Antimony(V) removal from water by iron-zirconium bimetal oxide: Performance and mechanism

A Fe-Zr binary oxide adsorbent has been successfully synthesized using a co-precipitation method. It showed a better performance for antimonate (Sb(V)) removal than zirconium oxide or amorphous ferric oxide. The experimental results showed that the Fe-Zr adsorbent has a capacity of 51 mg/g at an initial Sb(V) concentration of 10 mg/L at pH 7.0. Sb(V) adsorption on the Fe-Zr bimetal oxide is normally an endothermic reaction. Most of the Sb(V) adsorption took place within 3 hr and followed a pseudo second-order rate law. Co-existing anions such as SO₄^2-, NO₃^- and Cl^- had no considerable effects on the Sb(V) removal; PO₃^4- had an inhibitory effect to some extent at high concentration; while CO_₃^2- and SiO₄^4- showed significant inhibitory effects when they existed in high concentrations. The mechanism of Sb(V) adsorption on the adsorbent was investigated using a combination of zeta potential measurements, XPS, Raman, FT-IR observations and SO₄^2- release determination. The ionic strength dependence and zeta potential measurements indicated that inner-sphere surface complexes were formed after Sb(V) adsorption. Raman and XPS observations demonstrated that both Fe-OH and Zr-OH sites at the surface of the Fe-Zr adsorbent play important roles in the Sb(V) adsorption. FT-IR characterization and SO₄^2- release determination further demonstrated that the exchange of SO₄^2- with Sb(V) also could promote the adsorption process. In conclusion, this adsorbent showed high potential for future application in Sb(V) removal from contaminated water.     

Antioxidant and modulatory role of Chlorophytum borivilianum against arsenic induced testicular impairment

Arsenic has a suppressive influence on spermatogenesis and induces impairment in male reproductive system due to oxidative stress. The present study was aimed to test the arsenic induced toxicity and protection by Chlorophytum borivilianum. The effect of sodium arsenite (4 mg/(kg body weight (bw). day)) via double distilled water without or with C. borivilianum (800 mg/(kg bw. day)) was evaluated in Swiss albino mice for 30 days. The radical scavenging activity of the aqueous C. borivilianum root extract was measured using DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrayzyl) radical. Qualitative assessment of various cell types in the testis, sperm count and motility, testicular activity of lipid peroxidation (LPO), reduced glutathione (GSH), acid and alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol and serum testosterone were monitored. Arsenic treatment showed a significant increase in LPO, acid and alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol and decrease in sperm count, sperm motility, GSH and serum testosterone. Combined treatment showed significant decrease in LPO, acid and alkaline phosphatase, cholesterol and elevation in sperm count, sperm motility, GSH and serum testosterone. Testicular histopathology showed that C. borivilianum had reduced degeneration of germ cell in the seminiferous tubules and loss of sperms induced by arsenic intoxication. The results thus led us to conclude that administration of C. borivilianum root extract is found to be protective against arsenic induced toxicity.     

不同水分管理方式下水稻生长季N2O排放量估算：模型应用

基于田间原位测定结果,作者建立了不同水分管理方式下稻田N₂O排放估算的统计模型. 在模型验证和输入参数检验的基础上, 本研究应用模型估算了20世纪50～90年代我国稻田水稻生长季N₂O直接排放量. 结果表明, 由于水稻种植面积和氮输入量的增加、以及水分管理方式的变化, 稻田N₂O-N季节排放量从20世纪50年代平均每年9.55 Gg增加到了90年代每年32.26 Gg, 同期伴随着水稻单产的增加. 在20世纪50～90年代间, 我国水稻生产的N₂O-N排放量以平均每10 a6.74 Gg的速度递增. 20世纪50年代和90年代稻田N₂O-N季节排放通量平均分别为0.32 kg·hm^-2和1.00 kg·hm^-2, 相当于季节氮输入总量的0.37%和0.46%. 本研究模型估算50～90年代间稻田N₂O季节排放量的不确定性为59.8%～37.5%. 就全国稻田的不同种植区域而言, 长江中下游地区稻田水稻生长季N₂O排放量占全国稻田N₂O排放总量的51%～56%. 20世纪90年代水稻生长季N₂O排放量约占我国农田N₂O年总排放量的8%～11%. 相对于旱地作物而言, 过去几十年水稻生产的发展在很大程度上减缓了我国农业生产的N₂O排放. 然而, 随着水稻生产中节水灌溉的推广和氮肥施用量的增加, 我国稻田N₂O季节排放量预计将相应增加.     

