DMDF电控单体泵柴油机结合简单后处理装置实现国V排放的研究

在一台原机为满足国Ⅲ排放法规的增压中冷电控单体泵四缸发动机上采用柴油/甲醇双燃料（DMDF）燃烧方式,结合废气再循环（EGR）技术及不同后处理装置进行台架试验.结果表明：加装DMDF系统并经过精细标定,在不添加任何后处理器的情况下,仅结合EGR,氮氧化物（NO_x）和颗粒物（PM）的排放即可满足国V规定法规,但总碳氢化合物（THC）和一氧化碳（CO）排放高于法规限值;增加采用氧化催化转化器（DOC）或DOC+颗粒氧化催化转化器（POC）简单的后处理装置可以使电控单体泵DMDF发动机排放全面满足国V排放标准要求.其中,仅采用DOC的方式,THC和CO十三点加权比排放与后处理之前相比的降幅可分别达98.0%和99.8%,且分别仅为国V限值的35.2%和2.4%,采用DOC+POC的方式,HC和CO十三点比排放较原机的降幅分别达99.2%和99.9%,且分别仅为国V限值的13.5%和1.2%.     

硫酸盐对微生物燃料电池脱氮的影响

构建了双室型微生物燃料电池(MFC),探讨了硫酸盐对MFC阴极脱氮效果和产电性能的影响。实验结果表明:缺氧阴极室中,硝酸盐氮、硫酸盐的还原存在一定的竞争关系,且硫酸盐对电子的竞争能力比硝酸盐氮强;当S与N的质量比(记为S/N)为2∶1时,72 h后的硫酸根去除率达96.41%,而硝酸盐氮去除率仅为36.86%;在S/N为2∶1的条件下,当电压达307.6 m V时,功率密度达最大值15.77 W/m2,电池内阻为100Ω,与未加入硫酸盐时相比产电性能明显提高。     

TiO2纳米孔阵列光催化废水燃料电池的性能研究

以模拟有机废水和实际有机废水为研究对象,以TiO2纳米孔阵列电极作光阳极,金属铂黑做阴极,设计了一种光催化废水燃料电池(PFC),用于有机废水处理和废水有机物化学能的综合利用.论文考查了不同实验条件下组成的电池体系的性能,表明基于TiO2纳米孔阵列光阳极的光催化废水燃料电池既能处理废水又能够表现出良好的电池性能,如以0.05mol/L乙酸为底物的光催化废水燃料电池,其开路电压1.16V,短路电流1.28mA/cm2,最大输出功率密度0.28mW/cm2.     

Health effects from the nuclear fuel cycle and other sources in perspective

The data base for each process of the nuclear fuel cycle has been updated as a part of the Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems (CONAES) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The BNL Energy System Network Simulator (ESNS) was modified to accommodate the new data, and methodology was developed for estimating population dose and health effects resulting from atmosphere releases of radioactive materials from the nuclear fuel cycle.Estimates of population dose and health effects were made using these new CONAES emission data and the new model for three scenarios out to the year 2000: (1) no reprocessing; (2) reprocessing, 1-year cooling; and (3) reprocessing, 5-year cooling. Results indicate that radon emissions from mining and milling of uranium bearing ores will have greater impacts than any other component in the open nuclear fuel cycle. The estimated number of health effects will depend, to a large extent, on the lung model mechanism assumed to induce cancer; i.e., either the smeared or the unsmeared model. The smear model and the linear relationship predict for scenario 1, 630; for scenario 2, 949; and for scenario 3, 854 lung cancers, respectively, using the new CONAES data.Epidemiologic data from six United States counties were correlated using a new statistical model (described in the text) in order to test the validity of the lung model and the linear relationship. Results do not support the high lung cancer correlations expected from the unsmear model and the linear relationship; therefore, it is concluded that low-dose mechanisms may be different from those developed from high-dose data. The best place to look for effects of low-dose radiation may be the less developed countries because of a reduction in the noise level caused by chemical pollutants.     

Overestimation of Fire Risk in the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan

Abstract:  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent recovery plan for one of the most carefully watched threatened species worldwide, the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), recommended a major departure in conservation strategies in the northwestern United States. Due to concern about fire, the plan would switch from a reserve to a no-reserve strategy in up to 52% of the owl's range. Fuel treatments (e.g., thinning) at regular intervals also would occur on up to 65–70% of dry forests in this area. Estimations of fire risk, however, were based on less than a decade of data and an anecdotal assessment of a single, large fire. We found that decadal data are inherently too short, given infrequent large fires, to accurately predict fire risk and trends. Rates of high-severity fire, based on remote-sensing data, are far lower than reported in the plan and in comparison with the rate of old-forest recruitment. In addition, over a 22-year period, there has been no increase in the proportion of high-severity fire. Our findings refute the key conclusions of the plan that are the basis for major changes in conservation strategies for the Spotted Owl. The best available science is needed to address these strategies in an adaptive-management framework. From the standpoint of fire risk, there appears to be ample time for research on fire and proposed treatment effects on Spotted Owls before designing extensive management actions or eliminating reserves.     

