曝气强度对同时硝化反硝化（SND）脱氮过程中N2O排放的影响

为了控制污水脱氮中N2O排放,在不同曝气强度下研究了好氧硝化段同时硝化反硝化（SND）系统的N2O排放特性,并采用PCR—DGGE技术分析微生物群落特征。结果发现,随着曝气强度的增强,系统总氮去除率下降,但脱氮中N2O—N所占比例则上升,实验中从低到高3个曝气强度下,总氮去除率分别为80．01％、65．28％和58．62％,脱氮中N2O—N所占的比例为1．89％、7．84％和9．20％。PCR—DGGE分析显示,和低曝气强度下相比中、高曝气强度下系统微生物群落发生明显变化,但中曝气强度和高曝气强度下系统微生物群落表现出较高相似性。这表明,不同曝气强度下系统N2O排放受到氮素转化和微生物群落变化的影响。适宜曝气强度不仅提高总氮去除率,还可有效控制N2O排放。     

曝气强度对同时硝化反硝化（SND）脱氮过程中N2O排放的影响

为了控制污水脱氮中N2O排放,在不同曝气强度下研究了好氧硝化段同时硝化反硝化（SND）系统的N2O排放特性,并采用PCR—DGGE技术分析微生物群落特征。结果发现,随着曝气强度的增强,系统总氮去除率下降,但脱氮中N2O—N所占比例则上升,实验中从低到高3个曝气强度下,总氮去除率分别为80．01％、65．28％和58．62％,脱氮中N2O—N所占的比例为1．89％、7．84％和9．20％。PCR—DGGE分析显示,和低曝气强度下相比中、高曝气强度下系统微生物群落发生明显变化,但中曝气强度和高曝气强度下系统微生物群落表现出较高相似性。这表明,不同曝气强度下系统N2O排放受到氮素转化和微生物群落变化的影响。适宜曝气强度不仅提高总氮去除率,还可有效控制N2O排放。     

短程硝化过程中NO-2-N高效富集的工艺条件实验研究

针对厌氧氨氧化工艺需要提供充足的亚硝酸盐氮为电子受体的问题,利用培养基对SBR中具有一定短程硝化功能的污泥进行富集培养,得到氨氧化菌和亚硝酸盐氧化菌的数量之比为104︰1,并研究了工艺条件对短程硝化的影响,结果表明,适合氨氧化菌生长的最佳温度为30℃、pH为7.5、nHCO^-₃/nNH⁺₄-N值为1。以适合氨氧化菌生长的最佳环境条件优化SBR,在进水氨氮浓度为250 mg/L时,氨氮的转化率达到90％以上,亚硝酸盐氮积累率维持在85％以上,反应器中氨氧化菌与亚硝酸盐氧化菌的数量之比为10³∶1,亚硝酸盐的高效积累为厌氧氨氧化工艺处理高氨废水的过程提供了稳定的电子受体。     

温度对哑硝化及氧化哑氮释放的影响

采用批次实验的方法探讨了3种不同温度（15℃,25℃,35℃）对亚硝化及其过程中温室气体氧化亚氮释放情况。结果表明,温度对亚硝化过程及氧化亚氮的释放有显著影响。在15～35℃范围内,随着温度的升高,氨氧化率和亚硝化积累率逐渐升高,N2O释放量也逐渐增大,35℃可以作为适宜的亚硝化温度,平均氨氧化率为50．9％,亚硝化积累率为55．6％,NO-2-N与Nrl4-N出水浓度比为1．1,氨氧化率,亚硝化积累率和出水中亚硝氮与氨氮浓度比较合适,从而可以为厌氧氨氧化工艺提供合适的进水,但在此温度下平均N2O释放量相对较高,为1．494la,g／gMLSS。     

温度对亚硝化及氧化亚氮释放的影响

采用批次实验的方法探讨了3种不同温度(15℃,25℃,35℃)对亚硝化及其过程中温室气体氧化亚氮释放情况。结果表明,温度对亚硝化过程及氧化亚氮的释放有显著影响。在15～35℃范围内,随着温度的升高,氨氧化率和亚硝化积累率逐渐升高,N2O释放量也逐渐增大,35℃可以作为适宜的亚硝化温度,平均氨氧化率为50.9%,亚硝化积累率为55.6%,NO2--N与NH4+-N出水浓度比为1.1,氨氧化率,亚硝化积累率和出水中亚硝氮与氨氮浓度比较合适,从而可以为厌氧氨氧化工艺提供合适的进水,但在此温度下平均N2O释放量相对较高,为1.494μg/g MLSS。     

