一种带有产气热裂解装置的新型热解气化炉的实验研究

在实验室建造了一种带有产气热裂解装置的新型热解燃气发生炉作为实验模型,用玉米芯为燃料进行了对运行参数优化的试验分析。结果表明,强要根据入料的水分含量适当地搭配热解温度和热裂解温度,就可以得到较为满意的气化结果。对自然风干的玉米芯用600℃热解温度和800℃产气热裂解温度可使产气中焦油含量为9％以下、产气率达74％,产气性能远比普通煤气发生炉高得多。     

Weathering rates of fine pebbles at the soil surface in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland

In 1994, nylon mesh bags containing 6.2-mm diameter fragments of either freshly crushed dolomite or granite were placed on meadow, solifluction meadow, birch, heath and alpine tundra vegetation that cover surfaces within Kärkevagge, a glaciated arctic–alpine valley in Swedish Lapland. Each vegetation category contained three replicate sites comprising one bag of each rock type. In 1995, the study was extended to Dryas heath and willow (two sites only) surfaces. Percentage annual weight loss was used as a metric of chemical weathering rates. One site in each of the 1994 categories was measured in 1995. All sites were measured in 1999. Two dolomite and granite standards stored in the laboratory and subjected to identical cleaning and weighing regimes to the field samples, exhibited no more than a 0.24% total weight loss after 5 years. The percentage weight loss in the subgroup examined after 1 year (dolomite 0.54%/year; granite 0.41%/year) significantly exceeded the average annual loss for the subsequent 4 years in all cases (dolomite 0.40%/year; granite 0.07%/year). Ten sites with a 5-year record had a mean annual loss of 0.326±0.115%/year (two standard errors) for dolomite and 0.121±0.020%/year for granite. Assuming an exponential decay model, a 0.326%/year rate of loss produces a ‘half-life’ of approximately 212 years and a 0.121%/year loss rate, a half-life of approximately 570 years. Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA on rank-ordered data determined significant differences in dolomite pebble mass loss between the Dryas heath and willow plus meadow microenvironments, as well as between the birch forest and the willow plus meadow microenvironments. The underpinning factor behind these differences appears to be moisture differences. A similar test failed to determine statistically significant differences for the granite pebbles. Dolomite appears to be a viable medium for determining mass loss rates over quite modest time periods providing that the number of samples is sufficiently large.     

土壤蒸发及水热传输研究综述

土壤蒸发与水热传输是地表能量与水分平衡的重要组成部分。本文综述了几十年来土壤蒸发、水热传输以及土壤水力、热力特性基本理论及发展过程,并提出了今后进一步研究的方向。     

A 10-year record of the weathering rates of surficial pebbles in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland

Between 1999 and 2004, nylon mesh bags containing  6.2 mm diameter fragments of crushed dolomite or granite were exposed to weathering on the surfaces of birch, Dryas heath, heath, meadow, solifluction meadow, and willow vegetation communities in Kärkevagge, a glaciated trough in Swedish Lapland. The material in the bags had previously been in the same locations from either 1994 or 1995 when it had been placed in the field as freshly crushed pebbles. Results of the mass losses resulting from chemical weathering during the first 4- or 5-year period were reported in Dixon et al. [Dixon, J.C., Thorn, C.E., Darmody, R.G., Schlyter, P. 2001. Weathering rates of fine pebbles at the soil surface in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland. Catena 45, 273–286.] in Catena. The spatial results of the second 5-year period confirm those determined during the first period. In general, wetter, more acidic sites promoted greater losses from the dolomite, but the losses from the granite were too small to reveal distinctive spatial patterns. Dolomite consistently weathered faster than granite in at-a-site comparisons with total mass losses between 1999 and 2004 ranging from 1.90% to 9.98% for dolomite and − 0.07% to 4.02% for granite. Spatial distinctions were blurred during the second period due to significant losses of bags at dry sites from atmospheric exposure. However, at-a-site comparisons between the two study periods revealed statistically significantly greater losses during the second period when compared to the first. In the absence of appropriate ground climate data, it is worth noting that air climates were both warmer and wetter during both study periods when compared to the 1961–1990 averages, and the second 5-year study period was also warmer and wetter than the first.     

