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W. S. Chow S. G. Tan Z. Ahmad K. H. Chia N. S. Lau K. Sudesh 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2014,22(1):140-147
In this study, bio-thermoset from epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) was prepared in the presence of methylhexahydrophthalic anhydride curing agent and 2-ethyl-4-methylimidazole catalyst. The crosslink densities of the synthesized ESO are ranged from 0.109 × 10?3 to 0.308 × 10?3 mol/cm3. The ESO bio-thermosets were exposed to the soil-burial test for 8 months. Weight change and morphology of the degraded ESO specimens were assessed. It was found that the weight loss of ESO was governed by the materials compositions, crosslink density and the soil-burial exposure time. The 3 mm thickness ESO bio-thermosets with crosslink density of 0.109 × 10?3 mol/cm3 had fully biodegraded after soil-burial for 6 months. In addition, 16S rDNA sequencing was carried out to identify the soil microorganisms. It was suggested that Comamonas sp., Bacillus sp., Streptomyces sp. and Acinetobacter sp. are the possible soil microbes that degrade the ESO bio-thermosets in the compost soil environment. 相似文献
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Jianxin Zhu Shaoguo Kang Yijun Xie Fushen Zhang 《Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management》2013,15(4):489-502
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was carried out by SimaPro 7.3 to study the environmental impact of a lab-scale batch subcritical water decomposition operation for a kilogram of Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) waste treatment in this study, a proven process for the decomposition of PFOS pollutants with high concentration. This LCA focuses on not only the main environmental factors from emissions of toxic pollutants, but also the influence from technical characteristics of the iron-induced subcritical water technology including energy and substances consumption during the subcritical water decomposition treatment process. The IMPACT 2002+ environmental model was used to evaluate the 15 midpoint and 4 end-point environmental damages. It was found that the energy consumption to sustain the high temperature (350 °C) and high pressure (23 MPa) in the subcritical water process contributes 99.8 % of the damages. The total negative impact of the SCWD process for 1 kg of PFOS waste treatment to human health, ecological quality, climate change and resources amounts to 1.11 × 10?3, 8.43 × 10?5, 9.76 × 10?4, 9.05 × 10?4 Pt, respectively. And the improvement of energy efficiency and catalytic effectiveness are two important factors to reduce the environmental impact from the SCWD process for the treatment of PFOS waste. 相似文献
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Jitender Sharma Sukriti B. S. Kaith M. S. Bhatti 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2018,26(2):518-531
Present study envisaged the sequential experimental design approach for the development of biodegradable Gelatin-Tapoica/polyacrylamide superabsorbent. Percentage water uptake efficacy of candidate sample was optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) design under microwave irradiation. Different process variables such as potassium persulphate and ammonium persulphate (KPS:APS) ratio, pH, reaction time concentration of acrylamide and N,N-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBA) were investigated as a function of percentage swelling using sequential experimental design. Maximum liquid efficacy of 1550% was obtained at KPS:APS?=?1.0:0.5; acrylamide?=?7.67?×?10?1 mol L?1; MBA?=?1.76?×?10?2 mol L?1; pH 10 and time?=?110 s. The 3D crosslinked network formed was characterized using Fourier Transformation Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) techniques and thermal stability was ensured by Thermal gravimetric Analysis/Differential Thermal Analysis/Differential Thermal Gravimetric (TGA/DTA/DTG) studies. Superabsorbent synthesized could increase the moisture content in different type of soils and was found to enhance the water-holding capability of the soil upto 60 days in clayey, 40 days in sandy and 51 days in mixture of two soils under controlled conditions. Further, candidate polymer was investigated for the in-vitro controlled release of the KNO3 with diffusion exponent ‘n’ was found to be 0.4326 indicating Fickian type diffusion. Also, initial diffusion coefficient (DI?=?3.49?×?10?5 m2 h?1) was found to be greater than the lateral diffusion coefficient (DL?=?3.76?×?10?6 m2 h?1) indicated rapid release of KNO3 during initial hours with slow release afterwards. The ecofriendly nature of the synthesized polymer was also tested by conducting biodegradation studies and it was found to degrade upto 94% and 88.1% within 70 days with degradation rate of 1.34 and 1.26% per day using composting method and vermicomposting method respectively. So, the synthesized candidate polymer was found to be boon for agriculture-horticulture sector with wide applicability. 相似文献
