小麦秸秆生物碳质吸附剂对硝基苯的吸附性能

在炭化温度为300℃下,用小麦秸秆制备生物碳质吸附剂,研究生物碳质吸附剂对硝基苯废水的吸附性能.考察了pH值、温度、吸附时间和吸附剂投加量对吸附效果的影响,分析了吸附剂在水中对硝基苯的吸附机理.结果表明,在pH值为7,温度为25℃,吸附时间为8h,吸附剂投加量为3 g/L条件下,生物碳质吸附剂对硝基苯的去除率达到90％.等温吸附曲线符合Freundlich方程,最大吸附量约为92.37 mg/g.定量描述了分配作用与表面吸附对生物碳质总的吸附作用的贡献,炭化后的小麦秸秆非极性增强,使硝基苯与其的极性更为匹配,引起分配作用增大.     

改性玉米秸秆对废水中Cr(Ⅵ)的吸附性能研究

对经碱处理和醚化接枝的改性玉米秸秆吸附剂进行了结构表征、吸附条件优化、吸附动力学及吸附等温线研究。结果表明,对于200mg/L的Cr(Ⅵ)废水,改性玉米秸秆吸附剂最佳吸附条件:吸附剂投加量为1.0g,反应温度为40℃,pH=3,反应时间为300min。吸附过程服从准二级动力学方程,吸附等温线符合Langmuir模型。     

改性疏水硅胶用于油气吸附解吸的研究

吸附法为油气回收的常用方法,对吸附剂的研究有着重要的意义。为了开发出高吸附量、高热稳定性和疏水性的油气回收专用硅胶,对常规硅胶的物理及化学改性方法进行了研究。通过分析热处理温度、热处理时间及升温速度等因素对改性硅胶吸附效果的影响,提出了汽油油气吸附率高、吸水率低的硅胶改性条件为:酒石酸改性剂,热处理温度550~650℃,热处理时间3~10 h,升温速度3~10℃/min。同时,研究了影响改性硅胶解吸效果的因素,结果表明,真空度越高,温度越高,解吸次数越多,改性硅胶的解吸率越高。     

改性玉米秸秆对水中砷的吸附

以玉米秸秆做原材料,筛选出异丙醇-氢氧化钠-草酸作改性剂,利用改性后的玉米秸秆吸附水体中的三价砷;探讨了其吸附过程的热力学和动力学行为;研究了p H及吸附剂量对吸附效果的影响。实验结果表明,改性玉米秸秆对水中砷具有很好的吸附能力,当进水浓度为1.25 mg/L、吸附剂投加量为0.25 g、温度为25℃、p H值为9时,60 min达到吸附饱和;在此条件下,改性玉米秸秆对三价砷的吸附去除率为94.28%;吸附过程符合准二级动力学方程,等温吸附规律能够同时满足Langmuir和Freundlich吸附等温吸附模型。     

改性牡蛎壳对低磷浓度水体的净化性能研究

为寻求经济、高效的生态浮床除磷基质,以牡蛎壳为对象,通过等温吸附、吸附动力学和吸附剂投加量影响实验对比研究了经不同温度热处理的改性牡蛎壳对低磷浓度水体的吸附性能。结果表明:相比Langmuir方程,Freundlich方程能更好地模拟天然及改性牡蛎壳对总磷的等温吸附行为;相对于伪一级动力学和Elovich方程,牡蛎壳对总磷的吸附动力学过程与伪二级动力学方程更为吻合。热处理温度对总磷的吸附效果产生明显影响,650℃改性牡蛎壳的吸附性能最优。牡蛎壳投加量对总磷去除效果影响也较为显著,当投加量增至20g/L时,天然牡蛎壳、250℃改性牡蛎壳、500℃改性牡蛎壳、650℃改性牡蛎壳的总磷去除率分别可达到51.27%、62.50%、88.27%和99.69%。当投加量为8g/L时,650℃改性牡蛎壳对总磷的去除率已高达90%左右。总体而言,650℃改性牡蛎壳的总磷吸附效果最好,可优先选为生态浮床除磷基质。     

生物炭固定化解磷菌对Pb2+的吸附特性

以小麦秸秆和活性污泥为原料,在3种温度下热解制备生物炭,使用傅立叶红外光谱(FTIR)和扫描电镜(SEM)对其结构和性能进行表征,探究了以不同生物炭为载体,以解磷菌为固定化菌株制备的固定化微生物对Pb~(2+)的吸附能力,同时研究了吸附时间和热解温度对固定化微生物吸附Pb~(2+)的影响。结果表明:小麦秸秆生物炭较活性污泥生物炭的表面官能团更为丰富,且小麦秸秆生物炭的芳香化程度随热解温度升高而增加;随着热解温度的升高,小麦秸秆生物炭的微孔逐渐发展,孔壁变薄,孔隙结构更为发达;以700℃热解的小麦秸秆生物炭为载体制备的固定化微生物(IBWS700)对Pb~(2+)的吸附量最高,对Pb~(2+)的吸附量可达89.39mg/g;IBWS700对Pb~(2+)的吸附动力学符合准二级动力学方程;IBWS700对Pb~(2+)的吸附可以用Langmuir模型较好地拟合。     

