Select chemical and engineering properties of wastewater biosolids

The select chemical and engineering characteristics of biosolids produced at a wastewater treatment plant in Eastern Australia were investigated to assess its suitability as structural fill material in road embankments. Results of comprehensive set of geotechnical experimentation including compaction, consolidation, creep, hydraulic conductivity and shear strength tests implied that biosolids demonstrate behavior similar to highly organic clays with a higher potential for consolidation and settlement. Results of chemical study including heavy metals, dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (and derivatives) and organochlorine pesticides, indicate that biosolids samples are within the acceptable limits which allows their usage under certain guidelines. Results of tests on pathogens (bacteria, viruses or parasites) also indicated that biosolids were within the safe acceptable limits. Technical and management suggestions have been provided to minimize the possible environmental risks of using biosolids in road embankment fills.     

Evaluation of a chemical stabilization process

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) performed an evaluation of a biosolids chemical stabilization process known as BIO*FIX®, marketed by Bio Gro Systems, Inc., of Annapolis, Maryland. The purpose of the evaluation was (1) to assess major characteristics of the process and its final product, (2) to determine the quantity and final disposition of all components in the incoming biosolids, and (3) to determine if the process conforms to new regulations promulgated and administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) titled “Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludges” (40 CFR Part 503). The BIO*FIX® chemical stabilization process involves the addition of calcium oxide (CaO) to dewatered biosolids at rates that achieve the pathogen reduction and vector attraction reduction requirements of the 503 program while creating a marketable end product used as an agricultural amendment. ERM's project involved the testing of four process streams in order to create a mass balance on the process. Laboratory analyses were performed on samples of the dewatered biosolids, the chemically-stabilized end product, and the scrubber water effluent. The primary components of concern tested in the above process streams were ammonia, metals, odorous compounds, particulate matter, and organic matter. Through the tests described in the article, ERM drew the following conclusions: (1) The major gaseous pollutant resulting from the BIO*FIX® process is gaseous ammonia. The total gaseous ammonia released from the product depends on the ammonia nitrogen content of the biosolids, and pH and temperature levels reached in the process. Additional ammonia is emitted when the end product is loaded in trucks and stored. Any gaseous ammonia remaining in the end product after processing will slowly dissipate over time. (2) Other potential odor pollutants such as hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) and mercaptans were found to be below detectable levels in the uncontrolled exhaust gas. (3) Metals were not found in the exhaust gas in any detectable quantities. They would not be expected to volatilize during the process. Particulate matter emissions were found to be very low. (4) The pathogen reduction and vector attraction reduction requirements of the 40 CFR 503 regulations were met or exceeded. (5) Finally, through observations and tests, ERM found that the BIO*FIX® chemical stabilization process provides for a simple, viable, and effective conversion of biosolids into a beneficial use product in compliance with all pertinent regulations.     

烟气脱硝工艺及其化学反应机理

概述了工业固定源NOx的控制措施，包括燃烧过程控制和燃烧后减少NOx排放。介绍两种主要的烟气脱硝工艺SNCR和SCR的特点、布置及所要求的温度范围，正在商业化应用的SCR工艺的催化荆组成、活性组分及其他组分的作用。提出了这一催化体系中还需要进一步澄清的某些化学机理。     

煤化工废水中硫酸盐还原菌的分离及鉴定

从煤化工废水和厌氧污泥中分离出2株高效的硫酸盐还原菌,通过革兰氏染色、扫描电子显微镜观察其形态,通过16S r DNA序列分析法鉴定其种属,并研究其生长特性和硫酸盐还原性能。实验结果表明:菌株SRB-1为革兰氏阴性柠檬酸杆菌;菌株SRB-2为革兰氏阳性丁酸梭菌;两种菌株在最佳条件下培养4 d,菌液菌量均可达到1×106个/m L的水平;在SO2-4质量浓度为1 360 mg/L的条件下,两种菌株的SO2-4去除率分别达到93%和95%。     

Assessment of sampling and chemical analysis of source-separated organic household waste

