Effect of PCM on temperature fluctuation during the door opening of a household refrigerator

Temperature fluctuation inside the cabinet of a household refrigerator significantly affects the quality of preserved food. Phase change material (PCM) is a latent heat storage system that can store and release the heat energy by changing its phase from liquid to solid and solid to liquid respectively. Therefore, use of PCM inside the refrigerator cabinet has the potential for minimizing the temperature fluctuation during the door opening and the power failure. However, very few studies in the literature were dedicated to investigating the role of PCM to reduce the temperature fluctuation. The aim of this work is to experimentally investigate the effects of PCM on temperature fluctuation inside the cabinet of a household refrigerator during the door opening and power failure. The results found that a significantly lower temperature fluctuation can be obtained using PCM. It was found that during the door opening condition the air temperature in the cabinet rose rapidly. However, when a PCM container was used, temperature variation was reduced to 3–5°C. During the power failure, the system with PCM maintained a lower temperature inside the storage chamber for a long period of time (about 2 hours). Moreover, the test results indicate that PCM maintains more stable temperature in the foodstuffs inside the refrigerator. This reduction of temperature fluctuation ultimately improves the quality of preserved food.     

三峡库区消落带水体CDOM中电荷转移配合物对其紫外-可见吸收光谱的影响

以三峡库区消落带水体CDOM为研究对象,基于"双生色系统"模型,采用Na BH4还原法,研究了DOM还原前后光谱曲线及特征参数变化,探究了电荷转移配合物对DOM吸收光谱的影响.结果表明,Na BH4还原处理后,可以将原来无特征峰的指数型吸光曲线分为两套具有特征吸收带的吸光曲线.4个采样点中,超过35%的DOM吸光度来自于电荷转移(chargetransfer,CT)配合物,忠县石宝寨和涪陵珍溪DOM中CT配合物作所占比例最高(50%).因此不能忽略CT配合物对CDOM吸光能力的贡献.经Na BH4还原去除CT结构后,吸光曲线出现蓝移,CDOM浓度[a(355)]降低;而断键导致DOM结构分散,分子尺寸减小,光谱斜率(S)值降低.同时,由于疏水性组分减少,表观芳香程度降低.另外,特征参数SUVA、CDOM和SR在不同DOM样本间对比时,较为稳定,而S275-295受CT影响较明显.同时,在利用短波处CDOM对DOC浓度进行反演时,CT配合物对模型建立影响不大.     

土地沙化区农民特征与其感知的环境灾害风险的关系分析——基于环境公平视角

论文根据对甘肃省土地沙化区农民的调查数据,运用Logit模型,基于环境公平的视角探讨土地沙化区农民特征与其感知的环境灾害风险的关系。从个体特征上讲,受访者性别和婚姻状况与其感知的环境灾害风险之间的相关关系不显著,受访者受教育程度与其感知的环境灾害风险之间呈显著正相关关系;从经济特征上讲,农民所感知的环境灾害风险主要体现在土地经营收入的损失上,且感知的环境灾害风险与其家庭年总收入之间的关系呈现倒“U”型趋势;从生态环境特征上讲,环境的治理和改善有利于降低农民感知的环境灾害风险。通过分析认为农民所承受的环境灾害风险的不公平一定程度上是农民在社会经济领域所受到的不公平的体现,农民对环境不公平的感知在家庭年总收入10万元左右时最明显,环境不公平主要体现在环境灾害风险对土地经营收入的影响上。农民对生态环境治理效果的认知与对环境公平的感知具有一致性。     

SBR改良工艺处理北京市城乡结合部污水的研究

通过采用SBR改良工艺处理城乡结合部生活污水的试验,根据城乡结合部污水的特点,采用SBR改良工艺,研究工艺的处理效果、水量波动和排水位置对处理效果的影响。结果表明,SBR改良工艺对城乡结合部污水有良好的处理效果;SBR改良工艺耐冲击负荷能力大,在连续2倍进水量的情况下,仍有良好的处理效果;降低排水位置对出水SS有一定的影响,但SBR工艺的污泥沉降效果好。     

石臼漾湿地冬季有机质的可生化性

在冬季,石臼漾构筑根孔湿地对有机质的去除率不高.若设想这只是一个表观现象,实际上湿地在冬季能够有效地去除水体中难降解有机质,但释放部分易生化的有机物质.为了验证这一假设,研究了冬季石臼漾湿地岸边带和植物床-沟壕系统中有机质可生化性的空间分布.结果表明:湿地内部其有机质可生化性r(BOD₅/COD_Cr)为0.26~0.84,80%数据高于可生化性下限值(0.30),远超过源水(0.0999).经过湿地净化,水体中有机质的性质发生了显著的变化.湿地内部其r(COD_Cr/TOC)比值(0.85~2.57,平均值1.90)远低于源水(5.41),大量的还原性有机物质及部分芳香族类化合物被湿地拦截和持留.这说明即使在冷季,石臼漾湿地仍对源水中的有机质具有较好的去除效果.以人工湿地生态根孔技术为核心的植物床-沟壕系统是整个湿地中水质净化特别是有机质去除的关键区域.     

