Enhanced mercuric chloride adsorption onto sulfur-modified activated carbons derived from waste tires

A number of activated carbons derived from waste tires were further impregnated by gaseous elemental sulfur at temperatures of 400 and 650 degrees C, with a carbon and sulfur mass ratio of 1:3. The capabilities of sulfur diffusing into the micropores of the activated carbons were significantly different between 400 and 650 degrees C, resulting in obvious dissimilarities in the sulfur content of the activated carbons. The sulfur-impregnated activated carbons were examined for the adsorptive capacity of gas-phase mercuric chloride (HgC1) by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The analytical precision of TGA was up to 10(-6) g at the inlet HgCl2 concentrations of 100, 300, and 500 microg/m3, for an adsorption time of 3 hr and an adsorption temperature of 150 degrees C, simulating the flue gas emitted from municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators. Experimental results showed that sulfur modification can slightly reduce the specific surface area of activated carbons. High-surface-area activated carbons after sulfur modification had abundant mesopores and micropores, whereas low-surface-area activated carbons had abundant macropores and mesopores. Sulfur molecules were evenly distributed on the surface of the inner pores after sulfur modification, and the sulfur content of the activated carbons increased from 2-2.5% to 5-11%. After sulfur modification, the adsorptive capacity of HgCl2 for high-surface-area sulfurized activated carbons reached 1.557 mg/g (22 times higher than the virgin activated carbons). The injection of activated carbons was followed by fabric filtration, which is commonly used to remove HgCl2 from MSW incinerators. The residence time of activated carbons collected in the fabric filter is commonly about 1 hr, but the time required to achieve equilibrium is less than 10 min. Consequently, it is worthwhile to compare the adsorption rates of HgCl2 in the time intervals of < 10 and 10-60 min.     

改性蚁酸木质素的制备与应用

采用加拿大一枝黄花茎杆为原料提取蚁酸木质素，通过氧化或接枝复合的方法对蚁酸木质素进行改性，对改性产物进行了FTIR和SEM表征。实验结果表明：接枝复合改性产物中存在-CONH的接枝复合链，氧化改性产物基本保持了蚁酸木质素原来的吸收峰；采用接枝复合改性产物处理初始质量浓度为50 mg/L的亚甲基蓝废水，在废水pH 7、吸附时间4 h、改性产物加入量22 mg/mL的条件下，亚甲基蓝去除率为90.94%；采用氧化改性产物处理相同亚甲基蓝废水，在废水pH 10、吸附时间12 h、改性产物加入量22 mg/mL的条件下，亚甲基蓝去除率为81.93%。     

Efficient mineralization of gaseous benzyl chloride by VUV/UV photodegradation in humid air

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - VUV/UV photodegradation technology, which is free of catalysts or oxidants, has been regarded as an efficient method to decompose gaseous VOCs....     

Physical infrastructure,energy consumption,economic growth,and environmental pollution in Pakistan: an asymmetry analysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This study explores the symmetric and asymmetric effects of physical infrastructure on energy consumption, economic growth, and air pollution of...     

Development of highly efficient and reusable magnetic nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for chlorophenol removal

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNTs) were synthesized via a hydrothermal method and further modified with magnetic Co0.5Cu0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticles...     

Synthesis of Ni-doped anatase TiO2 single crystals loaded on wood-based activated carbon for enhanced photodegradation of triphenylmethane dyes

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In this work, the Ni-doped anatase TiO2 single crystals loaded on activated carbon (Ni-T/AC) were synthesized by a sol–gel method. The chemical...     

The catalytic performance of Cu46Zr47-xAl7Yx amorphous ribbons in the degradation of AO II dye wastewater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Metallic glasses (MGs) with unique disordered atomic stacking structures exhibit excellent catalytic performance in wastewater treatment. The...     

Salinity and nutrient modulate soil bacterial communities in the coastal wetland of the Yellow River Delta,China

The Yellow River Delta is the largest and youngest estuarine and coastal wetland in China and is experiencing the most active interactions of seawater and freshwater in the world. Bacteria played multifaceted influence on soil biogeochemical processes, and it was necessary to investigate the intermodulation between the soil factors and bacterial communities. Soil samples were collected at sites with different salinity degree, vegetations, and interference. The sequences of bacilli were tested using 16S rRNA sequencing method and operational taxonomic units were classified with 97% similarity. The soil was highly salinized and oligotrophic, and the wetland was nitrogen-restricted. Redundancy analysis suggested that factors related with seawater erosion were principal to drive the changes of soil bacterial communities and then the nutrient level and human disturbance. A broader implication was that, in the early succession stages of the coastal ecosystem, seawater erosion was the key driver of the variations of marine oligotrophic bacterial communities, while the increasing nutrient availability may enhance in the abundance of the riverine copiotrophs in the late stages. This study provided new insights on the characteristics of soil bacterial communities in estuarine and coastal wetlands.

     

复合铁添加物对混合有机固废厌氧产氢的影响

将城镇污水处理厂的城市污泥与餐厨垃圾混合后,经厌氧消化处理后可产生能源气体氢气,从而达到资源化利用的目的.废铁屑是机械加工厂的固体废弃物,将其处理后可得到一种新型复合铁材料(FE/FEO).将城市污泥和餐厨垃圾预处理后按体积比1:1比例混合,分别等分放入2个反应器中,一个投加FE/FEO粉末作为为FE/FEO组,另一个不加FE/FEO作为对照组,考察了FE/FEO对上述混合有机固废厌氧产氢的影响.结果表明,在厌氧反应的24h内,FE/FEO组的最大氢气体积分数为61.4％,比不加FE/FEO的对照组增加了15％;FE/FEO组的累积产氢率和最大产氢率分别为49.0和22.7 L·kg4(以1 kg挥发性有机固体所能产生的氢气体积计),比对照组分别增加了56％和59％.FE/FEO组的亚铁离子质量浓度在第24 h达到最大,即109.8 mg-L-1.FE/FEO组产生的挥发性有机酸为2 675 mg·L-1,比对照组提高了15％.FE/FEO粉末中不仅含有零价铁、氧化亚铁,还有针孔状α-FeOOH,其结构松散、比表面积大,可对厌氧发酵系统中的微生物菌群起到支撑骨架作用.本研究结果可为提高有机固废厌氧发酵产氢效率提供参考.     

协同治理理论视角下连云港湾长制试点存在的问题及对策

近岸海域环境综合治理是典型的公共产品和公共服务,需要多个主体协同治理。连云港湾长制已实施两年多,虽取得了一定成效,但从协同治理理论来看,仍存在治理主体相对单一、公众参与不足问题。因此,今后应以协同治理理论为指导,形成多元的治理主体,树立各个治理主体的权威性,加强各治理主体的协同性,充分发挥各治理主体的积极性,共同推进湾长制的实施。