Determination of ecophysiological maintenance carbon requirements of soil microorganisms in a dormant state

Summary An experimental approach was attempted for determining the maintenance carbon requirements of the dormant microbial biomass of two agricultural soils (I, II) and one, forest soil (III). The amount of carbon needed for preventing microbial-C loss during incubation expressed as coefficient m (mg glucose-C·mg^-1 biomass-C·h^-1) was 0.00031, 0.00017 and 0.00017 h^-1 at 28°C and 0.000043, 0.000034 and 0.000016 h^-1 at 15°C for soils I, II and III, respectively. Depending on the temperature, the determined m values of the dormant population were two to three orders of magnitude below known values from pure cultures or m values of metabolically activated biomasses under in situ conditions. Corresponding microbial-C loss quotients were comparable to the observed maintenance coefficients but were always above m.The metabolic quotient q for CO₂ (mg CO₂-C·mg^-1 biomass-C·h^-1) of the dormant populations in the three soils tested was at q = 0.0018 h^-1 (22°C) one order of magnitude below metabolically activated cells but did not correspond to the low maintenance values determined, which implies that in addition to possible utilization of native soil organic matter dormant biomasses must largely have an endogenously derived respiratory activity.     

Decomposition of organic matter and nutrient mineralisation in wood ant (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Formica rufa</Emphasis> group) mounds in boreal coniferous forests of different age

Wood ants (Formica rufa group) are dominating ecosystem elements of the boreal region due to their wide and abundant occurrence. They collect and concentrate organic material from the surrounding forest floor by building large above-ground mounds. These mounds have higher temperature and lower water content than the surrounding forest floor. We studied how these peculiar environmental conditions affected mass loss and carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) mineralisation of organic matter in boreal Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.)-dominated mixed forest stands of four different age classes (5-, 30-, 60-, and 100-year-old) situated in eastern Finland using the litter bag technique. Norway spruce needle litter was incubated in inhabited and abandoned wood ant mounds as well as on the surrounding forest floor. We expected decomposition to be extremely slow due to the dryness of the mounds. Mass losses inside inhabited mounds were lower compared to the surrounding forest floor (on average 30 vs 50% after 2 years) but not as low as we expected, which might be a result of ant and microbial activity in the mounds. Decomposition in the abandoned mounds proceeded similarly as on the forest floor. Nutrient mineralisation proceeded more slowly in the ant mounds than on the surrounding forest floor. Mineralisation occurred for all studied nutrients in the ant mounds, except for N, which net amount remained stable during the years of the experiment. When wood ant mounds are abandoned and their porous and dry structure is no longer maintained by the ants, their decomposition is accelerated, and nutrients may be available for uptake by plants, although the nutrient mineralisation seems still to remain lower compared to the surrounding forest floor. However, eventually the mound material will be decomposed and nutrients mineralised, thus providing a nutrient hot spot increasing the heterogeneity of forest floor nutrient availability.     

Changes in mass and chemistry of plant roots during long-term decomposition on a Chihuahuan Desert watershed

We studied the spatial and temporal patterns of decomposition of roots of a desert sub-shrub, a herbaceous annual, and four species of perennial grasses at several locations on nitrogen fertilized and unfertilized transects on a Chihuahuan Desert watershed for 3.5 years. There were few significant differences between the decomposition rates of roots on the NH₄NO₃ fertilized and unfertilized transects. Decomposition of all roots followed a two-phase pattern: early rapid mass loss followed by a long period of low mass loss. Rates of decomposition were negatively correlated with the initial lignin content of the roots (r=0.90). Mass loss rates of the roots of the herbaceous annual, Baileya multiradiata, were significantly higher than those of the grasses and the shrub, probably as a result of subterranean termites feeding on B. multiradiata root material. The only location where mass loss rates were significantly different was the dry lake bed, where mass loss rates were lower than those recorded on the upper watershed. The spatial differences in mass loss rates in the dry lake were attributable to the high clay content of the soils, which reduced water availability, and to the absence of termites. Non-polar substances in decomposing roots decreased rapidly during the first year, then decreased at a low but fairly constant rate. Water-soluble compounds decreased rapidly (50–60% of initial concentration) during the first 3–6 months. Lignin concentrations of roots of perennial grasses were higher than those of herbaceous annual plants and woody shrubs. Lignin concentrations increased in all species during decomposition. The chemical changes in decomposing roots followed the patterns described for decomposing litter in mesic environments. Received: 20 January 1997     

