Techno-economic evaluation of ultrasound and thermal pretreatments for enhanced anaerobic digestion of municipal waste activated sludge

To enhance the anaerobic digestion of municipal waste-activated sludge (WAS), ultrasound, thermal, and ultrasound + thermal (combined) pretreatments were conducted using three ultrasound specific energy inputs (1000, 5000, and 10,000 kJ/kg TSS) and three thermal pretreatment temperatures (50, 70 and 90 °C). Prior to anaerobic digestion, combined pretreatments significantly improved volatile suspended solid (VSS) reduction by 29-38%. The largest increase in methane production (30%) was observed after 30 min of 90 °C pretreatment followed by 10,000 kJ/kg TSS ultrasound pretreatment. Combined pretreatments improved the dimethyl sulfide (DMS) removal efficiency by 42-72% but did not show any further improvement in hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) removal when compared with ultrasound and thermal pretreatments alone. Economic analysis showed that combined pretreatments with 1000 kJ/kg TSS specific energy and differing thermal pretreatments (50-90 °C) can reduce operating costs by $44-66/ton dry solid when compared to conventional anaerobic digestion without pretreatments.     

生物预处理微污染水

金坛市主要水源钱资荡水 ,劣于二级饮用水水源水质 ,系微污染水源。常规水处理工艺已很难满足饮用水水质要求 ,拟采用生物预处理。比较了两种生物预处理池对藻类、氨氮、亚硝酸盐氮、色度、浊度等指标的去除效果 ,提出了生物预处理适宜的运行工况参数 ,为工程设计提供依据。     

低温下生物陶粒反应器去除水源水中氨氮的研究

利用生物陶粒预处理工艺,研究低水温条件下生物陶粒反应器对氨氮的去除效果.进水氨氮浓度为0.5～1.4mg/L,水力停留时间为20～30min.结果表明,低温条件下,生物陶粒反应器对进水中氨氮的去除效果随着水温的下降而降低,但总体上对氨氮仍然有较好的去除效果.当水温从10℃下降到0.4℃时,生物陶粒反应器对氨氮的去除率从90%下降到65%.当水温在3℃以上时,出水中NO₂^--N低于进水NO₂^--N的含量.当水温下降到3℃以下后,出水中NO₂^--N超过了进水中NO₂^--N的含量.在陶粒反应器内部出现了NO₂^--N积累现象,水温越低,出水NO₂^--N的含量越高.     

污泥厌氧发酵产氢的影响因素

污水生物处理过程中产生大量剩余污泥, 通常采用厌氧发酵处理并获取甲烷气体. 产氢产酸是污泥厌氧消化过程中的一个中间阶段. 本研究考察了原污泥和经碱处理的污泥在不同初始pH(3.0～12.5)条件下的产氢效果, 以及污泥性质和污泥浓度等对产氢效果的影响. 结果表明, 当初始pH为11.0时污泥发酵的产氢率达到最大值.采用原污泥发酵产氢时, 在初始pH为11.0的条件下发酵产氢获得的最大产氢率为8.1 mL/g, 而经碱处理的污泥在同样初始pH的条件下发酵产氢可将其产氢率提高一倍左右, 达到16.9 mL/g. 污泥经碱处理后厌氧发酵4d无甲烷产生, 且可有效地降低氢气消耗的速率. 另外, 污泥的VSS/SS值过低时会大大降低污泥的产氢率, 而污泥浓度对产氢率无明显影响.     

吸附-降解组合生物系统处理含铜离子城市污水

采用Pseudomonas putida 5-x细胞为吸附剂的生物吸附过程组合SBR生物降解系统处理含铜离子城市废水.研究了生物吸附剂Pseudomonas putida 5-x细胞的最佳制备条件以及组合系统的运行过程.实验结果表明,在优化的条件下,Pseudomonas putida 5-x细胞对铜离子的吸附容量可达87.3mg·g^-1,经生物吸附处理后,污水中Cu²⁺的含量显著降低,尽管残留的Cu²⁺对活性污泥吸附COD的能力尚有一定影响,但已不影响SBR系统对废水中COD的去除效果.研究表明,在活性污泥法处理含铜离子废水前,采用生物吸附技术降低废水中Cu²⁺含量,有利于提高后续活性污泥过程对COD的去除能力.     

