The effect of global climate change, population distribution, and climate mitigation on building energy use in the U.S. and China

Zhou, Yuyu,Eom, Jiyong,Clarke, Leon Springer-Verlag 2013 Climatic change Vol.119 No.3

Modeling the effect of climate change on U.S. state-level buildings energy demands in an integrated assessment framework

Zhou, Yuyu,Clarke, Leon,Eom, Jiyong,Kyle, Page,Patel, Pralit,Kim, Son H.,Dirks, James,Jensen, Erik,Liu, Ying,Rice, Jennie,Schmidt, Laurel,Seiple, Timothy Elsevier 2014 APPLIED ENERGY Vol.113 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P><B>Objective</B></P> <P>Because long-term socioeconomic transformation and energy service expansion show large spatial heterogeneity, advanced understanding of climate change impact on buildings energy use at the sub-national level will offer useful insights into climate policy and regional energy system planning.</P> <P><B>Methods</B></P> <P>In this study, we present a detailed buildings energy model with U.S. state-level representation, nested in an integrated assessment framework of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM). We project state-level buildings energy demand and its spatial pattern through the end of the century, considering the impact of climate change based on the estimates of heating and cooling degree days derived from downscaled USGS CASCaDE temperature data.</P> <P><B>Results</B></P> <P>The results indicate that climate change has a large impact on heating and cooling buildings energy and fuel use at the state level and that the 48 U.S. contiguous states exhibit a large spatial heterogeneity (ranges from −10% to+10% for total, −10% to+20% for electricity use and −20% to −5% for oil and gas use in the A2 scenario). Sensitivity analysis explores the potential implications of multiple driving forces, including climate action that would both change the price of energy and reduce climate change, the choice of climate models, and population and GDP growth. In addition, the 50-state building model is compared to a comparable version of the model which represents the entire United States as one region.</P> <P><B>Conclusions</B></P> <P>The study clearly demonstrates the spatially varying nature of fuel consumption changes that might occur from a changing climate. Although the study illustrates the importance of incorporating climate change into infrastructure-planning exercises, it also demonstrates that uncertainties about underlying drivers still must weigh heavily on these planning decisions. Finally, the study demonstrates that the 50-state building model provides both insights at the regional level and potentially better national-level estimates.</P> <P><B>Practice implication</B></P> <P>The findings from this study will help the climate-based policy decision and energy system, especially utility planning related to the buildings sector at the U.S. state and regional level facing the potential climate change.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Climate change has spatially heterogeneous impact on heating and cooling energy and fuel uses in building sector. </LI> <LI> Building energy and fuel uses are sensitive to other factors such as climate policy as well as climate change. </LI> <LI> The 50-state building model provides both insights at the regional level and potentially better national-level estimates. </LI> <LI> Climate change impact on building electricity use is critical, and needs to be incorporated in infrastructure planning. </LI> </UL> </P>

Reduced‑order controller design for Cuk converters based on objective holographic feedback

Jiyong Li,Pengcheng Zhou,Hengyu Pan,Duanzheng Feng,Bin Liu 전력전자학회 2023 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.23 No.2

Since the Cuk converter is a non-minimum phase system with an unstable internal dynamic, it is challenging to employ control methods such as input–output linearization to ensure the closed-loop system stability. This paper proposes an objective holographic feedback nonlinear control (OHFNC) method without static deviation to regulate fourth-order Cuk converters. A Cuk converter operating in the continuous conduction mode is adopted, and the input inductor current and output capacitor voltage of the system are selected as control target quantities. The OHFNC method aims to configure a nonlinear system with poles near the equilibrium point, and place them in desired positions. The target quantities are separately constrained by feedback coefficients, which forces them to converge to their corresponding reference trajectories. Accordingly, an integration link is introduced to compensate for the reference current error when the system is heavily loaded. Finally, simulation and experimental results show that the OHFNC method has a stronger robustness and a faster transient response than fractional-order PIλ dual-loop control.

Modeling urban building energy use: A review of modeling approaches and procedures

Li, Wenliang,Zhou, Yuyu,Cetin, Kristen,Eom, Jiyong,Wang, Yu,Chen, Gang,Zhang, Xuesong Elsevier 2017 ENERGY Vol.141 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>With rapid urbanization and economic development, the world has been experiencing an unprecedented increase in energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions is a common interest shared by major developed and developing countries, actions to enable these global reductions are generally implemented at the city scale. This is because baseline information from individual cities plays an important role in identifying economical options for improving building energy efficiency and reducing GHG emissions. Numerous approaches have been proposed for modeling urban building energy use in the past decades. This paper aims to provide an up-to-date review of the broad categories of energy models for urban buildings and describes the basic workflow of physics-based, bottom-up models and their applications in simulating urban-scale building energy use. Because there are significant differences across models with varied potential for application, strengths and weaknesses of the reviewed models are also presented. This is followed by a discussion of challenging issues associated with model preparation and calibration.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Advances in urban buildings energy models are reviewed. </LI> <LI> Strengths and weaknesses of urban building energy models are discussed. </LI> <LI> The workflow of physics-based bottom-up models are illuminated. </LI> <LI> Challenges and future research avenues in urban buildings energy use modeling are highlighted. </LI> </UL> </P>

