ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING: An Approach for Characterizing Tropospheric Ozone Risk to Forests

/ The risk tropospheric ozone poses to forests in the United States is dependent on the variation in ozone exposure across the distribution of the forests in question and the various environmental and climate factors predominant in the region. All these factors have a spatial nature, and consequently an approach to characterization of ozone risk is presented that places ozone exposure-response functions for species as seedlings and model-simulated tree and stand responses in a spatial context using a geographical information systems (GIS). The GIS is used to aggregate factors considered important in a risk characterization, including: (1) estimated ozone exposures over forested regions, (2) measures of ozone effects on species' and stand growth, and (3) spatially distributed environmental, genetic, and exposure influences on species' response to ozone. The GIS-based risk characterization provides an estimation of the extent and magnitude of the potential ozone impact on forests. A preliminary risk characterization demonstrating this approach considered only the eastern United States and only the limited empirical data quantifying the effect of ozone exposures on forest tree species as seedlings. The area-weighted response of the annual seedling biomass loss formed the basis for a sensitivity ranking: sensitive-aspen and black cherry (14%-33% biomass loss over 50% of their distribution); moderately sensitive-tulip popular, loblolly pine, eastern white pine, and sugar maple (5%-13% biomass loss); insensitive-Virginia pine and red maple (0%-1% loss). In the future, the GIS-based risk characterization will include process-based model simulations of the three- to 5-year growth response of individual species as large trees with relevant environmental interactions and model simulated response of mixed stands. The interactive nature of GIS provides a tool to explore consequences of the range of climate conditions across a species' distribution, forest management practices, changing ozone precursors, regulatory control strategies, and other factors influencing the spatial distribution of ozone over time as more information becomes available.KEY WORDS: Ecological risk assessment; GIS; Ozone; Risk characterization; Forests; Trees     

基于二值逻辑的复合绝缘子状态判别策略研究

复合绝缘子是架空输电线路上广泛使用的设备,它的老化会给电力系统的正常运行带来威胁。电力相关工作人员需要一种能够对复合绝缘子的运行状态进行判别的方法,帮助他们确定复合绝缘子是否满足运行要求,而对复合绝缘子的定性表征就成为一种优选的表征策略。将运行后的复合绝缘子分成"满足运行要求"和"不满足运行要求",使用二值逻辑回归模型,选取合适的特征量,建立了复合绝缘子状态表征体系。     

酸和热处理对海泡石结构及吸附Pb2+、 Cd2+性能的影响

通过X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱及比表面积分析等研究了酸和热处理对天然海泡石结构的影响,并考察不同处理后的海泡石样品吸附重金属Pb2+、Cd2+性能.结果表明,海泡石比表面积均随盐酸浓度、处理时间的增加而略有增大,而结构无明显变化,0.5 mol·L-1 HCl处理时,天然海泡石中的CaCO3未能被完全去除,6.0 mol·L-1 HCl处理72 h时,海泡石比表面积达到最大301.47 m2·g-1.盐酸热处理并不能提高海泡石的比表面积,也不会使海泡石结构产生明显变化.不同类型酸处理对海泡石比表面积提高顺序依次为:HCl>HNO3>H2SO4;海泡石经焙烧后比表面积迅速下降,由100℃的21.44 m2·g-1下降到900℃的0.17 m2·g-1.重金属吸附实验表明,盐酸处理浓度和时间对海泡石吸附Pb2+、Cd2+离子性能无明显影响;不同酸处理对海泡石吸附Pb2+、Cd2+离子性能存在一定影响,H2SO4处理后海泡石对Pb2+、Cd2+离子吸附量明显高于HCl和HNO3处理.海泡石焙烧处理后对Pb2+离子吸附量无明显影响,但对Cd2+离子吸附量在焙烧700℃以上时增加明显.     

高盐苯胺废水降解菌的筛选与特性分析

经富集、驯化分离筛选到的5株高盐苯胺降解菌对苯胺及实际废水均具有一定的降解能力。5株细菌的生长较为迅速,延迟期和平稳期均很短,生长最适温度为25℃,生长的最适pH接近中性。5株细菌对盐的耐受性可达18%,对实际废水的耐受性可达30%。其中3号菌株对苯胺的降解率最高,而22号菌株对实际废水的COD去除率最大。     

浸渍改性活性碳纤维吸附氮氧化物性能

为实现新风在通过空调进入室内前已被优化的目的, 搭建了一套开式循环系统。通过对活性碳纤维进行浸渍改性, 采用比表面测定、SEM观察、XPS分析、傅里叶变换红外谱图分析对改性前后活性碳纤维进行了表征; 定量研究了室外氮氧化物初始浓度、温度和风速等环境因素对改性前后活性碳纤维吸附氮氧化物效率的影响。结果表明, 改性对活性碳纤维表面活性官能团种类、含氧官能团数量、表面微观结构及比表面积等特性均有显著影响, 提高了其对氮氧化物的吸附效率; 室外初始浓度、风速、温度对改性前后活性碳纤维吸附氮氧化物效率的变化趋势基本一致; 改性前后活性碳纤维对氮氧化物的吸附率随初始浓度的升高而逐渐降低, 随过滤器处风速增大先升高后降低, 随过滤器处温度的升高先升高后降低。改性后活性碳纤维对空气中氮氧化物的吸附率明显提高, 可以将其应用于空调系统中。     

火力发电厂汽轮机的安全评价

介绍了火力发电厂设备中的汽轮机的本体结构, 以及汽轮机的安全评价内容.针对汽轮机的本身特点和安全评价内容,提出了两种安全评价方法对汽轮机进行安全评价.     

