燃煤电站湿法烟气脱硫的颗粒物脱除效果

伴随着我国燃煤电站污染物严峻形势湿法烟气脱硫协同捕集颗粒物越来越受到工程应用部门的重视。从基本理论出发,引入捕集体与颗粒碰撞、拦截与扩散的基本方程,推导并建立多液滴对多颗粒的捕集模型。研究结果表明:直径245μm的液滴,沉降速度小于气流速度,会被携带出脱硫塔;液滴对PM_(0.1)、PM_1、PM_5、PM_(10)。颗粒物的去除效率为U型曲线,910μm液滴对颗粒物的去除效率比4 666μm液滴高近百倍;同等质量浓度不同粒度分布,脱硫塔除尘性能仍然差异较大。     

冬季关中城市及农村颗粒物的污染特征

为比较冬季城市和农村大气颗粒物浓度及化学组分等特征,本文分别采集分析了西安市区、安康农村冬季大气PM2.5颗粒物与PM0.1颗粒物。分析结果表明:两地大气中PM2.5日均浓度均超过国家二级标准(75μg·m~(-3)),空气质量不容乐观;其中农村样品中PM0.1颗粒物约占PM2.5颗粒物浓度的36.8%左右;所有颗粒物中有机碳远高于无机碳组分,而市区大气颗粒物中多环芳烃浓度显著高于农村浓度,说明城市空气中来源于机动车尾气的污染较为严重;从颗粒物粒径分布特征来看,粒径为0.300~0.374μm颗粒物具有最高数浓度和比表面积浓度,粒径为0.374~0.465μm的颗粒物具有最高质量浓度;由于农村污染源较为单一,安康样品颗粒物浓度受燃煤和油烟的影响较大。此外,由于受燃煤机动车排放影响,西安大气中PM0.1颗粒物中水溶性离子主要为NO_3~-与SO24,而安康大气PM0.1颗粒物中水溶性离子主要以SO_4~(2-)与Ca2+为主,PM2.5颗粒物中水溶性离子以NO_3~-、SO_4~(2-)和NH_4~+为主,这与农村环境中使用燃煤、农田灌溉、家畜喂养以及有机质降解等有关。     

PM10-PM2.5冲击采样器的研制与开发

在颗粒物研究中,分级采样是一种常用的监测方法,而冲击采样器是颗粒物分级采样的重要仪器.根据斯托克斯数,对PM10-PM2.5冲击采样器设计参数进行了详细分析,并对PM10-PM2.5的捕集效率特征进行了分析.结果表明,PM10-PM2.5冲击采样器具备理想的PM10和PM2.5捕集效率,PM10冲击采样器、PM2.5冲击采样器切割粒径分别为9.94、2.43μm,均在其允许误差范围内.     

燃煤电厂烟气中颗粒物粒径分布特征研究

采用冲击式尘粒分级仪对某燃煤电厂1、3机组静电除尘器进、出口烟气进行监测,分析了烟气中颗粒物排放规律和静电除尘器对不同粒径颗粒物的去除率.结果表明,除尘前烟气中以大粒径颗粒物为主,小粒径颗粒物含量相对较低.静电除尘器对不同粒径颗粒物的去除率差别较大,1、3机组的静电除尘器对平均粒径(d50)≥3.56 μm的颗粒物的去除率均达到99.99%,对d50为1.01 μm的颗粒物的去除率则分别为92.75%、95.69%.除尘后烟气中PM2.5和PM10所占比例迅速增加,燃煤电厂排放的烟气中颗粒物以PM2.5为主.     

石家庄市夏季道路交通扬尘排放特征研究

利用石家庄市快速路、主干道、次干道、支路共8条道路上布设的降尘缸,收集夏季道路交通扬尘并进行样品筛分、称重、粒径分析及碳分析。结果表明:(1)2.5~10.0μm粒径颗粒物含量最高,其次为10.0~30.0μm,0~2.5μm最少。相同类型道路南侧、西侧细颗粒物多,而北侧、东侧大颗粒物相对多,原因与道路两侧车流量和周围环境有关。2.5~10.0μm颗粒物更易在2.5 m处富集,而10.0~30.0μm颗粒物在1.5 m处容易富集。(2)PM_(2.5)比PM10更易富集碳。快速路PM_(2.5)中总碳(TC)、有机碳(OC)高,元素碳(EC)低。快速路和主干道2.5 m处PM10更易富集碳,次干道和支路则更易在1.5 m处富集。(3)研究区道路扬尘PM_(2.5)和PM10中碳组分的主要来源为汽油车尾气和燃煤排放,少部分为生物质燃烧。     

