Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-19

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Policies and measures to control pandemics are often failing. While biological factors controlling transmission are usually well explored, little is known about...     

Spatial distribution of heavy metals of agricultural soils in Dongguan, China

IntroductionThereisagrowingpublicconcernandscientificinterestsovertheheavymetalpollutioninagriculturalsoilsandagriculturalproductionsbecauseoftheirpotentialbioaccumulation ,responsehysteresis,andun biodegradability(Kelly,1996;Tam ,2 0 0 0 ;Hong,2 0 0 3)eventhoughthecontentsandspatialdistributionoftracemetalsintheagriculturalsoilsinGuangdonghaveneverbeenstudiedsystematically .Ingeneral,naturalbackgroundcontentanddistributionofheavymetalinsoilswerecloselyrelatedtothebiogeochemicalcycles,parentm…     

论双回路吸收塔及其循环浆液计算

双回路吸收塔运用于火电厂、烧结厂等的烟气脱硫系统。它具有传质效果好、脱硫率高、产生的石膏纯度高等特点,对于减少对自然界石膏资源的开发和保护资源上,具有很大的优势。通过对双回路塔的工作原理及其结构、性能特点论述,层层剖析,并进一步论证其循环浆液的计算方法。     

城市化对河流着生硅藻物种和功能多样性的影响——以深圳市河流为例

着生藻类是河流生态系统的主要初级生产者,了解城市化对着生藻类多样性的影响对于城市河流管理具有重要意义.本研究以深圳市河流为例,研究了河流着生硅藻性状及物种、功能多样性对城市干扰的响应.研究发现城区和郊区的水质状况差异显著.城区样点的NH₄⁺-N、NO₂-N、TN、TP和DOC浓度是郊区的3～20倍不等.水环境的巨大变化也导致了河流着生藻类生物多样性的变化.城区组物种丰富度、Pielou指数和Simpson指数均显著高于郊区组,而功能均匀度则显著低于郊区组.并且在21个硅藻性状中,有15个性状在城区和郊区组间存在显著差异.进一步用随机森林模型拟合着生藻类生物多样性与水质指标的关系,结果发现硅藻性状对城市化反应较其他指标更为敏感.特别是小型、可动、低共位群和运动群这4个性状指标,构建的随机森林模型解释率能达到40%～60%,而生物多样性指数构建的模型解释率只有15%～25%左右.总体来说,TP和TN是影响城市河流着生硅藻多样性的主要水质指标.在营养水平高的城市样点.个体较大、能够移动的硅藻占有主导地位;而在营养水平较低的郊区...     

双兰线管道水工保护结构分析及优化*

以双兰线沿线河流水毁冲刷情况为工程背景,在分析水毁成因机理和现场数据基础上,利用CFD数值模拟等手段,对应急性水工保护结构——石笼展开优化设计,设计3种不同形状的石笼并完成几何建模,在Fluent中利用VOF模型计算分析它们在淹没水域中的抗冲刷表现,从水流速度、石笼表面压力分布、水流阻力、床面剪切力这几个方面进行评价,以找出抗冲刷效果最好的石笼形状。最后完成水工保护结构的优化并针对不同结构进行适宜性分析。     

关于水污染物总量控制研究进展及问题分析

水污染物浓度控制和排放总量控制是水质达标管理的前提。本文将其和水污染物的总量控制发展进程相互结合,对实施应用和理论完善以及深入探讨等阶段的进展进行阐述,介绍污染物总量控制实施时的总量分配和入河控制等相关技术细节,得到总量控制的实施优点,最后明确控制污染物总量的具体意义。     

The secret life of pets: The intersection of animals and organizational life

Although often overlooked, pets and other animals intersect with organizations in interesting, important ways. We seek to define how various animals intersect with organizations, highlight opportunities for theory development, and illustrate important areas for future research. We also explore how pandemics such as COVID-19 might affect the animals we highlight.     