碱熔融法合成NaA和NaX型粉煤灰沸石的品质表征

以粉煤灰为原料采用碱熔融法合成了2种单一沸石矿物种的NaA和NaX型沸石,并对产物的结构、性能和应用指标进行了详细表征.经x射线衍射和IR光谱分析,表明合成产物是无杂晶生成的NaA和NaX型沸石相;在扫描电镜观察下,产物分别具有NaA和NaX型沸石的立方体和八面体晶体骨架结构.DTA分析表明了合成产物中沸石水的存在,且产物热稳定性较好.通过对比,粉煤灰合成的NaA和NaX型沸石的比表面积达到了相应商品沸石的66.9%和83.6%;孔容为41.1%和70.2%;阳离子交换容量(CEC,cation exchange capacity)为82.93%和84.31%.通过比较化学组成表明,大规模应用合成产物不会对环境造成危害.     

电解锰渣煅烧时Mn、N元素形态分布与微观结构变化

电解锰行业的发展会产生大量的电解锰渣,易导致严重的环境污染,高温煅烧已成为当前无害化处理电解锰渣的高效方法之一。为探究高温煅烧时电解锰渣中特征污染物的化学形态及物相组成,选取广西某电解锰企业经不同工艺产生的电解碳酸锰渣(EMCR)与电解二氧化锰渣(EMDR),通过其理化特性及Mn、N元素形态分布与微观结构变化分析,研究了不同温度煅烧处理对电解锰渣污染物的影响。结果表明,电解二氧化锰渣中Mn元素的可氧化态与可还原态分布均大于电解碳酸锰渣。当煅烧温度在1 000 ℃以上时,2种电解锰渣中Mn元素基本上以残渣态的形式存在,通过风险评估代码(RAC)结果可知样品处于低风险甚至无风险状态,可进行后续的处理处置。2种电解锰渣中N元素的形态随着温度的升高主要以NO形式为主。通过对煅烧过程中微观结构的变化分析可知,在800 ℃时电解碳酸锰渣中石英相(SiO₂)的衍射峰强度最佳,有利于活性发展,此时的能谱分析结果显示Fe元素占比达到了52.40%,有利于Fe的回收利用,而电解二氧化锰渣的最佳煅烧处理温度显示为1 000 ℃。该研究结果可为2种电解锰渣经煅烧处置后的资源化再利用工作提供有效的数据支撑。     

In vitro toxicity of fungicides with different modes of action to alfalfa anthracnose fungus,Colletotrichum destructivum

Abstract

Sensitivity of 24 isolates of Colletotrichum destructivum O’Gara, collected from alfalfa plants in Serbia, to eight selected fungicides, was investigated in this study. Molecular identification and pathogenicity test of isolates tested were also performed. Fungicide sensitivity was evaluated in vitro, using mycelial growth assay method. All isolates exhibited significant pathogenicity, causing necrosis at the alfalfa seedling root tips two days after inoculation. Using the primer pair GSF1-SR1 and by comparing the amplified fragments of the tested isolates with the marker (M), the presence of the amplicon of the expected size of about 900?bp was determined for all isolates. The isolates tested in this study showed different sensitivity towards fungicides in vitro. Mycelial growth was highly inhibited by QoI (quinone outside inhibitors) fungicide pyraclostrobin (mean EC₅₀=0.39?µg mL^?1) and by DMI (demethylation-inhibiting) fungicide tebuconazole (mean EC₅₀=0.61?µg mL^?1), followed by azoxystrobin (mean EC₅₀=2.83?µg mL^?1) and flutriafol (mean EC₅₀=2.11?µg mL^?1). Multi-site fungicide chlorothalonil and MBC (methyl benzimidazole carbamate) fungicide thiophanate-methyl evinced moderate inhibition with mean EC₅₀=35.31 and 62.83?µg mL^?1, respectively. Thirteen isolates were sensitive to SDHI (succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors) fungicide boscalid and fluxapyroxad, (mean EC₅₀=0.49 and 0.19?µg mL^?1, respectively), while the rest of isolates were highly resistant.     

Ce-PbO_2/C电极的制备及其去除水中酸性红B

采用电沉积法制备铈修饰的PbO2/C电极,通过SEM、XRD、XPS及循环伏安对PbO2/C、Ce-PbO2/C电极进行表征,结果表明,Ce-PbO2/C电极比PbO2/C颗粒细小,表面均匀致密,电化学氧化能力较强,修饰电极中Ce以CeO2的形态存在。以Ce-PbO2/C为工作电极,电解浓度为1 000 mg/L的高盐酸性红B模拟活性染料废水,考察了电压、pH、电解质浓度、极间距对脱色率、氨氮去除率及COD去除率的影响。确定适宜工艺条件为：初始酸性红B溶液浓度为1 000 mg/L,pH值为6,电压10 V,电解时间1 h,电极间距1.5 cm,该条件下脱色率、氨氮去除率和COD去除率分别为99.98%、97.23%和90.17%。通过UV-Vis及GC-MS初步分析了降解过程可能存在的中间产物及降解途径。