Enhancing the ignition system performance of turbo engines is crucial,with a focus on rapidly and reliably igniting the entire combustor in low-temperature,low-pressure,high-speed inlet flow conditions.This challenge ...Enhancing the ignition system performance of turbo engines is crucial,with a focus on rapidly and reliably igniting the entire combustor in low-temperature,low-pressure,high-speed inlet flow conditions.This challenge has garnered international attention.To address the issue of reliable ignition in the combustors of advanced propulsion system,this paper proposes a Multichannel Jet Enhanced Plasma Igniter(MJEPI) and conducts comparative experimental studies with the conventional spark igniter in a component-level dual-dome swirl combustor.The ignition limit in the combustor is obtained and the ignition processes are recorded.Experimental results demonstrate that the MJEPI significantly improves the ignition performance at high altitude.Specifically,at 0 km and 6 km for ground start-up,ignition limit is extended by 36% and 29%,respectively.At 6 km and 12 km for high-altitude relight,ignition limit is extended by 32% and 21%,respectively.The maximum ignition height is increased by 2.3 km,as determined by the global equivalence ratio of 1.The primary reason for these improvements is attributed to the larger initial flame kernel with greater penetration depth generated by MJEPI,which enables it to withstand more sever conditions such as low temperature,low pressure,and poor kerosene spray quality at elevated altitudes.展开更多
The reignition of aero-engine combustors at high altitudes poses significant challenges due to the low-temperature and low-pressure environment.A novel Long Pulse-Width Plasma Ignition(LPWPI)system has been developed ...The reignition of aero-engine combustors at high altitudes poses significant challenges due to the low-temperature and low-pressure environment.A novel Long Pulse-Width Plasma Ignition(LPWPI)system has been developed to enhance ignition performance.The LPWPI system can effectively prolong the discharge duration time,improve ignition efficacy,and increase the plasma penetration depth.Experimental comparisons with the traditional Spark Ignition(SI)system demonstrate that the LPWPI increased discharge duration to 2.03 ms,which is 45 times longer than that of the SI system,while also doubling the spark penetration depth to 24.1 mm.The LPWPI system achieved a discharge efficiency of 61.1%,significantly surpassing the SI system's efficiency of23.3%.These advancements facilitated an extension of the lean ignition boundary by approximately 22.7%to 39.3%.High-speed camera recordings reveal that the spark duration of the LPWPI system was extended to 2.1 ms,compared to 0.6 ms in the SI system.Ignition progress with LPWPI shows a sustained spark kernel without the flame residence stage observed in the SI system.The impressive performance of the LPWPI system suggests that it is a promising alternative for aero-engine ignition systems.展开更多
Black shales are important products of material cycling and energy exchange among the lithosphere,atmosphere,hydrosphere,and biosphere.They are widely distributed throughout geological history and provide essential en...Black shales are important products of material cycling and energy exchange among the lithosphere,atmosphere,hydrosphere,and biosphere.They are widely distributed throughout geological history and provide essential energy and mineral resources for the development of human society.They also record the evolution process of the earth and improve the understanding of the earth.This review focuses on the diagenesis and formation mechanisms of black shales sedimentation,composition,evolution,and reconstruction,which have had a significant impact on the formation and enrichment of shale oil and gas.In terms of sedimentary environment,black shales can be classified into three types:Marine,terrestrial,and marine-terrestrial transitional facies.The formation processes include mechanisms such as eolian input,hypopycnal flow,gravity-driven and offshore bottom currents.From a geological perspective,the formation of black shales is often closely related to global or regional major geological events.The enrichment of organic matter is generally the result of the interaction and coupling of several factors such as primary productivity,water redox condition,and sedimentation rate.In terms of evolution,black shales have undergone diagenetic evolution of inorganic minerals,thermal evolution of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation,interactions between organic matter and inorganic minerals,and pore evolution.In terms of reconstruction,the effects of fold deformation,uplift and erosion,and fracturing have changed the stress state of black shale reservoirs,thereby having a significant impact on the pore structure.Fluid activity promotes the formation