Identification of material flow systems

Material Flow Analysis (MFA) has become an important instrument in environmental science and pollution research. In this paper, we look at the MFA problem as a particularly structured system identification problem. Special emphasis is given to the linear, static case, where we describe a procedure for reconciliating the flow measurements and for estimating the unmeasured flows and the transfer coefficients by taking into account a priori restrictions such as balance equations.     

保障清洁生产审核取得成效的基本规范探讨

为弥补目前清洁生产审核实践缺乏具体追踪思路及规范化操作模式,基于物质流分析原理,通过归纳总结长期审核工作的实践经验,建立了旨在保障清洁生产审核取得成效的追踪思路及规范化操作模式。在审核方法学研究基础上,得到以下结果:(1)首次将传统的废弃物这一术语分解为4种不同的残余物质流概念,并由此明确了优先考虑单元残余物的最小化,其次是最小化后的单元残余物之再利用,然后才是其再循环的残余物预防层次原则;(2)首次将单元操作输出的直接工艺残余物划分成4种不同的类型:有组织有目的的残余物、有组织无目的的残余物、无组织有目的的残余物、无组织无目的的残余物,并根据其产生原因的共性与特点对这4种类型的单元残余物分别提出了明确有效的预防策略。     

Identification of oxygenated compounds in combustion systems

An attempt for the spectroscopic identification of oxygenated compounds produced in combustion processes under different environmental conditions is reported in this paper. A deeper knowledge about presence and evolution of such species in dependence of the operating conditions of practical burner represents a fundamental hint to the objective of an advancement of the control of combustion process and reduction of pollutant emissions. This paper mainly focuses on species characterized by the presence of carbonyl functionality since aldehydes, ketones and diketones are among the principal intermediate species and products of hydrocarbon oxidation. They are by themselves to be considered atmospheric pollutants and are also indicators of actual pathways followed during the chemical reactions occurring in the combustion process. For these reasons they are most suitable for the exploitation of the above indicated objectives. In this paper, a classification of spectroscopic features and markers of these classes of carbonyl compounds is presented on the basis of both literature and spectra collected from sample species. This interpretative scheme is then used for the attribution of fluorescence signals collected from a tetradecane spray in different environmental conditions.     

Experimental determination of sorption in fractured flow systems

Fracture "skins" are alteration zones on fracture surfaces created by a variety of biological, chemical, and physical processes. Skins increase surface area, where sorption occurs, compared to the unaltered rock matrix. This study examines the sorption of organic solutes on altered fracture surfaces in an experimental fracture-flow apparatus. Fracture skins containing abundant metal oxides, clays, and organic material from the Breathitt Formation (Kentucky, USA) were collected in a manner such that skin surface integrity was maintained. The samples were reassembled in the lab in a flow-through apparatus that simulated approximately 2.7 m of a linear fracture "conduit." A dual-tracer injection scheme was utilized with the sorbing or reactive tracer compared to a non-reactive tracer (chloride) injected simultaneously. Sorption was assessed from the ratio of the first temporal moments of the breakthrough curves and from the loss of reactive tracer mass and evaluated as a function of flow velocity and solute type. The breakthrough curves suggest dual-flow regimes in the fracture with both sorbing and non-sorbing flow fields. Significant sorption occurs for the reactive components, and sorption increased with decreasing flow rate and decreasing compound solubility. Based on moment analysis, however, there was little retardation of the center of solute mass. These data suggest that non-equilibrium sorption processes dominate and that slow desorption and boundary layer diffusion cause extensive tailing in the breakthrough curves.     