生物炭修饰材料对嘉陵江(川渝段)沿岸土吸附Cu2+的影响

为了探索生物炭修饰材料对嘉陵江流域沿岸土吸附Cu~(2+)的影响,采用生物炭(B)、磁化生物炭(MB)以及50%和100%CEC十二烷基二甲基甜菜碱(BS-12)修饰MB(分别以50%BS-MB和100%BS-MB表示)作为炭修饰材料,分别将其以1%(质量比)加入嘉陵江流域(川渝段)内苍溪(CX)、南部(NB)、嘉陵(JL)和合川(HC)沿岸土中,共计形成20个混合土样(以原土作为对照),批处理法研究各样品对Cu~(2+)的等温吸附和热力学特征,并对比不同温度、pH值和离子强度下的吸附差异.结果表明,不同混合土样对Cu~(2+)吸附等温线均呈"L"型且符合Langmuir模型,最大吸附量q_m保持在62.20—308.88 mmol·kg~(-1)之间.相同生物炭修饰材料添加下Cu~(2+)吸附量表现为JLNBCXHC的趋势.20—40℃范围内,各混合土样对Cu~(2+)的吸附量均随温度的升高而增加,表现为增温正效应.离子强度从0.01 mol·L~(-1)增加到0.1 mol·L~(-1),各混合土样(除HC外)对Cu~(2+)的吸附量均呈现先增后降的趋势.pH值升高有利于混合土样对Cu~(2+)的吸附.各混合土样对Cu~(2+)的吸附是一个自发、吸热和熵增的反应过程,且CEC和比表面积是决定混合土样对Cu~(2+)吸附效果的关键.     

Review on remediation technologies for arsenic-contaminated soil

• Recent progress of As-contaminated soil remediation technologies is presented. • Phytoextraction and chemical immobilization are the most widely used methods. • Novel remediation technologies for As-contaminated soil are still urgently needed. • Methods for evaluating soil remediation efficiency are lacking. • Future research directions for As-contaminated soil remediation are proposed. Arsenic (As) is a top human carcinogen widely distributed in the environment. As-contaminated soil exists worldwide and poses a threat on human health through water/food consumption, inhalation, or skin contact. More than 200 million people are exposed to excessive As concentration through direct or indirect exposure to contaminated soil. Therefore, affordable and efficient technologies that control risks caused by excess As in soil must be developed. The presently available methods can be classified as chemical, physical, and biological. Combined utilization of multiple technologies is also common to improve remediation efficiency. This review presents the research progress on different remediation technologies for As-contaminated soil. For chemical methods, common soil washing or immobilization agents were summarized. Physical technologies were mainly discussed from the field scale. Phytoextraction, the most widely used technology for As-contaminated soil in China, was the main focus for bioremediation. Method development for evaluating soil remediation efficiency was also summarized. Further research directions were proposed based on literature analysis.     

A holistic framework for design of cost-effective minimum water utilization network

Water pinch analysis (WPA) is a well-established tool for the design of a maximum water recovery (MWR) network. MWR, which is primarily concerned with water recovery and regeneration, only partly addresses water minimization problem. Strictly speaking, WPA can only lead to maximum water recovery targets as opposed to the minimum water targets as widely claimed by researchers over the years. The minimum water targets can be achieved when all water minimization options including elimination, reduction, reuse/recycling, outsourcing and regeneration have been holistically applied. Even though WPA has been well established for synthesis of MWR network, research towards holistic water minimization has lagged behind. This paper describes a new holistic framework for designing a cost-effective minimum water network (CEMWN) for industry and urban systems. The framework consists of five key steps, i.e. (1) Specify the limiting water data, (2) Determine MWR targets, (3) Screen process changes using water management hierarchy (WMH), (4) Apply Systematic Hierarchical Approach for Resilient Process Screening (SHARPS) strategy, and (5) Design water network. Three key contributions have emerged from this work. First is a hierarchical approach for systematic screening of process changes guided by the WMH. Second is a set of four new heuristics for implementing process changes that considers the interactions among process changes options as well as among equipment and the implications of applying each process change on utility targets. Third is the SHARPS cost-screening technique to customize process changes and ultimately generate a minimum water utilization network that is cost-effective and affordable. The CEMWN holistic framework has been successfully implemented on semiconductor and mosque case studies and yielded results within the designer payback period criterion.