粉煤灰沸石负载Ce^3＋／TiO2光催化降解水中的菲和荧蒽

以钛酸四丁酯为前驱体,粉煤灰合成沸石为载体,采用溶胶-凝胶方法,在低温条件下制备了稀土铈掺杂的TiO2光催化剂。利用SEM—EDS、XRD、FTIR对催化剂进行了分析和表征。以高压汞灯为灯源,对多环芳烃菲、荧蒽的降解进行了研究。实验考查了稀土铈掺杂质量分数、催化剂用量、溶液pH、目标物初始质量浓度等因素对光催化降解的影响,研究了其光降解动力学。结果表明,当稀土铈含量为0．5％,催化剂用量为3g／L,pH偏碱性时,催化效果最佳。光催化反应符合Langmuir—Hinshelwood动力学规律,菲、荧蒽的降解过程符合一级反应动力学,反应速率常数分别为0．0126min^-1,0．0099min^-1。     

粉煤灰沸石负载Ce3+/TiO2光催化降解水中的菲和荧蒽

以钛酸四丁酯为前驱体,粉煤灰合成沸石为载体,采用溶胶-凝胶方法,在低温条件下制备了稀土铈掺杂的TiO₂光催化剂。利用SEM-EDS、XRD、FTIR对催化剂进行了分析和表征。以高压汞灯为灯源,对多环芳烃菲、荧蒽的降解进行了研究。实验考查了稀土铈掺杂质量分数、催化剂用量、溶液pH、目标物初始质量浓度等因素对光催化降解的影响,研究了其光降解动力学。结果表明,当稀土铈含量为0.5%,催化剂用量为3 g/L,pH偏碱性时,催化效果最佳。光催化反应符合Langmuir-Hinshelwood 动力学规律,菲、荧蒽的降解过程符合一级反应动力学,反应速率常数分别为0.0126 min^-1,0.0099 min^-1。     

掺杂负载型纳米TiO2降解橙黄G的光催化活性及其动力学研究

采用溶胶-凝胶法和浸渍-焙烧法制备了掺杂Sn(Ⅳ)的TiO2/AC光催化剂,以偶氮染料橙黄G为目标降解物,对光催化反应条件进行了优化.结果表明:利用Sn(Ⅳ)掺杂量为2.5 at.%的TiO2/AC光催化剂,在进水浓度50 mg/L,催化剂的用量12.5 g/L,pH值2.0,H2O21.5 mL/L,主波长为365 nm的300W高压汞灯光照条件下,反应60 min,橙黄G的光催化去除率可达99.1%.该反应符合Langmuir-Hinshelwood动力学方程,其速控步为吸附反应.共存阴离子SO42-和H2PO4-,对橙黄G的光催化降解反应均有一定的抑制作用.     

抗菌剂三氯卡班在水溶液中的光降解

研究了抗菌剂三氯卡班(triclocarban,TCC)在水溶液中的光降解过程及其影响因素,考察了不同光源、溶液pH值、初始TCC浓度、添加光催化剂TiO2及自然界水体中常见阴离子(如Cl-、NO-3和SO2-4)存在的影响。结果表明,TCC在紫外光照射下能进行光降解,其反应符合假一级反应动力学。pH值对TCC在紫外光下的光解过程影响显著,且其降解速率随着pH值的升高而增大。适量添加TiO2能促进TCC的光解速率。无机阴离子Cl-、NO-3和SO2-4的存在阻碍了TCC的光解。此外,还对TCC的降解机理进行了初步推测。     

光助非均相Fenton体系用于活性艳红X-3B脱色的研究

在光助非均相Fenton体系中,采用一种稀土铈铁复合(CeFe)材料作为催化剂,并探讨了该反应体系在不同条件下活性艳红X3B的脱色效果。结果表明:该光助非均相Fenton反应在前10min符合一级反应动力学。采用掺杂0.08mol/L铈制备的CeFe材料对活性艳红X3B具有最佳的脱色效果,在pH3.0、H2O234mg/L、UV253.7nm条件下,10min内该反应体系速率常数k达到0.2456min-1,明显高于相同条件下的UV/H2O2(0.0446min-1)、UV/CeFe(0.0306min-1)体系的速率常数。     

