Lead Levels in the Airborne Dust Particulates of an Urban City of Central India

The dust fall-out rate, distribution pattern andconcentration of lead in the particulate fall-outmatters in urban Raipur city covering an area of 160 km² during one hydrological year i.e. November1996–June 1997, has been described. The entire cityhas been divided into 6 zones comprising ofindustrial, commercial, residential and heavy trafficareas. A monthly collection and analysis of dustfall-out rate between 3.0(±0.1) and91.3(±1.2) metric tonnes km^-2 month^-1 wereobserved at all 6 sampling sites. The total annualflux of lead in the fall-out of the city at differentzones is in the range 0.0065–0.4304 kg km^-2yr^-1. The results show that dust fall-out and thelead levels both are at higher magnitudes in winterand autumn. These large levels of air pollutants havealso been correlated with some meteorological parameters like relative humidity and temperature, and strong positive correlations have been observed.     

Advances In Out Door Lysimeter Techniques

Different methods exist for measuring soil water and solute fluxes in and below the root zone and have been critically reviewed. Besides indirect methods (e.g. water balance, tensiometer, time domain reflectometry – TDR, frequency domain reflectometry – FDR, environmental tracer) direct methods (e.g. drainage-type lysimeter, water fluxmeter) have a long tradition and have been successfully used in seepage research. A large weighable out door lysimeter is the best method for obtaining reliable data about seepage water quantity and quality, but it involves significant investment and additional expenses for maintenance. To tackle this problem new methods for the vertical collection of large volume soil monoliths (up to 6 m³) as well as for the horizontal collection (up to 6 m³) have been developed. For the placement of the lysimeter a container lysimeter unit was constructed, which is cheaper than a conventional steel or concrete cellar. Furthermore, the technical design of the newly developed lysimeter types as a weighable gravitation lysimeter, a weighable groundwater lysimeter and a lateral flow lysimeter are presented.     

Using turbidity and acoustic backscatter intensity as surrogate measures of suspended sediment concentration in a small subtropical estuary

The suspended sediment concentration is a key element in stream monitoring, although the turbidity and acoustic Doppler backscattering may be suitable surrogate measures. Herein a series of new experiments were conducted in laboratory under controlled conditions using water and mud samples collected in a small subtropical estuary of Eastern Australia. The relationship between suspended sediment concentration and turbidity exhibited a linear relationship, while the relationships between suspended sediment concentration and acoustic backscatter intensity showed a monotonic increase. The calibration curves were affected by both sediment material characteristics and water quality properties, implying that the calibration of an acoustic Doppler system must be performed with the waters and soil materials of the natural system. The results were applied to some field studies in the estuary during which the acoustic Doppler velocimeter was sampled continuously at high frequency. The data yielded the instantaneous suspended sediment flux per unit area in the estuarine zone. They showed some significant fluctuations in instantaneous suspended mass flux, with a net upstream-suspended mass flux during flood tide and net downstream sediment flux during ebb tide. For each tidal cycle, the integration of the suspended sediment flux per unit area data with respect of time yielded some net upstream sediment flux in average.     

Flame propagation through dust clouds of nano and micron scale aluminum particles

Temperature measurement on propagating flame and minimum explosible concentration are investigated. The dust explosion experiments of nano-particle dust clouds exhibit higher temperature gradient in preheat zone and lower MEC than those of micron particle dust clouds. A heterogeneous model is proposed to describe the oxidation process under two extreme conditions: whether the alumina film is involved in the reaction or not. The new methodology allows the estimation of oxidation kinetics of growing alumina. For micron particle, the model clarifies that the activation energy which has been wrongly considered to be for aluminum oxidation should be for lattice diffusion, and the initial reaction rate is proved to be dominated by the diffusion rate of oxygen through alumina shell as diffusion controlled reaction. For nano-particle, the model explained that why the reported activation energy shows significantly lower than that for micron particle, due to initially ignorable alumina film or considered as kinetically controlled reaction. However, as reaction occurs and alumina builds up on the surface, the interference of alumina somewhat increases the activation energy.     

