焦化厂不同污染源作用下土壤PAHs污染特征

根据生产工序的不同将焦化场地划分为堆煤区、炼焦区、化产区,共采集40组土壤样品,分析各类污染源作用下场地PAHs污染程度、分布、影响途径及组成特征等.结果表明,场地处于严重污染水平且BaP是健康风险首要关注污染物.按ΣPAHs含量中位数排序,化产区（1733.87mg/kg）>炼焦区（32.86mg/kg）>堆煤区（21.21mg/kg）.对应污染途径依次为化工副产品的泄漏及填埋、烟粉尘大气沉降、煤粉（渣）降雨淋滤.异构体比值法判定的污染源不能明显区分各工序的土壤污染特点且存在偏差,利用ω（低环PAHs）/ω（高环PAHs）比值法进行排序,化产区深层（7.39）>化产区表层（1.33）>堆煤区（1.06）>炼焦区（0.39）,PAHs组成特征受污染源自身特性及外环境作用共同所致.4~5环PAHs是该焦化场地的特征污染物,化产区、堆煤区土壤中Nap、Phe占ΣPAHs比重较高,而炼焦区以BbF、Fla、Chry为主要组分.     

基于大数据分析的杭州市农业源高分辨率氨排放清单研究

基于实地调查并辅以统计的方法获得大数据,采用排放因子法,估算了杭州市2015年农业源氨排放清单,并选取经纬度坐标、土地类型和人口等数据作为权重因子,建立1 km×1 km高精度网格化空间分布,研究了该地区农业排放源氨排放空间分布特征.结果表明:杭州市2015年农业源NH3排放总量为54787.9 t,其中畜禽养殖和农田种植是最主要的氨排放来源,分别占农业源总排放量的86.7%和12.8%.在畜禽养殖各主要环节的氨排放过程中,圈舍固态粪便的氨排放贡献量最大,占总氨排放量的52.8%;其次是存储固态,占总氨排放量的35.1%.氮肥施用主要集中在萧山区、建德市、临安市和余杭区.秸秆堆肥和秸秆焚烧与秸秆综合利用率高低密切相关,两者氨排放量占有率不高,占杭州市农业源氨排放总量的1%以下.     

武汉市2014-2017年大气污染物分布特征及其潜在来源分析

利用武汉市2014—2017年大气污染物（SO₂、NO₂、CO、O₃、PM_2.5和PM₁₀）和气象要素的观测数据,分析了大气污染物的变化特征及其影响因素.使用HYSPLIT模式计算了影响武汉市的主要气团类型,并利用潜在源区贡献（PSCF）和浓度权重轨迹（CWT）分析方法,揭示了研究期内武汉市不同大气污染物的潜在源区分布及其贡献特性.结果表明,武汉市2014—2017年空气质量逐年好转,SO₂、O₃、PM_2.5和PM₁₀的浓度呈逐年下降的趋势,但NO₂和CO的浓度先下降后上升.2017年SO₂、O₃、PM_2.5、PM₁₀、NO₂和CO的浓度分别为9.6、50.8、52.7、89.2、47.5 μg·m^-3和1.1 mg·m^-3,分别比2014年降低了64.3%、23.0%、24.7%、18.8%、3.5%和5.9%.大气污染物存在显著的季节变化和月变化.大气污染物在四个季节中日变化类似,SO₂和O₃均为单峰型分布,NO₂、CO、PM_2.5和PM₁₀均为双峰型分布.武汉市空气污染以PM_2.5为主,随着污染程度的加剧PM_2.5/PM₁₀的值逐渐增大,在空气质量为严重污染时,PM_2.5/PM₁₀高达90%,比空气质量为优时高了31.34%.局地气团（45%）和来自山西、陕西和河南一带的西北气团（12.1%）下大气污染物浓度较高.大气污染物的潜在源区贡献（WPSCF）和浓度权重轨迹（WCWT）的较大值主要集中在武汉市本地及其周边地区,局地污染对武汉市大气污染物的贡献较大,但不同大气污染物受到排放源分布和停留时间等影响其WPSCF和WCWT的分布范围不同.     

石羊河流域多水体酸根离子特征及影响因素

2014年7月~2015年6月在石羊河流域采集降水、地表水及地下水样品,使用离子色谱仪分析获取样品主要酸根离子含量,研究石羊河流域不同水体酸根离子特征、季节分异及其影响因素.结果显示：石羊河流域不同水体均呈弱碱性,酸根离子组成以SO₄^2-和HCO₃^-为优势离子,分别占酸根离子总量的38.68%和33.49%;不同季节水体酸根离子浓度差别较大,春季水体中酸根离子浓度最高,夏季最低,地下水季节变异小于地表水;地表水和地下水的酸根离子浓度都呈现出从上游到下游递增的规律,地表水酸根离子浓度大大低于地下水.碳酸盐的风化及蒸发岩溶解是酸根离子的主要来源,人类活动对石羊河流域水体已造成轻度污染.     

