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Journal articles on the topic "Fossil plants"

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Cleal, Christopher J., and Barry A. Thomas. "Naming of parts: the use of fossil-taxa in palaeobotany." Fossil Imprint 77, no. 1 (2021): 166–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2021.013.

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Fossil plants are extinct plants whose remains (referred to as plant fossils) are found preserved in sedimentary deposits. Plant fossils are classified using fossil-taxa as defined in the International Code of Nomenclature. Fossil-taxa differ conceptually from taxa of living plants in that they often do not refer to whole organisms, but to the remains of one or more parts of the parent organism, in one or more preservational states. There can be complications when two parts of a plant are shown to be connected, or when two preservational states are correlated, and to avoid disrupting the wider palaeobotanical taxonomy it is often best to keep the fossil-taxa separate. Extinct fossil plants reconstructed by piecing together the plant fossils are best not given formal Linnean taxonomic names. There can also be problems using living plant taxa for fossils, even when there is a close morphological similarity of particular plant parts. Fossil-taxa for different plant parts can reflect different taxonomic ranks of the parent plants so care must be taken when using such taxa in floristic or phylogenetic studies. Because of taphonomic factors, a number of “artificial” fossil-taxa have proved useful, despite that they do not fully reflect the systematic positions of the parent plants.
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Eble, Cortland F. "Fossil plants and spores." International Journal of Coal Geology 52, no. 1-4 (November 2002): 91–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0166-5162(02)00139-8.

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Djuric, Dragana, Nevenka Djeric, Uros Stojadinovic, Desa Djordjevic-Milutinovic, Miodrag Hrnjez Ljumo, and Milan Denda. "Novel findings of late Cenomanian-Turonian Pachyophiid snakes, fishes and plants in the SE Bosnia-Herzegovina." Annales g?ologiques de la Peninsule balkanique, no. 00 (2022): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gabp220406003d.

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New fossils from the Late Cenomanian-Turonian locality in the Bileca area are reported. The fossils include a diverse assemblage of snakelike reptile remains, fishes and plants. While fossil snakes have already been found in this area, the remains of fish and plants are reported for the first time. Based on the state of fossil preservation, the following were identified: the snake Pachyophis (Simol iophiidae), the pychnodont fish Coelodus sp., and plant remains of the flowering plants groups Magnoliidae exc. Lilianae, Arecaceae (palm trees), and Cycadopsida.
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Stein, William E. "Phylogenetic analysis and fossil plants." Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 50, no. 1-2 (February 1987): 31–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0034-6667(87)90039-x.

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Kvaček, Jiří, and Jakub Sakala. "Late Cretaceous flora of James Ross Island (Antarctica) – preliminary report." Czech Polar Reports 1, no. 2 (June 1, 2011): 96–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cpr2011-2-9.

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Fossil plants from Late Cretaceous strata (Hidden Lake Formation and Santa Marta Formation) of James Ross Basin exposed in the northern part of the James Ross Island are preliminary described. Both formations contain plant mega fossils, petrified wood, and charcoalified mesofossils. Fossil plants from the Hidden Lake Formation are represented by leaf impressions of pteridophytes (Microphyllopteris, Delosorus, Lygodium), conifers (Elatocladus, Brachyphyllum, Pagiophyllum, Araucaria, Podozamites vel Lindleycladus), Bennettitales vel Cycadales (Zamites vel Dioonites sp.) and angiosperms (Cinnamomoides, Dicotylophyllum ssp., Proteophyllum, Juglandi-phyllum vel Dicotylophyllum). Fossil wood can be attributed to the very broadly defined morphogenus Antarctoxylon Poole & Cantrill.
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Crane, Peter R. "Major Patterns in Botanical Diversity." Paleontological Society Special Publications 11 (2002): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2475262200009874.

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At a time when the popular perception of paleontology is dominated by images of dinosaurs and other spectacular vertebrates, or the mysteries surrounding the Cambrian “explosion” of animal life, it is perhaps not surprising that the rich and informative fossil record of plants has scarcely made an impact on the public consciousness. In reality, as one would expect from those organisms that comprise the bulk of the biological material in terrestrial ecosystems, the fossil record of plants is extensive (Stewart and Rothwell, 1993). Leaves, wood fragments, pollen grains, spores, fruits, seeds, and other plant parts are the most common fossils in rocks deposited in ancient flood plains, lakes, and many other environments—and they are often exquisitely preserved. This excellent fossil record provides important information about the ecology of ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The quality of the plant fossil record also makes paleobotanical data highly informative about the historical pattern of plant evolution. It is this pattern, and its congruence with patterns in the characters of living and fossil plants—as summarized in a classification—that is the focus of this chapter.
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Crane, Peter R. "Major Patterns in Botanical Diversity." Paleontological Society Special Publications 9 (1999): 171–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2475262200014076.

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At a time when the popular perception of paleontology is dominated by images of dinosaurs and other spectacular vertebrates, or the mysteries surrounding the Cambrian “explosion” of animal life, it is perhaps not surprising that the rich and informative fossil record of plants has scarcely made an impact on the public consciousness. In reality, as one would expect from those organisms that comprise the bulk of the biological material in terrestrial ecosystems, the fossil record of plants is extensive (Stewart and Rothwell, 1993). Leaves, wood fragments, pollen grains, spores, fruits, seeds and other plant parts are the most common fossils in rocks deposited in ancient flood plains, lakes and many other environments - and they are often exquisitely preserved. This excellent fossil record provides important information about the ecology of ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The quality of the plant fossil record also makes paleobotanical data highly informative about the historical pattern of plant evolution. It is this pattern, and its congruence with patterns in the characters of living and fossil plants — as summarized in a classification — that is the focus of this chapter.
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Singh, Kamal Jeet, and Shaila Chandra. "Additional palaeobotanical information from Madhupur village, talchir coalfield, Orissa, India." Journal of Palaeosciences 49, no. (1-3) (December 31, 2000): 385–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.54991/jop.2000.156.

