中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (10): 108901-108901.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/10/108901

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A comparison of coal supply-demand in China and in the US based on a network model

房翠翠, 孙梅, 张培培, 高安娜   

  1. Center for Energy Development and Environmental Protection, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-10-24 修回日期:2013-03-19 出版日期:2013-08-30 发布日期:2013-08-30
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71073071 and 71273119) and the Major Program of Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Education Office, China (Grant No. 2010-2-10).

A comparison of coal supply-demand in China and in the US based on a network model

Fang Cui-Cui (房翠翠), Sun Mei (孙梅), Zhang Pei-Pei (张培培), Gao An-Na (高安娜)   

  1. Center for Energy Development and Environmental Protection, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • Received:2012-10-24 Revised:2013-03-19 Online:2013-08-30 Published:2013-08-30
  • Contact: Sun Mei E-mail:sunm@ujs.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71073071 and 71273119) and the Major Program of Social Science Foundation of Jiangsu Education Office, China (Grant No. 2010-2-10).

摘要: Through analysis the actual coal supply and demand in the US and China, the properties of the coal supply-demand market in both countries are investigated based on the energy supply-demand network. The validity of our model is verified by comparing numerical results with empirical results. The comparison of empirical results and the comparison of coal network model parameters between in the US and in China reveal the essence of the internal differences and similarities of coal supply and demand in these two countries. The third stage of China’s coal network was close to that of the US in 1995, indicating that the evolutional situation of China’s coal market begins to transit to an oligopolistic type. Finally, suggestions for China’s coal supply-demand strategy are put forward.

关键词: coal supply-demand network, node weight, edge weight, coal production

Abstract: Through analysis the actual coal supply and demand in the US and China, the properties of the coal supply-demand market in both countries are investigated based on the energy supply-demand network. The validity of our model is verified by comparing numerical results with empirical results. The comparison of empirical results and the comparison of coal network model parameters between in the US and in China reveal the essence of the internal differences and similarities of coal supply and demand in these two countries. The third stage of China’s coal network was close to that of the US in 1995, indicating that the evolutional situation of China’s coal market begins to transit to an oligopolistic type. Finally, suggestions for China’s coal supply-demand strategy are put forward.

Key words: coal supply-demand network, node weight, edge weight, coal production

中图分类号:  (Coal)

  • 89.30.ag
05.65.+b (Self-organized systems) 89.75.Da (Systems obeying scaling laws)