粉煤灰烧制陶粒过程中二氧化硫的释放规律与形成机理

研究了粉煤灰烧制陶粒过程中烟气二氧化硫的释放规律,同时对烧结前后粉煤灰与陶粒中不同形态硫含量和硫平衡进行了分析,探讨了烟气中二氧化硫的来源和转化机理.结果表明,烟气中约55％的二氧化硫来源于硫酸盐的还原,其余主要来自有机硫燃烧和亚硫酸盐的分解.烧制每千克陶粒所产生的二氧化硫量约为7.8g.高温烧结过程中粉煤灰球内形成的还原性气氛导致了粉煤灰中硫酸盐向二氧化硫的还原转化.     

Effect of different types of elemental sulfur on bioleaching of heavy metals from contaminated sediments

The application of two different types of elemental sulfur (S0) was studied to evaluate the efficiency on bioleaching of heavy metals from contaminated sediments. Bioleaching tests were performed in suspension and in the solid-bed with a heavy metal contaminated sediment using commercial sulfur powder (technical sulfur) or a microbially produced sulfur waste (biological sulfur) as substrate for the indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and thus as acid source. Generally, using biological sulfur during suspension leaching yielded in considerably better results than technical sulfur. The equilibrium in acidification, sulfur oxidation and metal solubilization was reached already after 10-14 d of leaching depending upon the amount of sulfur added. The metal removal after 28 d of leaching was higher when biological sulfur was used. The biological sulfur added was oxidized with high rate, and no residual S0 was detectable in the sediment samples after leaching. The observed effects are attributable to the hydrophilic properties of the biologically produced sulfur particles resulting in an increased bioavailability for the Acidithiobacilli. In column experiments only poor effects on the kinetics of the leaching parameters were observed replacing technical sulfur by biological sulfur, and the overall metal removal was almost the same for both types of S0. Therefore, under the conditions of solid-bed leaching the rate of sulfur oxidation and metal solubilization is more strongly affected by transport phenomena than by microbial conversion processes attributed to different physicochemical properties of the sulfur sources. The results indicate that the application of biological sulfur provides a suitable means for improving the efficiency of suspension leaching treatments by shortening the leaching time. Solid-bed leaching treatments may benefit from the reuse of biological sulfur by reducing the costs for material and operating.     

载硫活性炭微观结构和表面形态研究

为了增强活性炭脱除燃煤电厂烟气中汞的能力,利用汞和硫可以生成稳定的HgS的性质,研究了通过热沉淀增加了活性炭中的硫含量的改性方法,并以SEM、BET、TGA等方法,研究了改性对活性炭表面形貌、硫在活性炭中的分布、活性炭比表面积等性能的影响。结果表明,热沉淀改性方法可以增加活性炭中的硫含量;硫粘附在活性炭的炭链上量较多,孔壁较少;改性工艺降低了活性炭的比表面积,且改性活性炭的比表面积随着温度的升高而增大;载硫后,活性炭中元素硫和炭的结合被增强。     

Performance Standards in Zoning

Burning of western low sulfur coal, to reduce sulfur oxide emissions, has resulted in decreased electrostatic precipi-tator collection efficiencies. In an effort to restore pre-cipitator performance a flue gas conditioning program was established by the company. This paper is a brief history of Commonwealth Edison Company’s experience with sulfur trioxide as a flue gas conditioning agent. Testing at State Line Station has proven that sulfur trioxide conditioning can effectively be used to improve precipitator performance when burning low sulfur coals. Although the first phase of the conditioning program is not completed, information has been gained which is being used as a basis in design and evaluation of future systems.     

一株兼性自养菌硫转化性能的研究

研究了一株具有硫转化性能的兼性自养菌的培养特性,以及不同因素对该菌硫转化纺的影响,结果表明：有机物可促进细菌的生长,合适的氮源、适宜的ｐＨ、添加微量元素,可提高该菌的硫转化率。在约１％接种量时,硫转化率可达８７．４２％。     

Modification of Sulfur Dioxide Injury to Tobacco and Tomato by Varying Nitrogen and Sulfur Nutrition

The body of information presented in this paper is directed to plant scientists who are concerned with factors which modify the susceptibility of plants to air pollutants.

