Assessing drilling mud and technical fluid contamination in rock core and brine samples intended for microbiological monitoring at the CO2 storage site in Ketzin using fluorescent dye tracers

The CO₂SINK project in Ketzin represents a field laboratory for the storage of CO₂ in a 650-m deep saline aquifer. The project is accompanied by a microbiological monitoring programme to characterise the composition and activity of the autochthonous microbial community in rock and brine samples and their changes in response to CO₂ storage. A prerequisite of these studies is the acquisition of samples free of contamination from microorganisms and organic and inorganic components. Drilling mud and technical fluids are the main sources of contamination. This study describes the application of the fluorescent dye tracers fluorescein and rhodamine B as contamination controls for rock core and brine samples. Fluorescein was added to drilling mud that was used during the coring phase of the Ketzin wells Ktzi 200, 201 and 202. In addition, total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations, reflecting the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) component of the drilling mud, were determined to verify the tracer results. The fluorescence and TOC analyses revealed that drilling mud filtrate penetrated the outer 20 mm of mildly permeable sandstone cores. Rhodamine B was added to brines that were used to displace the drilling mud and to flush the wells after completion. The tracer monitoring during the discharge of drilling mud and displacement brines from the wells during hydraulic tests and nitrogen lifts enabled the quantification of reservoir fluid quality. After the production of 140–190 m³ (16–21 borehole volumes) of fluid, the drilling mud concentration was reduced to about 0.05%. The use of fluorescein emerged as a field-capable, sensitive and reliable method during the sampling of rock core and formation brine samples.     

北京东南郊大气TSP中多环芳烃浓度特征与影响因素

对2005-03～2006-01北京市东南郊3个采样点大气总悬浮颗粒物（TSP）样品进行分析,总结了研究区内TSP以及TSP中16种PAHs的浓度特征和季节变化规律.研究区内16种PAHs浓度总和的范围在0.29～1?184.48 ng/m³之间,均值为239.44 ng/m³;分别用气象参数（温度、风速、气压、相对湿度）和大气API指数（二氧化硫、二氧化氮、PM₁₀）与PAHs浓度进行了偏相关分析,结果表明温度和SO₂的API指数与PAHs浓度相关显著,应用逐步回归方法得到PAHs对气象参数和大气API指数的回归方程,分别为∑16PAHs=572.56-23.18t和∑16PAHs=5.99 SO₂,可以利用温度和SO₂的API指数对PAHs浓度进行估算.     

微生物絮凝剂的现状与前景分析

综述了传统絮凝剂在水处理中存在的缺陷以及微生物絮凝剂在水处理中的优越性，对微生物絮凝剂可能在将来取代或部分取代传统的无机及有机高分子絮凝剂作了科学的分析，并针对现今微生物絮凝剂发展的不足指出了今后的发展趋势。     

Correcting serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds by lipids: Alternatives to the organochlorine/total lipids ratio

IntroductionWhen studying the effects of organochlorine compounds (OCs) on human health it is common to correct serum concentrations of OC by total lipids (TL). However, the relationship between serum OCs and serum TL is far from established in many diseases, including several cancers. Our aim was to analyze the relationship between serum OC and TL in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), and to explore several alternatives to perform the OC lipid correction.MethodsIncident cases of PDA were interviewed and had blood drawn soon around hospital admission (n = 144). Serum concentrations of OCs were analysed by high-resolution gas chromatography with electron-capture detection.ResultsMost patients with high TL had moderate or low concentrations of OCs. By contrast, the variability of OC values among patients with normal TL was large. Correlations were of a similar magnitude between OC and TL and between OC and total cholesterol; while these correlations were weak (all Spearman's ρ < 0.3 and R² < 0.11), no OC were significantly correlated with triglycerides. Although all alternatives to the OC/TL linear ratio were statistically significant for at least one OC, their R² was always below 10%.ConclusionsIn patients with severe diseases as PDA, linear correction of OC by TL as commonly performed in epidemiologic studies may be inappropriate. Results contribute to the scant literature on the rationale to correct serum concentrations of OC by lipids. They suggest that it is unwarranted to routinely correct OC by TL, offer ways to assess such need, and present alternatives as no TL correction, correction by total cholesterol only or use of different statistical models.     

