Thermal cracking of waste printed wiring boards for mechanical recycling by using residual steam preprocessing

Mechanical waste-processing methods, which combine crushing and separation processes for the recovery of valuable materials, have been widely applied in waste printed wiring board (PWB) treatment. However, both the high impact toughness and the tensile and flexural strengths of whole PWB with a laminated structure result in great energy consumption and severe abrasion of the cutters during multi-level crushing. In addition, the high temperatures occurring in continual crushing probably cause the decomposition of the polymer matrix. A thermal-crack method using residual steam as the heating medium has been developed to pre-treat waste PWBs. This treatment reduces the mechanical strength in order to improve the recovery rate of valuable materials in subsequent mechanical recycling. The changes of the PWBs’ macro-mechanical properties were studied to evaluate thermal expansion impacts associated with changes in temperature, and the dynamic dislocation micro-structures were observed to identify the fracture mechanism. The results showed that thermal cracking with steam at the temperature of 500 K can effectively attenuate the mechanical properties of waste PWBs, by reducing the impact, tensile and flexural strengths respectively, by 59.2%, 49.3% and 51.4%, compared to untreated PWB. Thermal expansion can also facilitate the separation of copper from glass fiber by reducing peel resistance by 95.4% at 500 K. It was revealed that the flexural fracture was a transverse cracking caused by concentrated stress when the heating temperature was less than 500 K, and shifted to a vertical cracking after exceeding 500 K.     

Characterization of arsenate transformation and identification of arsenate reductase in a green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Arsenic (As) is a pervasive and ubiquitous environmental toxin that has created catastrophic human health problems world-wide. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular green alga, which exists ubiquitously in freshwater aquatic systems. Arsenic metabolism processes of this alga through arsenate reduction and sequent store and efflux were investigated. When supplied with 10 mol/L arsenate, arsenic speciation analysis showed that arsenite concentration increased from 5.7 to 15.7 mg/kg dry weight during a 7-day period, accounting for 18%–24% of the total As in alga. When treated with different levels of arsenate (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 mol/L) for 7 days, the arsenite concentration increased with increasing external arsenate concentrations, the proportion of arsenite was up to 23%–28% of the total As in alga. In efflux experiments, both arsenate and arsenite could be found in the efflux solutions. Additionally, the efflux of arsenate was more than that of arsenite. Furthermore, two arsenate reductase genes of C. reinhardtii (CrACR2s) were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli strain WC3110 (ΔarsC) for the first time. The abilities of both CrACR2s genes to complement the arsenatesensitive strain were examined. CrACR2.1 restored arsenate resistance at 0.8 mmol/L. However, CrACR2.2 showed much less ability to complement. The gene products were demonstrated to reduce arsenate to arsenite in vivo. In agreement with the complementation results, CrACR2.1 showed higher reduction ability than CrACR2.2, when treated with 0.4 mmol/L arsenate for 16 hr incubation.     

城市居住小区的碳源-碳汇实证研究

碳源-碳汇特征的研究是建设低碳小区的先决条件。论文分别使用了物料均衡法和生物量统计法对周家泉小区碳源-碳汇进行了计算分析,并对按居住区能源供应标准计算的排放值与实际排放值进行了对比。结果显示:(1)实际排放中,直接排放量占小区总排放量的47.1%,其中煤炭消耗排放量最大。间接排放占小区排放总量的52.9%,其中电力消耗排放占到了93.6%,为小区能源消耗的最大排放源。(2)按居住区燃气供应指标为小区居民提供能源能在充分满足居民需求的前提下有效减少CO2排放量。按电力供应指标计算的CO2排放量大于实际电力消耗排放。供水及污水处理技术是减少用水排放的关键因素。(3)绿化带是小区主要碳汇要素,仅通过实现国家规定的30%的绿地率并不能满足小区碳汇需求。在小区碳源碳汇研究的基础上提出了控制和减少小区CO2的对策建议,以期为低碳小区建设提供参考。     

双氰胺-甲醛絮凝剂处理硝基酚类印染废水的脱色和COD去除效果研究

利用改性双氰胺甲醛絮凝剂处理硝基酚类印染废水,改性絮凝剂n(双氰胺+尿素):n(氯化铵):n(氯酸盐):n(甲醛)=1.0:1.2:0.06:1.5。染料的脱色率和COD去除率都随着改性絮凝剂用量的增加而增加,投加1000mg/L絮凝剂时,脱色率和COD去除率分别可达85%、84%,该改性双氰胺絮凝剂具有很好的脱色和COD去除效率,其经济性也较好。     

