Responses of Maximum Photosystem H PhotochemicalEfficiency of Phytoplankton Communities to NutrientLimitation in the Coastal Sea of Qingdao, China

Nutrient enrichment experiments with nitrogen （N） and phosphorus （P） were conducted with samples from two stationsin the coastal waters of Qingdao, China, during summer to identify limiting nutrients. In late July of 2009, low P concentrations andthe maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem II （Fv/Fm） in the initial samples together with Fv/Fm and chlorophyll a （Chl a）responses to P addition indicated P limitation at the two stations. In early August, low P levels still limited phytoplankton growth atstation A. Fv/Fm and Chl a were the highest in the NP treatments at station B, suggesting an N/P co-limitation. In mid-September,nutrient concentrations and Fv/Fm were elevated and phytoplankton communities were healthy. Greater Fv/Fm and Chl a in the treat-ments with added P than those without the addition suggested potential P limitation at station A. Lack of Fv/Fm and Chl a responsesfollowing nutrient additions indicated N and P repletion at station B. At the end of July 2010, neither N nor P was limited at station B.Additionally, Fv/Fm coupled with 24-h-long nutrient enrichment experiments can be used to detect P limitation and N/P co-limitationto natural populations. This method can be more accurate for assessing co-limitation than the use of criteria of nutrient concentrationsand ratios as indicators, and can provide more rapid results than nutrient addition bioassays using chlorophyll response as an indica-tor, when a population is potentially limited. Compared with the two conventional methods, the results based on F,/F~ can also pro-vide more detailed information about physiological states of the populations.

Asymptotic Efficiency of the Maximum Likelihood Estimator for the Box-Cox Transformation Model with Heteroscedastic Disturbances

This paper considers the asymptotic efficiency of the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for the Box-Cox transformation model with heteroscedastic disturbances. The MLE under the normality assumption (BC MLE) is a consistent and asymptotically efficient estimator if the “small ” condition is satisfied and the number of parameters is finite. However, the BC MLE cannot be asymptotically efficient and its rate of convergence is slower than ordinal order when the number of parameters goes to infinity. Anew consistent estimator of order is proposed. One important implication of this study is that estimation methods should be carefully chosen when the model contains many parameters in actual empirical studies.

Spectral and Energy Efficiency of Downlink MU-MIMO Systems with MRT

This paper studies the achievable spectral efficiency(SE)of downlink multiuser multiple-input-multiple-output(MIMO)system,where the base station(BS)is deployed an arbitrary finite antenna number and communicates simultaneously with many users. We assume that the BS has accurate channel state information(CSI)and adopt maximum ratio transmission(MRT)precoding. An accurate analytical result for the achievable SE is obtained. Based on the analytical result on the achievable SE,we further study the achievable energy efficiency(EE)of multiuser MIMO system by considering an energy consumption model. Results indicate that the increasing number of BS antennas can boost the achievable SE of system,whilst the achievable SE tends to a saturated rate in the high signal-tonoise ratios(SNR)regime. Furthermore,an important conclusion is that the increasing number of users is beneficial for the achievable EE and there is an optimal antenna number to maximize the EE of system.

Temperature Effect on Light Concentration Silicon Solar Cell’s Operating Point and Conversion Efficiency

It is well known that temperature acts negatively on practically all the parameters of photovoltaic solar cells. Also, the solar cells which are subjected to particularly very high temperatures are the light concentration solar cells and are used in light concentration photovoltaic systems (CPV). In fact, the significant heating of these solar cells is due to the concentration of the solar flux which arrives on them. Light concentration solar cells appear as solar cells under strong influences of heating and temperature. It is therefore necessary to take into account temperature effect on light concentration solar cells performances in order to obtain realistic results. This one-dimensional study of a crystalline silicon solar cell under light concentration takes into account electrons concentration gradient electric field in the determination of the continuity equation of minority carriers in the base. To determine excess minority carrier’s density, the effects of temperature on the diffusion and mobility of electrons and holes, on the intrinsic concentration of electrons, on carrier’s generation rate as well as on width of band gap have also been taken into account. The results show that an increase of temperature improves diffusion parameters and leads to an increase of the short-circuit photocurrent density. However, an increase of temperature leads to a significant decrease in open-circuit photovoltage, maximum electric power and conversion efficiency. The results also show that the operating point and the maximum power point (MPP) moves to the open circuit when the cell temperature increases.

