基于GPRS/SMS空气污染远程监控系统的设计与实现

为了实现空气质量指数的智能监测和管理,设计并实现了一种基于SnO2人工嗅觉探测的空气质量指数监测系统,系统通过空气质量指数现场网络监测节点采集、处理以及传递空气质量指数数据,采用ARM S3CA510B进行DTU数据传递,实现空气质量指数数据CO、SO2等的高效率、大批量的传递;使用汇聚节点模块通过GPRS网络将数据传递到监管终端,监管终端将管理命令通过GPRS网络反馈到汇聚监测节点,实现空气质量指数数据的远程监测;采用监测管理终端为管理人员提供不同的监测处理、控制处理以及空气质量指数监测相关数据检索和汇总分析等人机界面。对系统空气质量指数信息流的传递流程图进行了设计,给出了系统数据通过串口进行通信的代码以及系统监管终端使用套接字实现网络通信的核心源码。实验结果说明,与传统系统相比,所提系统可实时监测出空气中CO、SO2等污染气体的浓度,具有很高的实用性及有效性。     

基于改进自适应加权的多传感器融合监测

针对加注系统多传感器测量数据融合,为满足融合的可靠性与准确性需求,提出了一种改进的自适应加权融合算法。加权融合算法的关键是如何准确判定测量数据权重值,在总结分析当前权重值判定方法优缺点的基础上,将证据理论中的修正证据距离引入测量数据间距离计算,生成融合权重值,完成传感器数据融合。通过一般算例与加注系统典型算例,对所提融合算法进行验证,结果表明算法融合效果较好、鲁棒性强,具有一定的理论意义和较好的工程实用价值。     

Lipase-mediated enantioselective kinetic resolution of racemic acidic drugs in non-standard organic solvents: Direct chiral liquid chromatography monitoring and accurate determination of the enantiomeric excesses

The enantioselective resolution of a set of racemic acidic compounds such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) of the group arylpropionic acid derivatives is demonstrated. Thus, a set of lipases were screened and manipulated in either the esterification or hydrolysis mode for the enantioselective kinetic resolution of these racemates in non-standard organic solvents. The accurate determination of the enantiomeric excesses of both substrate and product during such reaction is demonstrated. This was based on the development of a direct and reliable enantioselective high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) procedure for the simultaneous baseline separation of both substrate and product in one run without derivatization. This was achieved using the immobilized chiral stationary phase namely Chiralpak IB, a 3,5-dimethylphenylcarbamate derivative of cellulose (the immobilized version of Chiralcel OD) which proved to be versatile for the monitoring of the lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates in non-standard organic solvents.     

Influence of segmental and selected ion monitoring on quantitation of multi-component using high-pressure liquid chromatography–quadrupole mass spectrometry: Simultaneous detection of 16 saponins in rat plasma as a case

Quadrupole (Q) mass spectrometers are the most popular analytical tools due to their reliability, effectiveness, and low cost. However, they are not suitable for quantitative analysis of multi-component since the sensitivity will get worse rapidly with the increasing number of m/z detected. The present work, for the first time, attempted to analyze of 16 saponins simultaneously using an approach of segmental and selected ion monitoring (SSIM) based on LC–Q/MS, and systematically investigated the influence of different SSIM modes on signal level/noise level (S/N), lower limits of quantification (LLOQ), upper limits of quantification (ULOQs), etc. Our results showed that a proper SSIM mode could not only provide much higher sensitivity for all the targeting analytes, but also dramatically broadened their dynamic ranges. The developed methodology could effectively break the application bottleneck on the quantitative analysis of multi-component with LC–Q/MS, and would be applied widely in related fields for multi-component analysis, such as environmental monitoring, metabonomics, Chinese herbal medicine research.     

Amperometric Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand via the Functional Combination of Three Digestion Types

The study focused on the proposal and experimental validation of an combined photoelectrocatalytic principle for chemical oxygen demand determination (combined PeCOD, PeCOD‐combined), which was functionally comprised of photon‐efficient thin‐film photochemical, photocarrier‐efficient electrochemical and conventional bulk‐phase photochemical digestion types in one single photodigestion process. The combined PeCOD technology was proposed mainly on the basis of the significantly informative work of existing photoelectrocatalytic COD (thin‐layer PeCOD, PeCOD‐thin), and could realize the three different digestion types on one single rotating photoanode. The three important operation conditions of rotating speed, applied bias and pH value were investigated and optimized, and a wide analytical linear range of 2.7–11 500 mg/L was consequently obtained during an approximately 5–110 min determination period, and a real sample analysis further validated the practical feasibility of the proposed PeCOD‐combined. In PeCOD‐combined the main organics digestion and signal generation occurred via PeCOD‐thin due to efficient UV utilization and excellent photodigestion activity.     

