Development of a continuously stirred flow cell for investigating sorption mass transfer

This paper introduces a new reversible-flow design for a continuously stirred reactor used to study sorption mass transfer in soil and solvent systems. The stirred reactor has potential advantages over conventional packed column or batch reactors because it isolates intraparticle sorption rate limitations from advective-dispersive transport, yet allows changes to flux through the reactor for analysis of sorption kinetics under dynamic conditions. Previously, stirred reactors have often failed due to clogging of sediment on the effluent frit. The reverse-flow backwashing design allows longer life and higher confidence in maintaining mixed conditions than previous designs. Mass transfer 'rate coefficients estimated from stirred and column experiments are compared; both techniques produced results consistent with a published correlation. The data also show that fitted sorption mass transfer coefficients can be strongly dependent on the choice of equilibrium partition coefficient (i.e. batch or first-moment derived values), and that the conventional two-site sorption kinetics model fails to accurately predict sorption mass transfer in the presence of changing solvent velocity through the reactor.     

Plant uptake of aldicarb from contaminated soil and its enhanced degradation in the rhizosphere

Experiments were conducted to investigate the degradation of aldicarb, an oxime carbamate insecticide, in sterile, non-sterile and plant-grown soils, and the capability of different plant species to accumulate the pesticide. The degradation of aldicarb in soil followed first-order kinetics. Half lives (t1/2) of aldicarb in sterile and non-sterile soil were 12.0 and 2.7 days, respectively, which indicated that microorganisms played an important part in the degradation of aldicarb in soil. Aldicarb disappeared more quickly (p< or =0.05) in the soil with the presence of plants, and t1/2 of the pesticide were 1.6, 1.4 and 1.7 days in the soil grown with corn, mung bean and cowpea, respectively. Comparison of plant-promoted degradation and plant uptake showed that the enhanced removal of aldicarb in plant-grown soil was mainly due to plant-promoted degradation in the rhizosphere.     

Fenton试剂法处理甘氨酸废水中COD的研究

通过正交试验的方法用Fenton试剂对甘氨酸生产中的工业废水进行了试验研究,分析了各因素影响程度及各影响因子的作用机理,得出了最佳的操作条件为:H2O2:COD=1.8,[Fe2 ]=40 mmol/L,反应温度40℃,pH值为3,反应时间为80 min,最终的COD去除率为68%左右.     

Fenton试剂法处理甘氨酸废水中COD的研究

通过正交试验的方法用Fenton试剂对甘氨酸生产中的工业废水进行了试验研究，分析了各因素影响程度及各影响因子的作用机理，得出了最佳的操作条件为：H2O2：COD=1．8，[Fe^2＋]=40mmol／L，反应温度40℃，pH值为3，反应时间为80min，最终的COD去除率为68％左右。     

催化湿式氧化技术处理山梨酸生产废水的研究

采用催化湿式氧化技术处理生产山梨酸过程中产生的高浓度有机废水,对催化剂组分进行优选.对反应温度、O2分压(Po2)和废水pH等工艺条件进行考察.实验结果表明:采用自制CuO-Cr2O3-La2O3/TiO2为复合催化剂处理该有机废水时表现出较好的催化活性;在190℃、Po2=2.1 MPa、pH=6.1、COD=10 030.0 mg/L时,反应90 min的COD去除率达到98.3%,而在相同条件下未加催化剂的湿式氧化的COD去除率只有60.1%.     

