超滤法回收PVA并回用于生产的放大实验

本工作采用由美国引进的超滤装置，在湖南湘潭纺织印染厂进行了从退浆废水中回收ＰＶＡ的生产性扩大试验，探讨了料液温度，浓度，操作压力等因素对超滤性能的影响，并简单介绍了回收浆料回用于浆纱，织布及印染生产的情况。     

超滤技术在环境工程中的应用现状

本文对国内外超滤技术在环境工程中的应用，主要是废水处理中的应用现状进行了综述。涉及的废水包括纺织工业，机械制造工业，石油化工工业，食品加工工业及其它工业污水，也包括部分生活污水，在这些污水治理过程中，不仅可消除或减轻污水对环境的污染，同时也可以回收有价值的物质，使水部分或全部回用。     

超滤分离,浓缩,脱盐青霉素酰化酶的研究

本文用中空纤维超滤膜对青霉素酰化酶进行了分离，浓缩的研究，实验了不同种类的膜，不同的酶活浓度，不同运行时间和不同压力等因素对膜透水量，截留率和酶的回收率的影响。结果表明：采用超滤技术分离，浓缩，脱盐青霉素酰化酶工艺，具有操作简单，酶的比活高。回收经高和省能等特点，适用于工业化生产。     

渤海海水淡化反渗透法的预处理工艺

采用“消毒-混凝-澄清一砂滤”、“消毒-混凝-澄清-砂滤-超滤”以及“消毒-砂滤-超滤”三套海水淡化预处理工艺进行了试验对比。试验的目的在于获取可行的反渗透预处理工艺。表明,采用“消毒-混凝-澄清-砂滤-超滤”工艺或“消毒-砂滤-超滤”工艺是技术可行的反渗透预处理工艺,其中次氯酸钠为可选消毒剂,三氯化铁为较好的混凝剂,而超滤是不可或缺的单元处理工艺。     

超滤法分离味精废水中的菌体

本文采用超滤分离-溶剂萃取处理含锌味精废水,重点讨论用聚丙烯腈和聚砜中空纤维超滤膜分离废水中的菌体及其主要参数对超滤分离性能的影响.日处理量为25吨废水的超滤运行实验表明,经超滤处理废水中的菌体去除率可达99％以上,废水可进一步用萃取法去除锌.     

膜法处理含油废水研究进展

本文简要概述了微滤、超滤和反渗透等膜法处理含油废水的研究进展。     

横向流超滤膜污染动力学模型

从超滤过程中面滤饼层内对流传输、反向传输和颗粒积累的质量平衡关系出发，建立了描述渗透通量随时间变化关系的横向流超滤膜污染动力学模型，该模型将通常难以确定的滤饼层比阻和反向扩散系数包含在两个经验参数a,b中，通过简单的实验确定参数值后，即可用于横向流超滤过程的数学模拟，模拟计算结果与实验实测数据比较接近，且从理论上说明了横向流超滤从非平衡到最终平衡过渡的原理以及半透膜压，膜面剪切率对渗透通量的影响。     

超滤技术及其应用

超滤是用于水处理的一种新型膜技术,它已广泛地用于工业排放水和工艺水的深度处理,化工、食品和医药工业中大分子溶液的浓缩,纯化和分离,生物溶液的除菌、澄清和纯化,以及超纯水的制备。本文简要地介绍了超滤技术的原理、设备、流程,影响透水通量的因素、膜设备的寿命、经济分析及其应用范围。     

预处理＋超滤技术处理饮用水

在查阅了大量的国内外文献资料基础上，主要介绍了超滤技术及预处理应用于饮用水净化的研究。尽管超滤是一种去除病原微生物（病原菌、病毒和病原原生动物）有效的消毒工艺，但因它的截留分子量比较高，去除天然有机物相对无效。试验证明，适当的预处理可使超滤膜不仅能去除天然水中大量颗粒状物质，同时也可去除溶解性有机物及THMFP。     

胶团强化超滤中SDS胶团与镉离子的吸附特性

以十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)作为表面活性剂,对含有Cd2 的水溶液进行胶团强化超滤分离.考察胶团强化超滤中表面活性剂与镉离子比值对镉离子吸附总量、截留率的影响,以及胶团与镉离子的吸附等温规律和吸附动力学规律,并对吸附机理进行了初步探讨.实验结果表明:Cd2 截留率可以达到97%以上,SDS与镉离子的吸附过程符合Langmuir吸附等温方程,并遵循Lagergren二级动力学规律,其吸附作用主要是化学吸附.     

