Research on ammonia emissions characteristics from light-duty gasoline vehicles

In this study, ammonia emissions characteristics of typical light-duty gasoline vehicles were obtained through laboratory vehicle bench test and combined with New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) condition and Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC) condition. The influence of ambient temperature on ammonia emissions is mainly concentrated in the cold start stage. The influence of ambient temperature on ammonia emission is shown that the ammonia emissions of light-duty gasoline vehicles under ambient temperature conditions (14 and 23°C) are lower than those under low ambient temperature conditions (?7°C) and high ambient temperature conditions (35 and 40°C). The influence of TWC on ammonia emission is shown that ammonia is a by-product of the catalytic reduction reaction of conventional gas pollutants in the exhaust gas in the TWC. Under NEDC operating conditions and WLTC operating conditions, ammonia emissions after the catalyst are 45 times and 72 times that before the catalyst, respectively. In terms of ammonia emissions control strategy research, Pd/Rh combination can reduce NH₃ formation more effectively than catalyst with a single Pd formula. Precise control of the engine's air-fuel ratio and combination with the optimized matched precious metal ratio TWC can effectively reduce ammonia emissions.     

流态变化对污水管网沉积污染物分布及转化的影响

为探明城市污水汇流管网流速变化对沉积层污染物及生物菌群演替的影响,通过控制污水管道中试系统中干管、支管流速,模拟了不同汇流条件下城市污水管网系统运行状态,探究了不同汇流条件下沉积层碳、氮、硫类污染物的分布特征以及微生物种群结构的分布规律.结果表明,在不同汇流条件下,COD、TN、NH₃-N、NO₃-N、硫酸盐含量沿沉积层深度方向均逐渐减小,而硫化物含量逐渐升高.当干管、支管流速均增加时,促进了汇流区域不同深度污染物的沉积富集,但由于DO、ORP环境因子的改变,以及流速的增大,将沉积层中原有的碳源基质剥离到污水中,减少了微生物可利用的营养物质,同时造成沉积层内部溶解氧含量的上升,沉积层中产甲烷菌（MA）中优势菌属Methanosaeta、硫酸盐还原菌（SRB）中优势菌属Desulfomicrobium、水解发酵菌（FB）中优势菌属Caldisericum的相对丰度逐渐降低,硫氧化细菌（SOB）中优势菌属Thiobacillus相对丰度增加,显著影响了沉积污染物的转化特性.污水管网汇流区域流态是改变污水水质及管道微生物系统的重要因素.     

东北黑土区典型地域耕地生态退化时空分异——以富锦市为例

耕地生态退化严重威胁黑土区耕地的可持续利用,明确其时空分异规律是提高黑土耕地产能实现农业可持续发展的重要科学命题。以东北黑土区典型地域富锦市为研究区,立足于耕地外部扰动变化所引发的环境胁迫与生态恢复,利用遥感驱动的多源环境胁迫监测模型、改进的CRITIC模型、优化的InVEST模型,明确二者间的作用结果,揭示研究区2000—2020年耕地生态退化的时空分异规律。研究结果表明：（1）研究区耕地外源环境胁迫强度整体偏低,呈现出以东部、西部、北部高,中部、南部低为主基调的时空分异格局;（2）研究区耕地內源生态恢复强度高于胁迫强度,表现出以西部—东部—中部梯度衰减的时空分异格局;（3）研究区共有968.12 km²耕地发生生态退化,展现出以团块状集中分布在研究区东部和中部,零星分布在其他区域的空间分异格局。研究明晰了多源环境胁迫/多源生态恢复之间的交互效应,实现了各耕地图斑对多种环境胁迫力和生态恢复力的动态敏感度测算,进一步刻画出了生态退化过程,测度结果与现实耕地利用强度吻合,为准确诊断黑土区耕地生态退化提供了理论参考和技术支撑。     

Mechanisms of Pb(II) coprecipitation with natrojarosite and its behavior during acid dissolution

Lead (Pb) coprecipitation with jarosite is common in natural and engineered environments, such as acid mine drainage (AMD) sites and hydrometallurgical industry. Despite the high relevance for environmental impact, few studies have examined the exact interaction of Pb with jarosite and the dissolution behavior of each phase. In the present work, we demonstrate that Pb mainly interacts with jarosite in four modes, namely incorporation, occlusion, physically mixing, and chemically mixing. For comparison, the four modes of Pb-bearing natrojarosite were synthesized and characterized separately. Batch dissolution experiments were undertaken on these synthetic Pb-bearing natrojarosites under pH 2 to simulate the AMD environments. The introduction of Pb decreases the final Fe releasing efficiency of jarosite-type compounds from 18.18% to 3.45%-5.01%, showing a remarkable inhibition of their dissolution. For Pb releasing behavior, PbSO₄ dissolves in preference to Pb-substituted natrojarosite, i.e., (Na, Pb)-jarosite, which primarily results in the sharp increase of Pb releasing concentration (> 40 mg/L). PbSO₄ occlusion by jarosite-type compounds can significantly reduce the release of Pb. The results of this study could provide useful information regarding Fe and Pb cycling in acidic natural and engineered environments.     

Chemical composition of different size ultrafine particulate matter measured by nanoparticle chemical ionization mass spectrometer

New particle formation (NPF) is the primary source of nanoparticles and contributes a large number of concentrations of cloud condensation nuclei. In recent years, field campaigns and laboratory experiments have been conducted to promote cognition of the mechanism for NPF and its following growth processes. The chemical composition measurement of nanoparticles could help deepen understanding of the initial step of particulate matter formation. In this work, we developed a nanoparticle chemical ionization mass spectrometer to measure nanoparticles' chemical compositions during their initial growth stage. Meanwhile, a non-radioactive ion source was designed for aerosol charging and chemical ionization. Time of flight mass spectrometer coupled with integrated aerosol size selection and collection module would guarantee the picogram level detection limit and high-resolution ability to measure the matrix of ambient samples. The performance of this equipment was overall evaluated, including the transmission efficiency and collection efficiency of custom-built nano differential mobility analyzer, chemical ionization efficiency, and mass resolution of the mass spectrometer. The high sensitivity measurement of ammonium sulfate and methylammonium sulfate aerosols with diameters ranging from 10 to 25 nm could guarantee the application of this instrument in the ambient measurement.     