应用TOXI模型进行重金属在河流中迁移转化规律的研究

ＴＯＸＩ模型是美国环保局的ＷＡＳＰ（水质分析模拟程序）中的一部分。由于该模型考虑了污染物质在河流中溶解态，颗粒态和底泥态的分布关系，对于模拟重金属在河流中的浓度变化效果较好。为保证计算结果的可靠性，首先应对重金属浓度的衰减变化特性进行研究，本文重点讨论的是重金属在河流中迁移转化的过程，并如何将这一过程用数学公式来进行模拟。     

Characteristics of single atmospheric particles in a heavily polluted urban area of China: size distributions and mixing states

To investigate the chemical composition, size distribution, and mixing state of aerosol particles on heavy pollution days, single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry was conducted during 9–26 October 2015 in Xi’an, China. The measured particles were classified into six major categories: biomass burning (BB) particles, K-secondary particles, elemental carbon (EC)–related particles, metal-containing particles, dust, and organic carbon (OC) particles. BB and EC-related particles were the dominant types during the study period and mainly originated from biomass burning, vehicle emissions, and coal combustion. According to the ambient air quality index, two typical episodes were defined: clean days (CDs) and polluted days (PDs). Accumulation of BB particles and EC-related particles was the main reason for the pollution in Xi’an. Most types of particle size were larger on PDs than CDs. Each particle type was mixed with secondary species to different degrees on CDs and PDs, indicating that atmospheric aging occurred. The mixing state results demonstrated that the primary tracers were oxidized or vanished and that the amount of secondary species was increased on PDs. This study provides valuable information and a dataset to help control air pollution in the urban areas of Xi’an.

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Concurrent catalytic removal of typical volatile organic compound mixtures over Au-Pd/α-MnO2 nanotubes

α-MnO_2 nanotubes and their supported Au-Pd alloy nanocatalysts were prepared using hydrothermal and polyvinyl alcohol-protected reduction methods, respectively. Their catalytic activity for the oxidation of toluene/m-xylene, acetone/ethyl acetate, acetone/m-xylene and ethyl acetate/m-xylene mixtures was evaluated. It was found that the interaction between Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles and α-MnO_2 nanotubes significantly improved the reactivity of lattice oxygen, and the 0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO_2 nanotube catalyst outperformed the α-MnO_2 nanotube catalyst in the oxidation of toluene, m-xylene, ethyl acetate and acetone. Over the0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO_2 nanotube catalyst,(i) toluene oxidation was greatly inhibited in the toluene/m-xylene mixture, while m-xylene oxidation was not influenced;(ii) acetone and ethyl acetate oxidation suffered a minor impact in the acetone/ethyl acetate mixture; and(iii) m-xylene oxidation was enhanced whereas the oxidation of the oxygenated VOCs(volatile organic compounds) was suppressed in the acetone/m-xylene or ethyl acetate/m-xylene mixtures. The competitive adsorption of these typical VOCs on the catalyst surface induced an inhibitive effect on their oxidation, and increasing the temperature favored the oxidation of the VOCs. The mixed VOCs could be completely oxidized into CO_2 and H_2 O below 320°C at a space velocity of 40,000 m L/(g·hr). The 0.91 wt.% Au0.48 Pd/α-MnO_2 nanotube catalyst exhibited high catalytic stability as well as good tolerance to water vapor and CO_2 in the oxidation of the VOC mixtures. Thus, the α-MnO_2 nanotube-supported noble metal alloy catalysts hold promise for the efficient elimination of VOC mixtures.     

萃取膜生物反应器处理苯酚废水的试验研究

从经过驯化的活性污泥中筛选出苯酚降解菌.制备成菌悬液,对比活性污泥体系和菌悬液体系的萃取膜生物反应器(EMB)对苯酚废水的处理效果,考察了料液苯酚浓度、反应器温度等因素对膜萃取速率及生物降解效果的影响.结果表明,通过以苯酚为唯一碳源,逐渐提高苯酚浓度的方法对活性污泥进行驯化.当进水苯酚浓度为700 mg·L-1时,苯酚去除率达99%以上;适当提高反应器温度和料液初始浓度有利于提高膜萃取速率;当初始料液苯酚浓度为2000 mg·L-1时,膜萃取速率高于生物降解速率,生物相中产生苯酚积累;菌悬液体系EMB的生物膜厚度明显小于活性污泥体系,且水力反冲洗可有效控制生物膜厚度.对苯酚生物降解产物的GC-MS分析结果表明,苯酚的生物降解较彻底,基本无苯酚中间产物的残留.