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Floristically rich exposures near Handapa Village in Hinjrida Ghati have been explored by various geologists and palaeobotanists ever since they were first located and mapped by Subramanian & Rao (1960). Based on the fossil plants the entire area has been assigned various ages such as Mahadeva (Early Triassic). Raniganj and Kamthi formations (Late Permian) by different workers. A new and rich collection of plant fossils from the Madhupur area revitalise the age of the beds and provides additional information to the fossil flora. Glossopteris species dominated the vegetation. Based on the fossil plants Madhupur beds are assigned age equivalent to Lower Kamthi Formation (late Late Permian).
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Currano, Ellen D. "Ancient Bug Bites on Ancient Plants Record Forest Ecosystem Response to Environmental Perturbations." Paleontological Society Papers 19 (October 2013): 157–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1089332600002722.

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Leaf-compression fossils with insect feeding traces are unique in providing rich, direct evidence of two levels in a fossil food web. Plant-insect associations dominate terrestrial trophic interactions, emphasizing the need to understand their ecological and evolutionary history. This paper first discusses methods of recognizing insect herbivore damage on fossil leaves and quantifying fossil insect herbivory. By conducting an unbiased insect damage census, damage frequency (percent of leaves with insect feeding damage), percent of leaf surface area removed by insects, and damage diversity (the number of discrete damage morphotypes, or DTs, found on a fossil flora or individual host plant) can all be measured. Three examples of responses of past plant-insect trophic interactions to environmental stresses are examined. In the first case study, late Oligocene fossil floras from Ethiopia document forest response to local perturbation and key characteristics to recognize disturbance in the plant fossil record. The second case study considers the terrestrial ecosystem response to the catastrophic global perturbation at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary. In the third case study, the impact of past global warming events—including the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum—on insect herbivory is discussed. Productive avenues for further research include: insect damage studies conducted outside the North American Cretaceous and Paleogene, actualistic and taphonomic studies of insect herbivory, and tighter collaboration across paleobotany, paleoentomology, botany, and entomology.
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Tomescu, Alexandru M. F. "The Early Cretaceous Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island: a hotspot of fossil bryophyte diversity." Botany 94, no. 9 (September 2016): 683–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2016-0054.

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The pre-Cenozoic bryophyte fossil record is significantly sparser than that of vascular plants or Cenozoic bryophytes. This situation has been traditionally attributed to a hypothesized low preservation potential of the plants. However, instances of excellent pre-Cenozoic bryophyte preservation and the results of experiments simulating fossilization contradict this traditional interpretation, suggesting that bryophytes have good preservation potential. Studies of an anatomically preserved Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) plant fossil assemblage on Vancouver Island (British Columbia), at Apple Bay, focusing on the cryptogamic flora, have revealed an abundant bryophyte component. The Apple Bay flora hosts one of the most diverse bryophyte assemblages worldwide, with at least nine distinct moss types (polytrichaceous, leucobryaceous, tricostate), one complex thalloid liverwort, and two other thalloid plants (representing bryophyte or pteridophyte gametophytes), which contribute a significant fraction of biodiversity to the pre-Cenozoic fossil record of bryophytes. These results (i) corroborate previous observations and studies, indicating that the preservation potential of bryophytes is much better than traditionally thought; (ii) indicate that the bryophyte fossil record is incompletely explored and many more bryophyte fossils are hidden in the rock record, awaiting discovery; and (iii) suggest that the paucity of the pre-Cenozoic bryophyte fossil record is primarily a reflection of inadequate paleobryological capacity.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Fossil plants"

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Yunt, Mehmet 1975. "Steam temperature regulation in fossil power plants." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89876.

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Leitch, A. "Studies on living and fossil Charophyte oosporangia." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/f34206b6-5fa4-48a4-958e-e8aae5e75a2d.

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Hill, Stewart Adams. "A new member of the zygopteridales from the lower Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Ellesmere, N.W.T., Artic Canada /." This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10062009-020228/.

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Demko, Timothy Michael. "Taphonomy of fossil plants in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187397.

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Fossil plants in the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation are preserved in fluvial channel, overbank, and lacustrine deposits. Plant-bearing units in these deposits are classified into seven types based on these depositional environments or subenvironments. Taphonomic characteristics of these assemblages, and of individual plant fossils within them, indicate that most plant fossils have either not been transported far from their growth sites or are preserved in situ. One particular deposit in the central part of Petrified Forest National Park preserves fossil plants in three associations: (1) allochthonous logs in basal lags in a channel-fill/lateral accretion deposits; (2) autochthonous horsetail trunks and parautochthonous horsetail leaves in a crevasse-splay deposits; and (3) parautochthonous and autochthonous cycadaceous, fern and other types of leaves, and erect and prostrate trunks in a paludal/distal splay deposits. Exposures of contemporaneous high-sinuosity channel and overbank deposits in this area enabled the reconstruction of the local paleogeography, paleohydrology, and paleoecology at a high resolution. Fossil plant assemblages of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation are concentrated in the lower members of the formation. The lower part of the Chinle Formation was deposited in an incised valley system. Depositional, hydrological, and near-surface geochemical conditions in the incised valley system were conducive to preservation of terrestrial organic material, even though regional conditions were characterized by seasonal/monsoonal precipitation and groundwater conditions. Fossil plant assemblages preserved in these types of fully terrestrial incised valley-fills are taphonomically biased towards riparian wetland environments.
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Latchman, Drupatie. "Carbon Dioxide Capture From Fossil Fuel Power Plants Using Dolomite." Scholar Commons, 2010. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1693.

