Organic nitrogen in precipitation across the United Kingdom

The concentration of water-soluble organic nitrogen (WSON) in precipitation has been measured at seven sites across the United Kingdom, over a period of 1–2 years, using protocols developed in a pilot study. Samples were collected over 1–2 weeks in continuously open funnels made of stainless steel, draining to a glass bottle, and were preserved during and after collection by the addition of thymol. After chemical analysis, samples were excluded from the long-term average if they showed signs of contamination (significant concentrations of K⁺ or PO₄ ^3?). Two methods of measuring total dissolved N were used, persulphate oxidation and high-temperature chemiluminescence. The latter generally gave the larger values, and has been used to asses the organic component of dissolved N. The long-term data set confirms the original results from the pilot study—organic N contributes between 24 and 40% to the total annual wet deposition of dissolved N across the United Kingdom. The fraction of WSON was greatest at western sites, and was strongly correlated with ammonium concentrations. However, the seasonal pattern across all sites showed a late spring maximum for ammonium and nitrate, but a late summer maximum for WSON. The magnitude of the contribution of WSON to wet-deposited N has implications for the setting and assessment of critical loads for N deposition.     

Impact of Land Use on Soluble Organic Nitrogen in Soil

Although it has been hypothesized that soluble organic nitrogen (SON) plays a central role in regulating productivity in some terrestrial ecosystems, the factors controlling the size of the SON pool in soil remain poorly understood. Therefore our principal aim in this work was to assess the impact of seven different land use systems (rough and managed grassland, deciduous and coniferous woodland, heathland, wetland and tilled land) on the size of the SON and inorganic N (NO ₃ ^– , NH ₄ ⁺ ) pools in the surface soil layer (0–15 cm). After extraction with deionised water, we found that in most cases the size of the water extractable organic N (WEON) pool was similar in size to the inorganic N pool. In contrast, the KCl extractable organic N (KClEON) pool constituted the dominant form of soluble N in soils under all land uses, perhaps indicating that significant amounts were held on the soil exchange phase. In contrast to inorganic N, which varied significantly with land use, the size of the KClEON and WEON pool was similar for all land uses with the exception of KClEON in tilled land, where significantly lower amounts were observed. We conclude that SON constitutes an important soil N pool in a broad range of land uses, and that its role in microbial N assimilation, plant nutrition and ecosystem responses to atmospheric N deposition warrants further attention. SAFRD, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.     

废水中难降解有机物的高级氧化技术

综述了近年来废水难降解有机污染物的高级氧化处理技术,主要包括化学氧化、电化学氧化、湿空气氧化、超临界水氧化及光催化氧化技术等。介绍了各种处理技术的基本原理及研究进展,并对其特点进行了评述。     

电化学法去除水中氯代有机化合物的研究进展

氯代有机化合物难降解、环境危害性极大,对氯代有机化合物的污染进行治理已成为水污染控制的重要课题。介绍了直接电化学氧化法、间接电化学氧化法、直接电化学还原法和间接电化学还原法用于水中氯代有机化合物处理的机理、研究现状;总结了电化学法去除氯代有机化合物的影响因素,同时指出电化学法在实际应用中存在的问题,并展望了氯代有机化合物电化学处理技术的应用前景。     

电化学氧化处理生物难降解有机废水的研究进展

综述了电化学氧化技术的特点,通过电极材料、溶液pH、溶液中的离子等方面阐述了电化学氧化的作用机理和运行的最佳反应条件,并简单介绍电化学氧化与其他高级氧化、催化技术的协同作用,同时对今后的研究方向提出展望.     

超声强化高级氧化技术降解水中有机污染物的研究进展

介绍了用于降解水中有机污染物的超声强化技术,分析了超声与臭氧氧化、Fenton试剂氧化和光催化氧化等高级氧化技术联用的机理,综述了这些联用技术在降解有机污染物方面的研究进展,并展望了超声强化高级氧化技术的发展前景。     

挥发性有机化合物处理技术的研究进展

简要介绍了挥发性有机化合物（VOCs）的来源、危害以及控制的意义,对VOCs现有处理技术从回收方法和消除方法两个方面进行了详细评述,并指出其优势和不足。同时,着重阐述了光催化氧化法以及变压吸附技术的研究进展,并提出了进一步研究的方向。     

国外超临界水氧化法在有机危险废物处理上的应用

介绍了以超临界水为反应介质的超临界水氧化法的特点及其在处理多氯联苯、二恶英等有机危险废物中的应用。     

兼氧技术应用于有机污泥的处理

应用兼氧技术处理有机污泥，对处理过程中挥发性脂肪酸的生成、N元素的变化、兼氧微生物的种群进行了检测，结果表明，有机污泥经过24h兼氧反应后，污泥中的有机物得到降解，酸化反应生成了质量浓度的2531mg/L的乙酸；系统中NH3－N含量略有上升；兼氧反应过程中的微生物以异养型的产酸细菌为优势菌种。污泥被水解酸化后回流到废水处理系统，系统基本无剩余污泥排放。     

