AOAB工艺处理难降解混合化工污水的挂膜启动

采用AOAB(水解酸化A1+生物接触氧化O+深度水解酸化A2+曝气生物滤池BAF)工艺处理难降解混合化工污水,重点研究工艺挂膜方式和生物膜的驯化。结果表明,采用分段连续式挂膜法进行反应器挂膜,20 d即可完成快速挂膜启动;采用分阶段同步培养驯化法驯化生物膜,30 d内可完成高浓度多组分混合化工污水进水的驯化,最终进水COD 1 456 mg/L,出水COD 324 mg/L,总去除率76.85%,驯化效果显著;整个工艺对COD的降解主要集中在生物接触氧化池和曝气生物滤池,驯化期间生物接触氧化池去除率稳定在40%左右,曝气生物滤池去除率稳定在50%以上。同时,通过对比一段水解酸化和深度水解酸化的VFA(挥发性脂肪酸)产出,表明在高有机负荷进水时,一段水解酸化降解大分子有机物的能力有限,但这些有机物可通过二段水解酸化再次降解,由此体现了AOAB工艺在处理多组分混合型的难降解化工污水的优势。     

煤制气废水处理中试试验研究

采用物理化学法和生物处理法相组合的方式,对河南某煤制气厂废水进行中试试验研究.生物处理段(SBR池和水解酸化池)接种污泥取自该煤制气厂废水生化处理池,通过逐步提高进水水量,约40 d后系统满负荷稳定运行.系统稳定运行后,各反应池出水水质稳定,最终出水COD、氨氮分别为77、3.1 mg/L,总去除率均达到98%以上;挥发酚、色度分别稳定在0.08 mg/L、40倍左右,总去除率均达到99%以上.     

旁路微氧池污泥停留时间对污泥减量化的影响

研究了新型工艺——侧流式旁路微氧污泥减量工艺在不同微氧污泥停留时间下的污泥减量效果,监测了COD去除率、污泥产率和污泥性能的变化,并探索了微氧污泥回流后曝气池内兼性菌溶胞过程。结果表明,新工艺COD去除率高于传统工艺,但随停留时间延长而降低,微氧污泥停留3 d时高达93.59%,11 d时降至89.25%;新工艺表观污泥产率(MLSS/COD)低于传统工艺,其降幅随停留时间延长而增大,停留时间由3 d延长到11 d,降幅由50.14%升到58.59%;回流后第4小时,曝气池内COD骤然上升,MLSS和MLVSS都大幅度增加,推断此时为曝气池内兼性菌大量溶胞时间点;新工艺SVI值低于传统工艺,MLVSS/MLSS值高于传统工艺,改善了污泥沉降性能,提高了污泥活性。综合考虑COD去除率和污泥产率等方面后,确定新工艺微氧池的最佳污泥停留时间为3 d。     

A-O工艺污泥疏水比率与污泥活性的关系

通过A-O工艺对印染废水的降解处理,研究了不同污泥活性下微生物疏水比率和COD去除率的变化规律.结果表明,污泥活性指标ATP浓度与微生物疏水性之间存在一定关系,并对COD去除率产生一定的影响.缺氧污泥的活性指标ATP浓度在0.38～0.77 mg/L范围时,污泥微生物的疏水性最好且疏水比率最高值为84％,COD的去除率最高,为70.01％;好氧污泥的活性指标ATP浓度在0.86～2.17 mg/L范围时,污泥微生物的疏水性最好,疏水比率最高值为75％,COD的去除率最高为96.2％.     

水解酸化/好氧生化/Fenton氧化工艺处理制药废水的研究

进行了"水解酸化/好氧生化/Fenton氧化"工艺处理制药废水的试验研究,研究表明,该工艺的处理效果显著.水温为45～55℃时,经过16～20 h的水力停留时间,水解酸化可将废水的B/C比提高至0.30～0.35;好氧生化选用AB法,2～3 h曝气后的A段COD去除率可达到65%以上,7～9 h曝气后的B段COD去除率可达到40%以上;经过5～6 h的Fenton反应后,出水水质指标符合一级排放标准的要求.     

水解酸化-AMBBR-好氧组合工艺的启动过程研究

对现有污水处理厂进行工艺优化,提出新的脱氮组合工艺——水解酸化-AMBBR-好氧工艺,并研究该工艺的启动过程。采用单池驯化培养的方式,同时启动了水解酸化池、缺氧移动床生物膜反应器（AMBBR）和好氧池,重点就水解酸化池和AMBBR的启动进行详细介绍。结果表明,水解酸化反应器采用投泥启动,小流量进水,逐渐增大流量的方式,可以在15 d之内完成启动,出水清澈;AMBBR宜采用好氧启动,微氧运行的方式,挂膜时间短,膜的更新速度快;组合工艺串联后,在较短的时间内,COD的去除率可达到80%,NH₃-N的去除率达到70%以上;启动污泥和污水回流后,填料很快适应水质水量变化,并在3～4 d内重新挂膜,出水TN平均浓度低于20 mg/L;运行的3周内,系统没有外排污泥。     