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The main objective of this research is to develop a simple and cost effective separation method that captures carbon dioxide from power plant flue gas, as a pure stream that can be stored using regenerable dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate) as the sorbent. The developed dolomite sorbent was evaluated for carbon dioxide capture capacity using muti-cycle tests of cyclical carbonation/calcination experiments in the thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) model SDT 600. The variables controlled in the experiment were weight of calcium oxide and sintering time of the sample. The dolomite materials investigated were from two sources Alfa Aesar and Specialty Minerals. The prepared sorbent, after conditioning, is in the oxide form and can adsorb CO2 to form the carbonate and be regenerated back to the oxide. The results showed that the dolomite sorbent developed can be used for reversible CO2 capture. The data from 8 multi-cycle TGA experiments show that the reversible capacity reduced in the first few cycles; however it stabilized to an average value of 34 percent after an average of 10 cycles and an average conditioning time of 15 hours. Data from two multi-cycle TGA experiments show that the dolomite sorbent is capable of an average stabilized conversion of 65% in an average of 13 cycles at a conditioning time of 87 hours.
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Prasad, Girijesh. "Performance monitoring and control for economical fossil power plant operation." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264537.

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Shi, Xiao. "Fossil plants and environmental changes during the Permian-Triassic transition in Northwest China." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066588/document.

