Variation of particle number and mass concentration in various size ranges of ambient aerosols in Eastern Germany

There is an ongoing debate on the question which size fraction of particles in ambient air may be responsible for short-term responses of the respiratory system as observed in several epidemiological studies. However, the available data on ambient particle concentrations in various size ranges are not sufficient to answer this question.Therefore, on 180 days during the winter 1991/92 daily mean size distributions of ambient particles were determined in. Erfurt, a city in Eastern Germany. In the range 0.01–0.3 μm particles were classified by an electrical mobility analyzer and in the range 0.1–2.5 μm by an optical particle counter. From the derived size distributions, number and mass concentrations were calculated.The mean number concentration over this period of time was governed by particles smaller than 0.1 μm (72%), whereas the mean mass concentration was governed by particles in the size range 0.1–0.5 pm (83%). The contribution of particles larger than 0.5 μm to the overall number concentration was negligible and so was the contribution of particles smaller than 0.1 μm to the overall mass concentration. Furthermore, total number and mass concentrations in the range 0.01–2.5 μm were poorly correlated.The results suggest that particles larger than 2.5 μm (or even larger than 0.5 μm) are rare in the European urban environment so that the inhalation of these particles is probably not relevant for human health. Since particle number and mass concentrations can be considered poorly correlated variables, more insight into health-related aspects of particulate air pollution will be obtained by correlating respiratory responses with mass and number concentrations of ambient particles below 0.5 μm.     

Atmospheric PAH concentrations in fine and coarse particles

Measurements of the urban air concentrations of PAHsassociated with PM2.5-fine and PM10-coarse particles inChicago on the campus of IIT were achieved using a UniversalAir Sampler. Short sampling time (12 hr) and high flowrates were used to measure the PAH concentrations in fineand coarse particles. Measured ambient concentrations ofPAHs were classified based on wind direction and backtrajectory calculations as Land and Lake samples.Differences in ambient concentrations of PAHs were observedbetween Land and Lake samples. Fine particle concentrationsvaried from 9.5 to 25.7 ng m^-3 and averaged18.2 ng m^-3 for the Land samples, while they ranged from4.2 to 31.5 ng m^-3 and averaged 13.4 ng m^-3 for the Lake samples. The measured PAH concentrationsin coarse particles varied from 6.2 to 22.1 ng m^-3 and averaged 12.9 ng m^-3 for the Land samples, andthey ranged from 2.4 to 13.0 ng m^-3 with an average value of 7.3 ng m^-3 for the Lake samples. The fine/coarse ratio of each individual PAH compound varied between1.3 and 2.7 for the Land samples; it varied between 1.6 and 4.2 for the Lake samples. There was an increase in the fine/coarse ratio of PAH as molecular weight of the compound increases for both Land and Lake samples.     

微生物制剂在城市湖泊水体生物修复中的作用

利用微生物对富营养化的城市湖泊水体进行生物修复，使水中的污染物降解成H2O、CO2或转化成无害物质。研究表明，该微生物制剂对去除水体中的有机物、叶绿素a、氨氮和提高溶解氧等均有显著效果。为节省运输费用及延长菌液保存期，本试验用惰性粒子流化床对生物制剂进行干燥，固体菌粉末不失活性。     

Characteristics of metal enrichment in Deep Bay, Hong Kong

Abstract: Sediment cores, suspended particles and overlying water were collected in Deep Bay, Hong Kong. Enrichment of Zn in surface sediments in the landward direction and the decreasing of exchangeable Cd, Ni and Zn in sediment from the inner bay to the outer bay indicated the influence of anthropogenic pollutants discharged from the riparian runoffs.     

平衡尘粒模型用于旋风分离器分级效率的计算

运用平衡尘粒模型分析给出了旋风器分级效率的计算方法 ,对反映分级效率分布的参数切割粒径dc50 和分布指数 β进行了讨论。以Stairmand旋风器为例 ,与部分研究者的分级效率计算公式进行了对比     

环境纳米污染物与微界面水质过程

提出了环境纳米污染物的分类概念 .环境中对生态和人体有危害的污染物大多处于纳米级尺度 ,并因此而具有许多与污染行为有关的特征 .它们在微界面上的强烈吸附及各种反应就是突出的表现 .文中讨论了它们特殊的共同特征和环境微界面上的行为 ,举出其形态分布、光化学降解、生物膜作用、污染控制技术等方面的例子加以阐述 .纳米污染物界面形貌的观测是近代仪器的重要发展 .纳米污染物与微界面的相互作用构成它们环境污染效应的核心机理 ,也是环境科学与技术研究的重要发展趋势     

Sedimentation of short cylindrical pollutants with mechanical contacts

Lattice Boltzmann method and elastic particle collision model were used to investigate the sedimentation of short cylindrical pollutant particles with mechanical contacts for varying bulk number density ε and terminal Reynolds number ReT. The corresponding experiments were performed as a comparison. The clusters of pollutant particles with an inverted “T” structure were observed, the pollutant particles for high ε and large ReT scattered wider than that for low ε and small ReT. The sedimentation velocities increased suddenly at the initial stage, then decreased drastically, after that swayed around and approached to a steady value. The time to steady state did not depend on ε and ReT. The effect of particle interactions was to hinder the average sedimentation velocity, and hindrance was directly proportional to ε. The orientation distributions of pollutant particles depended on ReT and ε, especially on the former. Both the standard deviations of vertical and horizontal velocity, the former was larger than the latter, were nearly independent on ε and ReT.     

混凝法强化城市污水一级处理技术的应用研究

对城市污水中污染物质的颗粒分布,混凝法的工作机理以及工艺流程进行了较为详细的分析,同时对国内外混凝法工艺应用于城市污水强化一级处理的实例进行了相应介绍。     

天然水中Ca^2＋的双波长分光光度法测定

依据胶体颗粒与入射光有A=φε~(-2)λ~(-ε)关系,又φε~(-6)与CaC_2O_4-乙醇胶体体系中的Ca~(2+)浓度呈正相关,φ、ε分别为胶粒的粒数函数和粒径函数。选择两个测定波长λ_1和λ_2,解联立方程,计算φ和ε,由φ和ε求Ca~(2+)浓度。方法的线性范围为0～20μg/ml,最低检出浓度为0.4μg/ml。