of veins,and have changed the material composition,stress structure,and reservoir properties of black shales.Regarding resource effects,the deposition of black shales is fundamental for shale oil and gas resources,the evolution of black shales promotes the shale oil and gas formation and storage,and the reconstruction of black shales would have caused the heterogeneous distribution of oil and gas in shales.Exploring the formation mechanisms and interactions of black shales at different scales is a key to in-depth research on shale formation and evolution,as well as the key to revealing the mechanism controlling shale oil and gas accumulation.The present records can reveal how these processes worked in geological history,and improve our understanding of the coupling mechanisms among regional geological events,black shales evolution,and shale oil and gas formation and enrichment.展开更多
Deep natural gas is an important field and direction for oil and gas exploration and development in the Banqiao depression.The geochemical characteristics of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation source rocks in the Banqia...Deep natural gas is an important field and direction for oil and gas exploration and development in the Banqiao depression.The geochemical characteristics of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation source rocks in the Banqiao Sag were investigated based on pyrolysis,Total Organic Carbon(TOC),chloroform bitumen A,vitrinite reflectance,saturated hydrocarbon gas chromatographyemass spectrometry,and maceral determination.The results showed that the Es_(3) source rocks of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation were generally of better quality than the Es_(1) source rocks.Regarding the Es_(1) source rocks,the abundance of organic matter was variable,with mixed types and low maturity.The source rocks were formed in a saline-water reductive environment.Regarding the Es_(3) source rocks,the abundance of organic matter was relatively high,meaning that they were of mediumehigh quality,with mixed types of,yet highly mature,organic matter.The hydrocarbon generation environment was oxidative,and the source rocks were mainly deposited in fresh water with localized salinization.The main hydrocarbon-generating components of organic matter in the Shahejie Formation were amorphous humic components formed by intensive microbial modification of lower planktonic algae and terrestrial higher plants.Aquatic organisms were the main sources of organic matter,with localized mixing of higher-plant organic matter.The organic matter derived from these higher plant debris sources provided beneficial conditions for the generation of natural gas.At present,the Shasan source rock is at the peak of hydrocarbon generation.Under deep conditions,the maturity of organic matter increases,and organic matter rich in terrestrial higher plants can make a significant contribution to the generation of natural gas,especially shale gas.展开更多
Gas-bearing shales have become a major source of future natural gas production worldwide.It has become increasingly urgent to develop a reliable prediction model and corresponding workflow for identifying shale gas sw...Gas-bearing shales have become a major source of future natural gas production worldwide.It has become increasingly urgent to develop a reliable prediction model and corresponding workflow for identifying shale gas sweet spots.The formation of gas-bearing shales is closely linked to relative sealevel changes,providing an important approach to predicting sweet spots in the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in the southern Sichuan Basin,China.Three types of marine shale gas sweet spots are identified in the shale based on their formation stages combined with relative sea-level changes:early,middle,and late transgression types.This study develops a prediction model and workflow for identifying shale gas sweet spots by analyzing relative sea-level changes and facies sequences.Predicting shale gas sweet spots in an explored block using this model and workflow can provide a valuable guide for well design and hydraulic fracturing,significantly enhancing the efficiency of shale gas exploration and development.Notably,the new prediction model and workflow can be utilized for the rapid evaluation of the potential for shale gas development in new shale gas blocks or those with low exploratory maturity.展开更多