Comparison of membrane fouling in ultrafiltration of down-flow and up-flow biological activated carbon effluents

The UF membrane fouling by down- and up-flow BAC effluents were compared. Up-flow BAC effluent fouled the membrane faster than down-flow BAC effluent. The combined effects dominated irreversible fouling. The extent of fouling exacerbated by inorganic particles was higher. The TMP, permeate flux, and normalized membrane flux during 21 days of UF of DBAC and UBAC effluents. Fouling during ultrafiltration of down- and up-flow biological activated carbon effluents was investigated to determine the roles of polysaccharides, proteins, and inorganic particles in ultrafiltration membrane fouling. During ultrafiltration of down- flow biological activated carbon effluent, the trans-membrane pressure was≤26 kPa and the permeate flux was steady at 46.7 L?m⁻²?h⁻¹. However, during ultrafiltration of up-flow biological activated carbon effluent, the highest trans-membrane pressure was almost 40 kPa and the permeate flux continuously decreased to 30 L?m⁻²?h⁻¹. At the end of the filtration period, the normalized membrane fluxes were 0.88 and 0.62 for down- and up-flow biological activated carbon effluents, respectively. The membrane removed the turbidity and polysaccharides content by 47.4% and 30.2% in down- flow biological activated effluent and 82.5% and 22.4% in up-flow biological activated carbon effluent, respectively, but retained few proteins. The retention of polysaccharides was higher on the membrane that filtered the down- flow biological activated effluent compared with that on the membrane that filtered the up-flow biological activated carbon effluent. The polysaccharides on the membranes fouled by up-flow biological activated carbon and down- flow biological activated effluents were spread continuously and clustered, respectively. These demonstrated that the up-flow biological activated carbon effluent fouled the membrane faster. Membrane fouling was associated with a portion of the polysaccharides (not the proteins) and inorganic particles in the feed water. When there was little difference in the polysaccharide concentrations between the feed waters, the fouling extent was exacerbated more by inorganic particles than by polysaccharides.     

一株能产生聚乙烯醇降解酶的委内瑞拉链霉菌

以聚乙烯醇(PVA)为唯一碳源,从土壤中筛选到1株能产生胞外PVA降解酶的放线菌GY1.根据扩增出的该菌株的16SrDNA全序列在GenBank中的比较结果,结合生理生化实验、细胞化学成分及菌落形态分析,确定该菌为委内瑞拉链霉菌(Stretopmycesvenezuelae).GY1菌株以PVA为唯一碳源时,产生的PVA降解酶活性达到120UL-1,是以葡萄糖或可溶性淀粉为唯一碳源时的10倍.当在PVA培养基中添加1gL-1至3gL-1的葡萄糖时,该菌株细胞量和PVA降解酶总酶活随着葡萄糖添加量的增加而增加,最大细胞量是未添加葡萄糖时的2.4倍,最高总酶活是未添加葡萄糖时的2.6倍,而单位质量细胞产生PVA降解酶的能力提高不大.但当添加的葡萄糖浓度从3gL-1增至10gL-1时,总酶活随着细胞量的增加出现下降趋势,同时单位质量细胞产生PVA降解酶的能力也大大降低.在相同PVA聚合度下,高醇解度PVA比低醇解度PVA更有利于GY1菌株的生长及产生PVA降解酶.图5表1参16     

节杆菌P-1和红球菌J-5降解PVA特性的比较研究

对节杆菌P-1和红球菌J-5降解聚乙烯醇(PVA)的特性进行了比较研究.结果表明,P-1菌在PVA浓度小于1000mgL-1时,PVA降解效率均达到80%以上;J-5菌在PVA浓度为2000mgL-1时,PVA降解效率达到70%.用生产废水进行试验,P-1菌对低浓度PVA废水的处理效率比J-5菌高10%左右;P-1菌受温度的影响小于J-5菌;P-1菌的废水处理效果比J-5菌稳定;分段使用J-5菌与P-1菌处理高浓度的PVA废水具有很好的处理效果,出水能达到国家排放标准.图7表1参9     

