阴极液及底物浓度对AFB-MFC同步废水处理及产电性能影响

为了提高厌氧流化床微生物燃料电池（AFB-MFC）的性能，并为双室MFC寻找价廉、易得、无污染的阴极液，在曝气量16～24 L/h、温度（35±2）℃、回流量10.2 L/h、阴极底边距阴极室内底部17.3 cm、外电阻250 Ω、水力停留时间（HRT）14.0～14.9 h以及进水pH 7.81～8.37下，研究了阴极液及底物浓度对系统产电及废水处理性能的影响。结果表明，使用缓冲溶液、阳极室出水和自来水作阴极液时，自来水的产电性能最佳，阴极液种类不影响系统有机基质的去除。以自来水为阴极液时，阴极液pH及电导率随运行时间增加而增加，COD去除率为80.11%～89.29%，输出电压及功率密度开始随运行时间增加而增加，之后稳定在440～452 mV和48.40～51.08 mW/m²之间。增加底物浓度对COD去除率影响不大，而输出电压及功率密度随底物浓度增加而下降；底物COD浓度由3 307.09 mg/L增至9 520 mg/L时，COD去除率在85.77%～94.44%之间，输出电压及功率密度则分别由449 mV和50.40 mW/m²下降至406 mV和41.21 mW/m²。自来水作阴极液可避免二次污染及阴极液对阳极室微生物的影响，并得到高的产电能力。     

中试螺旋式自循环厌氧反应器处理安乃近制药废水的稳定性能简

以制药废水实验了50 m³螺旋式厌氧反应器（SPAC反应器）的稳定性。采用Augmented Dickey-Fuller（ADF）单位根检验表明，螺旋式反应器具有良好的启动和运行稳定性。负荷冲击实验显示，SPAC反应器具有较好的耐浓度冲击能力和耐水力冲击能力，所能耐受的最大浓度冲击强度大于60 000 （mg·h）/L（进水浓度提升2倍），所能耐受的最大水力冲击强度为300（m³·h）/d（进水流量提升50%）。SPAC反应器还具备受扰恢复能力。在反应液pH低于5.74，出水浓度、COD去除率和容积COD去除速率（VRR）分别为3 500 mg/L、22.30%和2.52 kg/（m³·d）的工况下，经过30 d恢复，出水浓度、COD去除率和VRR的恢复程度达到80%~90%。     

一体化A/O移动床生物膜反应器中DO、TN分布及脱氮效果研究

采用一体化A/O移动床生物膜法工艺，以模拟生活污水研究了该工艺的除碳脱氮效果，并对一体化移动床生物膜反应器的好氧区和缺氧区各纵向断面的COD、DO、NH₃-N、TN、NO^-₃-N和NO^-₂-N进行了检测，通过对缺氧区各断面的DO和TN浓度分布情况，分析了脱氮的产生过程。试验结果表明: 在水力停留时间HRT＝12 h，好氧区DO保持5 mg/L左右，COD进水浓度处于250～400 mg/L时，COD的去除率均在90%以上，且出水COD均在40 mg/L以下；TN进水浓度为20～50 mg/L时，NH₃-N去除率高于90%，其出水浓度可达到5 mg/L以下，脱氮效率也较高，TN去除率可达到65%～85%。COD和NH₃-N的浓度分布状况表明该一体化A/O移动床生物膜反应器的流态趋于全混式。     

UASB反应器对芳香族化合物反硝化降解特性研究

以苯、联苯和萘为模型化合物，研究了上流式厌氧污泥床反应器(UASB)在反硝化连续流运行条件下对含上述污染物废水的处理效果，并以葡萄糖为补充碳源，考察了COD/NO^-₃-N(简称C/N)比对有机物反硝化降解特性的影响。研究结果表明，当进水COD浓度约为900 mg/L，苯、联苯和萘总浓度约为60 mg/L，NO^-₃-N为20～60 mg/L时，UASB反应器能够在硝酸盐还原条件下稳定去除废水中有机污染物，其中COD平均去除率可达到85%，苯、萘和联苯平均去除率分别为90%、81%和71%。3种芳香烃反硝化降解速率顺序为苯>萘>联苯。 C/N比对苯的降解影响不十分显著，在C/N为5～30范围内，苯的去除率稳定在87%～92%；萘和联苯去除率受C/N影响较大，在C/N比为15时萘和联苯的去除率均达到最大，分别为82%和77%。     

