A kinetic study of phenol nitration and nitrosation with nitrous acid in the dark

We studied the transformation of phenol in the presence of nitrous acid in the dark. The main detected intermediates were 2-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitrosophenol. For the first time a kinetic analysis of the reaction in a pH interval relevant to environmental chemistry has been carried out. The kinetic data are consistent with phenol transformation being initiated by HNO₂. The results are relevant to the chemistry of the atmosphere, where HNO₂ forms upon heterogeneous conversion of ^·NO₂, and to water treatment techniques.     

The U.S. Experience in Promoting Sustainable Chemistry (9 pp)

- Sustainable chemistry - Section editors: Klaus Günter Steinhäuser, Steffi Richter, Petra Greiner, Jutta Penning, Michael AngrickBackground, Aim and Scope Recent developments in European chemicals policy, including the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) proposal, provide a unique opportunity to examine the U.S. experience in promoting sustainable chemistry as well as the strengths and weaknesses of existing policies. Indeed, the problems of industrial chemicals and limitations in current regulatory approaches to address chemical risks are strikingly similar on both sides of the Atlantic. We provide an overview of the U.S. regulatory system for chemicals management and its relationship to efforts promoting sustainable chemistry. We examine federal and state and examine lessons learned from this system that can be applied to developing more integrated, sustainable approaches to chemicals management.Main Features There is truly no one U.S. chemicals policy, but rather a series of different un-integrated policies at the federal, regional, state and local levels. While centerpiece U.S. Chemicals Policy, the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, has resulted in the development of a comprehensive, efficient rapid screening process for new chemicals, agency action to manage existing chemicals has been very limited. The agency, however, has engaged in a number of successful, though highly underfunded, voluntary data collection, pollution prevention, and sustainable design programs that have been important motivators for sustainable chemistry. Policy innovation in the establishment of numerous state level initiatives on persistent and bioaccumulative toxics, chemical restrictions and toxics use reduction have resulted in pressure on the federal government to augment its efforts.Results and Conclusions It is clear that data collection on chemical risks and phase-outs of the most egregious chemicals alone will not achieve the goals of sustainable chemistry. These alone will also not internalize the cultural and institutional changes needed to ensure that design and implementation of safer chemicals, processes, and products are the focus of the future. Thus, a more holistic approach of ‘carrots and sticks’ – that involves not just chemical producers but those who use and purchase chemicals is necessary. Some important lessons of the US experience in chemicals management include: (1) the need for good information on chemicals flows, toxic risks, and safer substances.; (2) the need for comprehensive planning processes for chemical substitution and reduction to avoid risk trade-offs and ensure product quality; (3) the need for technical and research support to firms for innovation in safer chemistry; and (4) the need for rapid screening processes and tools for comparison of alternative chemicals, materials, and products.     

ESTIMATED BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS OF SULFATE IN DILUTE LAKES1

ABSTRACT: Lake water sulfate values were examined for two areas in western Norway and the western United States presently receiving low levels of sulfate in atmospheric deposition. Data from these areas were used to estimate background concentrations of sulfate in lakes found in areas currently receiving acidic deposition. The two areas contain dilute lakes with concentrations of sea-salt corrected Ca+ Mg less than 50 μeq/l or conductivity < 10μS cm^-1and receive precipitation with volume-weighted mean pH > 4.8. Based on observations from these areas, we conclude that background sulfate concentrations were probably no more than 10 to 15 μeq L^-1for areas of Norway and the U.S. containing lakes with low concentrations of base cations. For southern Norway and the northeastern U.S., present lakewater sulfate concentrations represent an increase of 7 to 10 fold above these estimated background values.     

Carbonyl products of the gas-phase reaction of ozone with 1-alkenes

Carbonyl products have been identified and their formation yields measured in experiments involving the gas-phase reaction of ozone with the 1-alkenes (RCH = CH 2) 3-methyl-l-butene (R = i-propyl), 4-methyl-l-pentene (R = i-butyl), 3-methyl-l-pentene (R= s-butyl), 3,3-dimethyl-l-butene (R = t-butyl) and styrene (R = C₆H₅) at ambient T and p = 1 atm of air. Sufficient cyclohexane was added to scavenge OH in order to minimize reactions of OH with the alkenes and with their carbonyl products. Formation yields (carbonyl formed/ozone reacted) of primary carbonyls were close to the value of 1.0 that is consistent with the mechanism: O₃ + RCH = CH₂ → α(HCHO + RCHOO) + (1 - α) (H₂COO + RCHO), where formaldehyde and RCHO are the primary carbonyls and H₂COO and RCHOO are the biradicals. Measured sums of the primary carbonyl formation yields were 1.006 ± 0.053 (1 S.D.) for formaldehyde + methylpropanal from3-methyl-l-butene(α = 0.494 ± 0.049), 1.025 ± 0.017 for formaldehyde + 2-methylbutanal from 3-methyl-l-pentene (α = 0.384 ± 0.013),1.147 ± 0.050 for formaldehyde + 3-methylbutanal from 4-methyl-l-pentene (α = 0.384 ± 0.020), 0.986 ± 0.014 for formaldehyde + 2,2-dimethylpropanal from 3,3-dimethyl-l-butene (α = 0.320 ± 0.012) and 0.980 ± 0.086 for formaldehyde + benzaldehyde from styrene (α = 0.347 ± 0.059). Carbonyls other than the primary carbonyls were identified; formation pathways are proposed that involve subsequent reactions of the monosubstituted biradicals RCHOO. Similarities and differences between branched-chain 1-alkenes and n-alkyl-substituted 1-alkenes are discussed.     

