双酶协同水解剩余污泥条件优化

在碱性蛋白酶∶中性蛋白为3∶1的最优酶配比下,对剩余活性污泥进行水解提取蛋白质实验研究。实验以蛋白质提取率、SCOD/TCOD和有机质减少量三个指标来表现水解效果,探究温度、时间、pH以及加酶量对水解效果的影响。结果表明,蛋白质提取率、SCOD/TCOD和有机质含量变化三者存在较强的相关性,最佳水解条件是pH为9.0,反应时间4 h,加酶量5%和反应温度55℃。最佳水解条件下,污泥蛋白质提取率为65.89%,SCOD/TCOD为61.43%,有机质减少量81.05%。     

蛋白酶和EDTA-2Na协同作用对剩余污泥水解的影响

采用投加蛋白酶和螯合剂乙二胺四乙酸二钠(EDTA-2Na)联合预处理剩余污泥,研究了蛋白酶浓度、温度和EDTA-2Na浓度对污泥酶法水解释碳效果的影响.结果表明,蛋白酶浓度、温度和EDTA-2Na浓度对剩余污泥水解的影响具有协同效应.在最佳蛋白酶浓度20 mg/g TS条件下,剩余污泥释放的SCOD为1 318.82 mg/L.同时,在最佳螯合剂ED-TA-2Na浓度0.20 g/g TS下,SCOD为9 014 mg/L.在20 mg/g TS的蛋白酶和0.20 g/g TS的EDTA-2Na的联合作用下,SCOD达到12 628.98 mg/L.在20 mg/g TS的蛋白酶、0.2 g/g TS的EDTA-2Na和55℃条件联合作用下,SCOD达到最大值16 878 mg/L,多糖浓度达到最大值2 695.3 mg/L,NH4+-N的浓度达到最大值156.73 mg/L.此外,在不同蛋白酶和EDTA-2Na浓度条件下,剩余污泥水解释放的SCOD符合一级动力学.     

基于污泥蛋白质溶出的酶-热碱联合水解中试研究

为探究剩余污泥酶-热碱联合水解生产蛋白质工艺工业化利用的可能性,建立了1 m3·d-1的剩余污泥(含水率80%)的中试水解系统。通过对酶解时间、复合添加量及碱解温度等关键工艺因素优化,获得了中试规模污泥联合水解的最佳工艺条件;通过酶和热碱水解动力学研究,明确了联合水解过程的限速步骤。结果表明:在日处理量为1 m3剩余污泥(含水80%)的中试水解过程中,酶解时间为1.5 h、复合酶投加量为1%、污泥浓度为30 g·L-1、碱解时间1.5 h、碱解温度80℃时,蛋白质溶出效果最佳,上清液中蛋白质浓度为2 160 mg·L-1;污泥酶解过程符合米氏方程,碱解过程符合零级动力学方程,二者的水解速率分别为0.709 mg·(L·min)-1和11.046mg·(L·min)-1;与碱解相比,酶解是剩余污泥联合水解的限速步骤。研究结果可为污泥联合水解工艺产蛋白质的产业化应用提供必要的技术参数。     

不同生物营养物处理工艺剩余污泥中温水解特性

为了解不同生物营养物处理（BNR）工艺剩余污泥性质差异及其中温水解特性，采用序批式实验研究了来源于Orbal氧化沟（OD）和倒置A2／O工艺剩余污泥在中温水解过程中污泥浓度、营养物释放、污泥粒径、污泥絮凝性、污泥比阻及污泥胞外聚合物（EPS）的历时变化。结果表明，相同泥龄（约18d）条件下，OrbalOD剩余污泥氮含量较高，倒置A2／O剩余污泥磷含量较高，两者VSS／SS均低于0．6，导致中温水解过程污泥减量空间有限、氮磷释放速率不同。此外，尽管倒置A2／O工艺剩余污泥絮体尺寸及絮凝能力明显大于OrbalOD工艺剩余污泥的对应值，但两污泥比阻相近。中温水解过程中，两污泥絮体的尺寸均变小、絮凝能力均降低、比阻均增高；两者的胞外聚合物均呈现增高再降低趋势，且蛋白质均占EPS质量的75％以上，为主要的胞外物质。     

超声波对污泥水解的促进作用

以超声波预处理城市污水处理厂剩余污泥,考察不同功能密度下的超声波对污泥水解释放碳源过程的影响。结果表明,污泥经超声波预处理,可缩短污泥水解时间,促进VFA释放,且声能密度越大,促进作用越显著;当声能密度为0.138 W/mL、作用时间为1 min时,污泥水解4~5 d后,释放VFA达到800 mg/L,VFA/TN由初始的1.98提升至4.15,VFA/TP由初始的24.78提升至42.35。同时,超声波不仅破坏污泥絮体结构,而且提高了微生物中蛋白酶和辅酶F420的活性,更有利于污泥水解。     

