NOx attenuation in flue gas by •OH/SO4•--based advanced oxidation processes

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The combustion of fossil fuels has resulted in rapidly increasing emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx), which has caused serious human health and...     

复合二氧化氯对药物及个人护理品的降解效能

药物及个人护理品(PPCPs)在水处理工艺中的迁移转化备受关注.二氧化氯(ClO_2)是一种常用的消毒剂,但水厂中二氧化氯制备工艺得到的常为复合二氧化氯(即ClO_2和Cl_2的混合物).目前,复合二氧化氯对PPCPs的去除方面研究还比较缺乏.本文研究了复合二氧化氯对16种常见PPCPs的降解效能,并与单独二氧化氯氧化进行比较.研究发现,PPCPs的降解效果与其化学结构密切相关.ClO_2可选择性氧化磺胺甲基嘧啶等含富电子基团的PPCPs,对甲硝唑等不含富电子基团的PPCPs降解能力有限,对咖啡因和扑米酮基本不降解.相比单独二氧化氯氧化,复合二氧化氯能促进萘啶酸、氟甲喹和对乙酰氨基酚的降解,但是对甲硝唑、二甲硝咪唑和避蚊胺的降解能力低于单独二氧化氯氧化.复合二氧化氯使用中亚氯酸盐生成量降低.     

区域清洁生产评价模式探讨

区域清洁生产提供了有效解决地区性重大环境问题的途径。介绍了区域清洁生产理论基础之后,论述了区域清洁生产的实施模式,并建立了完整的经济环境评价模型,为区域清洁生产的实施提供了参考依据。     

钻井平台石油污染法律问题研究——从墨西哥湾石油污染事件谈起

2010年4月20日美国路易斯安那州沿岸的一座石油钻井平台发生爆炸起火,11人死亡.底部油井漏油量从每天5千桶,到后来达2万5千至3万桶,演变成美国历来最严重的油污大灾难.海洋占整个地球表面积的71%,蕴藏着丰富的资源和能源,随着现代新科学技术的发展,海洋石油开采技术也日渐成熟,为缓解能源短缺提供了良好的解决途径,但同时也给海洋环境带来了问题.国际社会极度关注海洋油污问题,并进行了不懈的努力以减轻油污状况,改善海洋环境.本文主要考察针对海洋钻井平台的石油开采活动以及事故产生油污的相关国际国内法律文件,通过对相关法律文件的分析,揭示现有国内法律文件的不足,提出进一步完善相关法律的建议.     

Life Cycle Assessment of fossil energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in Chinese pear production

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was performed to analyze environmental consequences of different pear production chains in terms of fossil energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in China. The assessment identified hotspots that contributed significantly to the environmental impacts of pear production from the cradle to the point of sale. The results showed that GHG emissions and fossil energy use varied in the different production chains because the environmental performance does not associate with the farming systems (i.e. organic vs. conventional), but is co-determined by farm topography and thus machinery use, by market demands to seasonality of products and thus the need for storage, and by local farming practices including manure management. The LCA could be used as a tool to guide selections of agricultural inputs with the aim of reducing environmental impacts. The results of the LCA analysis indicate that a list of choices are available to reduce energy use and GHG emission in the pear production chain, namely substitution of the traditional storage systems by an efficiently controlled atmosphere storage system, using manure for biogas production, conversion from the conventional farming to organic farming, and reduction of mechanical cultivation.     

黑龙江三江自然保护区湿地保护法律问题研究

长期以来,黑龙江三江自然保护区湿地由于人口的增长、经济开发活动频繁增加,社会公众和管理者对湿地的功能和综合价值缺乏足够的认知,对其只是索取,而缺乏有效的保护,致使湿地生态环境发生了重大变化,造成水环境污染严重,土壤沙化、盐碱化面积不断扩大,灾害性气候频繁发生,动植物等生物多样性急剧减少,这与中国可持续发展的战略主旨及世界潮流相悖.在此,对黑龙江三江自然保护区湿地的现存问题进行分析,以期通过完善区域专项立法、建立湿地专管机构和湿地管理专项资金、完善管理协调机制、建立湿地环境影响评价制度和生态补偿制度、完善环境保护相关法律责任等途径,切实做到对湿地的保护和开发利用并重.     

Water resource conservation promotes synergy between economy and environment in China’s northern drylands

•Considering evenness provides a more accurate assessment of sustainable development. •Water resource conservation drives industrial transformation. •Synergy between economic development and environmental protection is achieved. •Regional collaboration over water could promote sustainable development in drylands. Water resource availability is the major limiting factor for sustainable development in drylands. Climate change intensifies the conflicting water demands between people and the environment and highlights the importance of effective water resource management for achieving a balance between economic development and environmental protection. In 2008, Inner Mongolia, typical dryland in northern China, proposed strict regulations on water exploitation and utilization aimed at achieving sustainable development. Our study is the first to investigate the effectiveness and performance of these long-standing water conservation regulations. Our analyses found that the regulations drove industrial transformation, evidenced by the decreasing proportion of environmentally harmful industries such as coal and steel, and the increasing proportion of tertiary industries (especially tourism). Following industrial transformation, economic development decoupled from industrial water consumption and subsequently led to reduced negative environmental impacts. Based on these results, adaptive strategies were developed for 12 cities by revealing and integrating their development pathways and relative status in achieving sustainable development. Integration and cooperation between cities were proposed, e.g., a water trade agreement between eastern Inner Mongolia (an economically underdeveloped region with relatively abundant water resources) and central Inner Mongolia (an economically developed region with high water stress). Such an agreement may enable the holistic achievement of sustainable development across regions. By integrating the findings of our research, our study presents a reproducible framework for water-management-based sustainable development strategies in drylands.     