硫酸卷曲霉素生产废水生化前预处理试验研究

对某厂硫酸卷曲霉素废水进行预处理试验,为水处理工程设计提供参考.选择混凝-气浮-水解酸化工艺组合作为预处理工艺,试验表明,依某厂硫酸卷曲霉素生产废水特征,以PAC为混凝剂、PAM为助凝剂,投药量分别为100和5 mg/L条件下,混凝-气浮单元的COD、BOD5和SS去除率分别在42.6%～48.7%、25.5%～40.8%和84.6%～92.6%之间;在水解酸化单元接种厌氧污泥,可以大大缩短污泥驯化时间,用经过14 d驯化时间的污泥处理气浮单元出水,HRT为16 h时,该单元的COD、BOD5去除率分别在8.4%～33.8%和5.0%～19.5%之间;气浮单元、水解酸化单元均提高了出水的可生化性.将混凝-气浮单元与水解酸化单元联合作为硫酸卷曲霉素生产废水的生化处理的前处理措施是可行的.     

改进型A~2/O工艺处理城市生活污水的脱氮除磷效能研究

在分析传统A2/O工艺缺陷的基础上,提出了一种改进型A2/O工艺。为了防止回流污泥中的硝酸盐进入厌氧区,在传统A2/O工艺的厌氧区后面增加一个体积较小的缺氧选择池,回流污泥进入缺氧选择池,并进行反硝化消耗回流污泥中的硝酸盐;同时,在缺氧区通过反硝化除磷实现"一碳两用"。结果表明,改进型A2/O工艺有较好的脱氮除磷效果,在COD为298mg/L、TN为55mg/L左右、TP为7mg/L左右时,系统对COD、TN、TP的平均去除率分别为88.44%、77%、95%。     

A2/O-MBR工艺处理印染废水中试研究

将平板微滤膜与A2/O工艺结合构建了A2/O-MBR中试系统,探讨了中试系统处理印染废水的效果及稳定性.结果表明,水解酸化可提高印染废水的可生化性,对COD平均去除率达到了43%.系统处理效果稳定,在最佳工况下COD、NH3-H和TN的去除率分别为88%、98%和80%.     

一种新型A2/O工艺处理特性

为提高传统A2/O工艺在碳源不足情况下的脱氮除磷效率,发明了一种改良型的污水处理工艺,该工艺通过在好氧池中增设生物相选择器实现结构较好的颗粒污泥与松散絮体污泥的分离,在低污泥龄运行条件下获得了良好的同步脱氮除磷效果.当进水COD为900 mg/L,SRT分别为30 d和20 d时,新型和传统A2/O工艺其COD和TN去除率均可达到90％和70％以上,但TP去除率并不理想.当污泥龄为10 d时,新型工艺的COD,TN,TP去除率分别为(96.7±0.9)％、(83.2±2.0)％和(87.6±2.5)％,在提高除磷效率的同时保持了良好的脱氮效果.当进水COD为300 mg/L、SRT为10 d时,新型和传统A2/O工艺TN去除率分别为(77.6±1.1)％和(58.1±3.9)％,TP去除率分别为(85.4±1.2)％和(66.4±8.3)％,表明在进水基质浓度较低的条件下,新工艺优于传统工艺.另外,在SRT为10 d时,新型和传统A2/O好氧池中TN亏损比分别为22.8％和7.8％,表明新工艺TN去除率的提高得益于同步硝化反硝化,TP去除率的提高得益于低污泥龄.     

Sorption and desorption of Cu and Cd by macroalgae and microalgae

The sorption and desorption of Cu and Cd by two species of brown macroalgae and five species of microalgae were studied. The two brown macroalgae, Laminaria japonica and Sargassum kjellmanianum, were found to have high capacities at pHs between 4.0 and 5.0 while for microalgae, optimum pH lay at 6.7. The presence of other cations in solution was found to reduce the sorption of the target cation, suggesting a competition for sorption sites on organisms. Sorption isotherms obeyed the Freundlich equation, suggesting involvement of a multiplicity of mechanisms and sorption sites. For the microalgae tested, Spirulina platensis had the highest capacity for Cd, followed by Nannochloropsis oculata, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Platymonas cordifolia and Chaetoceros minutissimus. The reversibility of metal sorption by macroalgae was examined and the results show that both HCl and EDTA solutions were very effective in desorbing sorbed metal ions from macroalgae, with up to 99.5% of metals being recovered. The regenerated biomass showed undiminished sorption performance for the two metals studied, suggesting the potential of such material for use in water and wastewater treatment.     

