阳离子型聚丙烯酰胺投加量对絮体性状特征的影响

应用激光粒度仪、影像分析及沉降分析技术研究了阳离子型聚丙烯酰胺(PAM)对混凝过程絮体的粒度、强度及分形维数等微观特性及絮体沉降速率的影响.结果表明,絮体的粒度、强度及分形维数等微观特性与阳离子型PAM的投加量有关,存在一个PAM的最佳投加剂量.在此最佳投加剂量下,系统内絮体的粒度与强度最大、分形维数最小、絮体沉降速率最大.     

聚合氯化铁一腐殖酸絮体的空间异质性研究

采用专业的软件对聚合氯化铁一腐殖酸（PFC—HA）絮体二维图像进行灰度解析与高度校正,确定了聚合氯化铁混凝腐殖酸的体系中不同PFC投药量时典型絮体的空间高程分布矩阵;并据此分别计算了PFC絮体的二维分形维数（Ds）、不同方向的Hurst指数及一维自仿射分形维数日．结果表明,不同PFC投药量下,利用TPSAM、PCM、C...     

不同有机体系的混凝特征研究:以硫酸铝为例

选择牛血清蛋白和腐殖酸作为实验对象,考察了硫酸铝投加量和p H对两种有机体系有机物去除率、电荷性质以及絮体性质(粒径分布、分形维数和沉降性)的影响.实验结果发现,硫酸铝混凝对腐殖酸的去除效率要高于BSA,当硫酸铝投加量为5 mmol·L-1时,两种体系中DOC的去除率均达到最高.电中和在腐殖酸的混凝去除过程中占主导地位,而吸附架桥是BSA去除的主要机理.对于两种有机体系,随着硫酸铝投加量的升高,絮体粒径逐渐减小,而分形维数增大.相比腐殖酸体系,BSA混凝形成絮体粒径大但分形维数更小,同时絮体沉降性较差.此外,两种体系中DOC去除率在p H值等于6时均达到最高.同时,当p H值从5上升到9的过程中,BSA体系粒径逐渐增加;而在腐殖酸体系中,在p H值小于6时,絮体成长平衡时间延长,同时平衡后絮体粒径要明显大于p H值大于7条件下形成的絮体.     

胞外聚合物的提取、组成及其对污泥性质的影响

胞外聚合物(Extracellular Polymeric Substances,EPS)即附着于污泥细胞表面的不溶性有机聚合物,主要来源于微生物新陈代谢和细胞自溶。EPS化学组成十分复杂,其主要成分为多糖和蛋白质(占70%-80%)。由于EPS极大地影响着污泥絮体的凝聚性质,因此它在控制和改善污泥处理过程中起着举足轻重的作用。     

干热河谷植物沙丘形态及植物功能性状特征与土壤分形维数的关系北大核心CSCD

为了解植物沙丘形态及植物功能性状特征对坡面泥沙拦截的作用机制,以干热河谷典型区蒋家沟流域为研究区,采用典型样地调查、野外实地观测和室内试验处理的方法,测定失稳性坡面42个植物沙丘(包括扭黄茅20株、拟金茅13株、丛毛羊胡子草9株)的形态特征、植物功能性状特征和沙丘土壤的颗粒组成,并运用分形理论计算分形维数,分析分形维数与植物沙丘形态特征及功能性状特征间的相关关系.结果表明:(1)3种植物沙丘的形态特征及植物的功能性状特征均无显著差异性.(2)3种植物沙丘间、沙丘与上方30 cm处的土壤各粒径百分比含量和分形维数均无显著差异.(3)干热河谷植物沙丘土壤颗粒的分形维数(D)与植物含水率、根系深度呈极显著正相关性(P <0.01),与沙丘长度显著正相关(P <0.05),与植物其他形态、功能性状特征和沙丘其他形态特征间均无显著相关性.上述研究表明不同植物沙丘各类特征间均无显著差异;沙丘未改变坡面原有土壤颗粒的分布特征;沙丘土壤分形维数可表征植物含水率、根系深度及沙丘长度的大小.结果有助于加深植物控制土壤侵蚀效应的认识,可为干热河谷水土流失治理提供科学依据.(图5表1参35)     

超声波提取活性污泥胞外聚合物的研究

采用超声波提取活性污泥的胞外聚合物(EPS),以EPS中葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶(G6PD)活性衡量细胞破损程度.结果表明:超声波的最佳作用频率为21kHz,最佳作用功率范围为32W-40W,提取时间不宜超过3min.低泥龄污泥的EPS易被提取,并且超声波法容易引起低泥龄污泥中细菌细胞的破损.     

