The cold-region eco-environments along the China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline (CRCOP) in northern Northeast China are in disequilibrium due to the combined influences of pronounced climate warming and intensive anthropog...The cold-region eco-environments along the China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline (CRCOP) in northern Northeast China are in disequilibrium due to the combined influences of pronounced climate warming and intensive anthropogenic activities.This is evidenced by the sharp areal reduction and northward shifting of the boreal forests,shrinking of wetlands,enhancing of soil erosion,accelerating degradation of permafrost and deteriorating of cold-region eco-environments.The degradation of permafrost plays an important role as an internal drive in the eco-environmental changes.Many components of the cold-region eco-environments,including frozen ground,forests,wetlands and peatlands,forest fires and 'heating island effect' of rapid urbanization,are interdependent,interactive,and integrated in the boreal ecosystems.The construction and long-term operation of the CRCOP system will inevitably disturb the cold-region environments along the pipeline.Therefore,a mandatory and carefully-elaborated environ-mental impact statement is indispensable for the proper mitigation of the ensued adverse impacts.Proper management,effective protection and practical rehabilitation of the damaged cold-region environments are a daunting,costly and long-term commitment.The recommended measures for protection and restoration of permafrost eco-environments along the pipeline route include adequate investigation,assessment and monitoring of permafrost and cold-region environments,compliance of pipeline construction and operation codes for environmental management,proper and timely re-vegetation,returning the cultivated lands to forests and grasslands,and effective mitigation of forest fire hazards.展开更多
The batch transportation process of several kinds of crude oil is accomplished by an entire coupled pipeline system,which exhibits complex thermo-hydraulic characteristics.Based on the coupled characteristics among so...The batch transportation process of several kinds of crude oil is accomplished by an entire coupled pipeline system,which exhibits complex thermo-hydraulic characteristics.Based on the coupled characteristics among soil,pipelines and devices(including pumps,heating furnaces and valves),a coupled simulation model of batch transportation for the crude oil pipeline system is established,and a novel coupled simulation algorithm is proposed.The simulation results are in good agreement with the field data of an actual crude oil pipeline system.In addition,based on the numerical simulation,thermo-hydraulic characteristics of pipeline system are investigated,and some new thermo-hydraulic characteristics are obtained.In the batch transportation process with constant flowrate,the change trends of temperature at the outlet of each pipeline segment are hysteretic and the change ranges of temperature become small along mileage.And the adjustment of devices influences thermohydraulic characteristics to some extent.In the batch transportation process with variable flowrate,the complex thermo-hydraulic characteristics are exhibited,which are induced by the comprehensive influence of the changes of oil type,flowrate and absorbed/released heat.Compared with the transportation process with constant flowrate,the high-viscosity oil exhibits similar minimum temperature and lower maximum pressure in the transportation process with variable flowrate,which means that the higher transportation safety of pipeline system is obtained.This study can provide a scientific reference for making the safer batch transportation scheme of crude oil pipeline system.展开更多
基金funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Knowledge Innovation Program (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-311)the Chinese Academy of Sciences 100-Talents Program (HuiJun Jin)
文摘The cold-region eco-environments along the China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline (CRCOP) in northern Northeast China are in disequilibrium due to the combined influences of pronounced climate warming and intensive anthropogenic activities.This is evidenced by the sharp areal reduction and northward shifting of the boreal forests,shrinking of wetlands,enhancing of soil erosion,accelerating degradation of permafrost and deteriorating of cold-region eco-environments.The degradation of permafrost plays an important role as an internal drive in the eco-environmental changes.Many components of the cold-region eco-environments,including frozen ground,forests,wetlands and peatlands,forest fires and 'heating island effect' of rapid urbanization,are interdependent,interactive,and integrated in the boreal ecosystems.The construction and long-term operation of the CRCOP system will inevitably disturb the cold-region environments along the pipeline.Therefore,a mandatory and carefully-elaborated environ-mental impact statement is indispensable for the proper mitigation of the ensued adverse impacts.Proper management,effective protection and practical rehabilitation of the damaged cold-region environments are a daunting,costly and long-term commitment.The recommended measures for protection and restoration of permafrost eco-environments along the pipeline route include adequate investigation,assessment and monitoring of permafrost and cold-region environments,compliance of pipeline construction and operation codes for environmental management,proper and timely re-vegetation,returning the cultivated lands to forests and grasslands,and effective mitigation of forest fire hazards.
基金supported by the fund of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission(No.22019821001)Award Cultivation Foundation from Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology(No.BIPTACF-002)。
文摘The batch transportation process of several kinds of crude oil is accomplished by an entire coupled pipeline system,which exhibits complex thermo-hydraulic characteristics.Based on the coupled characteristics among soil,pipelines and devices(including pumps,heating furnaces and valves),a coupled simulation model of batch transportation for the crude oil pipeline system is established,and a novel coupled simulation algorithm is proposed.The simulation results are in good agreement with the field data of an actual crude oil pipeline system.In addition,based on the numerical simulation,thermo-hydraulic characteristics of pipeline system are investigated,and some new thermo-hydraulic characteristics are obtained.In the batch transportation process with constant flowrate,the change trends of temperature at the outlet of each pipeline segment are hysteretic and the change ranges of temperature become small along mileage.And the adjustment of devices influences thermohydraulic characteristics to some extent.In the batch transportation process with variable flowrate,the complex thermo-hydraulic characteristics are exhibited,which are induced by the comprehensive influence of the changes of oil type,flowrate and absorbed/released heat.Compared with the transportation process with constant flowrate,the high-viscosity oil exhibits similar minimum temperature and lower maximum pressure in the transportation process with variable flowrate,which means that the higher transportation safety of pipeline system is obtained.This study can provide a scientific reference for making the safer batch transportation scheme of crude oil pipeline system.