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In the last years numerous epidemiological studies were carried out to evaluate the effects of particulate matter on human health. In industrialized areas, anthropogenic activities highly contribute to the fine and ultrafine particle concentrations. Then, it is important to characterize the evolution of particle size distribution and chemical composition near these emission points. Waste incineration represents a favorable technique for reducing the waste volume. However, in the past, municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) had a bad reputation due to the emission of toxic combustion byproducts. Consequently, the risk perception of the people living near MWIs is very high even if in Western countries waste incineration has nowadays to be considered a relatively clean process from a technical point of view. The study here presented has an exemplary meaning for developing appropriate management and control strategies for air quality in the surrounding of MWIs and to perform exposure assessment for populations involved. Environment particles were continuously measured through a SMPS/APS system over 12 months. The monitoring site represents a downwind receptor of a typical MWI. Furthermore, elements and organic fractions were measured by means of the Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and using dichotomous and high volume samplers. Annual mean values of 8.6 × 103 ± 3.7 × 102 part. cm?3 and 31.1 ± 9.0 μg m?3 were found for number and mass concentration, typical of a rural site. Most of the elements can be attributed to long-range transport from other natural and/or anthropogenic sources. Finally, the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons present low concentrations with a mean value of 24.6 ng m?3. 相似文献
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Lu Cai Tong-Bin Chen Ding Gao Hong-Tao Liu Jun Chen Guo-Di Zheng 《Waste management (New York, N.Y.)》2013,33(1):12-17
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is a prospective measurement technology for moisture content of sewage sludge composting material; however, a significant dependence upon temperature has been observed. The objective of this study was to assess the impacts of temperature upon moisture content measurement and determine if TDR could be used to monitor moisture content in sewage sludge compost across a range of temperatures. We also investigated the combined effects of temperature and conductivity on moisture content measurement. The results revealed that the moisture content of composting material could be determined by TDR using coated probes, even when the measured material had a moisture content of 0.581 cm3 cm?3, temperature of 70 °C and conductivity of 4.32 mS cm?1. TDR probes were calibrated as a function of dielectric properties that included temperature effects. When the bulk temperature varied from 20 °C to 70 °C, composting material with 0.10–0.70 cm3 cm?3 moisture content could be measured by TDR using coated probes, and calibrations based on different temperatures minimized the errors. 相似文献
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Sang Don Lee M. Worth Calfee Leroy Mickelsen Matt Clayton Abderrahmane Touati 《补救:环境净化治理成本、技术与工艺杂志》2014,24(2):123-133
The cleaning robots, a vacuum‐based robot (R2) and a wetted‐wipe‐based robot (R4), were evaluated in this study to determine their effectiveness for sampling Bacillus atrophaeus spores. The tests were designed to evaluate the benefit of robot sampling on large areas with two different contamination scenarios: a high‐concentration, low spatial extent contamination (hot spot) and a low concentration, high spatial extent contamination (widely dispersed). The hot spot tests were conducted with the high spore contamination (approximately 107 colony forming units [CFUs]) on a limited area (30.5 cm × 30.5 cm), 2 percent of the entire test. The widely dispersed tests were conducted with approximately 0.1 CFUs/cm2 for floor laminate and approximately 10 CFUs/cm2 for carpet surfaces. The widely dispersed tests distributed spores across the test surface and covered approximately 40 percent of the entire test area. The test results showed that both robots successfully sampled a large quantity of spores from carpet and floor laminate surfaces for both test scenarios. Robot performance is discussed in the context of currently used surface sampling methods. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.* 相似文献
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Vinay Sharma J. S. Banait R. C. Larock P. P. Kundu 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2010,18(3):235-242
Linseed oil-based polymers have been synthesized via cationic and thermal polymerization and characterized through various
techniques, such as SEM, DMA, DSC and TGA. The morphology of the polymer samples after extraction reveals the smooth structure
of the polymer matrix. With an increase in oil content, the morphology is observed to be more loosely bound. With an increase
in linseed oil content in the samples, the room temperature storage modulus (E′) varies from 10.4 × 107 to 1.8 × 107 Pa. The glass transition temperatures measured through DMA of the cationic samples ranges from 70 to −6 °C and the crosslink
