Proceedings of the 2015 International Symposium on Material, Energy and Environment Engineering

Session: 3.Environmental Engineering

44 articles
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Application of Inorganic Ceramic Membrane in Wastewater Treatment: Membrane Fouling Control and Cleaning Procedure

Yanjie Wei
Using the inorganic ceramic membrane equipment for wastewater treatment, the transit membrane pressure (TMP) raises with membrane fouling, interception efficiency declines, and operation energy consumption increases. These issues have been the main problems to be solved in the technology development...
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Haze Particles for Removal of Multiple Heavy Metals from Wastewater

Tingyi Liu, Yanqiu Sun, Zhongliang Wang
Haze has been a worldwide problem disturbing the daily life of human, and even causing a variety risk to human health. However, haze particles, normally named “air pollutants” and “toxic wastes”, were firstly used to remove heavy metals from wastewater with a high efficiency. The morphology of haze particles...
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Research on Electronic Waste Recycling—Liupanshui City as an example

Zhiwei Zeng, Mingzhe Hu, Jiangli Long, Denghui Ji
According to the present situation and trend of industrialization of electronic waste at home and abroad, combining the reality of Liupanshui region of electronic waste recycling. This paper studies on the technology and process of electronic waste recycling being basic on the precious metals which recover...
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Experimental Study on Boiler NOx Emission Characteristics Basing on Power Plant Efficiency

Guang Zeng, Shaozeng Sun, Zhenqi Ye, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yijun Zhao, Jie Leng
Nowadays, NOx emission was taken more and more seriously, Emission standard of air pollutants for thermal power plants was enacted newly by Chinese State Environmental Protection Department which is considered to be the strictest NOx emission standard up to now, but similar to other NOx controlling regulations...
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The Effects of Agricultural Wastes on Degradation of PAHs and Abundance of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea in Soils

Xuemei Han, Chen Cheng, Qingxia Duan, Hui Wang, Xiwei Li, Donghao Wei, Rui Zhang, Helian Li
The effects of agricultural wastes on degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in PAH-polluted soils were determined by liquid chromatography and real-time quantitative PCR. The results showed that addition...
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Study on the Thermal Environment of “Cool Alley” in Chinese Historic Settlements

Li Tang, Nan Zhang
Chinese historic settlements are striking testimonies to the architectural civilization of China. Based on the concept of ‘letting nature take its course’, these settlements promote harmony and unity between architecture and nature, and embody the ecological wisdom of our ancestors. Many of the planning...
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Source Identification, Emission Characters and Tendency of Atmospheric PAHs in China: A Review

Youping Shou, Xin Li
PAHs are widespread environmental pollutants, which originate mostly from incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and organic materials. Due to their well-known carcinogenic and mutagenic properties in humans, PAHs are a concern to more and more people. This review serves as a database to analyse the major...
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Investigation on the Natural Occurrence of Semicarbazide in Macrobrachium Nipponese prawns

Yunhua Hui, Xuan Zhang, Huijuan Yu
There is a suggestion that semicarbazide (SEM), the marker for the illegal veterinary nitrofurazone (NFZ), can naturally occur in some crustaceans. There were increasing occurrences that SEM had been found in Macrobrachium Nipponese (M. Nipponese) prawns during the routine quality controls testing for...
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Research on Establishment of an Index System for the Low-carbon Industrial Parks in Wuhan City

Yanyan Huang, Jingjing Wang
Along with an upsurge in the construction of eco-industrial parks in China, research on the appraisal system of industrial parks has become a focus of public concern. With low-carbon industrial park as an object of study, this paper proposes a setup procedure and specific construction method for index...
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Estimating Benefits of Deep Retrofit Scenarios Based on Passivhaus Standards in the Residential Sector of Waterloo Region

Qi Wang, Paul Parker
This paper investigates the potential benefits of deep retrofit scenarios on the energy consumption of houses in Waterloo Region. The building envelop is the primary focus, especially upgrading wall, attic, and foundation insulation. The sample houses are divided into six categories based on their construction...
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Unconscious Design and the Natural Qualities of Bamboo Furniture

Wenying Dong, Jiamin Huang
Combined with the features of bamboo, to discuss how to release the qualities of bamboo using the unconscious design skillfully, and show "humanism" of bamboo furniture to achieve harmony between man, machine and environment.
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Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Waste MC nylon Using Zeolites in Subcritical Water

