一株假单胞菌降解石油污染物的降解动力学与降解机制

从某石油污染场地土壤中分离出一株石油降解菌B-1(Pseudomonas),研究了该菌株降解石油污染物的动力学,通过气相色谱(GC)/质谱(MS)分析了石油组分降解前后的变化规律,并对其降解机制进行了初探。结果表明:(1)苯、二甲苯、萘的降解动力学拟合方程大部分与一级降解动力学方程拟合效果良好,苯、二甲苯、萘的降解半衰期分别为0.47~1.67、1.54~3.60、4.41~7.00d;(2)可以通过全扫描图谱及检索出的代谢产物明确微生物降解苯、二甲苯、萘的降解途径。     

强化生物通风修复过程中柴油衰减规律及其影响因素研究

强化生物通风技术对于修复因地下储油罐泄漏引起的土壤污染具有很大的应用前景。通过室内土柱模拟柴油泄漏污染土壤，从土柱中总石油烃（total petroleum hydrocarbon，TPH）剖面分布随时间的变化及降解模式角度，分析了其自然衰减和强化生物通风过程。结果表明：初始柴油浓度直接影响着各柱在自然衰减和强化生物通风过程中柱内的残余TPH平衡分布曲线的形状和浓度峰值位置；在前期自然衰减过程中（约1个月），当土壤中的柴油浓度为5 000～40 000 mg油/kg土时，整个柱内TPH变化的主要原因是重力扩散迁移的结果；当土壤中的柴油浓度≤5 000 mg油/kg土时，其TPH的变化不仅是重力扩散迁移作用的结果，生物降解作用也存在；通风约2个月后，抽提作用对于保持土柱上部柴油浓度稳定变化的意义较为突出。     

喹啉降解菌的降解效果考察

为了探索石油污染土壤中含氮杂环化合物的降解情况，在考察石油污染土壤理化性质的基础上，选择喹啉作为目标污染物，采用选择性富集培养的方法，从45份石油污染土壤样品中，分离得到155株降解喹啉污染物的高效降解菌株，从中选择降解效率较高的2株喹啉降解菌命名为Q5和Q24，进行喹啉的降解性能研究，比较了单一优势菌株、人工复合菌群和土壤中的自然菌群对喹啉的降解情况。实验结果表明，石油污染土壤中自然菌群对喹啉的降解效果好于单一的优势菌株和人工复合菌群。     

石油烃类污染对青藏高原北麓河地区冻区土壤微生物多样性的影响

为了探究石油烃类污染对青藏高原冻土区土壤微生物多样性及群落结构的影响,以柴油、机油为典型的石油烃类污染物,原位人工模拟污染,利用MiSeq高通量测序技术分析和比较了4个土样在土壤微生物多样性及群落结构维度的差异性,并识别了具有石油烃类污染物降解功能的菌群。结果表明:4个土样中可变区的遗传物质,在97%的相似度水平下产生有效的OTU 944个,获得土壤微生物群落25门、56纲、115目、213科、315属。石油烃类污染可改变原有土壤微生物多样性及群落结构,4个土样中细菌的多样性为机油污染土样(SLO)上层5 cm处未污染土样(TS)中层20 cm处未污染土样(MS)柴油污染土样(SDO),SLO(机油污染土样)多样性最高,其次为未污染土样(TS、MS),SDO(柴油污染土样)多样性最低;未污染土样(TS、MS)在垂直方向群落结构差异较小,分布基本一致,SDO、SLO与未污染土样群落结构相比差异较大,SDO、SLO样本间差异同样明显;识别出具有石油烃类污染物降解功能的菌属包括Sulfuritalea属、红球菌属(Rhodococcus)、红游动菌属(Rhodoplanes)、鞘脂单胞菌属(Sphingomonas)、Alkanindiges属、诺卡氏菌属(Nocardioides)、放线菌属(Actinobacteria norank)等7种。研究结果揭示了石油烃类污染对高寒冻土区土壤微生物多样性及群落结构的影响,在石油烃类污染物的胁迫作用下产生出具有石油烃类污染物降解功能的优势菌群,为该地区进行原位石油烃类污染修复提供技术支持。     

