PSA application for a PCB detoxification plant

 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a type of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), are considered to be endocrine disrupters. According to the Stockholm Convention on POPs, PCB detoxification is being accelerated globally. We have developed an environmentally sound chemical PCB detoxification plant using the ultraviolet ray/catalyst method. The purpose of this paper is to check the design methodology for the PCB detoxification plant by the application of probabilistic safety analysis. First, possible hazardous events were determined; second, the weakest points in these hazardous events were established; and third, the impact when failures arise at the weak points in the system were studied. We clarified the preventive measures as follows. To prevent PCBs leaking into the environment, select leak-tight valves for the piping containing PCBs, and reduce the number of valves. To prevent fire or explosions due to leaks of an inflammable mixture, select leak-tight valves, reduce the number of valves installed in the piping, and improve the reliability of the suppression tank in the isopropyl alcohol (IPA) recovery unit. Received: February 27, 2001 / Accepted: June 17, 2002     

1961-2007年期间南宁紫外线辐射的变化趋势及其与皮肤癌发病相关分析

采用2002年9月至2005年10月逐日太阳总辐射、云量、太阳天顶角、臭氧、水汽压、空气污染物和紫外线辐射资料,建立了基于气象要素推算紫外线曝辐量的模型;采用该模型重建1961-2007逐日紫外线曝辐量资料,从年、春、夏、秋、冬不同尺度分析重建序列的特征;采用1991-2003年皮肤癌发病人数资料,分析紫外线曝辐量与各类皮肤癌发病人数相关性;对未来紫外线变化进行展望。主要结论有:1961-2007年,南宁紫外线曝辐量年平均日值为95.83 W.h/m2;绝对变率以夏季最大,相对变率以冬季最大,秋季绝对变率和相对变率均最小;年平均和春、夏、秋季紫外线曝辐量有微弱的下降趋势,冬季下降趋势明显;突变主要发生在1970 s中后期至1980 s初期和1990 s初期;年和各季最显著的周期是准7年,夏季还有明显的11年周期;1991-2003年鳞状细胞癌发病人数与紫外线曝辐量相关显著;基底细胞癌、鳞状细胞癌、恶性黑色瘤3种皮肤癌均好发于高紫外线辐射时间;展望2050年以前紫外线变化情况,认为:偏高年份可能在2017、2031、2045年附近,偏低年份可能在2010、2024、2038年附近。     

Decomposition of aqueous chlorinated contaminants by UV irradiation with H2O2

In the present study, the decomposition rates of carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in water by the ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation alone and H₂O₂/UV were experimentally investigated. The detailed experimental studies have been conducted for examining treatment capacities of the two different ultraviolet light sources (low and medium pressure Hg arc) in H₂O₂/UV processes. The low or medium UV lamp alone resulted in a 60%–90% decomposition of 2,4-DCP while a slight addition of H₂O₂ resulted in a drastic enhancement of the 2,4-DCP decomposition rate. The decomposition rate of 2,4-DCP with the medium pressure UV lamp alone was about 3–6 times greater than the low pressure UV lamp alone. In the direct photolysis of aqueous CCl₄, the medium pressure UV lamp had advantage over the low pressure UV lamp because the molar extinction coefficient of CCl₄ at shorter wavelength (210–220 nm) is about 20 to 50 times higher than that at 254 nm. However, adding H₂O₂ to the medium pressure UV lamp system rendered a negative oxidation rate because H₂O₂ acted as a UV absorber being competitive with CCl₄ due to negligible reaction between CCl₄ and OH radicals. The results from the present study indicated significant influence of the photochemical properties of the target contaminants on the photochemical treatment characteristics for designing cost-effective UV-based degradation of toxic contaminants.     