复合人工湿地中低浓度有机物的去除及Monod模型模拟

以复合人工湿地工程实例为研究对象,研究了其在连续5个月内对低浓度有机污染物的深度处理效果,采用简化的Monod动力学模型对研究湿地进行模拟并验证,讨论了污染负荷与去除率的相关性以及BOD/COD比值对有机污染物降解系数的影响。研究湿地总面积为5 000 m2,进水水量为860～1 560 m3/d,水力停留时间为1.48～2.69 d,水力负荷为0.17～0.31 m/d,进水中有机污染物浓度较低(BOD53.0～25.6 mg/L;COD 22.9～89.8 mg/L)。结果表明,复合湿地组合形式对BOD5和COD的去除率分别介于37.9%～79.0%和41.0%～68.7%之间,简化的Monod模型对湿地中BOD5和COD去除的预测值与实验观测值吻合程度较好;BOD5、COD的去除率分别随着进水BOD5和COD浓度的增加而增大,而增长趋势逐渐变缓,当有机污染负荷低时,模型的K值较小;低浓度有机污染物在VSF、FWS和HSF湿地中的去除效率与有机物是否容易或者缓慢被微生物降解的性质相关性较差,这可能与人工湿地中存在的其他因素促进了有机污染物的去除有关。     

ASBBR处理超高盐榨菜腌制废水

研究以超高盐榨菜腌制废水为对象，考察填料种类、负荷和温度对ASBBR启动及处理效能的影响。研究结果表明，在温度为30℃，盐度为7%（NaCl计），负荷为1 kg COD/（m³·d）的条件下，采用聚氨酯泡沫填料的反应器经67 d可成功构建超高盐榨菜腌制废水厌氧生物处理系统，较未设置填料、投加半软性组合填料、球形组合填料和聚苯乙烯泡沫填料的反应器分别缩短了26、6、24和18 d，且运行至第79天，可使出水COD降至375 mg/L，COD去除率为92.86%；通过对负荷的阶段逐步提高，可提升反应器有机负荷至15 kg COD/（m³·d），使进水COD为（27 000±2 000）mg/L的超高盐废水，出水COD均值降至2 200 mg/L ，平均去除率达到92.03%；温度对反应器处理效能影响显著，温度分别为30、25、20、15和10℃时，反应器COD去除率分别为92.63%、84.07%、67.13%、54.61%和44.19%。     

大型UASB处理阿维菌素废水厌氧污泥颗粒化研究

采用大型UASB反应器处理阿维菌素废水,接种好氧絮状污泥,经过189 d运行,成功实现了厌氧污泥颗粒化.通过调节反应器进水水质控制进水中阿维菌素浓度和长时间培养驯化,阿维菌素对厌氧消化的抑制影响基本消除.UASB反应器进水pH值4～5、COD 8890～12 100 mg/L、容积负荷达到10.5 kg COD/m3·d,COD去除率稳定在85%以上,出水COD为1308～1670 mg/L.     

工业化规模生物堆修复焦化类PAHs污染土壤的效果

现场建立处理能力为450 m3工业化规模的生物堆对焦化类PAHs污染土壤进行为期8个月的修复,运行过程中控制土壤C∶N∶P=100∶10∶1、水分10%～20%(质量百分比)、堆内氧气不低于7%(体积百分比)。结果表明:O2与CO2浓度呈负相关。系统连续运行时,微生物数量增加至107数量级,高出自然状态下土壤中微生物数量1～2个数量级。除NO3-在运行后期显著增加外,其余土壤因子均无明显变化。PAHs的降解主要出现在前6个月,之后进入"拖尾"阶段,土壤中各PAH浓度基本不再降低。运行结束后,堆体0.5 m处土壤中含2、3、4、5和6个苯环PAHs的降解率分别介于56.3%～99.5%、34.8%～71.6%、30.7%～40.6%、28.6%～39.2%和39.3%,16种PAHs的平均去除率为65.1%。1.5 m处土壤中含2、3、4、5和6个苯环PAHs的降解率分别介于50.9%～99.8%、57.7%～60.9%、55.9%～63.0%、27.3%～57.1%和52.2%,16种PAHs的平均去除率为71.4%。     

