Pt/生物炭电极反应器处理水中腐殖酸的研究

构建Pt/生物炭电极反应器,研究其对水中腐殖酸的去除效率和去除特性.结果表明,在电流密度为20 m A·cm~(-2)下反应300 min,Pt/生物炭电极反应器对水中腐殖酸的去除率为74.58%,较Pt/石墨电极反应器47.10%去除率提高58.3%.Pt/生物炭电极反应器对水中腐殖酸的去除主要通过电化学氧化和气浮作用.生物炭阴极比石墨阴极能产生更多的H_2O_2,是提高Pt/生物炭电极反应器对腐殖酸去除率的重要原因.三维荧光光谱和凝胶色谱法分析表明,Pt/生物炭电极反应器具有较强的氧化能力,可将较小分子量的腐殖酸直接矿化.研究结果显示生物炭可以作为一种新型电化学反应器的阴极材料用于对水中有机污染物处理.     

The research on extracting the information of human errors in the main control room of nuclear power plants by using Performance Evaluation Matrix

Digitalized nuclear instruments and control systems have been the main stream design for the main control room (MCR) of advanced nuclear power plants (NPPs) nowadays. Digitalization of human–system interface (HSI) could improve human performance and, on the other hand, could reduce operators’ situation awareness as well. It might cause that humans make wrong decision during an emergency unintentionally. Besides, digital HSI relies on computers to integrate system information automatically instead of human operation. It has changed the operator’s role from mainly relating operational activity to mainly relating monitoring. However, if the operators omit or misjudge the information on the video display units and wide display panel, the error of omission and error of commission may occur. This study applies Content Category Analysis (CCA) and Performance Evaluation Matrix (PEM) methods to explore the potential problems in the MCR of advanced NPPs which are caused by human errors. The results show that the potential problems that would probably contribute to the human performance of MCR in the advanced NPPs are multiple accidents, pressure level, number of operators, and other factors such as working environmental. The conclusions of this research may be considered to avoid and prevent human errors in the human factor related researches especially in the nuclear safety field.     

Inorganic arsenic exposure and its relation to metabolic syndrome in an industrial area of Taiwan

Past arsenic exposure was found associated with increased incidence of type 2 diabetes. However, the mechanisms remain unclear. Metabolic syndrome has been shown as a strong predictor for diabetes occurrence. We aimed at examining the association of inorganic arsenic exposure and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. The authors recruited 660 age and gender stratified random population of residents in central Taiwan during 2002-2003. They received home interviews and health examinations at local health care units, where blood and hair specimens were collected. Hair arsenic (H-As) concentrations were determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Metabolic syndrome was defined as the presence of three or more of the following risk factors: elevated levels of blood pressure, plasma glucose, and triglycerides, also the body mass index, and reduced high-density lipoprotein. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome increased from the 2nd tertile (0.034 ug/g) of H-As levels (odds ratio=2.54, 95% confidence interval: 1.20-5.39, p=0.015) after the adjustment for age, gender, occupation and life styles including cigarette smoking. We further found linear relation between H-As concentrations and increased levels of plasma glucose and lipids, and blood pressures. This first report may help identify modifiable factors associated with diabetogenesis and cardiovascular disease progression and thus be worth following for community health.     

Structural investigation of catalyst deactivation of Pt/SDB for catalytic oxidation of VOC-containing wastewater

The stability of styrene-divinyl benzene copolymer (SDB)-supported Pt (Pt/SDB) catalysts for destruction of volatile-organic-compound (VOC) in wastewater was examined. The test reaction was wet oxidation of water-containing aliphatic alcohol and formaldehyde at 140 degrees C and 90 psig for 40 h. The catalytic performance tests indicated that activity of the Pt/SDB catalysts could be maintained for VOC concentration of 3 wt.%, whereas the catalysts deactivated rapidly for 10 wt.% VOC containing wastewater. In order to investigate the nature of catalyst deactivation, extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge (XANES) spectroscopy were used to characterize the fresh and used catalysts. After the reaction, there is no oxidation of Pt clusters observed in EXAFS and XANES spectroscopy suggesting that the oxidation reaction takes places via the adsorbed oxygen. The spectroscopy results further indicated that deactivation of the catalysts were mainly caused by the increase of Pd particle size. After the reaction, the Pt-Pt coordination number has no significant change for the 3 wt.% wastewater whereas increase from 5.6 to 6.2 for 10 wt.% wastewater. Combined with the fact that the catalysts fractured during the reactions, we suggested that Pt agglomeration was mainly caused by thermal migration of the metal clusters.     