The quality of the waste sampling procedure and chemical analysis was evaluated in a research program on characterization of organic waste obtained after disc screening of source-separated organic household waste. The sampling procedures focused on a truckload of waste and involved several steps of subsampling including shredding, mixing, blending, high-speed-blending, drying and milling prior to analysis of the organic waste with respect to ash content, crude fibers, crude fat, crude protein, sugar, starch, enzyme-digestible organic matter, P, N, C, H, S and calorific value. The statistical evaluation of the procedures involved 10 samples of the same truckload of waste obtained by splitting the sample at each level in the procedure according to a staggered, incomplete nested statistical design. Furthermore, one sample was analysed six times over a period of approximately one year. The statistical evaluation showed that no single step in the sampling procedure contributed with excessive variance and that the variance caused by the sampling procedure was approximately the same as the variance in the chemical analysis observed over a year. The variance varied with the analytical parameter but for most parameters the uncertainty was satisfactorily low (of the order of 3-10% expressed as the relative standard deviation, which is considered to be satisfactory for waste characterization).     

Terrestrial physical and chemical processes for liquid waste treatment

Experiences gained from full-scale evaluation of advanced treatment processes used for reclaiming wastewaters should help in the evaluation of potential treatment systems for treatment and reuse of water in space. Water Factory 21 is a 0.66 m³s⁻¹ (15 million gallons per day) water reclamation plant in California that has been in operation since 1976. The plant receives biologically treated wastewater. Lime treatment is effective for removal of heavy metals. Volatile organic constitutes are efficiently removed by air stripping. Non-volatile organic constituents are removed by activated carbon adsorption and reverse osmosis (RO). RO is a highly effective polishing step, and removes most of the remaining materials including inorganic salts, heavy metals, and organics. RO removed 85% of the total organic carbon, down to about 1 mg 1⁻¹, which is lower than in many treated drinking waters. The series of treatment processes used insured virus and pathogen removal, with lime treatment and chlorination together proving highly effective. Sufficient data has been collected to provide statistically reliable confidence limits to be set on the performance of each unit process.     

化工型科研单位的环保管理

化工型科研单位的实验室在科研活动时会产生废水、废气和固废等污染,实验室污染具有种类复杂、量小、危害大、控制难度大等特点。介绍了上海石油化工研究院的环保管理体系、污染的种类、来源和处理措施。指出应通过健全的管理制度、针对性的对策措施和有效的落实执行,来构建环境保护管理体系,确保科研单位实验室废水、废气和固废的达标排放、总量控制和妥善处理。     

大型跨国化工公司的环境保护战略

介绍了部分世界著名跨国化工公司的环境保护管理体制、目标、具体措施和取得的成绩.     

Heat and chemical treatment of mechanically recovered w/o emulsions

Nearly all crude oils and some heavier refined products form stable water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions when spilled and weathered at sea. Breaking these emulsions and discarding the separated water allow more oil to be recovered and stored by OSRVs (Oil Spill Recovery Vessels) and make the handling of oily waste easier due to viscosity reduction. This study was conducted to determine whether a combination of heat and emulsion breaker is more effective than either technique used alone. The results will be used to prepare guidelines for treatment of w/o emulsions and planning of large-scale tests.A bench-scale laboratory study was carried out using emulsions prepared from different crude oil residues (BCF-17, Alaskan North Slope and Bonny Light) and a Bunker C fuel oil/gas oil blend (IF-80). Tubes containing w/o emulsions, with or without emulsion breaker added, were partially submerged in a water bath at different temperatures to simulate the heating system of the recovered oil tanks onboard the OSRVs. The effectiveness of the emulsion breaking was measured by recording settled water over a 24 h period. The results showed that:

• •• The stability of a w/o emulsion and its response to heat and emulsion breaker is highly dependent on different characteristics of the oil from which it is formed.
• •• Stable w/o emulsions that can be slowly broken by heat alone were, in general, broken much more rapidly if emulsion breaker was added in addition to heat.
• •• The w/o emulsions formed from relatively paraffinic crude oil (e.g. ANS) exhibit faster breaking rates than w/o emulsions formed from crude oils with high asphaltene content, such as BCF-17.
• •• All w/o emulsions formed from the crude oil residues could be broken by the application of moderate amounts of heat. W/o emulsions produced from Bunker C/Diesel oil blend were not broken at all by relatively high heat inputs (up to 100°C) and required both the addition of heat and emulsion breaker to obtain partially breaking.

