热碱-EDTA耦合法强化污泥破解及效果分析

采用热碱-EDTA耦合法进一步提升热碱法破解污泥的效果,以期减少碱量和热能的消耗。选用影响污泥破解效果的pH、温度和EDTA投加量等因素设计L_(16)(4~5)的正交实验,在得出最佳污泥破解条件下,对比考察了热碱法和热碱-EDTA耦合法破解污泥的效果。结果表明,热碱-EDTA耦合法相比热碱破解法,破解后SCOD、TN、TP、多糖和蛋白质溶出量分别提高了14.7%、5.6%、9.9%、3.6%和25.9%,污泥残渣中VS的含量(21.93%)也小于热碱破解法(29.68%),破解液中分子质量小于400 Da的小分子物质占比(40.68%)大于热碱破解的对应结果 (32.34%)。通过污泥粒径测定和SEM观察发现,热碱-EDTA耦合法破解的污泥粒径分布峰值响应小于热碱破解,污泥固体分散性优于热碱破解。通过分析可知,热碱-EDTA耦合法可以提高中低温条件下热碱破解的有机物溶出率和有机物水解性能,降低污泥残渣中VS的相对含量,热碱-EDTA耦合法相比热碱法强化了污泥的破解效果。     

基于剩余污泥的超声法提取微生物絮凝剂

通过超声系列实验,对超声法从剩余污泥中提取微生物絮凝剂(MBF)进行了系统研究。从剩余污泥中提取的MBF在碱性条件下表现出较好的絮凝活性。提高污泥浓度有利于提取出较高絮凝活性的MBF。由于超声波的破解作用,超声频率或功率过高均不利于MBF的提取。在20 kHz的超声频率下,连续超声比脉冲为1、4或8 s超声时的提取效果均要好。经过工艺优化,采用20 kHz、120 W的超声波对剩余污泥(19.4 g/L)连续超声30 s,所提取的MBF对高岭土悬浊液的絮凝率接近70%。结果表明,超声法可用于从剩余污泥中直接提取MBF,在降低MBF生产成本的同时实现污泥的资源化利用。     

剩余污泥中微生物絮凝剂的提取方法比较

分别采用低浓度和高浓度剩余污泥对剩余污泥中微生物絮凝剂(MBF)的多种提取方法(超声法、树脂法、超声-树脂法、树脂-超声法、超声-树脂-超声法和树脂-超声-树脂法等)进行了比较研究.结果表明,各种复合形式的提取效果均优于超声法或树脂法单独使用的提取效果.在各种复合形式中,以树脂-超声法所提取MBF的含量最高且絮凝效果最好.此外,所提取的MBF浓度与污泥浓度正相关.从剩余污泥中直接提取MBF,在降低MBF生产成本的同时实现了污泥的资源化利用.     

活性污泥胞外聚合物提取方法比较与热碱法优化

为比较不同方法对曝气池活性污泥胞外聚合物(EPS)的提取效果,采用6种方法对EPS进行提取。结果表明:热碱法对EPS的提取量最大,提取总量为64.95 mg·g-1;其次是Na OH法、CER法和加热法,超声法和硫酸法对EPS的提取效果不佳,提取量低于10 mg·g-1;在所提取的EPS中,多糖含量高于蛋白质。为研究p H、水浴温度和时间对热碱法提取效果的影响,采用正交实验对热碱法的提取条件进行优化,确定热碱法提取EPS的适宜条件为水浴温度80℃,加热时间10 min,p H 13,该条件下蛋白质和多糖的提取量达到最大,分别为29.55 mg·g-1和33.37 mg·g-1。     

