挥发性有机物泄漏检测与修复技术规范体系的设想研究

泄漏检测与修复技术对于控制工业企业无组织挥发性有机物排放效益明显,通过分析泄漏检测与修复技术的国内外发展状况,结合该技术在实际操作中的相关要求,提出建立和完善包括工业企业泄漏元件编码原则、泄漏检测与修复操作技术规范、泄漏检测与修复核查与评估方法、LDAR技术泄漏量核算方法以及LDAR技术信息管理系统接口规范在内的挥发性有机物泄漏检测与修复技术环境管理规范体系的整体设想,以促进挥发性有机物总量减排和环境空气质量改善.     

基于网格脆弱性曲线的世界小麦旱灾风险评价

旱灾是世界上影响范围最广、造成农业损失最大的自然灾害之一,同时,在全球变化的背景下,旱灾风险呈现加重的趋势。评价农业旱灾风险并进行有效的防范是保障粮食安全的重要措施。借助EPIC模型,假定0.5°网格为均值单元,使用灌溉情景法模拟全球均值网格的小麦旱灾脆弱性曲线。结合历史气象数据评价全球小麦的干旱致灾因子,最后计算了全球小麦因旱灾导致的产量损失风险,并编绘了全球小麦旱灾风险图。结果显示:1中国、俄罗斯、美国/哈斯克斯坦为风险排名前三的国家,归一化后的风险指数分别为0.53、0.22和0.19;2春小麦的旱灾风险要高于冬小麦。在已有的作物旱灾风险评价研究基础上,同时兼顾了脆弱性评价的空间分辨率和表示精度,建立了与风险评价空间分辨率相一致的小麦旱灾脆弱性曲线,从而极大地提升了区域旱灾风险评价,特别是大尺度风险评价的准确度。     

宁夏电网220kV及以上线路保护传输通道优化策略

针对宁夏电网 220 kV 及以上部分线路保护信号传输通道配置存在的问题,按照“国家电网公司十八项电网重大反事故措施”具体要求对其进行了详细分析,并提出了相应的优化策略。应用结果表明:该优化策略体现了线路保护信号传输通道的有效性和合理性,使其安全可靠性得到显著提升     

Pd/TiO2对水体中2,4-二氯酚的催化加氢脱氯研究

分别采用沉淀-沉积法和浸渍法合成了Pd/TiO2催化剂,采用透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)和电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-AES)对材料进行了表征,并对2,4-二氯酚的催化加氢脱氯反应进行了研究.结果表明,2种方法制备的催化剂在加氢脱氯反应中均具有较好的效果,沉淀-沉积法制备的催化剂活性更高,当反应物初始浓度为3.11 mmol.L-1,pH为12,催化剂用量为50 mg时,45 min内2,4-二氯酚可以完成脱氯过程.酸性条件有利于反应的进行.当催化剂用量在15～80 mg时,反应初活性没有明显变化,因此催化反应过程不受传质阻力的影响.当反应物初始浓度在0.62～3.11 mmol.L-1时反应初活性随浓度的提高显著增加,但进一步增加反应物的浓度时初活性没有明显提高,因此2,4-二氯酚在催化剂上的加氢脱氯行为符合Langmuir-Hinshelwood模型,表明2,4-二氯酚的加氢脱氯受表面吸附所控制.     

Spatial distribution of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers in the littoral buffer zone of a nitrogen-rich lake

The spatial distribution and diversity of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers (AOA and AOB) were evaluated targeting amoA genes in the gradient of a littoral buffer zone which has been identified as a hot spot for N cycling. Here we found high spatial heterogeneity in the nitrification rate and abundance of ammonia oxidizers in the five sampling sites. The bacterial amoA gene was numerically dominant in most of the surface soil but decreased dramatically in deep layers. Higher nitrification potentials were detected in two sites near the land/water interface at 4.4-6.1 μg NO₂^--N/(g dry weight soil·hr), while only 1.0-1.7 μg NO₂^--N/(g dry weight soil·hr) was measured at other sites. The potential nitrification rates were proportional to the amoA gene abundance for AOB, but with no significant correlation with AOA. The NH4 + concentration was the most determinative parameter for the abundance of AOB and potential nitrification rates in this study. Higher richness in the surface layer was found in the analysis of biodiversity. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that most of the bacterial amoA sequences in surface soil were affiliated with the genus of Nitrosopira while the archaeal sequences were almost equally affiliated with Candidatus ‘Nitrososphaera gargensis’ and Candidatus ‘Nitrosocaldus yellowstonii’. The spatial distribution of AOA and AOB indicated that bacteria may play a more important role in nitrification in the littoral buffer zone of a N-rich lake.     

