Leaching behaviour of different scrap materials at recovery and recycling companies: Full-, pilot- and lab-scale investigation

Scrap material recovery and recycling companies are confronted with waste water that has a highly fluctuating flow rate and composition. Common pollutants, such as COD, nutrients and suspended solids, potentially toxic metals, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and poly chlorinated biphenyls can exceed the discharge limits. An analysis of the leaching behaviour of different scrap materials and scrap yard sweepings was performed at full-scale, pilot-scale and lab-scale in order to find possible preventive solutions for this waste water problem. The results of these leaching tests (with concentrations that frequently exceeded the Flemish discharge limits) showed the importance of regular sweeping campaigns at the company, leak proof or covered storage of specific scrap materials and oil/water separation on particular leachates. The particulate versus dissolved fraction was also studied for the pollutants. For example, up to 98% of the polyaromatic hydrocarbons, poly chlorinated biphenyls and some metals were in the particulate form. This confirms the (potential) applicability of sedimentation and filtration techniques for the treatment of the majority of the leachates, and as such the rainwater run-off as a whole.     

Selenium status of children in Kashin–Beck disease endemic areas in Shaanxi,China: assessment with mercury

Environmental Geochemistry and Health - The causes of Kashin–Beck disease (KBD) in children are multifactorial, and particular consideration has been given to childhood selenium (Se)...     

Revealing the impact of water conservancy projects and urbanization on hydrological cycle based on the distribution of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in water

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In recent years, the development and utilization of water resources have imposed great impacts on hydrological characteristics and ecological...     

A multi-emission analysis of organic and inorganic pollutants during the combustion of sludge with high and low calorific value coals

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - To achieve allowable gas emission limits and eliminate the high cost and challenges associated with pre-treatment of sludge before incineration, a new...     

Microbial reduction of uranium (VI) by Bacillus sp. dwc-2: A macroscopic and spectroscopic study

The microbial reduction of U(VI) by Bacillus sp. dwc-2, isolated from soil in Southwest China, was explored using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES). Our studies indicated that approximately 16.0% of U(VI) at an initial concentration of 100 mg/L uranium nitrate could be reduced by Bacillus sp. dwc-2 at pH 8.2 under anaerobic conditions at room temperature. Additionally, natural organic matter (NOM) played an important role in enhancing the bioreduction of U(VI) by Bacillus sp. dwc-2. XPS results demonstrated that the uranium presented mixed valence states (U(VI) and U(IV)) after bioreduction, which was subsequently confirmed by XANES. Furthermore, the TEM and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis suggested that the reduced uranium was bioaccumulated mainly within the cell and as a crystalline structure on the cell wall. These observations implied that the reduction of uranium may have a significant effect on its fate in the soil environment in which these bacterial strains occur.     

Predicting vehicle fuel consumption patterns using floating vehicle data

The status of energy consumption and air pollution in China is serious. It is important to analyze and predict the different fuel consumption of various types of vehicles under different influence factors. In order to fully describe the relationship between fuel consumption and the impact factors, massive amounts of floating vehicle data were used. The fuel consumption pattern and congestion pattern based on large samples of historical floating vehicle data were explored, drivers'' information and vehicles'' parameters from different group classification were probed, and the average velocity and average fuel consumption in the temporal dimension and spatial dimension were analyzed respectively. The fuel consumption forecasting model was established by using a Back Propagation Neural Network. Part of the sample set was used to train the forecasting model and the remaining part of the sample set was used as input to the forecasting model.     

赣州市地质灾害分布特征及孕灾环境分析

赣州市地质灾害发生率和发生强度日益增高,对赣州市经济社会的发展造成了深远的影响,并对该地区的自然环境和人类生命财产安全构成了严重的威胁。通过对赣州市地质灾害孕育环境、发育规模、时空分布等进行实地调查以及对各种类型地质灾害发生数量进行数据统计与分析,开展了赣州市地质灾害的孕育、形成与防治研究。结果表明:赣州市地质灾害发生密度较高的地区主要是西部、南部、东南部以及东北部岩性较脆弱、地面变形严重的低山丘陵区;赣州市地质灾害的发生与该地区复杂的地形地貌、特殊的地层岩性、岩土体类型以及频繁的人类工程活动呈正相关关系。该研究可为该市的防灾救灾、人类工程建设提供理论依据。     

某站场对焊法兰环焊缝缺陷原因分析

目的研究法兰环焊缝缺陷产生的原因,采取相应针对性措施,预防泄露事故发生。方法通过宏观分析、超声检测、化学成分分析、金相分析、能谱分析对环焊缝裂纹形成原因进行分析。结果裂纹起源于根焊焊材与母材间,两端较为平滑,沿环焊缝周向方向扩展。焊缝中夹渣的残留药皮和层间未熔合缺陷,是形成裂纹的内在原因。结论焊缝产生裂纹由焊接参数控制不当引起的。     

高某气井加重杆屈曲失稳分析

目的分析某气井开展节流器投放作业时被高压天然气顶飞的加重杆的失效原因。方法采用外观检查、宏观分析、无损检测、螺纹检测、金相分析和受力计算等检测或分析方法进行了失效原因分析。结果加重杆本体金相组织无异常,但螺纹的螺距和齿宽均变窄,齿高变高,变形严重,其组织均有变形流线。通过应力计算和分析表明,失效的加重杆受到轴向压应力远大于杆体失稳的临界力。结论失效的主要原因是气井注醇作业未将井筒疏通,导致其下部井筒内压力过大,加重杆受到向上冲力和防喷器阻力叠加的轴向压应力超过了其杆体失稳的临界力,从而导致其严重变短变粗而屈曲失稳。同时加重杆受到的向上冲力也超过了防喷器阻力,因而冲破了防喷器的阻碍而飞出井口。