液位控制法在污泥处理工程中的应用

介绍了液位检测仪表,并阐述在污泥处理站中采用超声波液位计和液位调节器实现液位自动控制的方法。     

水中四环素的超声辐照降解

以四环素(TC)为研究对象,探讨了超声功率、初始浓度、pH值以及超声协同H2O2、TiO2、Na2CO3等组合工艺对超声降解TC效率的影响.实验结果表明,超声可有效降解水中低浓度的TC,尤其在碱性条件下,超声降解更为显著.加入H2O2、TiO2和Na2CO3在一定程度上都可以促进水中TC的降解.依据量化计算以及LC-MS测定结果,探讨了TC的超声降解机理,揭示超声降解水中TC主要是基于.OH自由基的氧化过程.     

Achieving biodegradability enhancement and acute biotoxicity removal through the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater using a combined internal electrolysis and ultrasonic irradiation technology

Actual pharmaceutical wastewater was treated using a combined ultrasonic irradiation (US) and iron/coke internal electrolysis (Fe/C) technology. A significant synergetic effect was observed, showing that ultrasonic irradiation dramatically enhanced the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiencies by internal electrolysis. The effects of primary operating factors on COD removal were evaluated systematically. Higher ultrasonic frequency and lower pH values as well as longer reaction time were favorable to COD removal. The ratio of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and COD (B/C) of the wastewater increased from 0.21 to 0.32 after US-Fe/C treatment. An acute biotoxicity assay measuring the inhibition of bioluminescence indicated that the wastewater with overall toxicity of 4.3 mg-Zn²⁺·L^-1 was reduced to 0.5 mg-Zn²⁺·L^-1 after treatment. Both the raw and the treated wastewater samples were separated and identified. The types of compounds suggested that the increased biodegradability and reduced biotoxicity resulted mainly from the destruction of N,N-2 dimethyl formamide and aromatic compounds in the pharmaceutical wastewater.     

超声灭活水中隐孢子虫影响因素及机制

采用超声灭活隐孢子虫卵囊,超声频率为19.8kHz,功率为151W,温度控制在(20±1)℃, 探讨了浊度、ρ(腐殖酸)及无机离子质量浓度对超声灭活隐孢子虫的影响,并通过扫描电镜观察及动力学分析探究了超声灭活隐孢子虫的机制. 结果表明:在浊度为0~21.46NTU范围内,隐孢子虫的灭活率先升后降,浊度为1.13NTU时灭活率最高,为94.7%;隐孢子虫灭活率随ρ(腐殖酸)的增加而降低,当ρ(腐殖酸)为50.0mg/L时灭活率降至78.4%. Cu2+、Mn2+和SO₄2-对灭活率影响较小,当ρ(Cu2+)为0.5mg/L时,隐孢子虫灭活率(93.2%)比未添加Cu2+时增加了0.7%;ρ(CO₃2-)增加,隐孢子虫灭活率下降,当ρ(CO₃2-)为150mg/L时灭活率降至82.5%. 扫描电镜形态学观察表明,超声可破坏隐孢子虫细胞结构;动力学分析表明,自由基氧化作用对灭活率的贡献为15.6%,说明超声灭活隐孢子虫的主要机制为空化作用产生的机械剪切作用.      

超声波浸渍法制备V_2O_5-WO_3/TiO_2选择性催化还原脱硝催化剂

采用超声波浸渍法、传统浸渍法制备一系列V2O5-WO3/TiO2催化剂,对催化剂的反应活性进行考察。研究表明:与普通浸渍法相比,超声波浸渍法可以提高催化剂的脱硝效率,拓宽催化反应的温度窗口。超声波浸渍时间和超声波功率对催化剂的反应活性有较大影响。浸渍时间增加,催化剂脱硝效率也随之提高。超声波功率增加,催化剂的脱硝效率先提高后降低。在超声波频率28 kHz,超声波功率400 W,超声作用时间1.5 h,超声水粉比为100 mL H2O/10 g TiO2的条件下,制得的V2O5-WO3/TiO2脱硝催化剂脱硝效率接近100%。通过SEM对制备的催化剂进行表征,超声波浸渍法制备的催化剂的活性成分在载体上分散更加均匀。     

Effects of Growth Form and Functional Traits on Response of Woody Plants to Clearing and Fragmentation of Subtropical Rainforest

The conservation implications of large‐scale rainforest clearing and fragmentation on the persistence of functional and taxonomic diversity remain poorly understood. If traits represent adaptive strategies of plant species to particular circumstances, the expectation is that the effect of forest clearing and fragmentation will be affected by species functional traits, particularly those related to dispersal. We used species occurrence data for woody plants in 46 rainforest patches across 75,000 ha largely cleared of forest by the early 1900s to determine the combined effects of area reduction, fragmentation, and patch size on the taxonomic structure and functional diversity of subtropical rainforest. We compiled species trait values for leaf area, seed dry mass, wood density, and maximum height and calculated species niche breadths. Taxonomic structure, trait values (means, ranges), and the functional diversity of assemblages of climbing and free‐standing plants in remnant patches were quantified. Larger rainforest patches had higher species richness. Species in smaller patches were taxonomically less related than species in larger patches. Free‐standing plants had a high percentage of frugivore dispersed seeds; climbers had a high proportion of small wind‐dispersed seeds. Connections between the patchy spatial distribution of free‐standing species, larger seed sizes, and dispersal syndrome were weak. Assemblages of free‐standing plants in patches showed more taxonomic and spatial structuring than climbing plants. Smaller isolated patches retained relatively high functional diversity and similar taxonomic structure to larger tracts of forest despite lower species richness. The response of woody plants to clearing and fragmentation of subtropical rainforest differed between climbers and slow‐growing mature‐phase forest trees but not between climbers and pioneer trees. Quantifying taxonomic structure and functional diversity provides an improved basis for conservation planning and management by elucidating the effects of forest‐area reduction and fragmentation. Efectos de la Forma de Crecimiento y Atributos Funcionales en la Respuesta de Plantas Leñosas al Desmonte y Fragmentación de Bosque Lluvioso Subtropical     

