Characteristics of styrene degradation by Rhodococcus pyridinovorans isolated from a biofilter

A novel strain (PYJ-1) of Rhodococcus pyridinovorans that was isolated from a biofilter was able to degrade styrene at a maximum rate of 0.16 mg (mg protein)(-1) h(-1) in batch culture at 97 mg l(-1) of initial styrene gas concentration. The optimum pH and temperature for styrene degradation were 7 and 32 degrees C, respectively. The degradation kinetic constants were obtained using substrate inhibition kinetics. In a perlite-packed biofilter the maximum styrene removal rate by the strain was 279 gm(-3)h(-1). Styrene removal in the biofilter was more sensitive to the temperature than in the batch culture.     

膜萃取技术回收浓缩废水中的邻甲苯胺

采用均质硅橡胶膜构建了卷绕式膜组件,以盐酸溶液为萃取液回收浓缩废水中的邻甲苯胺。通过考察进水浓度、萃取液pH、温度、离子强度、进水流速等因素对去除过程及回收率的影响,探讨了采用膜萃取技术回收浓缩邻甲苯胺的条件与机制。结果表明:膜萃取技术可以将2 g/L的邻甲苯胺废水浓缩至约10 g/L,且随着料液浓度增加,邻甲苯胺回收率先增后降,过高的邻甲苯胺浓度可能会造成膜选择性下降;萃取液pH是影响回收率的重要因素之一,1≤pH≤2时污染物回收率高于95%;无机盐离子可以促进邻甲苯胺的回收,当盐离子含量超过10%时,回收率显著提高;进水流速在2~20 mL/min之间变化时,回收率先增后降,膜阻和解吸速率依次成为主要影响因素。该实验研究表明,膜萃取技术可以高效节能地的浓缩回收生产废水中的邻甲苯胺。     

Control of Malodors from Kraft Recovery Operations by Pyrolysis

The major source of malodorous emissions which emanate from kraft mills is the recovery furnace and its associated direct contact evaporator. The primary reasons for this problem are gross furnace overloading and/or inadequate design. Existing recovery furnaces are incapable of carrying out, to an acceptable degree of completion, the complex sequence of physical and chemical steps which describe combustion. These steps are evaporation, sublimination, pyrolysis, recombination, and oxidation. A simplified odor model is presented which establishes the constraints which must be placed on the combustion phase of the recovery operation if environmental concentrations of malodorous compounds are to be held below their respective threshold odor levels. The pyrolysis and recombination steps of combustion have been isolated for study because they encompass the reaction mechanisms responsible for malodorous compound production. The findings of the steady state pyrolysis study indicate that the optimization of pyrolysis appears to be a very desirable process technique for abating alodorous emissions from kraft mills. The comprehensive data obtained in the study has engendered the current design and construction efforts toward a pilot plant operation.     

Removal of NAPLs from the unsaturated zone using steam: prevention of downward migration by injecting mixtures of steam and air

Steam injection for remediation of porous media contaminated by nonaqueous phase liquids has been shown to be a potentially efficient technology. There is, however, concern that the technique may lead to downward migration of separate phase contaminant. In this work, a modification of the steam injection technology is presented, where a mixture of steam and air was injected. In two-dimensional experiments with unsaturated porous medium contaminated with nonaqueous phase liquids, it was demonstrated how injection of pure steam lead to severe downward migration. Similar experiments, where steam and air were injected simultaneously, resulted in practically no downward migration and still rapid cleanup was achieved. The processes responsible for the prevention of downward migration when injecting steam-air mixtures were analyzed using a nonisothermal multiphase flow and transport model. Hereby, three mechanisms were identified and it was demonstrated how the effectiveness of these mechanisms depended on the air-to-steam mixing ratio.     

絮凝法回收印染废水中的聚乙烯醇

采用絮凝法以硼酸为絮凝剂,硫酸同氢氧化钠反应形成的硫酸钠为盐析剂,对含聚乙烯醇的印染废水进行回收处理。通过检测絮凝后溶液中聚乙烯醇含量分析了硼酸投加量、硫酸投加量、温度和pH值等因素对其回收率的影响。结果表明,当硼酸投加量为0.5 g,硫酸投加量为5 mL,pH值为9,温度为50℃时,聚乙烯醇的回收率可达98.6%,且COD去除率为93%。     