热碱水解提取污泥蛋白质的实验研究

为了确定污泥热碱提取微生物蛋白质的操作工艺条件，首先选用1#原泥为原料进行了以pH值、温度T为变量的全面实验，考察了pH值、T随反应时间的延长对蛋白质提取的影响。在1#原泥实验结果的基础上确定了以2#原泥为原料的正交实验因素水平，考察了体系pH值、T、原料含水率W以及水解时间t对污泥蛋白质回收率的影响，结果表明，热碱水解是一种有效的污泥蛋白提取方法，在热碱条件下蛋白质的回收率高达61.37%。水解过程中各因素对蛋白质回收的影响程度为pH>T>W>t，较优的提取工艺条件为：pH=13，T=140，W=91%，t=3 h。     

热碱预处理对高含固剩余污泥厌氧消化的影响及其动力学研究

以高含固剩余污泥为研究对象,考察不同碱投加量下热碱联合预处理对剩余污泥溶胞效果和厌氧消化性能的影响,并运用3种动力学模型对剩余污泥生物化学产甲烷潜力过程进行模拟。结果表明,热碱联合预处理有助于促进剩余污泥的溶胞效果,并且随着碱投加量的增加,溶胞效果不断增强,当碱投加量为80mg/g(单位质量SS的NaOH投加量计)时,COD、氮、磷的溶出量均达到最大值,分别为58 622.2、1 792.8、790.3mg/L,溶出率分别为54.9%、45.7%、37.6%。热碱联合预处理可有效改善剩余污泥厌氧消化性能,但碱投加量过大时对可能对产甲烷过程带来抑制作用,碱投加量为60mg/g时剩余污泥厌氧消化的累积产甲烷量最大,为158.9mL/g,较不进行热碱联合预处理的空白组(106.5mL/g)高49.2%。3种动力学模型中,锥体模型对厌氧消化产甲烷过程的拟合效果最好,不同处理条件下模型拟合相关系数R~2均在0.990以上,该模型可准确预测最终的累积产甲烷量,预测误差均在2%以下。     

分散染料和对苯二甲酸的生物吸附研究

利用活性污泥对含有碱减量印染废水的特征污染物进行吸附试验,污泥对特征污染物的吸附符合Langmui和Frundlich方程。污泥对特征污染物首先表现为很强的吸附作用,然后是吸附和生化的共同作用。由于厌氧污泥颗粒小、比表面积大,对特征污染物的吸附能力优于好氧污泥;同时,在微生物适宜的温度(25~35℃)和pH值条件下(pH=7~9),活性污泥的吸附能力最强。     

分散染料和对苯二甲酸的生物吸附研究

利用活性污泥对含有碱减量印染废水的特征污染物进行吸附试验,污泥对特征污染物的吸附符合Langmuir 和Frundlich方程.污泥对特征污染物首先表现为很强的吸附作用,然后是吸附和生化的共同作用.由于厌氧污泥颗粒小、比表面积大,对特征污染物的吸附能力优于好氧污泥;同时,在微生物适宜的温度（25～35℃）和pH值条件下（pH=7～9）,活性污泥的吸附能力最强.     

超声与碱耦合作用破解剩余污泥的效能分析

超声与碱耦合方法破解污泥,可破坏污泥絮体结构,使污泥胞内外物质进入水相.本试验采用超声与碱耦合方法破解剩余污泥,研究污泥破解过程前后SCOD、pH值以及氨氮的变化.经超声与碱耦合预处理后,污泥上清液SCOD有大幅度提高.当加碱调节污泥pH为12,超声破解30 min后,污泥溶液SCOD溶出率从3.96%增加到27.88%.加碱后污泥经超声破解,其pH值有所下降,污泥溶液氨氮值会有所增加,但变化幅度不大.污泥温度随破解时间的延长而明显提高,这有利于后续污泥厌氧消化.     

超声破解污泥影响因素分析

超声破解是促进污泥快速厌氧消化的一项新技术,不仅超声波参数直接影响污泥破解效果,而且污泥性质和辅助条件也影响污泥破解效果.以污泥溶解性化学需氧量增加值(SCOD )和污泥破解度(DDSCOD)为评价参数,通过超声破解不同性质污泥试验,得出污泥的初始温度、pH值和污泥浓度等参数对污泥破解效果起重要作用.增加搅拌和曝气辅助条件破解污泥的试验,得出间歇搅拌和曝气能增强污泥超声破解效果.     

