Experimental design to study corrosion under insulation in harsh marine environments

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a serious issue in harsh marine environments. Corrosion damage can have catastrophic effects on health and safety, asset integrity, the environment, and productivity if it is not detected and managed early. Limited information is available for CUI in marine environments. To overcome this issue, three types of corrosion tests are proposed: Determination of the effect of environmental factors on CUI using laboratory simulation, field testing, and accelerated marine atmosphere testing for CUI. This paper describes the methodology for developing statistically significant data to evaluate CUI in harsh marine field conditions, develop an accelerated laboratory test procedure to simulate CUI, develop a model of CUI rate, and develop risk-based remaining life assessment model for assets under CUI attack.     

Transport of creosote compounds in a large, intact, macroporous clayey till column

The transport in macroporous clayey till of bromide and 25 organic compounds typical of creosote was studied using a large intact soil column. The organic compounds represented the following groups: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phenolic compounds, monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEXs), and heterocyclic compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur in the aromatic ring structure (NSO-compounds). The clayey till column (0.5 m in height and 0.5 m in diameter) was obtained from a depth of 1–1.5 m at an experimental site located on the island of Funen, Denmark. Sodium azide was added to the influent water of the column to prevent biodegradation of the studied organic compounds. For the first 24 days of the experiment, the flow rate was 219 ml day⁻¹ corresponding to an infiltration rate of 0.0011 m day⁻¹. At this flow rate, the effluent concentrations of bromide and the organic compounds increased very slowly. The transport of bromide and the organic compounds were successfully increased by increasing the flow rate to 1353 ml day⁻¹ corresponding to 0.0069 m day⁻¹. The experiment showed that the transport of low-molecular-weight organic compounds was not retarded relative to bromide. The high-molecular-weight organic compounds were retarded significantly. The influence of sorption on the transport of the organic compounds through the column was evaluated based on the observed breakthrough curves. The observed order in the column experiment was, with increasing retardation, the following: benzene=pyrrole=toluene=o-xylene=p-xylene=ethylbenzene=phenol=benzothiophene=benzofuran<naphthalene<1-methylpyrrole<1-methylnaphthalene=indole=o-cresol=quinoline<3,5-dimethylphenol=2,4-dimethylphenol<acridine<carbazole<2-methylquinoline<fluorene<dibenzofuran<phenanthrene=dibenzothiophene. This order could not be predicted from regularly characteristics as octanol/water-distribution coefficients of the organic compounds but only from experimentally determined data. The results indicate that a thin clayey till cover of the type described in this paper does not protect groundwater against contamination by low-molecular-weight organic compounds.     

Pilot study on road traffic emissions (PAHs,heavy metals) measured by using mosses in a tunnel experiment in Vienna,Austria

BACKGROUND, AIMS AND SCOPE: Over the last few years there has been extensive research for new indicators providing information about deposition resulting from road traffic and tunnel experiments received special attention in emission research. Mosses have been used for the estimation of atmospheric heavy metal and PAH depositions for more than three decades, although they were used only a few times for estimating ambient air pollution caused by traffic. In the current study, the suitability of using a moss species for monitoring road traffic emissions inside a tunnel was evaluated. This was a first-time ever attempt to use plants (mosses) as bioindicators in a tunnel experiment. Specifically, two relevant questions were examined: 1) Do mosses accumulate toxic substances derived from road traffic emissions under the extremely adverse conditions which can be found in a tunnel, and 2) Which substances can mainly be attributed to road traffic emissions and therefore be taken as efficient and reliable indicators for motor vehicles? METHODS: For the first time a biomonitor (the moss species Hylocomium splendens (Hedwig) B.S.G.) was used in a road tunnel experiment to analyse emissions from road traffic. Moss samples were exposed for four weeks in wooden frames (size 10 cm x 10 cm), covered by a thin plastic net with a mesh size of 1 cm x 1 cm. 17 elements, mainly heavy metals, and the 16 EPA-PAHs together with coronene were analysed by ICP-AES, AAS and GC-MSD. RESULTS: Enrichment factors, calculated by comparing post-experiment concentrations to those of a background site, were high for most PAHs, especially benzo(g,h,i)perylene (150.7), coronene (134.7), benzo(a)anthracene (125.0), indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene (79.8), chrysene (78.1), pyrene (69.6) and benzo(b)-fluoranthene (67.4), and among the other elements for Sb (73.1), Mo (59.6), Cr (33.9), As (24.1), Cu (19.6), and Zn (17.1). All these substances can thus be taken as indicators for road traffic pollution. Concentrations were also significantly higher in the tunnel mosses for all investigated substances than along busy roads outside tunnels. Cluster analysis revealed groups of substances which could sensibly be attributed to various sources (abrasion processes, Diesel combustion) and enrichment in the various particle size classes. DISCUSSION: The extreme high concentrations in the analysed moss samples from inside the tunnel were due to higher concentrations in the ambient tunnel air, and the fact that already deposited chemical substances are not lost by rain, as well as efficient uptake capacities even under the extremely adverse conditions in a tunnel. In accordance with previous studies our results suggest that PAHs are better indicators for emissions from the burning process than heavy metals. CONCLUSIONS: As in open fields, mosses are suitable indicators for monitoring traffic emissions in tunnels. In addition to biomonitoring in open fields, in tunnel experiments mosses are even better indicators, because the confounding effects of other sources of pollution and the 'noise' in the accumulation process (e.g. washout through wet deposition) are minimised. The results of our study demonstrate the usefulness of mosses for surveying heavy metals and PAH emissions and deposition arising from road traffic sources, even under the extremely adverse conditions of the tunnel environment. RECOMMENDATION: It can be considered that biomonitors like mosses are a suitable alternative to technical particle filters inside tunnels. They are easy to handle, low in costs and valuable information regarding traffic emissions can be obtained. PERSPECTIVE: The results of this pilot-study proved the feasibility of the method, however, should be corroborated by further investigations based on a sample set that allows for generalization of the findings and might even include other moss species. A comparison of technical measurements with the biomonitoring method could lead to a more general acceptance of the results.     