Selected microRNA-192 mutant indicates association with several function genes in bovine cells

Chen Zi,Dexin Zeng,Jiyong Zhou,Jianjun Dai,Luyan Jiang,Feng Xue,Yuan Jiang,Baoguang Li 한국유전학회 2018 Genes & Genomics Vol.40 No.4

MicroRNAs are implicated in many cellular processes such as cell differentiation and development, tumorigenesis, and immune regulation. In this study, miR192 was detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) when MDBK cells were exposed to Escherichia coli. Cells with malfunction of bta-miR-192 were established using transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) technology. Finally, bta-miR-192 mutant cells were screened for differentially expressed genes using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq). The results showed that miR192 significantly decreased in cells exposed to E. coli F18ac and E. coli K88ac. The RNA-seq results showed that 1673 differentially expressed transcripts were identified; 890 genes were upregulated and 775 genes were downregulated. With the gene ontology enrichment analysis, 431 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were classified into 937 gene ontology terms. The pathway enrichment analysis showed that 535 genes were involved in 254 pathway terms. Interestingly, most of these DEGs were associated with the pathways in cancers or infectious diseases. When the selected DEGs (n = 162) in these pathways were intersected with 120 differential transcripts, 11 DEGs were identified. Subsequently, several genes associated with regulation, cancers, or viral infections, such as LEF1, AXIN2, MX1, and FCGR2B, were identified among the DEGs using functional analysis. Furthermore, associations between bta-miR-192 and DEGs were detected by intersecting the bta-miR-192’s target genes with the DEGs, indicating that three genes including CBL, DICER1 and TRERF1 were involved in this relationship. These findings provided useful guidance for investigating the role played by bta-miR-192 in cellular functionality in bovine cells.

Development of a Rapid PCR Test for Identification of Streptococcus agalactiae in Milk Samples Collected on Filter Paper Disks

Wu, Jiusheng,Liu, Yuehuan,Hu, Songhua,Zhou, Jiyong Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2008 Animal Bioscience Vol.21 No.1

Streptococcus (Strep.) agalactiae is one of the major pathogens of bovine mastitis and is the main cause of subclinical infection. This study attempted to develop a rapid PCR diagnosis procedure using milk samples collected on filter paper disks. Chromatographic filter paper was employed as the preservation media and kept at room temperature for one to four weeks. The revival rate of Strep. agalactiae kept on dried filter paper disks was affected by the pretreatment preservation time. The revival test suggested that not all the bacteria in artificially contaminated milk samples on the filter paper disks could be recovered. After that, a PCR based on the 16-23S intergenic spacer region of Strep agalactiae was performed. The results distinguished the strep. agalactiae from major pathogens of bovine mastitis at a $2{\times}10^2$ colony forming units (CFU)/ml level, which showed similar sensitivity to the results from liquid milk samples. The results also showed that milk samples collected on filter paper disks could be kept at room temperature for one to four weeks with little negative effect on sensitivity and specificity. The field test showed that the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity was 96.15% and 98.60%, respectively. In conclusion, the protocol will provide a rapid and economic procedure for the detection of bovine mastitis.

Ginseng-derived type I rhamnogalacturonan polysaccharide binds to galectin-8 and antagonizes its function

Yi Zheng,Yunlong Si,Xuejiao Xu,Hongming Gu,Zhen He,Zihan Zhao,Zhangkai Feng,Jiyong Su,Kevin H. Mayo,Yifa Zhou,Guihua Tai The Korean Society of Ginseng 2024 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.48 No.2

Background: Panax ginseng Meyer polysaccharides exhibit various biological functions, like antagonizing galectin-3-mediated cell adhesion and migration. Galectin-8 (Gal-8), with its linker-joined N- and C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domains (CRDs), is also crucial to these biological processes, and thus plays a role in various pathological disorders. Yet the effect of ginseng-derived polysaccharides in modulating Gal-8 function has remained unclear. Methods: P. ginseng-derived pectin was chromatographically isolated and enzymatically digested to obtain a series of polysaccharides. Biolayer Interferometry (BLI) quantified their binding affinity to Gal-8, and their inhibitory effects on Gal-8 was assessed by hemagglutination, cell migration and T-cell apoptosis. Results: Our ginseng-derived pectin polysaccharides consist mostly of rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) and homogalacturonan (HG). BLI shows that Gal-8 binding rests primarily in RG-I and its β-1,4-galactan side chains, with sub-micromolar K_D values. Both N- and C-terminal Gal-8 CRDs bind RG-I, with binding correlated with Gal-8-mediated function. Conclusion: P. ginseng RG-I pectin β-1,4-galactan side chains are crucial to binding Gal-8 and antagonizing its function. This study enhances our understanding of galectin-sugar interactions, information that may be used in the development of pharmaceutical agents targeting Gal-8.