压缩致密化阻燃木材的燃烧特性和成炭行为研究

为增强木材的阻燃性能,采用压缩致密化工艺制备致密化阻燃木材,并对其燃烧特性与成炭行为进行研究。结果表明：压缩致密化工艺能促进木材在燃烧过程中形成更多的芳香结构以增强炭层的致密性和隔热性,进而有效阻隔热量和氧气进入木材内部,使致密化木材表现出良好的阻燃性和自熄性。压缩致密化木材的阻燃和隔热性能与去木质化程度密切相关,并随去木质化程度的增加呈先提高后下降的趋势。经过24 h去木质素处理后的致密化木材的极限氧指数增加到39.5%并达到UL94 V-0级,总释放热和2 400 s背面平衡温度相比于未去木质素的致密化木材分别下降了25.8%和21.4%,表现出最佳的阻燃和隔热性能。     

菲反硝化降解菌群的富集及其群落结构解析

从潜在多环芳烃(Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,PAHs)污染的油田区域采集土壤样品,以菲为唯一碳源且添加硝酸根的培养基来富集土壤中的菲反硝化降解菌群.随后,通过定量PCR(Polymerase Chain Reaction)测定了获取的富集菌群中反硝化相关功能基因(硝酸还原酶基因nar G、亚硝酸还原酶基因nir S)的丰度,并通过Illumina Mi Seq测序对其中的细菌群落结构进行解析.结果表明,获取到的3个菌群(PDN-1、PDN-2和PDN-3)12 d内对菲的降解率分别为45.18%、34.04%和25.92%.各富集培养菌群中nar G的丰度均高于nir S,且菲降解率最高的PDN-1中的反硝化相关基因丰度较低.Illumina Mi Seq测序结果表明,菲降解率最高的富集菌群PDN-1同时也具有较高的细菌多样性指数,变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、疣微菌门(Verrucomicrobia)和拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)是各富集菌群中的优势菌门,且Proteobacteria在3个富集菌群PDN-1(97.78%)、PDN-2(96.57%)、PDN-3(93.90%)中的比例均最高.变形菌门的Pseudomonas(γ-Proteobacteria)和Methylophilus(β-Proteobacteria)则是各富集菌群中最大的优势菌属,前者为公认的PAHs降解菌,而后者则为能够利用还原型"一碳化合物"的特殊菌属.细菌多样性与菲的降解率呈正相关,表明菲的反硝化降解可能是多种细菌参与的共同结果.上述结果可为揭示典型PAHs反硝化降解的微生物机制提供理论依据,同时为深入研究反硝化与菲代谢的偶联机理打下基础.     

上海大气质量与材料腐蚀速度的相关关系

为了研究材料腐蚀速度与大气质量的相关关系，进行了材料暴露试验。结果表明：⑴碳钢、铜、铜合金和大理石等材料，其完全暴露的腐蚀速度约为遮蔽暴露腐蚀速度的1倍；⑵铜、铜合金的腐蚀速度与SO2浓度非常相关，与TSP浓度显著相关，碳钢的腐蚀速度与SO2和TSP浓度也有一定的相关性；⑶铜、铜合金的腐蚀速度与SO4^2-湿沉降强度明显相关，而与NO^-3湿沉降强度无明显相关；⑷碳钢的腐蚀速度约为青天铜的50倍，纯铜的15倍。     

Process safety management lessons learned from a fire and explosion accident caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak in an aromatics reforming unit in Taiwan

A severe fire and explosion accident was caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak in Taiwan in 2019. This accident resulted in the loss of approximately US$3.5 billion in output value due to a one-and-a-half-year shutdown after the accident; however, no casualties were recorded at the accident scene. An analysis of the accident pipelines demonstrated that the pipeline leak had been caused by hydrochloric acid corrosion. Cause analysis based on the accident timeline, fault tree analysis, and causal factor charting indicated inadequacies in five elements of process safety management (PSM) namely mechanical integrity (MI), management of change, emergency planning and response, process hazard analysis (PHA), and process safety information (PSI) as the root causes of the accident. Furthermore, insufficient PSI (i.e., a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding corrosion mechanisms) was deemed to have been the core problem leading to the accident. This accident revealed common shortcomings that are often overlooked in PSM implementation in Taiwan; thus, the present research can serve as a vital reference for improving PSM programs in Taiwan.