The satellite orbital pursuit game focuses on studying spacecraft maneuvering strategies in space.Traditional numerical methods often face real-time inadequacies and adaptability limitations when dealing with highly n...The satellite orbital pursuit game focuses on studying spacecraft maneuvering strategies in space.Traditional numerical methods often face real-time inadequacies and adaptability limitations when dealing with highly nonlinear problems.With the advancement of Deep Reinforcement Learning(DRL)technology,continuous-time orbital control capabilities have significantly improved.Despite this,the existing DRL technologies still need adjustments in action delay and discretization structure to better adapt to practical application scenarios.Combining continuous learning and model planning demonstrates the adaptability of these methods in continuous-time decision problems.Additionally,to more effectively handle action delay issues,a new scheduled action execution technique has been developed.This technique optimizes action execution timing through real-time policy adjustments,thus adapting to the dynamic changes in the orbital environment.A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning(HRL)strategy was also adopted to simplify the decision-making process for long-distance pursuit tasks by setting phased subgoals to gradually approach the target.The effectiveness of the proposed strategy in practical satellite pursuit scenarios has been verified through simulations of two different tasks.展开更多
In response to the increasing global energy demand and environmental pollution,microgrids have emerged as an innovative solution by integrating distributed energy resources(DERs),energy storage systems,and loads to im...In response to the increasing global energy demand and environmental pollution,microgrids have emerged as an innovative solution by integrating distributed energy resources(DERs),energy storage systems,and loads to improve energy efficiency and reliability.This study proposes a novel hybrid optimization algorithm,DE-HHO,combining differential evolution(DE)and Harris Hawks optimization(HHO)to address microgrid scheduling issues.The proposed method adopts a multi-objective optimization framework that simultaneously minimizes operational costs and environmental impacts.The DE-HHO algorithm demonstrates significant advantages in convergence speed and global search capability through the analysis of wind,solar,micro-gas turbine,and battery models.Comprehensive simulation tests show that DE-HHO converges rapidly within 10 iterations and achieves a 4.5%reduction in total cost compared to PSO and a 5.4%reduction compared to HHO.Specifically,DE-HHO attains an optimal total cost of$20,221.37,outperforming PSO($21,184.45)and HHO($21,372.24).The maximum cost obtained by DE-HHO is$23,420.55,with a mean of$21,615.77,indicating stability and cost control capabilities.These results highlight the effectiveness of DE-HHO in reducing operational costs and enhancing system stability for efficient and sustainable microgrid operation.展开更多
Clarifying the pore structure characteristics of shale reservoirs,which are low porosity,low permeability and high heterogeneity,is an essential prerequisite for the efficient development of shale oil and gas.Fractal ...Clarifying the pore structure characteristics of shale reservoirs,which are low porosity,low permeability and high heterogeneity,is an essential prerequisite for the efficient development of shale oil and gas.Fractal theory is especially suited for characterizing the complex pore structures of shales.This work compares the pore structure characteristics between marine shales from the Longmaxi Formation and continental shales from the Shahejie Formation through low-temperature nitrogen adsorption,nuclear magnetic resonance,and scanning electron microscopy.Different fractal scaling models are adopted to determine the fractal dimensions and lacunarities of shales by low-temperature nitrogen adsorption data and scanning electron microscopy images.In addition,the mineral compositions from X-ray diffraction are analyzed to elucidate the mechanisms by which mineral content influences fractal dimensions.Finally,the correlations between total organic carbon content and microscopic structure are discussed.These results indicate that the pore size of marine shale is smaller than that of continental shale.Additionally,the fractal dimensions of marine shales are greater than that of continental shales,suggesting a more complex pore structure.The more quartz and clay content lead to greater complexity in pore space,resulting in higher fractal dimensions.The illite/smectite mixed layer shows a strong positive correlation with fractal dimensions for marine shales,whereas this correlation is less pronounced for continental shales.The presence of microfractures in organic matter leads to a reduction for the pore surface fractal dimension in continental shales.展开更多