Exploration of reaction rates of chlorine dioxide with tryptophan residue in oligopeptides and proteins

Chlorine dioxide (ClO₂), an alternative disinfectant to chlorine, has a superior ability to inactivate microorganisms, in which protein damage has been considered as the main inactivation mechanism. However, the reactivity of ClO₂ with amino acid residues in oligopeptides and proteins remains poorly investigated. In this research, we studied the reaction rate constants of ClO₂ with tryptophan residues in five heptapeptides and four proteins using stopped-flow or competition kinetic method. Each heptapeptide and protein contain only one tryptophan residue and the reactivity of tryptophan residue with ClO₂ was lower than that of free tryptophan (3.88 × 10⁴ (mol/L)^?1sec^?1 at pH 7.0). The neighboring amino acid residues affected the reaction rates through promoting inter-peptide aggregation, changing electron density, shifting pK_a values or inducing electron transfer via redox reactions. A single amino acid residue difference in oligopeptides can make the reaction rate constants differ by over 60% (e.g. 3.01 × 10⁴ (mol/L)^?1sec^?1 for DDDWNDD and 1.85 × 10⁴ (mol/L)^?1sec^?1 for DDDWDDD at pH 7.0 (D: aspartic acid, W: tryptophan, N: asparagine)). The reaction rates of tryptophan-containing oligopeptides were also highly pH-dependent with higher reactivity for deprotonated tryptophan than the neutral specie. Tryptophan residues in proteins spanned a 4-fold range reactivity toward ClO₂ (i.e. 0.84 × 10⁴ (mol/L)^?1sec^?1 for ribonuclease T1 and 3.21 × 10⁴ (mol/L)^?1sec^?1 for melittin at pH 7.0) with accessibility to the oxidant as the determinating factor. The local environment surrounding the tryptophan residue in proteins can also accelerate the reaction rates by increasing the electron density of the indole ring of tryptophan or inhibit the reaction rates by inducing electron transfer reactions. The results are of significance in advancing understanding of ClO₂ oxidative reactions with proteins and microbial inactivation mechanisms.     

环丙沙星在污水处理过程中的迁移转化及对污水生物处理的影响

环丙沙星(Ciprofloxacin,CIP)是一种被广泛用于人类医学和动物疾病预防的抗生素类药物,在自然环境中普遍存在,以前的研究主要集中在采用不同方式对环境介质中的CIP进行吸附降解及CIP的药物作用上,有关其在污水处理过程中的迁移转化及对污水生物处理的影响尚不得而知.基于此,本文通过CIP在活性污泥处理污水中的迁移转化实验,解析其对污水生物处理过程的影响.实验结果表明:CIP的去除途径主要为生物吸附,且对低浓度CIP(0.003、0.03和0.3 mg·L~(-1))有较好的吸附效果,但高浓度CIP(3和6 mg·L~(-1))很难被去除;CIP短期/长期暴露对污泥活性及污泥生物细胞完整性无显著影响,但长期暴露会显著提高活性污泥沉降性能,同时会降低生物脱氮除磷的效率.CIP(0.05、0.5、5 mg·L~(-1))的存在使磷的去除率从97.1%±1.2%分别下降到95.8%±0.9%、89.1%±0.6%和74.3%±0.7%,出水中氨氮的去除率从96.1%±1.1%分别下降到94.6%±0.8%、87.9%±0.4%和70.2%±0.6%.机理实验表明,CIP通过抑制好氧阶段和缺氧阶段胞内聚合物聚羟基脂肪酸酯和糖原的转化来抑制磷的吸收和反硝化过程,这是CIP影响生物脱氮除磷的重要原因.此外,亚硝酸盐还原酶和多磷酸激酶的活性也受到CIP的抑制.     

提高农业用水有效性的水文学研究

中国北方15个省、区、市耕地面积占全国的55%,灌溉面积占全国灌溉总面积的48%,而水资源总量仅占全国的20%。区域水资源短缺和农业的进一步发展,要求提高农业用水有效性。本文从水文学角度,研究了华北、西北和东北3个地区水土资源特征;分析了作物熟制和适水种植的节水效益、农田供水量与产量的函数关系、农田棵间蒸发量和控制措施,以及提高高产农田用水有效性等水文试验研究结果;介绍了河北省南皮节水农业试验区的研究模式。