densities range from 18.4 × 103 to 3.4 × 103 mol/m3. The glass transition temperatures of the thermal samples range from 106 to −4 °C and the crosslink densities range from
7.7 × 103 to 2.4 × 103 mol/m3. The TGA results show three stages of degradation of the polymer samples and it is also revealed that these polymers are
stable up to 200 °C, showing negligible decomposition. 相似文献
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A laboratory study was conducted for the selection of appropriate remedial technologies for a partially anaerobic aquifer contaminated with chlorinated volatile organics (VOCs). Evaluation of in situ bioremediation demonstrated that the addition of electron donors to anaerobic microcosms enhanced biological reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), and 1,1,1‐trichloroethane (1,1,1‐TCA) with half‐lives of 20, 22, and 41 days, respectively. Nearly complete reductions of PCE, TCE, 1,1,1‐TCA, and the derivative cis‐dichloroethene were accompanied by a corresponding increase in chloride concentrations. Accumulation of vinyl chloride, ethene, and ethane was not observed; however, elevated levels of 14CO2 (from 14C‐TCE spiked) were recovered, indicating the occurrence of anaerobic oxidation. In contrast, very little degradation of 1,2‐dichloropropane (1,2‐DCP) and 1,1‐dichlorethane (1,1‐DCA) was observed in the anaerobic microcosms, but nutrient addition enhanced their degradation in the aerobic biotic microcosms. The aerobic degradation half‐lives for 1,2‐DCP and 1,1‐DCA were 63 and 56 days, respectively. Evaluation of in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) demonstrated that chelate‐modified Fenton's reagent was effective in degrading aqueous‐phase PCE, TCE, 1,1,1‐TCA, 1,2‐DCP, etc.; however, this approach had minimal effects on solid‐phase contaminants. The observed oxidant demand was 16 g‐H2O2/L‐groundwater. The oxidation reaction rates were not highly sensitive to the molar ratio of H2O2:Fe2+:citrate. A ratio of 60:1:1 resulted in slightly faster removal of chemicals of concern (COCs) than those of 12:1:1 and 300:1:1. This treatment resulted in increases in dissolved metals (Ca, Cr, Mg, K, and Mn) and a minor increase of vinyl chloride. Treatment with zero‐valent iron (ZVI) resulted in complete dechlorination of PCE, and TCE to ethene and ethane. ZVI treatment reduced 1,1,1‐TCA only to 1,1‐DCA and chloroethane (CA) but had little effect on reducing the levels of 1,2‐DCP, 1,1‐DCA, and CA. The longevity test showed that one gram of 325‐mesh iron powder was exhausted in reaction with > 22 mL of groundwater. The short life of ZVI may be a barrier to implementation. The ZVI surface reaction rates (ksa) were 1.2 × 10?2 Lm?2h?1, 2 × 10?3 Lm?2h?1, and 1.2 × 10?3 Lm?2h?1 for 1,1,1‐TCA, TCE, and PCE, respectively. Based upon the results of this study, in situ bioremediation appeared to be more suitable than ISCO and ZVI for effectively treating the groundwater contamination at the site. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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Aparna Gunjal Balasaheb Kapadnis Namdeo Pawar 《Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management》2012,14(3):274-280
The traditional carriers viz., lignite and peat used in the biofertiliser industry are non-renewable, costly, non eco-friendly and have very limited reservoirs in India. Therefore, the present work in this paper was undertaken to check and evaluate whether the agroindustry by-products, viz., peanut shells, corn cobs, sawdust, paddy husk and pressmud, can be used as alternatives to the traditional carriers. Evaluation of the carriers was done by studying the survival of Bacillus subtilis at 28, 37 and 45?°C for a period of 3?months on a weekly basis by the viable plate count method. Physico-chemical characteristics of the agroindustry by-products showed that paddy husk has pH 6.66, 6.65?% (w/w) moisture content, 0.31 % (w/w) ash content, potassium 0.037?% (w/w) and other element content such as Co, Rb, Ag, Hg, Bi and Th is more as compared to that in lignite. The viable count of Bacillus subtilis was highest in paddy husk at 28 and 37?°C, which was 2.458?×?105 and 2.470?×?105 cfu/g, respectively. Thus, paddy husk is found to be an alternative carrier to lignite which is very cheap, renewable, eco-friendly, more easily available and is a very clean technology. Since it is the by-product of the agroindustry, its use as a carrier will give a value-added product and also protect the bacterial cells from desiccation. 相似文献
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Water transport in polylactic acid (PLA), PLA/ polycaprolactone copolymers, and PLA/polyethylene glycol blends 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Georgette L. Siparsky Kent J. Voorhees John R. Dorgan Kevin Schilling 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》1997,5(3):125-136
Polylactic acid (PLA) is a hydrolytically degradable aliphatic polyester, and water vapor permeability may have a significant
influence on the rate of degradation. A method is devised to use bags prepared from PLA films and filled with molecular sieves
to determine the water vapor permeability in the polymer, its copolymers with caprolactone, and blends with polyethylene glycol.