双重抑制下亚硝化系统的启动及运行特性

采用连续进水（feed-batch）方式的SBR,在高氨氮负荷（1 kg·（m3·d）-1）和双重抑制下实现了亚硝化系统的启动及稳定运行。采用荧光原位杂交技术（FISH）对活性污泥中氨氧化菌（AOB）和亚硝酸盐氧化菌（NOB）种群及数量变化进行测定。结果表明,在温度（35±1）℃,进水氨氮浓度为1 000 mg·L-1的条件下,对NOB的抑制由游离亚硝酸（FNA）和DO的双重抑制转变为游离氨（FA）和DO的双重抑制,污泥亚硝酸盐氧化速率由28.16 mg·（g·h）-1（以MLVSS计）降到0.3 mg·（g·h）-1（以MLVSS计）以下,成功实现了高氨氮废水的稳定亚硝化。反应器出水NO2--N平均浓度为466.45 mg·L-1,NO2--N/NH4+-N接近1,NO3--N浓度低于20 mg·L-1,满足厌氧氨氧化（ANAMMOX）的进水基质要求。FISH结果表明,富集培养阶段AOB、NOB的优势种属由亚硝化单胞菌属（Nitrosomonas）及硝化螺旋菌属（Nitrospira）转变为Nitrosomonas及硝化杆菌属（Nitrobacter）,抑制过程中NOB逐渐被淘汰,最终硝化菌以Nitrosomonas为主,从微生物学角度佐证了亚硝化的稳定运行。     

Quantifying the contribution of nitrification and denitrification to the nitrous oxide flux using 15N tracers

Microbial transformations of nitrification and denitrification are the main sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) from soils. Relative contributions of both processes to N2O emissions were estimated on an agricultural soil using 15N isotope tracers (15NH4+ or 15NO3-), for a 10-day batch experiment. Under unsaturated and saturated conditions, both processes were significantly involved in N2O production. Under unsaturated conditions, 60% of N-N2O came from nitrification, while denitrification contributed around 85-90% under saturated conditions. Estimated nitrification rates were not significantly different whatever the soil moisture content, whereas the proportion of nitrified N emitted as N2O changed from 0.13 to 2.32%. In coherence with previous studies, we interpreted this high value as resulting from the decrease in O2 availability through the increase in soil moisture content. It thus appears that, under limiting aeration conditions, some values for N2O emissions through nitrification could be underestimated.     

Combination of wet irrigation and nitrification inhibitor reduced nitrous oxide and methane emissions from a rice cropping system

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - To conserve water resources and guarantee food security, a new technology termed as “wet irrigation” is developed and practiced in rice...     

Unraveling the source of nitric oxide emission during nitrification.

Nitric oxide production was measured during nitrification in a laboratory-scale bioreactor, operated at conditions relevant to municipal nitrifying wastewater treatment plants. This study aims to determine which type of microorganism and which metabolic pathway is responsible for nitric oxide emission during nitrification. Simulation studies were used to identify which pathway is the main source of nitric oxide emission, based on the following three hypothetical pathways for nitric oxide emission: (a) nitrification, (b) denitrification by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria with ammonium as electron donor, and (c) heterotrophic denitrification. The results of the study suggest that, in a nitrifying reactor treating wastewater containing solely ammonium and nutrients, denitrification by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria is the main nitric-oxide-producing pathway. During the experiments, 0.025% of the treated ammonium is emitted as nitric oxide, independent of the aeration rate imposed. Nitrite presence and oxygen limitation were found to increase the nitric oxide emission.     

Determination of the nitrous oxide emission potential of deammonification under anoxic conditions

Various studies have been performed to determine nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from conventional biological nitrogen removal processes in wastewater treatment like nitrification and denitrification in the main stream. However, with respect to the overall emissions of a wastewater treatment plant, part-stream treatment for high-strength wastewater (e.g., sludge liquor) is also expected to hold a significant emission potential because of high concentrations and extreme boundary conditions. This paper presents results from a laboratory-scale study on nitrous oxide production by biomass from a deammonification process (nitritation + anammox) under anoxic conditions. It was discovered that N2O formation results from incomplete endogenous denitrification rather than anammox and is dependent on substrate availability. Based on direct measurements of the dissolved N2O concentrations in a sequencing batch reactor, the dynamic behavior of N2O production is characterized in more detail. The results show that, during anoxic conditions, the N2O emission potential of deammonification is significantly lower than from conventional denitrification.     