Cloning and expression of the first gene for biodegrading microcystin LR by Sphingopyxis sp. USTB-05

Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are a growing environmental problem worldwide in natural waters, the biodegradation is found to be the most efficient method for removing microcystins (MCs) produced by harmful cyanobacteria. Based on the isolation of a promising bacterial strain of Sphingopyxis sp. USTB-05 for biodegrading MCs, we for the first time cloned and expressed a gene USTB-05-A (HM245411) that is responsible for the first step in the biodegradation of microcystin LR (MC-LR) in E. coli DH5αup, with a cloning vector of pGEM-T easy and an expression vector of pGEX-4T-1, respectively. The cell-free extracts (CE) of recombinant E. coli DH5αup containing USTB-05-A had high activity for biodegrading MC-LR. The initial MC-LR concentration of 40 mg/L was completely biodegraded within 1 hr in the presence of CE with a protein concentration of 0.35 mg/mL. Based on an analysis of the liquid chromatogram-mass spectrum (LC-MS), the enzyme encoded by gene USTB-05-A was found to be active in cleaving the target peptide bond between 3-amino-9-methoxy-2,6, 8-trimethyl-10-phenyl-deca-4,6-dienoic acid (Adda) and arginine of MC-LR, and converting cyclic MC-LR to linear MC-LR as a first product that is much less toxic than parent MC-LR, which offered direct evidence for the first step on the pathway of MC-LR biodegradation by Sphingopyxis sp. USTB-05.     

Contamination by persistent toxic substances in surface sediment of urban rivers in Chaohu City, China

The concentration and spatial distribution of persistent toxic substances (PTS) in the river sediment in Chaohu City, China were investigated. A total of nine surface sediments were collected and the selected PTS pollutants including six heavy metals and nineteen polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were analyzed. The mean heavy metal concentrations (in mg/kg, dry weight) ranged within 0.18-1.53 (Hg), 50.08-200.18 (Cu), 118.70-313.65 (Zn), 50.77-310.85 (Cr), 37.12-92.72 (Pb) and 13.29-197.24 (As), and Cu, Zn and As have been regarded as the main metal pollutants. The levels of PBDEs (1.2-12.1 ng/g) and BDE-209 (2.4-30.5 ng/g) were at the middle level of the global range. BDE-209 was the predominant congener (67.0%-85.7%), which agrees with the fact that technical deca-BDE mixtures are the dominant PBDE formulation in China. The relative high level of PTS pollutants in the western part of the city is probably owing to the intensive agricultural activities and lack of sewerage system there. The ecological risk assessment with the sediment quality guidelines (SOGs) indicates that the urban river sediments in the city have been heavily contaminated by heavy metals with probable ecotoxicological impacts on freshwater organisms and the main toxic pollutants are Hg and As. The results of current study imply that the city, and perhaps many other small cities in China as well, requires immediate pollution control measures with emphasis on not only conventional organic pollutants but also on PTS such as heavy metals and PBDEs.     

膜生物反应器处理高浓度含酚废水研究

将膜生物反应器(MBR)用于高浓度含酚废水的处理中,探讨了进水中苯酚浓度、水力停留时间和污泥浓度对膜生物反应器处理含酚废水效果的影响。实验结果表明:经过42d驯化后,可以在高浓度含酚废水中正常运行,MBR系统对COD和氨氮的去除率分别可达98%和80.6%。当苯酚浓度为134mg/L时,处理的最佳水力停留时间为3h,最佳污泥浓度(MLSS)为7367mg/L。     

The short-chain perfluorinated compounds PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA, disrupt human mesenchymal stem cell self-renewal and adipogenic differentiation

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) are commonly used in industrial processes and daily life products. Because they are persistent, they accumulate in the environment, wildlife and humans. Although many studies have focused on two of the most representative PFASs, PFOS and PFOA, the potential toxicity of short-chain PFASs has not yet been given sufficient attention. We used a battery of assays to evaluate the toxicity of several four-carbon and six-carbon perfluorinated sulfonates and carboxyl acids (PFBS, PFHxS, PFBA and PFHxA), with a human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) system. Our results demonstrate significant cyto- and potential developmental toxicity for all the compounds analyzed, with shared but also distinct mechanisms of toxicity. Moreover, the effects of PFBS and PFHxS were stronger than those of PFBA and PFHxA, but occurred at higher doses compared to PFOS or PFOA.     

Effects of soil properties on production and bioaccumulation of methylmercury in rice paddies at a mercury mining area, China

Rice paddy soil is recognized as the hotspot of mercury(Hg) methylation, which is mainly a biotic process mediated by many abiotic factors. In this study, effects of key soil properties on the production and bioaccumulation of Hg and methylmercury(MeHg) in Hg-contaminated rice paddies were investigated. Rice and soil samples were collected from the active Hg smelting site and abandoned Hg mining sites(a total of 124 paddy fields) in the Wanshan Mercury Mine, China. Total Hg(THg) and MeHg in soils and rice grains, together with sulfur(S),selenium(Se), organic matter(OM), nitrogen(N), phosphorus(P), mineral compositions(e.g., SiO_2, Al_2O_3 and Fe_2O_3) and pH in soils were quantified. The results showed that long-term Hg mining activities had resulted in THg and MeHg contaminations in soil-rice system. The newly-deposited atmospheric Hg was more readily methylated relative to the native Hg already in soils, which could be responsible for the elevated MeHg levels in soils and rice grains around the active artificial Hg smelting site. The MeHg concentrations in soils and rice grains showed a significantly negative relationship with soil N/Hg, S/Hg and OM/Hg ratio possibly due to the formation of low-bioavailability Hg–S(N)–OM complexes in rhizosphere. The Hg–Se antagonism undoubtedly occurred in soil-rice system, while its role in bioaccumulation of MeHg in the MeHg-contaminated rice paddies was minor. However, other soil properties showed less influence on the production and bioaccumulation of MeHg in rice paddies located at the Wanshan Mercury Mine zone.