ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO BANCA DATI: 13/09/2024 13:00:57
ABSTRACT Deep Sea Water (DSW) industry characterized by their rich mineral substances and trace metals, is suitable for multi-application developments such as fishery and algae aquaculture, medicine, food/drinking, cosmetics, and other economic value added products. The eastern region of Taiwan with ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2008, focused on spatial and temporal distribution of Mnemiopsis leidyi and zooplankton populations in the south-western area of the Caspian Sea. In summer and winter M. leidyi abundance and biomass values were between 1900 ± 1400 ind/m2 ...
ABSTRACT The fluid induced dynamic properties of a floating raft system for oyster culture are investigated numerically and physically. In this numerical model, the whole raft system including floating raft and mooring lines are divided into numerous elements and nodes. The element is the basic solid ...
ABSTRACT We attempted to evaluate the possibility of using Chlorella pynenoidosa to remove ammonia and COD from mariculture effluent through a series of experiments. The results showed that Chlorella pynenoidosa can depend on ammonia as necessary nutrient for growth after the process of domestication ...
ABSTRACT Fishery resources decreased dramatically in North Zhejiang coastal area. It is crucial to picture the pollutant distribution character, to analyze the pollution developing tendency and to identify the pollution origin so as to take effective management measures to reduce the decreasing trend. ...
ABSTRACT: In this study a four cage grid mooring system is presented and a set of equations of motion for this flotation structure are derived. The purpose of this study is to investigate the hydrodynamic behaviors of four-cage grid mooring system under wave actions using numerical model. The numerical ...
ABSTRACT: The flow fields around single and two combinations of star shape artificial reefs are investigated both numerically and experimentally. The numerical model is based on the Reynolds Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations embedded with a RNG k-ε turbulence model and SIMPEC algorithm. The governing ...
ABSTRACT: Based on the control equations consisting of the continuity equation, the momentum equation and realizable k-ε turbulence model, this p ap er introduces the porous media model to establish a two-dimensional numerical model of flow field around fishing net under current. The control equations ...
ABSTRACT: For the implementation of sustainable land development, strengthening ocean, coastal areas resource conservation and management of land use, ""The Draft of National Land Planning Act"" and ""The Draft of Coastal Act"" were performed by Construction and Planning Agency in Taiwan. The utilization ...
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to establish the coastal vulnerability index (CVI) of Taiwan coastal area by use of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) proposed the concept of disaster risk assessment. The vulnerability parameters including of natural environment, life and ...
ABSTRACT: It was previously mentioned that the mechanical stimulus (touch) caused the active movements of the tunic in Halocynthia roretzi, a solitary ascidian. However, how the direction of the mechanical stimulus is important, and what helps the tunic to have mechanical senses, have not been clear. ...
ABSTRACT: The international focus for development of wave and tidal energy technologies has been principally on large-scale (MW) devices and grid-connected utility-scale arrays. However, the Pacific Islands present many opportunities for smaller-scale (kW) stand-alone developments. Potential sites ...
ABSTRACT: The linear shallow-water equations have been used frequently to simulate transoceanic propagation of tsunamis instead of the linear Boussinesq equations. In previous studies, the physical dispersion is compensated by using the numerical dispersion generated from the leap-frog finite difference ...
ABSTRACT: In the case of rearing some kinds of fishes that have hiding behavior in the floating aquaculture preserves, a number of fish decreases due to the stress from irregular movement of floating preserves caused by the irregular and continuous ocean waves. Therefore, we developed one method that ...
ABSTRACT: In the paper, we investigated about the scaling of ecological and economic values in the inclusive impact index Triple I. A new method to calculate γ that converts the economic value to the environmental value was proposed. In the proposed method, the marginal abatement costs of CO2 emission ...
ABSTRACT The practical use of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is refocused because it is possible to supply stable electric power and a variety of integrated applications. This paper investigates on the thermal performance of Double Stage-Rankine cycle that has independent equipment respectively ...
ABSTRACT Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) can supply stable electric power and a variety of integrated applications. This paper investigates on the thermal performance of Rankine cycle using HFC245fa as working fluid. Rankine cycle was compared among working fluids of different properties that ...
ABSTRACT Xiangshan Bay characterized by typical bedrock and silt is a long and narrow coast waters. It is both a traditional shellfish and algae breeding base and a frequent human activity area, where the environmental pollution is increasingly severe. Simulating pollutant transport process and forecasting ...
ABSTRACT This paper deals with coupled hydrodynamic analysis between gravity cage and well boat in operation. Dynamic behavior of the moored gravity cage under various current and wave conditions is first simulated, and the sensitivity of mooring line tension to added mass coefficient of the floating ...
ABSTRACT: In the present work the application of an advanced hydromorphological mathematical model for the design of innovative submerged structures for coastal protection, is presented. Non linear wave transformation in the surf and swash zone is computed by a non-linear breaking wave model based ...