Loss prevention in the petrochemical and chemical-process high-tech industries in Taiwan

Industrial safety has noticeably improved in recent years in Taiwan. Despite these improvements, however, serious accidents including explosions, chemical releases, and fires have still occurred in companies such as the Fu Guo Chemical Company (2001), Sin Hun Chemical Company (2005), Motech Industries, Inc. (2005) and Nanpao Resin Co. (2010). These accidents resulted in great loss of life and property, and further caused demands for improvement. Chemical disasters usually result from the combination of several mistakes or gross carelessness and are seldom caused by a single episode. To ensure the safety of operating, handling and storing chemicals, as well as to prevent chemical disasters, one must take many critical points into account, such as techniques, manufacturing processes, operators, chemicals, and emergency response. In Taiwan, the hazards and risks of high-tech companies are higher than in other industrial sectors. Therefore, a variety of safety management methods and regulations appropriate for high-tech companies have been generated. We studied the current status of the indigenous loss prevention protocols based on the safety management of petrochemical and chemical-process high-tech industries in Taiwan.     

Comparisons of TGA and DSC approaches to evaluate nitrocellulose thermal degradation energy and stabilizer efficiencies

This study investigated the thermal degradation energy (activation energy, E_a) for nitrocellulose (NC) with low nitrogen content of 11.71 mass%, so-called NC3, by using two different kinds of thermal analysis instruments: thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). A comparison of E_a for various nitrogen content NC samples at two scanning rates (5 and 10 °C min^?1) tested by TGA and DSC is also discussed in this paper. Meanwhile, our aim was to analyze the anti-degradation of E_a for NC with high nitrogen content, as so-called NC1. Thermal stability for NC1 with diphenylamine (DPA) was tested via DSC with 10 DPA concentrations in weights of 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2.0, and 3.0 mass%. Experimental results indicated that E_a of NC3s was 319.91 kJ mol^?1. Moreover, that while dosing DPA into NC1 the best recipe could be employed to avoid any violent NC1 runaway and also can be used to distinguish the differences of thermal decomposition E_a between NC with different nitrogen contents. This study established a fast and efficient procedure for thermal decomposition properties of NC, and could be applied as an intrinsically safer design during relevant operations.     

京密引水中不同形态天然有机物的卤代活性

用过滤、XAD－8和XAD－4树脂串联吸附等方法将京密引水中的天然有机物定量分离为悬浮固体、憎水有机物、腐殖酸类化合物,XAD－4酸和其它亲水有机物。分别对不同形态有机物进行氯化处理,测定了产物中的挥发性卤代烃。结果表明,京密引水中天然有机物的主要挥发性氯化产物是氯仿,此外还生成一溴、二溴氯甲烷及少量溴仿。溶解态腐殖酸类化合物的悬浮固态和悬浮固态有机物是生成氯仿的最主要母体。亲水有机酸也具有较高的卤代活性,而其它有机成分则表现出相对惰性。     

城市居住小区的公路交通噪声预测与规划

城市发展、公路建设、各类机动车辆的增加导致城市噪声环境质量下降。为了改善城市人居环境,居住小区交通噪声预测与规划应当受到重视。本文提出了一种居住小区交通噪声预测与规划的新方法。该方法充分运用地理信息系统空间分析、空间建模与显示查询的能力,结合完善可靠的交通噪声预测模型,建立了具有实际应用价值的城市居住小区交通噪声预测与规划系统。该系统能为环境评价、环境规划与建筑设计提供相关的技术支持。     

铜在鲤鱼(Cyprinus carpio)鱼鳃微环境中的形态分布

利用 Playle设计的装置测定了不同铜暴露水平下鲤鱼鳃部进出水中的游离铜离子浓度、粘液含量及有关参数 .用MINTEQA2和单配位体模型联合的试算方法计算了不同形态铜含量以及鳃部粘液对铜的络合能力 .结果表明 ,利用该算法可以获得鱼鳃微环境金属形态分布的准确结果 ,同时可以得到与鱼鳃粘液络合能力有关的参数 .随着暴露铜含量增加 ,粘液分泌量随之增加 ,鱼鳃微环境 p H和碱度也有所上升 .鱼鳃粘液的络合当量浓度 ( Cu/ C)和稳定常数 (对数 )分别为 0 .95mmol/ mg和5.32 .就铜形态分布而言 ,鱼鳃微环境与外部水相的主要差别表现在相对较高的羟基络合态铜含量以及占总量 3%～ 2 0 %的鱼鳃粘液络合态铜 .     