Information processing in models for density-dependent emigration: A comparison

Density-dependent emigration has been recognized as a fitness enhancing strategy. Yet, especially in the modelling literature there is no consensus about how density-dependent emigration should quantitatively be incorporated into metapopulation models. In this paper we compare the performance of five different dispersal strategies (defined by the functional link between density and emigration probability). Four of these strategies are based on published functional relationships between local population density and emigration probability, one assumes density-independent dispersal. We use individual-based simulations of time-discrete metapopulation dynamics and conduct evolution experiments for a broad range of values for dispersal mortality and environmental stochasticity. For each set of these conditions we analyze the evolution of emigration rates in ‘monoculture experiments’ (with only one type of dispersal strategy used by all individuals in the metapopulation) as well as in selection experiments that allow a pair-wise comparison of the performance of each functional type. We find that a single-parameter ‘asymptotic threshold’ strategy - derived from the marginal value theorem - with a decelerating increase of emigration rate with increasing population density, out-competes any other strategy, i.e. density-independent emigration, a ‘linear threshold’ strategy and a flexible three-parameter strategy. Only when environmental conditions select for extremely high emigration probabilities (close to one), strategies may perform approximately equally. A simple threshold strategy derived for the case of continuous population growth performs even worse than the density-independent strategy. As the functional type of the dispersal function implemented in metapopulation models may severely affect predictions concerning the survival of populations, range expansion, or community changes we clearly recommend to carefully select adequate functions to model density-dependent dispersal.     

Potential Effects of the United States-Mexico Border Fence on Wildlife

Abstract:  Security infrastructure along international boundaries threatens to degrade connectivity for wildlife. To explore potential effects of a fence under construction along the U.S.–Mexico border on wildlife, we assessed movement behavior of two species with different life histories whose regional persistence may depend on transboundary movements. We used radiotelemetry to assess how vegetation and landscape structure affect flight and natal dispersal behaviors of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls ( Glaucidium brasilianum ), and satellite telemetry, gene-flow estimates, and least-cost path models to assess movement behavior and interpopulation connectivity of desert bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis mexicana ). Flight height of Pygmy-Owls averaged only 1.4 m (SE 0.1) above ground, and only 23% of flights exceeded 4 m. Juvenile Pygmy-Owls dispersed at slower speeds, changed direction more, and had lower colonization success in landscapes with larger vegetation openings or higher levels of disturbance ( p ≤ 0.047), which suggests large vegetation gaps coupled with tall fences may limit transboundary movements. Female bighorn sheep crossed valleys up to 4.9 km wide, and microsatellite analyses indicated relatively high levels of gene flow and migration (95% CI for F_ST= 0.010–0.115, Nm = 1.9–24.8, M = 10.4–15.4) between populations divided by an 11-km valley. Models of gene flow based on regional topography and movement barriers suggested that nine populations of bighorn sheep in northwestern Sonora are linked by dispersal with those in neighboring Arizona. Disruption of transboundary movement corridors by impermeable fencing would isolate some populations on the Arizona side. Connectivity for other species with similar movement abilities and spatial distributions may be affected by border development, yet mitigation strategies could address needs of wildlife and humans.     

12Cr1MoVG蒸汽管道蠕变的反射式非线性超声无损检测分析

针对传统(收-发分置)透射式非线性超声检测方法在现场应用受到众多制约的问题,提出二次谐波(收-发合置)的反射式非线性超声检测思路,通过采集并分离超声检测信号一次底波的反射信号获取非线性超声检测中基波和二次谐波信号,并设计搭建反射式非线性超声实验系统,进行2万小时12Cr1MoVG钢高温蒸汽管道检测实验并与测试样品的里氏硬度值进行比对。研究结果表明：该管道测点的非线性参量β在0.005～0.03变化与其硬度值变化(420～440 HL)呈负相关,即随着试样性能下降β值增大,而硬度值下降。研究结果可为在役高温蒸汽管道蠕变程度的检测提供参考。     

超声波萃取-高效液相色谱-串联质谱同时测沉积物中10种PPCPs化合物

基于EPA1694方法,应用超声波萃取-高效液相色谱-串联质谱技术,建立了沉积物中对乙酰氨基酚、林可霉素、甲氧苄啶、咖啡因、阿奇霉素、磺胺甲唑、泰乐菌素、地尔硫卓、卡马西平及氟西汀等10种药物和个人护理品(PPCPs)的分析检测方法。样品经超声萃取、离心和SAX阴离子交换柱净化,以高效液相色谱-串联质谱仪多反应监测(MRM)模式进行离子定性、定量分析。10种药物加标回收率实验结果表明:添加低浓度样品20 ng/g,回收率为61.1%~128.5%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.7%~17.5%(n=5);添加高浓度样品400 ng/g,回收率为66.4%~126.7%,RSD为2.3%~18.0%(n=5),最低检测限为0.12~4.46 ng/g。该方法具有检测限低和回收率高的特点,并经实际样品验证发现,该方法适用于检测沉积物中10种PPCPs化合物。