建筑节能与高新技术

建筑节能是全世界都普遍关注的问题 ,行之有效的建筑节能措施离不开高新技术 ,这些技术包括提高能源利用效率、减少建筑物能耗以及开发利用新能源等 ;通过一些成功的建筑工程实例介绍了一些建筑节能的新技术     

Treatment of MTBE by air stripping, carbon adsorption, and advanced oxidation: technical and economic comparison for five groundwaters

An investigation was made of the treatability of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in five groundwaters with highly varied water quality characteristics. Air stripping, granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption, and the O(3)/H(2)O(2) and UV/H(2)O(2) advanced oxidation processes were compared in a mobile water treatment pilot plant under a variety of process conditions. Air stripping was shown to have the lower unit treatment costs for higher flowrates (i.e., 3800L/min), although relatively tall towers were required for greater treatment requirements. At low flowrates (i.e., 38L/min), advanced oxidation provided the lowest treatment costs for four of five waters (but was ineffective for a high chemical oxygen demand water). Both the O(3)/H(2)O(2) and UV/H(2)O(2) processes were more efficient at pH 7 versus 9 due in part to increased scavenging at higher pH. GAC was examined using rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCT). GAC was effective at most conditions, although it was also the most costly alternative for most waters. The results of this study can help to provide specific guidance into process selection for treating MTBE in contaminated groundwaters.     

Ferric ion mediated photochemical decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by 254nm UV light

The great enhancement of ferric ion on the photochemical decomposition of environmentally persistent perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) under 254nm UV light was reported. In the presence of 10microM ferric ion, 47.3% of initial PFOA (48microM) was decomposed and the defluorination ratio reached 15.4% within 4h reaction time. While the degradation and defluorination ratio greatly increased to 80.2% and 47.8%, respectively, when ferric ion concentration increased to 80microM, and the corresponding half-life was shortened to 103min. Though the decomposition rate was significantly lowered under nitrogen atmosphere, PFOA was efficiently decomposed too. Other metal ions like Cu(2+) and Zn(2+) also slightly improved the photochemical decomposition of PFOA under irradiation of 254nm UV light. Besides fluoride ion, other intermediates during PFOA decomposition including formic acid and five shorter-chain perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs) with C7, C6, C5, C4 and C3, respectively, were identified and quantified by IC or LC/MS. The mixture of PFOA and ferric ion had strong absorption around 280nm. It is proposed that PFOA coordinates with ferric ion to form a complex, and its excitation by 254nm UV light leads to the decomposition of PFOA in a stepwise way.     

Chemical and microbial decontamination of pool water using activated potassium peroxymonosulfate

Potassium peroxymonosulfate activation leads to the formation of highly reactive species, mainly the sulfate radicals. Activated potassium peroxymonosulfate (from now on peroxymonosulfate) was tested against specific pollutants such as ammonium ion, creatinine, chlorinated creatinine products, arginine and Escherichia coli (E. coli), all constituents or derivatives of human discharges. The objective was to assess whether activated peroxymonosulfate can be a viable treatment reagent in recreational water applications. It was found that organic molecules such as creatinine, chlorinated creatinine products and arginine could be effectively treated with activated peroxymonosulfate. Ammonium ion was oxidized only by chlorine species and only in de-ionized water. Chlorine species were formed from the reaction of sulfate radicals with chloride ions. In pool water, the reaction of sulfate radicals with chloride ions and the subsequent ammonium ion oxidation were scavenged by the presence of bicarbonate ions. The Co/Peroxymonosulfate system was also shown to be an effective disinfection reagent, since 99.99% (4-log) kill of E. coli was achieved in 60 min of treatment. At the concentrations tested here, however, it is still not efficacious enough to qualify as an EPA-registered sanitizer for swimming pools (requires 6-log kill of E. coli, ATCC 11229, and Enterococcus faecium, ATCC 6569, in 30s).     

