Activated carbons derived from oil palm empty-fruit bunches： Application to environmental problems

Activated carbons derived from oil palm empty fruit bunches （EFB） were investigated to find the suitability of its application for removal of phenol in aqueous solution through adsorption process, Two types of activation namely; thermal activation at 300, 500 and 800℃and physical activation at 150℃ （boiling treatment） were used for the production of the activated carbons. A control （untreated EFB） was used to compare the adsorption capacity of the activated carbons produced from these processes. The results indicated that the activated carbon derived at the temperature of 800℃ showed maximum absorption capacity in the aqueous solution of phenol. Batch adsorption studies showed an equilibrium time of 6 h for the activated carbon at 800℃. It was observed that the adsorption capacity was higher at lower values of pH （2-3） and higher value of initial concentration of phenol （200-300 mg/L）. The equilibrium data fitted better with the Freundlich adsorption isotherm compared to the Langmuir. Kinetic studies of phenol adsorption onto activated carbons were also studied to evaluate the adsorption rate. The estimated cost for production of activated carbon from EFB was shown in lower price （USD 0.50/kg of activated carbon） compared the activated carbon from other sources and processes.     

Effects of tourmaline on nitrogen removal performance and biofilm structures in the sequencing batch biofilm reactor

The effects of tourmaline on nitrogen removal performance and biofilm structures were comparatively investigated in two identical laboratory-scale sequencing batch biofilm reactors(SBBRs)(denoted SBBR1 and SBBR2) at different nitrogen loading rates(NLRs) varying from(0.24 ± 0.01) to(1.26 ± 0.02) g N/(L·day). SBBR1 was operated in parallel with SBBR2, but SBBR1 was filled with polyurethane foam loaded tourmaline(TPU) carriers and another(SBBR2) filled with polyurethane foam(PU) carriers. Results obtained from this study showed that the excellent and stable performance of SBBR1 was obtained. Ammonia nitrogen removal and total nitrogen removal were higher in SBBR1 than that in SBBR2 with increase of NLR. At an NLR of(0.24 ± 0.01) g N/(L·day), the majority of the spherical and elliptical bacteria were surrounded by the extracellular polymeric substance(EPS) and bacillus or filamentous bacteria in two SBBRs biofilms. When NLR increased to(1.26 ± 0.02) g N/(L·day), the clusters were more obvious in the SBBR1 biofilm than that in the SBBR2 biofilm. Bacteria in SBBR1 were inclined to synthesis more EPS, and the formed EPS could protect the bacteria from free ammonia(FA) under extreme condition NLR(1.26 ± 0.02) g N/(L·day). The results of polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis showed that the microbial community similarity in SBBR2 decreased more obviously than that in SBBR1 with the increase of NLR, which the microbial community in SBBR1 was relatively stable.     

微生物絮凝剂的发酵培养和诱变研究

对粪产碱杆菌B-20进行发酵培养,观察菌株生长与絮凝剂积累、絮凝性、糖类物质消耗和氧浓度之间的关系,发现菌株的生长与絮凝剂的积累呈正相关,并且发酵培养过程中pH保持在7.2～7.9.通过热诱变获得能够稳定传代的B-2022突变菌株,比较了在不同pH、CaCl2添加量、菌液添加量以及不同温度条件下,其与原菌株B-20的发酵混合液的絮凝率差异,发现热诱变菌株B-2022具有更好的絮凝性能,尤其对pH的适应性较强,最优的絮凝条件为pH=9.0、100 mL高岭土悬浮液中1%(质量分数)CaCl2和发酵混合液添加量都为4 mL.进一步将热诱变菌株B-2022紫外诱变45 s,得到紫外诱变菌株B-2022c,其最佳絮凝率可达94.3%,比原菌株B-20和热诱变菌株B-2022的最佳絮凝率分别提高了2.4%和1.7%.通过化学法、紫外分光光度法和红外分光光度法测得絮凝剂的主要化学成分为糖类物质.     

小区生活污水回用SBR处理实验研究

较为系统的实验研究"厕所 淋浴盥洗"污水、"厨房"污水、"厕所 淋浴盥洗 厨房"污水以及"淋浴盥洗"污水等小区生活污水回用的处理工艺特性,提出SBR法最优的经济运行调控参数和不同水质生活污水适宜的回用处理技术.实验结果表明,该回用处理技术可有效去除污水中CODcr、BOD5、NH3-N、SS及LAS分别高达92%、97%、96%、98%及94%左右,出水达到中水回用标准(CJ/T 95-2000),处理效果稳定.     