Shale gas is being hailed as the green energy of the future due to high heating value,low carbon emissions,and large reserves.Gas content of shale is a key parameter for evaluating the shale gas potential and screenin...Shale gas is being hailed as the green energy of the future due to high heating value,low carbon emissions,and large reserves.Gas content of shale is a key parameter for evaluating the shale gas potential and screening for the shale gas sweet spots.Although the concept of gas content has been well defined,obtaining a reliable gas content data still remains a challenge.A significant barrier is the method for evaluating the gas content.In this paper,we provide a review of the long-established and recently developed gas content evaluation methods.In the first part of this review article,the history of gas content evaluation methods is summarized since 1910s,relied on published and unpublished literatures as well as our own experiences.Then,the fundamental contents and concepts involved in gas content evaluation are introduced to provide a clear theoretical foundation for the methods.In the third part,eleven evaluation methods,including four direct methods and seven indirect methods,are systematically reviewed.In each method,its application to evaluating the gas content is presented,the key advances are highlighted,and the advantages and limitations are discussed.Finally,future directions are discussed to promote creative thinking across disciplines to develop new methods or improve current methods for evaluating the gas content more accurately and efficiently.展开更多
With the spread adoption of artificial intelligence,the great challenges confronted by the intelligent safety concern-safety of the intended functionality has become the biggest roadblock to the mass production of hig...With the spread adoption of artificial intelligence,the great challenges confronted by the intelligent safety concern-safety of the intended functionality has become the biggest roadblock to the mass production of high-level automated vehicles,notably arising from perception algorithm deficiencies.This paper focuses a cut-in scenario,dividing this scenario into low-risk and high-risk segments predicated on the kinetic energy field,and the mental activities of passengers on prefrontal cortex,are analyzed within these delineated segments.Two experiments are then conducted,leveraging driving simulators and real-world vehicles,respectively.Experiment results indicate that high risk may result in the passengers’mental activity on prefrontal cortex change.This revelation posits a potential avenue for augmenting the intended functionality of automated vehicle by using passengers’physiological state.展开更多
The successful commercial development of high-quality middle-shallow and middle-deep shale gas in the Sichuan Basin marks a significant achievement. With the escalating energy demand, attention has shifted toward expl...The successful commercial development of high-quality middle-shallow and middle-deep shale gas in the Sichuan Basin marks a significant achievement. With the escalating energy demand, attention has shifted toward exploring and exploiting deep-buried, low-quality middle-shallow, and middle-deep shale gas reservoirs in China. This shift necessitates advancements in geological evaluation and engineering design. Here, the key issues related to sweet spot identification in shale gas reservoirs are introduced, and three correlated parameters (gas-in-place, microstructure, and permeability) are concisely overviewed. Numerous efforts and advances have been dedicated to characterizing these parameters in recent years, attempting to reveal the underlying mechanisms and identify the appropriate evaluation methods. However, challenges persist, and potential improvement opportunities are outlined here to provide insights for researchers.展开更多
基金supported by the Science Center for Gas Turbine Project, China (No. P2022-B-Ⅱ-018-001)。
文摘Enhancing the ignition system performance of turbo engines is crucial,with a focus on rapidly and reliably igniting the entire combustor in low-temperature,low-pressure,high-speed inlet flow conditions.This challenge has garnered international attention.To address the issue of reliable ignition in the combustors of advanced propulsion system,this paper proposes a Multichannel Jet Enhanced Plasma Igniter(MJEPI) and conducts comparative experimental studies with the conventional spark igniter in a component-level dual-dome swirl combustor.The ignition limit in the combustor is obtained and the ignition processes are recorded.Experimental results demonstrate that the MJEPI significantly improves the ignition performance at high altitude.Specifically,at 0 km and 6 km for ground start-up,ignition limit is extended by 36% and 29%,respectively.At 6 km and 12 km for high-altitude relight,ignition limit is extended by 32% and 21%,respectively.The maximum ignition height is increased by 2.3 km,as determined by the global equivalence ratio of 1.The primary reason for these improvements is attributed to the larger initial flame kernel with greater penetration depth generated by MJEPI,which enables it to withstand more sever conditions such as low temperature,low pressure,and poor kerosene spray quality at elevated altitudes.