Efficiency of Severe Recorded Rainstorms over Maharashtra State

12 severe rainstorms have been experienced by different meteorological sub-divisions of Maharashtra State during the last 100-year period from 1891-1990. For each of the rainstorms efficiency factors (i.e. P/ M ratios) were worked out for maximum one-day duration and for three standard areas of 1000, 5000, and 10,000 km2. Comparison of these ratios with the past has shown that the most efficient rainstorm over Maharashtra was the rainstorm of June, 1908 over the Vidarbha region whose full DAD data as well as isohyetal pattern have been given.

Power Efficiency Calculation of Acoustic Energy Transmission by a Stepped-Plate Radiator

One performance measure of in-air ultrasonic radiators, such as wireless power transmission, is the power efficiency of the transducers. The efficiency of most in-air acoustic radiators is low, even at ultrasonic frequencies;however, a large radiating plate with steps introduced by Gallego-Juarez et al., can provide efficient radiation. Their in-air acoustic radiator consists of a Langevin transducer for wave excitation, a mechanical amplifier, and a stepped plate with a large radiating area. This study describes a design processing technique for a stepped-plate radiator developed for optimum energy transmission at the target point in air. The total efficiency required to transfer the acoustic energy was divided into three categories, and the design parameters of each category were calculated to maximize the efficiency. This design technique allows optimum acoustic radiation efficiency and maximum acoustic energy transmission depending on various acoustic energy transfer conditions.

Photochemical Efficiency during the Establishment and Consolidation Phases of in Vitro Pinus radiata Micrograft Made from Scions of Different Ontogenetic Age

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the applicability of maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) as an early estimate of P. radiata micrografts viability coming from different position (basal vs. apical) in the ortets. We hypothesize that Fv/Fm variation is a good indicator of micrograft’s viability and phenological stage during micrograft development. The micrografts were established in QL medium supplemented whit 0.1 mg·L-1 IBA and 1 mg·L-1 BAP and cultured at 25°C ± 2°C and 80 μmol photons m-2s-1 of photosynthetic active radiation by 16 h per day. During the establishment and consolidation phase, we found significant differences in Fv/Fm with respect to time and buds positions provenience. During establishment, basal shoot tips have lower Fv/Fm than apical shoot tips, which agrees with the lowest viability (35%). However, during the consolidation phase, the trend changed and basal shoot tips presented higher Fv/Fm than apical shoot tips and showed an increase in ETR and NPQ, with respect to apical shoots and ortet. Although the measurement of fluorescence parameters implies the insertion of the fluorometer sonde in vitro, this implies aseptic considerations, but always conveies a contamination risk. We conclude that fluorescence (Fv/Fm, ETR, NPQ) can be indicators of the micrograft’s development according to the shoot tips position in the ortet and can be useful early-indicators of the scions’ physiological condition during micrograft transition from establishment to consolidation.

Improving Energy and Power Efficiency Using NComputing and Approaches for Predicting Reliability of Complex Computing Systems