Generation estimation and material flow analysis of retired mobile phones in China

The generation estimation of retired mobile phones is launched with the sales and new method using the revised sales data and amount of the subscribers. Several assumptions have been made due to the insufficient sources of the data. The sales data of legal mobile phones are calculated with the authoritative and continuous official data. The sales data of smuggled and counterfeit mobile phones in China are also estimated based on the behavior data collected from the questionnaires. The results of generation estimation show that there are 636.52 million mobile phones retired in 2020, compared with 14.44 million in 1999 and several negative values in 2000, 2001, and 2008. The annual total mass of retired mobile phones in China escalated with the contributions of both the increasing generation amount and constant mass of the single unit. There are 50,921.60 ton of mobile phones retired in 2020 compared with 1155.20 ton in 1999, while the peak is 58,131.20 ton in 2019. There are 26,066.80 ton of retired mobile phones are stockpiled in 2020, while 16,152.40 ton and 8702.40 ton of retired mobile phones are reused as a whole unit and recycled, respectively. In the retired mobile phones that are recycled, 4600.50 ton material is recovered and 1216.50 ton components are reused, while 2885.40 ton residues need final disposal. The amount and dynamic characteristics of metals in the retired mobile phones are also calculated. Based on the results, several policy implications are made to improve sustainable management system of retired mobile phones in China.

     

Modeling of flow and contaminant transport in coupled stream-aquifer systems

This paper describes an integrated approach for modeling flow and contaminant transport in hydraulically connected stream-aquifer systems. The code, FTSTREAM, extended the capabilities of the ground-water model, FTWORK, to incorporate chemical fate and transport in streams. Flow in the stream network is modeled as an unsteady, spatially varying flow, while transport modeling is based on a one-dimensional advection-dispersion equation. In addition to sorption and decay during transport in ground water, the model incorporates volatilization, settling and decay during transport in surface water. The interaction between surface water and ground water is accommodated by a leakage term and is implemented in the model using an iterative Picard-type procedure to ensure mass conservation across the interface between the two systems. The modeling approach is used to simulate contaminant transport in the Mad River, Ohio, which is hydraulically connected to a buried valley aquifer of sand and gravel outwash. The river is a receiving stream in the upstream part of the modeled area. Downstream, heavy pumping from a municipal well field causes the river to become a loosing stream. Induced infiltration from the river is responsible for a considerable portion of the well yield. The flow and transport model, developed for this study, simulates coupling between flow in the aquifer and the river. Hypothetical sources of contamination are introduced at selected locations in the upstream portion of the aquifer. The model is then used to simulate the expected transport in both the aquifer and the stream. A series of simulations elucidates the role of the river in facilitating the transport of the hypothetical contaminants in ground water and surface water. Effect of sorption, retardation and volatilization on contaminant transport is also examined for the case of the volatile organic compounds.     

稳定表流湿地中污泥的形成及除污效果

探讨了温度、植物及不同湿地流态对稳定表流人工湿地中污泥的形成和组成的影响,并考察了湿地在污泥形成过程中的除污效果。结果表明,温度对VSS的影响较大,植物在污泥形成过程中对污泥量没有明显影响,但可以改变污泥组成,湿地流态对污泥形成和组成均有影响,湿地中污泥的含量为0.4～0.6 g/L;种植有风车草的推流挡板湿地(池5)总体效果相对较好;各稳定表流湿地出水水质基本达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)二级标准,污泥形成后TN和NH3-N的去除率均有提高。     

氯元素对全废渣水泥性能的影响

针对以煤化工电石渣为主要原料的全废渣水泥生料中氯质量分数较高的问题,通过开展掺氯质量分数为0.1%~0.5%的CaO-SiO₂-Al₂O₃-Fe₂O₃-MgO-Cl体系热力学相图计算和水泥烧制实验,结合XRD表征、水泥强度测定和物质流分析等方法,探索了生料中质量分数高的氯元素对熟料物相和水泥性能的影响规律。结果表明,氯元素可促进f-CaO结合C₂S生成C₃S,并使得熟料中C₂S、C₃A和C₄AF质量分数降低。氯质量分数由0.1%上升至0.5%时,C₃S质量分数增加了16.58%,其中包含着少量Alinite相,C₂S质量分数在氯质量分数为0.4%时达最低值19.36%。当氯质量分数超过0.4%后,其促进C₂S向C₃S转化作用变弱,而Alinite相增长速率变大,在氯质量分数较高的体系中CaO、SiO₂和Al₂O₃倾向于与MgO和含氯物质结合生成Alinite相和Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂Cl₂相。氯元素对熟料物相的影响规律映射到水泥强度上表现为,氯质量分数由0.1%上升至0.5%时,水泥3 d强度增长了约30%,但28 d强度上升空间不大。本研究结果可为附有旁路除氯系统的高氯水泥生产工艺生料氯质量分数的控制提供参考。     

