Evaluating the effects of local floodplain management policies on property owner behavior

Floodplain management programs have been adopted by more than 85% of local governments in the nation with designated flood hazard areas. Yet, there has been little evaluation of the influence of floodplain policies on private sector decisions. This article examines the degree to which riverine floodplain management affects purchase and mitigation decisions made by owners of developed floodplain property in ten selected cities in the United States. We find that the stringency of such policies does not lessen floodplain property buying because of the overriding importance of site amenity factors. Indeed, flood protection measures incorporated into development projects appear to add to the attractiveness of floodplain location by increasing the perceived safety from the hazard. Property owner responses to the flood hazard after occupancy involve political action more often than individual on-site mitigation. Floodplain programs only minimally encourage on-site mitigation by the owner because most owners have not experienced a flood and many are unaware of the flood threat. It is suggested that floodplain programs will be more effective in meeting their objectives if they are directed at intervention points earlier in the land conversion process.     

Steam cavity and explosion intensity of molten copper column interaction with water

The steam explosion is one of the most serious accidents in the metallurgical industry. In this paper, an experimental study on the interaction of molten copper column with cooling water was carried out using high-speed camera and transient pressure measurement system. The effects of temperature, falling height, diameter and mass of molten copper column on the interaction were investigated. The steam cavity phenomenon was observed in the interaction and the percentage of steam cavity volume affects the probability of fragmentation of molten copper column. The maximum percentage of steam cavity volume increases firstly and then decreases with the increase of temperature and falling height. It increases with the increase of diameter of molten copper column, but the mass has a weak effect. The pressure wave generated by the interaction of molten copper column with cooling water gradually increases with an increase in the temperature of molten copper column. The energy conversion rate in the interaction of molten copper column with cooling water was calculated. The rate of energy conversion from the thermal energy of molten copper column to the energy of pressure wave is low because most of the thermal energy is dissipated into the cooling water by heat transfer.     

皖西大别山区资源转化模式探讨

皖西大别山区处于亚热带湿润季风气候区和半湿润季风气候区的过渡地带,生物资源种类较多;但是,作为主体的林业资源已严重萎缩。当地人们在生存与生产活动中正在寻求资源转化的延伸与替代。其资源转化的基本模式是:资源—产品—商品—货币—资源。前段注重于开发利用,后段注重于保护增值。每个环节,在不同的时间与空间都会有一定的替代内容。今后应采取有效措施,促成资源转化模式的适度组配,以保证山区农民在开发利用与保护增值资源的辩证统一中,尽快脱贫致富。     

后处理对离子镀铝涂层腐蚀性能的影响研究

研究了喷丸和化学氧化后处理方法对离子镀铝涂层微观形貌和耐腐蚀性能的影响,并对离子镀铝、电镀锌、低氢脆镀镉、氯化铵镀镉等4种涂镀层的耐腐蚀性能和与铝合金的接触腐蚀进行了对比研究.研究表明通过喷丸可有效地减少镀层孔隙率,提高镀层致密度;喷丸 化学氧化,化学氧化后的离子镀铝层具有良好的耐腐蚀性能;离子镀铝涂层耐腐蚀性能大大高于锌镀层,但低于同等厚度的镉镀层,离子镀铝涂层与7B04铝合金的接触腐蚀性能略优于其他3种镀层.     

制备及反应条件对Pt/Al2O3蜂窝状催化剂性能的影响

采用多次涂层 浸渍法制备了蜂窝状Pt Al2 O3 催化剂 .并对焙烧温度和焙烧时间等不同制备条件和反应温度、O2 浓度和空速等不同反应条件下NOx 的选择性催化还原性能进行了研究 .实验表明 ,蜂窝状Pt Al2 O3 催化剂上NOx 转化率在反应温度为 30 0℃左右时出现最高值 .而随反应温度的升高 ,达到最高转化率所需的O2 浓度不断减小 ,分别为 8% ,6 %和 4 % .这可能是由于在高温下O2 会与NO发生竞争吸附 ,从而阻碍了NO催化还原反应的进行 ;同时随着空速的依次增加 ,催化剂的活性逐渐下降 ,催化剂活性曲线的峰值依次向高温方向移动 .实验还说明 ,在过高的焙烧温度和较长的焙烧时间的制备条件下 ,蜂窝状Pt Al2 O3 的催化性能明显下降 .这是因为高的焙烧温度和较长的焙烧时间能够导致蜂窝状Pt Al2 O3 催化剂的表面发生烧结现象 ,使得催化剂的比表面减小 ,从而导致活性降低 .     