The “solution-diffusion” model is used to determine the permeability parameters. These include the solubility coefficient,S, a measure of the equilibrium water concentration available for hydrolysis and the diffusion coefficient,D, which characterizes the rate of water vapor diffusion into the film under specific conditions. Values ofS andD at 50‡C and 90% relative humidity ranged from 400 × 10-6 to 1000 × 10-6 cm3 (STP)/(cm3 Pa) and 0.20 × 10-6 to 1.0 × 10-6 cm2/s, respectively. TheS andD coefficients were also measured at 20 and 40‡C and compared to those of other polymers. The degree of crystallinity was found
to have little influence on the measured permeability parameters. The heat of sorption, δHS, and the activation energy of diffusion, ED, were used to show that the permeability process is best described by the “water cluster” model for hydrophobic polymers.
Finally, the diffusion coefficient is used to compare the rate of water diffusion to the rate of water consumption by ester
hydrolysis. Results indicate that hydrolytic degradation of PLA is reaction-controlled. 相似文献
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Sunflower stalk, an agricultural waste, as an adsorbent for the removal of lead and cadmium from aqueous solutions 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Mohsen Jalali Fathemeh Aboulghazi 《Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management》2013,15(4):548-555
Sunflower residue, an agricultural waste material for the removal of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) from aqueous solutions were investigated using a batch method. Adsorbent was prepared by washing sunflower residue with deionized water until the effluent was colorless. Batch mode experiments were carried out as a function of solution pH, adsorbent dosage, initial concentration and contact time. The results indicated that the adsorbent showed good sorption potential and maximum metal removal was observed at pH 5. Within 150 min of operation about 97 and 87 % of Pb and Cd ions were removed from the solutions, respectively. Lead and Cd sorption curves were well fitted to the modified two-site Langmuir model. The adsorption capacities for Pb and Cd at optimum conditions were 182 and 70 mg g?1, respectively. The kinetics of Pb and Cd adsorption from aqueous solutions were analyzed by fitting the experimental data to a pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the rate constant was found to be 8.42 × 10?2 and 8.95 × 10?2 g mg?1 min?1 for Cd and Pb, respectively. The results revealed that sunflower can adsorb considerable amount of Pb and Cd ions and thus could be an economical method for the removal of Pb and Cd from aqueous systems. 相似文献
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Farha Masood Fariha Hasan Safia Ahmed P. Chen Abdul Hameed 《Journal of Polymers and the Environment》2012,20(3):865-871
The biodegradable and biocompatible copolymer poly-(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-5 mol% 3-hydroxyvalerate), poly-(3HB-co-5 mol% 3HV), was synthesized by Bacillus cereus S10 and the highest yield was determined as 69.91 % at pH 7 and 30 °C after 48 h of incubation using a glucose as the sole carbon source. Poly-(3HB-co-5 mol% 3HV) was purified from bacterial biomass using chloroform. FTIR analysis showed absorption bands at 1,723, 1,274, 1,373, 1,453, 2,932 cm?1 corresponding to C=O, C–O stretching, CH3, –CH2 and –CH groups, respectively. 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR analysis confirmed that the copolymer was composed of 95 mol% of 3-hydroxybutrate and 5 mol% of 3-HV monomeric units. Poly-(3-HB-co-5 mol% 3HV) was used for nanoparticles preparation. The diameter of nanoparticles was 202 nm. 相似文献
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Solidification of sewage sludge has been actively investigated in Japan and Europe since the 1970s. Most previous studies
have focused on only the mechanical aspects of potential alternative cover soil made using sewage. Most solidification processes,
however, suffer from severe odor problems because of the high alkalinity of the material. The objectives of this study are
to develop a cost-effective solidifying agent for conversion of sewage sludge in order to reduce the odor generation, as an
alternative to the conventional cement lime-based solidifying agent, and to demonstrate its applicability in the field experimentally.
