扬水曝气器的水质改善功能及提水、充氧性能研究

扬水曝气器是水源水质改善设备,应用于湖泊水库水源地,抑制藻类生长,控制底泥污染物释放,取得了良好的效果.建立了扬水曝气器上升流速数学模型,用于模拟计算扬水曝气器的提水能力.建立了扬水曝气器曝气室的充氧能力数学模型.在实验室实测了扬水曝气器上升流速及其对水体的充氧过程,实测值与模拟计算值吻合较好,验证了提水、充氧能力数学模型.     

扬水曝气技术对周村水库藻类的控制

扬水曝气作为湖泊、水库水体修复技术之一,在国内多个水源水库水质改善工程中得到应用。为进一步研究扬水曝气技术对湖库藻类的控制效果及其机理,在对北方温带季节性分层水库-周村水库垂向水体的理化指标及藻类参数进行常年监测的基础上,于2015年8月—9月扬水曝气运行前后对垂向水体理化指标及浮游植物生物量、群落结构及丰度进行了连续监测和对比分析。结果表明,扬水曝气破坏了水体分层,藻类生物量锐减,多样性水平提高,藻类密度垂向差异消失,优势种群由威胁性较大的蓝藻、绿藻变为威胁性较小的硅藻,水体生态状况良好。扬水曝气系统对氮营养盐含量、热分层结构和光照条件的影响是促进了藻类群落结构改变的主要原因。     

大水深水库内源污染特征及控制技术

对黑河金盆水库水温、溶解氧、pH和底部水质的监测分析结果表明,黑河金盆水库属于稳定的大水深分层型水库,水体分层阻碍了上下层水体之间的物质交换,在水体和底泥耗氧的双重作用下,溶解氧从表层水体的8 mg/L左右降低到底层水体的0.1～0.2 mg/L;在厌氧条件下,底部沉积物中N、P、Fe和Mn等污染物大量释放,导致底部水体中NH3-N、TN、TP、Fe、Mn和COD均值分别达到2.22、2.30、0.05、0.13、2.53、74.00 mg/L。针对水体分层对底部水质产生的不利影响,认为扬水曝气技术适宜于大水深水库的水质原位改善和内源污染控制。     

草海底泥原位钝化工程示范及其生态环境效应

选取贵州草海重污染湖区,利用改性粘土钝化剂开展底泥原位钝化技术示范,对示范区内外主要水质参数、浮游生物和底栖动物等进行了对比监测与研究。结果表明:示范工程实施一年后钝化区水体氨氮(NH_3-N)和总磷(TP)含量分别降低至对照区的29%和23%,水体溶解氧含量达9 mg·L~(-1)以上,透明度显著增加;钝化区水体藻类总丰度降低40%以上,蓝藻所占比例大幅下降;钝化区沉水植物生长繁茂,水体自净功能明显增强,已形成草型清水生态系统。钝化区与对照区水体浮游动物、底栖水生生物种群及丰度无显著变化,表明钝化剂未对动物生长造成不良影响;原位钝化技术具有快速提升水体透明度和溶解氧含量、抑制底泥污染物释放、降低水体营养盐含量及抑制藻类生长等特点,且实施方便、成本低廉,在湖泊底泥污染治理和水体富营养化防治领域具有广阔应用前景。     

曝气对黑臭河道污染物释放的影响

利用黑臭河道模拟装置,对比研究了在静置和人工曝气2种方式下底泥污染释放特征及对上覆水水质的影响。结果表明,与静置释放相比,人工曝气促使实验前期底泥污染物快速释放,使得上覆水体中的各项污染物指标上升;随着水体中DO浓度的增加,硝化细菌、嗜磷菌等好氧细菌的活性增强,水体中的COD、氨氮、TN和TP得到降解或转化,浓度快速下降。实验期内,人工曝气底泥中TN、TP的平均释放速率分别为:-0.11 g/(m2·d)和-0.02 g/(m2·d),并且TP由最初的0.96 mg/L降到最终的0.48 mg/L,去除率达到50.00%。人工曝气在前期对水体中各污染指标有升高的影响,但增加了水体中的DO浓度,可以有效地抑制底泥中氮和磷的释放,对水体有机污染物、TN及TP有一定的削减作用,因此,该技术适合黑臭河道的水体修复。     

