Immersion frying for the thermal drying of sewage sludge: an economic assessment

This paper presents an economic study of a novel thermal fry-drying technology which transforms sewage sludge and recycled cooking oil (RCO) into a solid fuel. The process is shown to have significant potential advantage in terms of capital costs (by factors of several times) and comparable operating costs. Three potential variants of the process have been simulated and costed in terms of both capital and operating requirements for a commercial scale of operation. The differences are in the energy recovery systems, which include a simple condensation of the evaporated water and two different heat pump configurations. Simple condensation provides the simplest process, but the energy efficiency gain of an open heat pump offset this, making it economically somewhat more attractive. In terms of operating costs, current sludge dryers are dominated by maintenance and energy requirements, while for fry-drying these are comparatively small. Fry-drying running costs are dominated by provision of makeup waste oil. Cost reduction could focus on cheaper waste oil, e.g. from grease trap waste.     

海星多糖对小鼠酒精性脂肪肝损伤的预防研究

以多棘海盘车体壁为材料提取海星多糖,探讨多糖对小鼠酒精肝损伤的预防作用。采用水提法提取多糖,硫酸—苯酚法进行测定。以正常小鼠作空白对照,将酒精肝小鼠分为酒精肝模型组,海星多糖低、中、高剂量组(20mg/kg、40mg/kg、80mg/kg)进行灌胃,测定小鼠生理指标。结果显示,与模型组相比,海星多糖组小鼠血清中ALT、AST含量降低(P<0.05),TG、MDA含量也降低(P<0.05),GSH-PX、SOD活性升高(P<0.05),肝脏脂肪变性明显减轻,说明海星多糖对酒精性肝脏有较明显的保护作用。     

Spatiotemporal evolution of soil pH and zinc after the Aznalcollar mine spill

The residual pollution after the Aznalcóllar (southwestern Spain) pyrite mine spill is still a threat due to the continuing oxidation of sulfuric minerals. The objective of this paper was to analyze the combined effect of pyrite oxidation, sugar beet foam applications, and meteorological conditions on the spatiotemporal evolution of the pH and EDTA-extractable Zn concentration, using non co-located data from 11 sampling dates between June 1999 and March 2002. Median pH values ranged from 4.4 at the beginning of the monitoring period to 7.6 at the end, although values near 2.5 were observed throughout the entire period, despite of two sugar beet foam (SBF) applications. Zinc distributions were positively skewed and median concentrations ranged from 17 to 94 mg kg(-1). The inverse relationship between pH and Zn became weaker toward the end of the monitoring period as a consequence of the precipitation and posterior dissolution of newly formed minerals from the reaction products of the pyrite oxidation. Normal score maps showed that after the SBF applications only 0.5% of the monitored area was below the pH = 4 threshold, while on other dates up to one-third of the area remained below this value. The better performance of the second SBF application could be explained in terms of pyrite oxidation pathways and environmental conditions. From this analysis, with data obtained under uncontrolled field conditions, it is concluded that SBF should be applied before or during the wet and cold season to alleviate acidification, caused by the oxidation of pyrite or other sulfuric minerals.     

Environmental protection in Hong Kong amidst transition: Is Hong Kong ready to manage its environment by law?

Within the context of political democratization, this article explores environmental protection in Hong Kong since the government lauched a ten-year program to “save the environment” in 1989. Examining environmental management by law from a social-choice perspective, it argues that the government has yet to reach an integrative policy orocess. Hence the preconditions for an integrative set of environmental legislation are absent. Institutionally, without a comprehensive green policy, the current arrangements lack a vision as an integrative force to promote effective coordination among various sectoral environmental coordination among various sectoral environmental programs. The dominant approach of policy and law enforcement through consultation has rendered impossible strict enforcement of environmental rules and regulations as local economic growth enjoys a priority over environmental protection. At a time of environmental awakening, the people of Hong Kong are not yet prepared awakening, the people of Hong Kong are not yet prepared to participate in environmental management in a strict legal manner. The overall observation is that Hong Kong has yet to see more mature political, legal, administrative, and social conditions for managing its environment within a legal framework.     

汽车前风挡玻璃油雾现象分析及管控建议

本文采用FTIR/GCMS/PY-GCMS联合分析手段对某车型前风挡玻璃内侧油雾成分进行了分析,结果表明油雾的主要成分为邻苯二甲酸酯类物质。基于油雾产生的实际工况及油雾产生的基本原理推断,油雾产生的原因为车内环境内SVOC物质挥发并在前风挡玻璃内侧冷凝所致。针对邻苯二甲酸酯类SVOC物质的管控,本文通过对比分析行业内主流的重量法及光泽度法的优缺点,基于车内环保属性及实际应用场景风险管控角度,提出了雾化指标应同时管控重量法及光泽度法的技术建议。     

高层学生公寓防火体系构建

归纳总结学生高层公寓火灾伤亡事故致因因素,利用事故树分析法对其进行定性分析,得出最小径集,找出控制事故发生的途径,并利用“瑟利模型”建立防火体系,得到此类火灾事故防控措施,即一要通过培训和教育的手段,提高人感觉火灾危险的敏感性,使人处于安全状态并能够迅速、敏捷、正确地做出行为响应;二要保证物处于安全状态,确保电气设备、建筑物本质处于安全状态,并使建筑物能发挥性能化灭火作用,能在一定程度上控制火势,为疏散争取时间.本文能为高校高层学生公寓预防和控制火灾伤亡事故工作提供一定的借鉴作用.     

水环境质量评价3种方法的应用对比

从众多水质评价方法中选取单项指数法、加权均值型指数法、模糊数学法进行介绍,并通过运用这3种方法对大汶河某年监测数据的平均值进行评价.经对比分析发现,加权均值型指数法是一种比较实用的水质评价方法,模糊数学法可以作为必要的补充.     

智慧风电场应急管理体系及应用研究: 5G技术赋能

为防范风电场突发事件的发生,提高风电场应急管理智慧化水平,从5G技术和应急管理相结合的视角出发,在分析智慧风电场、5G技术、风电场应急管理内涵的基础上,从理念、目标、主体、客体、技术、制度、资源7个要素解析应急管理体系,提出“七横四纵”的应急管理体系总体架构及5G应急管理通信网络架构,并探讨5G等新兴技术在信息平台构建、无人机巡检、视频监控、不安全行为监测、应急数据传输、远程诊断方面的赋能作用。研究表明:5G等新兴技术适用于智慧风电场建设,在一定程度上能够完善应急管理体系,5G技术生态在智慧风电场应急管理中有着较为广泛的应用性,可以推动风电场应急管理智慧化的转型升级。     

多目标规划在应急物流中的应用综述

为充分提高突发事件的应急救援效率,应急物流系统的建设至关重要。围绕应急物流系统,从应急物资管理、设施建立以及物流路径规划等方面入手开展相关研究工作的梳理和讨论,结果表明:目前相关研究受限于应急物流的应急体制建设不完善、多目标联系不紧密、信息化程度低、应急物资需求的动态性把握不准确等方面,而根据多目标规划方法提出的相应改进建议,能够实现救援线路最优化、救援时间最短化以及应急投入最小化等多个目标。