基金co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52376138 and 52025064)the Science Center for Gas Turbine Project,China(No.P2022B-Ⅱ-018-001)the Foundation Research Project,China(No.1002TJA22010)。
文摘The reignition of aero-engine combustors at high altitudes poses significant challenges due to the low-temperature and low-pressure environment.A novel Long Pulse-Width Plasma Ignition(LPWPI)system has been developed to enhance ignition performance.The LPWPI system can effectively prolong the discharge duration time,improve ignition efficacy,and increase the plasma penetration depth.Experimental comparisons with the traditional Spark Ignition(SI)system demonstrate that the LPWPI increased discharge duration to 2.03 ms,which is 45 times longer than that of the SI system,while also doubling the spark penetration depth to 24.1 mm.The LPWPI system achieved a discharge efficiency of 61.1%,significantly surpassing the SI system's efficiency of23.3%.These advancements facilitated an extension of the lean ignition boundary by approximately 22.7%to 39.3%.High-speed camera recordings reveal that the spark duration of the LPWPI system was extended to 2.1 ms,compared to 0.6 ms in the SI system.Ignition progress with LPWPI shows a sustained spark kernel without the flame residence stage observed in the SI system.The impressive performance of the LPWPI system suggests that it is a promising alternative for aero-engine ignition systems.
基金supported by the projects of the China Geological Survey(DD20230043,DD20240048)the project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42102123)。
文摘Black shales are important products of material cycling and energy exchange among the lithosphere,atmosphere,hydrosphere,and biosphere.They are widely distributed throughout geological history and provide essential energy and mineral resources for the development of human society.They also record the evolution process of the earth and improve the understanding of the earth.This review focuses on the diagenesis and formation mechanisms of black shales sedimentation,composition,evolution,and reconstruction,which have had a significant impact on the formation and enrichment of shale oil and gas.In terms of sedimentary environment,black shales can be classified into three types:Marine,terrestrial,and marine-terrestrial transitional facies.The formation processes include mechanisms such as eolian input,hypopycnal flow,gravity-driven and offshore bottom currents.From a geological perspective,the formation of black shales is often closely related to global or regional major geological events.The enrichment of organic matter is generally the result of the interaction and coupling of several factors such as primary productivity,water redox condition,and sedimentation rate.In terms of evolution,black shales have undergone diagenetic evolution of inorganic minerals,thermal evolution of organic matter and hydrocarbon generation,interactions between organic matter and inorganic minerals,and pore evolution.In terms of reconstruction,the effects of fold deformation,uplift and erosion,and fracturing have changed the stress state of black shale reservoirs,thereby having a significant impact on the pore structure.Fluid activity promotes the formation of veins,and have changed the material composition,stress structure,and reservoir properties of black shales.Regarding resource effects,the deposition of black shales is fundamental for shale oil and gas resources,the evolution of black shales promotes the shale oil and gas formation and storage,and the reconstruction of black shales would have caused the heterogeneous distribution of oil and gas in shales.Exploring the formation mechanisms and interactions of black shales at different scales is a key to in-depth research on shale formation and evolution,as well as the key to revealing the mechanism controlling shale oil and gas accumulation.The present records can reveal how these processes worked in geological history,and improve our understanding of the coupling mechanisms among regional geological events,black shales evolution,and shale oil and gas formation and enrichment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U20A2093).
文摘Deep natural gas is an important field and direction for oil and gas exploration and development in the Banqiao depression.The geochemical characteristics of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation source rocks in the Banqiao Sag were investigated based on pyrolysis,Total Organic Carbon(TOC),chloroform bitumen A,vitrinite reflectance,saturated hydrocarbon gas chromatographyemass spectrometry,and maceral determination.The results showed that the Es_(3) source rocks of the Paleogene Shahejie Formation were generally of better quality than the Es_(1) source rocks.Regarding the Es_(1) source rocks,the abundance of organic matter was variable,with mixed types and low maturity.The source rocks were formed in a saline-water reductive environment.Regarding the Es_(3) source rocks,the abundance of organic matter was relatively high,meaning that they were of mediumehigh quality,with mixed types of,yet highly mature,organic matter.The hydrocarbon generation environment was oxidative,and the source rocks were mainly deposited in fresh water with localized salinization.The main hydrocarbon-generating components of organic matter in the Shahejie Formation were amorphous humic components formed by intensive microbial modification of lower planktonic algae and terrestrial higher plants.Aquatic organisms were the main sources of organic matter,with localized mixing of higher-plant organic matter.The organic matter derived from these higher plant debris sources provided beneficial conditions for the generation of natural gas.At present,the Shasan source rock is at the peak of hydrocarbon generation.Under deep conditions,the maturity of organic matter increases,and organic matter rich in terrestrial higher plants can make a significant contribution to the generation of natural gas,especially shale gas.
