不同形态铁盐的除磷效果

研究不同铁盐存在形态的铁盐类混凝剂,即三氯化铁(离子态铁)、聚合氯化铁(聚合态铁)和氢氧化铁(凝胶态铁),在混凝除磷性能方面的差异。以城市污水厂的二级出水为实验水样,进行混凝除磷性能研究。结果表明,二级出水总磷为1.74 mg/L,离子态铁投加量为40 mg/L时,对总磷的去除率为90%,混凝处理后上清液总磷可达《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)中的一级A标准,聚合态铁对总磷的去除率为62%,凝胶态氢氧化铁的总磷去除率为59%,混凝处理后上清液总磷均不能满足GB18918-2002中的一级A标准。离子态氯化铁对污水厂二级出水的除磷效果优于聚合态,即铁离子的聚合形态会影响其除磷效果。     

曝气对电解除磷的影响研究

针对高浓度含磷废水,重点分析了电解除磷工艺中曝气对磷去除率、pH、电导率、电极钝化的影响.结果表明:(1)在电流密度为20 mA/cm2、磷初始质量浓度为200 mg/L,初始pH为5.5～6.5的条件下,当曝气量为1.0、1.5、2.0 L/min时,60 min内磷去除率均接近100%,而且出水中未检测出磷,符合<污水综合排放标准>(GB 8978-1996)中一级标准,30～40 min内,磷去除率达到了95%以上,磷残余质量浓度小于10 mg/L,相比未曝气的情况,磷去除率有了显著提高;(2)在电流密度为20 mA/cm2、磷初始质量浓度为200 mg/L、初始pH约为3的条件下,曝气溶液的pH在前30 min呈上升趋势.30 rain后趋于平缓,最终停留在8左右;(3)在电流密度为20 mA/cm2、磷初始质量浓度为200 mg/L、初始pH约为3的条件下,曝气溶液的电导率在整个电解除磷过程中先逐步下降,30～40 min后逐步趋于稳定;(4)曝气对于抑制电极钝化、提高磷去除率有着显著效果.     

A/A/O工艺脱氮除磷运行效果分析

为提高城市污水处理厂科学运行管理水平和出水质量,通过对某污水处理厂污水处理工艺的沿程采样分析,对比分析了A/A/O工艺脱氮除磷效果与工艺运行控制参数之间的相关关系。结果表明,A/A/O工艺对总氮去除率为83.2%,出水中氮的形态主要为硝酸盐氮;出水中总磷浓度基本达到一级A标准,总磷去除率在86.3%以上;缺氧段具有明显...     

射流曝气周期活性污泥法脱氮除磷研究

针对零星居民点的污水处理,开发了射流曝气周期活性污泥法工艺.它是一种连续进水、周期性间歇曝气的改良型SBR工艺,也是一种时间程序和空间程序相结合的污水处理工艺,具有良好的脱氮除磷效果.试验表明,在水力负荷4 m3/d,曝气周期为每2 h曝气15 min、静置105 min的条件下,出水COD为48.8～53.5 mg/L,去除率达79.4%～80.5%;出水TN为2.81～3.98 mg/L,去除率达82.4%～89.4%;出水NH3-N为0.36～0.78 mg/L,去除率高达96.4%～98.4%;出水TP为0.63～1.18 mg/L,去除率为67.2%～78.9%,均可达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB 18918-2002)中的一级B排放标准.     

改性生物质炭与聚磷菌联合去除废水中的磷

为了探索改性生物质炭与聚磷菌联合去除废水中磷的效果,将铁改性生物质炭以及聚磷菌投加入序批式废水处理装置中,间隙进水,间隔一定时间测定水中磷浓度随时间变化,并探讨不同水力停留时间、进水COD浓度以及初始磷浓度对联合除磷的影响。研究结果表明,铁改性生物质炭和聚磷菌联用能高效去除废水中磷,在30℃、水力停留时间6 h、COD浓度280 mg·L-1、初始磷浓度5 mg·L-1并且持续曝气条件下,联合除磷效果最优,其磷去除率可达97.94% 。铁改性生物质炭和聚磷菌联合能有效去除废水中磷,为废水除磷提供了新技术。     

A2/O污水处理工艺化学强化除磷研究

北京某污水处理厂采用A²/O生物除磷工艺,其除磷效果远没有达到我国《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》（GB18918-2002）一级标准磷酸盐（P计）≤1.0 mg/L的要求。通过投加混凝剂的化学沉淀法强化对磷的去除,明显提高了该工艺的除磷效果,可以使其出水总磷满足排放标准的要求,加药点位置选择在初沉池出水口。此外,曝气池中各反应单元的溶解氧基本满足设计要求,并且确定了内回流比为200%,外回流比的调控范围为40%～60%。研究表明,新型聚合铝铁对总磷的去除率远大于三氯化铁,当投药量为55 mg/L时,二沉池出水总磷稳定在0.8 mg/L左右。     

A2/O污水处理工艺化学强化除磷研究

北京某污水处理厂采用A2/O生物除磷工艺,其除磷效果远没有达到我国《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》（GB18918-2002）一级标准磷酸盐（P计）≤1.0 mg/L的要求。通过投加混凝剂的化学沉淀法强化对磷的去除,明显提高了该工艺的除磷效果,可以使其出水总磷满足排放标准的要求,加药点位置选择在初沉池出水口。此外,曝气池中各反应单元的溶解氧基本满足设计要求,并且确定了内回流比为200%,外回流比的调控范围为40%～60%。研究表明,新型聚合铝铁对总磷的去除率远大于三氯化铁,当投药量为55 mg/L时,二沉池出水总磷稳定在0.8 mg/L左右。     

间歇曝气SBR工艺脱氮除磷试验研究

采用间歇曝气序批式反应器(SBR)工艺,通过曝气时间、交替次数的调整对该系统的脱氮除磷效果进行了研究,最终将工艺确定为厌氧1.5 h、好氧1.0 h、缺氧1.0 h、好氧20 min、缺氧1.0 h、好氧20 min.同时进行批式试验,对不同阶段的反硝化除磷菌(DPAOs)占除磷菌(PAOs)的比例进行了计算.结果表明:该系统与最初的厌氧/好氧SBR相比节省了44%的曝气量,且对COD、总氮、氨氮和磷的去除率分别达88%、89%、100%和100%,系统中DPAOs所占比例为39%.     

