污泥生物炭制备吸附陶粒

以城市污泥热解产生的生物炭(BC)与高岭土(KL)为原料制备吸附陶粒(SKC),研究其对环丙沙星(CIP)的吸脱附性能,开展吸附动力学和等温吸附特性研究,结合形貌、孔结构、物相组成、表面电位探讨其吸附机制,利用TCLP法研究重金属浸出特征.结果表明BC与KL以6∶4的质量比混合造粒,经1 050℃烧结5 min得到的SKC对CIP有明显的吸附效果,去除率达65.34%;SKC对CIP的吸附符合二级动力学模型,在不同质量浓度下的吸附特性适用于Freundlich等温吸附模型,吸附过程同时存在物理和化学吸附.SKC具有良好的孔隙结构,物相组成以硅铝氧化物、铁氧化物和金属磷酸盐为主,既能降低重金属的浸出毒性又具有良好的CIP吸附去除效果,有望为处理废水中高浓度CIP提供一种低成本可回收的吸附材料,也为BC的规模化安全利用提供了新思路.     

不同基质浓度下SBR进水方式对厌氧氨氧化的影响

采用厌氧SBR反应器,分别以配水培养和以实际晚期垃圾渗滤液培养的厌氧氨氧化菌为研究对象,考察了不同基质浓度下,SBR改进式连续进水方式与一次性进水方式对厌氧氨氧化工艺运行性能的影响.结果表明,当处理人工配水时,在中低进水浓度下(NO2--N￡400mg/L),与改进式连续进水方式相比,宜采用一次性进水方式运行;在高进水浓度下(NO2--N3400mg/L)改进式连续进水方式比一次性进水方式优势明显,特别是在5h改进式连续进水方式下,平均比污泥脱氮速率增加至39.11mgN/(gVSS·h),相比一次进水方式效率提高40%.当处理进水NO2--N浓度为(300±20)mg/L的实际晚期垃圾渗滤液时, 5h改进式连续进水的SBR比污泥脱氮速率最高.由于晚期渗滤液较配水成分复杂,使得厌氧氨氧化菌面临有机物和有害物质的影响,其厌氧氨氧化的反应速率低于同等基质浓度配水条件下的厌氧氨氧化反应速率.     

北京市机动车行驶工况研究

利用GPS对北京市乘用车、公交车和重型卡车进行实际道路工况数据采集,并进行了工况解析,提取了北京市典型行驶工况。结果表明,乘用车和公交车由于多运行于市区,车辆运行速度较低,怠速、加减速比例较高。重型卡车由于白天只能在五环外运行,匀速运行比例和平均速度均较高。与国外工况相比,北京市的轻重型车在平均速度、加速度和减速度、工况行驶比例均有比较大的偏差。     

进水方式对生态碎石床去除生活污水中氮的影响

为提高生态碎石床对生活污水中氮的去除率,设计了空白床、芦苇床、水葱床、香蒲床4组生态碎石床,研究在连续进水(水力负荷7.5 cm∕d,水力停留时间1.8 d)和间歇进水(水力负荷7.5 cm∕d,水力停留时间5.4 d)2种进水方式下对生活污水中总氮(TN)、氨氮(NH4+-N)和硝氮(NO3--N)的去除效果。结果表明:不同生态碎石床在2种进水方式下对氮的去除率差异较大,连续进水时对TN、NH4+-N的去除率依次是香蒲床>水葱床>空白床>芦苇床,香蒲床对TN、NH4+-N去除率较高,分别为77.68%和81.33%;对NO3--N的去除率依次是空白床>芦苇床>香蒲床>水葱床,空白床去除率最好,为65.29%。间歇进水时对TN、NH4+-N的去除率依次是水葱床>芦苇床>香蒲床>空白床,水葱床对TN、NH4+-N去除率较高,分别为89.54%和91.79%;对NO3--N去除率依次是水葱床>香蒲床>空白床>芦苇床,水葱床去除率最佳,为46.43%。间歇进水有利于提高生态碎石床对TN和NH4+-N的去除率,其中芦苇床对TN去除率增加19.63%,对NH4+-N去除率增加14.76%,水葱床对TN去除率增加19.14%,对NH4+-N去除率增加18.60%。     

环境风作用下弧形立面机场航站楼自然排烟效果的数值模拟研究

机场航站楼公共区域多采用自然排烟方式,而环境风和排烟窗控制模式会影响排烟效果,尤其在弧形立面航站楼中影响效果显著。以某弧形立面航站楼为研究对象,选取候机指廊弧形区域的自然排烟窗分3段控制启闭,进而确定6种控制模式,采用FDS火灾动力学模拟软件研究了不同模式下的排烟效果,获得了环境风和发烟量对危险到达时间的影响规律,提出了排烟窗控制模式流程。结果表明:对于弧形立面航站楼而言,排烟窗分段控制模式下的排烟效果优于不分段控制模式,可以有效降低环境风对自然排烟的影响。当环境风速超过10 m/s时,须关闭迎风向排烟窗,避免烟气倒灌。在法向环境风作用的不利条件下,当发烟量在0.05～0.20之间时,危险到达时间的最大值t_max与发烟量x满足一次函数关系式:t_max=-3018x+1030.5。     

上海市在用车监测与维修制度探讨

根据上海市机动车辆的管理现状，提出上海市在用车I/M制度体系网络、监测方法、数据收集网络与“通过/不通过”排放限值方面的基本设想，为建立一个真正有效的在用车监测与维修制度提供依据。     