曝气深度对河道底泥特性及水质的影响

采用室内模拟实验方法对受污河道底泥和上覆水进行研究,对比分析静置状态X0和不同曝气深度条件下(分别为水体曝气泥水界面上方10 cm,底泥曝气下方5和15 cm处,依次记为X+10、X-5和X-15)河道底泥特性及水质的影响情况。结果表明:底泥曝气较水体曝气而言,能促进水体DO更快恢复;停止曝气,DO浓度也会维持在较高的状态,有利于有机物和氨氮的进一步去除。在相同曝气量下,底泥曝气比水体曝气能更好地去除底泥中污染物,并减少再次释放,且底泥曝气深度越深,处理效果越好,至实验结束时,X-15组上覆水中COD、NH_4~+-N、TN及TP浓度分别为16.25、3.03、13.39及0.09 mg/L,去除率分别为69.73%、78.36%、45.98%及84.21%;停止曝气后,经曝气处理的底泥对磷的吸附容量显著增加,并且不会再向上覆水中释放污染物,避免引起水体的二次污染。     

水体pH和曝气方式对藻类生长的影响

利用水族箱微宇宙研究了藻类在不同pH和曝气条件下的生长和种类变化.使用天然湖水,一组试验每天调节pH,使其分别保持在8.0、8.5、9.0和9.5;另一组试验是设定不同的曝气方式,分别为不曝气、完全曝气、昼间曝气和夜间曝气,定期测定水体叶绿素a和藻类组成.pH试验结果显示,在pH 8.0～9.5范围内,pH 8.5下藻类生长状况最好,pH 9.5下生长最差,人为改变pH使其远离8.5能够抑制藻类生长.曝气试验结果显示,曝气不能抑制水体中藻类的生长,昼间曝气甚至还有明显的促进作用.     

滴水湖底泥内源营养盐释放行为与曝气运行模式的关系

以滴水湖上覆水及底泥为研究对象,探讨了不同曝气运行模式对滴水湖底泥内源营养盐释放行为的影响,为曝气原位修复滴水湖等滨海盐碱化地区富营养化人工湖泊提供技术参考。结果表明,曝气能有效降低滴水湖上覆水体NH+4-N浓度,但此类滩涂底泥中较高的盐度能促进内源NH+4-N的释放并抑制硝化作用,使其NH+4-N削减率明显低于城市重污染河道;静置组TP浓度有所升高,而间歇曝气组及连续曝气组TP削减率分别为63.6%和38.5%,说明间歇曝气能有效降低上覆水体中的TP浓度;与曝气修复城市重污染河道相比,滴水湖较高的盐度及pH不利于TN去除,其中间歇曝气组对上覆水TN的控制优于连续曝气组与静置组;间歇曝气运行模式更适合于滴水湖等滨海盐碱化地区富营养化人工湖泊的底泥修复。     

湖泊底泥磷释放及磷形态变化

为研究底泥中内源性磷释放对城市景观水体富营养化的影响,以西安市曲江南湖为对象,采用底泥磷形态标准测试方法(SMT)分析了磷的赋存形态,通过模拟实验探究了在不同环境条件(温度、pH和溶解氧)下磷形态变化的特征。结果表明:温度升高促进内源磷的释放,在夏季加剧水体富营养化程度;碱性条件有利于磷的释放,增大补给水源可减少底泥释磷量;厌氧环境下底泥释磷量是好氧时的3.96倍;Al-P和Ca-P较稳定,在酸性条件下会加速其溶解;NH+4-P、Fe-P和OrgP受溶解氧、pH和温度影响较大,其吸附与释放能力有明显的差异。     

城市内河生物修复及其对底泥氮素转化影响的实验研究

对在城市内河底泥有机质与有机氮含量高的特殊环境下进行水体修复的可行性与修复方法进行了探讨.富含高有机氮的城市内河底泥是氮素的重要释放源,采用向水体曝气可以有效地促使总氮与NH3-N的降解,与未曝气相比,10 d后曝气条件下二者的去除率分别达到81%和92%;此时再以土著水生植物进行修复可以显著地提高水体修复的效果、稳定性与修复成功率,并使总氮、NH3-N维持在1 ms/L和0.5 ms/L以下.但应避免城市内河有效光辐射的减少对水体修复影响.     