植物-微生物联合修复石油污染土壤的实验研究

筛选高效石油降解菌并考察菌株的石油降解能力,通过植物-微生物联合修复石油污染土壤室内实验,在修复过程中测定了土壤中细菌和固氮菌,碱解氮、速效磷和速效钾的含量变化,同时采用傅立叶变换离子回旋共振质谱(ESI FT-ICR MS)考察了植物-微生物联合修复效果。结果表明,菌株3#、4#的生长适应性较强,其混合菌的降解效果最好,将其混合菌液与植物进行植物-微生物联合修复不同浓度的石油污染土壤,经过150 d的温室降解,最高降解率达到73.47%。ESI FT-ICR MS分析结果表明,与空白组相比,植物组的O1、O2和N1类等化合物相对丰度都发生了显著变化,石油污染物得到一定程度的生物降解。     

地下水中BTEX的原位生物修复研究进展

BTEX是苯、甲苯、乙苯和二甲苯的统称,存在于原油和石油产品中,其作为化工原料,广泛应用于农药、塑料及合成纤维等制造业.BTEX已成为地下水中普遍存在的污染物,自然衰减或生物修复工程已成功应用于地下水中BTEX的去除.自然衰减受BTEX污染的地下水具有良好的效果,但相比之下,生物修复工程更快、更有效.综述了在好氧和厌氧条件下,地下水中BTEX原位生物修复过程的微生物降解机制.     

地下水中潜在危害有机物识别与筛选方法

针对地下水中频繁检出的各类有机物,运用理论方法定量计算污染物对地下水的危害系数,对有机物的污染调查、地下水污染防治具有一定的指导意义。为研究有机物对地下水的危害性,汇总了535项有机物,目前这些指标在国内外水质标准中均没给出标准值。从有机物的自身属性入手,假定所有物质处于相同的外界环境中,经过包气带吸附、降解、挥发等作用,分析其进入地下水的难易程度。利用美国环保局的软件EPI Suit4.10,获取了指标的有机碳吸附系数(K_(oc))、半衰期(DT_(50))和亨利常数(K_H),并结合毒性参数基于健康的评价基准值,构建了污染物潜在危害参数体系。运用3种方法计算有机物的危害系数H、污染指数G和衰减系数K,对比3种计算结果,筛选出100项潜在危害有机物。分析表明,所筛选出的100项指标毒性较大、难挥发,并且有机物的K_(oc)对污染指数(G)和衰减系数(K)的贡献比DT_(50)、K_H更大。     

石油类污染地下水中挥发性有机物低温生物降解性能的研究

针对地下水石油类污染的问题,从某污染场地土壤中筛选驯化出了适用于处理挥发性有机物的3株低温高效降解菌,并以苯和萘作为特征组分考察了pH、DO、温度、氮磷等因素对降解效果的影响;实验结果表明,在8℃左右的地下环境中,DO和氮磷的含量对污染物的降解影响较大;在pH 7.5、DO＞4 mg/L和投加氮磷的条件下,18 d内降...     

土壤中多环芳烃菲的自然降解特性

自然降解是去除环境中有机污染物的一种重要手段。为了解土壤中多环芳烃的自然降解规律,选择陕北风沙滩地区风积砂为典型土壤,多环芳烃菲为典型污染质,探讨了菲在风积砂中的自然降解规律;建立了菲的降解动力学模型;进一步考察了污染浓度、温度、pH值、含氧量等环境因素对降解的影响。结果表明,风积砂中菲的自然降解符合准一级反应动力学,降解半衰期为17 d;菲的降解率与生物量呈正相关;污染浓度对菲的自然降解影响不显著;25~35℃、中性条件能够促进风积砂中菲的降解;好氧微生物是降解的关键,氧的存在对于土壤中菲的降解具有重要的作用。     

一株假单胞菌(Pseudomonas)SYBS01降解石油的特性

从石油污染土壤中筛选得到一株石油降解菌SYBS01,鉴定为假单胞菌(Pseudomonas sp.)。通过单因素实验和正交实验进行石油降解条件优化,结果为35℃、170 r·min~(-1),酵母浸粉15 g·L~(-1),KH_2PO_40.5 g·L~(-1),自然pH值。其中氮源为酵母浸粉时对菌SYBS01降解石油的影响最大。添加酵母浸粉后,4 d石油降解率达到85.6%,分别为(NH_4)_2SO_4、NH_4NO_3和尿素的6.7、7.8、2.6倍。进一步分析发现酵母浸粉作为氮源的同时也起到外加营养的作用。在最佳条件下,0.5~5 g·L~(-1)的石油的降解均符合一级动力学模型,且石油浓度为3 g·L~(-1)和4 g·L~(-1)的石油降解半衰期仅为26 h。     