Economy-wide material flow indicators in the Czech Republic: trends, decoupling analysis and uncertainties

Material and energy flows (together with human appropriation of land) are considered the key cause of environmental problems. This paper describes the application of economy-wide material flow accounting and analysis to the economy of the Czech Republic for 1990-2002. The results show a decrease of material intensity and decoupling of the economic growth from environmental pressure. The second part of the paper treats an important issue of uncertainties related to economy-wide material flow indicators in the Czech Republic. The results point out that the high uncertainties related to some material flow indicators may be an obstacle to their applicability.     

两级混合稳定表流湿地处理生活污水

为了提高一级稳定表流湿地(stable surface flow wetland,SSFW)的出水水质,在单级稳定表流湿地后串联一级潜流人工湿地,构成两级混合稳定表流湿地(two steps hybrid stable surface flow wetland,TSHSSFW),研究气候变化对其净化效果的影响,并同一级潜流人工湿地(one step subsurface flow wetland,OSSFW)进行对比。研究表明,气候变化对TSHSSFW的COD和总磷去除率影响较小,去除率均在80%左右;而对氨氮和总氮的去除率影响比较大,夏季TSHSSFW的氨氮和总氮去除率分别为87.77%和77.74%,而冬季氨氮和总氮的去除率分别为54.07%和48.84%。相比单级潜流人工湿地(OSSFW),有SSFW作为前处理的潜流人工湿地对氨氮和总氮的去除率较高。     

连续流反应器污水硝化过程中的N_2O释放

污水生物脱氮硝化阶段是温室气体一氧化二氮（N2O）的重要释放源。采用连续流反应器在2种进水氨氮（NH4-N,低氮反应器60 mg/L和高氮反应器180 mg/L）浓度条件下驯化硝化菌,并研究了不同初始NH4-N浓度和不同初始亚硝酸盐（NO2-N）浓度条件下所驯化硝化菌释放N2O的特征。结果表明在反应器运行过程中2个反应器释放N2O较少,均小于去除NH4-N浓度的0.01%;N2O的释放均随着初始NH4-N浓度或初始NO2-N浓度的升高而增加;不同初始NH4-N浓度条件下,低氮反应器驯化硝化菌的N2O释放率在0.51%~1.40%之间,高氮反应器驯化硝化菌在0.29%~1.27%之间;不同初始NO2-N浓度条件下,低氮反应器驯化硝化菌的N2O释放率在1.38%~3.78%之间,高氮反应器驯化硝化菌在1.16-5.81%之间。     

Fuzzy neural network for flow estimation in sewer systems during wet weather.

Estimation of the water flow from rainfall intensity during storm events is important in hydrology, sewer system control, and environmental protection. The runoff-producing behavior of a sewer system changes from one storm event to another because rainfall loss depends not only on rainfall intensities, but also on the state of the soil and vegetation, the general condition of the climate, and so on. As such, it would be difficult to obtain a precise flowrate estimation without sufficient a priori knowledge of these factors. To establish a model for flow estimation, one can also use statistical methods, such as the neural network STORMNET, software developed at Lyonnaise des Eaux, France, analyzing the relation between rainfall intensity and flowrate data of the known storm events registered in the past for a given sewer system. In this study, the authors propose a fuzzy neural network to estimate the flowrate from rainfall intensity. The fuzzy neural network combines four STORMNETs and fuzzy deduction to better estimate the flowrates. This study's system for flow estimation can be calibrated automatically by using known storm events; no data regarding the physical characteristics of the drainage basins are required. Compared with the neural network STORMNET, this method reduces the mean square error of the flow estimates by approximately 20%. Experimental results are reported herein.     