Influence of ozonation on the in vitro mutagenic and toxic potential of secondary effluents

Reclamation of municipal effluents by advanced treatment processes is an attractive perspective for facing certain water shortage problems. However, the application of tertiary techniques should be thoroughly examined for their potential hazardous effects. Ozonation is an efficient chemical oxidation method, often used in wastewater reclamation, which may result in by-products that may alter the toxic and mutagenic properties of effluents. In this study, Ames test and Microtox test were used for the evaluation of ozonation efficiency to upgrade secondary effluents quality. In general, the toxic response and mutagenic effect without metabolic activation of test species were influenced mainly by the ozone dose and ozonation duration, whereas the mutagenic effect with metabolic activation was influenced mainly by ozone dose, indicating that ozone conditions strongly affect the formation of by-products. In most cases, the toxicity was increased and reached up to 100% (in relation to that of secondary effluent) after ozonation with 8.0 mg O₃/L for 5 min. On the contrary, in most cases the mutagenic activity towards strain TA98 without metabolic activation was reduced, when ozone dose and contact time increased. However, the mutagenicity was also increased after ozonation at low ozone doses and for contact times less than 5 min. The mutagenic activity of treated effluents towards strain TA98 with metabolic activation remained about the same or was reduced, compared to that of secondary effluent, and was even eliminated after ozonation with 8.0 mg O₃/L for contact times higher than 5 min.     

Removal of pharmaceuticals and kinetics of mineralization by O(3)/H(2)O(2) in a biotreated municipal wastewater

The ozonation of an effluent from the secondary clarifier of two Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants was performed by using alkaline ozone and a combination of ozone and hydrogen peroxide. Alkaline ozonation achieved only a moderate degree of mineralization, essentially concentrated during the first few minutes; but the addition of hydrogen peroxide eventually led to a complete mineralization. The evolution of total organic carbon (TOC) as a measure of the extent of mineralization and the concentration of dissolved ozone were analyzed and linked in a kinetic model whose parameter represented the product of the exposure to hydroxyl radicals and the kinetic constant of indirect ozonation. This rate parameter yielded the highest values during the first part of O(3)/H(2)O(2) runs. The kinetic constant for the decomposition of ozone at the end of the run was also measured and computed for the non-oxidizable water matrix and yielded essentially the same values regardless of whether or not hydrogen peroxide was used. A group of 33 organic compounds, mainly pharmaceuticals and some relevant metabolites present in the wastewater effluents, were evaluated before and after the ozonation process using a liquid chromatography-hybrid triple-quadrupole linear ion trap system (LC-QqLIT-MS). The results demonstrate that the ozonation degrades these compounds with efficiencies of over 99% in most cases, even under low mineralization conditions in alkaline ozonation.     

Advanced manufacturing techniques and information technology adoption in India: A current perspective and some comparisons

This paper explores the issues of measurement and comparison of the current state of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) adoption in India, including important information technology (IT) factors, and, surprisingly, this appears to be the first such attempt. For a worldwide perspective, comparison is made between Indian firms, firms in a developed country (Canada), and in a developing country (China). Contrary to expectation, the average score of AMT adoption degree of Indian companies in our survey is higher than that of all Canadian companies (when unadjusted for size) and of Chinese companies in one of the highly industrialized regions of China as measured in other surveys. While this suggests considerable strength of the Indian manufacturing sector, there should be further evaluation by other studies in this area to refine and develop these results. This study finds the top six AMTs currently adopted in India are plant certification, computer aided design, local area network, quality circle, MRP/ERP, and wide area network. Clearly four of these top six are directly in the IT area (CAD, LAN, WAN) or directly dependent on it (MRP/ERP systems), indicating a strong IT adoption rate as well as its underlying supportive role in the overall AMT adoption in India. The comparison between Indian firms and Canadian firms indicates that Indian firms adopted computer networks less and MRP/ERP and rapid prototyping systems more. Tests in our survey also reinforce the hypothesis that larger companies are more likely to adopt AMT than the smaller ones.     