水葫芦对滇池底泥氮磷营养盐释放的影响

为了探讨水葫芦对富营养湖泊底泥氮磷营养盐释放的影响，通过原位采集滇池柱状底泥，以蒸馏水为上覆水，进行了25d的室内静态模拟实验。实验比较了水葫芦处理组和空白对照组底泥氨氮（NH4-N）、硝态氮（NO3^-N）、溶解性总氮（DTN）、正磷酸盐（PO4^3--P）等的释放特征。结果表明，与对照组相比，水葫芦处理组上覆水溶解氧、pH显著性降低，而PO4^3-P浓度显著性升高；在实验前2d，水葫芦处理组上覆水NH4^＋N和DTN浓度显著性高于对照组，而在5～25d时，其显著性低于对照组。根据上覆水营养盐浓度、水葫芦植株吸收营养盐总量，推算底泥氮磷营养盐释放的平均速率，表明水葫芦加速了滇池底泥氮、磷营养盐的释放速率，处理组氮、磷释放速率分别为对照组的5．3～170．2和1．5～21．6倍。     

Oxidation-reduction potential changes in aeration tanks and microprofiles of activated sludge floc in medium- and low-strength wastewaters.

Real-time control of aeration tank operation is key to high-efficiency pollutant removal and energy savings. One of the aims of this study was to examine the potential for using redox potential (oxidation-reduction potential [ORP]) to indicate wastewater quality online in aeration tanks treating medium (chemical oxygen demand [COD] of 70 to 150 mg/L) and low (COD of 15 to 30 mg/L) pollutant-concentration wastewaters. The field-scale data provide a good relationship between ORP values and nutrient removal along the length of the aeration tanks. The ORP values increased dramatically as organic matter was removed along the aeration tanks, indicating the improvement of the bulk liquor redox status. Dissolved oxygen higher than 1.0 mg/L was necessary for good biodegradation and improvement of the liquid redox status. Nitrification occurred at higher ORP values (380 to 420 mV) than was the case for organic substrate oxidation (250 to 300 mV). The microprofiles obtained from microelectrode measurements substantiate the heterogeneity of the microbial processes inside activated sludge flocs. Because of microbial oxygen utilization, the aerobic region in the activated sludge floc was limited to the top layer (0.1 to 0.2 mm) of the activated sludge aggregate present in medium-strength wastewater, with an anoxic zone dominating inside the flocs. When dissolved oxygen in the bulk water was higher than 4.0 mg/L, the anoxic zone inside the floc disappeared. At low wastewater pollutant concentrations, the ORP and dissolved oxygen inside the activated sludge aggregates were higher than those from medium-strength wastewater. The prospect of using ORP as an online control approach for aeration tank operation and the potential reasons for activated sludge floc size varying with pollutant strengths are also discussed.     

Influence of algal bloom degradation on nutrient release at the sediment–water interface in Lake Taihu, China

Algal bloom could drastically influence the nutrient cycling in lakes. To understand how the internal nutrient release responds to algal bloom decay, water and sediment columns were sampled at 22 sites from four distinct regions of China’s eutrophic Lake Taihu and incubated in the laboratory to examine the influence of massive algal bloom decay on nutrient release from sediment. The column experiment involved three treatments: (1) water and sediment (WS); (2) water and algal bloom (WA); and (3) water, sediment, and algal bloom (WSA). Concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), ammonium (NH ₄ ⁺ -N), and orthophosphate (PO ₄ ^3? -P) were recorded during incubation. The decay of algal material caused a more rapid decrease in DO than in the algae-free controls and led to significant increases in NH ₄ ⁺ -N and PO ₄ ^3? -P in the water. The presence of algae during the incubation had a regionally variable effect on sediment nutrient profiles. In the absence of decaying algae (treatment WS), sediment nutrient concentrations decreased during the incubation. In the presence of blooms (WSA), sediments from the river mouth released P to the overlying water, while sediments from other regions absorbed surplus P from the water. This experiment showed that large-scale algal decay will dramatically affect nutrient cycling at the sediment–water interface and would potentially transfer the function of sediment as “container” or “supplier” in Taihu, although oxygen exchange with atmosphere in lake water was stronger than in columns. The magnitude of the effect depends on the physical–chemical character of the sediments.     

Effects of oxygen on the release and distribution of phosphorus in the sediments under the light condition

Effects of oxygen on the release and distribution of phosphorus (P) in the sediments in the presence of light were investigated, using sediment cores and overlying water from Lake Taihu, in China. The results show that P can be released from sediments to the overlying water in both anoxic and aerobic conditions. But more P was released in the anoxic condition. The transformation of P between various fractions in the sediments was observed during the release experiments. Concentrations of Ca-bound P and organic P in the sediments decreased in both conditions, but Fe/Al-bound P increased in the aerobic condition. The decrease of total P and P fractions in the sediments is consistent with the accumulative increase in quantity (AIQ) of total P (TP) in the overlying water, but is contrary with the AIQ of dissolved inorganic P. This is due to the uptake of algae by the dissolved inorganic P. Total nitrogen in the sediments in the anoxic condition was lower than that in the aerobic condition, and pH in the overlying water increased in the anoxic condition.     

