Hydrophobic Cross-Linked Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Based Sorbents for Oil Spill Applications

With the increase of industrialization and urbanization, humankind faces massive oil-based pollution due to tanker accidents, human error, and natural disasters. For this, hydrophobic sorbents are fabricated and their applications for the removal of oil from polluted water sources are investigated. These hydrophobic sorbents are prepared by the condensation reaction of poly(dimethylsiloxane) and tris[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl]isocyanurate cross-linker via bulk polymerization. The obtained sorbents exhibit high oil sorption capacity, fast absorption–desorption kinetics, and great reusability. Moreover, they can selectively absorb oil from the water surface, thus making them practical for water clean-up applications.     

长江下游船舶溢油应急处理措施框架

介绍长江下游船舶溢油污染的现状,论述溢油污染对沿岸生态和环境的影响以及溢油防治研究的重要性。以长江南京段为例,分析影响江中及岸边事故溢油迁移转化规律的因素,提出船舶事故溢油应急处理措施的三个重要部分,即溢油模拟及污染区预测、溢油清除回收和溢油风险评价。针对三个部分提出了具体的研究内容,为国内各大中型江河不同河段的船舶溢油的研究提供参考。     

饱和—非饱和土体非稳定渗流数值分析

本文对一般的非饱和渗流有限元计算方法加以改进，有效地消除了非饱和渗流数值计算中存在的数值弥散现象。同时还提出了一种简便有效的逸出面处理新方法，并给出了非饱和非稳定渗流计算的实例。     

Register allocation for write activity minimization on non-volatile main memory for embedded systems

Non-volatile memories are good candidates for DRAM replacement as main memory in embedded systems and they have many desirable characteristics. Nevertheless, the disadvantages of non-volatile memory co-exist with its advantages. First, the lifetime of some of the non-volatile memories is limited by the number of erase operations. Second, read and write operations have asymmetric speed or power consumption in non-volatile memory. This paper focuses on the embedded systems using non-volatile memory as main memory. We propose register allocation technique with re-computation to reduce the number of store instructions. When non-volatile memory is applied as the main memory, reducing store instructions will reduce write activities on non-volatile memory. To re-compute the spills effectively during register allocation, a novel potential spill selection strategy is proposed. During this process, live range splitting is utilized to split certain long live ranges such that they are more likely to be assigned into registers. In addition, techniques for re-computation overhead reduction is proposed on systems with multiple functional units. With the proposed approach, the lifetime of non-volatile memory is extended accordingly. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed technique can efficiently reduce the number of store instructions on systems with non-volatile memory by 33% on average.     

A Strategy of Liquid-Grafted Slippery Sponges with Simultaneously Enhanced Absorption and Desorption Performances for Crude Oil Spill Remediation

Crude oil spill accidents pose a worldwide environmental threat. Oleophilic and hydrophobic absorbents that can selectively absorb oil from water have shown promising application potential in oil spill remediation. Simultaneous optimization of the absorption and desorption speed of absorbents towards oil is highly desirable for their recyclable usage, but remains a great challenge, because these two properties are generally conflicting. Here, a facile and ingenious strategy is proposed to tackle the above challenge via surface modification of porous sponges with highly flexible linear polydimethylsiloxane (LPDMS) brushes. The LPDMS brushes feature liquid-like properties at room temperature owing to its extremely low glass transition temperature, and act as a covalently-grafted lubrication layer throughout the 3D network channels of the sponge, which can minimize contact angle hysteresis and reduce friction between oil and sponge channel. Compared to the prevalent cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane (CPDMS) modification strategy, sponges modified with LPDMS brushes not only shows significantly enhanced absorption speed, but also exhibits superior desorption dynamics towards viscous crude oils. The design strategy of slippery sponges with liquid-like molecules may open a new avenue for developing advanced absorbents with simultaneously enhanced absorption and desorption performances for liquid separation and purification applications.     

海上溢油漂移扩散的数值模拟

该文基于三维自由水面垂向分层动网格的Euler-Lagrangian模式,采用VC方式(Vertex-Centered)的非结构化有限体积方法离散三维浅水方程,模拟渤海的潮汐水流运动过程。以此为水动力背景场,采用油、水分离的Lagrangian粒子追踪模型,对渤海海域发生的溢油漂移扩散问题进行模拟。其油品的蒸发、乳化和溶解等风化作用以引入综合衰减系数的方式考虑。模型对油膜的漂移路径、厚度和面积进行了实时模拟和预测,用多个测站的同步连续实测值对水动力模式进行了参数率定与模型验证,油膜输运扩散的计算结果也与相关报告数据进行了对比,均吻合良好,说明模型具有较高的可靠性与重现性。     

溢油应急决策中的物资调度方法

针对多出救点多物资多目标应急调度问题的特点,并结合溢油敏感区等对响应时间的限制,提出了基于不同响应时间段的动态优化模型．以应急救援时间最早和出救点数目最少为优化目标,对不同响应时间段分别运用理想点法和构造剔除集合确定最优调度方案．最后通过算例验证了所提出调度方法的可行性．     

基于微波辐射计的海面溢油监测研究

控制海面溢油对于保护环境和减少经济损失是非常重要的,监测海面溢油是遥感技术的一个重要应用方面。利用美国对地观测系统卫星EOS的AMSR\|E微波辐射计探测资料,结合阈值梯度算法和基于R-L分数阶微分梯度算子边缘提取算法,提出了基于微波辐射计的海面溢油监测算法,并以2010年发生在墨西哥湾的漏油事件为例,进行了溢油范围反演研究,得到了较好的实验验证结果。     

长江感潮河段溢油风险评价体系构建及应用

长江感潮河段水动力条件复杂,对该水域溢油事故缺少相应的风险评价指标体系。为科学评价长江感潮河段溢油风险,从溢油事故对上游水体、敏感点、敏感区影响 3 个要素出发,构建风险评价指标体系,包括危害区特征、危害期特征共 23 个指标。应用该指标体系,基于 EFDC 二维水动力-油粒子模型,以长江南京段水域某码头溢油事故为研究对象,开展溢油风险评价,模拟计算涨急、落急、涨憩、落憩 4 种典型事故发生工况下的风险评价指标值。结果表明;事故发生在落急或涨憩时刻时不会对上游水域产生影响,发生在落憩时刻时对事故点上游水域影响距离最远,发生在落急时刻时将最快影响到下游的敏感点和敏感区,持续时间与水动力特性密切相关。建立的评价指标体系可以较为全面地刻画溢油风险影响特征,为长江感潮河段溢油风险评价提供量化指标和评价工具。     

Equilibrium catalyst from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit separated by metal content by using carbon nanotubes and a biphasic system

During fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) operations FCC catalyst particles become contaminated with various metals. These metals impact FCC performance and currently requires equilibrium catalyst (ECAT) mixtures consisting of a blend of FCC particles with a time spent in the reactor ranging from minutes to several months to be continuously extracted and sold as low value products or sent to landfills. Here a unique method to recycle FCC ECAT particles is presented, which separates ECAT particles by metal content by synthesizing carbon nanotubes and nanofibers on the ECAT particles surface and using a biphasic system. ECAT with low metal content can be sent back to the FCC unit for further use while ECAT with high metal content can be used for other purposes. Further, we show these treated ECAT materials of high metals content will absorb oil on the surface of water and may prove useful for oil spill clean-up applications.