Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of benzene homologues in ambient air in the northeastern urban area of Beijing, China

Ambient benzene homologues were measured at a site in the northeastern urban area of Beijing, China, from August 24 to September 4, 2012 by SUMMA canister sampling followed by laboratory determination using cryogenic cold trap pre-concentration-GC-MS/FID, and their health risks were also assessed. Daily total benzene homologues ranged from 0.99 to 49.71 μg/m3with an average of 11.98 μg/m3. Benzene homologues showed higher concentrations in the morning and evening than that at noontime. Comparison with previous studies revealed a trend of decrease for ambient benzene homologues probably due to the efective emission control in Beijing in recent years. Vehicular exhaust was the main source while volatilization of paints and solvents also made substantial contributions. Health risk assessment showed that BTEX(benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m-xylene and p-xylene) and styrene had no appreciable adverse non-cancer health risks for the exposed population, while benzene has potential cancer risk of 1.34E-05. Available data from cities in China all implied that benzene imposes relatively higher cancer risk on the exposed populations and therefore strict control measures should be taken to further lower ambient benzene levels in China.     

Potential of weed species applied to remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals

To screen out a series of ideal plants that can effectively remedy contaminated soils by heavy metals is the main groundwork of phytoremediation engineering and the first step of its commercial application on a large scale. In this study, accumulation and endurance of 45 weed species in ]6 families from an agricultural site were in situ examined by using the pot-culture field experiment, and the remediation potential of some weed species with high accumulation of heavy metals was assayed. The results showed that Solanum nigrum and Conyza canadensis can not only accumulate high concentration of Cd, but also strongly endure to single Cd and Cd-Pb-Cu-Zn combined pollution. Thus 2 weed species can be regarded as good hyperaccumulators for the remediation of Cd-contaminated soils. Although there were high Cd-accumulation in Artemigia selengensis, Znula britannica and Cephalanoplos setosum, their biomass was adversely affected due to action of heavy metals in the soils. If the problem of low endurance to heavy metals can be solved by a reinforcer, 3 weed species can be perhaps applied commercially.     

土地生态功能的特点与保护

土地的生态功能指在物质、能量迁移与转化过程中,土地所表现的能够满足和维持生物体以及人类生活需要的自然环境条件和效用。它包括生态环境的调节功能和生物支持功能两大类,具有整体性、关联性、空间地域性和时间动态性等特征。其中,生态环境的调节功能可分为保护土壤功能、防风固沙、涵养水源功能、调节微气候功能、净化环境功能等五类;生物支持功能主要指产生与维持生物多样性,为生物提供良好的栖息环境。土地的生态功能除了受地形地貌、土壤、气候、水、植物等自然条件的制约外,还受土地利用方式、土地利用结构和区域土地政策等社会经济因素的影响。     

中国地区生物质燃烧释放的含碳痕量气体

为了研究中国地区生物质燃烧不同阶段释放的各种妆胆气体排放比与排放因子，建立了动态与静态燃烧室以及ＣＨ４、ＣＯＳ、ＣＯ、及ＣＯ２的采样、富集、分析方法；然后对典型乔木、灌木与草的地上部分生物质进行规模不同的燃烧实验，测得痕量 排放比和排放因子，根据全国森林生态系统碳贮量的估计及火灾统计资料，初步测算了中国地区生物质向大气中释放含碳痕量气体量。     

磷酸铵镁沉淀法脱除生活污水中氮磷的研究

针对低有机物高氨氮浓度的生活污水,经UASB处理后的厌氧废水,氮含量较高,磷基本未除去,处理出水效果欠佳的情况,提出磷酸铵铗沉淀法脱除生活污水中的磷以及部分氨氮。初步确定了影响磷酸铵镁沉淀反应因素为pH值,Mg^2＋：PO4^3-：NH4^＋,反应时间t。最优反应条件为：pH=8．5,Mg^2＋：PO4^3-：NH4^＋=1．2：1：1,反应时间t=1min。磷的去除率可高达94．0％,氨氮的去除率达71．5％,为低浓度的生活污水的后续生物处理创造了良好的条件。     