Wei Wang, Linghui Meng, Kunyue Leng, Yudong Huang
In contrast with the conventional physical methods, the sub- and supercritical hydrolysis is not only a more environmentally friendly method to recycle the monomer casting nylon (MC nylon) wastes, but also a more feasible way to produce the corresponding monomer. In subcritical water, MC nylon was decomposed...
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Patterns of Understory Plant Diversity in Response to Transmitted Solar Radiation in a Subtropical Forest

Xiaorong Jia, Runxia Huang, Yi Zhou, Zhiyao Su
In order to reveal how transmitted solar radiation affects understory plant diversity patterns, we carried out plant census in a subtropical forest in south China. We determined canopy structure and understory gap light regimes using hemispherical photography. The results showed that a total of 206 species...
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Research on the Demarcation of Provincial Initial Emission Quotas and the Emissions Trading

Huiqin Jiang, Sixiang Huang, Yang Miao, Jianqiang Bao
The distribution of China's energy resources and consumption is trending to reverse. Inter-provincial cooperation from of energy transforms form transporting coal to building coal-fired power, electricity transmission and natural gas transmission. That led to the increase in total emissions and environmental...
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Capacity Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon Pools in the Intertidal Zone of the Bohai Bay

Tianyu Mao, Tingting Shi, Yajuan Li
Based on the data obtained from the field survey in the intertidal zone of the Binhai New Area of Tianjin Bay in October 2014, the distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon pool in the intertidal zone were studied. The results show that the highest organic carbon content of soil is 22.913g/kg,...
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Review on the Technology and Application of Lead Contaminated Soil Remediation

Lina Lan, Xiaojie Sun
With the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, and lead pollution of soil area in our country, blood lead happened frequently in recent years, the lead pollution of soil is a problem that cannot be ignored.This paper briefly illustrates the soil lead pollution present situation, summarizes...
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An Inventory Analysis for Estimating CO2 Emission in End-of-Life of Single or Independent Building

Gi Wook Cha, Won Hwa Hong, Kang Min Kim
In this study, an inventory analysis was conducted to estimate the CO2 emissions in End-of-Life (EOL) of single and independent buildings (SIB). For this purpose, EOL were subdivided into the dismantling stage, the waste transportation stage and the waste disposal stage. And the CO2 emissions estimation...
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The Application of Fluidized Bed Incineration for Sludge Innocuous Disposal in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation

Xin Li
Fluidized bed incineration is an innovative combustion technique in soil environmental remediation. It was specifically and effective for the sewage sludge remediation contaminated by heavy metals. In this paper, the sludge incineration technological process was mainly studied. There were 3 methods of...
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Mechanism Design for the Joint Control of Pollution

F. Xue Zhang, J. Wang
From the perspective of the central government, this paper analyzed that the externality of pollution control would lead to market inefficiency, and studied the implementation in dominant strategy equilibrium and sub-game perfect Nash equilibrium. Study found: Market inefficiency came from private information...
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Optimizing Needs Fresh Air for Healthy Microclimate

Zdenek Galda, Jiri Labudek
The aim of the experiment was to verify the CO2 concentration in the indoor environments in different flows of fresh air per person, based on the legislative requirements of the Czech Republic and the European Union. The experiment was performed in a passive house at the Faculty of Civil Engineering,...
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Method for Mixed Gas Detecting in Coal Mine Based on Improved RBF Neural Network

Ruiqing Mao, Xiliang Ma, Yong Wang
Aiming at the problem of the coal mine rescue robot's perception of toxic and harmful gas in Coal Mine, The cross sensitivity of partial gas is reduced by using double gas sensor, and the influence of the variable factors such as temperature and humidity is considered, The improved RBF neural network...
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Causes Analysis on the Pollution of the South Lake in Wuhan City Based on Fault Tree Theory

Chaoyang Liu, Jingdong Zhang, Fei Li, Bing Wang, Zhenzhen Qiu
South Lake, the second largest lake in Wuhan, has been polluted seriously in recent years. Unfortunately, specific reasons for the pollution phenomenon impose an insurmountable hurdle. To address this challenge, we used the fault tree theory as a effective tool to conduct comprehensive analysis of the...
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Analysis and Research on Influence Factors of Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidizing Bacterial Activity