Tobacco and tomato plants grown in sand-solution culture with varying levels of nitrogen or sulfur were exposed to injurious levels of sulfur dioxide. Plants of both species which were deficient in either nutrient exhibited decreased susceptibility to the gas compared with plants grown at optimal levels of each nutrient. Foliage of these plants was also found to have increased stomatal resistance as measured by a porometer and decreased total sulfur accumulations. Plants grown at optimum levels of each nutrient showed increased susceptibility over that of the deficient plants. Stomatal resistance was lower and sulfur accumulation was greater than in the deficient plants. At the supra-optimal nitrogen and sulfur levels, there were differences in susceptibility. Over-abundant nitrogen appeared to decrease susceptibility whereas over-supplies of sulfur increased it.

The response of plants with deficient or optimal supplies of either nutrient might be explained by the effects of nutrition on stomatal activity and hence on ability to absorb SO₂S from the atmosphere, mineral deficiency being known to increase stomatal resistance, and mineral sufficiency, to decrease stomatal resistance by virtue of increased efficiency of water use. The difference in response between plants overfertilized with respect to nitrogen or sulfur is explained by the fact that sulfur is both nutrient and phytotoxicant at the same time. Having already been oyersupplied with sulfur by absorption from the nutrient substrate, the high-sulfur plants were unable to withstand additional sulfur accumulation from the atmosphere and hence were more severely injured.

Increased carbohydrate accumulation in the nitrogen- and sulfur-deficient plants might play an additional role in protection from SO2-injury.     

Assessment of atmospheric sulfur with the epilithic moss Haplocladium microphyllum: Evidences from tissue sulfur and δS analysis

The application of geochemical signals in mosses is more and more popular to investigate the deposition of atmospheric pollutants, but it is unclear whether records of atmospheric sulfur in mosses differ between their diverse habitats. This study aimed to investigate the influence of growing condition on tissue sulfur and δ³⁴S of Haplocladium microphyllum. Epilithic and terricolous mosses in open fields, mosses under different canopy conditions were considered. We found that tissue sulfur and δ³⁴S of mosses under different habitats were not consistent and could not be compared for atmospheric sulfur research with each other even collected at the same site, moss sulfur and δ³⁴S records would be distorted by subsoil and upper canopies in different degrees, which possibly mislead the interpretation of atmospheric sulfur level and sources. Consequently, mosses on open rocks can be used reliably to assess atmospheric-derived sulfur in view of their identical sulfur and δ³⁴S evidences.     

Recovery of elemental sulfur from zinc concentrate direct leaching residue using atmospheric distillation: A pilot-scale experimental study

Recovery of elemental sulfur from zinc concentrate direct leaching residue (DLR) using atmospheric distillation was systematically investigated on a pilot-scale system for the first time. Batch operating mode was suggested for recovery of elemental sulfur from water-rich DLR using atmospheric distillation. Elemental sulfur with purity higher than 99% was obtained under certain conditions in batch operating mode. With an appropriate feed amount of 1,200 kg, batch experiment conducted at 460°C resulted in sulfur purity of 96.22% and a recovery rate higher than 85%. Only 0.59 and 1.24 kWh power was needed to handle 1.0 kg DLR and produce 1.0 kg elemental sulfur, respectively. The results suggest that recovery of elemental sulfur from zinc concentrate DLR using atmospheric distillation is technologically and economically feasible. Moreover, other metal elements such as zinc were enriched in the distillation concentrate, which could be used for metal refining. Technologies could effectively lower the moisture content of DLR, and lowering the distillation temperature would be of great value for recovery of elemental sulfur from DLR using a distillation method.

Implications:

Distillation is a promising solution for recovery of elemental sulfur from DLRs. This work revealed the possibility of separation of elemental sulfur from zinc concentrate DLR using atmospheric distillation. Such knowledge is of fundamental importance in developing field-scale separation and purification technologies and devices in which simultaneous sulfur recovery and precious metal enrichment are possible. Important tasks for follow-up research are also suggested.     