超声、臭氧处理石化污水厂剩余活性污泥研究

采用超声波和臭氧处理石化污水处理厂的剩余活性污泥，促进其脱水和破解。实验结果表明，小功率超声对污泥脱水效果较好，最佳超声条件为：输出电压70 V，超声时间2 min；污泥抽滤后的含水率在试验范围内随臭氧量的增加而降低，最佳臭氧剂量为0.05 g O³/g SS。经超声处理过的臭氧化污泥要比没经超声处理过的含水率低约1%。在传统的絮凝方法下，加上超声和臭氧可以使污泥含水率再降低2%以上，减少絮凝剂用量近40%；臭氧和超声联合比单独臭氧对污泥破解效果更显著，污泥可减量约25%。臭氧投量较少时，超声破解效果更明显。     

剩余污泥氮磷营养盐提取方法研究

为提取污泥中的氮磷营养盐,以实现污泥的资源化和减量化,分别采用热碱法、超声波法和加碱超声波法对剩余污泥进行处理.在优化提取工艺条件的基础上,比较了3种方法对污泥中无机氮(IN)和磷酸盐(PO34--P)的提取效果以及污泥减量效果.结果表明,热碱法的适宜提取条件为pH=13、T=100℃、t=9 h;超声波法的适宜提取条...     

γ-射线辐照法改善城市污水厂剩余污泥厌氧消化特性的研究

采用γ-射线辐照法对城市污水厂剩余污泥进行预处理，从固体组分、可溶性组分及厌氧产气量等角度来探讨γ-射线辐照法改善城市污水厂剩余污泥厌氧消化特性的可行性。结果表明，经γ-射线辐照处理后，污泥的平均粒径减小，在辐照剂量为6．51-30．75kGy范围内，粒径的减小率达30％-50％；可溶性有机组分随着辐照剂量升高而增加，当辐照剂量为19．4kGy时，SCOD增加率达552．5％；与未辐照相比，污泥经2．48、6．51、11．24kGy辐照处理后，厌氧消化累计产气量分别增加8．89％、19．74％和35．81％。γ-射线辐照法是一种有效的改善污泥厌氧消化特性的方法，11．24kGy左右的剂量可作为污泥预处理的最佳剂量。     

过氧化钙耦合蛋白酶对污泥厌氧消化产酸性能的影响

为了探究过氧化钙耦合蛋白酶对污泥厌氧消化产酸性能的影响,在35℃、120r/min、pH=7.0的条件下研究了过氧化钙耦合蛋白酶的效果及过氧化钙最佳投加量。结果表明,相比于过氧化钙、蛋白酶单独作用,过氧化钙耦合蛋白酶能够促进污泥厌氧消化中蛋白质、多糖和DNA的溶出,能够提高蛋白酶、乙酸激酶和磷酸转乙酰酶的生物活性,说明过氧化钙耦合蛋白酶能够促进污泥厌氧消化的水解。其中,过氧化钙的最佳投加量为0.3g/L。     

光-Fenton氧化破解剩余污泥和改善污泥脱水性能

利用紫外光-Fenton（光-Fenton）氧化处理城市剩余污泥，通过上清液的SCOD、多聚糖以及蛋白质浓度表征污泥胞外聚合物（EPS）的破解情况，通过污泥过滤比阻（SRF）和滤饼含水率表征污泥脱水性能的变化。结果表明，光．Fenton氧化破解污泥EPS和改善污泥脱水性能的效能明显优于单独Fenton反应和单独紫外光照射处理。pH为3、反应时间为2h，H2O2投加量为4g／L和Fe^2＋投加量为0．6mg／L是光-Fenton氧化处理供试污泥的适宜条件。在适宜处理条件下，污泥上清液中的SCOD、多聚糖和蛋白质浓度分别由67．46mg／L、12．53mg／L和8．62mg／L增加到568．12mg／L、448．62mg／L和292．94mg／L；SRF和滤饼含水率分别由2．4×10^S2／g和88．52％下降至5．26×10^8S^2／g和76．36％。光-Fenton反应在有效破懈污泥的同时，提高了污泥的脱水性能．有利于污泥的减量化。     

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.     

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.     