Opting to follow the computing-design philosophy that the best way to reduce power consumption and increase energy efficiency is to reduce waste, we propose an architecture with a very simple ready-implementation by using an NComputing device that can allow multi-users but only one computer is needed. This intuitively can save energy, space as well as cost. In this paper, we propose a simple and realistic NComputing architecture to study the energy and power-efficient consumption of desktop computer systems by using the NComputing device. We also propose new approaches to estimate the reliability of k-out-of-n systems based on the delta method. The k-out-of-n system consisting of n subsystems works if and only if at least k-of-the-n subsystems work. More specificly, we develop approaches to obtain the reliability estimation for the k-out-of-n systems which is composed of n independent and identically distributed subsystems where each subsystem （or energy-efficient usage application） can be assumed to follow a two-parameter exponential lifetime distribution function. The detailed derivations of reliability estimation of k-out-of-n systems based on the biased-corrected estimator, known as delta method, the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimate （UMVUE） and maximum likelihood estimate （MLE） are discussed. An energy-management NComputing application is discussed to illustrate the reliability results in terms of the energy consumption usages of a computer system with qua（t-core, 8 GB of RAM, and a GeForce 9800GX-2 graphics card to perform various complex applications. The estimated reliability values of systems based on the UMVUE and the delta method differ only slightly. Often the UMVUE of reliability for a complex system is a lot more difficult to obtain, if not impossible. The delta method seems to be a simple and better approach to obtain the reliability estimation of complex systems. The results of this study also show that, in practice, the NComputing architecture improves both energy cost saving and energy efficient living spaces.

Novel Switch Adaptive Control to Improve the Efficiency of Boost Converter in Photovoltaic Systems

The efficiency of photovoltaic power generation is affected by the changeable weather conditions. This paper improves the efficiency of a standalone PV system over a wider range of operating conditions by employing novel switch adaptive control to an interleaved boost converter. With various loads, simulation and experimental results show that the interleaved boost converter with novel switch adaptive control offers better performance and higher conversion efficiency under changeable weather conditions.

Quantifying the Efficiency Advantages of High Viscosity Index Hydraulic Fluids

By providing higher in-use viscosity at elevated operating temperatures,hydraulic fluids with high viscosity index improve the efficiency of the hydraulic system.For mobile hydraulic equipment this efficiency can be quantified as an increase in fuel economy.This paper reviews the research that demonstrates these efficiency advantages in gear,vane and piston pumps and presents a method for predicting the overall fuel economy for a fleet of hydraulic equipment in operation.Finally a `Maximum Efficiency Hydraulic Fluid’ performance definition is presented which will enable an equipment operator to easily improve the performance of the system and reduce fuel consumption.

基于改进YOLOv8的煤矿输送带异物检测

现有基于深度学习的输送带异物检测模型较大,难以在边缘设备部署,且对不同尺寸异物和小目标异物存在错检、漏检情况。针对上述问题,提出一种基于改进YOLOv8的煤矿输送带异物检测方法。采用深度可分离卷积、压缩和激励(SE)网络将YOLOv8主干网络中C2f模块的Bottleneck重新构建为DSBlock,在保持模型轻量化的同时提升检测性能;为增强对不同尺寸目标物体信息的获取能力,引入高效通道注意力(ECA)机制,并对ECA的输入层进行自适应平均池化和自适应最大池化操作,得到跨通道交互MECA模块,以增强模块的全局视觉信息,进一步提升异物识别精度;将YOLOv8的3个检测头修改为4个轻量化小目标检测头,以增强对小目标的敏感性,有效降低小目标异物的漏检率和错检率。实验结果表明:改进YOLOv8的精确度达91.69%,mAP@50达92.27%,较YOLOv8分别提升了3.09%和4.07%;改进YOLOv8的检测速度达73.92帧/s,可充分满足煤矿输送带异物实时检测的需求;改进YOLOv8的精确度、mAP@50、参数量、权重大小和每秒浮点运算数均优于SSD,Faster-RCNN,YOLOv5,YOLOv7-tiny等主流目标检测算法。

无线电能传输系统最大效率追踪及恒压输出复合控制方法

针对无线电能传输(WPT)系统的传输效率受耦合线圈之间的互感以及负载影响的特点,该文提出一种基于阻抗匹配技术的最大效率追踪及基于前馈PI控制的恒压输出复合控制方法。首先,对双边LCC型WPT系统的参数和传输效率进行分析,通过调整系统参数优化系统的传输效率。其次,在二次侧使用DC-DC变换器采用阻抗匹配的方法实现最大效率追踪,同时在一次侧采用DC-DC变换器利用前馈PI控制器闭环控制负载端电压实现恒压输出。该方法中,效率追踪和电压控制之间相互独立,互不干扰。此外,该方法还通过系统工作时的电路参数来估算线圈间的互感值,并通过线性拟合的方法对该估算互感值进行修正,得到更精确的互感估算值。最后,通过搭建实验平台验证了该方法的可行性和有效性。与PI控制相比,前馈PI控制方法在快速性和抗扰动性上均具有明显优势。