零价铁还原协同微生物降解处理化工废水的研究

针对某工园区综合化工废水的水质特征,拟将零价铁(ZVI)还原与厌氧折板反应器(ABR)、前置反硝化(A/O)工艺耦合对其进行处理,考察了系统的运行效果,并对废水中的特征污染物——对氯硝基苯的降解性能进行了分析。结果表明,ZVI预处理后化工废水中残留的对氯硝基苯在ABR中厌氧微生物作用后得到进一步降解,且在ABR处理过程中COD去除率较单独ZVI或微生物作用时大幅提高,虽然ZVI对难降解有机物无矿化作用,但可将难降解有机物转化为毒性较小的有机物,明显改善废水的生化性;通过控制合适的混合液回流比、有效补充碳源和碱度,可以提高A/O系统的运行效率;在较佳的工况(ABR系统HRT为24h,A/O池污泥回流比为100%、混合液回流比为3∶1,碳源投加量为3.5g)下运行连续2个月,整个系统的COD平均去除率在90%以上,出水COD质量浓度基本低于100mg/L,NH3-N去除率在80%~90%,出水NH3-N质量浓度在20mg/L以下,出水对氯硝基苯、对氯苯胺质量浓度分别在0.58~4.08、0.68~5.88mg/L,出水水质符合《江苏省化学工业主要水污染物排放标准》(DB32/939—2006)。     

环己酮生产废水厌氧生物处理实验及中试研究

采用经絮凝Fe/C微电解pH调节预处理过的某化工厂环己酮生产废水对自制UBF反应器的启动和运行进行了厌氧生物处理研究，该废水主要成分为环己酮、环己醇、环己烷等难降解有机物，COD=10 000～40 000 mg/L，pH=1～4，此外废水中还含有部分有机酸、Na₂SO₄、油类物质及少量的苯。通过对实验数据的分析得出UBF的最佳运行参数：VLR=2.36～3.26 kg COD/(m³·d)时，COD去除效率为61.74%～65.86%。中试工程依据本研究的实验结果并结合实际情况对废水进行了有效的处理，经6个多月的调试，出水水质符合相关技术标准。     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Radionuclides and trace elements in fish collected upstream and downstream of Los Alamos national laboratory and the doses to humans from the consumption of muscle and bone

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine radionuclide and trace element concentrations in bottom‐feeding fish (catfish, carp, and suckers) collected from the confluences of some of the major canyons that cross Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) lands with the Rio Grande (RG) and the potential radiological doses from the ingestion of these fish. Samples of muscle and bone (and viscera in some cases) were analyzed for ³H, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu, and ²⁴¹Am and Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cr, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, and Tl. Most radionuclides, with the exception of ⁹⁰Sr, in the muscle plus bone portions of fish collected from LANL canyons/RG were not significantly (p<0.05) higher from fish collected upstream (San Ildefonso/background) of LANL. Strontium‐90 in fish muscle plus bone tissue significantly (p<0.05) increases in concentration starting from Los Alamos Canyon, the most upstream confluence (fish contained 3.4E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [126E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]), to Frijoles Canyon, the most downstream confluence (fish contained 14E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [518E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]). The differences in ⁹⁰Sr concentrations in fish collected downstream and upstream (background) of LANL, however, were very small. Based on the average concentrations (±2SD) of radionuclides in fish tissue from the four LANL confluences, the committed effective dose equivalent from the ingestion of 46 lb (21 kg) (maximum ingestion rate per person per year) of fish muscle plus bone, after the subtraction of background, was 0.1 ± 0.1 mrem y^‐1 (1.0 ± 1.0 μSv y^‐1), and was far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem y^‐1 (1000 μSv y^‐1). Of the trace elements that were found above the limits of detection (Ba, Cu, and Hg) in fish muscle collected from the confluences of canyons that cross LANL and the RG, none were in significantly higher (p<0.05) concentrations than in muscle of fish collected from background locations.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.