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La transition Permien – Trias est une période importante dans l’histoire de la Terre. L’extinction en masse de la fin du Permien est l’événement d’extinction le plus sévère de l’histoire de la vie sur Terre. Les études précédentes se sont principalement focalisées sur les événements biotiques en milieux océaniques. Récemment, de plus en plus de nouvelles recherches se sont développées sur les événements en milieu continental.Les bassins de Junggar et de Turpan en Chine du Nord, présentent une opportunité unique d’étudier la limite Permien – Trias en milieu continental grâce à de nombreux affleurements avec des séries continues.Les facies continentaux de la coupe de Dalongkou sur le flanc sud du bassin de Junggar et de la coupe de Taoshuyuan sur le flanc nord du basin de Turpan, ont été sélectionnés pour cette thèse. Les niveaux de l’intervalle de transition Permien – Trias correspondent aux formations “Wutonggou”, “Guodikeng” et “Jiucaiyuan”. D’abondants bois fossiles et empreintes de plantes ont été découverts dans ces coupes. Des logs sédimentaires détaillés ont été levés. L’approche utilisée ici est pluridisciplinaire pour reconstruire les Paléoenvironnements avec les bois fossiles et les plantes, les patrons des cernes croissance des bois et l’analyse des microfaciès sédimentaires.Cinq genres et six espèces de bois fossiles ont été découverts. Nous établissons trois nouveaux genres: Junggaropitys, Xinjiangoxylon et un nouveau genre (soumis pour publication). La courbe CSDM (Cumulative Sum of the Deviation from Mean diameter) a été utilisée pour analyser les cernes de croissance dans le but de déterminer les conditions d’intersaisonnalité et la longévité des feuilles des arbres. Nous avons déterminé que Junggaropitys dalongkouensis est une espèce à feuilles persistantes avec les feuilles à longévité de 3 à 6 ans; le XTT-C-4 gen. et sp. nov. est également à feuilles persistantes mais avec une longévité des feuilles de 3 à 15 ans.Septomedullopitys, Junggaropitys, Xinjiangoxylon et XTT-C-4 gen. nov. montrent tous un xylème secondaire de type Protophyllocladoxylon. En accord avec l’analyse paléobiogéographique, les bois de type Protophyllocladoxylon sont principalement distribués dans une zone climatique tempérée froide dans l’hémisphère sud, dans des zones climatiques variables dans l’hémisphère nord et dans la zone équatoriale au Paléozoïque supérieurLes résultats obtenus sur les bois fossiles montrent que le climat sur la région de Junggar devait être, à la limite Permien – Trias, chaud et humide, avec des températures et une humidité restant relativement stables.Il n’existe pas de période de forte sécheresse au Trias basal. Les méga-moussons de la Paléo-Téthys n’ont pas d’influence sur la région de Junggar sur la côte est de la Pangée aux latitudes moyennes. Combiné avec les résultats précédemment obtenus, nous montrons que le climat n’a pas subit de très fortes variations entre le Permien moyen et le Trias basal.L’analyse des plantes fossiles montre que le nombre de genres et d’espèces diminue progressivement de 26 genres et 53 espèces connues dans le Wuchiapingien à 10 genres et 15 espèces dans le Changhsingien et seulement 6 genres et 7 espèces dans l’Induen. La tendance à la réduction des assemblages floristiques dans les bassins de Junggar et Turpan semble montrer que le processus d’extinction est long et graduel et a débuté bien avant la limite Permien – Trias. Durant la période de récupération post-crise des flores, les lycopsides (Annalepis) et les fougères (Neocalamites et Pecopteris) ont joué un rôle d’espèces pionnières. Trois logs stratigraphiques ont été levés pour l’analyse des facies sédimentaires. Quatre principaux environnements de dépôts ont été reconnus dans la coupe de Dalongkou. Les séries de la Formation Wutonggou se sont déposées dans un environnement de rivières en tresse et de systèmes fluviaux éphémères ou d’étangs et de plaines alluviales
Permian-Triassic transition is an important period in the Earth’s history. The end-Permian mass extinction is the Earth's most severe known extinction event. Previous studies mainly focused on the biotic events in the ocean. Recently more and more researches on the terrestrial events during the Permian-Triassic transition attracted many attentions. The Junggar and Turpan basins of Northwest China command a unique and significant position in the study of terrestrial Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) events as it contains well and continuously exposed PTB sections. The lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and cyclostratigraphy have been well established in the two basins. The problem we are trying to solve, based on paleobotanical studies associated with sedimentological analyses, is the environmental changes during the Permian-Triassic transition in the research area.The terrestrial facies in the Dalongkou section on the south flank of Junggar Basin and the Taoshuyuan section on the north flank of Turpan Basin have been selected as the researching ones for this thesis. The Permian-Triassic transition strata have been included in the “Wutonggou”, “Guodikeng” and “Jiucaiyuan” formations. Abundant fossil woods and plant impressions have been discovered and collected in these sections. Detailed sedimentary logs of the sections were drawn. The approach that we adopt to recognize the environmental changes is the fossil wood and plant impression species, growth-ring pattern, and sedimentary facies analysis.Five genera and six species of fossil woods were discovered. We establish three new genera: Junggaropitys, Xinjiangoxylon and a new genus (submitted for publication). The CSDM (Cumulative Sum of the Deviation from Mean diameter) curve was used to analyse the growth rings to determine the intraseasonal conditions and leaf longevity patterns of the trees. We recognise that Junggaropitys dalongkouensis is evergreen, and the leaf longevity may be 3–6 years; XTT-C-4 gen. et sp. nov. is evergreen too, and the leaf longevity may be 3 to 15 years. Septomedullopitys, Junggaropitys, Xinjiangoxylon and XTT-C-4 gen. nov. all show a Protophyllocladoxylon-type secondary xylem. According to palaeobiogeographic analysis, the Protophyllocladoxylon-type woods distributed mainly in the cool temperate climate zone of the southern hemisphere, various climate zones of the northern hemisphere and equatorial zone during the Late Paleozoic. The results of fossil woods analysis obtained in this research shows the climate in the Junggar terrane around the PTB was warm and humid and the temperature and precipitation remained relatively stable. It did not exist a heavy dryness in the earliest Triassic. Meanwhile, the Palaeo-Tethys megamonsoons did not influence the Junggar terrane along the east coast of mid-latitude Pangaea. Combined with the previously reported fossil woods, it shows that the climate had no prominent change from the Middle Permian to earliest Triassic.Plant fossil analysis show that the numbers of plant genera and species gradually decreased from 26 genera and 53 species in the Wuchiapingian, to 10 genera and 15 species in the Changhsingian, and only 6 genera and 7 species in the Induan. The trend in the plant assemblage reduction in the Junggar and Turpan basins appears to be indicative of a long, protracted extinction process that may have started well before the Permian-Triassic boundary. During the plant recovery period, the lycopsids (Annalepis) and ferns (Neocalamites and Pecopteris) played roles of pioneer species during the plant recovery period
二叠-三叠纪之交是地球历史上的关键时期。发生在二叠纪末期的大灭绝事件是最严重的生物灭绝事件。前人对此次灭绝事件的研究主要集中于海洋生物的变化，近年来越来越多的研究开始关注于这一时期陆地生态系统的变化。 位于中国西北部的准噶尔盆地和吐鲁番盆地出露了完整的陆相二叠-三叠系界线附近地层，因此在这一研究方面具有独特的优势。前期研究中在这一个地区建立了良好的岩石地层，生物地层和旋回地层格架。本文将集中解决二叠-三叠纪之交研究区的环境变化问题。我们选择了位于准噶尔盆地南缘的大龙口剖面和吐鲁番盆地北缘的桃树园剖面，两个陆相地层剖面作为论文的研究对象。在这一区域，二叠-三叠系之交地层是由梧桐沟组，锅底坑组和韭菜园组组成。我们在大龙口剖面和桃树园剖面二叠-三叠系地层中发现了大量木化石和植物印模化石，对剖面绘制了详细的地层柱状图。我们鉴定了木化石和植物印模化石种属,木化石年轮类型，分析了沉积相变化，进而用来识别研究区的环境变化。 我们对所采集到的130块木化石进行了切片，通过生物显微镜对其解剖结构进行研究，共发现了木化石5属6种，包括建立的三个新属：Junggaropitys，Xinjiangoxylon和 XTT-C-4 gen. nov.（还在审稿中）。这三个属均具有内始式的初生木质部和Protophyllocladoxylon 型次生木质部，其中Junggaropitys具有同质但异细胞的髓部；Xinjiangoxylon拥有具薄壁细胞和分泌管的髓部；XTT-C-4 gen. nov.的髓部中具有独特的板状支撑结构。我们应用CSDM曲线（平均值偏差累计曲线）分析木化石的年轮用以识别其生长季的条件和叶的寿命。CSDM曲线分析表明Junggaropitys dalongkouensis为一种常绿植物，叶的寿命为3-6年；XTT-C-4 gen. et sp. nov.也为常绿植物，叶的寿命3-15年。Septomedullopitys, Junggaropitys, Xinjiangoxylon和XTT-C-4 gen. nov.四个属的木化石均展示出Protophyllocladoxylon型次生木质部。我们对晚古生代全球发现的具有Protophyllocladoxylon型次生木质部的木化石进行了生物古地理分析，我们发现，在晚古生代，具有Protophyllocladoxylon型次生木质部植物，在南半球仅分布在冷温带地区；而在北半球和赤道地区，其分布在不同的气候带。对木化石的分析显示准噶尔地块在二叠-三叠系界线附近古气候温暖湿润，温度和降雨量相对稳定；古特提斯洋巨季风没有影响到东岸的泛大陆中纬度地区。结合前人对这一地区其他木化石研究，我们认为研究区的古气候自中二叠世至早三叠世早期没有显著的变化。植物化石分析显示，植物种属由吴家坪期的26属53种逐渐减少到长兴期的10属15种再到早三叠世印度期的6属7种。在准噶尔盆地和吐鲁番盆地，二叠-三叠系之交，植物显示了一个长时间的逐渐灭绝的过程。通过对比白垩纪-第三纪植物灭绝事件和现代恶劣环境下植物恢复的实例，我们发现石松类（脊囊属）和蕨类（新芦木属和栉羊齿属）在植物复苏阶段扮演着先驱分子的角色。我们对大龙口剖面，桃树园A和C剖面进行了沉积相分析。在大龙口剖面我们识别出4个主要的沉积相。梧桐沟组上部主要由辫状河相，短暂的河流系统或湖和冲积平原相组成。锅底坑组为湖（或池塘）相和洪泛平原相沉积。韭菜园组主要由冲积平原和湖（或池塘）相沉积组成。在桃树园地区，梧桐沟组上部至锅底坑组底部的一套地层主要是湖（或池塘）相和洪泛平原相沉积。锅底坑组下部为一套辫状河沉积。而锅底坑组上部为冲积平原和湖（或池塘）相沉积。韭菜园组主要为辫状河和洪泛平原沉积。对碎屑岩的样品岩相学分析显示跨越二叠-三叠系界线，沉积物物源一致。其中火山碎屑物来源于多个火山源。大龙口剖面和桃树园剖面在界线附近沉积物的物源保持一致，这说明，这两个剖面在二叠-三叠系之交时期处于同一个盆地，而博格达山隆起晚于这一时间。灰岩样品指示了湖泊环境的沉积。二叠纪末期的植物灭绝降低了河岸的强度，增加了坡地的沉积物的提供，进而增加了河道中沉积物的卸载。这导致了研究区在吴家坪期和长兴期界线附近和早三叠世的两次沉积相的改变。
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Blake, Bascombe Mitchel. "Carboniferous paleobotany and paleoclimatology of the central Appalachian Basin, West Virginia, U.S.A." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10655.

