Role of secondary aerosols in haze formation in summer in the Megacity Beijing

A field experiment from 18 August to 8 September 2006 in Beijing, China, was carried out. A hazy day was defined as visibility 10 km and RH(relative humidity) 90%. Four haze episodes, which accounted for ~ 60% of the time during the whole campaign, were characterized by increases of SNA(sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium) and SOA(secondary organic aerosol) concentrations. The average values with standard deviation of SO2-+4, NO-3, NH4 and SOA were 49.8(± 31.6), 31.4(±22.3), 25.8(±16.6) and 8.9(±4.1) μg/m3, respectively, during the haze episodes, which were 4.3, 3.4, 4.1, and 1.7 times those in the non-haze days. The SO2-4,NO-3, NH+4, and SOA accounted for 15.8%, 8.8%, 7.3%, and 6.0% of the total mass concentration of PM10 during the non-haze days. The respective contributions of SNA species to PM10 rose to about27.2%, 15.9%, and 13.9% during the haze days, while the contributions of SOA maintained the same level with a slight decrease to about 4.9%. The observed mass concentrations of SNA and SOA increased with the increase of PM10 mass concentration, however, the rate of increase of SNA was much faster than that of the SOA. The SOR(sulfur oxidation ratio) and NOR(nitrogen oxidation ratio) increased from non-haze days to hazy days, and increased with the increase of RH. High concentrations of aerosols and water vapor favored the conversion of SO2 to SO2-4and NO2 to NO-3, which accelerated the accumulation of the aerosols and resulted in the formation of haze in Beijing.     

Reactor characterization and primary application of a state of art dual-reactor chamber in the investigation of atmospheric photochemical processes

Increasing attention has been paid to the air pollution more recently. Smog chamber has been proved as a necessary and effective tool to study atmospheric processes, including photochemical smog and haze formation. A novel smog chamber was designed to study the atmospheric photochemical reaction mechanism of typical volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as well as the aging of aerosols. The smog chamber system includes an enclosure equipped with black lights as the light source, two parallel reactors (2 m³ of each) with separate control of light source and temperature, with a series of coupled instruments for online monitoring of gas phase and particle phase reactants and products. Chamber characterization, including air source stability, effective light intensity, temperature stability, as well as gas phase and particle phase wall losses, were carried out before further research. The results showed that our smog chamber systems developed by other domestic and international groups. It was also observed that the wall loss of aromatic VOCs varied with different functional groups as well as the isomerism. The results of preliminary simulation experiment from styrene-NO_x demonstrated that the chamber can be well utilized to simulate gas-particle conversion progresses in the atmosphere.     

冬夏季广州城区碳气溶胶特征及其与O_3和气象条件的关联

2008年1月1日～31日和7月1日～31日在广州城区每天采集1个PM2.5样品,对样品进行碳成分分析,得到有机碳(OC)、元素碳(EC)浓度.同步观测了气象因子以及SO2、NO2、O3气态污染物浓度.结果发现,冬季和夏季PM2.5日均值质量浓度分别为(81.2±61.4)μg.m-3和(53.7±23.2)μg.m-3,OC质量浓度分别为(24.6±19.3)μg.m-3和(14.0±5.6)μg.m-3,EC质量浓度分别为(7.9±5.4)μg.m-3和(4.7±2.2)μg.m-3,OC/EC比值分别为2.9±0.6和3.2±1.0.冬夏季非降雨的稳定天气条件下二次有机碳气溶胶(SOC)浓度分别为(6.1±6.6)μg.m-3和(5.8±5.2)μg.m-3.冬夏季SOC和O3浓度显著相关(p0.01).东南风和西南风条件下,OC、EC浓度普遍较高,表明东莞、江门和佛山地区的工业污染源对广州地区污染物累积和霾天气的形成有一定的贡献.     

