scholarly journals Selection of conditions for studying intraaggregate connections influence on water stability of soil aggregates

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
D.I. Potapov ◽  
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I.V. Gorepyokin ◽  
G.N. Fedotov ◽  
V.S. Shalaev ◽  
...  

The search for approaches to assessment the water resistance of soil aggregates is conducted using the modified Andrianov method. It is shown that the kinetic equation of the first-order reaction could be applied to describe the aggregates destruction in standing water. Methods of formal kinetics at the same time are just partially applicable for the description of soil aggregates destruction because of a significant change in the reaction rate constant over time. In particular, the average constant of reaction rate is convenient for water resistance comparison of different aggregates samples. It is established that the main factors that determine the speed of aggregate destruction are trapped air, gases produced by anaerobic microorganisms as well as intra-aggregate connections and the velocity of water entering the aggregates. In the course of the conducted experiments, it is shown that water resistance assessment should perform on wet aggregates under the normal atmospheric pressure. It allows neutralizing the influence of trapped gases of microbial origin and providing the domination of intra-aggregate connections that sustain water resistance in wet aggregates of real soils.

2019 ◽  
Vol 292 ◽  
pp. 01063
Author(s):  
Lubomír Macků

An alternative method of determining exothermic reactor model parameters which include first order reaction rate constant is described in this paper. The method is based on known in reactor temperature development and is suitable for processes with changing quality of input substances. This method allows us to evaluate the reaction substances composition change and is also capable of the reaction rate constant (parameters of the Arrhenius equation) determination. Method can be used in exothermic batch or semi- batch reactors running processes based on the first order reaction. An example of such process is given here and the problem is shown on its mathematical model with the help of simulations.


2011 ◽  
Vol 312-315 ◽  
pp. 364-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Amir Bahrani ◽  
Catherine Loisel ◽  
Jean Yves Monteau ◽  
Sid Ahmed Rezzoug ◽  
Zoulikha Maache-Rezzoug

Two hydrothermal treatment processes (DV-HMT and DIC treatment) were investigated on standard maize starch for three processing temperatures; 100, 110 and 120°C. The gravimetric change of starch powder during the treatment was analyzed by a simultaneous water diffusion and starch reaction model. The effective diffusivity coefficient (Deff) and reaction rate constant (k) were estimated by minimizing the error between experimental and analytical results. The values of Deff and k clearly increased with temperature. The degree of starch melting was evaluated for the two treatments using the first-order reaction model as a function of processing time. The results suggest that the absorption process is controlled by water–starch reactivity that induces melting phenomenon of starch crystallites, which progresses when temperature increases. The two hydrothermal treatments considerably differ: DIC being more prone to water absorption as demonstrated by the values of Deff and k.


2000 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 857-866
Author(s):  
Mladjen Micevic ◽  
Slobodan Petrovic

The alcoholysis of 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl-methylfluorophosphonate (soman) was examined with a series of alkoxides and in corresponding alcohols: methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 2-methoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol. Soman reacts with the used alkoxides in a second order reaction, first order in each reactant. The kinetics of the reaction between 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl-methylfluorophosphonate and ethanol in the presence of diethylenetriamine was also examined. A third order reaction rate constant was calculated, first order in each reactant. The activation energy, frequency factor and activation entropy were determined on the basis of the kinetic data.


1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 774-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. DOYLE ◽  
E. H. MARTH

Bisulfite reacted with aflatoxin B1 and G1 resulting in their loss of fluorescence. The reaction was first order with rate depending on bisulfite (or the bisulfite and sulfite) concentration(s). Aflatoxin G1 reacted more rapidly with bisulfite than did aflatoxin B1. In the presence of 0.035 M potassium acid phthalate-NaOH buffer (pH 5.5) plus 1.3% (vol/vol) methanol at 25 C, the reaction rate constant for degradation of aflatoxin G1 was 2.23 × 10−2h− and that for aflatoxin B1 was 1.87 × 10−2h− when 50 ml of reaction mixture contained 1.60 g of K2SO3. Besides bisulfite concentrations, temperature influenced reaction rates. The Q10 for the bisulfite-aflatoxin reaction was approximately 2 while activation energies for degrading aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin G1 were 13.1 and 12.6 kcal/mole, respectively. Data suggest that treating foods with 50 to 500 ppm SO2 probably would not effectively degrade appreciable amounts of aflatoxin. Treating foods with 2000 ppm SO2 or more and increasing the temperature might reduce aflatoxin to an acceptable level.


2017 ◽  
Vol 75 (12) ◽  
pp. 2908-2915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghe Jiang ◽  
Yao Li ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Xiangling Zhang

Constructed wetland is widely used to treat municipal sewage. However, lack of carbon source always constraints the application of constructed wetland in advanced tailwater treatment process. Bark was used as the filler and external carbon source of constructed wetland in the study, and the effects of hydraulic retention time (HRT) on NO3−−N removal efficiency and carbon release velocity were explored. Results showed that the NO3−−N removal process was steady in the constructed wetland filled with bark without additional carbon source. The NO3−−N removal efficiency and NO3−−N concentration presented a first-order reaction. The reaction rate constant k was 0.4 day−1. The relationship between NO3−−N removal efficiency (η) and HRT (t) was η = 1-e−0.4t, and η was increased with increasing of HRT. η reached a maximum of 77% at HRT of 4.48 days. η obtained the minimum of 20% at HRT of 0.75 days. The relationship between the carbon source releasing velocity (v) by bark and HRT was v = 0.53(1.62/t-1/t2) + 0.32. v increased first and then decreased with HRT increasing. The maximum v was detected at t = 1.12 days.