Adsorption of acid dye onto activated carbons prepared from agricultural waste bagasse by ZnCl2 activation

A series of activated carbons were prepared from agricultural waste sugarcane bagasse by chemical activation with zinc chloride (ZnCl2) as an activating agent at 500 degrees C and 0.5 h soaking time. The Langmuir surface area and total pore volume were used to estimate the average pore diameter of the carbon products. The values of the surface area and pore volume increased linearly with increase in the impregnation ratio (IR) up to 100 wt%. The adsorption capacities of the derived adsorbents for Acid Orange 10 were measured at 20 degrees C and 40 degrees C to gain further insights into the acidic surface oxides of the adsorbent from the results of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis and pH measurement. Adsorption isotherms of the acid dye on adsorbents prepared were determined and correlated with common isotherm equations. It was found that the Langmuir model appears to fit the isotherm data better than the Freundlich model. The physical properties of these adsorbents were consistent with the parameters obtained from the isotherm equations.     

The thermal hazard evaluation of 1,1-di (tert-butylperoxy) cyclohexane by DSC using non-isothermal and isothermal-kinetic simulations

1,1-Di (tert-butylperoxy) cyclohexane (DTBPH) has been widely employed in the chemical industry. Unfortunately, organic peroxides have been involved in many serious fires and explosions in manufacturing processes, storage, and transportation. This study investigated the thermokinetic parameters by isothermal kinetic and non-isothermal-kinetic simulation, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests. DSC was applied to assess the kinetic parameters, such as kinetic model, frequency factor (ln k₀), activation energy (E_a), reaction order, and heat of reaction (ΔH_d). Comparisons of non-isothermal and isothermal-kinetic model simulation led to a beneficial kinetic model of thermal decomposition to predict the thermal hazard of DTBPH. Simulations of a 0.5 L Dewar vessel and 25 kg barrel commercial package in liquid thermal explosion models were performed and compared to the results in the literature. From the results, the optimal conditions for use of DTBPH to avoid violent runaway reactions during the storage and transportation were determined. This study established the features of thermal decomposition that could be executed as a reduction of energy potential and storage conditions in view of loss prevention.     

污泥热解残渣对废水中Cr(VI)去除作用的研究

为探索污泥热解残渣的资源化利用途径,研究污泥热解残渣直接用作吸附剂去除废水中Cr(VI)的可行性,分析热解温度、时间以及吸附时间、溶液pH值和吸附剂用量等因素对污泥残渣吸附性能的影响.结果表明,在700 ℃下热解1.0 h的污泥残渣的吸附性能最佳,吸附过程可以用准二级反应动力学方程描述;污泥残渣对Cr(VI)的吸附受多种过程(如化学吸附、颗粒内扩散等)反应速度的影响;Langmuir模型和Freundlich模型均能很好地对试验数据进行拟合,相对而言,吸附行为更符合Langmuir模型;当吸附时间为24.0 h,初始溶液pH=4.0,吸附剂质量浓度为20 g/L时,污泥残渣对Cr(VI)的最大吸附质量比qmax为13.87 mg/g.研究表明,将污泥热解残渣作为廉价吸附剂处理含Cr(VI)废水有一定的应用前景.     

城市雨水口地面暴雨径流浓度模型研究

在假设每一雨水口集水流域产生的地面暴雨径流均汇入该雨水口的条件下,通过研究雨水口入流污染物浓度随入流流量变化的规律,建立城市雨水口地面暴雨径流浓度模型,并采用2000年7￣9月间重庆市两个雨水口的测量数据,对模型的模拟精度进行验证。