Observations and Model Simulations of Carbon Monoxide Emission Factors from a California Highway

ABSTRACT

A series of twelve intensively monitored 1-hr CO dispersion studies were conducted near Davis, CA, in winter 1996. The experimental equipment included twelve CO sampling ports at elevations up to 50 m, three sonic anemometers, a tethersonde station, aircraft measurements of wind and temperature profile aloft, and a variety of conventional meteorological equipment. The study was designed to explore the role of vehicular exhaust buoyancy during worst-case meteorological conditions, such as low winds oriented in near-parallel alignment with the road during a surface-based nocturnal inversion. From the study, field estimates of the CO emission factor (EF) from a California vehicle fleet were computed using two different methods. The analysis suggests that the CT-EMFAC/ EMFAC (EMission FACtor) models currently used to conduct federal conformity modeling significantly overpredict CO emissions for high-speed, free-flowing traffic on California highways.     

采用自然及加速方法的环境驱动失效机制评估新聚合物产品的可靠性

本文讲述了对新产品进行可靠性评估的方法,这些产品因为受到环境的影响而失效。本方法适用于有参考产品现场数据、参考产品加速老化数据,并了解由环境引起失效机理的情况。该方法利用可靠性原理和失效机械一模型来建立高精度的模型,然后用它来预测新产品的使用寿命。本方法已成功应用于两个实例：一个是采用化学与物理方法证明聚烯烃的现场数据与加速氙灯老化仪所测得的数据具有相关性;另一个是评估乙烯基产品及现场驱动失效的故障模式。所得出的数据结果表明了环境区域风险、整体新产品风险。及与现有参考产品的相对风险。     

GC/MS/MS分析复杂基体中痕量组分的优越性

在现代实验室中,GC/MS用于痕量分析极为普遍,要求更低的检测限而被分析样品的基体越来越复杂的情况由来已久.……     

Use of Airborne γ-Ray Spectrometry for Environmental Assessment of the Rehabilitated Nabarlek Uranium Mine, Australia

This article describes an airborne γ survey of a 7 × 5 km region around the rehabilitated Nabarlek uranium mine in northern Australia. An unusually tight line spacing (100 m) and low aircraft height (50 m) were used, enabling the survey to distinguish man-made structures such as ponds and accommodation areas, as well as creek lines. Positive correlations between airborne data and ground-based readings enabled an estimation of the average absorbed dose rate arising from terrestrial γ radiation over large areas of the site to be derived. For the fenced minesite area this estimate was 0.31 μ Gy hr^{− 1}. The airborne survey data were found to be invaluable in helping to plan further ground-level investigations and showed promise as an assessment tool for rehabilitated minesites.     

Experimental study of the concentration field of discharge from a boat propeller

Engines in boats and ships using total loss lubrication deposit a significant proportion of their lubricant and fuel directly into the water. Their impact on the Australian coastline and marine ecosystems is of great concern. The purpose of this study was to document the velocity and concentration field characteristics of a submerged swirling water jet emanating from a propeller in order to provide information on its fundamental characteristics. The properties of the jet were examined far enough downstream to be relevant to the eventual modelling of the mixing problem. Measurements of the velocity and concentration field were performed in a turbulent jet generated by a model boat propeller (0.02 m diameter) within a 0.4 m-wide and 0.15 m-deep flume, operating at 1,500 and 3,000 rpm in a weak co-flow of 0.04 m/s. The measurements were carried out in the Zone of Established Flow up to 50 propeller diameters downstream of the propeller. Results pertaining to radial distribution, self-similarity, standard deviation growth, maximum value decay and integral fluxes of velocity and concentration fitted with empirical correlations. Furthermore, propeller-induced mixing and pollutant source concentration from a two-stroke engine were estimated.     

燃煤电厂典型超低排放除尘技术组合下的尘排放特性

为研究典型超低排放除尘技术组合下的尘排放特性,梳理了目前超低排放除尘技术改造的主流技术路线,归纳出典型的7种改造技术路线。依据典型的改造技术路线,选择了27台在2015—2017年完成改造的燃煤发电机组,并对其烟尘排放进行长期的连续监测,根据机组长期运行的排放表现对典型超低排放除尘技术路线的实际减排效果进行量化对比分析。结果表明,7种除尘改造技术路线均可达到控制烟尘排放浓度在10 mg·m⁻³以下的超低排放标准,其中路线6改造后尘浓度控制在2 mg·m⁻³以下。对减排效率的研究表明,各技术路线改造后的减排效率均可达到99.97%以上,计算得到机组的平均排放因子为0.025 7 kg·t⁻¹(95%置信区间0.025 4~0.026 1 kg·t⁻¹),其中路线6的排放因子最低,为0.008 6 kg·t⁻¹(95%置信区间0.008 4~0.008 8 kg·t⁻¹)。     

Willingness to pay for reliable piped water services: evidence from urban Ghana

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - The primary objective of this research is to estimate the willingness to pay in Ghana for reliable piped water services. Three competing economic...