基于竹屑降解的腐生真菌筛选、酶活测定与基因表达分析

为筛选应用于毛竹(Phyllostachys edulis)伐桩微生物促腐的高效降解菌株,采用发酵纯培养方法并结合形态学观察和核糖体转录间隔区(nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer,ITS)序列分析,发掘鉴定了3株能引起较高竹屑质量损失率的腐生真菌;并通过降解真实底物和Real-time PCR方法,测定了其降解竹屑过程中纤维素和木质素酶活性及其对应的功能基因表达变化.结果表明,3株真菌分别为绿木霉(Trichoderma virens)、棘孢木霉(Trichoderma asperellum)和总状毛霉(Mucor racemosus),降解竹屑20 d引起质量损失率分别为20.56％、17.66％和13.11％.上述菌株分泌的漆酶(laccase,Lac)活性与竹屑质量损失率呈显著正相关,分泌的内切葡聚糖酶(endoglucanase,EG)与外切葡聚糖酶(cellobiohydrolase,CBH)之间存在协同作用,且纤维素酶基因cbhI表达量与对应的CBH酶活性呈显著正相关.酶活性测定和功能基因表达变化表明,3株真菌降解竹屑的能力从高到低依次为绿木霉,棘孢木霉和总状毛霉,漆酶在竹屑降解过程中发挥了重要作用.本实验从竹林土壤中筛选获得高效降解菌株并测定了其对竹屑的降解率,为应用于毛竹伐桩的微生物促腐以及竹纤维材料的生物降解提供了依据.     

Post-fire hillslope erosion response in a sub-alpine environment, south-eastern Australia

This paper examines post-fire erosion response in a sub-alpine environment in south-eastern Australia for a period of 2.2 years. Few studies have examined fire impacts on sediment transfer in this environment. Erosion pins were used in grids located at upper, mid and lower slope positions on adjacent burnt and unburnt hillslopes to assess fire effects on the extent of surface level change. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the surface level change regimes on the burnt and unburnt hillslopes. Estimated erosion rates for the burnt slope over the study period ranged from 2.7 to 94.3 t ha^− 1, which could be considered low given the high slope angles, high precipitation and moderate fire severity. Slope position was critical in modifying post-fire erosion response, as it controlled slope angle and the rate of surface cover regrowth. Analysis of lower slope sites, for which more detailed data was available, indicated a second delayed erosion peak after the initial elevated post-fire response during the following spring snowmelt period. Surface recovery on the lower burnt site was slow, with vegetation cover still comparatively low 2.3 years after the fire. Evidence of post-fire sediment supply limitation was found on this site, with a declining rate of increase in the magnitude of total surface level change, despite limited regrowth and an increasing number of precipitation events > 20 mm for measurement intervals since the fire. Modification of the hillslope surface by fire leads to changing hillslope erosion process dominance in this environment. The post-fire hillslope undergoes erosion by direct rain-drop impact and overland flow, whereas the unburnt slope rarely experiences overland flow due to the thick ground cover. As a result surface level change on the unburnt slope was largely influenced by wetting–drying effects rather than sediment transfer by surface flow. Downslope biotransfer appears to be the dominant sediment movement process in the unburnt sub-alpine forest environment.     

Predicting postfire erosion and mitigation effectiveness with a web-based probabilistic erosion model

The decision of where, when, and how to apply the most effective postfire erosion mitigation treatments requires land managers to assess the risk of damaging runoff and erosion events occurring after a fire. To meet this challenge, the Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMiT) was developed. ERMiT is a web-based application that uses the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) technology to estimate erosion, in probabilistic terms, on burned and recovering forest, range, and chaparral lands with and without the application of mitigation treatments. User inputs are processed by ERMiT to combine rain event variability with spatial and temporal variabilities of hillslope burn severity and soil properties, which are then used as WEPP input parameter values. Based on 20 to 40 individual WEPP runs, ERMiT produces a distribution of rain event erosion rates with a probability of occurrence for each of five postfire years. In addition, rain event erosion rate distributions are generated for postfire hillslopes that have been treated with seeding, straw mulch, and erosion barriers such as contour-felled logs or straw wattles.     