Genetic reconstruction of breeding patterns in gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)

Current mating system theory predicts that the number of females breeding in a group will depend on the number of females in the group and the accessibility of unrelated males, whereas the number of males breeding in a group will depend on the ability of males to control access to reproductive females. By combining information on group composition with genetic data, I determined whether breeding patterns in a rock-dwelling rodent, Ctenodactylus gundi, were concordant with these expectations. C. gundi breeding patterns varied from facultative monogamy to uni-male polygyny to multi-male polygyny. The number of reproductive individuals of each sex in a group increased with group size. Whereas communal breeding among related females tended to increase female reproductive success, males breeding in the same group were unrelated to other group members and seemed to compete over access to matings. While some males were assigned offspring from neighboring social groups, most group-living males successfully monopolized the reproduction of females within their group. There was no evidence that females had multiply sired litters, although some bred with alternative males in separate breeding attempts. Although numerous individuals were not assigned as parents or offspring, genetic information enabled me to determine that most unassigned individuals were philopatric group members, whereas only a few were unrelated immigrants into their current social group. Together, these results provide evidence that C. gundi social groups represent fairly distinct reproductive units whose breeding patterns are dependent on group size and composition in accordance with theoretical predictions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Experimental evidence for helping and hindering by previous offspring in the cooperative-breeding Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

Prebreeding Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) frequently act as helpers on their natal territory, aiding in territory defence, predator mobbing, nestbuilding, incubation (only females) and feeding dependent young of their parents. In some cases helpers could attain breeding status (e.g. by joint-nesting) in their natal group and become co-breeders. Comparisons of group size and reproductive success on a given quality territory suggest that the presence of alloparents (helpers and cobreeders) significantly affects the reproductive success of their parents. The influence of alloparents on reproductive success was examined by removing alloparents from breeding units and comparing the success of natural-sized and artificially reduced groups. Removal experiments, controlled for territory quality, group size and breeder age, showed that the presence of one alloparent significantly improved the reproductive success of its parents. Analysis strongly suggests that this was entirely due to helping behaviour (i.e. providing care to offspring of their parents), thereby improving the helper's inclusive fitness benefits from staying at home. However, these experiments showed also that the presence of two or more alloparents in medium-quality territories significantly decreased reproductive success, compared with groups with one alloparent. Several lines of evidence suggest that this may have been due to the joint-nesting and reproductive competition that could occur in breeding groups, or simply to resource depression when a large number of previous offspring remained on their natal territory.     

Is big the best? Queen size,usurpation and nest closure in a primitively eusocial sweat bee (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Lasioglossum malachurum</Emphasis>)

For primitively eusocial insects in which a single foundress establishes a nest at the start of the colony cycle, the solitary provisioning phase before first worker emergence represents a risky period when other, nestless foundresses may attempt to usurp the nest. In the primitively eusocial sweat bee Lasioglossum malachurum (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), spring foundresses compete for nests which are dug into hard soil. Nest-searching foundresses (‘floaters’) frequently inspected nests during this solitary phase and thereby exerted a usurpation pressure on resident queens. Usurpation has been hypothesised to increase across the solitary provisioning phase and favour closure of nests at an aggregation, marking the termination of the solitary provisioning phase by foundresses, before worker emergence. However, our experimental and observational data suggest that usurpation pressure may remain constant or even decrease across the solitary provisioning phase and therefore cannot explain nest closure before first worker emergence. Levels of aggression during encounters between residents and floaters were surprisingly low (9% of encounters across 2 years), and the outcome of confrontations was in favour of residents (resident maintains residency in 94% of encounters across 2 years). Residents were significantly larger than floaters. However, the relationship between queen size and offspring production, though positive, was not statistically significant. Size therefore seems to confer a considerable advantage to a queen during the solitary provisioning phase in terms of nest residency, but its importance in terms of worker production appears marginal. Factors other than intraspecific usurpation need to be invoked to explain the break in provisioning activity of a foundress before first worker emergence.     

Individual variation and prior experience affect the discrimination of a brood-parasite by its subsocial beetle host

In birds, host experience can modify response to parasites but nothing similar is known for insects. We studied two desert tenebrionid beetles, the subsocial host Parastizopus armaticeps and its obligate and ubiquitous brood-(clepto)parasite Eremostibes opacus, which mimics the hosts odour spectrum. Nearly 10% of host burrows in the field (n=214) remain unparasitised even after introducing E. opacus experimentally (n=22). In discrimination tests, 7% of naive host beetles eject the parasite, showing individual variation in olfactory discrimination ability. To test for effects of prior breeding experience, naive (first time) or experienced (second time) breeders with or without prior parasite contact were confined with E. opacus at breeding onset, their behaviour recorded and parasite number counted on breeding completion. More first- than second-time breeding pairs completely excluded the parasite and second-time breeders with no prior contact with E. opacus had fewer parasites than any others. These pairs increased burrow-guarding dramatically, mostly during early reproduction, this being the best predictor of parasite number. Prolonged guarding, however, must be traded-off against other brood-care behaviours. Hence, it might pay breeding pairs to take the risk of accepting some parasites breeding within their burrow, and we expect this effect will be more pronounced if poor feeding and digging conditions are taken into account. This might explain why apparently 90% of the P. armaticeps breeding burrows in the field contain at least one parasitic E. opacus.Communicated by D. Gwynne