曝气生物滤池与地下渗滤系统工艺脱氮除磷

以生活污水为研究对象,考查了曝气生物滤池和地下渗滤系统组合工艺脱氮除磷的性能。工艺运行过程中,曝气生物滤池只考虑COD和氨氮的去除,把总氮和总磷的去除分离到地下渗滤系统中。实验结果表明,曝气生物滤池和地下渗滤系统组合工艺有良好的脱氮除磷能力。滤速为0.6 m·h-1,气水比为5：1,反冲洗周期为7 d时,曝气生物滤池达到最佳运行状态,对COD、氨氮、TN、TP的去除率分别达到85.3%、83.5%、30%、56%。为了提高TN、TP的去除率,地下渗滤系统采用间歇的方式运行,每个周期连续进水12 h,放空12 h,进水为曝气生物滤池出水,水力负荷为5 cm·h-1,对COD、氨氮、TN、TP的去除率分别达到41.3%、62.8%、81.3%、82%。     

某城市污水处理厂废水化学除磷沉淀特性及影响因素

通过对西安市某污水处理厂进水、厌氧池上清液、二沉池出水、污泥浓缩水、污泥脱水进行FeCI3·6H2O、PAC除磷实验,并以FeCI3·6H2O为沉淀剂对厌氧池上清液从pH、Fe/P摩尔比、腐殖酸、挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)等因素进行批次实验分析磷去除状况.实验显示,三氯化铁、PAC对进水除磷效果不佳,厌氧池上清液用FeCI3·6H2O为沉淀剂时磷去除率较低,二沉池出水、污泥浓缩水以及污泥脱水用FeCI3·6H2O、PAC时其正磷去除率均可达到80%左右.通过对比不同pH值、Fe/P摩尔比、腐殖酸和VFA浓度对厌氧池上清液除磷效果的影响,结果表明,在pH=4~5,Fe/P=1.3时磷的去除效果达到78%以上,腐殖酸浓度对磷去除率影响不大,VFA在低于10 mg/L和高于60 mg/L时对磷去除率影响较大.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Radionuclides in pinon pine (Pinus edulis) nuts from los alamos national laboratory lands and the dose from consumption

Abstract

One of the dominant tree species growing within and around the eastern portion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, lands is the pinon pine (Pinus edulis). Pinon pine is used for firewood, fence posts, and building materials and is a source of nuts for food—the seeds are consumed by a wide variety of animals and are also gathered by people in the area and eaten raw or roasted. This study investigated the (1) concentration of ³H, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^{239, 240}Pu, and²⁴¹ Am in soils (0‐ to 12‐in. [31 cm] depth underneath the tree), pinon pine shoots (PPS), and pinon pine nuts (PPN) collected from LANL lands and regional background (BG) locations, (2) committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) from the ingestion of nuts, and (3) soil to PPS to PPN concentration ratios (CRs). Most radionuclides, with the exception of ³H in soils, were not significantly higher (p < 0.10) in soils, PPS, and PPN collected from LANL as compared to BG locations, and concentrations of most radionuclides in PPN from LANL have decreased over time. The maximum net CEDE (the CEDE plus two sigma minus BG) at the most conservative ingestion rate (10 lb [4.5 kg]) was 0.0018 mrem (0.018 μSv); this is far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem (1000 μSv). Soil‐to‐nut CRs for most radionuclides were within the range of default values in the literature for common fruits and vegetables.     

Degradation and sorption of imidacloprid in dissimilar surface and subsurface soils

Degradation and sorption/desorption are important processes affecting the leaching of pesticides through soil. This research characterized the degradation and sorption of imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)-methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) in Drummer (silty clay loam) and Exeter (sandy loam) surface soils and their corresponding subsurface soils using sequential extraction methods over 400 days. By the end of the incubation, approximately 55% of imidacloprid applied at a rate of 1.0 mg kg^?1 degraded in the Exeter sandy loam surface and subsurface soils, compared to 40% of applied imidacloprid within 300 days in Drummer surface and subsurface soils. At the 0.1 mg kg^?1 application rate, dissipation was slower for all four soils. Water-extractable imidacloprid in Exeter surface soil decreased from 98% of applied at day 1 to > 70% of the imidacloprid remaining after 400 d, as compared to 55% in the Drummer surface soil at day 1 and 12% at day 400. These data suggest that imidacloprid was bioavailable to degrading soil microorganisms and sorption/desorption was not the limiting factor for biodegradation. In subsurface soils > 40% of ¹⁴C-benzoic acid was mineralized over 21 days, demonstrating an active microbial community. In contrast, cumulative ¹⁴CO₂ was less than 1.5% of applied ¹⁴C-imidacloprid in all soils over 400 d. Qualitative differences in the microbial communities appear to limit the degradation of imidacloprid in the subsurface soils.