The measurement of corporate environmental performance and its application to the analysis of efficiency in oil industry

This paper addresses a measurement of corporate environmental performance, and its application to the analysis of efficiency in the petroleum firms. In order to measure firms' environmental performance, we suggest a framework called “Gscore” that consists of five categories, namely general environmental management (GEM), input, process, output, and outcome. Gscore is a proxy measure of corporate environmental performance based on voluntary environment, health, and safety (EHS) report and is calculated by aggregating the points of the above five-categories. We apply our measurement framework to the data of 39 firms' voluntary EHS reports which are available on the internet. Ten of them, on which efficiency analysis was conducted with Gscore, assets, employee, and profits, are in petroleum and refining industry. According to our results: (1) a gap is found between rhetoric and practical environmental management stemming from calculating the relation between GEM and data part in 39 EHS reports. (2) On the whole, EHS reports of petroleum firms have something in common, but there are significant differences in the type and amounts of disclosed data among the EHS reports. (3) From the results of efficiency analysis, it is found that the number of employee exerts a considerable influence on determining the relative efficiency of petroleum firms, then Gscore, profits, and assets in sequence. Furthermore, Exxon, Ashland, Phillips Petroleum, and ARCO are shown to be efficient among 10 petroleum firms.     

Development based climate change adaptation and mitigation—conceptual issues and lessons learned in studies in developing countries

This paper discusses the conceptual basis for linking development policies and climate change adaptation and mitigation and suggests an analytical approach that can be applied to studies in developing countries. The approach is centred on a broad set of policy evaluation criteria that merge traditional economic and sectoral goals and broader social issues related to health and income distribution. The approach is inspired by institutional economics and development paradigms that emphasise human wellbeing, resource access, empowerment, and the arrived freedoms. It is outlined how indicators of wellbeing can be used to assess policies that integrate development and climate change policy objectives, and this approach is discussed in comparison with other work that rather have been inspired by sustainable development aspects of manmade, natural, and social capital. The experiences and results from case studies of development and climate that have done a first attempt to use human wellbeing indicators are reported and discussed. The studies include work from India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Senegal. A number of policy examples in the energy-, food-, and water sectors in these studies have shown up to demonstrate numerous linkages between development policies and climate change. Various analytical tools have been used in the studies including quantitative and qualitative scenario work as well as detailed micro-based analysis. The methodological conclusion that can be drawn from these studies, is that it is possible to apply wellbeing indicators to the more detailed policy assessment, but a link to more general national and regional scenario work is not yet established.     

室外钢结构冬季防腐方案

一般防腐涂料施工温度在5 ℃以上,冬季防腐施工气温低至-10 ℃,在制定防腐方案、选择防腐涂料时,通过检测、比较防腐涂料的低温施工性和防腐性能,保证防腐涂料能满足冬季施工的要求.在施工组织中,对防腐涂料进行了性能检验和现场附着力试验,对除锈要求、干膜厚度、表面质量、施工条件进行了严格控制,使整个工程的防腐质量达到要求.     

德兴铜矿选矿厂大型石灰料仓除尘

介绍德兴铜矿选矿厂大型石灰料仓在汽车卸料时产生的大量石灰粉尘的收集、净化处理方式及袋式除尘器主要性能参数的确定。     

镁合金板拉深及拉胀复合成形性能实验研究

通过实验,研究了镁合金板的拉深以及拉深+胀形复合性能,对这一新材料的冲压变形规律有了一定认识,得到了一些有实用价值的数据:极限拉深系数、壁厚变化、锥杯值以及一些塑性变形现象。     

Formation of multiple trimethylsilyl derivatives in the derivatization of 17α-ethinylestradiol with BSTFA or MSTFA followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination

N,O-bis(trimethylsily)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) and N-methyl-N(trimethylsily) trifluoroacetamide (MSTFA) are common derivatization reagents used in the GC-MS analysis of estrogen steroids such as estrone (E1) and 17(-ethinylestradiol (EE2). In this study, three trimethylsilyl (TMS) steroid derivatives, mono-and di-trimethylsilyl EE2 and mono-trimethylsilyl E1, were observed during the derivatization of EE2 with BSTFA or MSTFA and/or GC separation. Factors influencing the production of multiple TMS derivatives and their relative abundance were examined. It was found that both methanol and bisphenol A competed with estrogenic esteroids when reacting with silylation reagents, and thus affected the formation of TMS derivatives and their relative abundance in the derivatization products. Methanol was found to be more reactive than bisphenol A with the BSTFA reagent. None of the three solvents tested in this study could prevent the generation of multiple TMS derivatives during the derivatization of EE2 with BSTFA, followed by GC analysis. A similar result was observed using MSTFA as the derivative reagent followed by GC analysis. Thus, the suitability of BSTFA or MSTFA as the derivatization reagent for the determination of E1 and EE2 by GC-MS, under the conditions reported here, is questionable. This problem can be solved by adding trimethylsilylimidaz (TMSI) in the BSTFA reagent as recommended, and the performance of the method has been proved in this study.     

溢油指示物(指标)的HPLC-FLD-GM(1,1)研究

通过对油种、风化和HPLC-FLD实验条件的模糊最大矩阵元评价,确定表征溢油指示物(指标)的HPLC-FLD-GM(1,1)的建模数据信息点.结果表明,溢油风化GM(1,1)模式的预测精度较高,可用于溢油风化预测研究.     

废旧泡沫塑料的回收再利用

以硫酸钡、聚异丁烯为线性混合成膜体系的填料和改性剂,经表面改性,制得具有较强防腐能力的复合型石英表面蚀刻保护涂料,通过正交实验设计确定了涂料组分配比和配制工艺.以载玻片为底材模拟蚀刻加工过程,进行了HF和NH4HF2混合酸(4∶1)的浸渍比检测,并考察了涂层的热稳定性.结果表明,线型混合体系中m(PS)(硬组分)和m(SBs)(软组分)质量比、w(改性剂)及w(填料)用量分别为1∶1,1.67%,2%,在60 ℃～80 ℃的浸渍温度下,浸渍比(W)为63.9,涂层可耐热到300℃,且对饱和氟化氢、氟化氢铵溶液等强腐蚀性介质有较好的化学稳定性.     

甾烷作为溢油指示物的模糊聚类分析研究

用模糊聚类分析对溢油指示物甾烷进行了研究，为消除进样误差的影响，以标准化相对峰高为基本数据，推算出了油种及其甾烷的动态模糊聚类分析图。结果表明，油种的动态模糊聚类分析图可以显示油种间的疏近程度；甾烷的动态模糊聚类分析图可以表征溢油指示物各甾烷的贡献率，15个甾烷是模糊聚类分析的主要因子，属较理想的溢油指示物。     

溢油分散剂产品性能的评估

溢油分散剂是处理海上溢油的重要手段之一 ,产品性能直接关系到实际处理效果 ,其毒性也是人们一直关心的问题。中国海事部门规定 ,分散剂产品必须经过形式认可试验 ,才能在港口、码头和船舶上处理溢油。根据溢油分散剂产品性能的检测结果 ,对产品外观、pH值、燃点、运动粘度、乳化率 (30s ,10min)、鱼类急性毒性和可生物降解性等性能指标进行了评估。对加强溢油分散剂的使用、管理和监督检验具有一定的意义。