不对称街谷内PM_(2.5)浓度垂直分布特征及成因

当前细颗粒物PM2.5已成为城市环境的主要污染物,研究城市不对称街谷内PM2.5浓度的垂直分布特征,对居民日常生活与健康出行有现实意义。实验选取2013年3个不同阶段对高度在1~35 m范围的街谷进行PM2.5浓度监测,同时引用街谷内流场模型与浓度场模型,对PM2.5浓度垂直分布特征及成因进行探究。结果表明,不对称街谷受大气对流、风速、风向影响,街谷内细颗粒物存在不均匀分布特点,在较高侧随着壁面高度的增加PM2.5浓度大体呈"S"型曲线变化。同时在同一阶段监测的4天中街谷内PM2.5浓度分布特征大体一致,而阶段之间差异明显;街谷内PM2.5浓度垂直分布的最高浓度差出现在阶段1,高达75μg/m3,阶段2与阶段3浓度差相对减弱,仅在20~30μg/m3之间。通过阶段2与阶段3对比可知,北京冬季供暖燃煤对大气细颗粒物的贡献较大,导致颗粒物浓度偏高;而非采暖期气温回升,大气对流作用较强,有助于大气颗粒物扩散,因而街谷内PM2.5污染程度相对较低。     

烧结机细颗粒物PM_(2.5)排放特性

利用基于荷电低压颗粒物撞击器(ELPI)的颗粒物排放稀释采样系统,对不同烧结机组的机头、机尾、配料和整粒后的烟粉尘进行了PM2.5的现场测试。结果表明了各测试点位排放的PM2.5粒径分布和质量浓度分布特点。烧结机机头脱硫后虽然降低PM2.5的质量浓度,却增大了其粒数浓度,因此应对脱硫工艺进行优化。PM2.5单体颗粒形态有:球形颗粒、超细颗粒、不规则颗粒和烟尘集合体。PM2.5中SO2-4、有机碳(OC)、无机碳(EC)和铁(Fe)的含量较高,分别为2.65%~10.76%,6.15%~12.6%,3.05%~10.05%和4.14%~26.78%。     

柴油机尾气中微粒粒径分布特征的实验研究

柴油机尾气中的微粒粒径大小分布范围广泛,不同直径的微粒所占的比例以及对环境和人身健康造成的危害各不相同,因此对微粒粒径特征进行研究更具有实际意义。本研究分别采用滤膜称重法和光散射法对厦工XG951Ⅲ装载机配置的国Ⅲ柴油发动机怠速工况下的尾气进行测试,研究了微粒的质量浓度分布、数量浓度分布以及质量浓度与数量浓度分布的关系。研究结果表明,从微粒质量上看,可吸入微粒(PM10)占微粒总量(TSP)的74.0%,可入肺微粒(PM2.5)占可吸入微粒的48.1%;2.5μm以下粒径范围内的微粒质量浓度是2.5~10μm粒径范围内微粒质量浓度的将近3倍,是10~100μm粒径范围内微粒质量浓度的52倍;2.5~10μm粒径范围的微粒质量浓度是10~100μm粒径范围内微粒质量浓度的18倍。数量上,在不同的数量级上,微粒数量浓度随粒径变化差距很明显,尤其是1μm以下的微粒较多。另外,质量浓度的粒径分布滞后于数量浓度。因此PM2.5排放标准中应考虑以个数浓度代替质量浓度为标准。     

湿式电除尘器在燃煤电站治理PM_(2.5)中的应用前景

颗粒物特别是细颗粒物(PM2.5)的排放严重影响环境和人类健康,燃煤电站作为PM2.5的重要排放源之一,应加强排放控制。湿式电除尘器作为烟气终端处理设备,可有效脱除燃煤电站烟气中PM2.5。介绍了使用湿式电除尘器脱除PM2.5及其他大气污染物的基本原理,总结了其在国内外燃煤电站的发展历程及应用情况,最后阐述了湿式电除尘器在国内燃煤电站的发展前景。     