基于多端口网络理论的多负载WPT系统效率最大化研究

针对多负载无线电能传输系统效率的最大化问题,采用多端口网络理论分析并将系统效率最大化下的最优负载值问题转为求解广义特征值问题。首先,搭建单输入多输出多负载无线电能传输系统模型,结合端口网络理论和广义瑞利商深入研究系统最佳负载和最大效率之间的关系。在系统参数确定的前提下,通过对系统负载值进行设计,可以实现系统达到最高效率运行的状态,并应用对偶原理将理论成果推广至多负载电容式无线电能传输系统中;其次,采用遗传算法对多负载无线电能传输系统效率进行寻优,确定最佳负载值的正确性和可行性;最后,搭建了基于S-S拓扑的电感式无线电能传输系统实验平台,将单输入两输出、单输入三输出、单输入两不同、单输入三不同输出负载系统作为样本,仿真和实验数据对比验证了所提方法的正确性及最佳负载的可行性。

基于SAR阻抗匹配的WPT最大效率跟踪控制方法

无线电能传输(WPT)技术因其安全、便捷、非接触等优点而备受关注。最大效率传输是WPT系统中一个重要课题。传统的最大效率跟踪方法通常设定系统在固定耦合条件进行负载阻抗匹配,然而,耦合系数会在初级和次级线圈相对位置变化时不可避免地发生变化。提出基于耦合系数辨识与半有源整流(SAR)阻抗匹配的最大效率跟踪控制方法,该方法利用SAR结合耦合系数识别进行阻抗匹配,开关控制电容(SCC)补偿其阻抗虚部,避免了整流电路中非线性因素的影响。同时系统响应较快且控制方法便于实现。仿真和实验结果表明,耦合系数和等效负载变化时,都可以准确估计耦合系数并跟踪至最大效率点和输出恒压。

混合能源直流微电网能源优化管控策略研究

混合能源直流微电网在快速跟踪负载方面具有较大优势,弥补了固体氧化物燃料电池(solidoxidefuelcell,SOFC)直流微电网功率跟踪缓慢的问题。现有能源管控策略重点关注能源分配,对系统效率、运行安全性和燃料亏空方面缺乏相关研究和成熟策略。为此,提出了一种混合能源直流微型电网能源优化管控策略。首先,搭建了混合SOFC直流微电网模型。其次,采用最优操作点(optimal operating points,OOPs)实现最大效率,然后采用平均电流控制模式保证稳定的电力供应。最后,设计了基于SOFC电流的时滞控制算法来避免燃料亏空。实验结果表明,所提出的能源优化管控策略具有时间响应迅速、输出效率高和热特性良好等优势。

用于激光无线能量传输的分布式最大功率点追踪系统研究(内封面文章)

在激光无线能量传输中,由于瞄准系统误差和物体遮挡的影响,光电池阵列接收到的激光辐照分布不均匀,导致光电池阵列组串内的电池间出现电流失配,输出功率下降。针对该问题,采用分布式最大功率点追踪(Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking,DMPPT)技术,减少光电池阵列组串内的电池间电流失配,并用并联型Boost(PT-Boost)电路替代传统Boost电路,降低DC/DC转换器的输入电流纹波,使DMPPT系统获得高追踪效率。实验结果表明,相较于传统Boost电路,PT-Boost电路的追踪效率提高3.6%,达到93.5%。在上述研究的基础上,设置了遮光率分别为0%、25%和50%的激光无线能量传输场景,DMPPT系统整体效率分别达到了93%、92.6%和90.3%。该研究结果对激光辐照不均匀场景下激光无线能量传输的最大功率点追踪指导意义。