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Orme, Joseph William. "Pennsylvanian climate signatures from the South Wales coalfield : evidence from fossil plants." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/59831/.

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The link between vegetation and climate change during the Pennsylvanian Subperiod is of significant scientific interest, in part due to the similarities between that time and the present day. These are the only two intervals in Earth's history with comparable levels of polar ice, and widespread tropical vegetation. Extensive coal deposits were formed in areas of wetland vegetation dominated by arborescent lycopsids. A change in composition and westwards decline of these coal swamps across Euramerica, began in the Middle Pennsylvanian. The South Wales Coalfield possesses potentially the most complete terrestrial record of the Middle Pennsylvanian Subperiod and thus a unique resource for the study of this time. Initially changes in atmospheric concentration of CO2 were to be assessed via measurement of stomatal index. Considerable experimentation with various techniques for obtaining cuticle revealed this to be impossible, preservation being variable but consistently too poor for the identification of stomata. Therefore petrographic analysis of coal was utilised to investigate environmental change, principally peat hydrology. Samples were collected through 24 seams across the South Wales Coalfield. Optical analysis of macerals, the plant derived microscopic components of coal, was used to develop a new petrographic technique for defining maceral facies from detrended correspondence analysis of maceral composition data. These changes are compared to group level changes in the palynological assemblages of roof shales which revealed a clear change in dominance from lycopsids to ferns. I interpret a transition, initiated earliest in the West of the basin, from waterlogged environments dominated by rheotrophic peat substrates and lycopsid vegetation, to a better drained environment with expanded areas of clastic substrate and fern dominated vegetation. Signals from petrographic and palynological data are similar, but due to taphonomic factors these diverge from that from macroflora, the former indicating an earlier decline in lycopsid vegetation during the Bolsovian substage. The coeval northwards migration of the Variscan front, and influx of coarse clastic sediment, is presented as the principal driver of the interpreted environmental and vegetational change in South Wales. The present study supports the model proposed as a result of the IGCP 469 project that the role of climate change may have increased globally as the coal swamps contracted, a positive feedback loop being established in which the progressive loss of a significant carbon sink contributed to the establishment of conditions less favourable for the dominant forest vegetation and thereby their further decline.
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Moreau, Jean-David. "Imagerie de plantes fossiles par la tomographie synchrotron : cas de préservations exceptionnelles et de fleurs du Cénomanien de Charente-Maritime et du Gard (France)." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014REN1S171.

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La transition Crétacé inférieur-Crétacé supérieur (environ 100 millions d'années) marque une période cruciale pour l'évolution de certaines plantes à graines. Elle correspond à la rapide radiation des plantes à fleurs et à la réorganisation écologique des Angiospermes et des conifères. Cependant, notre connaissance des plantes à graines durant le Crétacé moyen et en Laurasie reste encore très partielle. Pendant la dernière décennie, la microtomographie synchrotron s'est avérée une technique d'imagerie très performante pour l'étude les structures internes de divers fossiles. Jusqu'à maintenant, les applications de cette technique n'ont été que très limitées en paléobotanique. C'est dans ce contexte que cette thèse s'est intéressée : (1) au développement de nouvelles approches d'imagerie par tomographie, utiles en paléobotanique, et sur différents types de préservation ; (2) à l'utilisation de ces nouvelles approches pour compléter notre connaissance de la morpho-anatomie, la systématique, la diversité, et l'écologie des plantes à graines laurasiatiques du Crétacé moyen. Ainsi, un peu plus d'une centaine de spécimens (e.g. inflorescences, fleurs, fruits, et grains de pollen d'Angiospermes ; cônes and axes feuillés de conifères) provenant de gisements paléontologiques français ont été étudiés par tomographie synchrotron. Pour la première fois, de nombreuses fleurs très diversifiées sont décrites dans les dépôts cénomaniens de Charente-Maritime et du Gard (Ouest et Sud-Est de la France). Dans certains cas, toutes les unités florales du périanthe, de l'androcée, et du gynécée sont préservées. Un nouveau protocole combinant microtomographie par contraste de phase de propagation et nano-holotomographie a été développé pour étudier des petits spécimens isolés tels que des fleurs préservées sous forme de fusain ou de lignite (taille de voxel proche de 50 nm). Les données tomographiques permettent de les décrire de la morphologie générale à la paroi des grains de pollen, in situ, dans les étamines. Ces fleurs sont majoritairement attribuées à des Lauraceae et des Platanaceae. De plus, des nodules siliceux, opaques, denses, et contenant des inclusions végétales sont ici signalés dans les dépôts cénomaniens de Charente-Maritime. Ils contiennent d'abondants restes de conifères. Ils sont préservés sous forme de perminéralisation siliceuse et en trois dimensions. Ce travail propose un protocole tomographique multi-échelles, haute résolution et haute énergie, utile à l'étude d'inclusions végétales contenues à l'intérieur de nodules rocheux de grande dimension. Le conifère Glenrosa est décrit pour la première fois, de la morphologie générale des structures végétatives et reproductives à l'histologie. Ce travail soutient que pendant le Cénomanien, les environnements les plus ouverts sur la mer étaient dominés par les conifères alors que les milieux littoraux plus internes et protégés montraient quant à eux des flores à dominante angiospermienne
The Lower Cretaceous-Upper Cretaceous transition (about 100 million years ago) stands as a crucial period for the evolution of some seed plants. It consists of the brutal radiation of flowering plants and an ecological reorganisation of Angiosperms and conifers. However, our knowledge of mid-Cretaceous Laurasian seed plants remains partial. During the last decade, synchrotron microtomography has successfully been employed for non-destructively imaging inner structures of various types of fossil remains. To date, the applications of this technique in palaeobotany are still limited. This thesis focuses on: (1) developing new tomographic imaging approaches at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France), relevant to palaeobotany, and especially for investigating various kinds of plant preservations; (2) applying these approaches to improve our knowledge about the morpho-anatomy, the systematics, the diversity, and the ecology of Laurasian seed plants during the mid-Cretaceous. Hundreds of unique or rare mid-Cretaceous fossil plant specimens (e.g. inflorescences, flowers, fruits, and pollen grains of Angiosperms; cones and leafy axes of conifers) from French Cretaceous deposits were imaged and investigated using several new synchrotron tomographic protocols. For the first time, abundant and diverse fossil flowers are described from the Cenomanian deposits of Charente-Maritime and Gard (western and southeastern France, respectively). In some cases, all floral units of the perianth, the androecium, and the gynoecium are preserved. A new tomographic approach combining propagation phase contrast X-ray microtomography and nano-holotomography was developed to image those small and isolated plant specimens such as charcoalified/lignitized fossil flowers (up to 50 nm of voxel size). This allows the description of fossil flowers, from their gross morphology to the micromorphology of the exine of in situ pollen grains inside stamens. They are mainly and unambiguously ascribed to Lauraceae and Platanaceae. In addition, large, opaque and dense silica-rich flint nodules containing plant inclusions are reported from the Cenomanian deposits of Charente-Maritime. They contain abundant hidden conifer. These Cenomanian conifers are exceptionally well-preserved in three dimensions and consist of siliceous permineralisation. We propose a multiscale, high resolution and high energy tomographic protocol useful for the study of plant inclusions contained inside large rocky nodules. We study the partially unexplored extinct conifer Glenrosa, from the gross morphology to the histology of its vegetative and reproductive structures. This work supports that during the Cenomanian and in coastal areas, on the one hand, palaeoenvironments which were highly influenced by marine inputs were probably dominated by conifers. On the other hand, innermost and protected palaeoenvironments showed Angiosperm-dominated floras
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1969-, Davis Paul, and Natural History Museum (London, England), eds. Fossil plants. Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Books in association with the Natural History Museum, London, 2004.