Wildfire effects on the properties and microbial community structure of organic horizon soils in the New Jersey Pinelands

The frequency and intensity of wildfires are expected to increase in the coming years due to the changing climate, particularly in areas of high net primary production. Wildfires represent severe perturbations to terrestrial ecosystems and may have lasting effects. The objective of this study was to characterize the impacts of wildfire on an ecologically and economically important ecosystem by linking soil properties to shifts in microbial community structure in organic horizon soils. The study was conducted after a severe wildfire burned over 7000 ha of the New Jersey Pinelands, a low nutrient system with a historical incidence of fires. Soil properties in burned and non-burned soils were measured periodically up to two years after the fire occurred, in conjunction with molecular analysis of the soil bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities to determine the extent and duration of the ecosystem responses. The results of our study indicate that the wildfire resulted in significant changes in the soil physical and chemical characteristics in the organic horizon, including declines in soil organic matter, moisture content and total Kjeldahl nitrogen. These changes persisted for up to 25 months post-fire and were linked to shifts in the composition of soil bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities in the organic horizon. Of particular interest is the fact that the bacterial, fungal and archaeal communities in the severely burned soils all changed most dramatically during the first year after fire, changed more slowly during the second year after the fire, and were still distinct from communities in the non-burned soils 25 months post-fire. This slow recovery in soil physical, chemical and biological properties could have long term consequences for the soil ecosystem. These results highlight the importance of relating the response of the soil microbial communities to changing soil properties after a naturally occurring wildfire.     

Bioturbation on wildfire-affected southeast Australian hillslopes: Spatial and temporal variation

The importance of bioturbation as an agent of soil and geomorphological change is well known but few observations have been made of spatial and temporal variations in bioturbation rates. We quantified variations in surface bioturbation by ants (particularly Aphaenogaster longiceps) and vertebrates in the sandstone terrain of the Blue Mountains, southeast Australia. Following wildfire during the period late 2001–early 2002, we monitored thirty-three 5 m² plots positioned in six different slope units and in two catchments affected by different wildfire severities. Measurements were made seasonally for six years. Overall, mean rates of ant mounding and surface scraping by vertebrates were similar (246 ± 339 g m^− 2 yr^− 1 and 274 ± 179 g m^− 2 yr^− 1, respectively). However, rates varied substantially according to slope unit, showing a marked maximum for both ant mounding and total bioturbation on footslopes. Possible reasons for this spatial variation are discussed. A complex response to various soil and ecological factors such as soil texture, soil moisture and vegetation patterns is the most likely explanation. Associated estimates of topsoil (0–30 cm depth) turnover times, based on ant mounding rates alone, ranged from 300 to 100,000 years for different slope units. In contrast to previous findings, wildfire severity did not seem to affect bioturbation, possibly because of ant survival in deep nests and spatial patchiness of fire severity. There was likewise no clear link between temporal changes in bioturbation and fire severity; high rates in the first two years after wildfire were followed by lower rates for all burn severity types. There was also seasonal variability that was not directly related to rainfall. The results substantiate the importance of bioturbation in modifying soil characteristics and influencing soil erosion, especially following a major disturbance event like wildfire.     

史前关中盆地土壤剖面的黑碳与炭屑记录

参照OSL测年和考古与历史学断代,利用黄土—土壤剖面沉积物中炭屑和黑碳(焦炭和烟炱)记录,结合磁化率、有机碳等古环境指标,揭示过去12000年火灾历史演变过程。炭屑和黑碳浓度研究结果表明:全新世早期区域野火活动频繁发生,中期火灾很少,晚期本地火灾频率呈现增长态势。黑碳(烟炱和焦炭)和炭屑分析呈现不平行变化趋势,可能是生物质燃烧的物质排放方式和传输过程的区域差异引起。距今3500~2800年间,黑碳和炭屑颗粒浓度峰值与全新世短尺度恶化气候事件具有明显同步性;同期,先周人部落大规模土地开垦发展旱作农业活动加剧。黄土高原千年尺度火灾变化与季风气候变化之间的关系表明:全新世以来,野火频率变化取决于区域气候有效湿度和人类土地利用及其对气候变化的响应。     