不同水分管理方式下水稻生长季N_2O排放量估算:模型建立

我国水稻生产中往往采用多种水分管理方式,如持续淹水、淹水-烤田-淹水和淹水-烤田-淹水-湿润灌溉等. 水分管理方式的不同会引起水稻生长季N2O排放的显著变化. 本研究收集和整理了2005年以前17篇国内外文献报道的有关我国稻田N2O季节排放通量的71组田间原位测定资料,每组资料包括稻田氮肥施用的种类和施用量、水分管理方式、N2O季节排放量等数据,旨在建立不同水分管理方式下水稻生长季N2O直接排放量的估算模型. 分析结果表明,持续淹水稻田N2O季节排放量与施氮量无明显相关关系,在淹水-烤田-淹水和淹水-烤田-淹水-湿润灌溉的水分管理方式下,两者呈极显著线性正相关关系. 持续淹水稻田N2O季节排放总量相当于施氮量的0.02%. 基于普通最小二乘法(OLS)分析技术建立的线性回归模型估算结果表明,淹水-烤田-淹水的水分管理方式下稻田肥料氮的N2O排放系数为0.42%,但N2O季节背景排放量不显著. 在淹水-烤田-淹水-湿润灌溉的水分管理方式下,水稻生长季肥料N的N2O排放系数和N2O-N背景排放量分别为0.73%和0.79 kg·hm-2. 残差分析和效能分析显示模型具有较好的适切性. 综合3种水分管理方式,我国稻田水稻生长季N的N2O排放系数和N2O-N背景排放量平均分别为0.54%和0.43 kg·hm-2. 相对于旱作农田而言,水稻生长季肥料N的N2O排放系数较低,意味着水稻生产较旱地作物可能更有利于减缓我国农业N2O排放. 本研究建立的模型可以用于我国稻田水稻生长季N2O直接排放量的估算.     

人工湿地污水处理系统中氧化亚氮的释放规律研究

利用静态箱-气相色谱法研究了潜流和表面流人工湿地系统中N2O的释放规律和相关的氨氧化细菌.结果表明,潜流和表面流人工湿地的N2O平均通量分别为296.5μg.(m2.h)-1和28.2μg.(m2.h)-1,总体上均表现为大气N2O的排放源,前者的N2O平均释放通量高于农田、森林、草原和沼泽湿地等生态系统,潜流方式促进了N2O的释放.潜流和表面流人工湿地N2O通量有较大的月份差异和明显的日变化特征,最高值出现在7月,分别为(762.9±239.3)μg.(m2.h)-1和(91.9±20.3)μg.(m2.h)-1,一天中的极大值和极小值分别出现在中午和凌晨.温度和芦苇的生长情况对N2O通量有一定的影响.人工湿地系统进水端,较高浓度的污水和充足的碳、氮源,促进了硝化和反硝化过程,使得N2O通量均高于出水端.克隆结果表明,人工湿地污水处理系统中与N2O产生相关的氨氧化细菌主要为Nitrosomonas和Nitrosospira.     

EDTA对生物转鼓的NO废气净化效率的影响

生物转鼓过滤器(Rotating Drum Biofilter,RDB)是一种能有效净化氮氧化物废气的新型生物反应器,但在之前的实验发现,由于NO在液相中的低溶解度降低了NO在RDB中的传质效果,从而影响其去除效率。改善气液传质速率是整个反硝化降解NO过程的关键步骤,实验用CuⅡ(EDTA)、ZnⅡ(EDTA)、MgⅡ(EDTA)和FeⅡ(EDTA)等络合剂添加到营养液中,利用NO能与络合剂结合的原理,使得NO能快速溶于液相,从而使NO去除效率由原来平均85%提高到98%。     