Phenyl-type and C1 stationary phases for environmentally friendlier chromatography

C1 and phenyl-type stationary phases were assessed in terms of their environmental impact on separations using as test solutes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Methanol (MeOH) and acetonitrile (ACN) mobile-phase gradients were employed. These stationary phases were examined to determine if different physical and chemical properties possessed by these surfaces decreased the organic solvent consumption, and yet maintained peak capacity. The cumulative energy demand (CED) was used to gauge the environmental impact of the separations. The separation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon test mixture using current methodologies (i.e. a C18/ACN combination) had a CED of 1.13 MJ-eq, and a peak capacity of 27 peaks (resolving 7 of 12 peak pairs with R_s>1). In comparison, a butyl phenyl stationary phase with a methanol mobile phase had a peak capacity of 26, but with a CED of 0.670 MJ-eq. Monolithic columns containing C18 and C1 phases were also tested. A monolithic C18 column with MeOH had the lowest CED at 0.675 MJ-eq, a peak capacity of 28 peaks and good resolving power (resolving ten peak pairs with R_s>1), suggesting that this is a viable option with respect to reducing environmental impact for these types of analyses.     

Monitoring nanoparticles in the environment

The presence of nanoparticles in the environment can have important implications for both environmental and human health. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are expected to change industrial production and the economy as we know them today. However, nanotechnologies can also be a source of risks. The increasing use of nanoparticles in industrial applications will inevitably lead to the release of such materials into the environment. Accurately assessing the environmental risks posed by nanoparticles requires using effective quantitative analytical methods to determine their mobility, reactivity, ecotoxicity and persistency, many of which have still to be developed. This overview describes some methodological aspects relating to the fields of nanoparticle analysis, nanometrology and analytical chemistry.     

Total internal reflectance fluorescence (TIRF) biosensor for environmental monitoring of testosterone with commercially available immunochemistry: antibody characterization, assay development and real sample measurements

Nowadays, little technology exists that can monitor various water sources quickly and at a reasonable cost. The ultra-sensitive, fully automated and robust biosensor River Analyser (RIANA) is capable of detecting multiple organic targets rapidly and simultaneously at a heterogeneous assay format (solid phase: bulk optical glass transducers). Commercialization of such a biosensor requires the availability of commercial high-affinity recognition elements (e.g. antibodies) and suitable commercial haptens (modified target molecules) for surface chemistry. Therfore, testosterone was chosen as model analyte, which is also a task of common analytical methods like gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), because they have to struggle with detecting sub-nanogram per liter levels in environmental samples. The reflectometric interference spectroscopy (RIfS) was used to characterize the commercially available immunochemistry resulting in a high-affinity constant of 2.6 ± 0.3 × 10⁹ mol⁻¹ for the unlabeled antibody. After the labeling procedure, necessary for the TIRF-based biosensor, a mean affinity constant of 1.2 × 10⁹ mol⁻¹ was calculated out of RIfS (1.4 ± 0.4 × 10⁹ mol⁻¹) and TIRF (1.0 ± 0.3 × 10⁹ mol⁻¹) measurements.Thereafter, the TIRF-based biosensor setup was used to determine the steroidal hormone testosterone at real world samples without sample pre-treatment or sample pre-concentration. Results are shown for rapid and ultra-sensitive analyses of testosterone in aqueous samples with at a remarkable limit of detection (LOD) of 0.2 ng L⁻¹. All real world samples, even those containing testosterone in the sub-nanogram per liter range (e.g. 0.9 ng L⁻¹), could be determined with recovery rates between 70 and 120%. Therefore, the sensor system is perfectly suited to serve as a low-cost system for surveillance and early warning in environmental analysis in addition to the common analytical methods. For the first time, commercially available immunochemistry was fully characterized using a label-free detection method (RIfS) and successfully incorporated into a TIRF-based biosensor setup (RIANA) for reliable sub-nanogram per liter detection of testosterone in aqueous environmental samples.     

On-line monitoring of microg/L levels of haloacetic acids using ion chromatography with post-column nicotinamide reaction and fluorescence detection

A method for measuring the concentrations of the five regulated haloacetic acids (HAA5) in drinking water is reported. This method uses ion chromatography to separate HAA5 species, followed by post-column reaction with nicotinamide and detection of the fluorescent products. The result of method detection limit, accuracy, precision, linearity and interference studies are reported. The on-line monitoring method is compared directly to USEPA 552.3 in Memphis drinking water. Though not meant to replace the USEPA 552.3 for compliance monitoring, the proposed method does offer attractive alternatives considering the ease of automation and application of on-line monitoring directly from drinking water distribution systems.