THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A GIS-BASED CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY OVER THE SPOKANE AQUIFER,SPOKANE COUNTY WASHINGTON1

ABSTRACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statutes require identification of all potential sources of contamination within a wellhead protection area. All wells over Spokane County's aquifer are included in one wellhead protection zone called the Aquifer Sensitive Area (ASA). A GIS-based Contaminant Source Inventory (CSI) was developed for the ASA. Datasets listing businesses and agencies within the ASA were imported into the GIS from state, county, city, and local agencies. These datasets were selected, joined, and sorted using GIS relational database capabilities into one ASA “business master file.” Map files were projected and transformed into common coordinates. Next, business sites within the master file were spatially related by address to the digital map files. Likely Critical Materials Users (CMU) were identified by sorting on selected standard Industrial Codes (SIC). Additional files of CMUs were imported into the Contaminant Source Inventory. GIS queries were performed to locate specific materials, quantities, and storage facilities, and to analyze CMU activity within selected buffer zones. This project demonstrated the usefulness of GIS technology in the development, management, maintenance, and analysis of vast quantities of data associated with a local wellhead protection pro. gram.     

罐区气体泄漏PHOENICS数值模拟研究

基于紊流模式理论,在考虑重力影响的基础上,建立储气罐区气体泄漏扩散数学模型,并采用计算流体力学软件PHOENICS(双曲性,抛物性或椭圆型数值求解综合编码)对该数学模型进行数值求解。在油气安全综合平台上,通过选用二氧化碳作为泄漏物,红外二氧化碳传感器采集来的实验数据与PHOENICS模拟数据进行比较,发现误差较小。同时表明,借用该软件模拟储气罐区气体泄漏的扩散问题是可行的。运用该法也能为气体泄漏、火灾方面的研究提供一条便利的捷径。研究结果还可以为液化气与毒气罐区气体泄漏事故应急处理提供参考依据,同时对罐区浓度探测点位置的安放也有重要指导意义。     

滑坡治理抗滑桩内力监测方法与数据处理

介绍了钢筋计监测抗滑桩内力的基本原理,给出了根据钢筋计监测结果计算抗滑桩弯矩的方法,且利用单筋矩形截面受弯模型得到的抗滑桩内力曲线与理论曲线吻合较好;通过对两个监测实例进行分析,表明抗滑桩内力监测能很好地反映抗滑桩的工作状态及治理后滑坡的稳定性。     

Heavy metal induced DNA changes in aquatic macrophytes： Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and identification of sequence characterized amplified region marker

Plants have been used as good bio-indicators and genetic toxicity of environmental pollution in recent years. In this study, aquatic plants Hydrilla verticillata and Ceratophyllum demersum treated with 10 μmol/L Cd, 5 μmol/L Hg, and 20 μmol/L Cu for 96 h, showed changes in chlorophyll, protein content, and in DNA profiles. The changes in DNA profiles included variation in band intensity, presence or absence of certain bands and even appearance of new bands. Genomic template stability test performed for the ...     

水污染预警DSS系统框架下的白河水质预警模型研究

为了应对频发的水环境污染事故,在污染事故发生后快速有效地制定应急响应措施,保护水环境,有必要在水源保护区建立水污染预警DSS系统,重点对系统建立的核心与难点——水质预警模型进行研究.密云水库是北京市最重要的地表水源地,以密云水库上游的白河为研究区域建立水污染预警DSS系统,设计水污染预警DSS系统的三层结构框架,将控制端、核心预警模型、GIS空间数据库紧密联合起来;在此基础上对核心预警模型的建模过程、参数取值等进行研究;最后以典型污染物氰化钠为例,设置水污染事故情景以及应急措施预案情景,进行了情景模拟分析.实例研究表明,此水质预警模型能够较准确地对污染发展趋势进行分析预测,并对不同的应急处理方案的实施效果进行模拟分析,模拟结果能够支持应急方案的制定与优选决策,达到了DSS系统的功能需求.     

Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps

The potential for reproductive conflict among colony members exists in all social insect societies. For example, queens and workers may be in conflict over the production of males within colonies. Kin selection theory predicts that in a colony headed by a multiply-mated queen, worker reproduction is prevented by worker policing in the form of differential oophagy. However, few studies have demonstrated that workers actually lay eggs within queenright colonies. The purpose of this study was to determine if workers laid male eggs within unmanipulated queen-right colonies of the polyandrous social wasps Vespula maculifrons and V. squamosa. We focused our analysis on an unusual brood pattern within colonies, multiple egg cells. We were primarily interested in determining if individuals reared in these irregular circumstances were queen or worker offspring. To address this question, we genotyped 318 eggs from eight V. maculifrons and two V. squamosa colonies. No worker‑reproduction was detected in any of the queenright colonies; all of the eggs found in multiple egg cells were consistent with being queen‑produced. However, the frequency of multiple egg cells differed among colonies, suggesting that queens vary in the frequency of errors they make when laying eggs within cells. Finally, we suggest that workers may not be laying eggs within queenright colonies and that worker reproduction may be controlled through mechanisms other than differential oophagy in polyandrous Vespula wasps.     

城市污水处理厂恶臭挥发性羰基化合物的排放特征

选取广州市猎德污水处理厂进行为期4 d的现场采样,采用PFPH衍生化-GC/MS联用技术分析恶臭挥发性羰基化合物的组成特征和含量水平,研究它们的排放特征.结果表明,在该污水处理厂共检测出18种羰基化合物,其中具有恶臭气味的组分包括15种,它们在6个处理车间的浓度范围为0.39～19.92μg·m-3,总浓度均值为（68.66±10.05）μg·m-3.采取归一化方法获得了该类污染源的恶臭挥发性羰基化合物成分谱,并发现了分子标志物为甲醛、乙醛、丙醛、2-丁酮、丁醛和己醛,它们占该成分谱总含量的78.91%,其中己醛含量最高,浓度均值达到11.71μg·m-3.应用恶臭面源源强的计算方法,估算出该污水处理厂恶臭挥发性羰基化合物的年排放总量为2 302.33 kg·a-1,各车间的排放量贡献率由高至低为：生化池〉浓缩池〉A级曝气池〉提升泵房〉沉砂池〉脱水机房.由于污水处理厂的恶臭污染排放过程较为复杂,因此在一定程度上影响了排放量估算的准确度.     

A risk-based modelling approach to enhance shipping accident investigation

This paper developed a risk-based modelling approach to enhance the execution process of shipping accident investigation (SAI). Specifically, the paper addressed a fuzzy extended fault tree analysis (FFTA) that combines the effects of organizational faults and shipboard technical system failures under a unique risk assessment scheme. The case study illustrates that a novel idea behind the proposed methodology allows relevant accident investigators to clarify the probability of technical failures, operational misapplications, and legislative shortages leading to the shipping accident. The current SAI reports can be extended with an integrated risk assessment section to formulate integrated strategies along with risk control measures onboard ships. Since the consequences of shipping accidents are still a global concern, the paper addresses integration of a FFTA into SAI reports to ensure a consistent database and subsequent decision aid to accident analysis and prevention efforts in the maritime transportation industry.     

碳化砂浆轴向冲击动态力学特性与破碎形态分析

为保证长期使用砂浆在动载作用下的安全性,采用非金属超声波检测仪测量不同碳化龄期试件的纵波波速,引入碳化增强因子η表征碳化深度大小,并利用直径50 mm变截面分离式Hopkinson 压杆试验装置开展不同碳化龄期砂浆冲击动态压缩试验,研究碳化后砂浆的动态力学特性与破碎形态,分析砂浆动态应力—应变曲线、峰值应力和破碎形态随碳化龄期变化规律。结果表明:随着碳化龄期的增长,试件波速呈增大趋势,碳化增强因子η增大,碳化深度增加;碳化龄期相同时,砂浆的动态峰值应力、峰值应变都随着冲击气压的增大而增大;冲击气压相同时,砂浆的动态峰值应力随着碳化龄期的增长而增加;试件的破坏形态主要呈现为压碎破坏与劈裂拉伸。     

Numerical simulation of the large-scale malignant environmental pollution incident

With the development of economy, the expansion in industrial production resulted in the increase in the number of malignant environmental pollution incidents. The dispersion of toxic gaseous materials was chosen for study in detail, which took the ‘12.23’ Kaixian blowout accident in Chongqing as an example. This paper firstly reviewed the ‘12.23’ Kaixian blowout accident. Then, the physical boundary conditions including initial conditions were outlined to form an integrated mathematical problem. Thirdly, the blowout accident was simulated for a period of 5 h. In term of criteria for acute poisoning, simulation results were analyzed using the concentration slices that can serve for the decision-making. Finally, based on the analysis of simulation result, four important conclusions were put forward that can be used for the design of emergency evacuation routes.