Long-term winter observation of nitrous acid in the urban area of Beijing

The particulate matter (PM) pollution has been significantly improved by carrying out various valid emission control strategies since 2013 in China. Meanwhile the variation trend of nitrous acid (HONO) is worthy to investigate due to its vital role in the atmospheric oxidation process. In this study, field observation in the winter is conducted to investigate the concentration of HONO in an urban area of Beijing. In the winter of 2019, the mean HONO concentration is 1.38 ppbV during the whole winter. Photo-enhanced NO₂ heterogeneous reactions on the ground and aerosol surfaces were found as the possible daytime sources of HONO. Compared to O₃, photolysis of HONO dominates the primary OH sources during the winter time. To understand the HONO pollution patterns by years variation, multi-year data is summarized and finds that primary pollutants including CO and NO decreased, but secondary pollutants i.e., HONO (mostly generated via secondary process) increased. Our study highlights the requirement to mitigate secondary pollution by control HONO concentration.     

Raman spectroscopy of diesel and gasoline engine-out soot using different laser power

We studied engine-out soot samples collected from a heavy-duty direct-injection diesel engine and port-fuel injection gasoline spark-ignition engine. The two types of soot samples were characterized using Raman spectroscopy with different laser powers. A Matlab program using least-square-method with trust-region-reflective algorithm was developed for curve fitting. A DOE (design of experiments) method was used to avoid local convergence. The method was used for two-band fitting and three-band fitting. The fitting results were used to determine the intensity ratio of D (for “Defect” or “Disorder”) and G (for “Graphite”) Raman bands. It is found that high laser power may cause oxidation of soot sample, which gives higher D/G intensity ratio. Diesel soot has consistently higher amorphous/graphitic carbon ratio, and thus higher oxidation reactivity, compared to gasoline soot, which is reflected by the higher D/G intensity ratio in Raman spectra measured under the same laser power.     

基于MERIS影像的洪泽湖叶绿素a浓度时空变化规律分析

叶绿素a(Chl-a)浓度是衡量藻类生物量及评价水体营养状态的重要指标.基于洪泽湖2016年7月、2016年12月共49个实测水质参数与同步光谱数据,验证了5种可应用于MERIS/OLCI数据的Chl-a遥感估算模型(包括波段比值模型、三波段模型、FLH模型、MCI模型以及UMOC模型)在洪泽湖水域的适用性.结果表明,UMOC模型是最适用于洪泽湖水域的Chl-a浓度估算模型,其平均相对误差为32.30%,低于波段比值模型的75.17%,三波段模型的62.44%,FLH模型的45.87%和MCI模型的56.95%.进而利用UMOC模型,结合MERIS数据,获取了洪泽湖2002~2012年Chl-a浓度遥感估算产品,并分析了洪泽湖Chl-a浓度的时空变化规律.洪泽湖Chl-a浓度具有明显的时空差异性.依据水体像元长时间序列月平均Chl-a浓度的差异,将洪泽湖水体分为了区域A、区域B和区域C这3种类型.区域B和区域C水体无明显的变化趋势,区域A则显著增加.与气象因子的相关性分析表明,区域B和区域C年平均Chl-a的波动主要受年降水量的影响,反映了该2个区域Chl-a浓度的变化主要受湖流强度的控制,区域A年平均Chl-a浓度的变化与年平均风速呈显著负相关性,风速下降的气候大背景可能会加重这一区域的富营养化程度,威胁南水北调的水质安全.此外,在汛期(7~9月)洪泽湖水体Chl-a浓度与离淮河入湖口的距离呈显著的正相关关系,证明了这一时期淮河对洪泽湖藻类浓度具有明显的抑制作用.     

中国社会灾害脆弱性评价指标设计

随着人口增长,基础设施增加,社会条件波动,人类与环境之间的关系也越来越复杂。一般来说,灾害的脆弱性就意味着潜在的损失。由于地理位置的差异,灾害发生时间不同,受灾的社会群体不同,损失大小也不尽相同,因此,灾害的脆弱性也随着时空变化而变化。     

Simultaneous determination of malachite green, enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in fish farming water and fish feed by liquid chromatography with solid-phase extraction

An effective and sensitive method for simultaneous analysis of malachite green (MG), enrofloxacin (ENFLX) and ciprofloxacin (CPFLX) by liquid chromatography-diode array detection with solid-phase extraction (SPE) is developed. The conditions of SPE and LC were investigated and optimised. The effective separation of these compounds was achieved using a ZY1104 C18 column (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with 20 mM tetrabutyl ammonium bromide (pH 3.0)-acetonitrile as mobile phase and gradient elution. The diode array detection was used at 278 nm for ENFLX and CPFLX and at 613 nm for MG. Under the optimal conditions, the method LOD values of MG, ENFLX and CPFLX were 0.01, 0.07 and 0.10 μg L(?-1) for fish farming water samples and 1.5, 10.5 and 15 μg kg(?-1) for fish feed samples, respectively. The relative recoveries of the three analytes were achieved to be 76.7-82.3% with the RSDs (n = 5) of 3.2-4.6% for spiked fish farming water samples and 78.8-93.7% with the RSDs (n = 5) of 3.1-4.8% for spiked fish feed samples.