烟气连续排放监测系统（CEMS）比对监测工作探讨

以陕西省18家30万kW以上火电机组自动监测仪器设备、比对监测的结果作为参考依据,指出CEMS比对监测存在缺乏统一管理、监管薄弱、监测方法不同、设备安装位置不规范、参数缺项的问题,并针对问题提出规范设备供应商、严把CEMS验收关、加强监管、贯彻执行国家相关文件及技术规范、强化环境执法等具体建议。     

高活性絮凝剂产生菌芽孢杆菌TS-1培养条件研究

从土壤中分离、筛选得到一株高絮凝活性絮凝剂产生菌,TS-1,初步鉴定为芽孢杆菌.通过六因素五水平正交设计实验,探讨了该菌产絮凝剂的最优条件.在最优条件为乳糖2%、蛋白胨1%、KH2PO4 0.2%、K2HPO4 0.2%、NaCl 0.05%、(NH4)2SO4 0.05%、MgSO4·7H2O 0.05%、pH 6.0、34℃、180r/min、摇床培养40h下,所产絮凝剂对4‰的高岭土悬浊液的絮凝效率为91.3%.     

不同植被下土壤碳转移对岩溶动力系统中碳循环的影响

土壤是陆地生物生长、发育、繁殖的最佳场所,也是岩溶发育最为活跃的部位。土壤～岩石(土箱)、草本植物(麦冬)-土壤-岩石(草箱)、木本植物(黄杨)-土壤-岩石(树箱)体系中碳循环的模拟试验显示,黄杨具有较大的树冠可截获更多的降雨,根系的呼吸作用、分泌作用和土壤微生物活力的提高,使土壤环境中CO2浓度提高,树箱比土箱、草箱分别提高148.08%、75.01%,而土壤呼吸排放CO2的量则分别提高175.75%、171.14%;随水排泄的无机碳浓度分别提高77.78%、72.49%,排泄的总量分别提高166.49%、153.81%。碳循环强度的增加,使土下碳酸盐岩的侵蚀能力加强,树箱比土箱提高2.84倍、比草箱提高1.36倍。     

矿业废弃地不同生态修复模式下植物多样性及重金属富集迁移特征

为了筛选出适合矿业废弃地复垦生态修复的植物材料,通过在排土场布设生态修复试验,开展不同生态修复模式对植物多样性及重金属富集迁移特征影响的研究.结果 表明,不同生态修复模式下共出现存活植物8科10种,多为草本植物,乔灌草小区修复效果最佳,植物覆盖度达到100％,存活率超过69％,植物群落多样性指数表现为:乔灌草＞灌草＞乔...     

走廊弯腰疏散行为试验研究

为研究走廊里人群弯腰疏散行为,组织45名学生进行6组不同初始密度疏散试验,通过录像分析得出不同密度时弯腰疏散基本图,将结果与行走及爬行疏散比较。试验结果表明:弯腰和行走疏散的速度分别是1.4 m/s和1.7 m/s,而爬行疏散速度为0.73 m/s;在密度小于0.5人/m2时,3种疏散方式的流动速度相当;在密度大于0.5人/m2时,3种移动方式速度有明显差异;得出弯腰疏散的速度频率分布图,速度均值为:女生1.02±0.16 m/s,男生1.09±0.2 m/s;在低速度区,女生占很大比重,男生在高速度区的频率较高。     

Ti/SnO2-RuO2-Sb电极电氧化处理五氯苯酚模拟废水研究

采用刷涂-热解法制备了Sb、Ru掺杂的Ti/SnO2电极。通过SEM、EDX、XRD和循环伏安扫描(CV)表征了电极表面形态、组成、结构和电化学性质,并通过正交试验考察了电催化氧化降解五氯苯酚的影响因素。结果表明,各因素对五氯苯酚转化率影响的大小顺序依次为:底物初始质量浓度、反应温度、反应时间、电流密度、初始溶液pH值。在底物质量浓度为50mg.L-1,反应温度50℃,反应时间180min,电流密度40mA.cm-2,溶液初始pH值为8的条件下五氯苯酚的转化率达到97.6%。     

走向高抽巷抽放采空区瓦斯数值模拟与试验分析

为获取走向高抽巷抽放瓦斯的合理参数,依据采空区瓦斯运移基本方程,采用FLUENT数值模拟的方法确定走向高抽巷的最佳抽放位置,即竖直方向高度为综采工作面底板上方20m,倾斜方向距上风巷水平距离为14 m,并在张集矿1111工作面进行现场试验;从试验效果来看:采用FLUENT数值模拟方法确定走向高抽巷位置是可靠的,布置合理的走向高抽巷具有抽放瓦斯浓度高、瓦斯抽放量大和稳定性好的优越性,能有效地解决综采工作面和上隅角瓦斯超限问题,以确保矿井安全生产;抽放参数可在类似矿区加以推广应用,安全效益、经济效益和社会效益明显.