文摘Gas-bearing shales have become a major source of future natural gas production worldwide.It has become increasingly urgent to develop a reliable prediction model and corresponding workflow for identifying shale gas sweet spots.The formation of gas-bearing shales is closely linked to relative sealevel changes,providing an important approach to predicting sweet spots in the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in the southern Sichuan Basin,China.Three types of marine shale gas sweet spots are identified in the shale based on their formation stages combined with relative sea-level changes:early,middle,and late transgression types.This study develops a prediction model and workflow for identifying shale gas sweet spots by analyzing relative sea-level changes and facies sequences.Predicting shale gas sweet spots in an explored block using this model and workflow can provide a valuable guide for well design and hydraulic fracturing,significantly enhancing the efficiency of shale gas exploration and development.Notably,the new prediction model and workflow can be utilized for the rapid evaluation of the potential for shale gas development in new shale gas blocks or those with low exploratory maturity.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12202281)the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation,China(No.23ZR1461800)the Research Initiation Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University,China(No.G2024KY05103)。
文摘The satellite orbital pursuit game focuses on studying spacecraft maneuvering strategies in space.Traditional numerical methods often face real-time inadequacies and adaptability limitations when dealing with highly nonlinear problems.With the advancement of Deep Reinforcement Learning(DRL)technology,continuous-time orbital control capabilities have significantly improved.Despite this,the existing DRL technologies still need adjustments in action delay and discretization structure to better adapt to practical application scenarios.Combining continuous learning and model planning demonstrates the adaptability of these methods in continuous-time decision problems.Additionally,to more effectively handle action delay issues,a new scheduled action execution technique has been developed.This technique optimizes action execution timing through real-time policy adjustments,thus adapting to the dynamic changes in the orbital environment.A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning(HRL)strategy was also adopted to simplify the decision-making process for long-distance pursuit tasks by setting phased subgoals to gradually approach the target.The effectiveness of the proposed strategy in practical satellite pursuit scenarios has been verified through simulations of two different tasks.
文摘In response to the increasing global energy demand and environmental pollution,microgrids have emerged as an innovative solution by integrating distributed energy resources(DERs),energy storage systems,and loads to improve energy efficiency and reliability.This study proposes a novel hybrid optimization algorithm,DE-HHO,combining differential evolution(DE)and Harris Hawks optimization(HHO)to address microgrid scheduling issues.The proposed method adopts a multi-objective optimization framework that simultaneously minimizes operational costs and environmental impacts.The DE-HHO algorithm demonstrates significant advantages in convergence speed and global search capability through the analysis of wind,solar,micro-gas turbine,and battery models.Comprehensive simulation tests show that DE-HHO converges rapidly within 10 iterations and achieves a 4.5%reduction in total cost compared to PSO and a 5.4%reduction compared to HHO.Specifically,DE-HHO attains an optimal total cost of$20,221.37,outperforming PSO($21,184.45)and HHO($21,372.24).The maximum cost obtained by DE-HHO is$23,420.55,with a mean of$21,615.77,indicating stability and cost control capabilities.These results highlight the effectiveness of DE-HHO in reducing operational costs and enhancing system stability for efficient and sustainable microgrid operation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42172159,42302143,and 52404048).
