Nitrous oxide supersaturation at the liquid/air interface of animal waste

Concentrated animal feeding operations around the globe generate large amounts of nitrous oxide (N₂O) in the surrounding atmosphere. Liquid animal waste systems have received little attention with respect to N₂O emissions. We hypothesized that the solution chemistry of animal waste aqueous suspensions would promote conditions that lead to N₂O supersaturation at the liquid/air interface. The concentration of dissolved N₂O in poultry litter (PL) aqueous suspensions at 25 °C was 0.36 μg N₂O mL⁻¹, at least an order of magnitude greater than that measured in water in equilibrium with ambient air, suggesting N₂O supersaturation. There was a nonlinear increase in the N₂O Henry constants of PL from 2810 atm/mole fraction at 35 °C to 17 300 atm/mole fraction at 41 °C. The extremely high N₂O Henry constants were partially ascribed to N₂O complexation with aromatic moieties. Complexed N₂O structures were unstable at temperatures > 35 °C, supplying the headspace with additional free N₂O concentrations.     

甲苯与TX100溶液间气液平衡关系

采用气相EPICS(equilibrium partitioning in closed system)法研究了甲苯与非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100(TX100)溶液间气液平衡分配关系.研究表明,甲苯的表观亨利系数(Hc)随TX100浓度的增加而降低,TX100可明显地影响甲苯在气液相的分配行为,抑制甲苯挥发;当TX100的浓度低于其临界胶束浓度(CMC),浓度的增加对Hc影响不明显,抑制甲苯挥发能力相对较弱;浓度大于CMC,Hc随表面活性剂浓度的增加迅速降低.温度对Hc的影响显著,温度升高,相应Hc也随之增大.