E. coli and bacteriophage MS2 disinfection by UV,ozone and the combined UV and ozone processes

The combination of low-dose ozone with ultraviolet （UV） irradiation should be an option to give benefit to disinfection and reduce drawbacks of UV and ozone disinfection. However, less is known about the disinfection performance of UV and ozone （UV/ozone） coexposure and sequential UV-followed-by-ozone （UV- ozone） and ozone-followed-by-UV （ozone-UV） expo- sures. In this study, inactivation of E. coli and bacterioph- age MS2 by UV, ozone, UV/ozone coexposure, and sequential UV-ozone and ozone-UV exposures was investigated and compared. Synergistic effects of 0.5-0.9 log kill on E. coli inactivation, including increases in the rate and efficiency, were observed after the UV/ozone coexposure at ozone concentrations as low as 0.05 mg-L-1 in ultrapure water. The coexposure with 0.02-mg.L-1 ozone did not enhance the inactivation but repressed E. coli photoreactivation. Little enhancement on E. coli inactivation was found after the sequential UV-ozone or ozone-UV exposures. The synergistic effect on MS2 inactivation was less significant after the UV/ozone coexposure, and more significant after the sequential ozone-UV and UV-ozone exposures, which was 0.2 log kill for the former and 0.8 log kill for the latter two processes, at ozone dose of 0.1 mg. t-1 and UV dose of 8.55 mJ. cm 2 in ultrapure water. The synergistic effects on disinfection were also observed in tap water. These results show that the combination of UV and low-dose ozone is a promising technology for securing microbiological quality of water.     

紫外分光光度法同时测定生活饮用水中的硝酸盐氮和亚硝酸盐氮

提出了紫外分光光度法同时测定生活饮用水中的硝酸盐氮和亚硝酸盐氮的含量。方法操作简便快速,精密度和准确度都是令人满意,大大提高分析效率。     

毛细管电泳间接紫外检测自来水中金属离子

介绍了毛细管电泳间接紫外检测技术,并对大连市自来水中Ca2 、 Na 和Mg2 质量浓度进行了测定,结果分别为(59.4±5.6) mg/L、 (21.0±0.1) mg/L和(18.6±0.7) mg/L,最低检测限依次为0.01 mg/L、0.04 mg/L和0.02 mg/L.实验条件为:石英毛细管柱50 μm(i.d.)×50 cm;运行电压16 kV( →-);紫外检测波长214 nm;缓冲液为pH=4.75的乙酸溶液,含有浓度为8.0 mmol/L的背景吸收物质咪唑;采用虹吸进样法,高度差为9.8 cm, 进样时间为10 s;应用内标法对Ca2 、Na 和Mg2 3种离子进行定性和定量测定.采用火焰原子吸收光谱法(AAS)测得Ca2 的质量浓度为54 mg/L,验证了毛细管电泳法实验结果的可靠性.     

UV/H2O2催化氧化去除微囊藻毒素-LR

研究了UV/H2O2氧化降解微污染水体中微囊藻毒素MC-LR的效果,探讨了各种因素如H2O2浓度、pH值、光强、MC-LR浓度及反应时间对降解的影响.UV和H2O2氧化去除MC-LR具有协同作用,H2O2在UV照射下产生的羟基自由基对MC-LR有很强的氧化能力.MC-LR的降解过程可用准一级反应速率方程和二级反应速率方程拟合.反应速率常数随MC-LR的起始浓度增加而减少,反应半衰期随MC-LR的起始浓度增加而延长.在H2O2浓度为1.0 mmol/L、反应温度为(25.5±1)℃、pH值为6.8、光强2.5×104 lux及反应时间60 min的条件下,质量浓度为0.203 mg/L的MC-LR的去除率可以达到80.8%.结果表明,UV/H2O2氧化体系能有效地降解MC-LR.     

Photodegradation of the organophosphorus pesticides chlorpyrifos,fenamiphos and vamidothion in water

The photodegradation of the pesticides chlorpyrifos, fenamiphos and vamidothion in water containing 2–4% methanol was examined. Acetone (5%) was added as photosensitizer in the photolysis of vamidothion. A suntest apparatus equipped with a xenon arc lamp which exhibits a radiation very close to natural sunlight was employed. Analyses were performed by direct injection of the water samples containing the photoproducts into a liquid chromatograph with diode array and thermospray mass spectrometric detection. The major photodegradation products were identified by matching their diode‐array spectra with the corresponding spectra of the authentic standards, their retention times and the spectra obtained using positive and/or negative thermospray mass spectrometry. 3,5,6‐trichloro‐2‐pyridinol, fenamiphos sulfoxide and vamidothion sulfoxide were the major photodegradation products from chlorpyrifos, fenamiphos and vamidothion, respectively.