The use of a biotrickling filter was investigated for a pilot field-scale elimination of NH3 gas and other odorous gases from a composting plant in Tongzhou District, Beijing. The inlet gas flow rate was 3500 m3/h and...The use of a biotrickling filter was investigated for a pilot field-scale elimination of NH3 gas and other odorous gases from a composting plant in Tongzhou District, Beijing. The inlet gas flow rate was 3500 m3/h and NH3 concentration fluctuated between 2.76–27.84 mg/m3, while the average outlet concentration was 1.06 mg/m3 with an average of 94.9% removal. Critical volumetric loading (removal efficiency=100%) was 11.22 g-N/(m3·h). The odor concentration removal was 86.7%. NH3 removal efficiency decreased as the free ammonia (FA) in the trickling liquid increased. The pressure drop was maintained at about 50 Pa/m and was never more than 55 Pa/m. During the experiment, there was neither backflushing required nor any indication of clogging. Overall, the biotrickling filter was highly efficient and cost-effective for the simultaneous biodegradation of NH3 and other odorous gases from composting, suggesting the possibility of treating odorous gases at the industrial level.展开更多
Outburst floods caused by breaches of landslide dams may cause serious damages and loss of lives in downstream areas; for this reason the study of the dynamic of the process is of particular interest for hazard and ri...Outburst floods caused by breaches of landslide dams may cause serious damages and loss of lives in downstream areas; for this reason the study of the dynamic of the process is of particular interest for hazard and risk assessment. In this paper we report a field-scale landslide dam failure experiment conducted in Nantou County, in the central of Taiwan.The seismic signal generated during the dam failure was monitored using a broadband seismometer and the signal was used to study the dam failure process.We used the short-time Fourier transform(STFT) to obtain the time–frequency characteristics of the signal and analyzed the correlation between the power spectrum density(PSD) of the signal and the water level. The results indicate that the seismic signal generated during the process consisted of three components: a low-frequency band(0–1.5 Hz), an intermediate-frequency band(1.5–10 Hz) and a highfrequency band(10–45 Hz). We obtained the characteristics of each frequency band and the variations of the signal in various stages of the landslide dam failure process. We determined the cause for the signal changes in each frequency band and its relationship with the dam failure process. The PSD sediment flux estimation model was used to interpret the causes of variations in the signal energy before the dam failure and the clockwise hysteresis during the failure. Our results show that the seismic signal reflects the physical characteristics of the landslide dam failure process. The method and equipment used in this study may be used to monitor landslide dams and providing early warnings for dam failures.展开更多
Stabilization is one of the best demonstrated available technologies for treating toxic pollutants in soils and has been used worldwide but is rarely used for treatment of contaminated sites in China despite many benc...Stabilization is one of the best demonstrated available technologies for treating toxic pollutants in soils and has been used worldwide but is rarely used for treatment of contaminated sites in China despite many bench-scale studies.Here,a field-scale application of stabilization treatment in Shanghai,China was summarized to demonstrate the whole engineering process and the key technical issues regarding stabilization of contaminated soil.A site contaminated with arsenic(As)and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs),formerly used as a lighting plant in Shanghai,was chosen as the demonstration site.Stabilizing measures were taken to treat the contaminated soil to reuse the site for residential purposes.The whole engineering remediation process consisted of phase I environmental site assessment(ESA)and phase II ESA,quantitative human health risk assessment,remediation alternatives evaluation,benchscale testing,remedial design,engineering implementation,and post-remediation assessment.A third party conducted evaluation monitoring indicated desirable results were achieved via the stabilization treatment.In addition,some technical obstacles related to soil stabilization treatment were discussed,including soil quality evaluation,stabilization effectiveness validation,and soil reuse assessment.展开更多