耦合技术对炼化企业蒸汽吹扫废气的处理

为了解决炼化企业停车检修蒸汽吹扫废气难处理这一行业难题,采用喷淋水洗、膜分离、低温催化氧化组成的移动式废气处理技术,对某炼厂裂解重馏分罐蒸汽蒸煮和吹扫过程所产生废气进行处理。结果表明：进气非甲烷总烃浓度可达24 000 mg·m⁻³,温度为 80~95 ℃;尾气中非甲烷总烃指标全部低于12 mg·m⁻³,去除率达99%以上,烃类物质的回收率可达75%;喷淋单元的功能是降低废气温度,去除酸性气体并回收重质烃类;膜分离单元有效提升装置运行稳定性,提高有机物回收效率;低温催化技术可对不可凝烃类进行深度处理。该处理技术能够为困扰炼厂的停检修蒸汽吹扫废气的治理提供参考。     

造纸黑液酸析法回收木质素

研究了加酸沉淀回收碱法草浆黑液中木质素的工艺,探讨了酸浓度,温度,ｐＨ值及加酸速度对木质素回收量的影响,得出的最佳条件是：硫酸浓度为５０％,温度为４０℃￣５０℃,ｐＨ值为３．０左右,加酸速度以控制不使产生大量泡沫为准。在上述条件下,木质素的回收效果最佳。     

多效膜蒸馏技术浓缩回收废水中的二甲基亚砜

利用具有内部潜热回收功能的气隙式多效膜蒸馏(MEMD)组件对含二甲基亚砜(DMSO)的化纤废水进行了浓缩回收研究,考察了料液中DMSO浓度、进料流量、进料温度和膜侧进口温度对膜通量、造水比、分离因子和回收率的影响。结果表明,多效膜蒸馏可以将DMSO废水浓缩至200~300 g/L;初始浓度为6.2 g/L时,造水比和分离因子最高值分别为12.4和76.0;虽然膜通量、造水比和分离因子均随料液浓度增大而下降,但是当DMSO浓度达到200 g/L时,膜通量、造水比、分离因子仍分别高达3.74 L/(m2·h)、7.1、32.1;在整个浓缩过程中,回收率维持在99.6%以上;当DMSO废水浓缩达到150 g/L以上时,含有少量DMSO的渗透液可作为二次料液继续用MEMD过程浓缩。膜组件在连续运行的1个月内保持了良好的操作性能。该实验研究表明,多效膜蒸馏过程可以高效节能地浓缩回收化纤废水中的DMSO。     

氧化氨浸工艺回收硫化砷渣中的铜

对在(NH4)2S2O8-NH3-H2O体系中氧化浸出硫化砷渣(砷渣)中的铜进行热力学分析;讨论了浸出温度、c(NH3 )/c(NH4+)、液固比、浸出时间及总氨浓度对铜浸出率的影响,确定了从砷渣中回收铜最佳浸出工艺条件;采用XRD和SEM对浸出渣进行表征。结果表明,氧化氨浸回收铜工艺具有热力学可行性;在浸出温度35 ℃, c(NH3 )/c(NH4+)1:7,液固比6:1,浸出时间3 h,总氨浓度4 mol/L的条件下,铜的浸出率为70.74%;大量S0均匀分布在浸出渣中。     

汽爆秸秆高温固态发酵沼气的研究

沼气液态深层发酵及秸秆的物理、化学和生物预处理方式存在效率低、污染重等问题。为了解决这些问题,对蒸汽爆破预处理方式以及固态发酵在玉米秸秆沼气化中的应用进行了研究。秸秆经过蒸汽爆破预处理后,在50℃的高温条件下进行固态发酵沼气,甲烷产量达到138.2 mL/g TS。通过单因素实验优化,确定最佳发酵条件为：固液比1∶7,初始pH值7.5,接种量35%,NH₄HCO₃添加量0.04 g/g干汽爆秸秆,纤维素酶用量30 IU/g干汽爆秸秆,发酵温度50℃。在上述实验条件下,汽爆秸秆的甲烷产量提高至153.0 mL/g TS,是未汽爆秸秆的2.9倍。发酵后秸秆纤维素和半纤维素的降解率分别为59.86%和67.22%。因此,蒸汽爆破预处理有助于提高秸秆的产气量和降解率。高温固态发酵不仅可以缩短发酵延迟期,提高产气效率,而且发酵结束后不会产生大量废液,对环境友好。     

Preparation and characterisation of activated carbon from waste tea by physical activation using steam

ABSTRACT

In this study, the feasibility of preparing activated carbon from waste tea by physical activation using steam was investigated. The effects of activation temperature on yield and pore properties of the prepared activated carbon were studied. The yield decreased with increased activation temperature owing to the decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose. The specific surface area and pore volume of the activated carbon were estimated using the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller method, Langmuir equation, and t-plot method. The specific surface area and micropore volume increased with increases in activation temperature, as additional volatile materials were released. The specific surface area significantly decreased at first but slightly increased with increasing activation time. The maximum specific surface area reached 995 m²/g at an activation temperature of 800 °C with a water flow rate of 0.075 g/min and a constant hold time of 0.5 hr. According to the nitrogen adsorption isotherms, micropores mainly developed when the activation temperature was below 800 °C, and both micropores and mesopores developed when it was above 800 °C. The results showed that activation temperature significantly affected micropore and mesopore volumes, as well as the specific surface area of the activated carbon. Overall, waste tea was found to be an attractive raw material for producing low-cost activated carbon.

