Mercury flows in large-scale gold production and implications for Hg pollution control

Large-scale gold production(LSGP) is one of the five convention-related atmospheric mercury(Hg) emission sources in the Minamata Convention on Mercury. However, field experiments on Hg flows of the whole process of LSGP are limited. To identify the atmospheric Hg emission points and understand Hg emission characteristics of LSGP, Hg flows in two gold smelters were studied. Overall atmospheric Hg emissions accounted for 10%–17% of total Hg outputs and the Hg emission factors for all processes were 7.6–9.6 kg/ton. There were three dominant atmospheric Hg emission points in the studied gold smelters, including the exhaust gas of the roasting process, exhaust gas from the environmental fog collection stack and exhaust gas from the converter of the refining process. Atmospheric Hg emissions from the roasting process only accounted for 16%–29% of total emissions and the rest were emitted from the refining process. The overall Hg speciation profile(gaseous elemental Hg/gaseous oxidized Hg/particulate-bound Hg) for LSGP was 34.1/57.1/8.8. The dominant Hg output byproducts included waste acid, sulfuric acid and cyanide leaching residue. Total Hg outputs from these three byproducts were 80% in smelter A and 84% in smelter B. Our study indicated that previous atmospheric Hg emissions from large-scale gold production might have been overestimated.Hg emission control in LSGP is not especially urgent in China compared to other significant emission sources(e.g., cement plants). Instead, LSGP is a potential Hg release source due to the high Hg output proportions to acid and sludge.     

北京城区夏季O3化学生成过程

选取2007年7月1日—8月31日中的21个晴空日,利用观测资料和光化学箱模式计算了北京城区测点的O₃生成速率G(O₃)和O₃生成效率OPE.结果表明,21个晴空日中G(O₃)日最高小时值分布在(18~82)×10^-9h^-1之间;在O₃污染和非污染日G(O₃)最高值的平均水平无显著差异,且与O_x浓度之间不存在一致的对应关系,表明O₃化学生成过程不能全面解释地面O₃浓度的累积,物理传输过程对测点O₃实测浓度有显著作用;各个化学过程对G(O₃)的贡献率对比结果显示,HO₂ 在 NO向NO₂的转化中贡献最大;OPE值分布在2.8~5.8之间,总体水平为4.1±0.1;OPE值与NO_x浓度之间为非线性关系,OPE值随NO_x浓度的增加而减少,表明消减测点附近VOCs排放能有效降低O₃浓度.     

铬盐行业清洁生产审核探讨

铬盐行业是我国重点整治的高污染行业,推行清洁生产势在必行。文章结合实例,对铬盐行业清洁生产审核进行探讨。污染负荷最高的焙烧车间是重点审核对象;评估过程产生7个中/高费方案,综合筛选出6个可行方案,已实施或正在实施的"少钙焙烧"等6个方案使企业主要污染物铬渣排放量削减达40%,焙烧窑含铬粉尘无组织排放量减少约10%,原辅料及能源消耗均有一定程度降低。对铬盐行业清洁生产审核的探讨为铬盐企业推行清洁生产提供了范例,有利于铬盐行业的可持续发展。     

成都市臭氧重污染成因与来源解析

采用来源解析的方法对2020年成都市发生的一次较为严重的臭氧污染事件进行了研究.结果表明,此次污染过程呈现从清洁-污染-清洁的变化趋势,污染持续时间长达9d,最大臭氧小时浓度达到258.8μg/m3.气象因素在成都臭氧污染中的影响不可忽略,其中温度与臭氧浓度呈现显著正相关关系,东北风主要出现在污染前和污染后,可能起到稀...     

秸秆发酵产氢的影响因素研究

以加热预处理的厌氧活性污泥为接种物,以秸秆（稻草、麦杆）为发酵底物进行微生物产氢实验,研究了不同秸秆粒径、纤维素酶用量、预处理方法、发酵液pH值对秸秆发酵产氢速率以及产氢气量的影响.其中颗粒粒径为170 μm的稻草经过NaOH预处理,按照底物与纤维素酶用量1∶1的比例酶解,进而发酵产氢的单位总产氢量为90.5 mL/g,最大单位产氢速率为0.58 mL/(h·g).     

生命周期评价在水泥企业清洁生产审核中的应用

利用生命周期评价工具对企业的生产过程进行全面分析与评价，做好企业清洁生产的审核工作具有重要理论研究价值和现实应用意义。运用生命周期评价方法对重庆小南海水泥厂普通硅酸盐水泥生产过程进行了初步评价，认识了普通硅酸盐水泥生产过程的环境协调性，为普通硅酸盐水泥进一步提高环境性能提供了理论依据。     

缓冲体系对厌氧发酵生物产氢的影响

为了研究碳酸盐和磷酸盐缓冲对于厌氧发酵从葡萄糖中制取H2的影响,将经过热处理的初级消化污泥接种到不同浓度碳酸盐和磷酸盐基质中进行厌氧发酵产氢实验.实验结果表明,碳酸盐和磷酸盐的缓冲对于厌氧发酵制氢有较大影响.当NaHCO3,浓度为4 g·L-1时,每1 mol葡萄糖的产氢量达到最大,最大值为1.68 mol,这比不加NaHCO3时的产氢量提高了282%.磷酸盐的浓度对于厌氧发酵产氢也有较大影响.在NaHCO3浓度为4 g·L-1,NaH2PO4·2H2O和K2HPO4·3H2O浓度均为500 mg·L-1时,葡萄糖的产氢率可达到1.94 mol·mo1-1,这比不加入磷酸盐时提高了56%.实验中产氢一般从接种后12 h开始,历时10 h左右结束,最大产氢速率可达到0.44 mol·h-1·mol-1·     

长江三角洲的的生产力布局、基础设施与城市发展

随着社会经济的发展，长江三角洲的生产力布局也发生相应的变化，针对其现状特征和发展动向，论述了生产力布局的基本框架以及相关的基础设施、城市发展等问题。     

转变增长方式,推行清洁生产

从我国资源承载力，环境污染的变化趋势及国际政治和国际贸易等方面，论述了维持我国经济持续发展，必须加速传统工业发展战略转移，走低消耗、低污染、高效益的发展道路。提出了经济增长与工业化战略及环保政策的思考和建议：加快产业结构转换和技术改造，大幅度降低单位产值的能耗物耗和污染物的排放：加速技术改造，推行工业清洁生产；增加环保投入，开辟资金来源。     

Altruism and environmental risks to health of parents and their children

This paper tests an equilibrium condition from a model that incorporates: (1) altruism of parents toward their young children, and (2) household production of latent health risks. The model demonstrates that an altruistic parent's marginal rate of substitution between an environmental health risk to herself and to her child is equal to the ratio of marginal risk reduction costs. Econometric estimates support this prediction based on data from a stated preference survey involving 488 parents of children aged 3–12 years. This outcome implies that parents reallocate family resources to at least partly offset the effectiveness of public programs that aim to reduce their children's environmental risks.