内循环厌氧反应器多相流流场的三维数值分析简

利用数值模拟的方法,引入欧拉双流体多相流模型及标准k-ε紊流模型,模拟计算内循环厌氧反应器的三相流三维流场,并通过改变污泥颗粒密度及进水流量,针对固相流速及固含率的变化情况,分析条件的改变对流场的影响。研究结果表明,应用数值模拟方法可以获得内循环厌氧反应器内的流场特征;污泥颗粒密度及进水流量的改变对于反应器内污泥颗粒的流速及分布的均匀性有较为明显的影响。模拟结果对反应器的应用及优化设计具有一定的参考价值。     

连续流砂过滤器深度处理市政污水的中试研究

采用好氧/缺氧连续流砂过滤器中试实验研究深度处理北京某污水处理厂二级出水。实验结果表明,当连续流砂过滤器好氧段聚合氯化铝投量为20 mg/L,缺氧段碳源投量为32 mg/L时,COD、NH+4-N、TN和TP的平均去除率分别为34.77%、86.54%、66.94%和84.10%,最终出水均达到北京市新(改、扩)建城镇污水处理厂排放A标准(DB11/890-2012)。克隆文库法分析石英砂表面生物膜中的细菌群落结构表明,其优势菌群为β-proteobacteria,其中大部分能以废水中碳源为电子供体还原硝酸盐。     

不同城市生活垃圾焚烧技术的综合评价

通过工程的经济性分析、工艺过程的能流分析以及工程的环境影响分析,综合分析了流化床、炉排炉、气化熔融和等离子体气化等不同城市生活垃圾焚烧技术。结果表明:(1)在零补贴的情况下,流化床焚烧技术的工程效益最佳,但从项目投产年算起,其投资回收期也需9年;炉排炉、气化熔融与等离子体气化焚烧技术要达到流化床焚烧技术零补贴情况下的经济效益,分别需补贴约70、140、500元/t。(2)各城市生活垃圾焚烧技术下区域的水体富营养化和全球变暖影响最显著,而人体毒性影响最小。气化熔融焚烧技术和等离子体气化焚烧技术的环境影响比其他两种焚烧技术小一个数量级。(3)考虑污染物排放的环境效益,在现行中国排放标准下,流化床、炉排炉与气化熔融焚烧技术的工程效益都将得到较大提升。随着排放标准的更加严格,流化床焚烧技术的年收益率下降最显著;气化熔融焚烧技术的工程效益相较最优。     

水平潜流人工湿地脱氮功效中植物的作用

为了研究芦苇(Phragmites australis)在收割期前/后、湿地床体内部各个区域内、一年四季中在水平潜流人工湿地脱氮效用所起的作用,实验设置了有/无植物2组平行反应器。结果表明,芦苇在收割前/后对于水平潜流人工湿地脱氮效果均有促进作用,植物地上部分氮吸收量占湿地脱氮量的10.2%。在芦苇收割前/后(5月~9月、10月~次年5月),芦苇湿地日均脱氮量分别是无植物湿地的1.55倍与1.11倍。高、矮芦苇不同组织中总氮浓度分布趋势一致,2种芦苇各组织含量分别为:穗(28.69 g/kg)>叶(13.69 g/kg)>茎(5.31 g/kg)、穗(28.06 g/kg)>叶(14.61 g/kg)>茎(8.46 g/kg)。在湿地的各个沿程区域,总氮、氨氮累加去除率变化趋势一致,并且从反应器前部到尾部呈上升趋势,从上部到下部呈下降趋势。有芦苇湿地的脱氮效用优于无植物湿地,且底部氮积累含量也较少。一年四季中有芦苇湿地在各个季节脱氮量是无植物湿地的1.06~1.47倍。     

气固两相流在转运站系统除尘中的应用

为改善转运站点的作业环境,以转运站部分结构为模拟对象,根据实体结构模型建立流场模型,采用realiza-ble k-epsilon气相湍流模型及拉格朗日颗粒轨道模型对结构内的两相流运动情况进行了数值模拟,得到了流体相的压力分布和速度分布以及固相的粉尘颗粒轨迹,讨论了导料槽中挡帘对流场的影响.结果表明,挡帘对导料槽中流场特征影响明显,在配置了挡帘的导料槽中,流场压力分布更有序,空气流动更集中,可产生一定的回流气体来降低来流气体的速度,且会在内部形成局部高速区域.     