文摘Clarifying the pore structure characteristics of shale reservoirs,which are low porosity,low permeability and high heterogeneity,is an essential prerequisite for the efficient development of shale oil and gas.Fractal theory is especially suited for characterizing the complex pore structures of shales.This work compares the pore structure characteristics between marine shales from the Longmaxi Formation and continental shales from the Shahejie Formation through low-temperature nitrogen adsorption,nuclear magnetic resonance,and scanning electron microscopy.Different fractal scaling models are adopted to determine the fractal dimensions and lacunarities of shales by low-temperature nitrogen adsorption data and scanning electron microscopy images.In addition,the mineral compositions from X-ray diffraction are analyzed to elucidate the mechanisms by which mineral content influences fractal dimensions.Finally,the correlations between total organic carbon content and microscopic structure are discussed.These results indicate that the pore size of marine shale is smaller than that of continental shale.Additionally,the fractal dimensions of marine shales are greater than that of continental shales,suggesting a more complex pore structure.The more quartz and clay content lead to greater complexity in pore space,resulting in higher fractal dimensions.The illite/smectite mixed layer shows a strong positive correlation with fractal dimensions for marine shales,whereas this correlation is less pronounced for continental shales.The presence of microfractures in organic matter leads to a reduction for the pore surface fractal dimension in continental shales.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42202175,41927801,and 42102128)the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment Mechanisms and Effective Development(33550000-22-ZC0613-0296)。
文摘Shale gas is being hailed as the green energy of the future due to high heating value,low carbon emissions,and large reserves.Gas content of shale is a key parameter for evaluating the shale gas potential and screening for the shale gas sweet spots.Although the concept of gas content has been well defined,obtaining a reliable gas content data still remains a challenge.A significant barrier is the method for evaluating the gas content.In this paper,we provide a review of the long-established and recently developed gas content evaluation methods.In the first part of this review article,the history of gas content evaluation methods is summarized since 1910s,relied on published and unpublished literatures as well as our own experiences.Then,the fundamental contents and concepts involved in gas content evaluation are introduced to provide a clear theoretical foundation for the methods.In the third part,eleven evaluation methods,including four direct methods and seven indirect methods,are systematically reviewed.In each method,its application to evaluating the gas content is presented,the key advances are highlighted,and the advantages and limitations are discussed.Finally,future directions are discussed to promote creative thinking across disciplines to develop new methods or improve current methods for evaluating the gas content more accurately and efficiently.
基金the National Science Foundation of China Project:U1964203,52072215 and 12361105National key R&D Program of China:2020YFB1600303.
文摘With the spread adoption of artificial intelligence,the great challenges confronted by the intelligent safety concern-safety of the intended functionality has become the biggest roadblock to the mass production of high-level automated vehicles,notably arising from perception algorithm deficiencies.This paper focuses a cut-in scenario,dividing this scenario into low-risk and high-risk segments predicated on the kinetic energy field,and the mental activities of passengers on prefrontal cortex,are analyzed within these delineated segments.Two experiments are then conducted,leveraging driving simulators and real-world vehicles,respectively.Experiment results indicate that high risk may result in the passengers’mental activity on prefrontal cortex change.This revelation posits a potential avenue for augmenting the intended functionality of automated vehicle by using passengers’physiological state.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42172159).
文摘The successful commercial development of high-quality middle-shallow and middle-deep shale gas in the Sichuan Basin marks a significant achievement. With the escalating energy demand, attention has shifted toward exploring and exploiting deep-buried, low-quality middle-shallow, and middle-deep shale gas reservoirs in China. This shift necessitates advancements in geological evaluation and engineering design. Here, the key issues related to sweet spot identification in shale gas reservoirs are introduced, and three correlated parameters (gas-in-place, microstructure, and permeability) are concisely overviewed. Numerous efforts and advances have been dedicated to characterizing these parameters in recent years, attempting to reveal the underlying mechanisms and identify the appropriate evaluation methods. However, challenges persist, and potential improvement opportunities are outlined here to provide insights for researchers.