Implications: Every year, a large amount of waste tea is generated after extraction. The high carbon content of waste tea showed that it can be used as raw material to produce activated carbon. This study investigated the feasibility of preparing activated carbon from waste tea by physical activation using steam. Temperature and time were found to have clear effects on pore properties. Our proposed method and raw material are more environmentally friendly and involve low cost. Furthermore, this offers a potential solution to the problems of waste tea disposal and low-cost activated carbon production.     

Removal of volatile and semivolatile organic contamination from soil by air and steam flushing

A soil core, obtained from a contaminated field site, contaminated with a mixture of volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOC and SVOC) was subjected to air and steam flushing. Removal rates of volatile and semivolatile organic compounds were monitored during flushing. Air flushing removed a significant portion of the VOC present in the soil, but a significant decline in removal rate occurred due to decreasing VOC concentrations in the soil gas phase. Application of steam flushing after air flushing produced a significant increase in contaminant removal rate for the first 4 to 5 pore volumes of steam condensate. Subsequently, contaminant concentrations decreased slowly with additional pore volumes of steam flushing. The passage of a steam volume corresponding to 11 pore volumes of steam condensate reduced the total VOC concentration in the soil gas (at 20 degrees C) by a factor of 20 to 0.07 mg/l. The corresponding total SVOC concentration in the condensate declined from 11 to 3 mg/l. Declines in contaminant removal rates during both air and steam flushing indicated rate-limited removal consistent with the persistence of a residual organic phase, rate-limited desorption, or channeling. Pressure gradients were much higher for steam flushing than for air flushing. The magnitude of the pressure gradients encountered during steam flushing for this soil indicates that, in addition to rate-limited contaminant removal, the soil permeability (2.1 x 10(-9) cm2) would be a limiting factor in the effectiveness of steam flushing.     

Recovery of hydrogen and removal of nitrate from water by electrocoagulation process

The present study provides an optimization of electrocoagulation process for the recovery of hydrogen and removal of nitrate from water. In doing so, the thermodynamic, adsorption isotherm, and kinetic studies were also carried out. Aluminum alloy of size 2 dm² was used as anode and as cathode. To optimize the maximum removal efficiency, different parameters like effect of initial concentration, effect of temperature, pH, and effect of current density were studied. The results show that a significant amount of hydrogen can be generated by this process during the removal of nitrate from water. The energy yield calculated from the hydrogen generated is 3.3778 kWh/m³. The results also showed that the maximum removal efficiency of 95.9 % was achieved at a current density of 0.25 A/dm², at a pH of 7.0. The adsorption process followed second-order kinetics model. The adsorption of NO ₃ ^? preferably fitting the Langmuir adsorption isotherm suggests monolayer coverage of adsorbed molecules. Thermodynamic studies showed that adsorption was exothermic and spontaneous in nature. The energy yield of generated hydrogen was ~54 % of the electrical energy demand of the electrocoagulation process. With the reduction of the net energy demand, electrocoagulation may become a useful technology to treat water associated with power production. The aluminum hydroxide generated in the cell removes the nitrate present in the water and reduced it to a permissible level making the water drinkable.     

Recovery from acidification in Swedish forest streams

Sulphur deposition in Sweden has decreased to less than half of the levels recorded in 1970 and now signs of recovery from acidification of surface waters are beginning to appear. We investigated time trends of water chemistry between 1985 and 1998 in 13 streams draining small forested catchments with generally shallow acid sensitive soils. At nine of the catchments, bulk deposition was monitored as well. Sulphate concentrations decreased in both stream water and deposition, although with somewhat smaller trends in stream water compared with deposition. The magnitude of the trends in sulphate increased from north to south, following a gradient of increasing industrial influence. Five sites in the southern half of the country showed weak signs of recovery from acidification in terms of increasing concentrations of acid neutralising capacity and decreasing concentrations of hydrogen ions, corresponding to annual increases of 0.01 pH units. Changes in stream discharge and concentrations of marine salts and organic acids could not explain the observed decrease in acidity and the results were interpreted as recovery from anthropogenic acidification. For the northern half of Sweden, any changes in water chemistry could be attributed to natural variation in climate and marine influence, and the effect of anthropogenic acidification was negligible.     