不同原料和炭化温度下制备的生物炭结构及性质

以麦秆、稻杆和松木屑3种生物质为原料,在控制热分解条件下制备生物炭利用TG/DTG、Boehm滴定、FTIR、XRD、TEM和吸附实验等方法对不同原料在350、550和750℃3个炭化温度下制备的生物炭形貌及其表面化学性质进行了表征。结果表明:最大热解速率所对应温度以松木屑为最高,表示热稳定性最好;不同原料在相同炭化温度下所制得的生物炭所含表面含氧官能团种类和总量相近,但pH值和吸附能力差别较大,其中麦秆制得的生物炭pH值最大,松木屑制得的生物炭吸附能力最强;随着炭化温度升高,相同原料制得生物炭表面含氧官能团总量减少,pH值升高,纤维素和半纤维素特征峰消失,芳构化程度增加,吸附性能总体呈先上升后下降的趋势。     

活性焦吸附处理一硝基甲苯(MNT)废水

一硝基甲苯(MNT)废水是一种具有高毒性、难降解的火炸药废水。以活性焦为吸附剂,研究了活性焦对MNT废水中COD的吸附性能及pH、时间、温度和活性焦用量对吸附效果的影响,并分析了吸附前后MNT废水水质和急性毒性的变化。实验结果表明,pH、时间和活性焦用量是影响吸附效果的主要因素,吸附过程符合拟二级动力学,吸附速率常数为1.01×10-2g/(mg·min),可以用Freundlich吸附等温线来描述,等温线常数为Kf=1.14×10-4,n=0.58;在pH为3,温度为20℃,活性焦用量为80g/L的条件下吸附MNT废水3 h,COD的去除率达到72.0%,急性毒性下降了98.6%,表明活性焦能有效地吸附处理MNT废水。     

RDF与煤粉混合燃烧特性及动力学分析

为了研究RDF掺混入煤粉内进行燃烧时对煤粉产生的影响,利用热重分析,采用分布活化能模型(DAEM)对RDF与煤粉混合试样的燃烧特性及其反应动力学参数进行了实验研究。结果表明:随着RDF在煤粉中的掺混比例的增大,燃烧反应的进行过程中热能与气氛条件的分配比煤粉单独燃烧更加合理;在400~550℃与650~750℃范围之间,RDF的掺入对于煤粉的燃烧反应起到了一定的促进作用,在550~650℃之间则起抑制作用;通过精确的动力学计算以及合理的RDF与煤粉协同作用分析可知,当RDF在煤粉中的掺混比例为50%时,RDF对煤粉燃烧促进作用最佳,且能保证较高的燃料替代率。     

SO_4~（2-）/TiO_2光催化降解苯酚

以工业硫酸氧钛为原料水解制得SO42-/TiO2光催化剂,并以苯酚为目标降解物,考察了SO24-/TiO2的光催化性能。结果表明：随着SO42-/TiO2制备过程中焙烧温度的升高,其光催化活性逐渐增加,650℃焙烧获得的SO24-/TiO2的光催化活性最好,此后再升高温度会因催化剂中硫的挥发而下降;在确定苯酚原液初始浓度为50 mg/L条件下,SO42-/TiO2的光催化降解苯酚的最佳工艺条件为反应时间2 h、苯酚pH为7、催化剂用量1 g/L。XRD、SEM和FTIR的分析结果显示实验温度下制得的SO42-/TiO2均为锐钛型TiO2;其间掺杂的SO24-在TiO2表面分散性较好,没有聚集成大的颗粒;红外分析的结果初步判定低温（〈550℃）焙烧制得的催化剂SO42-在TiO2表面是螯合双配位吸附,高温焙烧时（〉550℃）SO42-在TiO2表面是桥式配位吸附。     

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.     

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.     

Sorption and predicted mobility of herbicides in Baltic soils

This study was undertaken to determine sorption coefficients of eight herbicides (alachlor, amitrole, atrazine, simazine, dicamba, imazamox, imazethapyr, and pendimethalin) to seven agricultural soils from sites throughout Lithuania. The measured sorption coefficients were used to predict the susceptibility of these herbicides to leach to groundwater. Soil-water partitioning coefficients were measured in batch equilibrium studies using radiolabeled herbicides. In most soils, sorption followed the general trend pendimethalin > alachlor > atrazine～ amitrole～ simazine > imazethapyr > imazamox > dicamba, consistent with the trends in hydrophobicity (log K_ow) except in the case of amitrole. For several herbicides, sorption coefficients and calculated retardation factors were lowest (predicted to be most susceptible to leaching) in a soil of intermediate organic carbon content and sand content. Calculated herbicide retardation factors were high for soils with high organic carbon contents. Estimated leaching times under saturated conditions, assuming no herbicide degradation and no preferential water flow, were more strongly affected by soil textural effects on predicted water flow than by herbicide sorption effects. All herbicides were predicted to be slowest to leach in soils with high clay and low sand contents, and fastest to leach in soils with high sand content and low organic matter content. Herbicide management is important to the continued increase in agricultural production and profitability in the Baltic region, and these results will be useful in identifying critical areas requiring improved management practices to reduce water contamination by pesticides.