阳离子表面活性剂与石灰联合调理对污泥脱水性能的影响

以污泥比阻(SRF)、污泥毛细吸水时间(CST)和脱水率为评价指标,研究了两种阳离子表面活性剂(A:松香基双-三甲基氯化铵、B:乙撑基双十二烷基二甲基溴化铵)与石灰联合调理对剩余污泥脱水性能的影响.结果表明:(1)两种表面活性剂与石灰联合调理均能产生良好的协同作用,当表面活性剂A、B的投量分别为9 g/100 g干基污泥(DS),石灰投量为15 g/100 g DS时,污泥SRF分别降低为原泥的17.7%和23.0%;污泥CST降至52.3 s和70.5 s,脱水率分别达到了86.9%和84.2%,明显改善了污泥脱水性能;(2)表面活性剂和石灰联合调理对污泥絮体及胞外聚合物产生明显的影响,随着投加量的增加,使得污泥滤液中蛋白质及多糖含量呈增加趋势,联合调理改善了污泥脱水性能.     

pH调节对活性污泥混合液膜过滤性的影响

探讨了用NaOH调节pH值对膜-生物反应器混合液膜过滤性能的影响,并通过分析污泥混合液性质的变化研究其作用机理.试验表明,适当调节pH到碱性,可以使膜过滤性能得到改善.投加碱液使污泥胞外多聚物(EPS)减少,污泥容积指数(SVI)降低,但上清液中总有机碳(TOC)浓度增加.混合液膜过滤性能的改善与污泥SVI的降低密切相关.在碱性条件下,从细胞表面脱落下来的EPS对絮体颗粒的絮凝性有一定促进作用,但效果有限.推测碱液处理使细胞表面的LB-EPS脱落,从而使细胞表面疏水性增加,有利于絮体颗粒之间的絮凝,从而有利于混合液膜过滤性的改善.     

废水处理系统中生物聚集体胞外多聚物研究进展

胞外多聚物(Extracellular polymeric substances,EPS)是废水生物处理系统中生物聚集体(包括絮体污泥、生物膜、颗粒污泥等)的重要组成部分,直接包裹于微生物细胞壁外,其理化性质及所处的特殊位置决定了它在生物聚集体中的重要作用.综述了EPS对废水生物处理系统污泥沉降性能、脱水性以及膜生物反应器膜污染影响的相关研究,分析认为EPS组成与结构特性改变污泥表面电位、疏水性等,进而影响污泥沉降与脱水性能、膜污染程度;以好氧颗粒污泥为典型的生物聚集体代表,总结了EPS组分含量与分布对颗粒污泥的形成与结构稳定性的影响,并在EPS提取方法标准化、现代理化技术与分子生物学技术综合分析等方面进行了展望,进一步的研究有望揭示生物絮凝体形成过程EPS的产生与调控机制.     

温度对海水微絮凝-超滤工艺的影响

采用微絮凝-超滤工艺处理不同温度的海水,研究了温度对有机物的去除效果、絮体特性以及超滤膜通量的影响规律.以三氯化铁为絮凝剂,分析了微絮凝-超滤对海水UV254、DOC及三维荧光光谱的影响,监测了不同海水温度下微絮凝过程中产生絮体的絮凝指数、分形维数等特性,考察了微絮凝对超滤膜污染的减缓作用.实验结果表明,当FeCl_3投加量为1.0 mg·L~(-1)时,对5℃、10℃、15℃、20℃海水的UV254去除率分别为84.4%、81.3%、78.1%、71.9%,DOC去除率分别为81.8%、75.8%、65.0%、57.5%,微絮凝-超滤工艺对低温海水的去除效果优于常温海水,可去除海水中的芳香族蛋白类和腐殖酸类有机物;温度对絮凝指数FI的影响较小,说明其不同温度下微絮凝形成的絮体粒径变化不大;但低温海水形成的絮体分形维数要小于常温海水,说明低温海水的絮体结构更加疏松,疏松的絮体结构更有利于减缓后续超滤膜通量的下降.     