火力发电厂飞灰对抗生素磺胺的吸附性能

研究了吸附时间、飞灰用量、初始溶液pH和振荡频率等因素对飞灰吸附去除水溶液中磺胺的影响,并对其吸附机理进行了初步探讨。研究结果表明,飞灰用量增大有利于提高其对磺胺的吸附去除率。在25℃、振荡频率150 r/min、飞灰用量50 g/L、磺胺浓度4 mg/L条件下吸附10 min,磺胺的吸附去除率可达到92.8%。电厂飞灰对磺胺的吸附符合二级动力学模型,属于单分子层吸附。     

Production of hydrogen-rich gas from methane by thermal plasma reform

This study investigated the reforming characteristics and optimum operating condition of the high-temperature plasma torch (so called plasmatron) for hydrogen-rich gas (syngas) production. At the optimum condition, the composition of produced syngas was 45.4% hydrogen (H2), 6.9% carbon monoxide (CO), 1.5% carbon dioxide (CO2), and 1.1% acetylene (C2H2). The H2/CO ratio was 6.6, hydrogen yield was 78.8%, and the energy conversion rate was 63.6%. To obtain the optimum operating condition, parametric studies were carried out examining the effects of O2/CH4 ratio, steam/CH4 ratio, and Ni catalyst addition in reactor. When the steam/CH4 ratio was 1.23, the production of hydrogen was maximized and the methane conversion rate was 99.7%. The syngas composition was determined to be 50.4% H2, 5.7% CO, 13.8% CO2, and 1.1% C2H2. The H2/CO ratio was 9.7, hydrogen yield was 93.7%, and the energy conversion rate was 78.8%. Hydrogen production with catalyst was effective, compared with no catalyst.     

隔膜电解法回收利用电厂锅炉EDTA清洗废水研究

以涂Ir/Sn钛网板作阳极,以不锈钢网板作阴极,采用隔膜电解法处理电厂锅炉EDTA清洗废水.实验结果表明,电流、阴极电解液初始pH值和Fe/EDTA摩尔比对粉末铁析出速率影响较大,粉末铁电解析出的适宜条件是电解电流为1.0 A、阴极电解液初始pH值为5.6、阴极电解液Fe/EDTA摩尔比足够高.采用隔膜电解结合反渗透膜系统处理电厂锅炉EDTA清洗废水,可同时高效回收纳米级粉末铁和EDTA.     

膜电解法从模拟酸性蚀刻废液中回收铜粉

酸性蚀刻废液是一种印制电路板制作过程中产生的强酸、高铜的工业废水,对其回收利用具有较高的经济价值。采用膜电解法处理模拟酸性蚀刻废液,在阴极区回收铜粉。研究了铜粉的形成条件,考察了阴极液铜浓度、温度和电流密度对阴极电流效率的影响。结果表明,阴极液的铜浓度在20~25 g/L,温度为45~50℃,电流密度在11~12 A/dm2,阴极的电流效率最高。随着阴极液酸度的增加,铜粉的纯度提高,但阴极电效会降低。为保证较高的铜粉纯度及阴极电效,阴极液的酸度在0.32~0.36 mol/L为宜。     

基于间歇精馏回收废溶剂中二甲苯/醋酸丁酯

研究采用间歇精馏法从工业废溶剂油中回收二甲苯和醋酸丁酯,对预处理后的原料进行了间歇精馏工艺实验研究.考察了分离温度、时间和回流比等因素对分离效果的影响.结果表明:在最佳的工艺条件下,二甲苯和醋酸丁酯在馏出液中的含量均达到95%以上,收率分别达到62%和99.4%.基于物料衡算和相对挥发度建立了简捷有效间歇精馏数学模型,模型可较准确预测塔顶馏出物浓度变化.     

还原焙烧-酸浸回收电镀污泥中的铜

采用还原焙烧—酸浸工艺处理电镀污泥,可以实现对铜的选择性回收.研究了不同焙烧条件下,电镀污泥的失重率和金属含量,并探索了焙烧温度、焙烧时间、煤粉用量、CaCO3投加量对金属浸出率的影响.结果表明,还原焙烧有利于污泥减量和金属富集;并且经还原焙烧污泥中金属的浸出效果明显优于直接焙烧;在电镀污泥中添加10％(质量分数)的煤...