CANON工艺中不同NH4+-N浓度条件下N2O释放特征

在温度为（30±1）℃,以人工配置无机高氨氮废水为进水的条件下,采用序批式生物膜CANON反应器（陶粒为填料）,研究了不同NH4+-N浓度条件下,CANON工艺脱氮过程中N2O的释放特征。研究表明：通过控制NH4+-N浓度分别为200、300、400和500 mg·L-1,获得了84.69%、80.58%、78.16%和90.09%的TN去除率,对应的TN去除负荷分别为1.42、1.48、1.52、1.82 kg·(m3·d)-1,CANON反应器脱氮性能非常稳定;反应过程中,对应的N2O释放总量分别为6.44、10.34、13.45、19.53 mg,即随着初始NH4+-N浓度的增加,N2O的释放总量逐渐增加;而N2O的释放率虽然也有增加,但增加幅度并不显著,占TN损失的比例分别为6.06%、7.00%、7.06%、7.15%;在一个反应周期内,N2O与NO2--N均呈现先升高后降低的变化趋势,但无因果关系。CANON反应器产生大量N2O 的主要原因,并非源于NO2--N的积累,也与FNA无关,而是羟氨积累造成的。     

Mitigating nitrous oxide and methane emissions from soil in rice-wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic plain with nitrification and urease inhibitors

Mitigation of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soil is important to reduce the global warming. Efficacy of five nitrification inhibitors, i.e. neem (Azadirachta melia) cake, thiosulphate, coated calcium carbide, neem oil coated urea and dicyandiamide (DCD) and one urease inhibitor, hydroquinone, in mitigating N2O and CH4 emissions from fertilized soil was tested in rice-wheat system in the Indo-Gangetic plains. The closed chamber technique was used for the collection of gas samples, which were analyzed using gas chromatography. Reduction in N2O emission on the application of nitrification/urease inhibitors along with urea ranged from 5% with hydroquinone to 31% with thiosulphate in rice and 7% with hydroquinone to 29% with DCD in wheat crop. The inhibitors also influenced the emission of CH4. While application of neem coated urea, coated calcium carbide, neem oil and DCD reduced the emission of CH4; hydroquinone and thiosulphate increased the emission when compared to urea alone. However, the global warming potential was lower with the inhibitors (except hydroquinone) as compared to urea alone, suggesting that these substances could be used for mitigating greenhouse gas emission from the rice-wheat systems.     

Decomposition of nitrous oxide on pillared clays

Alumina-pillared smectites have been found to abate nitrous oxide in the presence of methane. The results indicate that the yield of the reaction (N20 --> N2 + (1/2)O2) increases when pillared clays are exchanged with transition metals, single-pass conversion rates of >70% being attainable. In particular, when double exchanged (calcium and subsequently copper) alumina pillared montmorillonite/beidellite is used as a catalyst, de-N2O activity reaches a maximum, which is maintained even after 4 h of work at a space velocity of 5.5 h(-1). A mechanism for the reaction is suggested, which implies that N2O is first adsorbed by the catalyst and then decomposes through two different paths: catalyst oxidation and catalyst reduction. Such a redox process explains the kinetic data.     

Atmospheric nitrous oxide: patterns of global change during recent decades and centuries

Data from weekly global measurements of nitrous oxide from 1981 to the end of 1996 are presented. The results show that there is more N2O in the northern hemisphere by about 0.7 +/- 0.04 ppbv, and the Arctic to Antarctic difference is about 1.2 +/- 0.1 ppbv. Concentrations at locations influenced by continental air are higher than at marine sites, showing the existence of large land-based emissions. For the period studied, N2O increased at an average rate of about 0.6 ppbv/year (approximately 0.2%/year) although there were periods when the rates were substantially different. Using ice core data, a record of N2O can be put together that goes back about 1000 years. It shows pre-industrial levels of about 287 +/- 1 ppbv and that concentrations have now risen by about 27 ppbv or 9.4% over the last century. The ice core data show that N2O started increasing only during the 20th century. The data presented here represent a comprehensive view of the present global distribution of N20 and its historical and recent trends.     

Intramolecular distribution of stable nitrogen and oxygen isotopes of nitrous oxide emitted during coal combustion