The Behavior of Buoyant Merging Plumes in The Rocky Mountain Foothills

Natural gas often contains high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide which must be removed before the gas can be transmitted by pipeline. Sour gas plants extract the sulfur, by converting it to elemental sulfur through a modified Claus process. The sulfur recovery is 93% for small plants (10–100 tonnes of sulfur per day) to 99% for large plants (1000–4000 tonnes of sulfur per day). The unrecovered sulfur is Incinerated giving rise to relatively small emissions of SO₂ characterized by high buoyancy and low momentum.

Using a unique aerial probing methodology, plume dispersion studies were conducted on two plants located fn the foothills of southwestern Alberta, Canada. These studies were generally conducted under neutral conditions and with westerly air flows typical of Chinook conditions. Notable variations of the plume dispersion parameters from accepted predictive values were found, indicating that such values cannot be used with confidence to estimate plume rise and dispersion in the mountain foothills.     

高温载硫活性炭的制备及脱汞能力研究

研究了载硫温度、硫炭比(简称S/C),吸附温度等因素对载硫活性炭的硫含量、脱汞能力以及硫损失的影响,探讨载硫活性炭制备的工艺条件优化。结果表明,不同载硫温度下制备的载硫活性炭的气态Hg0吸附能力远强于原料活性炭;载硫温度不同时,负载到活性炭孔隙或表面上的硫的形态不同,导致了脱汞能力的差异,较合适的载硫温度为350℃;S/C为5%(质量分数,下同)时,随着吸附温度的升高,载硫活性炭的气态Hg0吸附量降低;在一定的载硫温度下,原料中S/C越高时,制备的载硫活性炭的硫含量越高、气态Hg0吸附能力越强,但其硫损失率也越高,从实际的使用效果来看,较合适的S/C为10%。     

Nashville Sulfur Dioxide Emission Inventory and the Relationship of Emission to Measured Sulfur Dioxide

A detailed inventory of sulfur dioxide emissions was prepared as part of the Nashville Community Air Pollution Study conducted by the Public Health Service during 1958–59. The primary purpose of the inventory was to provide data for a study of the relationship between the emission of sulfur dioxide and measured ambient levels. The development of the inventory, data collection methods, and calculations are described. Ambient levels of sulfur dioxide were related to average emissions of sulfur dioxide in such a way (correlation coefficient = 0.81) that mean seasonal concentrations of atmospheric sulfur dioxide in square-mile areas could be predicted with fairly good confidence from a knowledge of sulfur dioxide emissions. For these long-period {average) predictions meteorological variables can be disregarded. On a square-mile basis, on the average, one ton of sulfur dioxide emitted per day produced a mean atmospheric sulfur dioxide concentration of 0.022 ppm, and 10 tons of sulfur dioxide per day produced a concentration of 0.067 ppm.     

Enhanced mercuric chloride adsorption onto sulfur-modified activated carbons derived from waste tires

A number of activated carbons derived from waste tires were further impregnated by gaseous elemental sulfur at temperatures of 400 and 650 degrees C, with a carbon and sulfur mass ratio of 1:3. The capabilities of sulfur diffusing into the micropores of the activated carbons were significantly different between 400 and 650 degrees C, resulting in obvious dissimilarities in the sulfur content of the activated carbons. The sulfur-impregnated activated carbons were examined for the adsorptive capacity of gas-phase mercuric chloride (HgC1) by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The analytical precision of TGA was up to 10(-6) g at the inlet HgCl2 concentrations of 100, 300, and 500 microg/m3, for an adsorption time of 3 hr and an adsorption temperature of 150 degrees C, simulating the flue gas emitted from municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators. Experimental results showed that sulfur modification can slightly reduce the specific surface area of activated carbons. High-surface-area activated carbons after sulfur modification had abundant mesopores and micropores, whereas low-surface-area activated carbons had abundant macropores and mesopores. Sulfur molecules were evenly distributed on the surface of the inner pores after sulfur modification, and the sulfur content of the activated carbons increased from 2-2.5% to 5-11%. After sulfur modification, the adsorptive capacity of HgCl2 for high-surface-area sulfurized activated carbons reached 1.557 mg/g (22 times higher than the virgin activated carbons). The injection of activated carbons was followed by fabric filtration, which is commonly used to remove HgCl2 from MSW incinerators. The residence time of activated carbons collected in the fabric filter is commonly about 1 hr, but the time required to achieve equilibrium is less than 10 min. Consequently, it is worthwhile to compare the adsorption rates of HgCl2 in the time intervals of < 10 and 10-60 min.     