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E, White M. Australia's fossil plants. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Reed Books, 1988.

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L, Taylor Edith, Krings Michael, and ScienceDirect (Online service), eds. Paleobotany: The biology and evolution of fossil plants. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2009.

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Garassino, Alessandro. Plants: Origins and evolution. Austin, Tex: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1995.

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Wierer, Johann Franz. Vergleichende Untersuchungen an Megasporenvergesellschaftungen der alpinen und germanischen Mittel- und Obertrias. München: F. Pfeil, 1997.

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Ireneusz, Lipiarski, and European Palaeobotanical and Palynological Conference (5th : 1998 : Kraków, Poland), eds. Fossil plants from Carboniferous coal basins. Cracow: Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1998.

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W, Meyer Herbert. The Oligocene Bridge Creek flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.

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Axelrod, Daniel I. The Oligocene Haynes Creek Flora of eastern Idaho. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1998.

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Koppelhus, Eva B. Megaspore assemblages from the Jurassic and lowermost Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark. København: Danmarks geologiske undersøgelse, 1992.

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Axelrod, Daniel I. The Miocene Purple Mountain flora of western Nevada. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

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Meyen, Sergei V. "Fossil plants systematics." In Fundamentals of Palaeobotany, 21–242. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3151-0_3.

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Chaloner, W. G. "Fossil Plants as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators." In Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic, 13–21. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79378-3_2.

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Kellogg, Elizabeth A. "Fossil Record and Dates of Diversification." In Flowering Plants. Monocots, 103–7. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15332-2_11.

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Friis, Else Marie, Peter R. Crane, and Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen. "Fossil History of Magnoliid Angiosperms." In Evolution and Diversification of Land Plants, 121–56. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65918-1_6.

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Wang, Xin. "Fossil Plants Possibly Related to Angiosperms." In The Dawn Angiosperms, 259–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58325-9_7.

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Carr, John, and Tema Milstein. "Manatees and fossil-fuel power plants." In Communicating Endangered Species, 218–32. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003041955-18.

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Konstantin, Panos, and Margarete Konstantin. "Thermal Power Plants Fired by Fossil Fuels." In The Power Supply Industry, 47–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72305-1_3.

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de Leeuw, Jan W., Gerard J. M. Versteegh, and Pim F. van Bergen. "Biomacromolecules of algae and plants and their fossil analogues." In Plants and Climate Change, 209–33. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4443-4_14.

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Moreira, Bárbara P., William G. Sganzerla, Paulo C. Torres-Mayanga, Héctor A. Ruiz, and Daniel Lachos-Perez. "Overview of Commercial Bioethanol Production Plants." In Bioethanol: A Green Energy Substitute for Fossil Fuels, 279–303. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36542-3_11.

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Beerling, D. J. "Palaeo-Ecophysiological Studies on Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossil Floras." In Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic, 23–33. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79378-3_3.

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Conference papers on the topic "Fossil plants"

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Kumar, Nikhil, Sundar Venkataraman, Debra Lew, Greg Brinkman, David Palchak, and Jaquelin Cochran. "Retrofitting Fossil Power Plants for Increased Flexibility." In ASME 2014 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2014-32024.