再生铅冶炼行业典型工艺的铅污染物质流分析

将物质流分析应用于我国再生铅冶炼行业典型工艺(铅膏炼前预脱硫—还原熔炼—精炼)的铅污染研究,构建了再生铅冶炼过程的铅元素流图,并针对铅污染提出了应对措施。研究结果表明:再生铅典型工艺的铅直收率、铅回收率、铅废物循环利用率分别为85.38%,93.96%,97.57%;应重点监控的铅有组织排放依次为外排烟气、熔炼渣、脱硫石膏渣;针对外排烟气中铅烟尘的PM2.5占比高及铅烟尘活性较高易于释放的特点,应选用高效除尘器,进一步提高细烟尘的捕集率;铅无名损失的重点工序依次为熔炼工序、电解精炼工序、合金熔铸工序;冶炼烟尘返回熔炼炉时,应增加制粒工序,以降低熔炼炉的烟尘率。     

A framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services

Methods to assess ecosystem services using ecological or economic approaches are considerably better defined than methods for the social approach. To identify why the social approach remains unclear, we reviewed current trends in the literature. We found two main reasons: (i) the cultural ecosystem services are usually used to represent the whole social approach, and (ii) the economic valuation based on social preferences is typically included in the social approach. Next, we proposed a framework for the social valuation of ecosystem services that provides alternatives to economics methods, enables comparison across studies, and supports decision-making in land planning and management. The framework includes the agreements emerged from the review, such as considering spatial–temporal flows, including stakeholders from all social ranges, and using two complementary methods to value ecosystem services. Finally, we provided practical recommendations learned from the application of the proposed framework in a case study.

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The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0555-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Testing the Established Hydrogeologic Model of Source Water to the Amargosa River Basin,Inyo and San Bernardino Counties,California

The current conceptual hydrogeologic model established for source water to the Amargosa River was tested in order to help inform management decisions regarding the Amargosa River's Federal designation as Wild and Scenic through an Act of Congress. The limited availability of water in this region results in the critical need for effective management in the basin to maintain its Wild and Scenic attributes inclusive of habitat for several endangered and threatened species. The use of forensic tools and integration of multiple lines of geologic, hydrogeologic, geochemical, and stable isotopic evidence suggest that the simple historical model for primary groundwater transport through this region is incorrect and that a large supply of regional baseflow does not provide the hydrogeological foundation of the Amargosa River basin. Data collected is consistent with an alternative model requiring complex source mixing and shallow alluvial groundwater that supports river flow. This conclusion also suggests Wild and Scenic conditions in this basin are more precarious than previously understood.     

A wind resource assessment around large mountain masses: The speed-up effect

The wind potential around an intensely mountainous area has been studied and an experimental analysis is presented the output of which could be used in the wind farm planning procedure aiming at maximization of the wind power production output of an area. The wind speed of a chosen site of Central Greece was studied based on field measurements around a large mountainous area of Central Greece. Understanding flow in the foothills and the wider area of the mountains is of great importance for estimating wind resource in rough terrain. In this article, special focus was given to the speed-up effect and forced air flow around mountainous masses.     

Effects of cadmium on the activities of photosystems of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and the protective role of cyclic electron flow

Cadmium (Cd) shows high toxicity to aquatic microalgae. Many studies showed that Cd inhibited activities of photosystem II (PSII) but the effects of heavy metals on photosystem I (PSI) and cyclic electron flow (CEF) were still controversial and unclear. The effects of CdCl₂ on the activities of PSI, PSII and CEF in Chlorella pyrenoidosa was measured simultaneously in the present study. In presence of 200 μM of Cd, ultrastructure of some cells was strongly modified. Cd exposure led to decrease of the activities of photosynthetic oxygen evolution and respiration. PSII was more sensitive to Cd treatment than PSI. Cd treatment showed significant inhibition on the photochemical quantum yield and electron transport rate of PSII. Cd increased the quantum yield of non-light-induced non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, indicating the damage of PSII. The activity of PSI showed tolerance to Cd treatment with concentration less than 100 μM in the experiment. Linear electron flow (LEF) made significant contribution to the photochemical quantum yield of PSI of the untreated cells, but decreased with increasing Cd concentration. The contribution of CEF to the yield of PSI increased with increasing Cd concentration. The activation of CEF after exposure to Cd played an essential role for the protection of PSI.