活性污泥的絮体结构模型

采用Motic数码显微镜观察SRT为3 d和15 d的活性污泥絮体以及它们的LEPS和TEPS絮凝污泥悬浮液形成的生物絮体的结构。结果表明,高SRT（15 d）活性污泥絮体较低SRT（3 d）活性污泥絮体的颜色深且密实;同一活性污泥中,内层的絮体结构较外层的絮体结构密实,细菌细胞与菌胶团之间的结合更为紧密。最后,结合絮体结构图片,从大分子作用力的角度,提出了活性污泥絮体结构模型,以形象地描述不同SRT活性污泥EPS及其表面性质变化对活性污泥絮凝沉降性能的影响。     

曝气强度对膜生物反应器运行特性的影响

以膜生物反应器（MBR）处理模拟生活废水为研究体系,考察曝气强度对系统污染物去除效果、脱氢酶活性、胞外聚合物（EPS）组分和含量、Zeta电位、污泥粒径及跨膜压差等的影响.结果表明,随着曝气强度降低,COD去除率变化不大,均大于94.0%,脱氢酶活性明显降低,VSS/SS比值下降;污泥LB-EPS增加,Zeta电位降低,污泥平均体积粒径减小,膜通量下降速率增大.曝气强度为800—400 L.m-.2h-1的条件下,曝气产生的水力剪切力不是影响污泥粒径大小的主导因素,污泥Zeta电位则起着决定作用,但水力剪切力有利于缓解膜污染.     

絮凝体的DLA分形模拟及其分形维数的计算方法

运用有限扩散凝聚(DLA)模型对絮凝体的成长过程进行了二维模拟.模拟絮凝体分别采用密度函数法、回转半径法、图像分析法进行分形维数计算,分形维数均随模拟絮凝体尺寸的增大而减小.三种计算方法的结果显示,密度函数法和回转半径法得到的分形维数基本相当,但图像分析法所得到的分形维数较小,约为密度函数法和回转半径法所得到的分形维数的0.8左右,其原因可能是图像分析过程中计算机对图像的识别误差所致.以DLA模型模拟得到的絮凝体内部的孔隙率随絮凝体尺寸的增大而增加.絮凝体中孔隙率的增加是絮凝体密度减小、结构松散的主要原因,也是絮凝体分形维数降低的主要因素.     

Recovery and reuse of floc sludge for high-performance capacitors

• The feasibility of facile fabrication of capacitor from floc sludge is discussed. • The porous carbon composites are obtained by acidification and KOH activation. • The as-prepared 3D structure has large surface area and optimal pore size. • Admirable specific capacitance and outstanding cycling stability are obtained. In this paper, floc sludge was transformed into porous carbon matrix composites by acidification and KOH activation at high temperature and used as an electrode material for application in capacitors. The effects of different treatment processes on the electrochemical properties of sludge materials were compared. The results of electrochemical tests showed that the sludge electrode exhibited excellent energy storage performance after HNO₃ acidification and KOH activation with a mass ratio of 3:1 (KOH/C). The specific capacitance of the sludge electrode reached 287 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g. In addition, the sludge electrode material showed excellent cycle stability (specific capacity retained at 93.4% after 5000 cycles at 5 A/g). Based on XRD, FTIR, SEM, TEM, and BET surface analysis, the morphology of sludge electrode materials can be effectively regulated by chemical pretreatment. The best-performing material showed a 3D porous morphology with a large specific surface area (2588 m²/g) and optimal pore size distribution, improving ion channels and charge conductivity. According to the life cycle assessment of floc sludge utilization, it reduced the resource consumption and toxicity risk by more than 90% compared with ordinary sludge disposal processes. This work provided a cost-effective and eco-friendly sludge reuse method and demonstrated the application potential of sludge-based materials in high-performance supercapacitors.     

Use of gamma-irradiation pretreatment for enhancement of anaerobic digestibility of sewage sludge

