城市污水厂污泥替代营养盐培养海水小球藻的研究

为了城市污水厂污泥的资源化利用,对污泥替代F/2培养基培养海水小球藻(Chlorella pacifica)进行了研究。首先采用研磨-离心法制备污泥抽提液,将其与F/2培养基按体积比7∶3混合,接种微藻并在优化的条件下培养6 d,逐日测定混合液中无机氮、磷的浓度,培养结束后测定微藻生物量以及干藻中蛋白质、氨基酸和重金属含量。结果表明,将微藻在最佳条件下培养6 d后,混合液中PO34--P、NO2--N、NH4+-N和NO3--N的吸收率分别达到97.32%、96.72%、97.55%和78.13%;与F/2培养基对照组相比,混合液中微藻的生物量增加11.5%;蛋白质、必需氨基酸和非必需氨基酸的含量变化不大。另外,干藻中的重金属含量符合饲料行业标准的要求。     

猪场废水的厌氧消化除磷机制

采用批式厌氧消化实验,研究了猪场废水厌氧消化过程中生物、物理和化学作用对磷去除的贡献。结果表明,厌氧消化6 d,灭菌的混合液几乎没有磷被去除;未灭菌的混合液,上清液总磷去除率为57.3%,且随着混合液总磷的减少,吸收液的磷逐渐增多,说明废水中的部分磷被转化成气态磷化合物并释放。将原水在4℃、厌氧条件下静置6 d,废水TP去除率为70.7%,说明物理沉降的除磷作用显著。对厌氧消化前后的污泥进行浸提,发现没有灭菌、灭菌混合液的污泥的Ca、Mg-RP(HCl-RP)含量分别增加93.4%和50.5%。由于没有灭菌的混合液的pH不断升高,灭菌的混合液的pH不断下降,说明生物的新陈代谢活动使得环境条件改变(pH增加)而有利于磷化合物沉淀的形成。实验表明,猪场废水厌氧消化过程中磷的去除是物理、化学及生物过程共同作用的结果。     

不同氮磷浓度下2种无毒微藻的生长特性和脱氮除磷效能

根据城市二级出水水质特性,选择4种不同氮磷水平的二级出水作为培养基,研究纯培养与共培养下,椭圆小球藻(Chlorella ellipsoidea)和斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus)在不同初始氮磷浓度下的生长状况及脱氮除磷的能力。结果表明,纯培养条件下,椭圆小球藻在2#(TN=15.00 mg/L,TP=1.00 mg/L)实验组中生物量最高,斜生栅藻在4#(TN=10.00 mg/L,TP=0.20 mg/L)实验组中收获最大生物量,椭圆小球藻与斜生栅藻对TP均具有70%以上去除率。共培养下,3#(TN=15.00 mg/L,TP=0.50 mg/L)实验组收获最高生物量,斜生栅藻生物量均高于椭圆小球藻,表明斜生栅藻在共培养条件下更具有生长优势,培养基中TN、TP含量分别降至5.00 mg/L和0.05 mg/L以下。2种培养模式均可达到对二级出水的深度脱氮除磷。     

沼液培养小球藻生产油脂的研究

为了节约微藻生物柴油的生产成本,用沼液作为小球藻生长的培养基,可以得到微藻油脂,还可以净化沼液,从而起到了防治环境污染的作用。研究小球藻在不同浓度沼液(25%、50%、75%和100%沼液浓度)中生长和油脂积累情况,结果表明小球藻在各低浓度沼液(25%、50%沼液浓度)中能很好地生长,延滞期较短,而在高浓度沼液(75%、100%沼液浓度)中,延滞期较长,并且50%浓度沼液培养的小球藻总油脂含量最高。因此选取50%浓度沼液作为小球藻的基本培养基,研究了在50%浓度沼液中,小球藻在不同接种量、光照强度、光暗周期、初始pH条件下的生长和油脂积累情况。得出最适小球藻生长和油脂积累的条件是接种OD值1.023左右、光强4 000 lx、光暗周期20∶4、初始pH值为7.0。     

原核小球藻USTB-01去除化肥厂废水中总氮的研究

采用1株异养原核小球藻USTB-01对化肥厂废水中总氮的去除进行了研究。结果表明,添加一定量的磷酸盐和碳酸钠特别是葡萄糖分别作为磷、无机碳和有机碳源,不仅可以明显促进原核小球藻USTB-01的生长,而且可以大幅度提高废水的总氮去除效率。在4 d时间内原核小球藻USTB-01的生长从OD680 nm0.5增加到3.6,提高到7倍,而废水中总氮的浓度从125 mg/L降低到10.3 mg/L,去除率达到了93.1%,处理后的废水可以达标排放。不仅在高含氮废水的处理,而且在利用废水中的氮培养原核小球藻USTB-01的废水资源化利用方面均具有重要的意义。     

臭氧-BAF组合工艺处理电镀RO浓水

电镀废水反渗透(RO)浓水具有盐度高、难降解有机物浓度高、含重金属等特点,是电镀废水处理工艺提标改造的难点。采用臭氧-曝气生物滤池(BAF)组合工艺,对电镀废水反渗透(RO)浓水中有机物进行处理,使出水COD浓度达到《电镀污染物排放标准》中标准。考察了废水初始p H、臭氧浓度和反应时间等因素对臭氧氧化效果的影响,以及水力停留时间(HRT)和气水比对BAF单元COD去除效果的影响。经优化后的系统运行工况为:臭氧氧化单元中废水初始p H值为10.0,臭氧浓度为31.96 mg·L~(-1),反应时间为40 min;BAF的HRT为3 h,气水比为5∶1。在最佳工况下,当进水COD为180~240 mg·L~(-1)时,经组合工艺处理后COD去除率达78.6%,平均出水COD浓度为47 mg·L~(-1),达到了标准的要求。     