长江溶存氧化亚氮的分布与释放

于2008年1月对长江宜昌到徐六泾段干流以及部分湖泊和支流入江口进行了调查,并于2007年6月到2008年5月对长江徐六泾进行了逐月调查,采样测定了长江溶存N2O的浓度并选择合适的模型估算了其释放通量.结果表明,2008年1月长江表层河水中N2O的平均浓度为(22.0±3.5)nmo·lL-1,均处于过饱和状态,平均饱和度为180%±33%,长江向大气释放N2O通量平均为(13.7±14.6)μmol·m-·2d-1.冬季长江溶存N2O的分布规律为下游溶存N2O浓度高于中游,支流及湖泊高于干流.长江徐六泾段河水中N2O全年平均浓度为(19.4±7.3)nmol·L-1,呈现明显季节变化特征.长江徐六泾段河水中N2O平均释放通量为(43.9±24.9)μmol·m-2·d-1,夏季最高可达80.7μmol·m-·2d-1.初步估算出长江每年向大气释放N2O-N的量为12.0Gg·a-1,约占整个中国N2O排放量的1.1%.而长江输入东、黄海N2O-N的年通量为0.5Gg·a-1,对长江口及其邻近海域N2O分布及氮的生物地球化学循环有重要影响.     

厌气条件下百菌清对土壤N2O和CH4排放的影响

在密闭、淹水、充N2的严格厌氧条件下对土壤进行了14d的培养试验,研究了杀菌剂百菌清在添加水平为田间施用量（FR）(5.5 mg·kg-1),20倍(20FR)和40倍田间施用量(40FR)时对强酸性、酸性、中性和碱性土壤N2O和CH4排放的影响.结果表明,20FR和40 FR的百菌清能够显著促进N2O向N2的还原,降低N2O排放,在酸性、中性和碱性土壤中培养14d后,对照处理的N2O排放量为0.076~0.46mg·kg-1,而20FR和40FR处理的N2O排放量为0.004~0.06mg·kg-1,降低了１个数量级.反硝化作用和有机氮矿化作用强的土壤中,百菌清减少N2O排放作用更明显.反硝化底物NO-3的存在对CH4的产生与排放具有显著的抑制作用.在加入百菌清未对NO-3浓度产生显著影响的土壤中,百菌清对CH4排放量没有明显影响,在对NO-3浓度产生显著影响的土壤中,CH4排放量随着NO-3的增加而减少,说明百菌清可能通过影响反硝化过程中NO-3的消耗而影响CH4排放.     

Characteristics of emissive spectrum and the removal of nitric oxide in N2/O2/NO plasma with argon additive

Although the approach using non-thermal plasma (NTP) for deNOx has been studied for over 15 years, how to achieve higher removal e ciency with lower cost is still a barrier for its industrial application. In order to investigate the impact of the argon additive on electron density, energy and nitric oxide reduction process in plasma, the spectrum of the dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure in a coaxial reactor was measured using the monochromater with high resolution. The comparative experiments for NO reduction were carried out simultaneously in N2/O2/NO plasma stream with and without argon, respectively. The nitrogen molecular spectrum which is attributed to the energy level transition (C3 u ! B3 g) was compared in the wavelength range 300–480 nm and the electron density and temperature were determined based on the relative intensities and Stark broadening width of spectral lines. The spectrum results indicated that the argon additive could enhance the intensity of emissive spectrum of plasma, thus the electron concentration as well as the energy was increased, and finally prompted the ionization rate to produce active N, O and O3. The results of NO reduction showed that NO conversion e ciency increased in the range of 10%–30% with 5% addition of argon in stream comparing with the condition without argon additive. This study will play a positive role in the industrial application of dielectric barrier discharge deNOx reactor.     

Novel Fe/glass composite adsorbent for As(V) removal

An effective adsorbent for arsenic removal was synthesized by hydrothermal treatment of waste glass powder (GP), followed by loading Fe(Ⅲ) oxyhydroxide onto the surface of waste glass powder. The ≡Si-O-H group was formed on the surface of GP and the specific surface area of GP powder was slightly increased after hydrothermal treatment. FeOOH was loaded onto the surface of hydrothermally treated waste glass powder (HGP) by the hydrolysis of FeCl3. The formation conditions of FeOOH were also investigated. The...