EVALUATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WATER WITHDRAWALS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1995 TO 20251

To evaluate the long term sustainability of water withdrawals in the United States, a county level analysis of the availability of renewable water resources was conducted, and the magnitudes of human withdrawals from surface water and ground water sources and the stored water requirements during the warmest months of the year were evaluated. Estimates of growth in population and electricity generation were then used to estimate the change in withdrawals assuming that the rates of water use either remain at their current levels (the business as usual scenario) or that they exhibit improvements in efficiency at the same rate as observed over 1975 to 1995 (the improved efficiency scenario). The estimates show several areas, notably the Southwest and major metropolitan areas throughout the United States, as being likely to have significant new storage requirements with the business‐as‐usual scenario, under the condition of average water availability. These new requirements could be substantially eliminated under the improved efficiency scenario, thus indicating the importance of water use efficiency in meeting future requirements. The national assessment identified regions of potential water sustainability concern; these regions can be the subject of more targeted data collection and analyses in the future.     

SPMD技术的应用与研究进展

综述了半透膜装置（SPMD）在环境科学研究中的进展状况。回顾了SPMD的产生历程，分析了SPMD富集和监测疏水有机污染物的原理。综述了SPMD在气、水、沉积物、化肥及石油等环境中疏水性有机污染物的监测、污染物的生物有效性的评价、类脂物样品中污染物的提取、有机污染物的毒理作用的测定等几方面的研究进展状况。并就SPMD在上述几个方面研究、应用中的不足以及今后发展的方向提出了一些看法。     

民航旅客行李托运差异化安检设备联合响应研究*

为提高行李托运差异化安检系统安全性,基于安检设备的依赖关系,提出行李托运安检设备联合响应研究;根据旅客风险属性对其托运行李实施差异化安检,利用二维正态分布建立安检设备的响应分布函数,进行安检设备响应值的数据融合;将系统错误率作为评价指标对比设备联合响应与设备独立响应,分析设备之间的相关系数、报警阈值对系统安全性的影响,并借助ROC曲线得到最优设备报警阈值。研究结果表明:在行李托运差异化安检系统中,设备联合响应优于设备独立响应。研究结果可为民航旅客行李托运安检提供设备支持。     

Why biota still accumulate high levels of PCB after removal of PCB contaminated sediments in a Norwegian fjord

Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) was still high after the removal of PCB contaminated sediments from a Norwegian fjord by dredging. The accumulation of low chlorinated PCB congeners with a low octanol water-partitioning coefficient (K_ow) in blue mussels and SPMDs was higher than for the highly chlorinated congeners with a high K_ow. The accumulation of low chlorinated congeners was also higher in a lightly contaminated area compared to a highly contaminated area. That dredging the contaminated sediments was unsuccessful in lowering PCB levels in the biota may be for the following reasons: (1) Due to the low solubility of PCBs in the water it is possible that a decrease in the sediment concentration of PCB would leave the water concentrations of PCB unchanged. (2) Removal of the fine organic sediments may also play an important role, since a seabed with coarse inorganic material has a lesser ability to bind PCB. (3) The dredging may whirl up fine contaminated particles that eventually settles on the seabed producing a thin contaminated sediment layer that determine the water concentration. (4) Bioaccumulation in blue mussels and in the SPMDs occurs mostly from PCB dissolved in the water column. Since the water concentration of PCB is unchanged by the dredging, the accumulation in SPMDs and mussels is the same as before dredging. Further monitoring need to be carried out to report the long-term effect of the dredging.     

毒气泄漏事故应急用个体呼吸防护用品防护效果研究

本文对毒气泄漏事故应急过程中公众常用的个体呼吸防护用品的防护效果进行了研究.针对硫化氢气体,利用无机气体防护时间检测系统,测试研究了滤毒盒、简易防护口罩、毛巾等个体防护用品在不同工况下的防护性能,试验结果表明,有毒气体浓度及温湿度两种工况条件均对个体防护用品的防护时间有较大影响,滤毒盒的防护效果远好于简易防护口罩,毛巾的防护效果较差,在此基础上进一步分析了毒气泄漏事故应急过程中个体呼吸防护用品的选择策略.本研究可为建立个体防护对策的选择方法提供基础数据和参考.     

基于实测的燃煤电厂氟排放特征

选择我国4家电厂的6台煤粉锅炉,进行了烟气以及飞灰、底渣、脱硫石膏等燃煤副产物样品的采集和F(氟)含量分析,考察燃煤电厂F排放特征. 结果表明:经过烟气除尘、脱硫及脱硝装置后,烟气中氟化物浓度明显降低; 除尘器主要脱除烟气中颗粒态F,静电除尘器对烟气中氟化物的总脱除效率为19.50%~36.59%,布袋除尘器的脱除效率略高于静电除尘器;石灰石-石膏湿法脱硫装置可协同脱除烟气中94.19%的氟化物. 燃煤中的F经过燃烧和烟气净化装置后,有0.83%~3.37%由底渣排放;1.20%~2.00%转移到脱硫废水中;13.45%~33.80%转移到飞灰中;59.60%~79.66%转移到脱硫石膏中;只有2.04%~5.00%通过烟囱排入大气.      

SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES USED TO ESTIMATE BIOCONCENTRATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS1

ABSTRACT: Aquatic organisms passively accumulate hydrophobic organic compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, even when ambient water concentrations of the contaminant are below analytical detection limits. However, contaminant concentrations in tissue samples are subject to an inherently high level of variability due to differences in species, life stage, and gender bioconcentration potentials. Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were used to sample Aroclor 1254, a mixture of readily bioconcentrated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in a contaminated wetland near Flat Top, WV. The devices consisted of triolein, a lipid found in fish, enclosed in a polyethylene membrane. SPMDs were deployed in the water column and in direct contact with wetland sediments along a previously identified concentration gradient of PCBs. The devices were retrieved after a 25-day exposure period. Analytes were recovered by dialyzing the devices in nanograde hexane. Hexane dialysates were condensed and analyzed by gas chromatography. All deployed devices sequestered quantifiable amounts of Aroclor 1254. Water-column SPMDs accumulated PCBs far in excess of ambient water concentrations. The devices contacting sediments accumulated PCBs at all sites, though accumulated concentrations did not exceed concentrations in sediment. Patterns of PCB concentration in the devices corresponded to the identified gradient at the site. Results from the water-column SPMDs were used to estimate the concentration of the dissolved, bioavailable fraction of PCBs present in the water column. These concentrations ranged from 0.01 to 0.09 μg/L of bioavailable Aroclor 1254.     

Three-dimensional numerical modeling and characterization of two-stage and multilayer thermoelectric couples

The two-stage thermoelectric couple (TE couple) and the multilayer TE couple are proposed and their output performance is compared with the conventional TE couple in this paper. Three dimensional (3-D) numerical and finite element models are established for these three types of TE couples which are analyzed in the ANSYS Workbench environment. Simulation results show that the output voltage and the current of the two newly designed TE couples increase in a certain extent than those of the conventional device before the load resistance reaches a critical value, however, the multilayer TE couple has the best performance. Similar conclusions can be drawn from the results of comparisons with the maximum output power and the maximum heat conversion efficiency between different types of TE couples. When thicknesses of the intermediate ceramic substrate and the intermediate copper conductor change, the output performance of the two newly-designed types of TE couples can be improved further. The maximum output power and the maximum heat conversion efficiency of the multilayer TE couple increase by 71.15% and 14.87%, respectively, when compared with those for the conventional device under certain conditions. Therefore, the multilayer TE couple has the potential to be one of the future development directions of TE couple structures.