A model recycling process for low density polyethylene

A dissolution/reprecipitation process has been developed for recycling low density polyethylene. In this paper model experiments on virgin material, either in the form of pellets or film for greenhouses, are presented. It is proposed dissolution of the plastic in an appropriate solvent, reprecipitation by means of non-solvents, washing of the material obtained and drying. The solvent mixtures involved are separated by distillation for further reuse. Toluene/acetone proved to be the most satisfactory solvent/non-solvent system. The recycled material was evaluated in terms of the following properties: melt flow index (MFI), crystallinity, mechanical performance in tensile mode and grain size analysis.     

Effect of Degree of Substitution of Octenyl Succinate Starch on Enzymatic Degradation

Octenyl succinate starch of degree of substitution (ds) 0.03, 0.07, and 0.11 was synthesized in an aqueous medium. These compounds were then tested for the susceptibility to enzymatic degradation. The multiple-enzyme regime of -amylase, amyloglucosidase, and pullulanase was chosen for the evaluation. This combination of enzymes had been proven to degrade 99.5% of unmodified starch to glucose and hence was chosen for this study. It was found that even small amounts of subsituent caused a considerable decrease in the extent of degradation. The net extent of degradation decreased with increasing ds. Surprisingly, the amount of glucose from all three substituted substrates was quite similar, suggesting the effect small amounts of subtituent had on the enzymatic activity.     

Physicochemical regeneration of high silica zeolite Y used to clean-up water polluted with sulfonamide antibiotics

High silica zeolite Y has been positively evaluated to clean-up water polluted with sulfonamides, an antibiotic family which is known to be involved in the antibiotic resistance evolution. To define possible strategies for the exhausted zeolite regeneration,the efficacy of some chemico-physical treatments on the zeolite loaded with four different sulfonamides was evaluated. The evolution of photolysis, Fenton-like reaction, thermal treatments, and solvent extractions and the occurrence in the zeolite pores of organic residues eventually entrapped was elucidated by a combined thermogravimetric(TGA–DTA), diffractometric(XRPD), and spectroscopic(FT-IR) approach. The chemical processes were not able to remove the organic guest from zeolite pores and a limited transformation on embedded molecules was observed. On the contrary, both thermal treatment and solvent extraction succeeded in the regeneration of the zeolite loaded from deionized and natural fresh water. The recyclability of regenerated zeolite was evaluated over several adsorption/regeneration cycles, due to the treatment efficacy and its stability as well as the ability to regain the structural features of the unloaded material.     

互花米草防治研究进展

互花米草因其在全球范围内日渐增长的负面影响而受到了极大的关注。对互花米草的入侵性以及防治与控制方面的研究已经成为近年来的一大热点,但始终没有找到彻底有效地控制互花米草扩散的途径。文章对互花米草自身的生物学特性所引起的入侵性以及其目前在世界范围内所带来的危害性进行了概述,从物理法、化学法、生物防治法等方面总结了国内外已有的关于互花米草防治技术的研究,对近期防治研究新成果——特别是利用无瓣海桑对互花米草进行植物替代的方法进行了介绍。进一步提出了现有技术的不足之处,并对如何加强防治互花米草的研究提出了一些建议。     

软包装印刷的有机废气净化和溶剂回收工艺研究

为了促进企业开展节能减排和资源回用,在车间选取了一条干式复合线进行废气净化和溶剂回收及利用工艺研究,使用乙酸乙酯作为粘胶剂的稀释剂,废气净化和溶剂回收采用吸附浓缩+冷凝回收工艺,溶剂脱水提纯采用渗透汽化膜分离工艺.结果表明,这两种工艺组合十分适合干式复合线的溶剂回收和溶剂脱水提纯,处理装置具有溶剂回收率高、纯度好、运行...     

热带海洋景观的生态系统服务替代和恢复

分析了人类利用技术手段来替代和恢复生态系统服务功能的一些尝试(如红树林海水养殖、人造海堤、人造礁等),讨论人工技术能在多大程度在替代海岸带景观的生态系统功能,生态系统的恢复项日是否既能恢复生态系统为人类提供的直接利用价值,也能恢复系统面对未来干扰的自我恢复能力.研究表明,替代项目仅能替代生态系统的某些功能,且需要耗费巨大的工程和维修费用.另外,恢复项目往往没有考虑大尺度的过程,如红树林、海草床、珊瑚礁之间物理的、生物的、生化的交互作用,造成恢复生态系统的生物多样性及抗干扰能力降低.     

Tools for an enhanced solvent properties screening in the early stages of pharmaceutical process development

The objective of this research was the implementation of tools for the evaluation of solvents trough property screening in the early stages of process development. An important feature of the tools is that the implementation of indexes, scores, or weights is avoided. Information already available from the literature was stored in a database in order to turn raw data into decision making information. As a result, a solvent radar chart, a solvent representation table, and a solvent telescopying tool were developed in an ASP.NET application. The synthesis of Propranolol was used as study case in order to explore the selection of solvents in the early stages of process development. The replacement of diethyl ether was possible in the extraction step, while solvent choices were detected for potential telescoping for extraction and crystallisation steps. Solubility was found as a critical parameter in telescoping analysis. The methodology proposed enhanced the view towards a more holistic perspective and a more robust solvent screening process. As a consequence, the next steps into solvent evaluation and process development can be reduced.     

Explosion of solvent vapor in a ring partition of the floating roof

The relative importance of the vapor cloud explosion (VCE) hazard has grown in recent years. Many of large disasters were attributed to the VCE. This article introduced an explosion accident of solvent vapor in a ring partition of floating roof in detail. Source of explosive materials and ignition reason were analyzed, and the blast equivalency in ring partition was estimated in the specific conditions. The case would provide a reference for preventing the similar accident.     

Solvent extraction for heavy crude oil removal from contaminated soils

A new strategy of heavy crude oil removal from contaminated soils was studied. The hexane-acetone solvent mixture was used to investigate the ability of solvent extraction technique for cleaning up soils under various extraction conditions. The mixtures of hexane and acetone (25 vol%) were demonstrated to be the most effective in removing petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soils and approx 90% of saturates, naphthene aromatics, polar aromatics, and 60% of nC₇-asphaltenes were removed. Kinetic experiments demonstrated that the equilibrium was reached in 5 min and the majority of the oil pollutants were removed within 0.5 min. The effect of the ratio between solvent and soil on the extraction efficiency was also studied and results showed that the efficiency would increase following the higher solvent soil ratio. Then the multistage continuous extraction was considered to enhance the removal efficiency of oil pollutants. Three stages crosscurrent and countercurrent solvent extraction with the solvent soil ratio 6:1 removed 97% oil contaminants from soil. Clearly the results showed that the mixed-solvent of hexane and acetone (25 vol%) with character of low-toxic, acceptable cost and high efficiency was promising in solvent extraction to remove heavy oil fractions as well as petroleum hydrocarbons from contaminated soils.