Hexadecane and pristane degradation potential at the level of the aquifer—evidence from sediment incubations compared to in situ microcosms

Monitored natural attenuation is widely accepted as a sustainable remediation method. However, methods providing proof of proceeding natural attenuation within the water-unsaturated (vadose) zone are still relying on proxies such as measurements of reactive and non-reactive gases, or sediment sampling and subsequent mineralisation assays, under artificial conditions in the laboratory. In particular, at field sites contaminated with hydrophobic compounds, e.g. crude oil spills, an in situ evaluation of natural attenuation is needed, because in situ methods are assumed to provide less bias than investigations applying either proxies for biodegradation or off-site microcosm experiments. In order to compare the current toolbox of methods with the recently developed in situ microcosms, incubations with direct push-sampled sediments from the vadose and the aquifer zones of a site contaminated with crude oil were carried out in conventional microcosms and in situ microcosms. The results demonstrate the applicability of the in situ microcosm approach also outside water-saturated aquifer conditions in the vadose zone. The sediment incubation experiments demonstrated turnover rates in a similar range (vadose, 4.7 mg/kg*day; aquifer, 6.4 mg_hexadecane/kg_soil/day) of hexadecane degradation in the vadose zone and the aquifer, although mediated by slightly different microbial communities according to the analysis of fatty acid patterns and amounts. Additional experiments had the task of evaluating the degradation potential for the branched-chain alkane pristane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane). Although this compound is regarded to be hardly degradable in comparison to n-alkanes and is thus frequently used as a reference parameter for indexing the extent of biodegradation of crude oils, it could be shown to be degraded by means of the incubation experiments. Thus, the site had a high inherent potential for natural attenuation of crude oils both in the vadose zone and the aquifer.     

Interactive factors leading to dying-off Carex tato in Momoge wetland polluted by crude oil, Western Jilin, China

Momoge wetland is an internationally important wetland not only because it is a habitat for many rare bird species but also because it is an internationally important stopover for some rare global migratory bird species. However the petroleum exploitation in wetland has brought about many environmental problems. One of the most severe problems is crude oil pollution, which has caused the dying-off Carex tato and imposes great threat on survival of rare birds. This work studied the factors that caused the dying off of Carex tato. The results showed that death of Carex tato was the result narcosis toxicity of alcohols, intermediate biodegradation products of crude oil, on the root tissue, and the fragmentization of cuticle of leaves by light components of crude oil volatized from soil surface. However, the mechanism involved was much more complex and three interactive factors including crude oil pollution of soil, long-term drought and poor permeability of soil were responsible for the dying-off of Carex tato grassland. The distribution of crude oil in soil profile was characterized with high concentrations at top silty layer and the layer below root zone and low or no crude oil at root zone layer. This distribution was relative to root system characteristics and rhizospheric biodegradation. In root zone, substantive oxygen could be transported to root zone through dense root system and well developed aerenchyma. The crude oil in root zone was easily biodegraded by aerobic rhizosphere microbes. However, some toxic intermediate products, such as some alcohols, was sealed in root zone due to poor permeability of the top soil layer and the deeper soil layer and they had lethal effects on root tissue. Above ground, low molecular components of crude oil in top soil layer was easily volatized into atmosphere during long-term drought. Some of the volatized components were adsorbed onto leaves. SEM analysis showed that these components destroyed the leaves by fragmentization of cuticle of leave. This study also shows that although wetland has natural attenuation of pollutants, natural attenuation of pollutants by natural wetland should not be overemphasized. This attenuation function may lose under some conditions such as long-term drought and poor soil texture.     

Use of biomass sorbents for oil removal from gas station runoff

The use of biomass sorbents, which are less expensive and more biodegradable than synthetic sorbents, for oil removal from gas station runoff was investigated. A bench-scale flume experiment was conducted to evaluate the oil removal and retention capabilities of the biomass sorbents which included kapok fiber, cattail fiber, Salvinia sp., wood chip, rice husk, coconut husk, and bagasse. Polyester fiber, a commercial synthetic sorbent, was also experimented for comparison purpose. Oil sorption and desorption tests were performed at a water flow rate of 20 lmin-1. In the oil sorption tests, a 50 mgl(-1) of used engine oil-water mixture was synthesized to simulate the gas station runoff. The mass of oil sorbed for all sorbents, except coconut husk and bagasse, was greater than 70%. Cattail fiber and polyester fiber were the sorbents that provided the least average effluent oil concentrations. Oil selectivity (hydrophobic properties) and physical characteristics of the sorbents are the two main factors that influence the oil sorption capability. The used sorbents from the sorption tests were employed in the desorption tests. Results indicated that oil leached out of all the sorbents tested. Polyester fiber released the highest amount of oil, approximately 4% (mass basis) of the oil sorbed.     

