The optimum middle-phase microemulsion used for remediation of oily contaminated soils is often obtained by mixing a certain
amount of a surfactant/alcohol mixture with oil and adjusting the salinity concentrations at a constant water–oil ratio. Upon
introduction to the subsurface, however, the system may not be in the optimum state throughout the remediation process owing
to the change in the water–oil ratio. This research has attempted to investigate the effect of the water–oil ratio on the
phase behavior of systems containing brine, anionic surfactant, alcohols, and different oils. By systematically changing the
water–oil ratio, while keeping the others variables constant, the systems exhibited different phase behavior. The results
revealed that the effect of the water–oil ratio on system behavior was significant, and analogous to that of salinity. Increasing
the water–oil ratio led the system change from winsor I → winsor III → winsor II. The greater the water–oil ratio the lower
the salinity required to produce the middle-phase microemulsion, but the narrower the salinity range of the three-phase region.
An empirical correlation has been developed in order to predict the changes in phase behavior with the changes in water–oil
ratio. This provides a useful tool for designing optimum formulations suitable for soil remediation.
Received: October 5, 1999 / Accepted: March 27, 2000 相似文献
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the effects of the new traffic safety law on pedestrian mortality by exploring hazardous behaviors of pedestrians in terms of alcohol use and blood alcohol concentration (BAC).
Methods: A retrospective autopsy study was performed, covering a 7-year period (from 2006 to 2012), including cases of fatally injured pedestrians who died at the scene of the incident. Blood samples obtained from the femoral vein during autopsy were analyzed for BAC. The entire sample was divided into 2 groups. The first included cases from 2006 to 2009, at which time the old traffic safety law was in force, and the second included cases from 2010 to 2012, under the new traffic safety law.
Results: A total of 247 cases were examined, covering a 7-year period. The average age was 57.5 ± 19.7 years (median 61.0 years) with a significant male predominance of 147 men to 100 women. This predominance also applied to alcohol use (54 vs. 13). The results show a significant decrease in the total annual number of fatally injured pedestrians, starting from 2009, compared to previous years, reaching a low in 2010, one year after implementation of the new traffic safety law. In contrast, the proportion of alcohol-intoxicated pedestrians showed no significant difference in the years preceding and following the new traffic safety law, nor did the annual distribution of BAC or mean BAC before and after application of the new law.
Conclusion: The present study indicates that the new traffic safety law has been quite effective in reducing pedestrian mortality. However, alcohol consumption and intoxication in pedestrians remains a fairly important factor in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians, because the proportion of pedestrians positive for alcohol, the proportion of severely intoxicated pedestrians with BAC > 1 g/L, and annual mean BAC have remained unchanged. 相似文献