SO2 emission cap planning for Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone

The SO₂ emission sources of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone were divided into 556 emissions units according to four different categories, which are city, industry, point sources, and area sources. The CALPUFF model was used to calculate the contribution of each unit, and consequently obtain an influence-transferring matrix. To ensure that the SO₂ concentrations of 46 cities and counties in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic zone meet air quality standards, an emission optimization model was developed to calculate optimal emissions of each emission unit under different development scenarios. The result showed the optimal emissions of SO₂ by different provinces and industries. To achieve the target of restricting and optimizing development, corresponding planning programs were developed for every district.     

珠江八大口门污染物浓度变化及成因分析

利用20 a来珠江八大口门入海污染物浓度的监测资料进行统计,分析了无机氮(DIN)、活性磷酸盐(PO4-P)、重金属(Hg、Cu、Pb、Cd)、石油类和COD的浓度年际间的变化,结果发现与生活污水相关的DIN、PO4-P浓度多年来呈不断上升趋势,而与工业污水密切相关的重金属和石油类则呈下降趋势,与工业和生活污染共同影响的COD呈先升后降的变化趋势.通过对多年枯水期、丰水期、平水期资料比较分析,发现污染物浓度没有集中在某一水期,分布上无一致规律.本文还就不同污染物浓度变化成因进行了分析.     

Methane emissions during storage of different treatments from cattle manure in Tianjin

Many studies on methane emissions from animal manure have revealed that animal manure is a major source of methane emissions to the atmosphere that can have negative consequences for people,animals and environment.In general,the release of methane can be influenced by the type of feed taken by animals,temperature,manure characteristics and so on.This study aimed at quantifying and comparing methane release from dairy manure with different piling treatments.Four treatments were designed including manure piling height 30,45,60 cm and adding 6 cm manure every day until the piling height was 60 cm.Static chamber method and gas chromatography were adopted to measure the methane emissions from April to June in 2009.Methane emission rates of all four manure treatments were low in the first week and then increased sharply until reaching the peak values.Subsequently,all the methane emission rates decreased and fluctuated within the steady range till the end of the experiment.Wilcoxon nonparametric tests analysis indicated that methane emission rate was greatly influenced by manure piling height and manner.There were no significant relationships between methane emission rates and the temperatures of ambience and heap.However,regression analysis showed that the quadratic equations were found between emission rates of all treatments and the gas temperature in the barrels.     

天津滨海盐碱湿地土壤种子库特征研究

对天津滨海新区典型盐碱湿地土壤种子库进行了研究。通过选取三个标准样地进行野外调查,采用种子萌发实验确定土壤种子库的活性、种类及数量;对土壤种子库的物种组成和数量、物种多样性指数、相似性指数及时空分布等特征进行分析,结果表明,滨海新区盐碱湿地土壤种子库共有26植物,种子库的密度在6809～30644粒/m2之间;种子库的生态优势度在0.51～0.81之间,多样性指数相对较低,其中Shannon-Wiener指数最高为1.78;土壤种子库与地面植被之间的相似性指数较低,最低为0.21;种子库的垂直分布特征较为明显,其中0～5cm层种子数量最多,种子数量层间差异显著或极显著;此外,还研究了土壤种子库萌发随时间变化的规律,得出其萌发数量随时间变化的曲线,为今后土壤种子库应用于植被恢复提供了参考。     

黑龙江省农业生态环境现状分析

根据指数计算分级方法,依据农业生态环境特点,建立指标体系。根据黑龙江省现状算出其农业生态环境质量指数,再进行指标等级评价分析。用定量方法了解黑龙江省农业生态环境现状。分析农业生态环境问题,提出解决措施,改善农业生态环境,保证黑龙江省农业可持续性发展。     

中国环境风险管理制度创新策略研究

中国当前总体环境污染形势严峻,环境与健康风险控制能力急待提高。建立环境风险管理制度是落实中国环境与健康科学发展观,提升环境管理水平的较好选择。立足中国国情,本文就中国建立环境风险管理制度的理念、对象、方法、体制、运行机制等若干细节性问题进行了深入探讨。