Bioenergy recovery from landfill gas: A case study in China

Landfill gas (LFG) utilization which means a synergy between environmental protection and bioenergy recovery was investigated in this study. Pressure swing adsorption technology was used in LFG purification, and laboratory experiment, pilot-scale test, and on-site demonstration were carried out in Shenzhen, China. In the laboratory experiment, A-type carbon molecular sieve was selected as the adsorbent by comparison of several other adsorbents. The optimal adsorption pressure and adsorption time were 0.25 MPa and 2 min, respectively, under which the product generation rate was 4.5 m³/h and the methane concentration was above 90%. The process and optimization of the pilot-scale test were also reported in the paper. The product gas was of high quality compared with the National Standard of Compressed Natural Gas as Vehicle Fuel (GB18047-2000), when the air concentration in feed gas was under 10.96%. The demonstration project was composed of a collection system, production system, and utilization system. The drive performance, environmental protection performance, and economic feasibility of the product gas — as alternative fuel in passenger car, truck, and bulldozer—were tested, showing the feasibility technology for LFG utilization.     

Phase behaviors,fuel properties,and combustion characteristics of alcohol-vegetable oil-diesel microemulsion fuels

Biofuels are being considered as alternatives to fossil-based fuels due to depletion of petroleum-based reserves and pollutant emission concerns. Vegetable oils and bioalcohols have proven to be viable alternative fuels both with and without engine modification. However, high viscosity and low energy content are long-term operational problems with vegetable oils and bioalcohols, respectively. Therefore, vegetable oil-based microemulsification is being evaluated as a method to reduce the high viscosity of vegetable oils and enhance the miscibility of alcohol and oil phases. Studies have shown that microemulsification with different alcohols lead to varying fuel properties depending on their structure. The overall goal of this study was to formulate microemulsion fuels with single and mixed alcohol systems by determining the effects of water content, alcohol branching structure and carbon chain length on phase behaviors, fuel properties, and emission characteristics. It was found that microemulsion fuels using certain alcohols displayed favorable stability, properties, and emission characteristics. Flames of fuels with linear short-chain-length alcohols had larger near-burner blue regions and lower CO and soot emissions indicating the occurrence of more complete combustion. In addition to alcohol effects, the effect of vegetable oils, surfactants, and additives on emission characteristics were insightful in pursuit of appropriate microemulsion fuels as cleaner burning alternatives to both No.2 diesel and canola biodiesel.     

Divestment discourse: war,justice, morality and money

The fossil fuel divestment movement has been a vibrant novel development in climate change politics in recent years, particularly in North America. Here, the character of the discourse used to promote divestment as a strategy is explored. The divestment discourse is shown to rest on four overlapping narratives, those of war and enemies, morality, economics and justice. All four are clearly discernible in statements from movement activists, in coverage of divestment campaigns by major news sources and in the movement’s aims, objectives and strategies covered in alternative media. The war narrative, with the formulation of fossil fuel companies as enemies to be overcome to ensure survival, is the dominant narrative. By polarising climate action and identifying an antagonist against which to mobilise, divestment discourse has articulated climate change as an explicitly political phenomenon, in contrast to the primarily consensus and collaboration-based approaches that have predominated in climate politics.     

中国液态生物质燃料的潜力测算

中国液态生物质燃料潜力测算为下一步开发提供依据.该文对我国发展液态生物质燃料原料的分布进行整合,从宜能荒地测算、高浓度酒精降度模拟和餐饮地沟油估算等方面,对生产燃料乙醇和生物柴油的原料潜力进行梳理.利用覆盖甜高粱、木薯、甘薯、食用酒精、麻疯树、黄连木和餐饮地沟油等原料来源的数据,测算了我国液态生物质燃料的潜力产量,发现:到2030年,我国燃料乙醇生产潜力将达到5 500万t左右,生物柴油生产潜力将达到3 200万t左右,将能有效保证我国经济增长对能源的需求和缓解化石能源对外依存度过离的能源安全威胁.同时,应该在生物质燃料产业化的关键技术研究上寻求突破,并配套以政府部门的补贴政策,提升我国生物质燃料产业化初期的综合实力.