The Compact Sequential Automatic Air Sampler

The body of information presented in this paper is directed to ecologists concerned with the effects and economic impact of sulfur dioxide on forest growth. Investigations were carried out over a ten-year period, 1953–1963, in the Sud-bury smelter district of Ontario, where three large smelters discharge annually approximately 2,000,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas into the surrounding atmosphere. The study was designed to determine the long-term chronic effects of sulfur dioxide on yield, growth, and survival of plant life. Since eastern white pine is the most susceptible coniferous tree to sulfur dioxide injury, it was selected as the indicator tree to determine the degree and extent of injury in the Sudbury area. Tree data accumulated from the sample plots were correlated with records of atmospheric sulfur dioxide monitored continuously during the growing season by a network of ten strategically-located Thomas autometers. Based on the degree of injuries exhibited by the trees, and on air sampling records of sulfur dioxide, the Sudbury area was segregated into three fume zones: Inner, Intermediate, and Outer. An estimate was made of the loss in income suffered by the owners of wood or the producers of wood products in the Sudbury area as a result of sulfur dioxide air pollution, by utilizing the white pine volume growth loss data     

Ambient Air Monitoring for Sulfur Compounds

The role of sulfur compounds in our environment has been the subject of much speculation during the past two decades. An evaluation of the effect of man-made contributions to the biogeochemical sulfur cycle requires a comprehensive examination of source magnitudes, atmospheric concentrations and removal processes. Many voids exist in our present knowledge of these parameters despite the contributions of numerous researchers. Adequate information is needed concerning the various forms of sulfur as well as other critical constituents which exist in our biosphere so that their interrelationship and role in the mechanisms of the sulfur cycle may be more fully understood.     

Measurements of Primary Sulfates with an Acid Condensation System

Two techniques were used to measure primary sulfuric acid and sulfate emissions from two small package boilers burning nominal 0.3% sulfur fuels, one with 11 ppm vanadium and one with 4.3 ppm vanadium. Several of the particulate fractions from both sampling methods were analyzed for sulfuric acid using a selective solvent determination (SSD) procedure. The sulfuric acid present on the filters accounted for a minimum of 11% of the particulate emission rates. The observed conversion of sulfur dioxide to primary sulfate or primary sulfuric acid is reduced considerably when sulfate ion detected in an isopropanol impinger is attributed to sulfur dioxide conversion in the solution rather than to primary sulfuric acid. An additional reduction occurs when the method of calculating the conversion is based solely on sulfur weight. This study gives a fourfold reduction in percent conversion when compared to a similar study conducted earlier. Suggestions are offered for improvements in measurement methods and for a consistent technique for calculating sulfur conversion.     

Monitoring odorous sulfur emissions using self-organizing maps for handling ion mobility spectrometry data

Possibilities for monitoring emissions of reduced sulfur compounds in pulp and paper mills were investigated using ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and a self-organizing map (SOM) algorithm. The reduced sulfur compounds measured were hydrogen sulfide (H2S), dimethyl sulfide (DMS), and methyl mercaptan (MM). Attention was paid to momentary concentrations because there is no monitoring device able to measure peak concentrations of reduced sulfur compounds under field conditions. These methods were evaluated by measuring the reduced sulfur compounds first in the laboratory and then at a process monitoring site at a pulp factory. The aim was to find out whether it would be possible to use the laboratory measurements to recognize the same reduced sulfur compounds at the monitoring site. Data collection was followed by analysis using the SOM algorithm and Sammon's mapping. The results showed that the IMS spectra of reduced sulfur compounds and their mixtures can be distinguished from each other by computationally intelligent methods and that the spectra from the process monitoring site corresponded with the laboratory measurements to a certain extent.     