Effects of a dynamic membrane formed with polyethylene glycol on the ultrafiltration of natural organic matter

The formation of a dynamic membrane (DM) was investigated using polyethylene glycol (PEG) (molecular weight of 35000 g/mol, concentration of 1 g/L). Two natural organic matters (NOM), Dongbok Lake NOM (DLNOM) and Suwannee River NOM (SRNOM) were used in the ultrafiltration experiments along with PEG. To evaluate the effects of the DM with PEG on ultrafiltration, various transport experiments were conducted, and the analyses of the NOM in the membrane feed and permeate were performed using high performance size exclusion chromatography, and the effective pore size distribution (effective PSD) and effective molecular weight cut off (effective MWCO) were determined. The advantages of DM formed with PEG can be summarized as follows: (1) PEG interferes with NOM transmission through the ultrafiltration membrane pores by increasing the retention coefficient of NOM in UF membranes, and (2) low removal of NOM by the DM is affected by external factors, such as pressure increases during UF membrane filtration, which decreases the effective PSD and effective MWCO of UF membranes. However, a disadvantage of the DM with PEG was severe flux decline; thus, one must be mindful of both the positive and negative influences of the DM when optimizing the UF performance of the membrane.     

Transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs)-associated protobiofilm: A neglected contributor to biofouling during membrane filtration

• Bacteria could easily and quickly attached onto TEP to form protobiofilms. • TEP-protobiofilm facilitate the transport of bacteria to membrane surface. • More significant flux decline was observed in the presence of TEP-protobiofilms. • Membrane fouling shows higher sensitivity to protobiofilm not to bacteria level. Transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs) are a class of transparent gel-like polysaccharides, which have been widely detected in almost every kind of feed water to membrane systems, including freshwater, seawater and wastewater. Although TEP have been thought to be related to the membrane fouling, little information is currently available for their influential mechanisms and the pertinence to biofouling development. The present study, thus, aims to explore the impact of TEPs on biofouling development during ultrafiltration. TEP samples were inoculated with bacteria for several hours before filtration and the formation of “protobiofilm” (pre-colonized TEP by bacteria) was examined and its influence on biofouling was determined. It was observed that the bacteria can easily and quickly attach onto TEPs and form protobiofilms. Ultrafiltration experiments further revealed that TEP-protobiofilms served as carriers which facilitated and accelerated transport of bacteria to membrane surface, leading to rapid development of biofouling on the ultrafiltration membrane surfaces. Moreover, compared to the feed water containing independent bacteria and TEPs, more flux decline was observed with TEP-protobiofilms. Consequently, it appeared from this study that TEP-protobiofilms play a vital role in the development of membrane biofouling, but unfortunately, this phenomenon has been often overlooked in the literature. Obviously, these findings in turn may also challenge the current understanding of organic fouling and biofouling as membrane fouling caused by TEP-protobiofilm is a combination of both. It is expected that this study might promote further research in general membrane fouling mechanisms and the development of an effective mitigation strategy.     

A critical appraisal of population viability analysis

Population viability analysis (PVA) is useful in management of imperiled species. Applications range from research design, threat assessment, and development of management frameworks. Given the importance of PVAs, it is essential that they be rigorous and adhere to widely accepted guidelines; however, the quality of published PVAs is rarely assessed. We evaluated the quality of 160 PVAs of 144 species of birds and mammals published in peer-reviewed journals from 1990 to 2017. We hypothesized that PVA quality would be lower with generic programs than with custom-built programs; be higher for those developed for imperiled species; change over time; and be higher for those published in journals with high impact factors (IFs). Each included study was evaluated based on answers to an evaluation framework containing 32 questions reflecting whether and to what extent the PVA study adhered to published PVA guidelines or contained important PVA components. All measures of PVA quality were generally lower for studies based on generic programs. Conservation status of the species did not affect any measure of PVA quality, but PVAs published in high IF journals were of higher quality. Quality generally declined over time, suggesting the quantitative literacy of PVA practitioners has not increased over time or that PVAs developed by unskilled users are being published in peer-reviewed journals. Only 18.1% of studies were of high quality (score >75%), which is troubling because poor-quality PVAs could misinform conservation decisions. We call for increased scrutiny of PVAs by journal editors and reviewers. Our evaluation framework can be used for this purpose. Because poor-quality PVAs continue to be published, we recommend caution while using PVA results in conservation decision making without thoroughly assessing the PVA quality.     