Optimized determination of airborne tetracycline resistance genes in laboratory atmosphere

• Sampling parameters with high efficiency was determined. • Operational process to detect airborne ARGs was optimized. • Providing research basis to control airborne ARGs of a laboratory atmosphere Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have been detected in various atmospheric environments. Airborne ARGs transmission presents the public health threat. However, it is very difficult to quantify airborne ARGs because of the limited availability of collectable airborne particulate matter and the low biological content of samples. In this study, an optimized protocol for collecting and detecting airborne ARGs was presented. Experimental results showed that recovery efficiency tended to increase initially and then declined over time, and a range of 550–780 copies/mm² of capture loading was recommended to ensure that the recovery efficiency is greater than 75%. As the cell walls were mechanically disrupted and nucleic acids were released, the buffer wash protects ARGs dissolution. Three ratios of buffer volume to membrane area in buffer wash were compared. The highest concentrations of airborne ARGs were detected with 1.4 µL/mm² buffer wash. Furthermore, the majority of the cells were disrupted by an ultrasonication pretreatment (5 min), allowing the efficiency ARGs detection of airborne samples. While, extending the ultrasonication can disrupt cell structures and gene sequence was broken down into fragments. Therefore, this study could provide a theoretical basis for the efficient filter collection of airborne ARGs in different environments. An optimized sampling method was proposed that the buffer wash was 1.4 µL/mm² and the ultrasonication duration was 5 min. The indoor airborne ARGs were examined in accordance with the improved protocol in two laboratories. The result demonstrated that airborne ARGs in an indoor laboratory atmosphere could pose the considerable health risk to inhabitants and we should pay attention to some complicated indoor air environment.     

水葫芦气囊预处理黄姜皂素废水的研究

研究利用水葫芦的气囊对皂素生产废水进行预处理的效果,通过对比试验,结果表明：干燥的水葫芦气囊在吸附处理综合皂素废水后COD降低率为20%.经水葫芦预处理吸附后皂素废水可生化性提高,厌氧反应产气速率提高1.5倍左右.经过吸附处理后的水葫芦自身的产气效率也有所提高.     

油脂废水絮凝预处理实验研究

对含高浓度硫酸根离子的强酸性油脂废水进行了絮凝预处理实验研究.实验表明,对COD浓度20 000～30 000 mg/L、硫酸根离子浓度约30 000 mg/L的废水,室温条件下用石灰将pH值调至7～9,投加PAC 4 g/L,快速搅拌(约180 r/min)1 min,投加PAM 20 mg/L,再慢速搅拌(约50 r/min)5 min,COD去除率可达到31.0%～43.2%,而硫酸根离子的去除率可达到90%以上,大大改善了后续生化处理的条件.     

石化厂皂化废水的厌氧处理

石化厂以氯醇法生产环氧乙烷过程中排出的皂化废水有机物含量高、含盐量高,并呈强碱性.废水中的物质对厌氧微生物产生强烈的抑制.本工艺通过预处理,减轻了抑制程度.采用厌氧工艺作为主要处理工艺,在水力停留时间≥4天,有机容积负荷COD_(Cr)小于2.0kg/m~3·d的条件下,取得了较好的厌氧处理效果.补充好氧接触氧化法作后处理,出水水质满足排放要求.     

化学预处理对微塑料Pb吸附潜力的影响及机理研究

污水和污泥是土壤等生态环境中微塑料的重要来源,受到人们的广泛关注.由于污水和污泥中含有大量的有机质,化学预处理通常被用于提高其中微塑料的提取及分析效率,然而至今关于化学预处理对微塑料的吸附潜力及表面理化特性的影响研究较少.本研究探讨了5种预处理条件,即1 mol·L~(-1) HCl、1 mol·L~(-1) HNO_3、30%H_2O_2、1 mol·L~(-1) NaOH和5 mol·L~(-1) NaOH,对6种微塑料类型(PA、PE、PP、PS、PET和PMMA)Pb吸附潜力的影响,同时通过微塑料表面理化特性的分析,探讨了预处理影响微塑料Pb吸附的机理.结果表明6种微塑料对Pb吸附等温式符合Langmuir模型,Pb吸附能力大小顺序分别为:PAPMMAPETPEPPPS,最大吸附量分别为2922.9、699.3、584.8、549.5、510.2和277.8μg·g~(-1).与此同时,不同预处理条件对微塑料Pb吸附特性的影响不同,总体而言,碱预处理会导致微塑料Pb吸附量增加,且随着碱处理浓度的增加而增加,而酸预处理会引起Pb吸附量减小,其中硝酸预处理作用更加显著.进一步分析预处理前后微塑料质量、尺寸、表面官能团及表面形态等的变化情况,发现碱预处理对微塑料的腐蚀作用最大,其次为硝酸预处理组,最后为盐酸和过氧化氢预处理组.此外,与玻璃型(如PS)微塑料相比,预处理对橡胶型微塑料(如PE)的影响更大.