Study on the measurement and the changing trend of the energy use of China’s economic sectors: based on cross-region input-output model

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The consumption of fossil energy is the major cause of environmental pollution. Effectively reducing the fossil energy use has important significance...     

Long-range transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from China to Japan

Airborne particulate matter was collected at Wajima, on the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan by a high-volume air sampler with a quartz filter every week from 17 September 2004 to 16 September 2005. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) extracted from filters were analyzed by HPLC with fluorescence detection. The atmospheric concentrations of PAHs at Wajima were higher during the heating period of China (when coal is burned for heat) than during the no-heating period. A meteorological analysis indicated that the air samples collected in that heating period at Wajima were transported mainly from Northeast China over the Japan Sea. Principal component analysis of nine PAHs indicated a Chinese origin of the PAHs. These results strongly suggest that the high-level PAHs detected at Wajima were the result of long-range transport from China.     

Origin of low-molecular-weight dicarboxylic acids and their concentration and size distribution variation in suburban aerosol

The concentrations and size distributions of low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids in suburban particulate matter collected in early and mid-autumn 2002 and early and mid-summer 2003 in Tainan, Taiwan, were analyzed. PM_2.5 contained, on average, 449.3 ng m⁻³ oxalic acid, 53.0 ng m⁻³ malic acid, 45.5 ng m⁻³ maleic acid, 29.6 ng m⁻³ succinic acid, 20.8 ng m⁻³ malonic acid, and 11.6 ng m⁻³ tartaric acid. Bar tartaric acid, concentrations were higher during the day, indicating that these acids are photochemical products. Furthermore, the malonic acid–succinic acid ratio of 0.79 during daytime and 0.60 during nighttime demonstrates that more succinic acid is converted to malonic acid during daytime, and that aerosol dicarboxylic acids predominantly originate from photochemical oxidation during daytime. The concentration peak of oxalic acid occurred in the condensation and droplet modes (0.32–1.0 μm), as did that of sulfate. In early summer, succinic acid, malonic acid, and oxalic acid major concentration peaks occurred at 0.32–0.54 μm, indicative of the relationship created by photochemical decomposition of succinc acid into malonic acid into oxalic acid. This photochemical decomposition accelerated in mid-summer such that most concentration peaks for succinic and malonic acids also occurred at 0.32–1.0 μm. Mid-summer is also the wettest period of the four in Tainan, with 85% RH. As a result of hygroscopic reactions in mid-summer, malonic acid and oxalic acid major concentration peaks shifted from 0.32–0.54 μm or 0.54–1.0 μm to 1.0–1.8 μm, thus extending the range in which these species were found to larger particle sizes, and this shift was highly correlated with a shift in succinic acid size distribution. This latter observation offers additional evidence that succinic acid is photochemically decomposed into malonic acid and oxalic acid and that the presence of malonic and oxalic acids in the wet mid-summer atmosphere is made more obvious via hygroscopic growth. Close correlation between succinic acid and Na⁺ and succinic acid and NO₃⁻ in the coarse mode is related to sea spray.     

Characteristics of single atmospheric particles in a heavily polluted urban area of China: size distributions and mixing states

To investigate the chemical composition, size distribution, and mixing state of aerosol particles on heavy pollution days, single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry was conducted during 9–26 October 2015 in Xi’an, China. The measured particles were classified into six major categories: biomass burning (BB) particles, K-secondary particles, elemental carbon (EC)–related particles, metal-containing particles, dust, and organic carbon (OC) particles. BB and EC-related particles were the dominant types during the study period and mainly originated from biomass burning, vehicle emissions, and coal combustion. According to the ambient air quality index, two typical episodes were defined: clean days (CDs) and polluted days (PDs). Accumulation of BB particles and EC-related particles was the main reason for the pollution in Xi’an. Most types of particle size were larger on PDs than CDs. Each particle type was mixed with secondary species to different degrees on CDs and PDs, indicating that atmospheric aging occurred. The mixing state results demonstrated that the primary tracers were oxidized or vanished and that the amount of secondary species was increased on PDs. This study provides valuable information and a dataset to help control air pollution in the urban areas of Xi’an.

