual sediment load was significant.Compared with the annual sediment load,the trend of decreasing runoff was more obvious.The correlation coefficient of runoff-sediment was 0.67,representing a significant correlation.(3)There was a significant correlation between the landscape index and runoff-sediment.The runoff was negatively correlated with the largest patch index,patch cohesion index,aggregation index and contagion index,but positively correlated with landscape morphology index and landscape division index.And the sediment was negatively correlated with the contagion index,aggregation index and plaque cohesion index,but positively correlated with other landscape indexes.The results indicate that with the increase of the largest patch index,patch cohesion index and aggregation index,the rainfall infiltration capacity increase obviously and the soil erosion reduce significantly.Therefore,increasing the largest patch index,patch cohesion and aggregation index of the watershed landscape can enhance the function of water storage and soil conservation as well as ecological optimization in the windwater erosion crisscross region.The results can provide theoretical support for the ecological environment construction and comprehensive utilization of water and soil resources.

On the Variability of Charleston South Carolina Winds, Atmospheric Temperatures, Water Levels, Waves and Precipitation

Atmospheric winds, air temperatures, water levels, precipitation and oceanic waves in the Charleston South Carolina (SC) coastal zone are evaluated for their intrinsic, internal variability over temporal scales ranging from hours to multi-decades. The purpose of this study was to bring together a plethora of atmospheric and coastal ocean state variable data in a specific locale, to assess temporal variabilities and possible relationships between variables. The questions addressed relate to the concepts of weather and climate. Data comprise the basis of this study. The overall distributions of atmospheric and coastal oceanic state variable variability, including wind speed, direction and kinematic distributions and state variable amplitudes over a variety of time scales are assessed. Annual variability is shown to be highly variable from year to year, making arithmetic means mathematically tractable but physically meaningless. Employing empirical and statistical methodologies, data analyses indicate the same number of intrinsic, internal modes of temporal variability in atmospheric temperatures, coastal wind and coastal water level time series, ranging from hours to days to weeks to seasons, sub-seasons, annual, multi-year, decades, and centennial time scales. This finding demonstrates that the atmosphere and coastal ocean in a southeastern U.S. coastal city are characterized by a set of similar frequency and amplitude modulated phenomena. Kinematic hodograph descriptors of atmospheric winds reveal coherent rotating and rectilinear particle motions. A mathematical statistics-based wind to wave-to-wave algorithm is developed and applied to offshore marine buoy data to create an hour-by-hour forecast capability from 1 to 24 hours;with confidence levels put forward. This affects a different approach to the conventional deterministic model forecasting of waves.

EFFECT OF WATER DEPTH ON WIND-WAVE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM Ⅱ. VERIFICATION AND COMPARISON

The spectrum derived in Part 1 of the presert paper is here systematically verified with field data andcompared at some length with that obtained by multiplying the deep-water spectrum with theKitaigorodskii factor.

Want to Be Happy? Consult Wind and Water

PEOPLE all over the world love their homes anddesire a happy family life.Chinese people are no dif-ferent, but have the enviable capacity to place and arrange their homes in a manner that guarantees auspiciousness for the whole family. This know-how is based on the art or science of fengshui.Fengshui became a generally known term in the West around 20 years ago. Today it is a source of fascination to thousands, as may

Pressure Distribution Induced by Ionic Wind in Needle-to-water Corona Discharge

The negative DC corona discharge in air at atmospheric pressure was investigated in a needle-to-water system to obtain the pressure distribution of corona ionic wind.The deformation of water surface was measured and the distribution of wind pressure over the water surface was calculated.The effects of varying discharge parameters,such as applied voltage,gap spacing,tip radius of needle,and the shape of grounded electrode,on the wind pressure were studied.The measured wind pressure ranges from several Pa to several tens of Pa and up to 33 Pa over a small area;the pressure is comparatively large in the center and decreases quickly outwards.In the experiment system,a higher voltage on a 3 mm gap resulted in a stronger pressure of the ionic wind;around the onset voltage,using a needle with tip radius of 50μm obtained a larger wind pressure than using a needle with 100μm tip radius,but the latter one can produce larger pressure at higher voltages.Plus,the shape of the grounded electrode only influences the wind pressure a little.

Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation in Shallow Water Lattice Boltzmann Model

A lattice Boltzmann (LB) model with overall second-order accuracy is applied to the 1.5-layer shallow water equation for a wind-driven double-gyre ocean circulation. By introducing the second-order integral approximation for the collision operator, the model becomes fully explicit. In this case, any iterative technique is not needed. The Coriolis force and other external forces are included in the model with second-order accuracy, which is consistent with the discretized accuracy of the LB equation. The numerical results show correct physics of the ocean circulation driven by the double-gyre wind stress with different Reynolds numbers and different spatial resolutions. An intrinsic low-frequency variability of the shallow water model is also found. The wind-driven ocean circulation exhibits subannual and interannual oscillations, which are comparable to those of models in which the conventional numerical methods are used.

Wind-Driven Slanting Profile Wave Derived from the Unified Variational Principle of Water Gravity Wave

Considering that at present the regular waves in common use have the profile symmetrized to a vertical axis, which are different from actual wind-driven sea waves, and based on deriving linear wave, solitary wave, fifth order Stokes wave and stream function wave by using Unified Variational Principle of Water Gravity Wave (UVPWGW), this paper derives wind-driven slanting profile wave by using UVPWGW. Its feature is that under the action of wind pressure, the wave profile is not symmetrized to a vertical axis, but that it is in the forward slanting form.

Trends in Wind-Power Desalination for Water Supply

Water scarcity is a threat for mankind and its symptoms have been aggravated by several factors such as climate change effects, increase in population and accelerated urbanization. Among the alternatives of water supply, the desalination has become one of the most sustainable solutions to provide freshwater. However, the process of desalination requires high quantities of energy and the use of renewable energy sources can make the technology affordable for regions characterized by fresh-water scarcity where the supply from electricity is not accessible. In this context, wind power can be singled out because of the constant innovations and progress of the wind power industry, which grows rapidly worldwide. This study aims to use patent applications for the technological forecasting of wind-powered desalination in order to analyse its innovation potential. China is the leader country in the technological development of this field, accounting for almost 80% of patent applications in the last 17 years. The patents analysis showed that innovations are being developed to combine the wind power, mainly, with Reverse Osmosis technology. This study also shows the immense potential of integrating of these two technologies as a strategic alternative for remote regions affected by a lack of freshwater and with no electricity access.

Influence of liquid water content on wind turbine blade icing by numerical simulation

In order to research the influence of liquid water content ( LWC ) on blade icing of wind turbine, a numerical simulation method for blade icing was established. The numerical simulation was based on low speed viscous N-S equation. The trajectory equation of water droplets was established by Lagrangian method. The mass and energy conservation equations of the water droplets impacting on the surface of the blade were solved based on control body theory. Three sections along blade span wise of a 1.5 MW wind turbine were decided to simulate icing. Five kinds of LWC were selected for simulation including 0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8 and 1.0 g/m^3 under two ambient temperatures of -10 ℃ and -20 ℃. The medium volume droplet diameter ( MVD ) was 30μm. The simulations included icing shape on blade surface, dimensionless icing area and dimensionless maximum stagnation thickness. Furthermore, the flow fields around both the iced blade airfoil and the original one were simulated and analyzed. Accor-ding to the results, the typical icing characteristics of icing shape, icing area and thickness were greatly affected by the difference of LWCs. This study can provide theoretical reference for the research on antiicing and deicing of wind turbine blade.