面向波动可再生能源的质子交换膜电制氢系统最优压强运行

为提升质子交换膜电制氢系统在波动可再生能源输入下的制氢效率,提出面向最大效率的质子交换膜电制氢系统最优压强运行模式。介绍质子交换膜电制氢系统,提出基于压强控制的协调运行原理;对质子交换膜电制氢系统的压强特性和功率特性进行建模,从而建立面向最大效率的压强优化模型。在波动电流输入算例下检验最优压强运行模式的制氢效果,结果表明,相较于恒定压强模式,最优压强运行模式下的质子交换膜电制氢系统平均制氢能耗得到有效降低,系统性能得到明显提升。

深海无人航行器双向无线充电系统的涡流损耗分析与效率优化

无线电能传输(WPT)技术在深海无人航行器(AUUS)领域中应用逐渐广泛,相比于空气介质的无线充电而言,海水介质中无线充电产生的涡流损耗严重降低了能量传输效率。该文提出一种采用一次侧和二次侧移相策略的双边LCC水下WPT系统,降低海水介质中的涡流损耗,提高系统效率。通过研究两线圈电流相位差对海水介质的涡流损耗的影响,建立合成感生电场模型,计算合成感生电场的分布和涡流损耗。在其他条件不变时,增大两线圈电流的相位差,会使线圈间各点处的合成感生电场幅值下降,使涡流损耗在总损耗的占比中下降,提高能量传输效率。通过对比在空气介质和海水介质中的损耗与线圈间电流相位差之间的关系,可以得到海水介质中无线充电时的最大效率点的电流相位差。相比于空气介质而言,在海水介质中无线充电的最大效率点处,线圈间的电流相位差增大。在深海双向双边LCC无线充电系统中,仅需增大两侧逆变电压相位差,即可增大线圈间电流相位差,进而提高系统效率。实验中搭建了200 V/3.5 kW级水下无线充电样机,通过增大两侧逆变器之间相位差,实现了91.5%的最大效率传输,比不采用移相策略时的效率提升了0.8%,证实了理论分析结果的正确性与可行性。

基于改进SSD的合成孔径声纳图像感兴趣小目标检测方法

轻量化目标检测模型SSD-MV3(Single Shot Detection-MobileNet V3)因输入图像尺寸限制无法直接检测高分辨率大尺寸合成孔径声纳(Synthetic Aperture Sonar,SAS)图像中感兴趣小目标.为此,本文提出了一种新的目标检测方法HRSSD(High Resolution Single Shot Detection),该方法通过冗余切割确保SSD-MV3输入图像尺寸的规范以及感兴趣小目标的完整,并利用二次非极大值抑制保证检测结果的唯一.此外,提出了一种尺度、空间和通道注意力机制联合的特征提取模块,并利用该模块重新设计了SSD-MV3的基础网络和附加特征提取网络,记作SSD-MV3P(Single Shot Detection-MobileNet V3 Pro),使得SSD-MV3P能更有效的感知感兴趣小目标特征信息.实验结果表明,在感兴趣小目标检测数据集SST(Sonar Small Targets)上,SSD-MV3P的平均检测精度(mean Average Precision,mAP)比SSD-MV3提升4.39%.HRSSD实现了高分辨率大尺寸SAS图像感兴趣小目标的检测,并且保证了同一位置上检测结果的完整性和唯一性.

农药最大残留限量标准差异对我国茶叶出口RCEP成员国的贸易效率影响研究——基于随机前沿引力模型

目前,茶叶外贸面临着来自技术性贸易壁垒的挑战,以农药最大残留限量(MRLs)标准差异为切入点,构建异质性贸易指数(HIT)量化各国农药MRLs的具体差异,利用随机前沿引力模型研究农药MRLs标准差异对我国茶叶出口区域全面经济伙伴关系协定(RCEP)国家的贸易效率的影响。结果表明,中国与RCEP成员国的农药MRLs标准存在差异,但总体呈缩小的趋势。中国与RCEP成员国的农药MRLs标准的负面差异会导致中国出口茶叶的贸易效率降低;抑制作用路径表现为显著降低了茶叶出口额和出口单价。我国应进一步完善农药MRLs标准体系,使之与国际标准接轨,推动RCEP区域内国家间的标准互认,减小贸易壁垒的不利影响。