电导滴定法快速测定不同水中硫酸根的含量

采用电导法，用氯化钡标准溶液滴定水样中硫酸根的含量对测定结果的影响因素进行了探讨，本方法测定的回收率在９８￣１０２％之间，装置简单，试样测定时间仅需几分钟，准确度较高，适用范围广，如海水，卤水，自来水、深井水、雨水和部分工业废水等硫酸根含量的测定。     

Vertical distributions of wintertime atmospheric nitrogenous compounds and the corresponding OH radicals production in Leshan, southwest China

Ground-based multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) observations were operated from 02 to 21 December 2018 in Leshan, southwest China, to measure HONO, NO₂ and aerosol extinction vertical distributions, and these were the first MAX-DOAS measurement results in Sichuan Basin. During the measurement period, characteristic ranges for surface concentration were found to be 0.26–4.58 km^?1 and averaged at 0.93 km^?1 for aerosol extinction, 0.49 to 35.2 ppb and averaged at 4.57 ppb for NO₂ and 0.03 to 7.38 ppb and averaged at 1.05 ppb for HONO. Moreover, vertical profiles of aerosol, NO₂ and HONO were retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements using the Heidelberg Profile (HEIPRO) algorithm. By analysing the vertical gradients of pollutants and meteorological information, we found that aerosol and HONO are strongly localised, while NO₂ is mainly transmitted from the north direction (city center direction). Nitrogen oxides such as HONO and NO₂ are important for the production of hydroxyl radical (OH) and oxidative capacity in the troposphere. In this study, the averaged value of OH production rate from HONO is about 0.63 ppb/hr and maximum value of ratio between OH production from HONO and from (HONO+O₃) is > 93% before12:00 in Leshan. In addition, combustion emission contributes to 26% for the source of HONO in Leshan, and we found that more NO₂ being converted to HONO under the conditions with high aerosol extinction coefficient and high relative humidity is also a dominant factor for the secondary produce of HONO.     

黄河下游“二级悬河”典型河段近期治理工程环境影响研究

根据黄河下游“二级悬河”“槽高、滩低、堤根洼”的特点,结合国务院发布的《黄河流域防洪规划》,分析工程建设的必要性以及对黄河下游河道进行改造的重大意义,进行了工程实施对黄河下游河道水文情势、水生生态、淤填区陆生生态、土地利用方式、水土流失、退水等环境影响研究。针对工程实施所带来的环境影响提出相应的水环境、生态修复、防护和保护等措施。     

二沉池动态仿真模型研究

建立了二沉池的一维动态模型,同时定义偏差函数作为模型参数校核的目标函数,并对某污水厂二沉池进行动态仿真的模拟.通过对模拟数据和实际运行数据的对比,验证了二沉池模拟的合理性以及参数校核方法的有效性.     

有机微污染物在污水处理过程中的变化研究

多环芳烃等有毒有机微污染物对污水处理综合指标BOD、COD和TOC等的贡献极小,但危害却很大.采用固相萃取的前处理方法和GC/MS、GC/μECD的分析方法,针对北京市某污水处理厂的总泵进水、二沉出水以及混凝沉淀出水中有机氯农药、多环芳烃和酚类的浓度进行分析.研究结果表明,在不同处理工艺段中,有机氯农药、多环芳烃和酚类的质量浓度分别为nd～10、nd～835、nd～3 248 μg/L.所有检出化合物均未超出中国污水与地表水相应标准限值,其中多环芳烃和酚残留水平较高,应为重点监测对象.这些污染物多数能够在二级处理过程中得到有效去除,但混凝沉淀并没有显著地进一步去除效果.     

浅论人为灾害

本文着重对人为灾害进行了讨论，指出了人为灾害的主要特征，即它超越了时间和空间的界限，具有不确定性和惩罚性，并由此将人为灾害划分为随机、次生、潜在三个系统．在以翔实的资料描述人为灾害现状后，提出了防治对策．     

A field investigation into the characteristics and formation mechanisms of particles during the operation of laser printers and photocopiers

Indoor particle release from toner printing equipment (TPE) is a major health concern and has received wide attention. In this study, nine printing centers were randomly selected and three working phases were simulated, namely, non-working, normal printing/copying, and heavy printing/copying. The dynamics of the ozone (O₃), volatile organic compound (VOC), and particle emissions from TPE were determined by portable detectors. Results showed that particles, VOCs, and O₃ were indeed discharged, and particles and VOCs concentrations remained at high levels. Among them, 44% of the rooms represented high-level particle releases. Submicrometer-sized particles, especially nanoparticles, were positively correlated with VOCs, but were inversely proportional to the O₃ concentration. Four elements, Ca, Al, Mg and Ni, were usually present in nanoparticles because of the discharge of paper. Si, Al, K, Ni and Pb were found in the submicrometer-sized particles and were consistent with the toner composition. The potential particle precursors were identified, which suggested that styrene was the most likely secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursor. Overall, the use of the toner formulation and the discharge of paper attribute to the TPE-emitted particles, in which styrene is a specific monitoring indicator for the formation of SOA.