The effects of γ-irradiation pretreatment on anaerobic digestibility of sewage sludge was investigated in this paper. Parameters like solid components, soluble components, and biogas production of anaerobic digestion experiment for sewage sludge were measured. The values of these parameters were compared before and after γ-irradiation pretreatment. Total solid (TS), volatile solid (VS), suspended solid (SS), volatile suspended solid (VSS), and average floc size of samples decreased after γ-irradiation treatment. Besides, floc size distribution of sewage sludge shifted from 80–100 μm to 0–40 μm after γ-irradiation treatment at the doses from 0 to 30 kGy, which indicated the disintegration of sewage sludge. Moreover, microbe cells of sewage sludge were ruptured by γ-irradiation treatment, which resulted in the release of cytoplasm and increase of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD). Both sludge disintegration and microbe cells rupture enhanced the subsequent anaerobic digestion process, which was demonstrated by the increase of accumulated biogas production. Compared with digesters fed with none irradiated sludge, the accumulated biogas production increased 44, 98, and 178 mL for digesters fed sludge irradiated at 2.48, 6.51, and 11.24 kGy, respectively. The results indicated that γ-irradiation pretreatment could effectively enhance anaerobic digestibility of sewage sludge, and correspondingly, could accelerate hydrolysis process, shorten sludge retention time of sludge anaerobic digestion process.     

A new polystyrene-latex-based and EPS-containing synthetic sludge

Since the living microorganisms in activated sludge continuously change, it is difficult to conduct controlled experiments and achieve reproducible results for evaluating sludge characteristics. Synthetic sludge, as a chemical surrogate to activated sludge, could be used to investigate the sludge physicochemical properties, and it is desirable to prepare synthetic sludge with similar structure and properties to real activated sludge to explore the flocculation and settlement processes in activated sludge systems. In this work, a high-strength synthetic sludge was prepared with functional polystyrene latex particles as the framework and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) to modify its surface. The flocculation and settling characteristics of the microspheres and the prepared synthetic sludge were tested. Compared with other three functional polystyrene latex microspheres, the synthetic sludge prepared with EPS-modified polystyrene latex microspheres showed good settling characteristics and a significantly higher strength. They could be used for studying the physicochemical properties of activated sludge.     

Improvement of sludge dewaterability with modified cinder via affecting EPS

The relationship between the improvement of sludge dewaterability and variation of organic matters has been studied in the process of sludge pre-conditioning with modified cinder, especially for extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in the sludge. During the conditioning process, the decreases of total organic carbon (TOC) and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) were obviously in the supernatant especially for the acid modified cinder (ACMC), which could be attributed to the processes of adsorption and sweeping. The reduction of polysaccharide and protein in supernatant indicated that ACMC might adsorb EPS so that the tightly bound EPS (TB-EPS) decreased in sludge. In the case of ACMC addition with 24 g·L^–1, SRF of the sludge decreased from 7.85 × 10¹² m·kg^–1 to 2.06 × 10¹² m·kg^–1, and the filter cake moisture decreased from 85% to 60%. The reconstruction of “floc mass” was confirmed as the main sludge conditioning mechanism. ACMC promoted the dewatering performance through the charge neutralization and adsorption bridging with the negative EPS, and provided firm and dense structure for sludge floc as skeleton builder. The passages for water quick transmitting were built to avoid collapsing during the high-pressure process.

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Evaluation of activated sludge properties’ changes in industrial-wastewater pre-treatment: role of residual aluminum hydrolyzed species with different polymerization degree

● Medium poly Al salts dominated the PAC residual salts with a rational dosage. ● Settlement flocculation effect under medium poly Al salts showed a better trend. ● Complex of medium poly Al salts and enzymes promoted cell activity. ● Medium poly Al salts were beneficial to the effluent indexes. With the widespread introduction of pre-coagulation prior to the biological unit in various industrial wastewater treatments, it is noteworthy that long-term accumulation of residual coagulants has certains effect on both micro and macro characteristics of activated sludge (AS). In this study, the morphology distributions of residual aluminum salts (RAS) and their effects on the removal efficiency of AS were investigated under different PAC concentrations. The results showed that the dominance of medium polymeric RAS, formed under an appropriate PAC dose of 20 mg/L enhanced the hydrophobicity, flocculation, and sedimentation performances of AS, as well as the enzymatic activity in cells in the sludge system, improving the main pollutants removal efficiency of the treatment system. Comparatively the species composition with monomer and dimer / high polymer RAS as the overwhelming parts under an over-dosed PAC concentration of 55 mg/L resulted in excessive secretion of EPS with loose flocs structure and conspicuous inhibition of cellular activity, leading to the deterioration of physico-chemical and biological properties of AS. Based on these findings, this study can shed light on the role of the RAS hydrolyzed species distributions, closely relevant to Al dosage, in affecting the comprehensive properties of AS and provide a theoretical reference for coagulants dosage precise control in the pretreatment of industrial wastewater.