A novel cyclic process using CaSO<Subscript>4</Subscript>/CaS pellets for converting sulfur dioxide to elemental sulfur without generating secondary pollutants: Part I. Feasibility and kinetics of the reduction of sulfur dioxide with calcium-sulfide pellets

Certain new sulfide-smelting processes and coal-gasification processes generate high-strength sulfur dioxide streams, for which a new process for converting sulfur dioxide to elemental sulfur needs to be developed because no process exists that is generally and economically applicable to the treatment of such streams. A thermodynamic and experimental investigation to develop a new process for converting sulfur dioxide to elemental sulfur by a cyclic process involving calcium sulfide and calcium sulfate without generating secondary pollutants was carried out. In this process, the starting raw material, calcium sulfate, is reduced by a suitable reducing agent, such as hydrogen, to produce calcium sulfide, which is used to reduce sulfur dioxide to elemental sulfur vapor and calcium sulfate. The latter is, in turn, reduced to regenerate calcium sulfide. In this Part I, detailed experimental results are presented on the kinetics of the reaction between sulfur dioxide and calcium-sulfide pellets, which produces elemental sulfur and calcium sulfate. The experiments were carried out at temperatures between 1023 and 1088 K and sulfur-dioxide partial pressures between 9 and 60 kPa by the use of a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) technique. The rate of this reaction was demonstrated by the conversion of 40 pct calcium-sulfide pellets obtained from the hydrogen reduction of fresh calcium sulfate in 10 minutes at 1073 K under a sulfur-dioxide partial pressure of 43 kPa. The reactivity decreased somewhat during the first three cycles but remained largely unchanged thereafter up to the tenth cycle. This characteristic of the pellets is important because the solids must be reusable for repeated cycles to avoid generating secondary pollutants. A pore-blocking model was found to fit the reaction rate. The reaction is first order with respect to sulfur-dioxide partial pressure and has an activation energy of 101 to 134 kJ/mol (24 to 32 kcal/mol) for calcium-sulfide pellets reacted and regenerated several different times. Sulfur dioxide-containing streams from certain sources, such as the regenerator off-gas from an integrated-gasification, combined-cycle, desulfurization unit and new sulfide-smelting plants, contain much higher partial pressures of SO₂. In these cases, the rate of the first reaction is expected to be proportionally higher than in the test conditions reported in this article. The reduction kinetics of calcium-sulfate pellets with hydrogen gas is reported in the accompanying Part II.     

地壳应力场和密度场资料在油气检测中的应用

依据卫星轨道摄动测量结果反演的地壳区域构造应力场和密度场资料，可圈定油气区域构造圈闭和储集油气的低密度层。计算绘制了闽江口扇形洲区域构造应力场和密度卫星遥感图，图上显示出东海近海闽浙中拗陷含油气带与温东丽水油气构造带相接，敖江口官岭与闽江口川石储岛沥青苗等迹象都在此范围内，在闽江口扇形洲东部沿海沙泥沉积区，邻区东海宽长带深厚海沙软泥沉积区及本区北部罗源湾，用大地电磁CSAMT检测到1000－3000m深度范围内的低阻率地层，与本区卫星遥感图图低密度场相符。     

油酸酯与ZDDP复配的摩擦学特性研究

研究了油酸酯与ZDDP复配的润滑油品，其PB值是46号液压油的1．88倍，摩擦行程6h，终止摩擦系数为0．008，是46号液压油终止摩擦系数的1／3，摩擦行程26．0km，摩擦副的磨损量为0．07mg。     

Microbiological denitrification of red beet juice

The purpose of study was the determination of optimal conditions for red beet juice denitrification by Paracoccus denitrificans bacteria as well as the evaluation of the usefulness of microbiologically treated juice for the production of a natural colouring preparation for foods. Total reduction of nitrates was found during bacterial culturing at 25 and 30 °C, at an initial pH of 7.0-8.0 and juice osmotic pressure of 900-1100 mOsm/kg. Microbiological denitrification procedure affected colour, taste and aroma of the juice. However, the use of juice as food colouring and component was made feasible by acidification and partial evaporation of water together with volatile substances.     

内循环好氧三相流化床处理造纸中段废水

本实验采用内循环好氧三相流化床处造纸中段废水，经过一段时间的驯化，获得了稳定的出水。CDO去除经保持在65％以上，系统对进水污染负荷的变化具有较大的承受能力。出水Cl^-的浓度有所增加，说明驯化后的微生物可能对有抽氯化物具有一定的降解作用。水气比在1／120至1／140之间可获得最好的COD去除效果。后进行絮凝处理后，出水COD降为60－80mg/L,BODo 50-60/L，色度为100－150CU，挥发性酚的质量浓度小于0．0265mg／L。     

Suspension force and mechanism of debris flows

The paper discusses the postulated suspension force, by which it is possible to explain some enigmatic phenomena observed in different types of mass movements. This force is generated in thick suspensions as a result of friction between sinking solid particles and static water. The suspension force is related to the seepage force but they have opposite directions. Both forces form flow networks. Having explained the suspension force, the paper describes how this influences the movement of material, particularly in debris flows. Enigmatic features and the mechanism of debris flows and lahars are explained by virtue of the suspension force. Electronic Publication     

Scheduling railway traffic at a construction site

We consider the problem of rescheduling trains in the case where one track of a railway section consisting of two tracks in opposing directions is closed due to construction activities. After presenting an appropriate model for this situation we derive a polynomial algorithm for the subproblem of finding an optimal schedule with minimal latenesss if the subsequences of trains for both directions outside the construction site are fixed. Based on this algorithm we propose a local search procedure for the general problem of finding good schedules and report test results for some real world instances. Received: December 8, 1999 / Accepted: May 2, 2001     

我国未来移动通信研究开发展望

本文简述了国内移动通信的发展现状与趋势，重点论述了国际上有关Beyond 3G移动通信发展动向，提出了我国发展未来移动通信的基本技术需求，概述了我国有关Beyond 3G研究计划-FuTURE计划的安排与步骤。