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Increased renewable generation on the grid along with market deregulation has resulted in a significant increase in the cycling of coal and gas-fired power plant. This increase in cycling will result in increased wear-and-tear costs for units that were not traditionally designed for cycling. Asset owners can make operational changes to mitigate the wear-and-tear impact or alternatively retrofit existing units for improved flexibility. With retrofits, these plants can provide increased operational flexibility, or in other words cycle more, but this comes at an initial cost. On the other hand, increased flexibility in terms of faster starts, better turndowns and ramp rates also provides opportunity for the asset owners to recover their costs in the market. This paper evaluates the operational, as well as cost-benefit of retrofitting power plants for flexibility using a portfolio of generation resources in North America.
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Breyer, Christian, Marzella Görig, Ann-Katrin Gerlach, and Jürgen Schmid. "Economics of Hybrid PV-Fossil Power Plants." In ISES Solar World Congress 2011. Freiburg, Germany: International Solar Energy Society, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.18086/swc.2011.10.02.

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Sunder Raj, Komandur. "Performance/Condition Monitoring and Optimization for Fossil Power Plants." In ASME 2014 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2014-32002.

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Increased competition and consolidation of plant ownership have created a need for power companies to leverage technological advances and tools as they attempt to maximize generating asset value by doing more efficiently with less. Legacy-based, labor-intensive systems are being supplanted with automated, standardized systems for fleet-wide data collection, analysis, diagnostics and reporting. Focus is also shifting from monitoring the performance/condition of individual plants and components to entire fleets for maximum economic benefit. Today’s virtual environment allows an enterprise to monitor in real time the performance and health of individual plants as well as an entire fleet for continuous learning and to sustain optimum performance. This paper provides an overview of performance/condition monitoring and optimization for fossil power plants. It examines performance and condition monitoring models, their capabilities and benefits in analyzing plant issues and, some of the results that might be achieved. It discusses the key features and benefits of on-line monitoring systems and provides examples of key performance/condition data, parameters and indicators to monitor and diagnose operation, performance, health, economics, integrity, reliability and environmental issues. The paper also examines current performance/condition monitoring initiatives in the power industry.
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Gibbs, Bruce P., and David S. Weber. "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Fossil Power Plants." In 1992 American Control Conference. IEEE, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/acc.1992.4792717.

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Tilley, Richard M. "Nondestructive evaluation needs in fossil fuel power plants." In Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Infrastructure, edited by Walter G. Reuter. SPIE, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.209360.

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Horlock, J. H., J. B. Young, and G. Manfrida. "The Rational Efficiency of Fossil-Fuel Power Plants." In ASME 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece1998-0848.

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Abstract The definition of open cycle rational efficiency is unequivocally based on the ratio of the actual shaft work output from a power plant to the maximum work that could be obtained in a reversible process between prescribed inlet and outlet states. However, the specification of this ideal process remains a matter for discussion. The “classical” definition specifies the outlet state as a “standard” atmosphere (p0,T0) with a given composition of constituent gases and an exergy of zero. The ideal work output is then the exergy of the fuel supplied, which is the sum of the Gibbs function change in reversible combustion at (p0,T0) and the work of extraction and delivery of the reactant and product species. However, two other ideal processes may be considered in which different outlet states are specified leading to alternative definitions of rational efficiency. In one process all species enter and leave the ideal plant individually at (p0,T0) in thermal and mechanical (but not chemical) equilibrium with the environment. In the other, the exhaust is at (p0,T0) but the gas composition is the same as in the real process. A further complication occurs when water or steam is injected into a gas turbine plant. In such cases the exergy of the added water must be considered within any definition of rational efficiency. The three definitions of rational efficiency are discussed and compared and some illustrative calculations presented.
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Roberts, S., R. Leese, and S. Birks. "Next Generation Casting Materials for Fossil Power Plants." In AM-EPRI 2016, edited by J. Parker, J. Shingledecker, and J. Siefert. ASM International, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.am-epri-2016p0035.

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Abstract The necessity to reduce carbon dioxide emissions of new fossil plant, while increasing net efficiency has lead to the development of not only new steels for potential plant operation of 650°C, but also cast nickel alloys for potential plant operation of up to 700°C and maybe 750°C. This paper discusses the production of prototype MarBN steel castings for potential plant operation up to 650°C, and gamma prime strengthened nickel alloys for advanced super critical plant (A-USC) operation up to 750°C. MarBN steel is a modified 9% Cr steel with chemical concentration of Cobalt and tungsten higher than that of CB2 (GX-13CrMoCoVNbNB9) typically, 2% to 3 Co, 3%W, with controlled B and N additions. The paper will discuss the work undertaken on prototype MarBN steel castings produced in UK funded research projects, and summarise the results achieved. Additionally, within European projects a castable nickel based super alloy has successfully been developed. This innovative alloy is suitable for 700°C+ operation and offers a solution to many of the issues associated with casting precipitation hardened nickel alloys.
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Armor, A. F., and R. Viswanathan. "Supercritical Fossil Steam Plants: Operational Issues and Design Needs for Advanced Plants." In AM-EPRI 2004, edited by R. Viswanathan, D. Gandy, and K. Coleman. ASM International, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31399/asm.cp.am-epri-2004p0138.

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Abstract As electricity markets become increasingly competitive, ultrasupercritical power plants must operate efficiently and flexibly. This necessitates attention to equipment design features and optimal material selection. Early studies by EPRI highlighted the need for boiler and steam turbine design improvements, as well as material advances, to enable the flexible operation of advanced supercritical units. Improvements such as turbine rotor cooling, cycling capability through improved control systems, enhanced blade tip sealing designs, turbine vibration control approaches, and erosion-resistant control stage designs were required. With ultrasupercritical plants moving towards even higher steam temperatures exceeding 700°C, these concerns need to be revisited from both metallurgical and design perspectives. Furthermore, features for efficiency improvements beyond advanced steam conditions should be considered, while minimizing environmental emissions like CO2. This paper reviews the needs for future ultrasupercritical plants with steam temperatures approaching or exceeding 700°C.
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Turchi, Craig S., Nicholas Langle, Robin Bedilion, and Cara Libby. "Solar-Augment Potential of U.S. Fossil-Fired Power Plants." In ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2011-54358.