油田作业区生活污水处理设计与运行

倒置A2/O悬浮填料生物膜处理工艺,能有效解决生物脱氮除磷工艺中的泥龄矛盾。其工艺简单、运行低耗、处理高效、抗冲击能力强的特点在宣汉采气作业区的生活污水处理工程中得以应用,适合油田作业区生活污水的处理。在来水波动较大时,出水也可达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)一级B标准。     

采油污水处理技术研究现状与发展趋势

综述了各项回注水和外排水处理技术的优势和不足。纵观国内油田采油污水处理技术,按照主要处理工艺过程可分为重力除油工艺、压力除油工艺、气浮除油工艺和精细过滤工艺等;外排采出水所采用的技术主要有生物法、化学法和植物湿地法。为了降低成本,实现更有利的经济和社会效益,对采油污水处理技术进行适当的组合或改进,从而更好地满足当前油田高含水期处理污水的需要。     

多核聚合形态Al30混凝控制水中腐殖酸与残留铝的研究

制备了优势形态为Al30的聚合铝PAC-Al30,与优势形态为Al13的常用聚合铝PAC-Al13及AlCl3作对比实验,考察了不同铝系混凝剂强化混凝控制水中腐殖酸(Humic Acid,HA)和残留铝的差异.结果表明,PAC-Al30具有足够的稳定性,与PAC-Al13和AlCl3相比,PAC-Al30可以更好地控制出水腐殖酸和残留铝浓度,且以碱化度B为2.4的PAC-Al30效果最好.PAC-Al30和PAC-Al13比AlCl3有更宽的有效投量范围,可以提高实际应用中的稳定性.Ca2 和高岭土的存在均有利于PAC-Al30混凝去除HA.低温对PAC-Al30混凝去除HA有不利影响.研究表明,Al30是一种可用于控制水中腐殖酸和残留铝的新型混凝/絮凝活性成分.     

电解法处理王家岗采油废水研究

电解作为一种高级氧化技术,具有无污染、在常温常压下可进行的特点,可单独使用,也可在流程中与其他方法联合使用,而且操作简单。通过对电解法处理采油废水的室内研究,筛选出适合采油废水处理的电极材料,并对影响电解效果的几个主要因素进行了考察。结果表明,使用析氯阳极(铱/Ti)、电流密度5 mA/cm~2、电解时间150 min、极板间距10mm、pH约为8时,处理效果最佳。     

Impacts of Rotational Grazing and Riparian Buffers on Physicochemical and Biological Characteristicsof Southeastern Minnesota, USA, Streams

We assessed the relationship between riparian management and stream quality along five southeastern Minnesota streams in 1995 and 1996. Specifically, we examined the effect of rotationally and continuously grazed pastures and different types of riparian buffer strips on water chemistry, physical habitat, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish as indicators of stream quality. We collected data at 17 sites under different combinations of grazing and riparian management, using a longitudinal design on three streams and a paired watershed design on two others. Continuous and rotational grazing were compared along one longitudinal study stream and at the paired watershed. Riparian buffer management, fenced trees (wood buffer), fenced grass, and unfenced rotationally grazed areas were the focus along the two remaining longitudinal streams. Principal components analysis (PCA) of water chemistry, physical habitat, and biotic data indicated a local management effect. The ordinations separated continuous grazing from sites with rotational grazing and sites with wood buffers from those with grass buffers or rotationally grazed areas. Fecal coliform and turbidity were consistently higher at continuously grazed than rotationally grazed sites. Percent fines in the streambed were significantly higher at sites with wood buffers than grass and rotationally grazed areas, and canopy cover was similar at sites with wood and grass buffers. Benthic macroinvertebrate metrics were significant but were not consistent across grazing and riparian buffer management types. Fish density and abundance were related to riparian buffer type, rather than grazing practices. Our study has potentially important implications for stream restoration programs in the midwestern United States. Our comparisons suggest further consideration and study of a combination of grass and wood riparian buffer strips as midwestern stream management options, rather than universally installing wood buffers in every instance. RID=" ID=" The Unit is jointly sponsored by the US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division; the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; the University of Minnesota; and the Wildlife Management Institute.     

阳离子高分子絮凝剂的合成及其在油田的应用

利用ASP以及其他助剂组成的复合引发体系,研究了在50℃下采用水溶液自由基聚合方式,得到了溶解性能好的阳离子均聚物PDMDAAC。考察了pH值、引发剂用量和单体浓度对阳离子均聚物黏度和阳离子度的影响。研究了PDMDAAC作为絮凝荆在油田污水处理中的应用。