Application of Life-Cycle Assessment for the Study of Carbon and Water Footprints of the 16.5 MWe Wind Farm in Villonaco, Loja, Ecuador

Wind technology is considered to be among the most promising types of renewable energy sources, and due to high oil prices and growing concerns about climate change and energy security, it has been the subject of extensive considerations in recent years, including questions related to the relative sustainability of electricity production when the manufacturing, assembly, transportation and dismantling processes of these facilities are taken into account. The present article evaluates the environmental impacts, carbon emissions and water consumption, derived from the production of electric energy of the Villonaco wind farm, located in Loja, Ecuador, during its entire life cycle, using the Life Cycle Analysis for this purpose. Finally, it is concluded that wind energy has greater environmental advantages since it has lower values of carbon and water footprints than other energy sources. Additionally, with the techniques Cumulative Energy Demand and Energy Return on Investment, sustainability in the production of electricity from wind power in Ecuador is demonstrated;and, that due to issues of vulnerability to climate change, the diversification of its energy mix is essential considering the inclusion of non-conventional renewable sources such as solar or wind, this being the only way to reduce both the carbon footprint and the water from the energy supply.

基于水电储能调节的风光水发电联合优化调度策略

为缓解新能源装机容量扩大引起的弃风弃光现象,在已有梯级水电上下电站之间加入储能泵站,提出风光水储短期优化调度策略。构建以风光水储系统负荷跟踪误差最小、梯级水电站发电量最大和梯级水电站发电耗水量最小的多目标优化调度模型;提出基于季节性自回归移动平均(seasonal auto-regressive lntegrated moving average, SARIMA)模型和Copula函数的风光出力预测模型作为优化调度模型的边界条件,通过SARIMA预测模型将风光出力历史数据分解为季节性分量、趋势分量以及随机噪声余项进行全天96个调度时段风光出力预测,并叠加上基于Copula函数生成风光出力预测误差,然后通过拉丁超立方采样以及K-means聚类进行场景生成和缩减得到5个风光出力场景。选取风光典型日出力数据为例进行算例分析,算例结果表明:所提预测模型较SARIMA模型可以显著提高预测准确度,模型预测风光出力均方根误差从33.34、229.49 MW分别下降至0.697、9.534 MW;所提优化调度策略可以在全年丰、平、枯水期有效减少弃风弃光现象,并可将过剩新能源中的50%转化为上级水库储存水能。

公路隧道风光水储互补发电系统容量配置研究

为降低公路隧道的电力运营成本,探究可再生能源互补发电系统在公路隧道的应用前景,研究合适的容量配置求解方法。建立利用风、光、水和储能设备的互补发电系统为公路隧道提供电力资源。以特长公路隧道(总长7.1 km)为估算模型,采用改进后的粒子群优化算法,即离散型自适应粒子群优化算法,以全生命周期的建设成本和设备维护成本最小为目标函数,以缺电负荷率(LPSP)和储能电池的状态为约束,对风力发电设备、光伏发电设备、水力发电设备和储能设备的最优容量配置进行求解。结果表明:1)对比标准粒子群算法,离散型自适应粒子群优化算法的总投入成本更少,寻优能力更强;2)对比该隧道1年的用电成本,前期投入将在5年内回本;3)在风光水储互补发电系统的设备全生命使用周期的20年内,该隧道可节省1 920.39万元电费。

小水深下浮式风机系泊系统配件特性研究

海上风能资源远超陆地,而我国海域随着离岸距离增加,大陆架水深增加幅度减缓,针对此特点,如何优化设计适应我国海域水深条件的系泊系统是目前发展浮式风机遇到的重大难题之一。本文以5MW-OC4半潜式浮式风机作为研究对象,浮式风机采用悬链线式系泊方式,使用SESAM软件在渤海某海域40 m水深下对浮式风机进行频域和时域计算。系泊配件在单独和组合使用时分别进行参数敏感性分析,再将浮筒和配重块组合使用对系泊系统进行优化。研究结果表明:浅水条件下,系泊配件组合使用和单独使用时改变相同系泊参数对浮式风机整体响应影响规律相同,但组合使用时改变系泊参数对系泊系统性能优化的效果要更明显,组合使用时更改配重块位置参数时均值的优化差值能达到15.7%,而纵荡、纵摇以及张力响应的优化差值基本都在10%以内,因此选择合理的配件组合方式可以显著改变浮式系统的整体特性并影响系统的安全性和成本。