Impact of NOx Emissions Released from a Gas Turbine-Based Power Plant on the Ambient Air Quality

The number of gas turbine- (GT-) based power plants is rapidly increasing to meet the world’s power demands. Until a few years ago, fossil fuel, and specifically fuel oil, was considered the major energy source for gas turbine operation. Due to the high amount of pollution that fuel oil generates, natural gas has become a popular source of energy due to its lower emissions compared to fuel oil. As a result, many GTs have switched to natural gas as an alternative to fuel oil. However, pollutants expelled from GT-based power plants operating on natural gas impact surrounding air quality. The objective of this study was to examine the dispersion of nitrogen oxides (NO_x) emitted from a GT-based power plant located in the Sultanate of Oman. Supported by CALPUFF dispersion modeling software, six scenarios were investigated in this study. The first four scenarios considered a case where the GT-based power plant was operating on natural gas during winter and summer and for open and combined cycle modes. The remaining two scenarios considered, for both open and combined cycle modes, the case where the GT-based power plant was operating on fuel oil. Whether run by natural gas or fuel oil, CALPUFF simulation results for both seasons showed that NO_x concentrations were higher when GTs were used in the combined cycle mode. The concentrations were still lower than the allowable concentrations set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) standards. In contrast, for the case where the power plant operated on fuel oil, the NO_x one-hour average simulated results exceeded the allowable limits only when the combined cycle mode was activated.     

石油降解菌的筛选及其降解能力的研究

从广州石化污水处理厂废水中自行分离出 30株除油菌 ,用市售的 90 # 柴油作为油品进行筛选 ,所得菌种用于处理石化厂物理隔油后的废水。通过研究含油量和接种量对除油率、COD的去除率和pH值的影响以及酸、碱、盐对除油率和COD去除率的影响来比较这些菌种对石化废水的处理效果。结果表明 ,6 # 菌株除油和去除有机物的效果都比较好 ,除油率约在 70 %左右 ,最高为 83.6 7% ,COD去除率约为 5 5 %左右 ,最高为 6 0 .0 1% ;5 # 菌株对环境要求较高 ,在碱性环境下表现出较好的除油和去除有机物的能力 ,除油率和COD去除率分别为 5 5 %和 5 0 %左右。实验菌株在消除石化废水的异味方面也有一定的效果。     

Estimating half-lives of pesticides in/on vegetation for use in multimedia fate and exposure models

Degradation half-lives in/on vegetation are needed in environmental risk assessment of pesticides, but these data are often not available for most active ingredients. To address this, we first correlated experimental soil degradation half-life data of 41 pesticides obtained from the reviewed literature with the corresponding experimental half-lives on plant surface. Degradation half-lives in soil were found to be four times slower compared with half-lives on plant surfaces. In a second step, we explored measured plant surface half-lives directly with those in vegetation. The results were validated by comparing computed values with results obtained from an experimental set-up. The uptake and dissipation of alpha-cypermethrin (insecticide) and bromopropylate (acaricide) was studied by detecting pesticide residues in whole and peeled tomato fruits using gas chromatography. Half-lives within vegetation were found to be four times faster compared with plant surface half-lives. Using this experimental based approach, it is concluded that the estimation of degradation half-lives of pesticides in/on vegetation to be used as input data in environmental mass balance models can be directly correlated from the more abundant ready experimental degradation half-life data for soil.     