FBS-3数字观测系统的标定分析

着重介绍了蒙城地震台FBS-3系统标定参数的测定与计算,同时也总结了标定软件使用的步骤和注意事项.对仪器进行日常脉冲标定、特定情况下的正弦波标定可以对仪器系统的工作状态有一个量化的评定,以此来判定仪器性能的变化及其稳定程度.2006年7月份,对FBS-3数字化测震观测系统进行了一次标定,此次标定作为每年一次系统正弦波标定的最终结果.与2005年7月份标定结果对比分析,两次标定结果差别不大,符合规范要求,观测系统性能稳定.     

Removal of nitric oxide from simulated flue gas via denitrification in a hollow-fiber membrane bioreactor

A hollow-fiber membrane bioreactor(HMBR) was studied for its ability to treat nitric oxide(NO) from simulated flue gas. The HMBR was operated for 9 months and showed a maximum elimination capacity of 702 mg NO/(m2·day) with a removal efciency of 86%(gas residence time of 30 sec, inlet NO concentration of 2680 mg/m3, pH 8). Varying operation parameters were tested to determine the stability and response of the HMBR. Both the inlet NO concentration and gas residence time influenced the removal of NO in the HMBR. NO elimination capacity increased with an increase in inlet NO concentration or a shortening of gas residence time. Higher removal efciency of NO was obtained at a longer gas residence time or a lower inlet NO concentration. Microbial communities of the HMBR were sensitive to the variation in pH value and alkalescence corresponding to an optimum pH value of 8. In addition, NO elimination capacity and removal efciency were inversely proportional to the inlet oxygen concentration. Sulfur dioxide had no great influence on elimination capacity and removal efciency of NO. Product analysis was performed to study N2O and N2 production and confirmed that the majority of the microorganisms were denitrifying bacteria in the HMBR. Compared to other bioreactors treating NO, this study showed that the denitrifying HMBR was a good option for the removal of NO.     

超滤法从造纸黑液中提取木质素制备活性炭

应用超滤技术从造纸黑液中提取木质素制备活性炭是黑液综合治理的一条新途径，且适合于中、小型造纸厂。经超滤处理过的黑液，ＣＯＤ去除率达到６０％－６５％，ＢＯＤ５去除率达到８０％以上。黑液中木质素提取率达到８０％－８５％，由木质素制成的活性炭得率高，吸附容量大，其主要技术指标均优于沪Ｑ／ＨＧ１１－２２４－８７的标准。     

Application of a real-ambient fine particulate matter exposure system on different animal models

Simulation of fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) exposure is essential for evaluating adverse health effects. In this work, an ambient exposure system that mimicked real atmospheric conditions was installed in Taiyuan, China to study impacts of chronic PM_2.5 exposure on adult and aged mice as well as Sirtuin3 knockout (Sirt3 KO) mice and wild-type (WT) mice. The real-ambient exposure system eliminated the possible artificial effects caused from exposure experiments and maintained the physiochemical characteristics of PM_2.5. The case studies indicated that aged mice exhibited apparent heart dysfunction involving increased heart rate and decreased blood pressure after 17-week of real-ambient PM_2.5 exposure. Meanwhile, 15-week of real-ambient PM_2.5 exposure decreased the heart rate and amounts of associated catecholamines to induce heart failure in Sirt3 KO mice. Additionally, the increased pro-inflammatory cytokines and decreased platelet related indices suggested that inflammation occurred. The changes of biomarkers detected by targeted metabolomics confirmed metabolic disorder in WT and Sirt3 KO mice after exposed to real-ambient PM_2.5. These results indicated that the real-ambient PM_2.5 exposure system could evaluate the risks of certain diseases associated with air pollution and have great potential for supporting the investigations of PM_2.5 effects on other types of rodent models.     

美国海岸警备队的溢油鉴别系统

介绍了美国海岸警备队溢油鉴别系统的发展概况，溢油鉴别策略、原理、方法，溢油鉴别数据的产生与解释、分析报告，影响溢油鉴别的因素以及溢油鉴别系统的发展方向。