Xiaoyan Tian, Ke Feng
This paper probes into the anaerobic ammonia oxidation startup phase and the concentration of nitrate nitrogen, PH and temperature on the start stage, and the effects of nitrogen, the results show that:(1) The nitrate nitrogen concentration and enrichment of anaerobic ammonia oxidation bacteria biomass...
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Spatial and Seasonal Distribution Study and Correlation Analysis of Aerosol and PM2.5 in Beijing City Based on MODIS Data

Wei Ye, Wei Song
The inversion of aerosol optical depth (AOD) of Beijing in each four seasons of 2014 year was carried out in this paper. The results show that, in seasonal distribution, the AOD of Beijing city was lower in winter and spring, stable in summer and autumn. In spatial distribution, the AOD is large in the...
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A Study on Water Resource Allocation in Jiaokou Irrigation Area

Mengna Li, Rui Liu, Hui Qian, Xiangyi Meng
To solve the current problems occurred in Jiaokou irrigation area, and to realize sustainable utilization of water resources, this article proposes several water resource allocation plans, based on water supply and demand calculation in the area. A model is used to simulate these plans. The results shows...
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Influence of waterway dredging engineering on Water Ecological Environment and Countermeasures

Changbing Liu, Hongxia Xiong, Wei Huang, Yu Lin
During waterway dredging engineering due to the disturbance of construction operation on water, the original substrate will change and suspended solids will concentrate sharply in a short period of time resulting in the change of local ecosystem and river habitat landscape and bring adverse impacts on...
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WASP Model-based Optimization on Water Quality Monitoring Section in Ningxia Segment of the Yellow River

Xiangyi Meng, Jingwen Qi, Hui Qian, Mengna Li
According to the hydrographic features and current data of Yellow River’s Ningxia Sector, this study uses WASP model for water quality simulation and selects three pollution indexes COD, NH3-N and TP, conducting analysis on the spatial change characteristics of these three indexes. On this basis, the...
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Outside 3D Integral Fin on stainless steel tube forming and Multi-Factor Experimental Analysis

Xiaoxia Zhang, Xiuli Qiu
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Analysis and Comparison of Urban Air Quality Management in China, Korea and Thailand

Ronghua Xu, Yanpeng Cai, Jun Zheng, Hong Wang
In the past few years, the problems of urban air pollution became increasingly serious in many countries. In this paper, the comparison and analysis of air quality between developed and developing countries, such as Korea, China, and Thailand, were proposed. In detail, the state of air quality, state...
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Analysis Denitration Technology for Iron-steel Sintering Flue Gas

Shaohua Ling, Changyong Jing, Lijuan Zhang
This paper analyzes and discusses the flue gas denitrification technology in the application of sintering flue gas,combining the characteristics of the steel industry sintering flue.To 400m2 sintering machine,study on sintering flue gas ozone oxidation simultaneous desulfurization and denitrification...
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The Experimental Study of the Coal Wastage Caused by Rain in Open-Air Coal Yard

Musong Lin, Wei Su, Tiansheng Chen, Xiaoqian Ma, Wanqiang Wu, Zhaosheng Yu, Zhongliang Yao
Introduction:This paper introduced Rainfall simulation by using spray head, experimental study on power plant coal storage wastage produced by the influence of the rainfall.Discuss the different coal kinds, rainfall intensity ,rainfall time and the influence of coating agent on loss of coal.The results...
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Study on Treatment of Harbour Oily Wastewater by Inorganic Ceramic Membrane

Yanjie Wei
The inorganic ceramic membrane technology was utilized to treat harbour oily wastewater. The operational parameters were chosen and optimized. Finally, with the200nm- membrane module, the optimum parameters were obtained: operation pressure was 0.10MPa, operational temperature was 303K, surrounding pH...
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Urban Ecosystem Health Assessment of Foshan city based on Entropy and Grey Prediction Model

Hui Liu
According to the connotation of urban ecosystem health and the ecosystem situation in Foshan, the health assessment index system was constructed which including five factors of vigor, organization, resilience, ecosystem service, population health and the assessment standard was also determined. The index...
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The Research of Green Transformation Practice of Existing Building of Historical and Cultural Block – Mianyang City Yuejin Road Historical and Cultural Block to Transform of Case

