Study of the Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality in the Upstream Portion of the Cau River Basin,Vietnam

This paper presents simulations of climate change impacts on water quality in the upstream portion of the Cau River Basin in the North of Vietnam. The integrated modeling system GIBSI was used to simulate hydrological processes, pollutant and sediment wash-off in the river basin, and pollutant transport and transformation in the river network. Three projections for climate change based on emission scenarios B1, B2, and A2 of IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) were considered. By assuming that the input pollution sources and watershed configuration were constant, based on 2008 data, water quality in the river network was simulated up to the terminal year 2050. For each climate change scenario, patterns of precipitation in wet and dry year were considered. The change in annual and monthly trends for dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and ammonium ions (NH4+) load and concentration for different portions of the watershed have been analyzed. The results of these simulations show that climate change has more impact on changing the seasonal water quality parameters than on altering the average annual load of the pollutants. The percent change and change pattern in water quality parameters are different for wet and dry year, and the changes in wet year are smaller than those in dry year.     

Removal of Zn and Ni by adsorption in a fixed bed of wheat straw

Zn⁺² and Ni⁺² in a solution were removed by biosorption in a fixed bed of wheat straw Triticum aestivum. The removal rate and the mass transfer coefficient for Zn⁺² and Ni⁺² were found to be proportional to the liquid superficial velocity to the power of 0.31 for the range of the particle Reynolds number from 18 to 445 (equivalent liquid rates of 0.00070–0.0175 m³ m⁻² s⁻¹). This agrees well with reported literature for mass transfer in a packed bed of solid particles under a laminar flow regime. Effect of the solution pH, temperature and the particle size (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 in.) on biosorption of Zn⁺² and Ni⁺² was also investigated. Biosorption of both Zn⁺² and Ni⁺² increased significantly with the solution pH from 4.0 to 7.0. On the other hand, Zn⁺² and Ni⁺² removal appeared to be insensitive to liquid temperature from 25 to 30 °C. Nevertheless, a 25% increase in the percentage removal of metal ions was observed with further increase of liquid temperature from 30 to 35 °C. However, the biosorbent particle size did not seem to have a systematic effect on the biosorption of Zn⁺² and Ni⁺². In addition, biosorption of Zn⁺² was not affected considerably by co-adsorption of the bimetal solution while biosorption of Ni⁺² decreased about 14%.     

New methods of life expectancy estimation

Environmental and Ecological Statistics - Two novel methods of life expectancy estimation, applied to various annual reported demographic datasets, are proposed. First, for datasets that fully...     

锰基氧化物催化燃烧甲苯的研究进展

甲苯是最具代表的挥发性有机物（VOCs）之一，是PM_2.5和臭氧的前驱体，对人体呼吸系统和中枢神经系统有一定的损害，甲苯的去除可以有效地减轻大气环境污染问题和对人体健康的影响。锰基氧化物催化燃烧具有成本低、效率高、稳定性强和氧化还原性能良好等优点，成为治理甲苯的热点。用于甲苯去除的锰基催化剂的种类主要有单一锰氧化物、复合锰氧化物、负载型锰氧化物、钙钛矿型锰氧化物和整体锰氧化物五种。本文以甲苯催化氧化为目标，综述了以上五种锰基催化剂的性能和反应机理受催化剂种类、晶型、形貌、掺杂、负载等的影响，并对该领域未来的研究方向做出了展望。     

Stability properties of natural estrogen conjugates in different aqueous samples at room temperature and tips for sample storage

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - It is important to keep natural estrogen conjugates (C-NEs) intact in aqueous environmental sample before sample preparation; otherwise, this may...     

Mechanical properties of steel slag replaced mineral aggregate for road base/sub-base application based Vietnam and Japan standard

Steelmaking slag is one of the most massive industrial by-products generated during steelmaking processes. This paper presents the current steelmaking slag production status and its potential to use as mineral aggregates in base/sub-base layer of road pavement. The mechanical properties of steelmaking slag were confirmed by the test method specified in Vietnam specification. The volume stability test of the slag was conducted based on JIS A 5015-2018 (Japanese Industrial Standard: Iron and steel slag for road construction). From the results, it was confirmed that steelmaking slag can satisfy all the mechanical requirements specified in Vietnam specification and the requirements regarding stability specified in JIS A 5015-2018. In addition, it was found that the elastic modulus of steelmaking slag applied as a base or sub-base layer in pavement was higher than that of the conventional graded aggregate made from mineral aggregate. Therefore, the thickness of pavement can be reduced by using steelmaking slag, and the construction cost can be lower.

     

Oxygen vacancy engineering of photocatalytic nanomaterials for enrichment,activation, and efficient removal of nitrogen oxides with high selectivity: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Air pollution by trace levels of nitric oxide (NO) pollution is threatening human health by causing acid rain and haze pollution through photochemical reactions....