储罐底板维修决策方法研究

储罐底板腐蚀是储罐失效的主要原因之一,对底板的腐蚀检测方法目前有很多种。每种方法都有自己的优势,但同时也存在着相应的弊端。通过在实践应用中对比漏磁检测与超声测厚检测方法,分别指出两种检测方法的优势与实践应用中存在的问题,提出应综合应用两种方法来提高效率和确保准确性。为更好地利用检测技术保障储罐安全提出参考建议。     

紧密型栅栏对风沙流影响的实验研究

开展了紧密型栅栏阻沙的野外观测实验,探讨栅栏对风沙流粒度组成及输沙量的影响。结果表明:受栅栏影响风沙流中大粒径沙粒含量降低,小颗粒含量增加;沙粒越过栅栏继续随气流运动的能力与其粒径相关,以0.1mm~0.075mm粒径穿越能力最强,随着粒径的增大或减小这种能力逐渐减弱;粒径1mm的沙粒则很难通过栅栏;沙粒沉积主要发生在在栅栏前端,以粒径0.1mm沙粒为主,占沉积沙土总量的80%强。     

超滤膜的清洗及污染防控

针对污水超滤过程中的膜污染问题,比较了不同清洗剂及清洗顺序对污染膜的清洗效果,考察了超滤运行条件对超滤膜污染的影响,为超滤膜污染的防控提供参考。实验结果表明:各种清洗剂对污染超滤膜清洗效果的优劣顺序为盐酸草酸柠檬酸,氢氧化钠次氯酸钠碳酸钠;强酸—强碱的清洗效果好于弱酸—弱碱;强酸—强碱顺序清洗的通量恢复率(91.88%)大于强碱—强酸顺序清洗的通量恢复率(90.05%);最优运行工艺为运行压力0.04 MPa,进水pH 8.0,膜面流速1.947 m/s,运行周期2 h。     

Flux enhancement during ultrafiltration of produced water using turbulence promoter

IntroductionThe application of ultrafiltration for producedwater treatment is still costly in terms of energyconsumption and equipment cost compared withconventional water treatment processes. Thehigh-energy consumption comes from the highcirculation velocity, and it is necessary for controllingconcentration polarization and membrane fouling,which still remain a topical problem for an industrialdevelopment of ultrafiltration processes. Membranefouling in ultrafiltration is complex, accumulatio…     

秋季羰基硫在植物与大气间的交换

利用静态箱法研究了秋季羰基硫(COS)在六种北京常见树种与大气间的交换．结果表明：法国梧桐、槐树、龙爪槐、玉兰、柳树对COS有吸收,油松没有吸收,树木与大气间COS的交换通量受树种、环境温度、光照、COS初始浓度等因素的影响．一般来说．温度高、光照强时,以上树种与大气间COS的交换强;空气中COS初始浓度高时,植物对COS的吸收通量高,植物对COS的吸收达到饱和较植物对CO2的吸收以及异戊二烯的排放持续时间长．     

秋季COS和DMS在草坪与大气间的交换

利用静态箱法研究了羰基硫 (COS)和二甲基硫 (DMS)在绿化草坪与大气之间的交换 .在秋季 ,草坪对COS的吸收通量为 0 75— 1 4 5 μg·m- 2 ·h- 1 ,对DMS的排放通量为0 0 5— 0 35 μg·m- 2 ·h- 1 .COS和DMS的交换通量与环境温度、光照及初始浓度等因素有关 ,其中 ,周围大气COS的浓度对草坪吸收COS的影响最为明显 .草坪对COS的吸收通量与DMS的排放通量呈正相关 ,相关系数 (R2 )大于 0 7.此外 ,COS的垂直分布也表明草坪对COS具有明显的吸收作用