Effects of water-emulsified fuel on a diesel engine generator’s thermal efficiency and exhaust

Water-emulsified diesel has proven itself as a technically sufficient improvement fuel to improve diesel engine fuel combustion emissions and engine performance. However, it has seldom been used in light-duty diesel engines. Therefore, this paper focuses on an investigation into the thermal efficiency and pollution emission analysis of a light-duty diesel engine generator fueled with different water content emulsified diesel fuels (WD, including WD-0, WD-5, WD-10, and WD-15). In this study, nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and carbon dioxide were analyzed by a vehicle emission gas analyzer, and the particle size and number concentration were measured by an electrical low-pressure impactor. In addition, engine loading and fuel consumption were also measured to calculate the thermal efficiency. Measurement results suggested that water-emulsified diesel was useful to improve the thermal efficiency and the exhaust emission of a diesel engine. Obviously, the thermal efficiency was increased about 1.2 to 19.9%. In addition, water-emulsified diesel leads to a significant reduction of nitric oxide emission (less by about 18.3 to 45.4%). However, the particle number concentration emission might be increased if the loading of the generator becomes lower than or equal to 1800 W. In addition, exhaust particle size distributions were shifted toward larger particles at high loading. The consequence of this research proposed that the water-emulsified diesel was useful to improve the engine performance and some of exhaust emissions, especially the NO emission reduction.

Implications:The accumulated test results provide a good basis to resolve the corresponding pollutants emitted from a light-duty diesel engine generator. By measuring and analyzing transforms of exhaust pollutant from this engine generator, the effects of water-emulsified diesel fuel and loading on emission characteristics might be more clear. Understanding reduction of pollutant emissions during the use of water-emulsified diesel helps improve the effectiveness of the testing program. The analyzed consequences provide useful information to the government for setting policies to curb pollutant emissions from a light-duty diesel engine generator more effectively.     

北美海蓬子浮岛种植技术及对养虾废水的净化作用

在南美白对虾高效生态循环养殖系统净化池内,以浮岛形式种植北美海蓬子,研究了北美海蓬子生态浮岛种植技术和其生长特征,构建小型管道式无土栽培系统研究北美海蓬子对养虾废水的净化作用。结果显示：生态浮岛种植的北美海蓬子平均株高为69.5 cm,单位面积产量9.1 kg· m-2（鲜重）,北美海蓬子生长过程中株高株重呈指数增长关系,其函数关系式为y=0.376e0.110x;北美海蓬子对养虾废水中的NH4+-N具有优先吸收的作用,其次是 NO2--N;对于养虾废水中的无机N、无机P和TN、TP,北美海蓬子都有较好的去除效果;北美海蓬子植株体内TN和TP的含量（鲜重）分别为0.05%和0.009%,浮岛北美海蓬子可去除的TN量为 4.55 g· m-2,TP量为 0.82 g· m-2。     

Personal exposure to PM2.5-bound heavy metals associated with cardiopulmonary function in general population

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - To better understand the cardiopulmonary alterations associated with personal exposed PM2.5-bound heavy meals, we conducted a cross-sectional study in...     

pH、盐度对微生物还原硫酸盐的影响研究

采用厌氧生物处理工艺,研究了在不同盐度下pH连续降低对硫酸盐还原和有机物去除率的影响。实验结果表明,硫酸盐还原菌有很强的适应pH变化的能力,在pH值达到4以下仍有60％的硫酸盐去除率。NaCl浓度由4g／L增加到50g／L抑制了各厌氧菌的活性,导致硫酸盐和有机物去除率的下降,但硫酸盐还原菌耐受性高于产甲烷菌等其他厌氧菌,在NaCl浓度为50g／L下,硫酸盐去除率能达到50％,而有机物去除率则低于30％。qRT—PCR表明了系统菌落中SRB随着环境的变化情况与化学指标结果相一致,该反应器体系中SRB在整个厌氧菌群落中只占了很小部分。     

Mn-CeOx/钛基层柱粘土(Ti-PILCs)低温选择性催化还原催化剂的钙中毒研究

以钛基层柱粘土(Ti-PILCs)为载体,制备了Mn-Ceox/Ti-PILCs低温选择性催化还原(SCR)催化剂,采用浸溃法模拟了催化剂钙中毒,研究了不同含钙量对催化剂活性的影响,并运用NH3-程序升温脱附(TPD)、H2-程序升温还原(TPR)及X射线光电子能谱(XPS)表征,分析了钙对催化剂的失活作用.结果表明:...     

The use of ultrasound-assisted anaerobic compost tea washing to remove poly-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzo-furans (PCDFs) from highly contaminated field soils

The remediation of dioxin-contaminated soil of a specific coastal area previously employed for the manufacture of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in southern Taiwan’s Tainan City has attracted much attention of researchers there. This work addresses the possibility of providing an effective and environmentally friendly option for removing PCDD/Fs from soil in that field. Soil screening/sieving was first conducted to assess particle distribution. Fine sand was observed to be the major component of the soil, accounting for more than 60% of the total mass. A combination of ultrasonification and mechanical double-blade agitation was used to facilitate the washing of the soil using the biosurfactant anaerobic compost tea. More than 85 and 95% of total removal efficiencies were achieved for moderately and highly contaminated soils after 6 and 10 washing cycles, respectively, under ambient temperature, a soil/liquid ratio 1:2.5, 700 rpm, and over a relatively short duration. These results were achieved through the collision and penetration effects of this combined treatment as well as PCDD/F partitioning between the particles and anaerobic compost tea. This study represents the first to report the use of anaerobic compost tea solvent to wash soil highly contaminated by dioxin. It was concluded that anaerobic compost tea, rich in non-toxic bio-surfactants (e.g., alcohols, humic acids), can be used to improve bioavailability and bioactivity of the soil making bio-attenuation and full remediation more efficient.     

曝气生物滤池处理焦化废水脱氮的研究

用曝气生物滤池处理焦化废水的研究表明,在曝气量(Q)=0.25L/min,温度(T)=20℃,pH=8,反冲洗周期为3个运行周期内,NH3-N的去除速率达44 mg/L·h.同时在滤池中出现了亚硝酸盐积累现象,且受反冲洗的影响较大.