基于缺陷重构的类芬顿光催化剂在降解染料废水中的应用

近年来,通过缺陷调控提高催化剂催化性能引起了广泛关注,而缺陷重构过程对光催化-类芬顿耦合反应的影响仍鲜有研究.本文将含铁多酸分子强耦合到富含氧空位缺陷的二氧化钛(TiO_2)光催化剂(P25)表面,考察了缺陷形成和二次重构过程对光催化-类芬顿协同催化降解有机染料活性的影响.结果表明,单氰胺复合后二次煅烧有利于H2气氛处理生成的氧空位进行空间分布重构,重构后的缺陷更为有利于TiO_2表面的光生电荷向含铁多酸分子界面转移.借助TiO_2光催化剂光生电荷分离能力的提升和类芬顿试剂活性位点的增强,缺陷重构的类芬顿光催化剂在降解亚甲基蓝染料的反应中催化活性提高了13倍.     

某污水处理厂存在的工艺问题及相应的整改措施

某污水处理厂以处理印染废水为主,由于存在一定的工艺缺陷,加之运行管理不善;导致各种问题不断累积,影响到生产工艺的正常运行,从而影响到出水水质的稳定迭标,同时运行成本居高不下。针对该厂存在的调节池和水解酸化池积泥、接触氧化池生化降解能力较差、化学加药点位置不当、污泥脱水能力不足等相关问题进行了分析,并提出相应的技术整改建议和方案。通过强化系统的生化作用,减少药剂投加量,从而有利于污泥系统回到良性循环中。     

扬州市区饮用水水源地潜在危险性及应急处置研究

回顾了全国环境污染及生态破坏方面的事故,及近几年来扬州市的水环境污染事故。介绍了扬州市区饮用水水源地的基本情况,指出了扬州市区饮用水水源地存在的潜在危险主要是突发性船舶污染和上游来水污染,进一步加强突发性污染事故的预防,分别针对固定风险污染源及不定风险污染源,提出了相应的应急处置措施,建立健全应急反应体系,提高了扬州市区事故处理的应变能力,有效地预防了突发性水污染事故对扬州市区饮用水水源地的影响。     

Effect of decision rules in choice experiments on hunting and bushmeat trade

Providing insight on decisions to hunt and trade bushmeat can facilitate improved management interventions that typically include enforcement, alternative employment, and donation of livestock. Conservation interventions to regulate bushmeat hunting and trade have hitherto been based on assumptions of utility- (i.e., personal benefits) maximizing behavior, which influences the types of incentives designed. However, if individuals instead strive to minimize regret, interventions may be misguided. We tested support for 3 hypotheses regarding decision rules through a choice experiment in Tanzania. We estimated models based on the assumptions of random utility maximization (RUM) and pure random regret maximization (P-RRM) and combinations thereof. One of these models had an attribute-specific decision rule and another had a class-specific decision rule. The RUM model outperformed the P-RRM model, but the attribute-specific model performed better. Allowing respondents with different decision rules and preference heterogeneity within each decision rule in a class-specific model performed best, revealing that 55% of the sample used a P-RRM decision rule. Individuals using a P-RRM decision rule responded less to enforcement, salary, and livestock donation than did individuals using the RUM decision rule. Hence, 3 common strategies, enforcement, alternative income-generating activities, and providing livestock as a substitute protein, are likely less effective in changing the behavior of more than half of respondents. Only salary elicited a large (i.e. elastic) response, and only for one RUM class. Policies to regulate the bushmeat trade based solely on the assumption of individuals maximizing utility, may fail for a significant proportion of the sample. Despite the superior performance of models that allow both RUM and P-RRM decision rules there are drawbacks that must be considered before use in the Global South, where very little is known about the social–psychology of decision making.     

A clustering approach to integrate traffic safety in road maintenance prioritization

Objectives: We combine data on roads and crash characteristics to identify patterns in road traffic crashes with regard to road characteristics. We illustrate how combined analysis of data regarding road maintenance, maintenance costs, road characteristics, crash characteristics, and geographical location can enrich road maintenance prioritization from a traffic safety perspective.

Methods: The study is based on traffic crash data merged with road maintenance data and annual average daily traffic (AADT) collected in Denmark. We analyzed 3,964 crashes that occurred from 2010 to 2015. A latent class clustering (LCC) technique was used to identify crash clusters with different road and crash characteristics. The distribution of crash severity and estimated road maintenance costs for each cluster was found and cluster differences were compared using the chi-square test. Finally, a map matching procedure was used to identify the geographical distribution of the crashes in each cluster.