The Relative Influences of Primary and Secondary Particulates to Urban Air Quality in the United Kingdom

This study uses a combination of data from U.K. monitoringstations and from modelling undertaken with the U.K.Meteorological Office's NAME Model to investigate therelative influences of primary and secondary particulateson total PM₁₀ levels at sites in the United Kingdom. Co-located PM₁₀ and sulphate aerosol measurementsindicate that sulphate has a disproportionately largeinfluence on the variation of PM₁₀ levels incomparison to its contribution to their total mass.Comparisons of measured PM₁₀ at urban centre, roadsideand rural sites suggest that local primary sources havevery little influence on daily mean levels. NAME has beenused to model both primary particles and sulphate aerosolfrom sources across the whole of Europe. The discrepanciesbetween modelled and observed PM₁₀ suggest that coarseparticles, such as windblown dust and resuspended roaddust,may comprise a very large, if not dominant, proportion ofobserved PM₁₀ levels. The apparently minor role ofprimary particles (especially locally-sourced ones) raisesa number of issues regarding the suitability of current U.K.and European legislation to addressing the particle problem.     

白腐真菌用于有机废水处理的研究

介绍了对污染物有独特降解作用的白腐真菌,阐述了其降解污染物的机理和优势。利用该菌对几种难以用一般生物方法处理的工业废水进行了处理试验,试验结果表明,这种真菌对多种污染物有良好的降解性能,显示出广阔的应用前景。     

An Overview of Sediment Organic Matter Records of Human Eutrophication in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region

The isotopic and molecular compositions of organic matter buried in lake sediments provide information that helps to reconstruct past environmental conditions and to assess impacts of humans on local ecosystems. This overview of sedimentary records from the North American Great Lakes region describes examples of applications of organic geochemistry to paleolimnological reconstructions. These lakes experienced a succession of human-induced environmental changes that started after completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Agricultural deforestation in the mid-nineteenth century released soil nutrients that increased algal productivity and caused an associated increase in algal biomarkers in sediment records. Eutrophication that accompanied magnified delivery of municipal nutrients to the lakes in the 1960s and 1970s created excursions to less negative δ¹³C values in sediment organic matter. Increased organic carbon mass accumulation rates mirror the isotopic evidence of eutrophication in the Great Lakes.     

Investigating the Uncertainties in the Simple Mass Balance Equation for Acidity Critical Loads for Terrestrial Ecosystems in the United Kingdom

The Simple Mass Balance (SMB)equation has been developed and used as one ofthe principal methods for calculating criticalloads of acidity for forest ecosystems. Criticalloads have formed the basis for informing policyrelated to the control and abatement of emissionsof acidifying pollutants. The SMB equationrelies on a variety of assumptions and dataderived from a variety of sources. Each of thesecomponent constituents has a potential source oferror depending on the method(s) used for theirderivation and the value(s) assigned. The resultis the possibility of generating a range ofcritical load values for a single ecosystem. This paper summarises the SMB equation, examinesthe uncertainties in deriving input values andreviews other works on the key assumptions.     

自来水厂常规净水工艺除有机污染物效果的监测

采用ＧＣ－ＭＳ／ＣＯＭＰ技术对宁波梅林水厂姚江水源水及各净水工序出水中的有机污染物进行了监测,结果表明,姚江水中主要有机污染物为苯系物、多环芳烃、染料及中间体等,水厂现有的常规净水工艺对上述有机污染物的去除率较低。     

Atmospheric Deposition of Reactive Nitrogen on Turf Grassland in Central Japan: Comparison of the Contribution of Wet and Dry Deposition

The atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen on turf grassland in Tsukuba, central Japan, was investigated from July 2003 to December 2004. The target components were ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite ions for wet deposition and gaseous ammonia, nitric and nitrous acids, and particulate ammonium, nitrate, and nitrite for dry deposition. Organic nitrogen was also evaluated by subtracting the amount of inorganic nitrogen from total nitrogen. A wet-only sampler and filter holders were used to collect precipitation and the atmospheric components, respectively. An inferential method was applied to calculate the dry deposition velocity of gases and particles, which involved the effects of surface wetness and ammonia volatilization through stomata on the dry deposition velocity. The mean fraction of the monthly wet to total deposition was different among chemical species; 37, 77, and 1% for ammoniacal, nitrate-, and nitrite-nitrogen, respectively. The annual deposition of inorganic nitrogen in 2004 was 47 and 48 mmol m⁻² yr⁻¹ for wet and dry deposition, respectively; 51% of atmospheric deposition was contributed by dry deposition. The annual wet deposition in 2004 was 20, 27, and 0.07 mmol m⁻² yr⁻¹, and the annual dry deposition in 2004 was 35, 7.4, and 5.4 mmol m⁻² yr⁻¹ for ammoniacal, nitrate-, and nitrite-nitrogen, respectively. Ammoniacal nitrogen was the most important reactive nitrogen because of its remarkable contribution to both wet and dry deposition. The median ratio of the organic nitrogen concentration to total nitrogen was 9.8, 17, and 15% for precipitation, gases, and particles, respectively.