长江三角洲初冬一次重污染天气成因分析

利用站点气象和PM_2.5资料以及NCEP的全球再分析数据集研究了2015年12月17~28日长江三角洲地区一次重污染天气过程.结果表明：地面弱气压场是此次污染事件发生发展的主要天气背景,而冷空气带来的大风使PM_2.5浓度迅速下降,有效清除了PM_2.5.区域热力因子和动力因子分析发现,此次过程中大气中低层层结稳定、近地面逆温强,有利于PM_2.5和水汽的累积,使其浓度水平升高;对于动力因子来说,较小的通风率和较低的边界层高度不利于污染物扩散,同样使PM_2.5浓度上升.两者相比,热力因子对PM_2.5浓度值的贡献比动力因子大.结合后向轨迹和排放源分布发现,此次污染过程中长江三角洲地区的PM_2.5主要受来自其西北方向的大陆气团（占46%左右）的影响,这些气团途经高污染排放源并把污染物远距离传输至长江三角洲地区.最后利用PSCF和CWT对长江三角洲地区污染物的潜在来源进行了分析,发现PM_2.5的来源主要集中在安徽、河南、山西、山东以及长江三角洲本地,说明此次过程中长江三角洲地区的污染物浓度受到远距离输送和局地过程的共同影响.     

阿拉善沙漠高原降水化学特征与离子来源判别

为查明我国北方沙漠地区降水化学组成及来源,在阿拉善沙漠高原阿右旗气象站采集了2013—2015年的降水样品,测定了降水pH、EC（电导率）及主要离子当量浓度.结果表明:阿拉善沙漠阿右旗气象站降水pH和EC的范围分别为6.66~8.05和35~1 237 μS/cm;Ca2+、SO₄2-、Na+和Cl-为降水中的主要离子,其总和占总离子的85%以上.降水pH、EC和主要离子当量浓度是反映空气质量的基本参数,较高的降水pH反映出当地降水具有明显的碱性特征.与其他地区相比,该地区降水的EC和可溶性离子日均湿沉降通量也较高,且随月份有较大的变化,表明干旱沙漠粉尘对当地降水水化学的贡献较大.根据离子来源相对贡献的计算结果发现,降水中92.8%的SO₄2-和98%的NO₃-来自人为源,98.8%的Ca2+和88.7%的K+为陆地来源,55%的Mg2+为海洋源,24.8%的Na+来自矿物风化,极少部分Cl-为人为源.研究显示:除降水中的NH₄+外,其他主要离子之间的相关性表明各种成因物质在风力作用下同时进入了大气;基于[NH₄+]（NH₄+的当量浓度）与[K+]（K+的当量浓度）相关性分析,降水中的NH₄+来自生物质燃烧、肥料使用、动物粪便等.      

浙北地区PM2.5中多环芳烃特征

为了研究浙北地区PM_2.5中多环芳烃（PAHs）的季节性变化和它们的来源,于2014年11月~2015年11月收集了杭州和宁波2个城市中4个采样点的PM_2.5样品,利用气-质联用仪测定了17种PAHs浓度.结果表明,∑PAHs年平均浓度范围为24.1~51.9ng/m³,平均值为（35.5 ±12.3） ng/m³.2~3环PAHs在PM_2.5中的浓度较低（<1ng/m³）,而4~6环PAHs占总PAHs的77.0%.∑PAHs的浓度与PM_2.5呈相似的季节性变化特征,冬季浓度最高而夏季最低.惹烯作为软木燃烧的示踪物,冬季的浓度是夏季的4倍,表明在冬季软木燃烧的排放和对PM_2.5的贡献都有所增加.除了夏季的2个城区站点,其它季节和站点∑PAHs浓度和PM_2.5呈现一定的正相关性.特征PAHs比值显示,浙北地区气溶胶相关的多环芳烃主要来自燃烧和热解排放,如生物质燃烧和煤燃烧,而交通排放和石油挥发源的影响不大.     