Thermal risk in batch reactors: Case of peracetic acid synthesis

The present paper deals with accidents risk in batch reactors. It identifies the conditions for the occurrence of a thermal runaway and develops a probabilistic approach to assess the relevant risk. It investigates also the conditions for optimal synthesis of peracetic acid (PAA) with hydrogen peroxide (HP) and acetic acid (AA). The kinetic model of reversible reaction and side reaction of PAA synthesis is used to predict reactor temperature and molar ratio of PAA by ASPEN PLUS software. A sensitivity analysis is performed under different conditions such as constant temperature or adiabatic process with different concentrations of sulfuric acid. Assuming a prior cooling system failure, the conditions for reaction runaway triggering a thermal accident are identified in the case of PAA synthesis. Monte Carlo simulations are used in order to calculate the conditional probability of accident and optimize the synthesis of PAA.     

滴流床苯酚催化湿式氧化反应动力学及反应器模型

在自制的滴流床反应器中,以苯酚配水溶液为研究对象,采用负载型MnO_x/γ-Al₂O₃作为催化剂,研究了苯酚催化湿式氧化过程.通过实验数据的拟合分析,提出了苯酚催化湿式氧化本征反应速率表达式,计算了液体流率为1.6　L/h时不同温度下催化剂外表面湿润效率以及不同温度下与一定的氧分压相平衡的水中溶解氧浓度;由实验数据拟合得到苯酚催化湿式氧化表观反应动力学模型参数,并建立了关于积分式滴流床苯酚催化湿式氧化的反应器模型,比较了不同氧分压、进液苯酚质量浓度、进液流率下苯酚去除率的计算值与实验值.结果显示:当氧分压大于1.0 MPa时,计算值与实验值能较好吻合,当氧分压较低时,氧气从气相到液相存在一定的传质阻力.在苯酚进液质量浓度为0～5 000 mg/L时,苯酚对催化氧化反应的抑制作用不明显.在进液流率为0～2.05 L/h时,存在一定的外扩散阻力.      

Effects of different carbon sources on the removal of ciprofloxacin and pollutants by activated sludge: Mechanism and biodegradation

This research investigated the effects of ciprofloxacin(CIP)(0.5, 5, and 20 mg/L) on SBR systems under different carbon source conditions. Microbial community abundance and structure were determined by quantitative PCR and high-throughput sequencing, respectively.The biodegradation production of CIP and possible degradation mechanism were also studied. Results showed that CIP had adverse effects on the nutrient removal from wastewater.Compared with sodium acetate, glucose could be more effective...     

固定化硝化菌去除废水中氨氮工艺的研究

采用聚乙烯醇－硼酸包埋固定化法,选用ＰＶＡ为包埋载体,粉末活性炭作为无机载体,包埋固定Ａ／Ｏ生物脱氮系统中的再经驯化过的硝化污泥,制成固定化硝化菌颗粒。     

十三碳二元酸发酵有机废水处理研究

运用物化预处理和ＳＢＲ生化工艺对十三碳二元酸发酵废水中高浓度有机物的降解特征及高２硫酸钠对微生物的有害抑制作用进行处理试验,研究结果表明。采用物化预处理与ＳＢＲ生化法相结合的工艺可有效地处理该类废水。经驯化的耐盐微菌胶力和裂口虫为主,废水的ＣＯＤｃｒ去除率可达９２％以上,ＢＯＤ５去除率可达９５％以上。     

Dry-thermophilic anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: methane production modeling

The influence of particle size and organic matter content of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) in the overall kinetics of dry (30% total solids) thermophilic (55 °C) anaerobic digestion have been studied in a semi-continuous stirred tank reactor (SSTR). Two types of wastes were used: synthetic OFMSW (average particle size of 1 mm; 0.71 g Volatile Solids/g waste), and OFMSW coming from a composting full scale plant (average particle size of 30 mm; 0.16 g Volatile Solids/g waste).A modification of a widely-validated product-generation kinetic model has been proposed. Results obtained from the modified-model parameterization at steady-state (that include new kinetic parameters as K, Y_pMAX and θ_MIN) indicate that the features of the feedstock strongly influence the kinetics of the process. The overall specific growth rate of microorganisms (μ_max) with synthetic OFMSW is 43% higher compared to OFMSW coming from a composting full scale plant: 0.238 d⁻¹ (K = 1.391 d⁻¹; Y_pMAX = 1.167 L CH₄/gDOC_c; θ_MIN = 7.924 days) vs. 0.135 d⁻¹ (K = 1.282 d⁻¹; Y_pMAX = 1.150 L CH₄/gDOC_c; θ_MIN = 9.997 days) respectively.Finally, it could be emphasized that the validation of proposed modified-model has been performed successfully by means of the simulation of non-steady state data for the different SRTs tested with each waste.