构建和谐社会关注地震安全

1976年的唐山大地震,在人们心中痛苦地走过了30个年头。在此,我们更加怀念那些罹难的兄弟姐妹。正是这些无辜生命的逝去,     

Assessment of the benefits of climate model weights for ensemble analysis in three urban precipitation frequency studies

In hydrology, projected climate change impact assessment studies typically rely on ensembles of downscaled climate model outputs. Due to large modeling uncertainties, the ensembles are often averaged to provide a basis for studying the effects of climate change. A key issue when analyzing averages of a climate model ensemble is whether to weight all models in the ensemble equally, often referred to as the equal-weights or unweighted approach, or to use a weighted approach, where, in general, each model would have a different weight. Many studies have advocated for the latter, based on the assumption that models that are better at simulating the past, that is, the models with higher hindcast accuracy, will give more accurate forecasts for the future and thus should receive higher weights. To examine this issue, observed and modeled daily precipitation frequency (PF) estimates for three urban areas in the United States, namely Boston, Massachusetts; Houston, Texas; and Chicago, Illinois, were analyzed. The comparison used the raw output of 24 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) models. The PFs from these models were compared with the observed PFs for a specific historical training period to determine model weights for each area. The unweighted and weighted averaged model PFs from a more recent testing period were then compared with their corresponding observed PFs to determine if weights improved the estimates. These comparisons indeed showed that the weighted averages were closer to the observed values than the unweighted averages in nearly all cases. The study also demonstrated how weights can help reduce model spread in future climate projections by comparing the unweighted and weighted ensemble standard deviations in these projections. In all studied scenarios, the weights actually reduced the standard deviations compared to the equal-weights approach. Finally, an analysis of the results' sensitivity to the areal reduction factor used to allow comparisons between point station measurements and grid-box averages is provided.     

海南近海点带石斑鱼野生和养殖群体微卫星多态分析

采用微卫星分子标记技术对海南近海点带石斑鱼野生和养殖群体的遗传变异进行了研究.实验所用点带石斑鱼分别于2005年6月和9月取自海南万宁石斑鱼养殖基地和三亚近海,均为20尾,取全血以酚-氯仿抽提方法提取基因组DNA,利用微卫星引物进行PCR扩增,反应产物经8%非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离、银染显色,并计算了相应的遗传学参数.结果表明,在野生和养殖群体中, 7个基因座位的等位基因平均数(A)分别为3.29和3.29,每个基因座位有效等位基因数(ae)分别为1.90～3.68和1.83～4.06,野生和养殖群体平均杂合度(Ho)分别为0.790 4和0.833 7;两个群体间的遗传相似性系数为0.832 5,遗传距离为0.183 4.由此可知,点带石斑鱼野生群体的等位基因数、平均有效等位基因数等于养殖群体,而杂合度两群体相当(P=0.637>0.05),说明海南近海点带石斑鱼野生和养殖群体的种质资源较好.     

酚类化合物的生物吸附特征与其结构关系

选用经处理过的盐泽螺旋藻为吸附剂,研究其对10种酚类化合物的吸附行为。结果表明：盐泽螺旋藻对苯酚、邻苯二酚、对苯二酚、邻氨基酚、对氯酚和2,4-二氯酚6种酚均有不同程度的吸附,用Freundlich和Langmuir吸附等温方程描述时,均呈现良好的线性关系;该6种酚的吸附常数k的对数值与其分子连接性指数（²X^v）呈良好的线性关系;盐泽螺旋藻对其余4种酚（邻甲酚、间羟基酚、间氨基酚、间乙酰氨基酚）均不产生吸附。     

地理信息系统在环境模型研究中的应用

结合国内外环境信息系统的研究现状和研究实例,首先分析了ＧＩＳ与环境模型研究结合的必要性和ＧＩＳ在环境模型研究中潜在的应用范围,然后剖析了ＧＩＳ与环境模型研究结合的三阶水平并介绍了ＧＩＳ在环境模型研究中的应用现状,最后分析了ＧＩＳ和环境模型研究结合的发展趋势并给出了ＧＩＳ、ＲＳ、ＥＳ与环境模型理想的结合框架。