1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 530-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Crugeiras ◽  
Howard Maskill

We have studied the equilibration shown in eq. [3] of 4,4prime-dimethoxytrityl alcohol in aqueous perchloric and nitric acids containing low proportions of acetonitrile using stopped-flow kinetics techniques. The rate constants for the overall progress to equilibrium, kobs, have been resolved into forward and reverse components using the equilibrium UV absorbance and a value for the molar absorptivity of the 4,4prime-dimethoxytrityl carbenium ion determined in concentrated aqueous perchloric acid. The forward reaction (rate constant kf) is first order in both the alcohol and the acid concentrations; the reverse reaction (rate constant kr) is pseudo first order with respect to the carbocation. At constant hydronium ion concentration, the forward rate constant increases linearly with the concentration of electrolyte, whereas the reverse rate constant decreases. These effects depend upon the nature of the anion, but not the cation, and are not ionic strength effects. At constant anion concentrations, kf in both acids, and kr in perchloric acid, are independent of hydronium ion concentration; however, kr decreases with increasing hydronium ion concentration at constant nitrate concentration. At nonconstant ionic strength, changes in kf and kr observed in increasing concentrations of perchloric acid are attributable wholly to changes in perchlorate concentration. A mechanism is proposed which involves pre-equilibrium protonation of the alcohol, heterolysis of the protonated alcohol to give a 4,4prime-dimethoxytrityl carbenium ion - water ion-molecule pair, then conversion of this into a dissociated carbenium ion in equilibrium with ion pairs. To account for the strong effects of perchlorate and nitrate upon the forward rate constants, it is proposed that these anions provide additional reaction channels from the ion-molecule pair. However, we find no evidence of acid catalysis in the reaction of the ion-molecule pair (in contrast to our finding for the reaction of the corresponding ion-molecule pair formed from dimethoxytritylamine in acidic media). Some of the elementary rate and equilibrium constants of the proposed mechanism have been evaluated.Key words: trityl, carbenium ion, stopped-flow, ion pair, ion-molecule pair.


Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radek Zouzelka ◽  
Monika Remzova ◽  
Jan Plsek ◽  
Libor Brabec ◽  
Jiri Rathousky

The preparation of immobilized graphene-based photocatalyst layers is highly desired for environmental applications. In this study, the preparation of an immobilized reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/TiO2 composite by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) was optimized. It enabled quantitative deposition without sintering and without the use of any dispersive additive. The presence of rGO had beneficial effects on the photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol in an aqueous solution. A marked increase in the photocatalytic degradation rate was observed, even at very low concentrations of rGO. Compared with the TiO2 and GO/TiO2 reference layers, use of the rGO/TiO2 composite (0.5 wt% of rGO) increased the first-order reaction rate constant by about 70%. This enhanced performance was due to the increased formation of hydroxyl radicals that attacked the 4-chlorophenol molecules. The direct charge transfer mechanism had only limited effect on the degradation. Thus, EPD-prepared rGO/TiO2 layers appear to be suitable for environmental application.


2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Siemieniec ◽  
Hanna Kierzkowska-Pawlak ◽  
Andrzej Chacuk

Reaction Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Diethanolamine Solutions Using the Stopped-Flow Technique The pseudo-first-order rate constants (kOV) for the reactions between CO2 and diethanolamine have been studied using the stopped-flow technique in an aqueous solution at 293, 298, 303 and 313 K. The amine concentrations ranged from 167 to 500 mol·m-3. The overall reaction rate constant was found to increase with amine concentration and temperature. Both the zwitterion and termolecular mechanisms were applied to correlate the experimentally obtained rate constants. The values of SSE quality index showed a good agreement between the experimental data and the corresponding fit by the use of both mechanisms.


2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 182-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Jie Zhang ◽  
Guo Rui Liu ◽  
Da Peng Li ◽  
Yue Xiao Tian ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
...  

Solid super acid (S2O82-/FexOy-CuOx) was prepared and used as a heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst to decompose H2O2for the degradation of refractory dye Orange IV in water. The factors that affected the degradation of Orange IV were discussed in this heterogeneous Fenton-like system. The catalytic activity of S2O82-/FexOy-CuOxwas evaluated by the degradation of Orange IV and the decomposition of H2O2. The results show that the catalyst S2O82-/FexOy-CuOxhas a good catalytic activity. The reaction follows pseudo-first-order kinetics; the reaction rate constant has a good relationship with the concentration of H2O2. The degradation rate of Orange IV and the decomposition rate of H2O2increase with the increase of temperature and the dosage of catalyst whereas it decreases with the increase of the initial concentration of Orange IV and the initial pH.


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