The intramolecular distribution of stable isotopes in nitrous oxide that is emitted during coal combustion was analyzed using an isotopic ratio mass spectrometer equipped with a modified ion collector system (IRMS). The coal was combusted in a test furnace fitted with a single burner and the flue gases were collected at the furnace exit following removal of SO(x), NO(x), and H2O in order to avoid the formation of artifact nitrous oxide. The nitrous oxide in the flue gases proved to be enriched in 15N relative to the fuel coal. In air-staged combustion experiments, the staged air ratio was controlled over a range of 0 (unstaged combustion), 20%, and 30%. As the staged air ratio increased, the delta15N and delta18O of the nitrous oxide in the flue gases became depleted. The central nitrogen of the nitrous oxide molecule, N(alpha), was enriched in 15N relative to that occupying the end position of the molecule, N(beta), but this preference, expressed as delta15N(alpha)-delta15N(beta), decreased with the increase in the staged air ratio. Thermal decomposition and hydrogen reduction experiments carried out using a tube reactor allowed qualitative estimates of the kinetic isotope effects that occurred during the decomposition of the nitrous oxide and quantitative estimates of the extent to which the nitrous oxide had decomposed. The site preference of nitrous oxide increased with the extent of the decomposition reactions. Assuming that no site preference exists in nitrous oxide before decomposition, the behavior of nitrous oxide in the test combustion furnace was analyzed using the Rayleigh equation based on a single distillation model. As a result, the extent of decomposition of nitrous oxide was estimated as 0.24-0.26 during the decomposition reaction governed by the thermal decomposition and as 0.35-0.38 during the decomposition reaction governed by the hydrogen reduction in staged combustion. The intramolecular distribution of nitrous oxide can be a valuable parameter to estimate the extent of decomposition reaction and to understand the reaction pathway of nitrous oxide at the high temperature.     

Effect of biochar on nitrous oxide emission and its potential mechanisms

Extensive use of biochar to mitigate nitrous oxide (N₂O) emission is limited by the lack of understanding on the exact mechanisms altering N₂O emission from biochar-amended soil. Biochars produced from rice straw and dairy manure at 350 and 500 °C by oxygen-limited pyrolysis were used to investigate their influence on N₂O emission. A quadratic effect of biochar levels was observed on the N₂O emissions. The potential mechanisms were explored by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). A lower relative abundance of bacteria, which included ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), was observed at 4% biochar application rate. Reduced copy numbers of the ammonia monooxygenase gene amoA and the nitrite reductase gene nirS coincided with decreased N₂O emissions. Therefore, biochar may potentially alter N₂O emission by affecting ammonia-oxidizing and denitrification bacteria, which is determined by the application rate of biochar in soil.

Implications:Biochar research has received increased interest in recent years because of the potential beneficial effects of biochar on soil properties. Recent research shows that biochar can alter the rates of nitrogen cycling in soil systems by influencing nitrification and denitrification, which are key sources of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O). However, there are still some controversial data. The purpose of this research was to (1) examine how applications of different dose of biochar to soil affect emission of N₂O and (2) improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms.     

曝气量对短程硝化过程中N2O产量的影响

采用敞开式SBR,分别研究曝气量为20、40、60和80 L·h-1工况下,短程硝化过程中溶解态N2O的逸出规律及N2O总产量。研究结果表明：曝气过程中溶解态N2O释放速率与曝气量及溶解态N2O浓度正相关,随着曝气量的增大,N2O释放速率-溶解态N2O浓度变化系数分别为0.001 5、0.002 4、0.003 5和0.004 3 s-1;在各种曝气量下的亚硝化过程中,溶解态N2O浓度呈先增加后减少现象变化;短程硝化反应时间随曝气量的增长而明显缩短;在亚硝化反应过程中溶解态N2O最大值及N2O总产量随着曝气量的增大而明显减小;曝气量由低到高,亚硝化率逐步降低,分别为99.6%、94.9%、92.2%和85.5%,N2O总产量分别为21.3、9.4、6.8和3.7 mg·L-1。低曝气量（20 L·h-1）下,N2O的产量远高于高曝气量（80 L·h-1）下的产量。中等强度曝气量（40 L·h-1、60 L·h-1）下,亚硝化过程既可以维持较高的亚硝化率,又可以有效地减少N2O总产量。     

硝化型曝气生物滤池的挂膜与启动

近年来,曝气生物滤池广泛应用于污水硝化过程中,硝化型曝气生物滤池应运而生。采用快速排泥挂膜法和自然挂膜法相结合的复合挂膜法,考察了进水是否含有机物对硝化型曝气生物滤池挂膜的影响。在19℃、HRT=55 min、出水DO=8 mg/L、进水NH4+-N约为50 mg/L的条件下,两滤池挂膜启动时间差异较大,进水不含有机物的1#滤池挂膜成功仅需18 d,当其运行稳定时NH4+-N的去除率达到100%;而进水含有机物的2#滤池挂膜成功需24 d,当其运行稳定时,COD和NH4+-N去除率分别为84.6%和91.2%。此结果表明,与含有机物的实际生活污水相比,采用不含有机物的模拟生活污水启动硝化型曝气生物滤池挂膜启动时间可缩短6 d,这主要是由于异氧菌产率系数比硝化菌大。