Field test results showed compressive strength well above the 1.0 kg/cm2 criterion for landfill cover soil in Korea. Also, the permeability coefficient was far below the 5 × 10−5 cm/s design criterion for landfill cover soil. Even in harsh weather conditions, such as in winter and summer, the compressive
strength was increased. In addition, the permeability was decreased from 3.45 × 10−6 cm/s to 4.78 × 10−7 cm/s, and from 2.27 × 10−6 cm/s to 3.62 × 10−7 cm/s, at 7 days after placement in January and August, respectively. It can therefore be postulated that the proposed solidification
process is an appropriate alternative for production of daily landfill cover material. Concerning the odor problem, 5 min
of mixing of sewage with TS103, one of the proprietary agents used in this work, was sufficient to suppress the concentration
of ammonia emitted to below 10 ppm. Considering all of these experimental field test results, it is expected that the proposed
method could be a competitive approach for manufacture of alternative landfill cover material. 相似文献
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《Waste management & research》1993,11(2):143-154
A closed incubation system was developed for laboratory simulation of composting conditions at the interior of a large compost pile. A conductive heat flux control system (CHFC) was used to adjust the temperature of the internal wall to that of the compost center and compensate for heat loss. Insulated small vessels (400 cm3) controlled by the CHFC system were compared with similar vessels maintained at 30°C (mesophilic) and 55°C (thermophilic), and with large vessels (10 000 cm3) with and without the CHFC. Compost temperature rose rapidly to a maximum within 2-4 days, then gradually decreased. In mesophilic treatments (no CHFC), temperature at the matrix center increased to a maximum of 36°C in the small vessel and 50°C in the large vessel, while temperature in both vessels reached 50°C with the CHFC. Microbial activity was maintained by allowing compost to self-heat and controlling temperature externally with the CHFC. Higher temperatures were sustained for longer periods in CHFC vessels than in vessels without the CHFC. Periodic mixing of the compost matrix increased temperature and CO2 evolution. Small vessels were successfully used in laboratory simulation of field-scale composting of a soil/organic matrix containing TNT and RDX munitions. The small vessel system reduced subsample error in compost monitoring from that of the large vessels. The CHFC has particular utility in research requiring expensive chemicals or hazardous substances. 相似文献
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PM<Subscript>10</Subscript> and Ultrafine Particles Counts In-Vehicle and On-Road in the Athens Area
E. Diapouli G. Grivas A. Chaloulakou N. Spyrellis 《Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus》2008,8(1):89-97
This work presents the first results of a study concerning on-road and in-vehicle exposure to particulate matter in the area
of Athens. PM10 concentration measurements were conducted by TSI DustTrak, while driving along routes with different characteristics of traffic
density, during September 2003–March 2004. Concurrent measurements of the ultrafine particles (UFPs) number concentration
were also conducted, by condensation particle counter during part of the days. Pedestrian exposure to PM10 and UFPs was also studied through stationary measurements on the kerbside of selected roads on November 2003 and February
2004. A major avenue, a heavy-trafficked road across a children hospital and two central roads, one in a residential and one
in a commercial area were selected for measurement. The results indicate that every day commuters are exposed to significant
concentration levels. Higher exposures were observed in heavy-trafficked areas and during rush hours. Mean PM10 in-vehicle and on-road concentrations ranged from 30–320 μg/m3 and 70–285 μg/m3, respectively. The ultrafine particles number concentrations were in the range of 5.0 × 104–17.3 × 104 particles/cm3 in-vehicle and 3.1 × 104–7.3 × 104 particles/cm3 on the kerbside of a central residential road. Both PM10 and UFPs concentrations presented repeated short-term peak exposures. The results clearly point out the importance of the
road microenvironment (in-vehicle and on kerbside) for population exposure in urban areas. 相似文献
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Airborne particulate matter (PM) concentrations were measured in Iksan, a suburban area in South Korea during April, 2003.