Effect of sulfur source on photocatalytic degradation performance of CdS/MoS2 prepared with one-step hydrothermal synthesis

Cd S/Mo S_2,an extremely efficient photocatalyst,has been extensively used in hydrogen photoproduction and pollutant degradation.Cd S/Mo S_2can be synthesized by a facile one-step hydrothermal process.However,the effect of the sulfur source on the synthesis of Cd S/Mo S_2via one-step hydrothermal methods has seldom been investigated.We report herein a series of one-step hydrothermal preparations of Cd S/Mo S_2using three different sulfur sources:thioacetamide,L-cysteine,and thiourea.The results revealed that the sulfur source strongly affected the crystallization,morphology,elemental composition and ultraviolet(UV)–visible-light-absorption ability of the Cd S/Mo S_2.Among the investigated sulfur sources,thioacetamide provided the highest visible-light absorption ability for Cd S/Mo S_2,with the smallest average particle size and largest surface area,resulting in the highest efficiency in Methylene Blue(MB)degradation.The photocatalytic activity of Cd S/Mo S_2synthesized from the three sulfur sources can be arranged in the following order:thioacetamideL-cysteinethiourea.The reaction rate constants(k)for thioacetamide,L-cysteine,and thiourea were estimated to be 0.0197,0.0140,and 0.0084 min~(-1),respectively.However,thioacetamide may be limited in practical application in terms of its price and toxicity,while L-cysteine is relatively economical,less toxic and exhibited good photocatalytic degradation performance toward MB.     

Characterizing the antibiotic resistance genes in a river catchment: Influence of anthropogenic activities

Previous studies on environmental antibiotics resistance genes(ARGs) have focused on the pollution sources such as wastewater treatment plants, aquaculture and livestock farms,etc. Few of them had addressed this issue in a regional scale such as river catchment. Hence,the occurrence and abundances of 23 ARGs were investigated in surface water samples collected from 38 sites which located from the river source to estuary of the Beijiang River.Among them, 11 ARGs were frequently detected in this region and 5 ARGs(sul I, sul II, tet B,tet C, and tet W) were selected for their distribution pattern analysis. The abundances of the selected ARGs were higher in the upstream(8.70 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA) and downstream areas(3.17 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA) than those in the midstream areas(1.23 × 10~6 copies/ng DNA), which was positively correlated to the population density and number of pollution sources. Pollution sources of ARGs along the Beijiang River not only had a great impact on the abundances and diversity, but also on the distribution of specific ARGs in the water samples. Both sul I and sul II were likely originated from aquaculture farms and animal farms,tet W gene was possibly associated with the mining/metal melting industry and the electric waste disposal and tet C gene was commonly found in the area with multiple pollution sources.However, the abundance of tet B was not particularly related to anthropogenic impacts. These findings highlight the influence of pollution sources and density of population on the distribution and dissemination of ARGs at a regional scale.     

Measurement of minimum ignition energies (MIEs) of dust clouds – History,present, future

Nearly 130 years ago Holtzwart and von Meyer (1891) demonstrated by experiments that explosible dust clouds could be ignited by inductive electric sparks. Then more than half a century passed before the publication of the important quantitative research of Boyle and Llewellyn (1950) and Line et al. (1959). They worked with capacitive electric sparks and found that the minimum capacitor energies ½CU² required for ignition of various dust clouds in air decreased substantially when a large series resistance, in the range 10⁴–10⁷ Ω, was introduced in the discharge circuit. When considering that the net energies of the sparks themselves were only of the order of 10% of the ½CU² discharged, the minimum net spark energies required for ignition with a large series resistance were only a few per cent of the net energies required without such a resistance.Line et al. observed that the essential effect of increasing the series resistance, and hence increasing the discharge time of the sparks, was to reduce the disturbance of the dust cloud by the blast wave from the spark. This phenomenon was explored further by Eckhoff (1970, 2017), and subsequently by some simple experiments by Eckhoff and Enstad (1976). Franke (1974, 1977) and Laar (1980) confirmed the additional finding of Line et al. (1959) that the minimum ½CU² for ignition is also substantially reduced by including a series inductance in the discharge circuit, rather than a series resistance. The basic reason is the same as with a large series resistance, viz. increased spark discharge time and hence decreased disturbance of the dust cloud by blast wave from the spark. For this reason inclusion of an appreciable series inductance in the spark discharge circuit is an essential element in current standard MIE test methods.In experiments with spark ignition of transient dust clouds produced by a blast of air in a closed vessel, it is necessary to synchronize the occurrence of the spark with the formation of the dust cloud. The precision required from this type of synchronization is typically of the order of 10 ms, which can be obtained even by mechanical arrangements, such as rapid change of spark gap length, or of the distance between two capacitor plates. The present paper reviews some methods that have been/are being used for achieving adequate synchronization of dust cloud appearance and spark discharge. Some current standard experimental methods for determining MIEs of dust clouds experimentally have also been reviewed. The same applies to some theories of electric-spark ignition of dust clouds.At the end of paper some suggestions for possible future modifications of current standard methods for measuring MIEs of explosible dust clouds are presented. With regard to justifying significant modifications of existing standard methods, the “bottom line” is, as quite often in many connections, that any modifications should be based on realistic cost/benefit evaluations.