Assessing environmental performance by combining life cycle assessment, multi-criteria analysis and environmental performance indicators

We present a new analytical tool, called COMPLIMENT, which can be used to provide detailed information on the overall environmental impact of a business. COMPLIMENT integrates parts of tools such as life cycle assessment, multi-criteria analysis and environmental performance indicators. It avoids disadvantages and combines complementary aspects of these three tools. The methodology is based on environmental performance indicators, expanding the scope of data collection towards a life cycle approach and including a weighting and aggregation step. A case study on the Thai pulp industry illustrates the usefulness of COMPLIMENT.     

浅谈一元线性回归在清洁生产审核中的应用

回归分析法是分析相关因素相互关系的一种数理统计方法,这种方法通常应用在预测分析中,如在市场预测时的产品需求预测,而这种方法亦可用于企业清洁生产审核,通过建立一元回归方程,从而表明消耗-生产之间的关系,并更深入地对绩效进行简单的分析,本文就一元线性回归在企业清洁生产审核中的应用进行了简要论述.     

双室双层浮动床除盐工艺的应用

本文主要介绍双室以浮档除盐工艺应用于我厂除盐水站改造工程的设计及运行经验，说明了强、弱型树脂联合除盐工艺和双室双层浮动床的技术经济优越性，并且在实践中检验了双室双层浮动床的体内清洗技术和除盐装置的程序控制系统。     

含硫废水电净化工艺试验研究

对电氧化处理含硫废水的工艺和机理进行了探讨和模拟实验。在容积为１０Ｌ，ｐＨ７０～１００，Ｓ２－浓度５０～１０００ｍｇ／Ｌ，ＣＯＤＣｒ２６０～２７００ｍｇ／Ｌ的无隔离电净化槽液中，温度３０～６０℃，槽压３～５Ｖ，通过电量０８～３６Ａｈ／Ｌ时，脱硫率与ＣＯＤＣｒ去除率分别达９３％和８５％，每ｋｇ硫能耗４９５ｋＷ·ｈ或每污水耗能２００ｋＷ·ｈ。处理成本为氧化脱硫或汽提脱硫的１／３～１／２。     

硝基苯废水治理的最新研究进展

硝基苯类化合物的高毒性、难降解性及其在环境中的积累性,使得硝基苯污染治理越来越受到科研工作者的关注.近几年国内外硝基苯废水治理的研究主要包括物化法、生物法两大类.深入探讨每种技术的基本原理和存在的问题,对硝基苯类废水的处理难点和关键技术以及今后的研究方向进行了分析探讨,发现目前尚未出现具有显著经济和环境优势的技术,同时还指出硝基苯废水处理技术近期的进展可能取决于将现有处理技术综合应用.     

关于建立工业企业环境行为信息公开化制度的几个问题

阐述了工业企业地为信息公开化制度在中国环境管理和政策创新中的重要意义和作用，对工业企业环境行为信息公开化内容、指标体系和标准等进行了分析，并结合镇江市的经济、社会和环境状况作实例分析，提出了进一步完善该制度的建议。     

电化学氧化对罗丹明B脱色的研究

以网状钛涂钌材料作为阳极，网状不锈钢作为阴极，研究了在阴、阳极室无隔膜电解槽内模拟罗丹明B废水电催化脱色效果。研究结果表明，电解电压、电解质(Na2SO4)浓度、反应时间、溶液的pH、NaCl的投加量对罗丹明B的脱色有较大影响。在Na2SO4浓度为0．1mol／L时，外加电压8V，电解100min，20mg／L罗丹明B溶液的脱色率可以达到90．5％；在上述溶液中NaCl浓度达到20mg／L时，只需电解30min，罗丹明B的脱色率几乎达到100％。     

基于超高效液相色谱串联质谱法的番茄果实和土壤中氟吡菌胺残留测定

建立了番茄果实和土壤中氟吡菌胺残留的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)检测方法。用乙腈水溶液提取样品中的氟毗菌胺,以C_(18)柱为分析柱、乙腈-甲酸水溶液为流动相,采用超高效液相色谱-串联质谱多反应监测、电喷雾正离子源、外标法定量。氟吡菌胺在0.05~1.00 mg/L范围内与峰面积呈良好的线性关系,线性方程为y=6964.10x-143.28,决定系数为0.996 8。向对照番茄果实、对照土壤中分别添加氟吡菌胺标样,使其添加量分别为0.10 mg/kg、0.40 mg/kg和2.00 mg/kg,平均回收率分别为92.43%~103.32%和92.75%~104.46%,相对标准偏差分别为3.8%~4.9%和3.4%~4.4%。番茄果实和土壤中氟吡菌胺的定量限分别为1.0μg/kg和1.7μg/kg,检出限分别为0.3μg/kg和0.5μg/kg。     

Environmental practices of governance of companies in emerging markets: An analysis of structural relationships

The aim of this study is to analyze the structural relationships between strategy, environmental performance, and disclosure in view of the lack of research on these endogenous activities. To analyze these relationships, an environmental governance proxy consisting of five dimensions was developed for Brazilian companies. Hence, from an economic perspective, a trend is expected of companies disclosing more information and maintaining an environmental governance structure to avoid or reduce potential political costs. Using the structural equation technique, 573 Brazilian companies were analyzed. According to the results, the Brazilian companies’ mean compliance level with environmental governance practices is 49.2%. There is evidence of a positive association between the governance structure and the environmental management system (GSEM) as well as environmental performance (EP) and environmental disclosure levels (DISC). In addition, the level of environmental conflicts of interest a sector faces increased the need for environmental disclosure. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the latent variables, GSEM and EP, exert direct and indirect positive effects on DISC. In other words, companies with more structured environmental management systems have obtained better performance indicators, and consequently, are more likely to feel encouraged to disseminate environmental information and to reduce political costs than is the case with other companies.     

Production,engine performance,combustion, emission characteristics and economic feasibility of biodiesel from waste cooking oil: A review

The depletion of fossil fuel reserves and increasing demands for diesel are considered to be important triggers for many of the initiatives that have been taken to search for possible sources for the production of biodiesel from materials available within the country. It is possible to produce biodiesel from waste/used cooking oils (WCO) that is comparable in quality to that of fresh vegetable oil. Not only does reuse of WCO, which can otherwise harm human health, reduce the burden on the government of treating oily wastewater, disposing of the waste, and maintaining public sewers, it also significantly lowers the production cost of biodiesel. In the process of frying, oil undergoes many reactions, leading to the formation of a number of undesirable compounds, such as polymers, free fatty acids, and many other chemicals. This poses challenges in the transesterification of WCO. This article covers different techniques in the production of biodiesel from WCO. It also compares combustion, emissions, and engine performance characteristics of biodiesel from WCO as well as factors affecting biodiesel production from WCO and its economic feasibility.