     

Efficient depolymerization and chemical conversion of polyamide 66 to 1,6-hexanediol

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Polyamide 66 was efficiently depolymerized and chemically converted by treatment with supercritical MeOH in the presence of glycolic acid. The...     

Influences of chemical activators on incinerator bottom ash

This research has applied different chemical activators to mechanically and thermally treated fine fraction (<14 mm) of incinerator bottom ash (IBA), in order to investigate the influences of chemical activators on this new pozzolanic material. IBA has been milled and thermally treated at 800 degrees C (TIBA). The TIBA produced was blended with Ca(OH)(2) and evaluated for setting time, reactivity and compressive strength after the addition of 0.0565 mole of Na(2)SO(4), K(2)SO(4), Na(2)CO(3), K(2)CO(3), NaOH, KOH and CaCl(2) into 100g of binder (TIBA+Ca(OH)(2)). The microstructures of activated IBA and hydrated samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetry (TG) analysis. Thermal treatment is found to produce gehlenite (Ca(2)Al(2)SiO(7)), wollastonite (CaSiO(3)) and mayenite (Ca(12)Al(14)O(33)) phases. The thermally treated IBA samples are significantly more reactive than the milled IBA. The addition of Na(2)CO(3) can increase the compressive strength and calcium hydroxide consumption at 28-day curing ages. However, the addition of Na(2)SO(4), K(2)SO(4), K(2)CO(3), NaOH and KOH reduces the strength and hydration reaction. Moreover, these chemicals produce more porous samples due to increased generation of hydrogen gas. The addition of CaCl(2) has a negative effect on the hydration of TIBA samples. Calcium aluminium oxide carbonate sulphide hydrate (Ca(4)Al(2)O(6)(CO(3))(0.67)(SO(3))(0.33)(H(2)O)(11)) is the main hydration product in the samples with activated IBA, except for the sample containing CaCl(2).     

亚临界锅炉的化学清洗

针对灞桥热电厂300MW超临界机组的特点、安装进度及环保要求，制定了相应的化学清洗方案并进行了炉前热力系统和锅炉本体除油清洗，以及中高压给水系统和炉本体的EDTA清洗。实践表明，灞桥热电厂化学清洗范围、清洗工艺和清洗系统的设计是合理的。     

综合印染废水混凝试验研究

考察了几种常用混凝剂对印染废水的处理效果。研究表明，在最佳pH值9～11时，硫酸亚铁具有较好的处理效果；复配试验表明，当硫酸亚铁投加量为400mg／l，熟石灰400mg／1，PAM为2mg／l时，COD去除率76．3％，色度去除率94．5％．处理成本为0．16元／t。     

Treatment of waste containing EDTA by chemical oxidation

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is a chelating agent that has been extensively used to enhance the solubilization of heavy metal cations and release of EDTA contributes to environmental problems. EDTA is recalcitrant to microbial metabolism and chemical oxidation is considered a possible method of remedial treatment. The use of the commercially available process of MIOX Corporation generates mixed oxidants on site and this solution is markedly effective in the destruction of the chelating characteristic and the decarboxylation of EDTA. When measuring the release of C-14 from carboxyl labeled EDTA, the mixed oxidant solution was comparable to the Fenton's reaction over a broad pH range. The presence of Mn²⁺, Cr³⁺, or Fe³⁺ at levels equal to that of EDTA stimulated the rate of EDTA decomposition; however, the rate of EDTA breakdown was inhibited when the concentration of Cr³⁺ or Mn²⁺ exceeded the concentration of EDTA. The treatment of Co²⁺–EDTA or Cu²⁺–EDTA with mixed oxidants in the presence of ultra violet light resulted in the loss of chelation ability of EDTA. In the absence of chelated metals, over 75% of the chelation property of a 70 mM EDTA solution was destroyed in 45 min. The reaction products resulting from the use of mixed oxidants added to EDTA were non-toxic to bacteria and should not contribute to additional environmental problems.     