The strong vertical discontinuities pose a fundamental challenge to optimizing stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)in multilayered reservoirs.This research proposes a radial borehole-assisted horizontal well fracturing te...The strong vertical discontinuities pose a fundamental challenge to optimizing stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)in multilayered reservoirs.This research proposes a radial borehole-assisted horizontal well fracturing technology,which is expected to achieve effective vertical stimulation and commingled production across multiple pay zones.Under different geological and engineering conditions,the vertical propagation behavior of hydraulic fractures guided by radial boreholes can be determined by adjusting the interlayered lithologies and radial borehole configurations in experimental samples.Experimental results reveal four fracture network patterns:passivated,cross-layer,skip-layer,and hybrid fractures in the radial borehole fracturing.The radial boreholes perform better fracture guiding performances in the high-brittleness interlayers,which form cross-layer and hybrid fracture networks to improve the growth height.Hydraulic fractures tend to propagate from high-strength to low-strength layers under radial borehole guidance.When radial boreholes interconnect multiple lithology layers,hydraulic fractures initiate preferentially in lower-strength zones rather than remaining confined to borehole root ends.Increased radial borehole length and diameter facilitate fracture skip-layer initiation and cross-layer propagation,while multiple borehole branches enhance fracture penetration across high-strength interlayers.Radial boreholes with inclination angles below 30°enhance fracture height by generating cross-layer and hybrid fracture networks.Furthermore,an inter-borehole phase angle of less than 180°facilitates single-wing fracture cross-layer propagation.Fracture height is primarily governed by radial borehole length,followed by quantity,inclination angle,and diameter.Based on the geometric similarity criteria,the recommended parameters for radial borehole-assisted fracturing in a 5 1/2-inch horizontal well include a length>15 m,an inclination angle<30°,and a diameter>52 mm to ensure effective stimulation across three or more pay zones.Finally,the field-scale numerical model was developed to simulate the optimized radial borehole fracturing and demonstrate the technical superiority.These findings are expected to provide an in-depth understanding of the effective stimulation in multilayered reservoirs.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science and Technology Pillar Program in the Eleventh Five-year Plan Period (No. 2006BAJ04A06)the Special Item of System Reformation of the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, China
文摘The use of a biotrickling filter was investigated for a pilot field-scale elimination of NH3 gas and other odorous gases from a composting plant in Tongzhou District, Beijing. The inlet gas flow rate was 3500 m3/h and NH3 concentration fluctuated between 2.76–27.84 mg/m3, while the average outlet concentration was 1.06 mg/m3 with an average of 94.9% removal. Critical volumetric loading (removal efficiency=100%) was 11.22 g-N/(m3·h). The odor concentration removal was 86.7%. NH3 removal efficiency decreased as the free ammonia (FA) in the trickling liquid increased. The pressure drop was maintained at about 50 Pa/m and was never more than 55 Pa/m. During the experiment, there was neither backflushing required nor any indication of clogging. Overall, the biotrickling filter was highly efficient and cost-effective for the simultaneous biodegradation of NH3 and other odorous gases from composting, suggesting the possibility of treating odorous gases at the industrial level.
基金financially supported by the External Cooperation Program of Bureau of International Co-operation,Chinese Academy of Sciences(131551KYSB20130003)the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Technology of Barrier Lake Project of China Communications Construction Company Limited(2013318J01100)+2 种基金the Key Technologies R&D Program of Sichuan Province in China(2014SZ0163)the Special Program for International S&T Cooperation projects of China(Grant No.2012DFA20980)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51479179)
文摘Outburst floods caused by breaches of landslide dams may cause serious damages and loss of lives in downstream areas; for this reason the study of the dynamic of the process is of particular interest for hazard and risk assessment. In this paper we report a field-scale landslide dam failure experiment conducted in Nantou County, in the central of Taiwan.The seismic signal generated during the dam failure was monitored using a broadband seismometer and the signal was used to study the dam failure process.We used the short-time Fourier transform(STFT) to obtain the time–frequency characteristics of the signal and analyzed the correlation between the power spectrum density(PSD) of the signal and the water level. The results indicate that the seismic signal generated during the process consisted of three components: a low-frequency band(0–1.5 Hz), an intermediate-frequency band(1.5–10 Hz) and a highfrequency band(10–45 Hz). We obtained the characteristics of each frequency band and the variations of the signal in various stages of the landslide dam failure process. We determined the cause for the signal changes in each frequency band and its relationship with the dam failure process. The PSD sediment flux estimation model was used to interpret the causes of variations in the signal energy before the dam failure and the clockwise hysteresis during the failure. Our results show that the seismic signal reflects the physical characteristics of the landslide dam failure process. The method and equipment used in this study may be used to monitor landslide dams and providing early warnings for dam failures.
