Tributary Plunging in an Urban Lake (Onondaga Lake): Drivers,Signatures, and Implications1

Abstract: A combination of long‐term fixed‐frequency and robotic monitoring information for a polluted urban lake, Onondaga Lake, New York, and two of its tributaries is used to resolve the propensity for, and occurrences of, tributary plunging. Cooler temperatures (T) and higher salinity (S) are primarily responsible for the elevated density and plunging of one of these polluted streams for the summer through early fall interval. In‐lake transport of this plunging tributary, which receives inputs from combined sewer overflows (CSOs), is tracked by its high S during dry weather, its high turbidity (T_n) with associated lower S (dilution with rainwater) following runoff events, and by its characteristic ionic composition. These signatures are documented extending from the creek mouth, through a connecting navigation channel, through the inflow zone of the lake, and into metalimnetic depths of pelagic portions of the lake. The entry of this polluted tributary below the depth interval(s) of primary production and contact recreation has important implications for the ongoing major rehabilitation program for this lake. The plunging phenomenon diminishes the benefits previously expected for related features of the lake’s water quality from ongoing management efforts to abate CSO inputs and reduce nonpoint nutrient loading from the tributary. Previously this tributary tended to instead enter the upper layers of the lake during the operation of an adjoining soda ash manufacturing facility (closure in 1986), as a result of high lake S caused by the industry’s ionic waste discharge.     

低温净化氮氧化物的改性活性炭材料

针对活性炭室温净化NO₂过程中生成NO的问题,分别用还原性物质和强氧化性物质对活性炭进行了改性研究,并分析了NO的生成原因和各种改性材料处理氮氧化物的作用机理。金属氧化物改性活性炭性能最好,室温条件下,对NO₂的净化效率在20 h内保持在98%以上,NO生成量为活性炭处理时的1/2弱。     

Predicting bioavailability of PAHs in field-contaminated soils by passive sampling with triolein embedded cellulose acetate membranes

Triolein embedded cellulose acetate membrane (TECAM) was used for passive sampling of the fraction of naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene in 18 field-contaminated soils. The sampling process of PAHs by TECAM fitted well with a first-order kinetics model and PAHs reached 95% of equilibrium in TECAM within 20 h. Concentrations of PAHs in TECAM (C_TECAM) correlated well with the concentrations in soils (r² = 0.693-0.962, p < 0.001). Furthermore, concentrations of PAHs determined in the soil solution were very close to the values estimated by C_TECAM and the partition coefficient between TECAM and water (K_TECAM-w). After lipid normalization nearly 1:1 relationships were observed between PAH concentrations in TECAMs and earthworms exposed to the soils (r² = 0.591-0.824, n = 18, p < 0.01). These results suggest that TECAM can be a useful tool to predict bioavailability of PAHs in field-contaminated soils.     

Effects of Land Use and Sample Location on Nitrate‐Stream Flow Hysteresis Descriptors during Storm Events

The U.S. Geological Survey's New Jersey and Iowa Water Science Centers deployed ultraviolet‐visible spectrophotometric sensors at water‐quality monitoring sites on the Passaic and Pompton Rivers at Two Bridges, New Jersey, on Toms River at Toms River, New Jersey, and on the North Raccoon River near Jefferson, Iowa to continuously measure in‐stream nitrate plus nitrite as nitrogen (NO₃ + NO₂) concentrations in conjunction with continuous stream flow measurements. Statistical analysis of NO₃ + NO₂ vs. stream discharge during storm events found statistically significant links between land use types and sampling site with the normalized area and rotational direction of NO₃ + NO₂‐stream discharge (N‐Q) hysteresis patterns. Statistically significant relations were also found between the normalized area of a hysteresis pattern and several flow parameters as well as the normalized area adjusted for rotational direction and minimum NO₃ + NO₂ concentrations. The mean normalized hysteresis area for forested land use was smaller than that of urban and agricultural land uses. The hysteresis rotational direction of the agricultural land use was opposite of that of the urban and undeveloped land uses. An r² of 0.81 for the relation between the minimum normalized NO₃ + NO₂ concentration during a storm vs. the normalized NO₃ + NO₂ concentration at peak flow suggested that dilution was the dominant process controlling NO₃ + NO₂ concentrations over the course of most storm events.     