等离子体汽车尾气治理技术

等离子体技术应用于环境污染防治领域具有处理效率高、投资省、运行成本低、不产生二次污染等优点，已成功地运用于固体废物、废水和废气的治理，并成为近年来全世界广泛研究的课题。本文概述了汽车尾气治理技术的现状，探讨了等离子体处理废气的作用机理及其在汽车尾气治理中的应用，最后提出了等离子体处理汽车尾气技术在工业应用中尚需解决的问题。     

An estimate of the conversion rates of SO_2 to SO_4~(2-)- and NO_2 to HNO_(3+) NO_3~- for the evaluation air pollution in Beijing

The conversion rates of SO2 to SO42- and NO2 to HNO3+NO3- are estimated from the field-data obtained in Beijing in summer, 1988. The results show that the conversion rate of NO2 is about four times as much as that of SO2; The conversion rates have a diurnal variation in a day. On the average, the rate of SO2 is estimated to be 4.7% h-1 during the daytime and 3.4% h-1 during the nighttime. Similarly, the rate of NO2 is estimated to be 17.2% h-1 and 12% h-1 respectively.     

NO在Cu—ZSM—5上的催化分解

从铜离子交换液温度，浓度，ＰＨ值，以及铜离子交换的次数，交换的有无中间焙烧这几方面详细地讨论了铜离子交换条件对所制Ｃｕ－ＺＳＭ－５催化剂ＮＯ分解活性的影响；并且考察了Ｃｕ－ＺＳＭ催化分解ＮＯ活性随空速。     

汽油无铅化的关联问题

在实施汽油无铅化的过程中，一个值得引起重视的问题是，要防止“污染替代”发生，即在消除铅污染的同时，防止另一些对环境和健康构成严重威胁的污染物被引入。该文在调研大量中外文献的基础上，综述了目前研究较多的苯、芳烃、烯烃、甲基叔丁基醚等汽油组成和汽油蒸气压对汽车排放正、负方面的影响，提出了制定汽油燃料环保标准，汽油无铅化和安装催化转化器同步进行等建议。     

Modern Biomass Conversion Technologies

This article gives an overview of the state-of-the-art of key biomass conversion technologies currently deployed and technologies that may play a key role in the future, including possible linkage to CO₂ capture and sequestration technology (CCS). In doing so, special attention is paid to production of biofuels for the transport sector, because this is likely to become the key emerging market for large-scale sustainable biomass use. Although the actual role of bio-energy will depend on its competitiveness with fossil fuels and on agricultural policies worldwide, it seems realistic to expect that the current contribution of bio-energy of 40–55 EJ per year will increase considerably. A range from 200 to 300 EJ may be observed looking well into this century, making biomass a more important energy supply option than mineral oil today. A key issue for bio-energy is that its use should be modernized to fit into a sustainable development path. Especially promising are the production of electricity via advanced conversion concepts (i.e. gasification and state-of-the-art combustion and co-firing) and modern biomass derived fuels like methanol, hydrogen and ethanol from ligno-cellulosic biomass, which can reach competitive cost levels within 1–2 decades (partly depending on price developments with petroleum). Sugar cane based ethanol production already provides a competitive biofuel production system in tropical regions and further improvements are possible. Flexible energy systems, in which biomass and fossil fuels can be used in combination, could be the backbone for a low risk, low cost and low carbon emission energy supply system for large scale supply of fuels and power and providing a framework for the evolution of large scale biomass raw material supply systems. The gasification route offers special possibilities to combine this with low cost CO₂ capture (and storage), resulting in concepts that are both flexible with respect to primary fuel input as well as product mix and with the possibility of achieving zero or even negative carbon emissions. Prolonged RD&D efforts and biomass market development, consistent policy support and international collaboration are essential to achieve this.