Influence of High Levels of Total Suspended Solids on Measurement of Cod and Bod in the Yellow River, China

Using the Yellow River, China, the study explores the problem of the use of COD and BOD₅ as water quality management parameters in the presence of very high levels of suspended sediment (TSS) that characterize this river. Although the amount of natural organic matter per unit of suspended sediment of the Yellow River is not high, the very high concentration of mineral sediment in the Yellow River results in a large concentration of organic matter, which artificially inflates the laboratory values of COD and, as a consequent, leads to greatly exaggerated reports of pollution of the Yellow River. BOD₅ can more accurately reflect the pollution of the Yellow River than COD; however, measured values of BOD under-report the actual values due to settling of the sediment in the incubation chamber resulting in values that are 21.6--38.3% less than the actual values. Therefore corrections are required for laboratory COD and BOD values so that the values are not artifacts of the sediment regime. Our work provides new insight into this phenomenon and demonstrates how correction factors may be determined and used with pollution data. Our work also suggests that the actual pollution levels of the Yellow River are probably not as high as reported by monitoring agencies.     

海水BOD自动测定仪

适用于淡水的BOD测定仪已经成型,海水盐度高,BOD浓度低,测定仪样品传输及测量的精度和微生物传感器菌种的耐盐性,给构建海水BOD自动测定仪带来困难.以溶解氧电极微生物传感器法为基础,依据海水BOD测定的技术特点,分析样品传输系统、恒温系统和信号采集与处理系统的技术要求,并筛选耗氧耐盐菌种作为微生物传感器的菌株,构建了海水BOD测定仪.用该测定仪测定海水标样,测定结果与标准稀释法测定的BOD5具有良好的相关性和准确度.     

高藻含量水体中BOD_5监测方法探讨

分析了高藻含量水体中BOD5偏高产生的主要原因,是由于藻类光合作用使水中溶解氧大幅增高引起的.并进一步通过实验,验证了对于高藻含量水体中BOD5的监测,采用硫酸铝絮凝沉淀、离心分离后测定,可消除藻类干扰的有效性.     

采用商业混合菌种测定BOD5的可行性

通过实验,对比研究了采用商业混合菌种（Polyseed）改进传统方法测定BOD5的可行性。研究结果表明,相比于采用地表水作为接种水的传统方法,采用进口商业混合菌种配制接种稀释水BOD5（空白值）更稳定,可以改进传统BOD5测定方法,使得日常监测工作更为便捷。