海上桩基础注水加压拆除法的研究

近年来,全球海上风电发展势头迅猛.单桩基础作为最早应用于海上风电的基础类型,在全球风场中占据主导地位.现有风机的寿命一般约为20年,预计未来10年将迎来大量风机退役,这使得海上桩基础的回收问题变得愈发重要.为更好地解决海上桩基础退役拆除问题,本文通过物理模型实验的方式对注水加压拆除法进行了研究.实验结果显示:大直径桩基础拆除时所需压强更小,更易通过注水加压拆除法进行拆除;桩基础初始倾角对注水加压拆除所需压强影响较小,但初始倾角越大基础越易倾倒;拆除过程中桩基础单位位移引起的舱内压强下降幅度始终相同,不受基础直径、入泥深度以及倾角的影响.根据物理模型实验数据,结合土力学、水力学相关理论,建立了注水加压拆除法全过程理论模型,可大致预测不同桩径、不同入泥深度桩基础的启动舱内压强与舱内压强-位移曲线,并且在此基础上,结合渗流计算,利用有限元模型对水泵在注水回收过程中可产生的最大舱内压强进行了预测,对比最大舱内压强与基础拆除所需的启动舱内压强即可判断此水泵能否用于注水加压拆除.本文所得结论可为海上风电桩基础的退役处理提供参考,有助于保障风场海床资源的可持续利用,具有一定的工程价值.

Case analysis of water exchange between the Bohai and Yellow Seas in response to high winds in winter

Based on the data from a special project titled China's Offshore Marine Integrated Investigation and Evaluation as well as Regional Ocean Modeling Systems(ROMS)diagnostic numerical model,we studied the influence of high wind processes on the circulation and water exchange between the Bohai and Yellow Seas(BYS)in winter.The results show that the vertical structure of the Yellow Sea Warm Current(YSWC)is relatively uniform under condition of high winds,showing obvious barotropic features.However,this flow is not a stable mean flow,showing strong paroxysmal and reciprocating characteristics.A comparison of the changes in sea level suggests that the intensity of the northwards upwind flow is consistent with the abnormal fluctuations in the sea level.It indicates that the upwind flow is closely related to the water exchange between the BYS.The impact of high wind processes on the water exchange between the BYS is enormous.It can make the flux through the Bohai Strait,as well as that through the mouth of each constituent bay(i.e.,Liaodong Bay,Bohai Bay,and Laizhou Bay)far greater than usual,resulting in a significant increase in the water exchange rate.The exchange capacity,which is about 8%of the total volume of the Bohai Sea,can be completed in a few days.Therefore,the water exchange of the Bohai Sea may be completed by only a few occasional high wind processes in winter.

深远海浮式风电装备对徐闻附近海域优势物种生理生化指标的影响

[目的]研究深远海浮式风电的建设及运营对周边海域渔业资源的影响。[方法]对徐闻罗斗沙海域深远海浮式风电装备机位点附近海域的S1站点(距机位点约4 km处)和S3站点(距机位点约5 km处)进行拖网取样,选择优势物种南洋舌鳎(Cynoglossidae lida)和哈氏仿对虾(Parapenaeopsis hardwickii)为试验对象,探讨深远海浮式风电装备运行对优势物种生理生化指标的影响。[结果]S3站点南洋舌鳎肝脏中褪黑素(MT)、多巴胺(DA)、白蛋白(ALB)、5-羟色胺(5-HT)含量及半胱氨酸蛋白酶3(Casp-3)、酸性磷酸酶(ACP)活性显著高于S1站点(P<0.05),S3站点南洋舌鳎鳃中ALB含量及Casp-3、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、ACP活性显著高于S1站点(P<0.05);S3站点哈氏仿对虾肝胰腺中DA、ALB、5-HT含量及Casp-3、ALP、ACP活性显著高于S1站点(P<0.05),S3站点哈氏仿对虾鳃中MT、ALB含量及ALP、ACP活性显著高于S1站点(P<0.05)。[结论]深远海浮式风电在一定范围内对徐闻附近海域优势物种的生理生化指标有一定的影响。