TiO2光催化降解水中土霉素的动力学研究

环境中抗生素的出现及其引起的危害正受到越来越多的关注。以高压汞灯为光源,选用较为广泛的抗生素土霉素（OTC）为处理对象。考察了初始质量浓度、反应过程中光照、催化剂投加量、溶液起始pH、溶液中DOM和NO^-₃对光催化降解的影响,研究了其光降解动力学。结果表明,TiO₂光催化氧化法能够有效去除水中半微量的OTC,OTC的光降解过程符合一级反应动力学模型;UV/TiO₂联用工艺对TOC也有很好的去除效果,反应90 min,TOC去除率可达74%;OTC的初始浓度从30 mg/L增大到90 mg/L,反应速率从0.0619 min^-1降低到0.0130 min^-1;随着光催化剂投加量的增大,光降解速率常数先增大后减小;增加溶液的pH值,速率常数逐渐减小;溶液中的DOM和NO^-₃也可以影响光降解效率。     

纳米TiO2暴露对水中四环素类抗生素光降解行为的影响

本文研究了纳米二氧化钛(TiO₂)暴露对水中土霉素(OTC)、金霉素(CTC)光降解行为的影响。结果表明：纳米TiO₂暴露下OTC、CTC在模拟太阳光下的降解遵循准一级反应动力学模型,光降解效率随纳米TiO₂投加量的增大、粒径的减小和初始pH的升高而逐渐提高。当纳米TiO₂投加量为50.0 mg·L^-1、粒径为5 nm,体系初始pH为6.0时,经360 min反应后OTC、CTC光降解率分别为95.93%、97.13%。溶液中共存的HCO₃^-对光降解过程起促进作用,而C^l-起抑制作用。自由基捕获实验证明·O₂^-是OTC、CTC光降解过程中起主导作用的活性物种,光降解贡献率分别为91.01%、87.35%。通过毒性实验证明纳米TiO2长期暴露下可降低OTC、CTC的急性毒性和遗传毒性。     

光助非均相Fenton体系用于活性艳红X-3B脱色的研究

在光助非均相Fenton体系中，采用一种稀土铈-铁复合(Ce-Fe)材料作为催化剂，并探讨了该反应体系在不同条件下活性艳红X-3B的脱色效果。结果表明：该光助非均相Fenton反应在前10min符合一级反应动力学。采用掺杂0．08mol／L铈制备的Ce-Fe材料对活性艳红X-3B具有最佳的脱色效果，在pH3．0、H2O234mg／L、UV253．7nm条件下，10min内该反应体系速率常数％达到0．2456min^-1，明显高于相同条件下的UV／H2O2(0．0446min^-1)、UV／Ce-Fe(0．0306min^-1)体系的速率常数。     

溶液中阴离子和腐殖酸对UV/H2O2降解2,4-二氯酚的影响

研究了UV/H2O2工艺对2,4-二氯酚(2,4-DCP)的去除效果和水中阴离子、腐殖酸对该工艺降解2,4-DCP的影响.结果表明:UV/H2O2工艺可以有效地去除水中2,4-DCP,光降解过程符合一级反应动力学模型;在H2O2投加量为8 mg/L、1个30 W低压汞灯照射下,2,4-DCP在蒸馏水和自来水中反应速率常数分别为0.023 2、0.016 2 min-1;NO-3、Cl-、HCO-3对2,4-DCP光降解有抑制作用,当3种阴离子摩尔浓度为0.5、10.0、20.0 mmol/L时,对2,4-DCP光降解的抑制程度为HCO-3＞NO-3＞Cl-;腐殖酸在低浓度时,促进光降解反应进行,在高浓度时,2,4-DCP的光降解受到抑制.自来水中的反应速率常数低于蒸馏水中的反应速率常数是由于水中多种阴离子和腐殖酸影响的结果.     

磷钨酸光催化降解甲基橙溶液的研究

以磷钨酸为光催化剂,在紫外灯照射下,对模拟染料废水甲基橙溶液进行光催化降解,并研究了催化剂加入量、pH值、甲基橙初始浓度和外加氧化剂H2O2对光催化降解效果的影响.结果表明,磷钨酸光催化剂加入量为300 mg/100 mL,pH=2.5时,甲基橙溶液的降解率明显高于其他pH值的降解率;在较低浓度下,甲基橙溶液的光催化降解反应符合一级动力学方程;外加氧化剂H2O2可提高光催化反应速率.     