栅藻和小球藻在4种养殖废水中的生长及净化效果对比研究

利用经过处理的鸡场养殖废水、猪场沼液(简称猪沼)、池塘养殖废水和BG-11培养基分别培养斜生栅藻和普通小球藻,对比2种微藻在各培养液中的生长、对废水中氮磷的净化效果以及微藻油脂的积累情况。结果表明:经过23 d的培养,小球藻处理组中,小球藻+猪沼培养液中可收获藻粉0.353 1 g·L~(-1),小球藻+BG-11中可收获藻粉0.189 8 g·L~(-1),高于其他3种培养液中的收获量。栅藻处理组中,栅藻+BG-11中收获的藻粉最多,为0.168 5 g·L~(-1),其次为栅藻+猪沼培养液(0.131 1 g·L~(-1))。2种微藻对不同废水培养液的净化效果不同,但总体来说,栅藻和小球藻对总磷的去除效果最好,去除率在89.32%~98.69%。对硝氮的去除率也在60%以上。另外,利用猪沼培养的小球藻油脂含量最高,达到50.34%;培养的栅藻油脂含量与BG-11中相近,并高于其他培养液。因此,利用猪场沼液培养栅藻和小球藻具有可行性。     

利用糖蜜废水生产微生物絮凝剂及条件优化和效果实验研究

用糖蜜废水取代葡萄糖作为发酵培养基中的碳源和能源培养微生物絮凝剂产生菌Pseudomonas alcaligenesPS-25。通过单因素试验和正交试验得到该菌株产絮凝剂的最佳培养条件:糖蜜废水COD浓度5 000 mg/L、培养基初始pH值6.5、接种量5%(体积比)、温度30℃、培养时间为72 h、摇床转速160 r/min,在此条件下,PS-25所产絮凝剂对高岭土悬浊液絮凝率达96.75%,并且对多种废水都有较好的净化效果,对废水中浊度和色度的去除率分别在90%和80%以上,COD去除率在73.60%～91.10%。研究表明,用糖蜜废水培养PS-25生产微生物絮凝剂处理废水是完全可行的,从而实现废物的资源化利用。     

微气泡曝气O_3/H_2O_2处理RO浓水的效能及影响因素

采用O3/H2O2高级氧化工艺处理炼油厂反渗透(RO)浓水,用溶气泵加压溶气并产生微气泡强化传质,确定装置运行条件,考察气体中臭氧浓度、H2O2/O3初始摩尔比、pH和温度对O3/H2O2处理RO浓水效果的影响,并对RO浓水处理效能进行研究。结果表明,随着气体中臭氧浓度的增加,COD的去除率基本呈线性增加;加入适当量H2O2能提高臭氧氧化RO浓水的效果,H2O2/O3初始摩尔比在0~0.8范围内,COD的去除率先增加后下降,H2O2/O3初始摩尔比为0.5时COD去除率最大;pH从6.84增加到9.01,COD去除率逐渐增大,pH为10.03时COD去除率反而降低;在14~28℃范围内,温度低时,升高温度COD去除率增加较大,温度较高时,升高温度对COD去除率的影响较小。为考察该工艺的稳定性,在H2O2/O3初始摩尔比为0.5、溶液pH为8~9、臭氧浓度为80~100 mg/L、温度为10~28℃条件下,对COD为90~140mg/L的RO浓水氧化处理4~10 h,出水COD维持在39.9~49.9 mg/L,达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准(GB 18918-2002)》中的一级A标准;去除1 g COD消耗O31.4~3.3 g,消耗O3与H2O2的总氧量为2.2~4.4 g。     

小球藻生长及其净化猪场废水条件的优化

为提高小球藻净化猪场废水的效果,在户外条件下系统比较了预处理方式、管道光反应器的种类和光径对蛋白核小球藻生长及其对猪场废水净化效果的影响。结果表明,猪场原废水COD、NH_4~+、PO_4~(3-)、TN、TP含量分别为710、491、54、590和108 mg·L~(-1)时,蛋白核小球藻对经过3级过滤预处理后的猪场废水净化效果最好,其中脱色率及NH_4~+去除率分别高达88.56%和83.48%,显著高于对原废水的处理效果(P0.05)。在夏季户外条件下,用平铺管道反应器对蛋白核小球藻进行放大培养,发现小球藻能耐受夏季户外高温,生长良好,最终藻粉产量达到0.13 g·L~(-1)。采用直径为5 cm的立式光生物反应器培养蛋白核小球藻,通过循环采收,藻粉产量可达到0.93 g·L~(-1),其蛋白质含量最高达到58.9%,汞、砷、镉、铅含量分别小于0.1、1.0、0.5和4.0 mg·kg~(-1),符合《饲料用小球藻粉》(DB32/T 564-2010)标准。采收小球藻后的出水中,NH_4~+、PO_4~(3-)、色度的去除率均高达90%以上,基本达到国家排放要求。该研究结果可为制定猪场废水的净化及蛋白核小球藻的工业化生产方案提供参考。     

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.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

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.