乌鲁木齐市蔬菜基地土壤有效态镍的空间变异特征

以乌鲁木齐市北郊蔬菜基地为典型区甜干旱区绿洲城市郊区土壤有效态镍含量的结构特征进行分析,得出该区有效态镍的空间分布格局并揭示了引起这种分布格局的成因,结果表明：乌鲁木齐市北郊蔬菜基地有效态镍属中等变异。半方差函数模型拟合表明有效态镍含量可以用球状函数拟合,具有高度的空间自相性,有效态Ni主要受内在因子（土壤形成因子,如气候、地形、土壤类型等）控制。采用Kriging最优内插法得到了有效态镍含量的空间分布格局,呈现明显的北高南低分布规律。     

利用高炉瓦斯泥中的锌制备活性氧化锌的研究

利用高炉炼铁瓦斯泥中的锌,采用火法富集和湿法浸取制取活性氧化锌。考察了温度、时间对火法富集产品中氧化锌含量和原料瓦斯泥中锌挥发率的影响,确定了富集工艺的最佳条件为:在氮气氛围下,温度从常温以10℃/min升温至1 000℃并且在1 000℃下保持1 h,得到的富集产品中氧化锌含量82.24%;瓦斯泥中锌挥发率97%。同时考察了温度、氨水用量、碳酸氢铵用量和液固比等因素对氧化锌浸取率的影响。确定的最佳工艺条件为:浸取温度40℃,氨水用量为理论量的2倍,碳酸氢铵用量为理论量的2倍,液固比4∶1,浸取时间2 h,氧化锌浸取率达99.9%。湿法制得的活性前驱体碱式碳酸锌,经煅烧得到纯度为98.4%的活性氧化锌产品,氧化锌的总回收率达95.3%。     

用于气溶胶采样预分离的直流式旋风分离器

频繁的滤材堵塞是大气气溶胶采样器(流量大于500 m3/h)运行中常见的问题,安装预分离器是缓解这一问题的有效途径之一。研究了可用于这种气溶胶取样器预分离的旋风分离器,确定了使用轴流进气直流式的结构。在惯性分离理论的基础上,提出了切割粒径的计算方法。建立了流量为700～800 m3/h的预分离器性能测试装置和方法,并对3个旋风分离器性能进行了测试。实验结果表明:3个旋风分离器的切割粒径在12～14.5μm,与计算较好地符合;性能最佳的旋风分离器的切割粒径为14.5μm,10μm颗粒的透过率为73%,符合技术要求。     

改良型慢滤池处理垃圾渗滤液

为了对慢滤池处理垃圾渗滤液工艺的基本参数进行研究,实验采用改良的小试规模的慢滤池模型,处理来自济南生活垃圾卫生填埋场中后期年龄段高浓度的垃圾渗滤液。重点考察活性炭粉末添加层的厚度、细粗滤料配比以及滤料层上部水层的高度等诸多因素对系统去除污染物效果的影响。实验结果表明,在垃圾渗滤液经过预处理进入慢滤池系统之后,此时调节细粗滤料配比例为2,水层高度为30 cm,活性炭粉末添加层厚度为1 cm,使得系统对各种污染的整体去除效果较好。此时,氨氮、总磷、浊度、色度和COD的去除率分别为75%、65%、90%、97%和81%。     

济南市环境空气VOCs的化学反应活性及关键活性组分研究

对济南市2010年6月—2012年5月环境空气中55种VOCs监测数据进行分析,研究其反应活性及关键活性组分。结果表明,济南市环境空气VOCs的LOH和OFP的月变化规律与其月浓度变化趋势一致,夏季环境空气VOCs的浓度、LOH和OFP较大,是容易发生复合型大气污染的时段;济南市环境空气VOCs化学活性与其混合比之间具有良好的线性相关性,表明济南市环境空气中VOCs的化学组成具有一定的稳定性;VOCs的平均KOH远远超过乙烯的KOH,MIR与乙烯相当,说明济南市环境空气VOCs的化学反应活性较强;烯烃体积分数远远小于烷烃,但化学反应活性贡献率最高,且顺-二丁烯、丙烯、乙烯、丁烯、反-二丁烯、异戊二烯、苯乙烯、2-甲基-1-戊烯、顺-二戊烯、间,对-二甲苯、邻-二甲苯、甲苯、1,2,4-三甲基苯和环戊烷为济南市关键活性组分,因此,济南市高活性VOCs物种为烯烃,同时芳香烃和环戊烷对环境空气活性的贡献也不容忽视。     

现役火电机组拆除脱硫旁路挡板应对措施研究

根据“十二五”环境保护规划要求,现役火电机组大部分脱硫装置必须拆除旁路挡板。介绍了现役火电机组脱硫装置旁路烟道设置所发挥的作用,分析了现役火电机组脱硫装置拆除旁路挡板后对机组所产生的影响及存在问题,并提出了相应的改造、完善和运维管理措施,为现役火电机组拆除脱硫旁路挡板后的工作提供借鉴和帮助。