Historical changes in the environment of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Historical records from the past 2000 years indicate that the vegetative cover of the Loess Plateau has declined significantly with time. The decline in vegetative cover seems closely related to increased rates of soil erosion as well as the increased frequency of natural disasters such as floods, droughts and dust storms. The condition of the environment and its relationship with development is a serious problem as the Chinese government searches for ways to improve the living standard of people in the region. The purpose of this study is to outline historical changes in the vegetation and environmental conditions of the Loess Plateau. Although we believe that current population pressure of the Loess Plateau is becoming unsustainable, our objective is not to be overly pessimistic in regards to the future development of the region. Instead, our purpose is to increase the awareness of environmental conditions in the region and to encourage the implementation of policies that will promote sustainable development of the Loess Plateau.     

Current status,existent problems,and coping strategy of urban drainage pipeline network in China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Urban drainage pipeline systems collect and transport domestic sewage, industrial wastewater, and rainwater. They are important components of urban...     

二污染极其在垃圾焚烧中的控制

介绍二的毒性及其在环境中的存在状态,并就在垃圾焚烧中如何控制二的产生及焚烧后残渣、飞灰的处理进行了探讨.     

WASP模型湖库水环境模拟国内外研究进展综述

WASP（The water quality analysis simulation program）模型是美国环保局（EPA）推荐使用的水质模型之一,数年来被广泛应用于各类水体的水质模拟、预测和决策制定.本文简述了WASP模型的基本原理,针对湖泊和水库较为相似的水环境特征,阐述了WASP模型在湖库水环境中应用的国内外进展,总结和分析了WASP模型的应用前景和不足之处,为进行湖库水环境模拟研究和模型的选用提供一定的参考依据.     

Investigation of carbonyl compound sources at a rural site in the Yangtze River Delta region of China

Carbonyl compounds are important intermediates in atmospheric photochemistry, but their primary sources are still not understood well. In this work, carbonyls, hydrocarbons,and alkyl nitrates were continuously measured during November 2011 at a rural site in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. Mixing ratios of carbonyls and hydrocarbons showed large fluctuations during the entire measurement. The average level for total measured volatile organic compounds during the pollution episode from 25 th to 27 th November, 2011 was 91.6 ppb, about 7 times the value for the clean period of 7th–8th, November, 2011. To preliminarily identify toluene sources at this site, the emission ratio of toluene to benzene(T/B) during the pollution episode was determined based on photochemical ages derived from the relationship of alkyl nitrates to their parent alkanes. The calculated T/B was5.8 ppb/ppb, significantly higher than the values of 0.2–1.7 ppb/ppb for vehicular exhaust and other combustion sources, indicating the dominant influence of industrial emissions on ambient toluene. The contributions of industrial sources to ambient carbonyls were then calculated using a multiple linear regression fit model that used toluene and alkyl nitrates as respective tracers for industrial emission and secondary production. During the pollution episode, 18.5%, 69.0%, and 52.9% of measured formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone were considered to be attributable to industrial emissions. The emission ratios relative to toluene for formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone were determined to be 0.10, 0.20 and0.40 ppb/ppb, respectively. More research on industrial carbonyl emission characteristics is needed to understand carbonyl sources better.     

纳米银材料的生物安全性研究进展

纳米银材料被广泛应用到医疗、化工、生物等许多领域,增加了与人类接触的可能性,因此关注其生物安全性是很有必要的。本文对近年来纳米银的抗菌性和生物安全性研究进行了综述。首先分析了纳米银的皮肤毒性、呼吸系统毒性、消化系统毒性和其他组织毒性,其次分析了体外细胞毒性和细胞内纳米银与生物大分子相互作用,最后对纳米银材料的人群暴露生物安全性及纳米银与银离子毒性关系进行了探讨。本文旨在为纳米银的毒性作用机制研究提供参考,为建立标准的纳米银安全性评价体系提供依据。     

Bioretention for removal of nitrogen: processes,operational conditions,and strategies for improvement

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - As one of the low-impact development measures, bioretention plays an important role in reducing the runoff peak flow and minimizing runoff pollutants,...     

Intrinsic chemiluminescence production from the degradation of haloaromatic pollutants during environmentally-friendly advanced oxidation processes: Mechanism, structure–activity relationship and potential applications

The ubiquitous distribution of halogenated aromatic compounds(XAr) coupled with their carcinogenicity has raised public concerns on their potential risks to both human health and the ecosystem. Recently, advanced oxidation processes(AOPs) have been considered as an"environmentally-friendly" technology for the remediation and destruction of such recalcitrant and highly toxic XAr. During our study on the mechanism of metal-independent production of hydroxyl radicals(UOH) by halogenated quinones and H_2O_2, we found, unexpectedly, that an unprecedented UOH-dependent two-step intrinsic chemiluminescene(CL) can be produced by H_2O_2 and tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone, the major carcinogenic metabolite of the widely used wood preservative pentachlorophenol. Further investigations showed that, in all UOH-generating systems, CL can also be produced not only by pentachlorophenol and all other halogenated phenols, but also by all XAr tested. A systematic structure–activity relationship study for all 19 chlorophenolic congeners showed that the CL increased with an increasing number of Cl-substitution in general. More importantly, a relatively good correlation was observed between the formation of quinoid/semiquinone radical intermediates and CL generation. Based on these results, we propose that UOH-dependent formation of quinoid intermediates and electronically excited carbonyl species is responsible for this unusual CL production; and a rapid, sensitive,simple, and effective CL method was developed not only to detect and quantify trace amount of XAr, but also to provide useful information for predicting the toxicity or monitoring real-time degradation kinetics of XAr. These findings may have broad chemical, environmental and biological implications for future studies on halogenated aromatic persistent organic pollutants.     

故障树分析在污水处理装置上的应用与研究

在危险与可操作性分析(HAZOP)被普遍关注的情况下,依然不能忽视故障树分析(FTA)对于工艺安全管理的意义。将FTA与HAZOP进行了对比,并分析了两种方法的优缺点。以污水处理装置为例,进行FTA,给出了整改建议措施。并根据FTA分析在实践中的应用,提出了将FTA更好地应用于工艺安全管理的建议。