AFTER THE 1993 FLOOD: A WATER AND SURFICIAL BED SEDIMENT QUALITY SCENARIO ON THE ILLINOIS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RWERS1

ABSTRACT: Effects of the 1993 flood on river water and sediment quality were investigated using historical data and data collected from the Illinois River and Upper Mississippi River in a post‐flood period. Overall the post‐flood results showed systematic reductions and individual changes in the water and sediment constituents. The reductions in sediment metals and nutrients were most obvious at the Keokuk and Lock and Dam 26 stations. By analyzing and comparing the physical changes to the changes in water and sediment constituents at each station, it was found that physical processes such as sediment entrainment and, more importantly, the removal of fine sediment to be the main causes for the reduced concentrations in sediment constituents. On the other hand, sediment redistribution and associated secondary contamination could have caused the emergence of several water and sediment constituents that were undetected before the flood.     

Exposure to radiation from global system for mobile communications at 1,800 MHz significantly changes gene expression in rat hippocampus and cortex

We have earlier shown that radio frequency electromagnetic fields can cause significant leakage of albumin through the blood–brain barrier of exposed rats as compared to non-exposed rats, and also significant neuronal damage in rat brains several weeks after a 2 h exposure to a mobile phone, at 915 MHz with a global system for mobile communications (GSM) frequency modulation, at whole-body specific absorption rate values (SAR) of 200, 20, 2, and 0.2 mW/kg. We have now studied whether 6 h of exposure to the radiation from a GSM mobile test phone at 1,800 MHz (at a whole-body SAR-value of 13 mW/kg, corresponding to a brain SAR-value of 30 mW/kg) has an effect upon the gene expression pattern in rat brain cortex and hippocampus—areas where we have observed albumin leakage from capillaries into neurons and neuronal damage. Microarray analysis of 31,099 rat genes, including splicing variants, was performed in cortex and hippocampus of 8 Fischer 344 rats, 4 animals exposed to global system for mobile communications electromagnetic fields for 6 h in an anechoic chamber, one rat at a time, and 4 controls kept as long in the same anechoic chamber without exposure, also in this case one rat at a time. Gene ontology analysis (using the gene ontology categories biological processes, molecular functions, and cell components) of the differentially expressed genes of the exposed animals versus the control group revealed the following highly significant altered gene categories in both cortex and hippocampus: extracellular region, signal transducer activity, intrinsic to membrane, and integral to membrane. The fact that most of these categories are connected with membrane functions may have a relation to our earlier observation of albumin transport through brain capillaries.     

地下水原位修复渗透性反应墙反应介质的改良与展望

渗透性反应墙(PRBs)是倍受关注的地下水原位修复技术之一,具有高效廉价、安装简便、维护简单等优点。详细总结了零价铁、活性炭、无机矿物材料和生物质材料等PRBs反应介质的结构、性能、适用范围、改良方法及增强吸附机制,介绍了PRBs技术在国内外地下水原位修复领域的工程应用实例,指出研发可再生型反应介质、深入研究复杂体系的污染物去除主导机制以及开展多介质混合、多种原位修复技术集成应用研究将是今后PRBs的主要研究方向。     

有毒气体泄漏绕障碍物扩散的安全性分析

介绍了用FLUENT软件数值模拟有毒气体泄漏绕障碍物扩散的方法,并根据伤害区域的划分对障碍物附近的安全性进行分析。基于FLUENT模拟三维瞬态流动的原理,选用标准双方程湍流模型,对有毒气体扩散的不同时段障碍物附近质量分数及安全性分别进行考察,从而归纳出有毒气体绕障碍物扩散及伤害区域分布的一般规律。     

介质阻挡放电等离子体分解CO_2

温室效应导致全球变暖已成为全球性的环境问题之一.采用放电等离子体法转化CO2,不仅可消纳温室气体,缓解全球变暖的巨大影响,还可制备化工原料CO和O2.充分利用了C1(含1个碳原子的化合物分子)资源,对高频同轴式介质阻挡放电等离子体分解纯CO2进行了研究.结果发现:在采用不锈钢光滑内电极,放电间隙为2.0mm,注入功率为180W,气体流量为170mL/min的条件下,CO2转化率可达18.2%,CO和O2产率分别为10.1%和4.7%;增大注入功率,减小气体流量、选择合适的放电间隙和内电极形式,均有利于提高CO2转化率,获得更多的CO和O2.     