基于MOVES的轻型车颗粒物排放来源和特征分析

利用实测数据对MOVES模型进行本地化修正,测算了轻型车颗粒物的排放来源以及粒径、组分构成特征。分析结果表明,全部颗粒物中,轻型汽油车的非尾气排放PM10所占比例为72.70%,PM2.5为42.64%;轻型柴油车非尾气排放PM10所占比例为40.78%,PM2.5为15.41%。2种燃油车辆的尾气排放颗粒物主要来源于尾气管排放,粒径集中在0~2.5μm;而非尾气排放颗粒物主要来源于刹车磨损,粒径集中在2.5~10μm。轻型汽油车的尾气排放颗粒物主要组分为有机碳,轻型柴油车则为元素碳和有机碳。进一步分析不同速度下颗粒物排放变化发现:轻型车非尾气排放颗粒物随行驶速度的增大而降低,而尾气排放颗粒物则随速度的增大先降低后升高;非尾气排放颗粒物占全部颗粒物比例随速度的增大先升高再降低;全部颗粒物中PM2.5的比例则随速度的增大先降低后升高。     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Radionuclides and trace elements in fish collected upstream and downstream of Los Alamos national laboratory and the doses to humans from the consumption of muscle and bone

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine radionuclide and trace element concentrations in bottom‐feeding fish (catfish, carp, and suckers) collected from the confluences of some of the major canyons that cross Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) lands with the Rio Grande (RG) and the potential radiological doses from the ingestion of these fish. Samples of muscle and bone (and viscera in some cases) were analyzed for ³H, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu, and ²⁴¹Am and Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cr, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, and Tl. Most radionuclides, with the exception of ⁹⁰Sr, in the muscle plus bone portions of fish collected from LANL canyons/RG were not significantly (p<0.05) higher from fish collected upstream (San Ildefonso/background) of LANL. Strontium‐90 in fish muscle plus bone tissue significantly (p<0.05) increases in concentration starting from Los Alamos Canyon, the most upstream confluence (fish contained 3.4E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [126E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]), to Frijoles Canyon, the most downstream confluence (fish contained 14E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [518E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]). The differences in ⁹⁰Sr concentrations in fish collected downstream and upstream (background) of LANL, however, were very small. Based on the average concentrations (±2SD) of radionuclides in fish tissue from the four LANL confluences, the committed effective dose equivalent from the ingestion of 46 lb (21 kg) (maximum ingestion rate per person per year) of fish muscle plus bone, after the subtraction of background, was 0.1 ± 0.1 mrem y^‐1 (1.0 ± 1.0 μSv y^‐1), and was far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem y^‐1 (1000 μSv y^‐1). Of the trace elements that were found above the limits of detection (Ba, Cu, and Hg) in fish muscle collected from the confluences of canyons that cross LANL and the RG, none were in significantly higher (p<0.05) concentrations than in muscle of fish collected from background locations.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.     

Sorption and predicted mobility of herbicides in Baltic soils

This study was undertaken to determine sorption coefficients of eight herbicides (alachlor, amitrole, atrazine, simazine, dicamba, imazamox, imazethapyr, and pendimethalin) to seven agricultural soils from sites throughout Lithuania. The measured sorption coefficients were used to predict the susceptibility of these herbicides to leach to groundwater. Soil-water partitioning coefficients were measured in batch equilibrium studies using radiolabeled herbicides. In most soils, sorption followed the general trend pendimethalin > alachlor > atrazine～ amitrole～ simazine > imazethapyr > imazamox > dicamba, consistent with the trends in hydrophobicity (log K_ow) except in the case of amitrole. For several herbicides, sorption coefficients and calculated retardation factors were lowest (predicted to be most susceptible to leaching) in a soil of intermediate organic carbon content and sand content. Calculated herbicide retardation factors were high for soils with high organic carbon contents. Estimated leaching times under saturated conditions, assuming no herbicide degradation and no preferential water flow, were more strongly affected by soil textural effects on predicted water flow than by herbicide sorption effects. All herbicides were predicted to be slowest to leach in soils with high clay and low sand contents, and fastest to leach in soils with high sand content and low organic matter content. Herbicide management is important to the continued increase in agricultural production and profitability in the Baltic region, and these results will be useful in identifying critical areas requiring improved management practices to reduce water contamination by pesticides.