铁炭微电解-水解酸化-接触氧化法处理有机硅废水的研究

针对有机硅废水的特性,采用铁炭微电解预处理、水解酸化和接触氧化组合工艺处理有机硅废水。废水经铁炭微电解预处理后COD去除率达40%;水解酸化处理后COD去除率达30%;接触氧化处理后COD去除率达70%;当系统进水COD为750 mg/L时,经过组合工艺处理后,出水COD可降至100 mg/L以下,达到了工业废水排放标准。     

电芬顿法去除兰炭废水COD

为处理高浓度生物难降解兰炭废水,考查了利用不锈钢作阳极和石墨气体扩散电极作阴极构成的电芬顿体系对兰炭废水COD的去除效果。系统地考察了空气流速、电流密度、溶液pH值及极板间距等因素对废水COD去除率的影响。电解过程的较佳条件:空气流速为2.5 L/min;电流密度为5.2 mA/cm2;溶液pH值为3;极板间距为2 cm。电芬顿法处理兰炭废水240 min之后,COD最高去除率可达78.62%,实现了对兰炭废水的预处理,为兰炭废水的处理提供了新的途径。     

电Fenton法预处理餐饮废水

分析采用电Fenton法处理某高校食堂餐饮废水,为城市餐饮废水预处理提供了新途径。实验考察了p H、极板距、反应时间及电压等因素对餐饮废水COD、SS去除率的影响。通过正交实验确定的最佳实验条件为:电压27 V,电解时间40 min,p H为4,极板距1 cm。在此最佳条件下,COD去除率为66.1%,SS去除率为85.4%。     

活性炭三维电极法处理超高盐榨菜腌制废水

将粒状活性炭作为三维电极的粒子电极处理超高盐榨菜腌制废水。采用静态实验，对比了二维电极与三维电极对该废水COD和磷酸盐的去除效果，考察了三维电极条件下极板间距、活性炭填充量、电解时间、电解电流及初始pH等对该废水COD和磷酸盐去除率的影响。结果表明：三维电极对超高盐榨菜腌制废水COD和磷酸盐的去除率明显高于二维电极；在原水pH（4．3—5．0），废水体积600mL，电流8A，活性炭填充量250g，极板间距6．5cm，电解时间150min时，处理效果良好，COD和磷酸盐去除率分别为76．47％和97．81％。由波长扫描图可初步认为部分有机物直接被氧化为二氧化碳。     

三维电极电化学氧化法深度处理DOP生产废水的研究

采用以铁板作阴、阳极,活性炭作填充粒子的三维电极电化学氧化法深度处理DOP生产废水。探讨了废水的pH、槽电压、极板间距、活性炭投加量和反应时间等因素对COD去除率的影响,并通过正交实验确定了处理DOP废水的最佳工艺条件,还对COD的降解动力学规律进行了初步探讨。结果表明,三维电极电化学氧化法处理DOP生产废水的最佳工艺条件为:pH值为5、电极间距为4 cm、槽电压为25 V、活性炭投加量为12 g/L、电解时间为90 min。在此条件下,COD去除率可达71.5%,出水COD浓度为50.9 mg/L,达到国家污水综合排放标准(GB8978-1996)的一级标准。三维电极电化学氧化法对COD的降解反应呈表观一级反应,降解速率方程为C=C0e-0.0124t。     

铁碳微电解联合两相UASB处理丙烯酸废水

通过采用铁碳微电解预处理丙烯酸废水的实验研究,分析了物理吸附、进水p H、反应时间和固液比(填料废水比)这4个因素对COD和甲醛去除率的影响规律,同时研究了铁碳微电解结合两相UASB处理丙烯酸废水的技术优势。单因素实验的结果表明,当p H=3.0、反应时间=4 h、固液比=300 g∶200 m L时,铁碳微电解预处理可取得37%的COD去除率和30%的甲醛去除率,而且废水可生化性得到明显的改善,与单独两相UASB相比,预处理可显著提高两相UASB运行的稳定性和高效性,综合处理后出水COD达到《污水综合排放标准(GB 8978-1996)》二级排放标准;出水甲醛浓度降低至13~20 mg/L。     

铁炭微电解-C1O2催化氧化处理酮康唑废水

采用铁炭微电解-C1O2催化氧化串联工艺对以甲苯、溴化钠、三乙胺、苯甲酸钠、米唑、二甲基亚酚、酮康唑母液等物质为主的酮康唑废水进行预处理后,COD去除率达到75%以上.经过预处理的废水再按一定比例与冲洗废水混合,经PAC-SBR生化处理后,可使出水的COD、色度等指标达到<污水综合排放标准>(GB8978-1996)中的一级标准.     

铁炭内电解-厌氧-好氧工艺处理阿维菌素废水的试验研究

血清瓶毒性试验表明 ,AVM对厌氧消化产生强烈的抑制作用。AVM废水经铁炭内电解预处理后 ,COD和AVM的去除率分别达到 19.5 %和 6 8.5 % ,可大大降低废水的毒性。预处理出水再经UASB +生物接触氧化反应器进一步处理 ,当生化系统进水COD为 6 0 0 0— 6 5 0 0mg/L时 ,出水COD为 2 5 0— 2 80mg/L ,总COD去除率达到 95 .6 % ,出水达到生物制药行业排放标准     

铁炭微电解/Fenton试剂预处理土霉素废水的研究

研究了铁炭微电解/Fenton试剂法工艺对高浓度难生化处理的土霉素废水预处理效果.结果表明,当原水COD在6 000 mg/L、pH值为2.2时,铁炭微电解反应时间为80 min,铁炭微电解对原水COD的去除率>40%;铁炭微电解出水再投加220 mg/L的H2O2(30%)进行Fenton试剂法处理,常温下反应50 min对原水COD的去除率可提高到75%以上.铁炭微电解 Fenton试剂联合工艺的处理效果好、运行稳定、成本低廉,适宜对难降解的土霉素废水的预处理.     

多元微电解填料对煤制油废水预处理的影响

采用高温烧结型微电解填料预处理煤制油废水,通过正交实验研究了初始pH、微电解时间及曝气强度等对废水的预处理影响。结果表明,微电解影响因素从大到小依次为:微电解时间pH曝气强度;微电解预处理煤制油废水的最佳工艺参数为:初始pH 4.0,微电解90 min,气水比3∶1充氧曝气;通过平行实验,COD平均去除率及出水水质分别为54.7%和1 773 mg/L,废水生物毒性指标EC50由原水12.5%的高毒性转化成48.3%的中毒性,为后续生化系统的正常运行提供了有利条件,是预处理煤制油废水的有效方法之一。     

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.     

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.