Results: Results showed that based on road maintenance levels there was no difference in the distribution of crash severity. The LCC technique revealed 11 crash clusters. Five clusters were characterized by crashes on roads with a poor maintenance level (levels 4 and 3). Only a few of these crashes included a vulnerable road user (VRU) but many occurred on roads without barriers. Four clusters included a large share of crashes on acceptably maintained roads (level 2). For these clusters only small variations in road characteristics were found, whereas the differences in crash characteristics were more dominant. The last 2 clusters included crashes that mainly occurred on new roads with no need for maintenance (level 1). Injury severity, estimated maintenance costs, and geographical location were found to be differently distributed for most of the clusters.

Conclusions: We find that focusing solely on road maintenance and crash severity does not provide clear guidance of how to prioritize between road maintenance efforts from a traffic safety perspective. However, when combined with geographical location and crash characteristics, a more nuanced picture appears that allows consideration of different target groups and perspectives.     

Using a Systematic Approach to Select Flagship Species for Bird Conservation

Conservation marketing campaigns that focus on flagship species play a vital role in biological diversity conservation because they raise funds and change people's behavior. However, most flagship species are selected without considering the target audience of the campaign, which can hamper the campaign's effectiveness. To address this problem, we used a systematic and stakeholder‐driven approach to select flagship species for a conservation campaign in the Serra do Urubu in northeastern Brazil. We based our techniques on environmental economic and marketing methods. We used choice experiments to examine the species attributes that drive preference and latent‐class models to segment respondents into groups by preferences and socioeconomic characteristics. We used respondent preferences and information on bird species inhabiting the Serra do Urubu to calculate a flagship species suitability score. We also asked respondents to indicate their favorite species from a set list to enable comparison between methods. The species’ traits that drove audience preference were geographic distribution, population size, visibility, attractiveness, and survival in captivity. However, the importance of these factors differed among groups and groups differed in their views on whether species with small populations and the ability to survive in captivity should be prioritized. The popularity rankings of species differed between approaches, a result that was probably related to the different ways in which the 2 methods measured preference. Our new approach is a transparent and evidence‐based method that can be used to refine the way stakeholders are engaged in the design of conservation marketing campaigns.     

Modeling seasonal course of carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration in response to low temperature and moisture in a boreal Scots pine ecosystem

Environmental conditions act above and below ground, and regulate carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration. The productivity of boreal forest ecosystems is strongly governed by low temperature and moisture conditions, but the understanding of various feedbacks between vegetation and environmental conditions is still unclear. In order to quantify the seasonal responses of vegetation to environmental factors, the seasonality of carbon and heat fluxes and the corresponding responses for temperature and moisture in air and soil were simulated by merging a process-based model (CoupModel) with detailed measurements representing various components of a forest ecosystem in Hyytiälä, southern Finland. The uncertainties in parameters, model assumptions, and measurements were identified by generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE). Seasonal and diurnal courses of sensible and latent heat fluxes and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO₂ were successfully simulated for two contrasting years. Moreover, systematic increases in efficiency of photosynthesis, water uptake, and decomposition occurred from spring to summer, demonstrating the strong coupling between processes. Evapotranspiration and NEE flux both showed a strong response to soil temperature conditions via different direct and indirect ecosystem mechanisms. The rate of photosynthesis was strongly correlated with the corresponding water uptake response and the light use efficiency. With the present data and model assumptions, it was not possible to precisely distinguish the various regulating ecosystem mechanisms. Our approach proved robust for modeling the seasonal course of carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration by combining different independent measurements. It will be highly interesting to continue using long-term series data and to make additional tests of optional stomatal conductance models in order to improve our understanding of the boreal forest ecosystem in response to climate variability and environmental conditions.     

公用热力管道缺陷成因分析及安全评定

介绍了某热电厂公用热力管道全面检验中发现的裂纹和未焊透两类缺陷.通过受力分析计算出管道在运行状态下的应力分布状况,详细分析了螺旋缝埋弧焊钢管在制造过程中产生裂纹的各种因素,指出应该重视焊接钢管的焊接质量检测.利用GB/T19624-2004<在用含缺陷压力容器安全评定>中给出的压力管道直管段体积缺陷安全评定方法,对环焊...