焦化废水处理中酚、氰降解细菌的分离选育

针对焦化废水为含酚、氰废水的特性，从焦化厂处理焦化废水的活性污泥和油泥中分离出能降解酚的细菌7株，降解氰的细菌8株，并对其降解能力进行了测定，结果表明，当酚浓度为150mg/L，经6h处理后0512菌株对酚的去除率达96．84％，当CN^-浓度为25mg/L经8h处理后，0501菌株对CN^-的去除率达99．96％。     

不同植被下土壤碳转移对岩溶动力系统中碳循环的影响

土壤是陆地生物生长、发育、繁殖的最佳场所,也是岩溶发育最为活跃的部位。土壤～岩石(土箱)、草本植物(麦冬)-土壤-岩石(草箱)、木本植物(黄杨)-土壤-岩石(树箱)体系中碳循环的模拟试验显示,黄杨具有较大的树冠可截获更多的降雨,根系的呼吸作用、分泌作用和土壤微生物活力的提高,使土壤环境中CO2浓度提高,树箱比土箱、草箱分别提高148.08%、75.01%,而土壤呼吸排放CO2的量则分别提高175.75%、171.14%;随水排泄的无机碳浓度分别提高77.78%、72.49%,排泄的总量分别提高166.49%、153.81%。碳循环强度的增加,使土下碳酸盐岩的侵蚀能力加强,树箱比土箱提高2.84倍、比草箱提高1.36倍。     

More than something to hold the plants up: soil as a non-human ally in the struggle for food justice

Healthy, fertile soil is the material of life itself. It is chemically, biologically and physically structured to support the growth of healthy, environmentally sustainable foods. Recent years have seen a resurgent focus on soil science in Australia. Yet, the influence of soil in the politics of food systems has received comparatively little attention, despite long awareness in farming communities of how the natural world shapes farmers’ choices and possible actions. Drawing on work with SoilCare, a Landcare group with a focus on soil processes in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, this paper explores the usefulness of approaching soil as an actor in food systems. Taking a participatory approach, and drawing on recent work on new materialisms, we argue that soil can be understood as an important ally in the struggle to shape a just and sustainable food system. While this work is intended to test this idea through a modest local case study, it may point to important new avenues for investigation in food politics.     

Re-establishment of the proper injectivity of the CO2-injection well Ktzi 201 in Ketzin, Germany

The onshore CO₂-storage site Ketzin consists of one CO₂-injection well and two observation wells. Hydraulic tests revealed permeabilities between 50 and 100 mD for the sandstone rock units. The designated injection well Ktzi 201 showed similar production permeability. After installation of the CO₂-injection string, an injection test with water yielded a significantly lower injectivity of 0.002 m³/d kPa, while the observation wells showed an injection permeability in the same range as the productivity. Several possible reasons for the severe decline in injectivity are discussed. Acidification of the reservoir interval, injection at high wellhead pressure, controlled mini-fractures and back-production of the well are discussed to remove the plugging material to re-establish the required injectivity of the well. It has been decided to perform a nitrogen lift and analyse the back-produced fluids. Initially during the lift, the back-produced fluids were dark-black. Chemical and XRD analyses proved that the black solids consisted mainly of iron sulphide. Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) were detected in fluid samples with up to 10⁶ cells/ml by fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) indicating that the formation of iron sulphide was caused by bacterial activity. Organic compounds within the drilling mud and other technical fluids were likely left during the well completion process, thus providing the energy source for strong proliferation of bacteria. During the lift, the fraction of SRB in the whole bacterial community decreased from approximately 32% in downhole samples to less than 5%. The lift of Ktzi 201 succeeded in the full restoration of the well productivity and injectivity. Additionally, the likely energy source of the SRB was largely removed by the lifting, thus ensuring the long-term preservation of the injectivity.     

记忆中的邢台地震

当您翻开这一贞,南空中拍摄的地震火害区域图就映入了眼帘,40年前的往事浮现在脑海中……     

“央视火灾”反思什么

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