NOx emission and thermal efficiency of a 300 MWe utility boiler retrofitted by air staging

Full-scale experiments were performed on a 300 MWe utility boiler retrofitted with air staging. In order to improve boiler thermal efficiency and to reduce NOx emission, the influencing factors including the overall excessive air ratio, the secondary air distribution pattern, the damper openings of CCOFA and SOFA, and pulverized coal fineness were investigated. Through comprehensive combustion adjustment, NOx emission decreased 182 ppm (NOx reduction efficiency was 44%), and boiler heat efficiency merely decreased 0.21%. After combustion improvement, high efficiency and low NOx emission was achieved in the utility coal-fired boiler retrofitted with air staging, and the unburned carbon in ash can maintain at a desired level where the utilization of fly-ash as byproducts was not influenced.

mtDNA Data Indicate a Single Origin for Dogs South of Yangtze River, Less Than 16,300 Years Ago, from Numerous Wolves

There is no generally accepted picture of where, when, and how the domestic dog originated. Previous studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have failed to establish the time and precise place of origin because of lack of phylogenetic resolution in the so fa

A 12-bit 300 MHz CMOS DAC for high-speed system applications

This paper describes a 12-bit 300 MHz CMOS DAC for high-speed system applications. The proposed DAC consists of a unit current-cell matrix for 8 MSBs and a binary-weighted array for 4 LSBs. In order to ensure the linearity of DAC, a double Centro symmetric current matrix is designed by using the Q(2) random walk strategy. To minimize the feedthrough and improve the dynamic performance, the drain of the switching transistors is isolated from the output lines by adding two cascoded transistors.

古油松年轮记录的沈阳地区300年来的气候变化

本研究通过对沈阳清•昭陵、清•福陵和千山风景区树木年轮气候学考察和取样，共采集了103株古油松样本的树芯和轮盘。依据树木年轮气候学研究的规范做法建立了3地区的STD, RES, ARS三种类型的树轮宽度年表9个。并分析了不同采样点树木年轮所反映的气候信息，在此基础上重建了该区域近300年来的气候变化，开展了区域以及全球气候变化对比研究，以探讨沈阳地区近300年来气候变化的特点、规律和机制： （1）古油松年表与冬季和初春低温的关系较明显，1月的低温最显著，3种年表与冬季、春季和秋季的降水量的相关性均较显著。水汽压、相对湿度在入冬前、生长后期和易发生春旱的5-6月份对年轮宽度的影响表现突出。蒸发是上年全年、当年全年和当年绝大部分月份对油松生长起负效应的因素，其中5月最明显，但1、2月的蒸发量与油松当年的年轮宽度表现出正相关。油松年表的窄轮和窄化突变佐证了1650年以来的35次主要的旱灾年历史记录和59次干旱记录。 （2）本研究成功地检验了沈阳地区古油松年轮宽度年表对太阳活动，地磁活动，太平洋十年震荡和全球气温变化的响应。年轮宽度与这些影响因子均存在共同的周期变化和显著的线性关系。其中，年轮宽度对过去太阳活动和地磁的活动呈明显负相关关系，而且是多种抑、促效应的复合。所有结果表明沈阳城市古油松适于监测极度的诸如El Niño (La Niña)事件的全球环境变化和区域环境异常。 （3）本研究重建了沈阳地区1710-2004年12-1月的极端最低温，并指出其主要低温波动期，高温波动期；重建了沈阳地区1780-2004年1-6月的降水量，并统计了降水量反映的偏湿年份,，偏干年份；同时，分别重建了沈阳地区1780-2004年的年均水汽压、年蒸发量和年均相对湿度，并指出各重建结果所表征的旱涝年份。

近300年来中国森林的变迁

以清代以来史料为依据,在现代清查统计资料和前人研究成果的基础上,通过对森林变迁大体趋势及主要过程的客观把握,重新校订了1949年和1700年前人的估算数据,回溯估算了1750～1900年中国各省区每50年森林面积与森林覆被率值,并与现代森林清查资料衔接,分析1700～1998年近300年来中国森林变迁的时空特征。结果表明:近300年来中国现境内共减少森林面积约0.95×108ha,森林覆被率减少9.2个百分点,变化曲线呈先抑后仰;以1960s为界,此前呈加速递减态势,260年间减少森林面积达1.66×10