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济南市夏、冬季PM2.5中化学组分的季节变化特征及来源解析

为探究济南市大气气溶胶中化学组分的季节变化特征,于2015年夏季、冬季分别连续进行1个月的PM_(2.5)样品采集,并分析无机离子、碳质组分与水溶性二次有机碳(WSOC)的组成、浓度水平及来源.结果表明,济南市冬季PM_(2.5)的质量浓度[(158.3±95.3)μg·m~(-3)]约为夏季[(75.3±25.9)μg·m~(-3)]的2倍,在我国其浓度处于中上等水平.无机离子的总浓度呈夏低冬高的季节变化特征,其中SO_4~(2-)、NO_3~-、NH_4~+是浓度最高的3种离子,且这3种离子的相关性均较好,NH_4~+在夏季和冬季均以(NH_4)_2SO_4和NH_4NO_3的形式存在.大气中存在较高程度的SO_2和NO_2的二次氧化,其中硫氧化率(SOR)呈夏高冬低的变化特征,而氮氧化率(NOR)呈相反的季节变化特征.通过分析PM_(2.5)中阴、阳离子电荷平衡可知,PM_(2.5)呈弱碱性.基于热力学模型ISORROPIA-Ⅱ,结果表明冬季PM_(2.5)的酸性比夏季强.OC与EC浓度均呈夏低冬高的变化特征,由OC/EC的比值、WSOC/OC的比值和估算的二次有机碳(SOC)的浓度可知,夏季二次污染的程度比冬季更为严重.主成分分析(PCA)结果表明,济南市夏季无机离子主要来自二次氧化及生物质燃烧,而冬季无机离子主要来自煤炭燃烧及其产生的前体物经光化学氧化形成的二次污染物.     

线性规划方法在区域发展规划环境影响评价中的应用

文章介绍了区域产业规模最优化发展的线性规划模型,解释了模型的具体含义并给出了模型中各参数的确定依据和方法,并在某区域发展规划环境影响评价中进行了应用。通过该模型得出的最优方案与规划方案的对比,可以评价规划方案的环境合理性,同时也可为区域产业发展提出调整建议,实现区域经济效益和环境效益的统一,最终实现区域的可持续发展。     

Cu~(2+)/吡啶/H_2O_2对直接大红4BE的快速脱色研究

为了明确影响Cu2+/吡啶/H2O2对模拟染料(DR4BE)废水脱色的主要因素,采用动力学分析、正交和Box-Behnken实验设计研究了不同溶液pH、Cu2+、吡啶、H2O2浓度及Cu2+、吡啶和H2O2组合对初始脱色速率常数和最终脱色率的影响.同时,采用自由基抑制、H2O2催化分解实验探索了Cu2+/吡啶/H2O2对染料的脱色机理.结果发现,Cu2+/吡啶/H2O2能有效使DR4BE快速脱色,脱色效率远高于Cu2+/H2O2;pH是影响初始脱色速率最重要的因素,吡啶、Cu2+及pH是影响最终脱色率最重要的因素;溶液pH在7.0左右时有利于该脱色过程的快速进行.Cu2+与吡啶的交互作用相对较强,吡啶、Cu2+与H2O2的交互作用相对较弱.羟基自由基氧化是Cu2+/吡啶/H2O2对染料DR4BE初始快速脱色的主要机理.研究结果还表明,Cu2+/吡啶/H2O2体系可用于中性条件下染料废水的快速脱色处理.     

Granulation of filamentous microorganisms in a sequencing batch reactor with saline wastewater

Proliferation of filamentous microorganisms frequently leads to operational failure for activate sludge systems. In this study, it was found that filamentous microorganisms could grow in compact granular structure with 5% sodium chloride in the substrate. In the early period of experiment, coccoid and rode-like bacteria predominated in the yellowish-brown granules, and later the white and the black granules were developed by filamentous microorganisms. The filamentous granules exhibited low porosity and fas...     

壳聚糖吸附酸性大红及Cu2+对吸附的增强作用

采用壳聚糖去除水中酸性大红,对壳聚糖吸附酸性大红的动力学、热力学以及溶液pH、盐浓度、外来Cu2+对吸附的影响进行了研究.准二级吸附动力模型、Langmuir、Freundlich及Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R)方程分别用来对吸附动力学和等温线进行分析.结果表明,酸性大红在壳聚糖上的吸附是一个化学吸附控制的准二级动力学过程.Langmuir、Freundlich和D-R方程都能较好地描述吸附等温线.溶液pH和温度对吸附有较大影响,而氯化钠浓度对吸附的影响较小.对吸附热力函数的计算结果显示ΔH0<0,表明吸附是一个放热过程.由D-R方程计算的吸附自由能E为9.5~10.7 kJ.mol-1,表明吸附过程为离子交换化学吸附.Cu2+对吸附的影响结果显示Cu2+能显著提高壳聚糖对酸性大红的吸附容量,另外建立了Cu2+浓度与吸附量增加之间的数学模型.