The Sensitivity of Population Viability Analysis to Uncertainty about Habitat Requirements: Implications for the Management of the Endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot

Abstract:  Whenever population viability analysis (PVA) models are built to help guide decisions about the management of rare and threatened species, an important component of model building is the specification of a habitat model describing how a species is related to landscape or bioclimatic variables. Model-selection uncertainty may arise because there is often a great deal of ambiguity about which habitat model structure best approximates the true underlying biological processes. The standard approach to incorporate habitat models into PVA is to assume the best habitat model is correct, ignoring habitat-model uncertainty and alternative model structures that may lead to quantitatively different conclusions and management recommendations. Here we provide the first detailed examination of the influence of habitat-model uncertainty on the ranking of management scenarios from a PVA model. We evaluated and ranked 6 management scenarios for the endangered southern brown bandicoot ( Isoodon obesulus ) with PVA models, each derived from plausible competing habitat models developed with logistic regression. The ranking of management scenarios was sensitive to the choice of the habitat model used in PVA predictions. Our results demonstrate the need to incorporate methods into PVA that better account for model uncertainty and highlight the sensitivity of PVA to decisions made during model building. We recommend that researchers search for and consider a range of habitat models when undertaking model-based decision making and suggest that routine sensitivity analyses should be expanded to include an analysis of the impact of habitat-model uncertainty and assumptions.     

Effect of protein on PVDF ultrafiltration membrane fouling behavior under different pH conditions: interface adhesion force and XDLVO theory analysis

To further determine the fouling behavior of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on different hydrophilic PVDF ultrafiltration (UF) membranes over a range of pH values, self-made atomic force microscopy (AFM) colloidal probes were used to detect the adhesion forces of membrane–BSA and BSA–BSA, respectively. Results showed that the membrane–BSA adhesion interaction was stronger than the BSA–BSA adhesion interaction, and the adhesion force between BSA–BSA-fouled PVDF/PVA membranes was similar to that between BSA–BSA-fouled PVDF/PVP membranes, which indicated that the fouling was mainly caused by the adhesion interaction between membrane and BSA. At the same pH condition, the PVDF/PVA membrane–BSA adhesion force was smaller than that of PVDF/ PVP membrane–BSA, which illustrated that the more hydrophilic the membrane was, the better antifouling ability it had. The extended Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (XDLVO) theory predicts that the polar or Lewis acid–base (AB) interaction played a dominant role in the interfacial free energy of membrane–BSA and BSA–BSA that can be affected by pH. For the same membrane, the pH values of a BSA solution can have a significant impact on the process of membrane fouling by changing the AB component of free energy.

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Anaerobic degradation kinetics of reactive dye with different carbon sources

This study aims to investigate the anaerobic degradation kinetics of reactive dye, C.I. Reactive Red 141 (Evercion Red H-E7B) by partially granulated anaerobic mixed culture using three carbon sources, namely modified starch (MS), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and acrylic size (AS) during batch incubation. There is a first-order kinetics reaction in the decolorization processes using MS and PVA as carbon sources, while a zero-order kinetics relationship describes the decolorization process for the AS carbon source. The k values and color removal rate of decolorization with MS carbon source was higher than those of PVA and AS carbon sources. This is because the MS carbon source was well degraded in comparison to AS and PVA, respectively This study also found dye reduction could be enhanced through the addition of MS as a carbon source. The decolorization rates increased with decrease in dye concentrations of RR 141. In contrast, the decolorization rates increased with increase in COD concentration.