Microalgae growth using high-strength wastewater followed by anaerobic co-digestion

Integration of algal biofuel production to wastewater anaerobic digestion infrastructure has the potential to increase biogas production, decrease high and variable internal nitrogen loads, and improve sludge digestibility and dewaterability. In this research, two species of microalgae, Spirulina platensis and Chlorella sp., were grown on sludge centrate and a centrate and nitrified wastewater effluent mixture. Harvested algae were co-digested with waste activated sludge (WAS) at varying ratios. High-growth (6.8 g m(-2) x d(-1)), nitrogen (36.5 g m(-3) x d(-1)), and phosphorus (6.5 g m(-3) x d(-1)) uptake rates were achieved with Chlorella on centrate. No growth was observed with S. platensis under the same conditions; however, both organisms grew well on the centrate and effluent mixture. Co-digestion of algae with WAS improved volatile solids reduction. Although co-digestion with S. platensis improved biosolids dewaterability, Chlorella had a slight negative effect on dewaterability compared to WAS alone. The efficiency of energy conversion from photons to biogas generated from Chlorella was estimated at 1.4%.     

Comparison of mechanical pretreatment methods for the enhancement of anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper waste activated sludge

The conventional anaerobic digestion process, requiring long solids retention times (SRTs) to digest solids, is currently viewed as impractical for the pulp and paper industry because of high capital costs associated with the construction of new digesters. Recent developments in sludge solubilization technology could be promising in reducing digester size, which also allows for the potential use of decommissioned tanks, both of which can reduce the capital cost. Three pretreatment technologies for use with anaerobic digestion were tested on laboratory-scale to investigate their feasibility. The SRTs in all three digesters systematically decreased from 20 to 3 days. The reference digester was fed waste activated sludge (WAS) to serve as the control at the same SRTs. The other digesters were fed WAS that had been preconditioned using mechanical shearing, sonication, or high-pressure homogenization technology. Anaerobic digestion with high-pressure homogenization produced as much methane at 3-day mean SRT as that from the reference digester operated at 20-day SRT. Therefore, a new digester can theoretically be 85% smaller than a conventional digester. An added benefit of WAS to methane conversion is the recovery of nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus.     

Recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoate from activated sludge in an enhanced biological phosphorus removal bench-scale reactor.

A sequencing batch reactor was used to study the possibility of harvesting polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) processes without compromising treatment quality. Because, in EBPR, the highest PHA concentrations are observed after exposure of the sludge to anaerobic conditions, PHA accumulation was evaluated with collection of waste activated sludge (WAS) at the end of the anaerobic stage, in addition to the traditional removal after the aerobic stage. The system achieved good phosphorus removal, regardless of the point of WAS collection. When sludge was harvested at the end of the anaerobic stage, the PHA content of the sludge ranged from 7 to 16 mg PHA/100 mg mixed liquor volatile suspended solids. Although this level of PHA production is below levels obtained with pure cultures, the demonstrated ability to harvest PHA, while simultaneously satisfying phosphorus removal in an EBPR process, is a key initial step towards of the use of wastewater treatment plants for PHA production.     

3种载体固定化菌藻共生系统脱氮除磷效果的对比

采用3种不同载体（海藻酸钠、聚乙烯醇、复合载体）,分别将小球藻和栅藻与活性污泥固定成菌藻共生系统,制成菌藻凝胶小球,单独菌、单独藻的凝胶小球,用于处理人工污水。结果表明,（1）复合载体固定的菌藻共生系统氮磷去除效果最好,PVA载体的脱氮除磷效果次于复合载体优于海藻酸钠;（2）固定化菌藻共生系统的脱氮除磷效果明显优于单独固定菌和单独固定藻,固定菌的效果较差;（3）3种载体包埋下的固定化小球藻的脱氮除磷效果均较相同载体固定化的栅藻效果好。     