Spatial and temporal controls on post-fire hydrologic recovery in Southern California watersheds

The current study investigates the spatial and temporal dynamics of post-fire vegetation and the subsequent influence on seasonal and annual hydrologic responses in chaparral-dominated watersheds. Post-fire climatology, burn severity, slope aspect, and vegetation behavior are evaluated for two basins burned during the 2003 Old Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. Climate and discharge data are used to evaluate seasonal and annual variability of post-fire hydrologic fluxes. Data obtained from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are used to estimate Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR). A Savitzky–Golay filtering technique and an integrated EVI annual fraction are utilized to assess vegetation recovery under a range of potential controls. Vegetation recovery is highly variable in both watersheds and is related to slope aspect (solar and water availability), initial biomass levels, and burn severity. South and west facing slopes show higher pre-fire EVI (biomass) and significant loss of vegetation cover after fire. Vegetation in both watersheds responds to an extreme wet season during the second post-fire year, however recovery rates are not sustained. North and east aspects show the quickest biomass gain relative to pre-fire conditions by the end of the study period (WY 2010), while the west and south slopes show lower biomass recovery. High burn severity areas show the slowest recovery across all slope aspects, with these regions just approaching 90% of pre-fire biomass by the end of the seven-year post-fire period. The variable rate of vegetation recovery across the watersheds results in significant changes in annual and seasonal discharge throughout the post-fire period. Runoff ratios remain elevated in both systems and there is increased dry season flow for much of the study period, indicating that plant water consumption and flowpaths are not back to pre-fire behavior by the end of WY 2010.     

Water repellency and moisture content spatial variations under Rosmarinus officinalis and Quercus coccifera in a Mediterranean burned soil

Variations in the distribution pattern of soil water repellency (SWR) and soil moisture are of major importance for the hydrological and geomorphological processes in Mediterranean burned areas, and also for their ecological implications concerning to re-establishment of the vegetation cover. This paper studies the influence of Rosmarinus officinalis L. and Quercus coccifera L. vegetated patches on SWR and their relationships with soil moisture content (SMC) and soil organic matter (SOM) in burned and unburned calcareous soils of a Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem, considering the first rainfall event occurred after the wildfire in Les Useres (Castellón, eastern Spain).     

Modeling scour and deposition in ephemeral channels after wildfire

The area burned by wildfire in the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the southwestern US has been increasing in recent years. In many cases, high severity burns have caused dramatic increases in runoff and sediment yield from burned watersheds. This paper describes the potential and limitations of the HEC6T sediment transport model to describe changes in channel scour and deposition following the Cerro Grande fire near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Following the fire, Pueblo Canyon, near Los Alamos, was subject to a peak flow two orders of magnitudes higher than any discharge in the 7-year period of record, and twice the initial post-fire estimate of the 100-year event. HEC6T requires that the limits of scour and deposition on a cross-section be specified prior to application. This was achieved by using geomorphologic principles, predicted post-burn hydrology and long-term estimates of channel change derived from air photos, to estimate post-fire channel widths. Because significant quantities of silt and clay were present in the runoff, erosion shear stress and erosion rate parameters for cohesive sediments had to be obtained experimentally. After a sensitivity analysis, an optimization routine was used to estimate the optimal model parameter values for sensitive parameters. HEC6T was able to accurately model the change in cumulative sediment volume change derived from Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (ALSM, often called Lidar) taken before and after the large post-fire event. One discrepancy between the HEC6T model prediction and the ALSM-estimated change was that the ALSM-estimated change showed the greatest amount of deposition in a portion of the canyon with increasing slope, which the HEC6T model did not predict. Any sediment transport model will predict increased sediment transport capacity with increasing energy slope, so that it was considered to be beyond the capability of any sediment transport model to predict this deposition. Therefore, HEC6T simulated the overall changes in scour and deposition within reasonable expectation of the capabilities of physically-based sediment transport modeling indicating that it is capable of modeling sediment transport in ephemeral channels following wildfire.