文摘Stabilization is one of the best demonstrated available technologies for treating toxic pollutants in soils and has been used worldwide but is rarely used for treatment of contaminated sites in China despite many bench-scale studies.Here,a field-scale application of stabilization treatment in Shanghai,China was summarized to demonstrate the whole engineering process and the key technical issues regarding stabilization of contaminated soil.A site contaminated with arsenic(As)and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs),formerly used as a lighting plant in Shanghai,was chosen as the demonstration site.Stabilizing measures were taken to treat the contaminated soil to reuse the site for residential purposes.The whole engineering remediation process consisted of phase I environmental site assessment(ESA)and phase II ESA,quantitative human health risk assessment,remediation alternatives evaluation,benchscale testing,remedial design,engineering implementation,and post-remediation assessment.A third party conducted evaluation monitoring indicated desirable results were achieved via the stabilization treatment.In addition,some technical obstacles related to soil stabilization treatment were discussed,including soil quality evaluation,stabilization effectiveness validation,and soil reuse assessment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U24B6001,52421002,52474016,and 52020105001)Research on Key Technologies for Exploration and Development of Dry Geothermal Resources(No.2022DJ5503)Deep-land National Science and Technology Major Project of China(No.2024ZD1003504).
文摘The strong vertical discontinuities pose a fundamental challenge to optimizing stimulated reservoir volume(SRV)in multilayered reservoirs.This research proposes a radial borehole-assisted horizontal well fracturing technology,which is expected to achieve effective vertical stimulation and commingled production across multiple pay zones.Under different geological and engineering conditions,the vertical propagation behavior of hydraulic fractures guided by radial boreholes can be determined by adjusting the interlayered lithologies and radial borehole configurations in experimental samples.Experimental results reveal four fracture network patterns:passivated,cross-layer,skip-layer,and hybrid fractures in the radial borehole fracturing.The radial boreholes perform better fracture guiding performances in the high-brittleness interlayers,which form cross-layer and hybrid fracture networks to improve the growth height.Hydraulic fractures tend to propagate from high-strength to low-strength layers under radial borehole guidance.When radial boreholes interconnect multiple lithology layers,hydraulic fractures initiate preferentially in lower-strength zones rather than remaining confined to borehole root ends.Increased radial borehole length and diameter facilitate fracture skip-layer initiation and cross-layer propagation,while multiple borehole branches enhance fracture penetration across high-strength interlayers.Radial boreholes with inclination angles below 30°enhance fracture height by generating cross-layer and hybrid fracture networks.Furthermore,an inter-borehole phase angle of less than 180°facilitates single-wing fracture cross-layer propagation.Fracture height is primarily governed by radial borehole length,followed by quantity,inclination angle,and diameter.Based on the geometric similarity criteria,the recommended parameters for radial borehole-assisted fracturing in a 5 1/2-inch horizontal well include a length>15 m,an inclination angle<30°,and a diameter>52 mm to ensure effective stimulation across three or more pay zones.Finally,the field-scale numerical model was developed to simulate the optimized radial borehole fracturing and demonstrate the technical superiority.These findings are expected to provide an in-depth understanding of the effective stimulation in multilayered reservoirs.
