An enhanced compost temperature sampling framework: Case study of a covered aerated static pile

Spatial and temporal temperature variations exist in a compost pile. This study demonstrates that systematic temperature sampling of a compost pile, as is widely done, tends to underestimate these variations, which in turn may lead to false conclusions about the sanitary condition of the final product. To address these variations, a proper scheme of temperature sampling needs to be used. A comparison of the results from 21 temperature data loggers randomly introduced into a compost pile with those from 20 systematically introduced data loggers showed that the mean, maximum and minimum temperatures in both methods were very similar in their magnitudes. Overall, greater temperature variation was captured using the random method. In addition, 95% of the probes introduced systematically had attained thermophilic sanitation conditions (?55 °C for three consecutive days), as compared to 76% from the group that were randomly introduced. Furthermore, it was found that, from a statistical standpoint, readings from at least 47 randomly introduced temperature loggers are necessary to capture the observed temperature variation. Lastly, the turning of the compost pile was found to increase the chance that any random particle would be exposed to the temperature ?55 °C for three consecutive days. One turning was done during the study, and it increased the probability from 76% to nearly 85%. Using the Markov chain model it was calculated that if five turnings had been implemented on the evaluated technology, the likelihood that every particle would experience the required time–temperature condition would be 98%.     

Hydraulic performance of Compacted Clay Liners (CCLs) under combined temperature and leachate exposures

Experimental investigations were carried out to investigate the effect of thermo-chemical exposures on the hydraulic performance of Compacted Clay Liners (CCLs) in landfills. Hydraulic conductivity of most CCL specimens was increased by two to three times their initial values when exposed to 55 °C for 75 days. CCL specimens also experienced increases in their hydraulic conductivities when exposed to leachate at room temperature. This behaviour could be due to the decrease in viscosity when the permeant was changed from tap water to leachate. However, as the leachate exposure time exceeded the first 15 days, hydraulic conductivity readings decreased to as much as one order of magnitude after 75 days of leachate permeation at room temperature. The gradual decrease in the CCLs hydraulic conductivities was most likely due to chemical precipitation and clogging of pore voids within the soils which seemed to reduce the effective pore volume. The rate of hydraulic conductivity reduction due to leachate permeation was slower at higher temperatures, which was attributed to the lower permeant viscosity and lower clogging occurrence. The observed hydraulic behaviours were correlated to the physical, mineral, and chemical properties of the CCLs and described below.     

SBR法处理高浓度有机废水试验研究

采用序批式活性污泥法（SBR），对处理高浓度化工废水进行了实验研究，结果表明，温度是影响SBR法处理效果的一处重要因素，其次是pH值、曝气量和周期，并在一定条件下，可得到75％的CODcr去除率。     

热岛与绿地率关系的研究

据1998年7月11日的29个点的温度观测资料与观测点不同半径内绿地率和建筑率分别建立了线性回归关系，结果发现，温度与绿地率存在负相关关系，温度与建筑率存在正相关关系，早上8:00和下午14:00线性相关关系不显著，晚上20:00显著，但绿地范围太小时也不显著，而建筑物在较小范围内就存在显著的线性相关关系。     

膜—生物反应器特性影响因素研究

通过对外压管式膜组件与曝气池构成的好氧膜生物反应器的研究，分别考究膜组件的操作压力，膜面流速以及活性污泥混合液的污泥浓度，溶解性有机特的含量和温度等对膜通量的影响。     

在线酸度计监测系统研制

分析了温度对连续在线监测锅炉水的pH及其他离子浓度监测的影响，提出了相应的解决办法，并具体介绍了在线酸度计监测系统的硬件、软件组成及处理电路的设计。该系统为锅炉的安全生产与自动控制提供了条件。     

The impact of behavioral and physiological maternal effects on offspring sex ratio in the common snapping turtle,<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Chelydra serpentina</Emphasis>

Theory suggests that maternal effects are especially important in organisms with environmentally-sensitive sex-determining mechanisms. However, there is no substantive body of empirical evidence to confirm this conjecture. We integrated field and laboratory studies to jointly evaluate the significance of behavioral (nest-site choice) and physiological (yolk hormone allocation) maternal effects on offspring sex ratio in the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), a species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Of the 16 microhabitat variables measured, only three (south, east, and total overstory vegetation cover) were significantly correlated with nest temperature: cooler nests were located under more vegetation cover. In turn, these microhabitat predictors of nest temperature, and nest temperature itself, may influence nest sex ratio: shadier, cooler nests were more likely to produce a higher proportion of male offspring than less shady, warmer nests. Analysis of eggs from these same nests incubated in a common garden design in the laboratory revealed that clutch sex ratio was unaffected by levels of yolk estradiol, yolk testosterone, or their interaction. Examination of both behavioral and physiological maternal effects revealed no concordant impact on offspring sex ratio. However, eggs from nests that produced male-biased sex ratios in the field yielded higher proportions of males under constant-temperature conditions in the laboratory. Our study confirms the importance of behavioral maternal effects in nature on offspring sex ratios in species with TSD, while also revealing the potential presence of a predisposition for sex-ratio production underlying TSD in this system.Communicated by S. Krackow     

单面受火的方中空夹层钢管混凝土短柱耐火极限

为研究单面受火的方中空夹层钢管混凝土短柱耐火极限,在合理选择材料本构关系和边界条件的基础上,利用ABAQUS软件建立了高温下方中空夹层钢管混凝土短柱温度场和力学场分析模型,通过与试验数据对比验证,结果吻合良好。基于此模型,对不同的混凝土强度、钢管强度、内钢管厚度、空心率、荷载比进行耐火极限参数分析,并定量给出计算此类构件耐火极限的简化公式。研究结果表明:荷载比是构件耐火极限的主要影响参数。荷载比越大,构件的耐火极限越小。     

逆温对吴淞工业区大气质量影响个例分析

以吴淞工业区冬夏二次大气质量监测数据和同时期龙华观象台的探空资料为依据,详细地描述了逆温对大气污染物(SO_2和NO_x)时空变化的影响,并阐述了形成这样的空间分布的污染源排放特点和主要贡献源。为环境管理和规划的实施,提供了科学依据。     

石河子市大气中氮氧化物与气象条件的关系

用实测数据分析了石河子市大气中ＮＯｘ与气温，湿度和风速等气象因子的关系，得出结论是气温升高，风速增强，使大气中ＮＯｘ浓度值降低，相对湿度在７０％～８０％之间，其ＮＯｘ浓度较高，为此，气象条件诸如水平风速，大气温度，湿度和大气层结构的稳定与否均大对气污染物浓度产生重要影响。