介质阻挡放电降解苯乙烯的研究

研究了介质阻挡放电(DBD)常压下降解流动态苯乙烯时,不同电压、流速、初始浓度及湿度下苯乙烯的降解情况.结果表明,DBD降解苯乙烯15~20min即可达稳定,产物主要为CO、CO₂和H₂O;电压4800V时有少量带苯环的气态及固态物质产生,且随电压的升高而减少,到7500V时红外光谱已无法检测到;高电压下放电可以取得90%左右的降解率,产生带苯环的气态物质和结焦物质较少.流速在1.5cm/s,浓度为3000mg/m³,相对湿度为20%左右时,降解效果最好.     

一种高架复合路补充安装声屏障车流条件确定方法

某一地面高架复合公路,通车初期由于车流量很小,相对沿线大型保护目标高架部分暂未安装噪声屏障,但相对原有设计增加了提高护栏、采用较低噪声路面、绿化带等有利于减小噪声影响的措施,现欲确定必须补充安装隔声屏障的车流条件。该后评价计算目标的确定,完全可以通过盲的试算确定,但由此需要的工作量将是极为繁重和庞大的。为了提高效率,本文提出一种半理论半经验的方法予以简化。     

京津冀生态屏障区人类活动对生态安全的影响

使用SWAT（Soil and Water Assessment Tool）和InVEST（Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs）模型分别模拟计算了滦河和潮河流域水源涵养、面源污染、干旱特征和生境质量等指标,在此基础上使用压力-状态-响应（PSR）模型建立了生态安全评价体系,以面源污染、生境质量和土地利用特征等人类活动对生态安全的影响作为切入点,以子流域为评价单元,评价了研究区生态安全,分析了各层指标对生态安全的影响.结果表明,2010年和2015年研究区总体生态安全状态等级均为敏感级,生态安全评分综合指数分别为0.50和0.48.研究区生态系统整体较为稳定,空间上各子流域之间生态安全状态存在较大差异.面源污染和城镇扩张等人类活动对生态安全的影响较大.林地和草地评分较低,可能与种植结构和景观格局有关.水源涵养量值增加和生境稀缺性值下降,说明加大水源涵养能力建设和降低生境稀缺性是提高生态安全的有效措施.     

新型介质阻挡放电反应器同时处理废气和废液研究

为了充分发挥介质阻挡放电处理污染物的能力.本研究依据介质阻挡放电降解废气和废液的原理,设计了一种介质阻挡放电同时处理废液和废气的反应器,并对模拟废气甲苯和染料废水进行处理.实验过程中对甲苯和染料废水分别单独处理和两者同时处理的效果进行了比较.结果表明,甲苯在单独处理和同染料废水同时处理时都可达到较高的降解效果,两者同时处理时甲苯的降解效率可达88.6%.并且在甲苯降解效率基本保持不变的情况下,本反应器可以实现对染料废水的同步降解,其中处理50 mg·L-1活性艳蓝60min时,降解率可达95.4%,每小时处理量为35.8 mg.通过同时处理甲苯和染料废水提高了反应器的能量利用效率.     

介质阻挡放电等离子体直接分解NOx的影响因素

在以 γ- Al₂O₃小球作为填充物的介质阻挡放电条件下 ,研究放电电压 ( 9～ 16k V)、交流电源频率 ( 50～ 1600 Hz)、NO入口浓度 ( 50～1800 ml/m³)、气体空速 (1000～ 6500 h^-1)、反应温度 ( 20～250℃ )、介质小球比表面积及加入 O₂等因素对 NO分解率的影响 .发现提高放电电压、放电频率及介质小球比表面积能显著增加 NO分解率 ,O₂ 的加入对 NO的等离子体分解有强抑制作用 .