Ciliary Activity and Pulmonary Retention of Inhaled Dust In Rats Exposed to Sulfur Dioxide

While the ciliary activity in the airways of rats exposed to sulfur dioxide at low concentration has been studied repeatedly, the effects of chronic exposure to realistic levels of sulfur dioxide and particulates has not been determined. This paper describes the response of white albino rats to the inhalation of low concentrations of sulfur dioxide while exposed to relatively high concentrations of an inert dust. Test results indicate that no change is found in the ciliary activity or the relative number of dust cells in the alveolar structure of rats exposed to 1 ppm of sulfur dioxide and 1 mg/m³ of a graphite dust.     

Trends in atmospheric sulfur and nitrogen species in the eastern United States for 1989–1995

Emission reductions were mandated in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 with the expectation that they would result in major reductions in the concentrations of atmospherically transported pollutants. This paper investigates the form and magnitude of trends from 1989 to 1995 in atmospheric concentrations of sulfur dioxide, sulfate, and nitrogen at 34 rural sites in the eastern US. Across all sites, there is strong evidence of statistically significant declining trends in sulfur dioxide (median change of -35%) and sulfate concentrations (median change of -26%). In general, trends in nitrogen concentrations were not as pronounced (median change of -8%) as trends in the sulfur compounds. A regional estimate of trend for a cluster of sites in the Ohio River valley showed close correspondence between declining sulfur dioxide concentrations (-35%) and changes in sulfur dioxide emissions (-32%) in this region.     

The contribution of aircraft emissions to the atmospheric sulfur budget

An atmospheric general circulation model including the atmospheric sulfur cycle has been used to investigate the impact of aircraft sulfur emissions on the global sulfur budget of the atmosphere. The relative contribution from aircraft sulfur to the atmospheric sulfate burden is larger than the ratio between aircraft emissions and surface emissions due to the calculated long turn-over time of aircraft sulfate (about 12 days). However, in terms of the sulfate mass balance, aircraft emissions are small, contributing about 1% of the total sulfate mass north of 40°N where the aircraft emissions are largest. Despite this small contribution to sulfate mass, the aircraft emissions could potentially significantly enhance the background number concentration of aerosol particles. Based on the model calculations the increased stratospheric background aerosol mass observed during the last decades cannot be explained by increased aircraft sulfur emissions.     

A System for Abatement Control Strategy Evaluation

The Air Quality Control Program of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has developed an implementation plan for the Metropolitan Boston Intrastate Air Quality Control Region as required by PL 90-148. An essential part of the plan was a set of control regulations designed to achieve and maintain an air quality compatible with adopted standards. Control strategy modeling was used as a tool in selecting the most appropriate regulations to achieve this goal. The body of information presented in this paper is directed to those state and county air pollution control officials concerned with the formulation and evaluation of regulations.

The paper details the procedures developed and presents a case history of their use in the region. The system is a synthesis of generally-available software and newly-developed computer programs to provide ahighly automated computational structure. It permits rapid simulation of the emissions resulting from the application of various control regulations. Predictions on the changes expected in ambient air quality levels are then made by the use of the Air Quality Display Model (AQDM).

The initial step in the application was a calibration of the system using predicted and measured annual concentrations. This step yielded correlation coefficients of 0.92 for sulfur dioxide and 0.85 for particulates. Subsequently, the system was used to evaluate the baseline case of uncontrolled sulfur in fuel use. Alternative sulfur control strategies were tested for compatibility with air quality standards. The principal strategies tested were: (a) 1% sulfur uniformly throughout the region; (6) 1% sulfur in core area of region, 2.2% sulfur elsewhere; (c) 0.5% sulfur in core area of region, 2.2% sulfur elsewhere; (d) 0.5% sulfur in core area of region, 1.0% sulfur elsewhere.

Strategies (b) and (d) were implemented into a time phased set of control regulations for the region.

Experience with the system has shown it to be a convenient and rapid method for simulating the effects of control regulations. Furthermore, the utility of this initial model warrants expansion of its application to the other air quality control regions in the Commonwealth.