过去300年中国土地利用、土地覆被变化与碳循环研究

历史时期的土地利用与土地覆被变化是影响陆地生态系统碳循环的重要因素.过去300年间,我国土地利用与覆被发生了较大变化,林地面积迅速减小,垦殖扩张明显,均对陆地生态系统的碳循环产生了重要的影响.采用通过第一手历史文献资料重建的历史土地数据,分析了过去300年我国土地利用变化的主要特征,研究表明:在研究时段,耕地面积持续增加,从清前期1661年的60.78×106hm2增加到20世纪末的96.09×106hm2;森林面积从1700年的248.13×106hm2降至1949年的109.01×106hm2.受土地

过去300年中国部分省区耕地资源数量变化及驱动因素分析

通过对清代文献资料中田亩数据的分析,认为册载数据基本能够反映耕地面积的总体变化趋势和区域差别,但在总量上失之过低,为能更真实地反映耕地资源的变化实际,文中对其进行了相应处理。在此基础上,研究了300余年以来我国内地18省耕地资源的时空变化特点,总体而言,过去300年间研究区的耕地资源数量呈抛物线式变化,清前期的增长趋势明显,但至清晚期逐渐稳定下来,民国时期略有下降,新中国建立初期基本得到恢复。但是,此后又开始持续减少,过去300年间耕地资源的变化具有较为明显的区域性特点,东部地区的垦殖活动远较西部地区剧烈

Variations in the Summer Monsoon Rainbands Across Eastern China over the Past 300 Years

Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-315-2]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [40701021, 40625002]

热察绥地区过去300年土地利用覆被变化

The historical land use and land cover changes is one of the key issues in LUCC research. However, the achievement of China in this field doesn't match her position in the world yet. And the reliability of the quantitive records in Chinese historical literature, the basic data for historical land use research, has been doubted. This research focuses on Re-Cha-Sui, a typical area for the farming-pastoral region in the north of China, to make a detailed case study in this field. Based on a deep mining and calibration on the data from massive historical documents and land-use surveys, the author gives a detailed analysis on the administrative region evolution, historical population dynamics, reclamation policy, and the land statistic system. According to textual researches, parallel validation and physical geographical analysis, a unified land use series for recent 300 years, which founded on the results of modern land-use surveys, is constructed. And the thematic maps on the cultivation index for different counties in several temporal sections are plotted. Based on the endeavor above, the dynamic of forest and steppe is reconstructed as well. The temporal-spatial patterns of land use/land cover changes in the area is analyzed. And the influence of different driving forces are discussed. The main conclusions of the research are as followed: 1. The quantitive records in literatures on Re-Cha-Sui area are reflection of real amounts of croplands. It is practical to reconstruct a result comparable with the modern land-use surveys, based of a deep mining and considerate validation on historical documents. The unexceptional negative attitude towards the numerical records in historical documents is unnecessary. 2. In recent 300 years, 3 climax of reclamation appeared in Re-Cha-Sui area and altered the pure pastoral area into a farming-pastoral region. The interval were respectively the early time till mid time of the Qing dynasty, the end of the Qing dynasty till early time of the Republic of China(ROC), and the time after A.D. 1949. After the first expansion, the area of cropland in this region reached 2.0 million ha. Among them, Guisui area, which was most densely cultivated, had a cultivation index over 30%, which is similar with modern situation. The second expansion covered broader area, and the amount of cropland reached 3.5 million ha. The increase of farming area after 1949 is due to the recultivation of abandoned farmland. The current area of cropland in this region is 5.6 million ha. In the southern area where the land was reclaimed early, the amount on of the cropland has some fluctuation in 300 years. While in the new reclaimed area in the north, the area of cropland has kept the trend of increasing. 3. Due to the different natural conditions, most forests in Re-Cha-Sui area distribute in the mountain area of North Hebei province, and the upland of West Liaoning province, especially the former, which has a forest coverage near 70%. However, most of these forests were destroyed before the end of the Qing dynasty. In 1949, the natural forest near Chengde was nearly cleared up. They were partly renewed after 1949 due to plantation. 4. In the steppe zone such as northern Rehe, Suiyuan and Chahar, the area of steppe has a negative correlation with that of cropland. With the expansion of cropland, the percentage of steppe has shrunk from over 80% to 53%. In the mountain area of North Hebei province, steppe expanded with the shrinkage of forest, though cropland was expanding. The percentage once reached 60%, and then fell with the renew of forest. However, in the upland of West Liaoning province, the steppe shrink slowly from original 50% to current 26%, with the expansion of cropland. 5. The land use and land cover change in Re-Cha-Sui area in recent 300 years is driven by various factors, including human dimensions such as population, policy of the government, disorder of the society, cultural tradition, and natural factors such as climate change and natural disasters. Among them, pressure from surplus population is the basic driving force.