PM2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) and PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 μm) samples were collected, and the chemical characteristics of particles
were examined for diurnal patterns, yellow dust/rainfall influences, and scavenging effects. Average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 mass measured were 37.3 ± 16.2 μg m−3 and 60.8 ± 29.5 μg m−3, respectively. The sum of ionic chemical species concentrations for PM2.5 and PM10 was 16.9 ± 7.3 and 23.1 ± 10.1 μg/m3, respectively. A significant reduction in PM mass concentrations during rainfall days was observed for coarse mode (PM2.5 − 10) particles, but less reduction was found for fine (PM2.5) mass concentration. SO4
2−, NH4
+, and K+ predominated in fine particulate mode, NO3
− and Cl− predominated in fine particle mode and coarse particle mode, but Na+, Mg2+, and Ca2+ mostly existed in coarse mode. The high concentration of ammonium due to local emissions and long-range transport neutralized
sulfate and nitrate to ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate, which were major forms of airborne PM in Iksan. Average mass
concentrations of PM10 in daytime and at night were 57.6 and 70.0 μg m−3, and those of PM2.5 were 35.4 and 42.5 μg m−3, respectively. NO3
− and Cl− in both PM2.5 and PM10 were about double at night than in the daytime, while the rest of the chemical species were equal or a little higher at night
than in the daytime. The results suggest the formation of ammonium nitrate and chloride when high ammonia concentration and
low air temperature are allowed. Backward air trajectory analyses showed that air masses arriving at the site during yellow
dust period were transported from arid Chinese regions, which resulted in high concentrations of airborne PM mass concentrations.
In the meantime, air mass trajectories during a rainfall period were mostly from the Pacific Ocean or the East China Sea,
along with a relatively low PM concentration. 相似文献
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P. Zhu L. Y. Wang D. Hong M. Zhou J. Zhou 《Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management》2013,15(1):90-97
In an attempt to find ways to reduce consumption of natural raw material and recycle chrysotile tailing waste (CTW), cordierite ceramics were produced using CTW, kaolin tailing waste (KTW) and waste alumina. Before synthesizing the cordierite ceramics, the inert transformation of CTW was investigated via a thermal treatment. Experimental results indicated that CTW was converted into nonhazardous forsterite and enstatite at temperatures above 1000 °C. The characterizations of the synthesized cordierite ceramics were examined using thermal analyses, X-ray diffraction (XRD), morphological structure analyses, compressive strength measurement, coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP). Thermal analyses indicated that significant weight loss below 900 °C was the release of structural water and gases. XRD indicated that the cordierite became the main crystalline phase at 1350 °C. Compressive strength test indicated that compressive strength of the cordierite ceramics was 260 MPa, and CTE of cordierite ceramics was 2.4 × 10?6 °C?1. This technology for the of utilization of CTW and KTW could be used to produce industrial cordierite ceramics, in accordance with the concepts of sustainable development. 相似文献
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Composting toilets aim to recycle excrement into safe, stable humus. Preceding this, low costs, low risks, and mass reduction should be ensured. Source separating vermicomposting toilets (SSVCs) outperformed mixed latrine microbial composting toilets (MLMCs) in all categories. MLMCs: incurred ten times greater operational costs; created 10x more operator exposure; employed no proven pathogen reduction mechanism since solid end-products averaged 71,000 ± 230,000 CFU/g (fecal-origin) Escherichia coli and 24 ± 5% total solids, consistently failed NSF/ANSI Standard 41; failed to reduce volatile solids compared to raw fecal matter; increased total contaminated dry mass by 274%, and produced alkaline end-product (8.0 ± 0.7) high in toxic free ammonia (Solvita® 2.6 ± 1.5). SSVCs have low maintenance costs and risks; adequate worm density for pathogen destruction (0.03 ± 0.04 g-worm/g-material); reduced E. coli 200 ± 244 CFU/g in neutral (7.4 ± 0.3), stable (60 ± 10% volatile solids), and mature (4 ± 0 Solvita® NH3) end-product. 相似文献