Shuang Liang, Lilan Ding, Haijiao Zhu, Yibin Han, Guoqian Wang
The study about protection and recycling of existing buildings in the historical blocks is very hot. At the same time,the transformation of the existing building’s performance is the trend of green building’s develop. This study include the reshaping of the functional value and the improvements of performance....
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Research on Regional Energy Planning Practice in Industrial Park Mode –Taking the Civil-Military Integration Industrial Park of Mianyang as an Example

Shuang Liang, Yibin Han, Lilan Ding, Guoqian Wang, Haijiao Zhu
Under the current urgency circumstances of energy saving and emission reduction, the comprehensive utilization of various forms of energy and others strengths, together to realize the environment protection and resources conservation has become a research hotspot. This paper focuses on the energy supply...
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Reconstruction and Extension Project of Wastewater Treatment Plant in Beijiang Area, Tianjin Port

Guoyi Li
The original East Pier wastewater treatment plant in Beijiang Area, Tianjin Port, was built in 1992 to treat the wastewater produced locally. As required by the environmental protection department and owners, the output quality after treatment should meet the first class-A standard in “Pollutant discharge...
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Analysis on Sediment Nutrients and Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Wetland in Hulunbeier Grassland

Jing He, Derong Su, Shihai Lv, Zhirong Zheng, Shengxing Ye, Zhaoyan Diao
The dynamic changes in sediment nutrients, alkaline phosphatase activity and the relationships between them and wetland in Hulunbeier Grassland in different sites were studied. The results show that with the time change, pH value of wetlands sediment in three sites showed increasing trend. And organic...
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Dynamic Response of Asphalt Pavement in Tunnel Entrance and Exit Area Based on Mixture Viscoelasticity

Xueying Zhao, Aiqin Shen, Cuizhen Xue
To further investigate the variation of stress under moving traffic loads in tunnel entrance and exit area, in this paper, a 3-D finite model(FE) of the pavement structure in entrance and exit section was established. The pavement of the tunnel consists of asphalt concrete and cement concrete. The viscoelastic...
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Analysis on Energy Geotechnical Engineering Technology in Diaphragm Wall

Jianwu Gong, Tianhui Liu, Bingyan Wen
With the construction of deep foundation pit, subway station and other large underground engineering, energy geotechnical engineering technology based on diaphragm wall has been applied in China. And the technology has shown its great development potential and wide application prospect gradually. The...
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The Impact of Calculating Environmental Cost on Purchase and Sale of Electricity

Zhanhui Xiao, Dunnan Liu, Long Zhou, Qiang Wang
The control of environmental cost can gain the maximum of economic benefits and environmental benefits in the process of electricity trading. In this paper, the benefit of environmental protection is summarized and the measuring method of environmental cost is given so that the cost of resource consumption...
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Numerical Simulation Study of the Influence of Flue Gases Recirculated on NOx Emissions

Yunkai Yue, Aiqin Li, Zhe Zhao, Jiadi Ma
Flue gas recirculation is considered to be one of the most promising and cost-effective NOx reduction strategies for combustion systems. Therefore, it has great scientific and practical significances to investigate the flue gas recirculation process. Fluent was used to perform a numerical flue gas recirculation...
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Effect of Rhizosphere Micro-Environment on Purification Potential of Constructed Wetlands

Junjie You, Yanli Ding, Shaoyuan Bai, Xuefen Li, Lin Sun
Plants play an important role on constructed wetland (CW) purification, especially for its rhizosphere micro-environment. Oxygen supplying, , microbial biodegradation, hydraulic transmission and impovement nutrient are all closely related to the root micro-environment. However, after a period of running,...
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Introduction and Analysis of Environmental Geophysics

Lin Sun, Yanli Ding, Junjie You, Xuefen Li
Environmental geophysics,also known as the near surface geophysics,it is environmental science and Geophysics integration and a borderline subject developed,to study the relationship between geophysical field and matter in the earth's physical characteristics and the livingenvironment of mankind(including...
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Course of Temperatures in Construction of Wooden House

Lucie Kucerova, Sarka Korbelova, Radim Trajkov, Barbora Valova
The course of temperatures in the construction is one of the main indicators of well- designed and implemented wooden buildings. And improper design may cause the penetration of cold outside air into the structure which may negatively affect the whole construction of wooden house. This article focuses...