Radionuclides in deer and elk from Los Alamos national laboratory and the doses to humans from the ingestion of muscle and bone

Abstract

This paper summarizes radionuclide concentrations (³H, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu, ²⁴¹Am, and ^totU) in muscle and bone tissue of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus) collected from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, lands from 1991 through 1998. Also, the committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) and the risk of excess cancer fatalities (RECF) to people who ingest muscle and bone from deer and elk collected from LANL lands were estimated. Most radionuclide concentrations in muscle and bone from individual deer (n = 11) and elk (n = 22) collected from LANL lands were either at less than detectable quantities (where the analytical result was smaller than two counting uncertainties) and/or within upper (95%) level background (BG) concentrations. As a group, most radionuclides in muscle and bone of deer and elk from LANL lands were not significantly higher (p<0.10) than in similar tissues from deer (n = 3) and elk (n = 7) collected from BG locations. Also, elk that had been radio collared and tracked for two years and spent an average time of 50% on LANL lands were not significantly different in most radionuclides from road kill elk that have been collected as part of the environmental surveillance program. Overall, the upper (95%) level net CEDEs (the CEDE plus two sigma for each radioisotope minus background) at the most conservative ingestion rate (50 lbs of muscle and 13 lbs of bone) were as follows: deer muscle = 0.22 mrem y^‐1 (2.2 μSv y^‐1), deer bone = 3.8 mrem y^‐1 (38 μSv y^‐1), elk muscle = 0.12 mrem y^‐1 (1.2 μSv y^‐1), and elk bone = 1.7 mrem y^‐1 (17 μSv y^‐1). All CEDEs were far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection guideline of 100 mrem y^‐1 (1000 μSv y^‐1), and the highest muscle plus bone net CEDE corresponded to a RECF of 2E‐06, which is far below the Environmental Protection Agency upper level guideline of 1E‐04.     

Radionuclides in pinon pine (Pinus edulis) nuts from los alamos national laboratory lands and the dose from consumption

Abstract

One of the dominant tree species growing within and around the eastern portion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, lands is the pinon pine (Pinus edulis). Pinon pine is used for firewood, fence posts, and building materials and is a source of nuts for food—the seeds are consumed by a wide variety of animals and are also gathered by people in the area and eaten raw or roasted. This study investigated the (1) concentration of ³H, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^{239, 240}Pu, and²⁴¹ Am in soils (0‐ to 12‐in. [31 cm] depth underneath the tree), pinon pine shoots (PPS), and pinon pine nuts (PPN) collected from LANL lands and regional background (BG) locations, (2) committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) from the ingestion of nuts, and (3) soil to PPS to PPN concentration ratios (CRs). Most radionuclides, with the exception of ³H in soils, were not significantly higher (p < 0.10) in soils, PPS, and PPN collected from LANL as compared to BG locations, and concentrations of most radionuclides in PPN from LANL have decreased over time. The maximum net CEDE (the CEDE plus two sigma minus BG) at the most conservative ingestion rate (10 lb [4.5 kg]) was 0.0018 mrem (0.018 μSv); this is far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem (1000 μSv). Soil‐to‐nut CRs for most radionuclides were within the range of default values in the literature for common fruits and vegetables.     

Degradation and sorption of imidacloprid in dissimilar surface and subsurface soils

Degradation and sorption/desorption are important processes affecting the leaching of pesticides through soil. This research characterized the degradation and sorption of imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)-methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) in Drummer (silty clay loam) and Exeter (sandy loam) surface soils and their corresponding subsurface soils using sequential extraction methods over 400 days. By the end of the incubation, approximately 55% of imidacloprid applied at a rate of 1.0 mg kg^?1 degraded in the Exeter sandy loam surface and subsurface soils, compared to 40% of applied imidacloprid within 300 days in Drummer surface and subsurface soils. At the 0.1 mg kg^?1 application rate, dissipation was slower for all four soils. Water-extractable imidacloprid in Exeter surface soil decreased from 98% of applied at day 1 to > 70% of the imidacloprid remaining after 400 d, as compared to 55% in the Drummer surface soil at day 1 and 12% at day 400. These data suggest that imidacloprid was bioavailable to degrading soil microorganisms and sorption/desorption was not the limiting factor for biodegradation. In subsurface soils > 40% of ¹⁴C-benzoic acid was mineralized over 21 days, demonstrating an active microbial community. In contrast, cumulative ¹⁴CO₂ was less than 1.5% of applied ¹⁴C-imidacloprid in all soils over 400 d. Qualitative differences in the microbial communities appear to limit the degradation of imidacloprid in the subsurface soils.