三垟湿地沉积物-间隙水-上覆水界面磷形态研究

沉积物与上覆水间营养物质交换,成为导致水体发生富营养化的首要化学变迁过程.分别在三垟湿地的柑橘林(S1)、景观用地(S2)和生活用地(S3)取样,研究了沉积物-间隙水-上覆水界面磷形态以及相互关系.结果表明:(1)沉积物TP增加时,间隙水PO3-4和可溶性总磷(TDP)也增加.要削减磷在上覆水中的含量,控制间隙水PO3-4或TDP是一良策.(2)随着沉积物铁磷、铝磷的增加,间隙水PO3-4也增加.在三垟湿地沉积物中,铁磷和铝磷含量都可作为间隙水PO34-含量的指示.(3)S1、S2和S3的沉积物活性磷、间隙水TDP和上覆水TDP存在明显的浓度梯度,沉积物活性磷＞间隙水TDP＞上覆水TDP.说明在三垟湿地中,沉积物活性磷是磷释放的关键因子,而沉积物-间隙水界面则是磷释放的关键界面.     

The impact of eutrophication on the biogeochemical cycling of mercury species in a reservoir: a case study from Hongfeng Reservoir, Guizhou, China

The mercury distribution and speciation in the water column were investigated from November 2003 to September 2004. The distribution and concentrations of total mercury (THg) and particulate mercury (PHg) showed that algae had a large capacity to bind mercury in late spring (e.g. in May). It is shown that dissolved gaseous mercury (DGM) concentrations may also be affected by algae activities. The MeHg profile in the water column at a highly eutrophied site in Hongfeng Reservoir demonstrated that most of the MeHg was produced in the hypolimnion, whereas the MeHg profile pattern at another site with less eutrophication indicated that MeHg in water was largely ascribed to release from sediment. In September, the outflow of the reservoir was enriched with MeHg, which was 5.5 times higher than that in the inflows. The discharge of MeHg-concentrated water from the anoxic hypolimnion in the reservoir may pose a risk to downstream fauna.     

Effect of overlying water pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity and sediment disturbances on metal release and sequestration from metal contaminated marine sediments

Experiments were undertaken to examine the key variables affecting metal release and sequestration processes in marine sediments with metal concentrations in sediments reaching up to 86, 240, 700, and 3000 mg kg(-1) (dry weight) for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, respectively. The metal release and sequestration rates were affected to a much greater extent by changes in overlying water pH (5.5-8.0) and sediment disturbance (by physical mixing) than by changes in dissolved oxygen concentration (3-8 mg l(-1)) or salinity (15-45 practical salinity units). The physical disturbance of sediments was also found to release metals more rapidly than biological disturbance (bioturbation). The rate of oxidative precipitation of released iron and manganese increased as pH decreased and appeared to greatly influence the sequestration rate of released lead and zinc. Released metals were sequestered less rapidly in waters with lower dissolved oxygen concentrations. Sediments bioturbated by the benthic bivalve Tellina deltoidalis caused metal release from the pore waters and higher concentrations of iron and manganese in overlying waters than non-bioturbated sediments. During 21-day sediment exposures, T. deltoidalis accumulated significantly higher tissue concentrations of cadmium, lead and zinc from the metal contaminated sediments compared to controls. This study suggests that despite the fact that lead and zinc were most likely bound as sulfide phases in deeper sediments, the metals maintain their bioavailability because of the continued cycling between pore waters and surface sediments due to physical mixing and bioturbation.     

Effects of organisms on the release of phosphorus at the interface between sediment and water.

Organisms at the interface between sediment and water play a significant role in the cycling of phosphorus. This study reports experimental results of the influence of organisms on phosphorus release. Results show that benthic organisms controlled the low level of phosphate in overlying water with light. The maximum phosphorus release rate can reach 7.31 mg m(-2) d(-1) without organisms, nearly twice that in a similar system with organisms. However, significant decreases in the concentrations of sodium-hydroxide-extractable phosphorus and hydrochloric-acid-extractable phosphorus were observed in the experimental system with organisms, while no significant changes were observed without organisms. In addition, the dissolved oxygen concentration in the system was higher with organisms than without organisms with light. This study is significant to the understanding of phosphorus cycling at the interface between sediment and water in lakes.