Wastewater disinfection with PAA and UV combined treatment: a pilot plant study

This study is part of a larger research project on Advanced Treatments for wastewater reuse in agriculture. Because of Italy's strict microbiological limits on unrestricted wastewater reuse in agriculture (2 MPN/100ml Total Coliforms), a very high degree of disinfection is necessary.The objective of this study is to proceed in validating, with a pilot plant experimentation, previous laboratory results on the disinfection efficacy of the synergic combined treatment between ultraviolet irradiation (UV) and peracetic acid (PAA). The research has been carried out through a 5 month on-site experimental study in a pilot plant, considering four different solutions: PAA addition, UV irradiation, addition of PAA upstream the UV device (PAA+UV) and addition of PAA downstream the UV device (UV+PAA). In the investigated experimental conditions (2-8 ppm of PAA with 10-30 min contact time; 100-300 mJ/cm(2) UV), it has been impossible to meet the microbiological limits through an exclusive use of UV irradiation or PAA. The disinfection efficacy enhances by using the UV+PAA treatment, but a much higher efficacy gain occurs by using the PAA+UV treatment. In this latter case, the higher efficiency is recognized as being brought about by the formation of free radicals due to the photolysis of the PAA when in presence of the UV rays. A preliminary cost analysis has been carried out in order to highlight the more economically advantageous solution which guarantees compliance to the strict limits.     

Heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate by supported cobalt catalysts for the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol in water: The effect of support, cobalt precursor, and UV radiation

In order to generate sulfate radicals (SRs) as oxidizing species for the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in water, we explored heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by supported cobalt catalysts. More attention was given to the effect of support materials (Al₂O₃, SiO₂, TiO₂) and cobalt precursors (Co(NO₃)₂, CoCl₂, CoSO₄) on cobalt–support interaction, cobalt leaching, and reactivity of the catalysts. Especially, the feasibility of simultaneous generation of SRs and hydroxyl radicals (HRs) in PMS-Co/TiO₂ systems was first studied under ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Much lower cobalt leaching was observed in Co/Al₂O₃ and Co/TiO₂ systems than that of Co/SiO₂ most probably due to their relatively strong cobalt-support interaction. Co/TiO₂ catalyst prepared with Co(NO₃)₂, compared to CoCl₂ or CoSO₄ (where Cl⁻ and SO₄²⁻, respectively, were not completely removed upon heat treatment at 500 °C), showed strong cobalt–support interaction, and thereby exhibited negligible cobalt leaching. Under UV radiation, Co/TiO₂ at Co/Ti molar ratio of 0.001 showed significant improvement in the degradation of 2,4-DCP due to HRs. The effective generation of HRs in the system can be explained with Co(III)-mediated charge transfer from the photoinduced electrons to PMS, inducing facilitation of photoinduced electron-hole separation. However, high cobalt loading (i.e., Co/Ti molar ratio of 0.1) on TiO₂ surface exhibited negligible enhancement of 2,4-DCP transformation under UV radiation since the penetration of UV light to TiO₂ was prohibited by the cobalt.     

Photocatalytic activity of AgBr/TiO2 in water under simulated sunlight irradiation

In this paper, the synthesis of AgBr/TiO₂ catalyst and the photocatalytic activity in water under simulated sunlight irradiation were studied. The influence of AgBr content in catalyst and the incident light intensity on the degradation of methyl orange (MO) was investigated. It was found that the initial reaction rate constant was dependent on the relative levels of AgBr content and incident light intensity, ranging between 0.008 min⁻¹ and 0.023 min⁻¹. At higher levels of AgBr content (>9 wt%), MO degradation was exclusively dependent on the incident light intensity, which implied that the excessive AgBr in catalyst had negligible effect on catalyst activity. However, at lower AgBr contents, the reaction rate increased with the increase of incident light intensity, and eventually reached a plateau level, indicating that the degradation of MO was limited by AgBr content. The results from powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that more than 80% of AgBr remained intact after 14 h of irradiation, although metallic silver was also detected.