Regulated emissions from biodiesel fuels from on/off-road applications

This research is one of the largest studies of biodiesel in both on-road and off-road uses. The testing was conducted for the military and encompassed a wide range of application types including two medium-duty trucks, two Humvees, a heavy heavy-duty diesel truck, a bus, two stationary backup generators (BUGs), a forklift, and an airport tow vehicle. The full range of fuels tested included a California ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel, different blend ratios of two different yellow-grease biodiesels and one soy-based biodiesel, JP-8, and yellow-grease biodiesel blends with two different NO_x reduction additives. The B20-YGA, B20-YGB, and B20-Soy did not show trends relative to ULSD that were consistent over all applications tested. Higher biodiesel blends were tested on only one vehicle, but showed a tendency for higher total hydrocarbons (THC) and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions and lower particulate matter (PM) emissions. The JP-8 showed increases in THC and CO relative to the ULSD.     

Why geese benefit from the transition from natural vegetation to agriculture

The energy and nutrient content of most agricultural crops are as good as or superior to natural foods for wild geese and they tend to be available in agricultural landscapes in far greater abundance. Artificial grasslands (fertilised native swards and intensively managed reseeds) offer far superior quality forage and higher intake rates than seminatural or natural grasslands. The availability of such abundant artificial food explains the abandonment of traditional habitats for farmland by geese over the last 50–100 years and favours no reduction in current levels of exploitation of agriculture. Continental scale spatial and temporal shifts among geese undergoing spring fattening confirm their flexibility to respond rapidly to broadscale changes in agriculture. These dramatic changes support the hypothesis that use of agricultural landscapes has contributed to elevated reproductive success and that European and North American farmland currently provides unrestricted winter carrying capacity for goose populations formerly limited by wetlands habitats prior to the agrarian revolution of the last century.     

Chromium removal from water by activated carbon developed from waste rubber tires

Because of the continuous production of large amount of waste tires, the disposal of waste tires represents a major environmental issue throughout the world. This paper reports the utilization of waste tires (hard-to-dispose waste) as a precursor in the production of activated carbons (pollution-cleaning adsorbent). In the preparation of activated carbon (AC), waste rubber tire (WRT) was thermally treated and activated. The tire-derived activated carbon was characterized by means of scanning electron microscope, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, FTIR spectrophotometer, and X-ray diffraction. In the IR spectrum, a number of bands centred at about 3409, 2350, 1710, 1650, and 1300–1000 cm^?1 prove the present of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups on the surface of AC in addition to C═C double bonds. The developed AC was tested and evaluated as potential adsorbent removal of chromium (III). Experimental parameters, such as contact time, initial concentration, adsorbent dosage and pH were optimized. A rapid uptake of chromium ions was observed and the equilibrium is achieved in 1 h. It was also found that the adsorption process is pH dependent. This work adds to the global discussion of the cost-effective utilization of waste rubber tires for waste water treatment.     

Low-cost adsorbents from bio-waste for the removal of dyes from aqueous solution

Activated carbons (ACs) were developed from bio-waste materials like rice husk and peanut shell (PS) by various physicochemical activation methods. PS char digested in nitric acid followed by treatment at 673 K resulted in high surface area up to ～585 m²/g. The novelty of the present study is the identification of oxygen functional groups formed on the surface of activated carbons by infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and quantification by using temperature programmed decomposition (TPD). Typical TPD data indicated that each activation method may lead to varying amounts of acidic and basic functional groups on the surface of the adsorbent, which may be a crucial factor in determining the adsorption capacity. It was shown that ACs developed during the present study are good adsorbents, especially for the removal of a model textile dye methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. As MB is a basic dye, H₂O₂-treated rice husk showed the best adsorption capacity, which is in agreement with the acidic groups present on the surface. Removal of the dye followed Langmuir isotherm model, whereas MB adsorption on ACs followed pseudo-second-order kinetics.     

Potential biodiversity benefits from international programs to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation

Deforestation is the second largest anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide emissions and options for its reduction are integral to climate policy. In addition to providing potentially low cost and near-term options for reducing global carbon emissions, reducing deforestation also could support biodiversity conservation. However, current understanding of the potential benefits to biodiversity from forest carbon offset programs is limited. We compile spatial data on global forest carbon, biodiversity, deforestation rates, and the opportunity cost of land to examine biodiversity conservation benefits from an international program to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation. Our results indicate limited geographic overlap between the least-cost areas for retaining forest carbon and protecting biodiversity. Therefore, carbon-focused policies will likely generate substantially lower benefits to biodiversity than a more biodiversity-focused policy could achieve. These results highlight the need to systematically consider co-benefits, such as biodiversity in the design and implementation of forest conservation programs to support international climate policy.