Sample storage and extraction efficiencies in determination of polycyclic and nitro musks in sewage sludge

Analytical technology is continuously improving, developing better methods for isolating and concentrating trace compounds in environmental samples. Polycyclic and nitro musks (PNMs) are one group of emerging trace compounds detected in municipal wastewater. Differences in sample storage, preparation, and extraction methods for their measurement have led to variability in results. We analyzed 11 PNMs by GC/MS and compared the results of different storage times and extraction methods (supercritical fluid (SFE) or microwave-assisted (MAE)) for 202 samples of primary sludge, waste activated sludge (WAS), raw sludge, and aerobically/anaerobically digested biosolids collected from Canadian municipal wastewater treatment plants. Sixty-three air-dried samples were extracted by SFE, and 139 air-dried, centrifuged, or filtered samples were extracted by MAE. The mean surrogate recoveries were 89% (standard deviation (SD)=11%) for d(10)-anthracene by SFE and 88% (SD=14%) for d(10)-phenanthrene by MAE. Storage study results showed that PNM concentrations changed by a mean of 7% and 9% for primary sludge and WAS respectively after four weeks and decreased up to 25% after 13.5 months of storage in amber glass containers at -18 degrees C. Air-drying of sludge at room temperature caused losses of about 50% of PNM concentrations compared to centrifugation. The proportions of PNMs present in the liquid phase of sludge samples were less than 5% compared to proportions in the sludge solids. The most complete liquid-solid separation was achieved by filtration of frozen/thawed sludge samples, producing a liquid phase that contained less than 1% of the total musk content of the sample.     

酸-碱处理对剩余污泥水解酸化的影响

剩余污泥中富含有机质和营养元素可回收利用物质,污泥水解酸化液中的有机酸在去除或回收利用氨和磷后可作为进水化学需氧量(COD)不足的污水处理厂的补充碳源。通过控制pH,对比分析了不同处理方式(单独碱处理、酸-碱处理和碱-酸处理)对污泥水解酸化的影响。结果表明,单独碱处理的溶解性化学需氧量(SCOD)溶出量比酸碱联合处理要大16%左右,预处理第8天,达到5 406.1 mg/L。采用先酸(pH 4.0,4 d)后碱(pH 10.0,4 d)预处理,乙酸产量达到74.4 mg COD/g VSS,占总SCFAs的60.5%,产量及其占总短链脂肪酸(SCFAs)百分比含量均高于其他预处理方式。且酸-碱处理方式下NO4+-N和PO34--P溶出要优于其他处理方式。而单独碱处理方式下污泥减量效果最好,VSS去除率为36.6%。     

Determining ecoregional numeric nutrient criteria by stressor-response models in Yungui ecoregion lakes,China

The importance of developing numeric nutrient criteria has been recognized to protect the designated uses of water bodies from nutrient enrichment that is associated with broadly occurring levels of nitrogen/phosphorus pollution. The identification and estimation of stressor-response models in aquatic ecosystems has been shown to be useful in the determination of nutrient criteria. In this study, three methods based on stressor-response relationships were applied to determine nutrient criteria for Yungui ecoregion lakes with respect to total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and planktonic chlorophyll a (Chl a). Simple linear regression (SLR) models were established to provide an estimate of the relationship between a response variable and a stressor. Multiple linear regressions were used to simultaneously estimate the effect of TP and TN on Chl a. A morphoedaphic index (MEI) was applied to derive nutrient criteria using data from Yungui ecoregion lakes, which were considered as areas with less anthropogenic influences. Nutrient criteria, as determined by these three methods, showed broad agreement for all parameters. The ranges of numeric nutrient criteria for Yungui ecoregion lakes were determined as follows: TP 0.008–0.010 mg/L and TN 0.140–0.178 mg/L. The stressor-response analysis described will be of benefit to support countries in their numeric criteria development programs and to further the goal of reducing nitrogen/phosphorus pollution in China.     

The digestibility of waste activated sludges.