Use of continuous flow through systems to determine petrolleum hydrocarbon evolution in superficial marine sediments

Continuous flow through systems have been used to study the evolution of hydrocarbons in marine sediments by varying the dissolved oxygen concentrations in the overlaying water. The hydrocarbon degradation markedly occurred in superficial sediment (0–1 cm) where the oxygen concentration was 8 ppm, whereas such degradation was slower but detectable in the system incorporating 2–3 ppm. Under anaerobic conditions no degradation was detected.     

连续流反应器污水硝化过程中的N2O释放

污水生物脱氮硝化阶段是温室气体一氧化二氮(N2O)的重要释放源。采用连续流反应器在2种进水氨氮(NH4-N,低氮反应器60 mg/L和高氮反应器180 mg/L)浓度条件下驯化硝化菌,并研究了不同初始NH4-N浓度和不同初始亚硝酸盐(NO2-N)浓度条件下所驯化硝化菌释放N2O的特征。结果表明在反应器运行过程中2个反应器释放N2O较少,均小于去除NH4-N浓度的0.01%;N2O的释放均随着初始NH4-N浓度或初始NO2-N浓度的升高而增加;不同初始NH4-N浓度条件下,低氮反应器驯化硝化菌的N2O释放率在0.51%~1.40%之间,高氮反应器驯化硝化菌在0.29%~1.27%之间;不同初始NO2-N浓度条件下,低氮反应器驯化硝化菌的N2O释放率在1.38%~3.78%之间,高氮反应器驯化硝化菌在1.16-5.81%之间。     

Darcian preferential water flow and solute transport through bimodal porous systems: Experiments and modelling

Soils often exhibit a variety of small-scale heterogeneities such as inter-aggregate pores and voids which partition flow into separate regions. In this paper a methodological approach is discussed for characterizing the hydrological behaviour of a heterogeneous clayey–sandy soil in the presence of structural inter-aggregate pores. For the clay soil examined, it was demonstrated that, coupling the transfer function approach for analyzing BTCs and water retention data obtained with different methods from laboratory studies captures the bimodal geometry of the porous system along with the related existence of fast and slow flow paths. To be effectively and reliably applied this approach requires that the predominant effects of the soil hydrological behaviour near saturation be supported by accurate experimental data of both breakthrough curves (BTCs) and hydraulic functions for high water content values. This would allow the separation of flow phases and hence accurate identification of the processes and related parameters.     

Application of titanium dioxide immobilized on a cellulosic material for the photocatalytic degradation of Acid Black 24 dye in a continuous flow cascade reactor

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The aim of this work is the study of the photocatalytic degradation of Acid Black 24 dye (AB24), in a continuous flow cascade reactor, using titanium...     

改性天然生物质材料的吸油性能

为了对木屑这种天然生物质作为吸附材料进行研究,采用碱性双氧水对其进行改性并研究其吸油性能。通过实验,比较了不同改性溶液浓度以及不同改性时间的吸油量,发现经1% H2O2 浸泡改性18 h后,改性木屑(HNCS)的吸附能力大大提高,吸油量达9.4 g·g-1,而改性前仅为6.47 g·g-1,改性使得吸油量提高了45%。同时研究了改性木屑对不同油品的吸油性能的测定,结果显示改性木屑对原油的吸附效果最好。通过扫描电镜(SEM)、热重失重分析以及红外扫描光谱分析研究了改性木屑的物化性能。发现经改性后,木屑的表面更加粗糙,出现了大量的吸附孔隙,且热稳定性提高,表面的亲水基团减少。说明吸油量受到材料内部的孔隙结构,以及表面官能团的影响。     

Chemical reactions of metals with humic material

Humic substances are chemically very complex materials whose structure and reactions are not fully understood. They are believed to be macromolecules, spanning a wide range of molecular weights, which are formed from quinones and phenolic compounds. They contain a wide variety of functional groups, which may react with metals. Many different physical and chemical procedures have been used to study these interactions, and numerous different reaction mechanisms and products have been postulated. The colloidal properties of humic materials also affects their interactions with metals. Reaction with humic substances profoundly affects the environmental behaviour of metals. Solubility, plant availability and even volatility are all greatly influenced and can be either enhanced or reduced by these reactions.