Stigmastane and hopanes as conserved biomarkers for estimating oil biodegradation in a former refinery plant-contaminated soil

In the last decade, a refinery plant located in Lido Adriano, East Ravenna (Italy) has been subject to mineral oil contamination. The mineral crude oil, extracted from the offshore in Adriatic sea, consisted of 78% aliphatics, cyclic alkanes and saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons, 9% aromatics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and alkylated derivatives, and 13% of tars/asphaltenes. Analysis of soil after 10 years of natural attenuation revealed a complete depletion of linear (n-C(9)-C(24)), light aromatics (C1-C3/benzenes) and PAHs (C2/naphthalene, C1/phenanthrene); besides a substantial degradation of isoprenoids prystane and phytane, branched and cyclic alkanes. The remaining contaminants which withstood to natural degradation was saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons (perhydro-PAH derivatives), unsaturated polycyclic hydrocarbons (tetrahydro, dihydro-PAH derivatives), terpanes, steranes and unidentified compounds. Such residues resulted in 80% reduction of its concentration after two months of laboratory treatment. Samples were extracted by organic solvents, separated by silica/alumina gel column chromatography and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass selective detector (GC-MSD). Identification and quantification of aliphatic, cyclic alkanes, typical PAHs, terpanes and steranes were carried out to chromatograms of M/Z=85, 83, individual M/Zs, M/Z=191 and 217, respectively. The present work shows that, among numerous biomarkers present in the source oil, stigmastane and two isomers of hopane showed invariable concentrations after laboratory experiments that mimic natural biodegradation in the field, so they can be used as conserved internal biomarkers. These are very useful tools to assess alterations in less stable classes of saturated compounds contained in petroleum. Marked degradation of perhydro, tetrahydro, dihydro-PAH derivatives in the laboratory treatment has been evidenced.     

Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon vapors: laboratory studies on rates and kinetics in unsaturated alluvial sand

Predictions of natural attenuation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the unsaturated zone rely critically on information about microbial biodegradation kinetics. This study aims at determining kinetic rate laws for the aerobic biodegradation of a mixture of 12 volatile petroleum hydrocarbons and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in unsaturated alluvial sand. Laboratory column and batch experiments were performed at room temperature under aerobic conditions, and a reactive transport model for VOC vapors in soil gas coupled to Monod-type degradation kinetics was used for data interpretation. In the column experiment, an acclimatization of 23 days took place before steady-state diffusive vapor transport through the horizontal column was achieved. Monod kinetic parameters Ks and vmax could be derived from the concentration profiles of toluene, m-xylene, n-octane, and n-hexane, because substrate saturation was approached with these compounds under the experimental conditions. The removal of cyclic alkanes, isooctane, and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene followed first-order kinetics over the whole concentration range applied. MTBE, n-pentane, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were not visibly degraded. Batch experiments suggested first-order disappearance rate laws for all VOCs except n-octane, which decreased following zero-order kinetics in live batch experiments. For many compounds including MTBE, disappearance rates in abiotic batch experiments were as high as in live batches indicating sorption. It was concluded that the column approach is preferable for determining biodegradation rate parameters to be used in risk assessment models.     

零价铁修复受三氯乙烯污染地下水的实验研究

通过批实验和柱实验研究了三氯乙烯（TCE）初始浓度、四氯乙烯(PCE)等对零价铁去除三氯乙烯的影响，并建立了三氯乙烯降解的反应动力学方程。结果表明：（1）零价铁对TCE具有较好的降解效果，反应符合准一级反应动力学方程，表观反应速率常数随TCE浓度的增加而减小；（2）在铁粉充足的条件下，TCE初始浓度对降解效果影响不显著，且TCE去除率皆可达到90%以上；（3）PCE的存在抑制了TCE的脱氯反应。PCE和TCE共存时，TCE的最大去除率仅为64.2%；TCE脱氯反应的表观反应速率明显降低，反应半衰期由TCE单独存在时的6.8～9.7 h增大到66 h～346.5 h。     

Mesocosm trials of bioremediation of contaminated soil of a petroleum refinery: comparison of natural attenuation,biostimulation and bioaugmentation

Purpose  

Contamination with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC) is a global problem with environmental implications. Physico-chemical treatments can be used for soil cleanup, but they are expensive, and can have implications for soil structure and environment. Otherwise, biological remediation treatments are cost-effective and restore soil structure. Several remediation experiments have been carried out in the lab and in the field; however, there is the challenge to achieve as good or better results in the field as in the laboratory. In the ambit of a project aiming at investigating suitable biological remediation approaches for recovering a refinery contaminated soil, we present here results obtained in bioremediation trials. The approaches biostimulation and bioaugmentation were tested, in parallel, and compared with natural attenuation. For this purpose, mesocosm experiments were carried out inside the refinery area, which constitutes a real asset of this work.