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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems utilize solar thermal energy for the generation of electric power. This attribute makes it relatively easy to integrate CSP systems with fossil-fired power plants. The “solar-augment” of fossil power plants offers a lower cost and lower risk alternative to stand-alone solar plant construction. This study ranked the potential to add solar thermal energy to coal-fired and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants found throughout 16 states in the southeast and southwest United States. Each generating unit was ranked in six categories to create an overall score ranging from Excellent to Not Considered. Separate analysis was performed for parabolic trough and power tower technologies due to the difference in the steam temperatures that each can generate. The study found a potential for over 11 GWe of parabolic trough and over 21 GWe of power tower capacity. Power towers offer more capacity and higher quality integration due to the greater steam temperatures that can be achieved. The best sites were in the sunny southwest, but all states had at least one site that ranked Good for augmentation. Geographic depiction of the results can be accessed via NREL’s Solar Power Prospector at http://maps.nrel.gov/.
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Arnold, John L., Laney H. Bisbee, and Jim Pratt. "Interdependence of Renewable and Conventional Fossil Power Generation." In ASME 2011 Power Conference collocated with JSME ICOPE 2011. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2011-55275.

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The current economic climate and energy policies are forcing significant change on the bulk of the US power generation fleet. Specifically, the rapid increase in renewable power generation and in environmental requirements will have a direct impact on the conventional fossil-fuel fired power plants. The likely outcome will be the shuttering of smaller coal generating units, older boilers, and units where environmental-related capital investment is not economically viable. Many of the surviving plants will face the addition of environmental-related equipment and a change in operation from base-loaded to more cyclical duty. While some coal plants will continue to operate as base-load generation due to the specific energy market served, it is forecast that much of the US coal fleet will in some way be required to balance the intermittent and variable production characteristics of renewable generation when those sources (wind, solar, hydro) are not available. As the renewable portfolio standards are currently estimated to range from 15–33% (1) of a utilities annual generation, this balancing role is critical to match the electricity demands of the US market. The resultant increase in cycling of the existing fossil fleet that will occur when this balancing occurs is expected to have extremely deleterious effects on the fleet of aging plants. Specifically, the impact will be felt in the areas of serviceability of the critical systems, emissions of fossil plants, and operational efficiencies. This paper is intended to identify some of the major issues that are expected to occur to the existing conventional fossil-fuel fleet as the renewable generation increases. These issues include the degradation in serviceability and reliability in light of increased cyclic operation, reductions in plant thermal efficiency, and impact on plant emissions.
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Reports on the topic "Fossil plants"

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Villamil, Julie, Caique Lara, Anthony Abrahao, Aparna Arvelli, Guilherme Daldegan, Sharif Sarker, and Dwayne McDaniel. Development of a Pipe Crawler Inspection Tool for Fossil Energy Power Plants. Florida International University, October 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25148/mmeurs.009772.

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Fossil fuel power plants are complex systems containing multiple components that create extreme environments for the purpose of extracting usable energy. Failures in the system can lead to increased down time for the plant, reduction of power and significant cost for repairs. In the past, inspections and maintenance of the plant's superheater tubes has been predominantly manual, laborious, and extremely time consuming. This is due to the pipe's small diameter size (between 1.3 and 7.6 cm) and the coiled structure of the tubing. In addition, the tubes are often stacked close to each other, limiting access for external inspection. Detection of pipe degradation, such as increased levels of corrosion, creep, and the formation of micro-cracks is possible using standard non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods, including ultrasonic, radiography and electromagnetic methods. However, when the access to the sub-systems is limited or the configuration of the structure is prohibitive, alternative methods are needed for deploying the NDE tools. This research effort considers a novel robotic inspection system for the evaluation of small pipes found in typical boiler superheaters that have limited access. The pipe crawler system is an internal inspection device that can potentially navigate through the entire pipe length using linear actuators to grip the walls and inch along the pipe. The modular nature of the system allows it to traverse through straight sections and multiple 90-degree and 180-degree bends. The crawler is also capable of providing visual inspections, ultrasonic thickness measurements, and generating inner diameter surface maps using LiDAR (light detection and ranging). Ultimately, the development of this robotic inspection tool can provide information regarding the structural integrity of key pipeline components in fossil fuel power plants that are not easily accessible
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Turchi, C., N. Langle, R. Bedilion, and C. Libby. Solar-Augment Potential of U.S. Fossil-Fired Power Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1006246.

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James F. Klausner, Renwei Mei, Yi Li, and Jessica Knight. Innovative Fresh Water Production Process for Fossil Fuel Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/918426.

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James F. Klausner, Renwei Mei, Yi Li, and Jessica Knight. INNOVATIVE FRESH WATER PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/835262.

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James F. Klausner, Renwei Mei, Yi Li, Mohamed Darwish, Diego Acevedo, and Jessica Knight. INNOVATIVE FRESH WATER PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/825857.

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James F. Klausner, Renwei Mei, Yi Li, Jessica Knight, and Venugopal Jogi. Innovative Fresh Water Production Process for Fossil Fuel Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/862097.

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Gomelsky, Roberto. Fossil Fuel Power Plants: Available Technologies and Thermal Plant Prospective Potential in Latin America. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009137.

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The general objective of this study is to provide an overview of fossil-fuel-based electric power technologies other than coal-fired technologies (coal-fired technologies are the subject of a specific guideline that has already been adopted by the IDB) and an assessment of the relevance of these technologies in the future power generation mix in Latin America and the Caribbean resulting from new generation and retrofit investment in which the IDB may participate.
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Carl R. Evenson and Shane E. Roark. Advanced Hydrogen Transport Membranes for Vision 21 Fossil Fuel Plants. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/908230.

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Roark, Shane E., Tony F. Sammells, Richard A. Mackay, Lyrik Y. Pitzman, Alexandra Z. LaGuardia, Tom F. Barton, Sara L. Rolfe, et al. ADVANCED HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANES FOR VISION 21 FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/790782.

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Roark, Shane E., Tony F. Sammells, Richard A. Mackay, Lyrik Y. Pitzman, Tom F. Barton, Sara L. Rolfe, Richard N. Kleiner, et al. ADVANCED HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANES FOR VISION 21 FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/791991.

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