Laboratory digestion studies using waste activated sludges (WAS) were conducted to compare the digestion performance between anaerobic and aerobic processes. Nine samples of WAS from seven wastewater treatment plants were collected and batch-digested under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions for 30 days at 25 degrees C. The cation content of wastewater (both floc and solution phases) and solution biopolymer (protein and polysaccharide) was measured before and after digestion and compared with volatile solids destruction data. The study revealed that each digestion process was associated with a distinct biopolymer fraction, which accounted for differences in volatile solids reduction under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. The anaerobic digestion data showed strong correlations between soluble protein generation, ammonium production, percent volatile solids reduction, and floc iron (Fe). These data suggest that the amount of volatile solids destroyed by anaerobic digestion depends on the Fe content of floc. In aerobic digestion, polysaccharide accumulated in solution along with calcium and magnesium. For aerobic digestion, correlations between divalent cation release and the production of inorganic nitrogen were found. This implies that divalent cation-bound biopolymer, thought to be lectin-like protein, was the primary organic fraction degraded under aerobic conditions. The results of the study show that the cation content in wastewater is an important indicator of the material that will digest under anaerobic or aerobic conditions and that some of the volatile solids will digest only under either anaerobic or aerobic conditions.     

Coagulation and precipitation as post-treatment of anaerobically treated primary municipal wastewater.

The main objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of coagulation as a post-treatment method of anaerobically treated primary municipal wastewater. Both mesophilic and ambient (20 degrees C) temperature conditions were investigated in a laboratory-scale upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor. In addition, optimization of the coagulant, both in terms of type and dose, was performed. Finally, phosphorus removal by means of aluminum and iron coagulation and phosphorus and ammonia nitrogen removal by means of struvite precipitation were studied. Anaerobic treatment of primary effluent at low hydraulic retention times (less than 15 hours) resulted in mean chemical oxygen demand (COD) removals ranging from 50 to 70%, while, based on the filtered treated effluent, the mean removals increased to 65 to 80%. Alum coagulation of the UASB effluent gave suspended solids removals ranging from approximately 35 to 65%. Turbidity removal reached up to 80%. Remaining COD values after coagulation and settling were below 100 mg/L, while remaining total organic carbon (TOC) levels were below 50 mg/L. Filterable COD levels were generally below 60 mg/L, while filterable TOC levels were below 40 mg/L. All coagulants tested, including prepolymerized aluminum and iron coagulants, demonstrated similar efficiency compared with alum for the removal of suspended solids, COD, and TOC. Regarding struvite precipitation, optimal conditions for phosphorus and nitrogen removal were pH 10 and molar ratio of magnesium: ammonia-nitrogen: phosphate-phosphorus close to the stoichiometric ratio (1:1:1). During struvite precipitation, removal of suspended solids reached 40%, while turbidity removal reached values up to 80%. The removal of COD was approximately 30 to 35%; yet, when removal of organic matter was based on the treated filterable COD, the removal increased to approximately 65%. In addition, nitrogen was removed by approximately 70%, while phosphorus removal ranged between approximately 30 and 45% on the basis of the initial phosphorus concentration. Finally, size fractionation of the organic matter (COD) showed that the various treatment methods were capable of removing different fractions of the organic matter.     

Simultaneous determination of organophosphorus and organonitrogen pesticides residues in Angelica sinensis

Gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorus detector (GC-NPD) was applied to the simultaneous determination of 15 organophosphorus and 6 organonitrogen pesticides residues in Angelica sinensis. The pesticides were extracted by microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) techniques, respectively. The experimental variables were optimized through orthogonal array experimental design. Cleanup of extracts was performed with column chromatography using florisil and neutral aluminum as the sorbents. The determination of pesticides in the final extracts was carried out by GC-NPD. Under optimized conditions, the average recoveries obtained from MAE and UAE are in the range of 75.1–129% and 70.6–129%, respectively, and the relative standard deviations of MAE and UAE were 3.1–10.6% and 1.0–17.8%, respectively.