环渤海潮间带秋季大型底栖动物生态学研究

对2008年9月在环渤海11个潮间带进行生态调查所获得的30个生物样品,以及对现场测定的温度,pH和ρ(DO)与沉积物样品分析的基础上,阐述了环渤海潮间带大型底栖动物群落的结构特点,并进一步分析了大型底栖动物与环境因子的关系. 调查共发现大型底栖动物76种,其中多毛类动物25种,软体动物24种,甲壳动物19种,其他类动物8种. 大型底栖动物的栖息密度和生物量分别为(367.40±187.30)m-2与(100.90±56.40)g/m2. 数据分析显示,环渤海潮间带大型底栖动物群落的优势种不明显,优势度大于1%的仅有4种,分别为托氏昌螺、四角蛤蜊、哈氏美人虾和中华近方蟹. 物种多样性指数则以位于渤海口的莱州湾最高,为1.909. 11个采样区域的大型底栖动物群落结构相似性总体较低,相似系数约为20%. 相关分析表明,大型底栖动物的种类数量、栖息密度和生物量与底质类型显著相关,而与温度,pH和ρ(DO)无明显的对应关系. 与历史资料相比,过去的30 a,环渤海潮间带大型底栖动物的种类数量因周围生存环境的变化以及污染等因素的影响而明显减少.      

现代环境服务业集聚区规划方法探讨——以华南环境服务业集聚区规划为例

“十二五”时期,我国环境服务业将迎来大发展.在这一背景下环境服务业发展的重要模式和载体一服务业集聚区的建设在我国刚刚起步.本文在借鉴环境规划、服务业集聚区规划编制方法的基础上,提出了环境服务业集聚区的规划方法和步骤,并对优势分析、功能定位、主导产业、建设目标、建设思路等八个规划关键性问题进行了分析.以环境保护部批准试点建设的第一个环境服务业集聚区—华南环境服务业集聚区建设规划为例,详细探讨了上述规划方法在该案例中的具体应用,以期为环境服务业集聚区规划方法的研究提供借鉴.     

浅谈如何选择温湿度箱

主要阐述了电子设备应用于不同场所,遇到的各种复杂的环境因素、;如高温、高湿、低温等,这些环境因素的存在将影响电子信息产品的可靠性,本文简要介绍了如何选用温湿度箱。     

Headwater Influences on Downstream Water Quality

We investigated the influence of riparian and whole watershed land use as a function of stream size on surface water chemistry and assessed regional variation in these relationships. Sixty-eight watersheds in four level III U.S. EPA ecoregions in eastern Kansas were selected as study sites. Riparian land cover and watershed land use were quantified for the entire watershed, and by Strahler order. Multiple regression analyses using riparian land cover classifications as independent variables explained among-site variation in water chemistry parameters, particularly total nitrogen (41%), nitrate (61%), and total phosphorus (63%) concentrations. Whole watershed land use explained slightly less variance, but riparian and whole watershed land use were so tightly correlated that it was difficult to separate their effects. Water chemistry parameters sampled in downstream reaches were most closely correlated with riparian land cover adjacent to the smallest (first-order) streams of watersheds or land use in the entire watershed, with riparian zones immediately upstream of sampling sites offering less explanatory power as stream size increased. Interestingly, headwater effects were evident even at times when these small streams were unlikely to be flowing. Relationships were similar among ecoregions, indicating that land use characteristics were most responsible for water quality variation among watersheds. These findings suggest that nonpoint pollution control strategies should consider the influence of small upland streams and protection of downstream riparian zones alone is not sufficient to protect water quality.     

“It's optional,not mandatory”: Environmental justice in local environmental agencies in Germany

Environmental justice is increasingly becoming a subject of academic debate in Germany. However, the realisation that environmental goods and hazards as well as the impacts of environmental policies are unequally distributed among social groups has not had many practical consequences yet. There are scattered initiatives and pilot projects aiming to address issues of environmental justice. Nevertheless, in the design and implementation of environmental policies there is no systematic consideration of their social dimension. In this paper, we outline the perspective of employees in German local environmental agencies on environmental justice. For this purpose, we conducted six qualitative interviews, which focused on the example of low emission zones. We identified three crucial aspects in these interviews: problem perception, motivation to act and perceived scope of action. Our main finding is that environmental justice is hardly an issue for environmental agencies and that this is the case because there is no necessity for them to consider social aspects in their work as this is neither legally required nor demanded in the public debate.