The chemical characteristics of ashes from cattle, swine and poultry manure

Animal manure is waste that contains large amounts of fertilizer resources. Incineration technology is effective in decreasing the volume of animal manure and concentrating the nutrients. In this study, the nutrient concentration and chemical compounds of several types of animal manure ash were examined to promote their recycling for agriculture. The nutrient concentration of manure ash was dependent on the reduction rate of solid materials by incineration. The phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) of cattle and layer manure were not concentrated greatly because of high silicon (Si) and calcium (Ca) concentrations, respectively. On the other hand, the P concentration of swine manure and broiler litter was increased to 10.1–12.0 % (3.6–4.6 times compared with original materials), equivalent to that of phosphate rock used as fertilizer material. The K concentration of broiler litter ash (16.1 %) was highest of all. The phosphate compounds of cattle and swine manure ashes were determined as Ca₉Fe(PO₄)₇ or Ca₉MgK(PO₄)₇. Hydroxyapatite (Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH)) was detected in layer manure and broiler litter ashes. By acid treatment of ash, P and K availability of the fertilizer made from layer manure ash (33 % of materials) was equivalent to that of conventional chemical fertilizer.     

Fenton's in-situ reagent chemical oxidation of hydrocarbon contamination in soil and groundwater

Industry and regulatory demands for rapid and cost-effective clean up of hydrocarbon and other contamination in soil and groundwater has prompted development and improvement of in-situ remediation technologies. In-situ technologies offer many advantages over ex-situ treatment alternatives, including lower initial capital and long-term operation and maintenance costs, less site disruption, no Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) liability, and shorter treatment time necessary to achieve cleanup objectives. Fenton's reagent, a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ferrous iron that generates a hydroxyl free radical as an oxidizing agent, is widely accepted for chemical oxidation of organic contaminants in the wastewater industry. In-situ implementation of Fenton's reagent for chemical oxidation of organic contaminants in soil and groundwater continues to grow in acceptance and application to a wide variety of environmental contaminants and hydrogeologic conditions (EPA, 1998).     

Technology review and evaluation of different chemical oxidation conditions on treatability of PFAS

Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of stable compounds widely used in diverse applications. These emerging contaminants have unique properties due to carbon–fluorine (C–F) bonds, which are some of the strongest bonds in chemistry. High energy is required to break C–F bonds, which results in this class of compounds being recalcitrant to many degradation processes. Many technologies studied that have shown treatment effectiveness for PFAS cannot be implemented in situ. Chemical oxidation is a demonstrated remediation technology for in situ treatment of a wide range of organic environmental contaminants. An overview of relevant literature is presented, summarizing the use of single or combined reagent chemical oxidation processes that offer insight into oxidation–reduction chemistries potentially capable of PFAS degradation. Based on the observations and results of these studies, bench‐scale treatability tests were designed and performed to establish optimal conditions for the formation of specific free radical species, including superoxide and sulfate radicals, via various combinations of oxidants, catalysts, pH buffers, and heat to assess PFAS treatment by chemical oxidants. The study also suggests the possible abiotic transformations of some PFAS when chemical oxidation is or was used for treatment of primary organic contaminants (e.g., petroleum or chlorinated organic compounds) at a site. The bench‐scale tests utilized field‐collected samples from a firefighter training area. Much of the available data related to chemical oxidation of PFAS has only been reported for one or both of the two more commonly discussed PFAS (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and/or perfluorooctanoic acid). In contrast, this treatability study evaluates oxidation of a diverse list of PFAS analytes. The results of this study and published literature conclude that heat‐activated persulfate is the oxidation method with the best degradation of PFAS. Limited reduction of reported PFAS concentrations in this study was observed in many oxidation reactors; however, unknown mass of PFAS (such as precursors of perfluoroalkyl acids) that cannot be identified in a field collected sample complicated quantification of how much oxidative destruction of PFAS actually occurred.     

曲靖电厂灰渣性质及其用作水泥混合材的试验研究

在对粉煤灰及炉渣的主要物理、化学性质进行分析测试的基础上，对它们用作水泥混合材所表现出的性能及存在的问题进行了分析研究。     

PAN-ACF表面物化特性及其吸附能

活性炭材料低温脱硫、脱硝是目前认为很有应有前景的技术之一。用两种不同方法对PAN—ACF(聚丙烯腈基活性炭纤维)进行催化处理，分析研究其表面物理化学特性，并计算其表面吸附能。结果表明，先后经硫酸和氨水浸泡催化处理的PAN—ACF，其吸附能量最大且含氮量最高。     

Catalytic effect of natural clays on properties and chemical structure of recycled polyethylene

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Montmorillonite clays such as bentonites are often studied and used as reinforcement to thermoplastics, since it can generate nanostructures,...