Kinetic and structural relationships of transition monomeric and oligomeric carboxyl- and choline-esterases

The kinetic and structural relationships of eight electrophoretically pure mammalian serum and liver serine carboxylesterases (CE) and cholinesterases (ChE) have been studied. Eight CE's and ChE's, which were fully resolved but only partially purified, provided additional information. Five of the electrophoretically pure esterases were monomeric, and of these, four belonged to a new and widely distributed class. These four monomeric esterases hydrolyzed choline esters, but at widely differing rates. Thus two were termed monomeric butyrylcholinesterases, mBuChE I and II, and two were monomeric CE's (mCE). The rabbit liver mCE was not a subunit of the oligomeric CE (oCE), although the oCE also hydrolyzed choline esters at a very low rate. The complex kinetics of the mCE's, mBuChE's, oCE's, and of the oligomeric BuChE's of horse and human serum could be interpreted according to a single reaction scheme involving an allosteric site and the equation derived from it. Thus activation and inhibition at high substrate concentrations, together with sigmoidal activity versus substrate concentration plots, all of which characterize the reactions of these esterases, could be interpreted by a single scheme and equation. Structural and kinetic comparisons showed a progressive transition of properties from the oCE's through the mCE's to the oBuChE's. One of the purified mCE's was from horse serum, and it exhibited physical and kinetic properties unlike those of the liver mCE's or oCE's.     

Persistence and dissipation kinetics of trifloxystrobin and tebuconazole in onion and soil

The persistence and dissipation kinetics of trifloxystrobin and tebuconazole on onion were studied after application of their combination formulation at a standard and double dose of 75 + 150 and 150 + 300 g a.i. ha^?1. The fungicides were extracted with acetone, cleaned-up using activated charcoal (trifloxystrobin) and neutral alumina (tebuconazole). Analysis was carried out by gas chromatograph (GC) and confirmed by gas chromatograph mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The recovery was above 80% and limit of quantification (LOQ) 0.05 mg kg^?1 for both fungicides. Initial residue deposits of trifloxystrobin were 0.68 and 1.01 mg kg^?1 and tebuconazole 0.673 and 1.95 mg kg^?1 from standard and double dose treatments, respectively. Dissipation of the fungicides followed first-order kinetics and the half life of degradation was 6–6.6 days. Matured onion bulb (and field soil) harvested after 30 days was free from fungicide residues. These findings suggest recommended safe pre-harvest interval (PHI) of 14 and 25 days for spring onion consumption after treatment of Nativo 75 WG at the standard and double doses, respectively. Matured onion bulbs at harvest were free from fungicide residues.     

Bacterial and archaeal diversity in oil fields and reservoirs and their potential role in hydrocarbon recovery and bioprospecting

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Hydrocarbon is a primary source of energy in the current urbanized society. Considering the increasing demand, worldwide oil productions are declining...     

Sorption and desorption behavior of chloroanilines and chlorophenols on montmorillonite and kaolinite

The bioavailability of pollutants, pesticides and/or their degradation products in soil depends on the strength of their sorption by the different soil components, particularly by the clay minerals. This study reports the sorption-desorption behavior of the environmentally hazardous industrial pollutants and certain pesticides degradation products, 3-chloroaniline, 3,4-dichloroaniline, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol on the reference clays kaolinite KGa-1 and Na-montmorillonite SWy-l. In batch studies, 2.0 g of clay were equilibrated with 100.0 mL solutions of each chemical at concentrations ranging from 10.0 to 200.0 mg/L. The uptake of the compounds was deduced from the results of HPLC-UV-Vis analysis. The lipophilic species were best retained by both clay materials. The most lipophilic chemical used in the study, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline, was also the most strongly retained, with sorption of up to 8 mg/g. In desorption experiments, which also relied on HPLC-UV-Vis technique, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline was the least desorbed from montmorillonite. However, on kaolinite all of the compounds under study were irreversibly retained. The experimental data have been modelled according to the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. A hypothesis is proposed concerning the sorption mechanism and potential applications of the findings in remediation strategies have been suggested.     

Sorption and Desorption Behavior of Chloroanilines and Chlorophenols on Montmorillonite and Kaolinite

The bioavailability of pollutants, pesticides and/or their degradation products in soil depends on the strength of their sorption by the different soil components, particularly by the clay minerals. This study reports the sorption-desorption behavior of the environmentally hazardous industrial pollutants and certain pesticides degradation products, 3-chloroaniline, 3,4-dichloroaniline, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol on the reference clays kaolinite KGa-1 and Na-montmorillonite SWy-l. In batch studies, 2.0 g of clay were equilibrated with 100.0 mL solutions of each chemical at concentrations ranging from 10.0 to 200.0 mg/L. The uptake of the compounds was deduced from the results of HPLC-UV-Vis analysis. The lipophilic species were best retained by both clay materials. The most lipophilic chemical used in the study, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline, was also the most strongly retained, with sorption of up to 8 mg/g. In desorption experiments, which also relied on HPLC-UV-Vis technique, 2,4,6-trichloroaniline was the least desorbed from montmorillonite. However, on kaolinite all of the compounds under study were irreversibly retained. The experimental data have been modelled according to the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms. A hypothesis is proposed concerning the sorption mechanism and potential applications of the findings in remediation strategies have been suggested.     

Isocyanatocyclohexane and isothiocyanatocyclohexane levels in urban and industrial areas and possible emission-related activities

Isocyanatocyclohexane and isothiocyanatocyclohexane are becoming relevant compounds in urban and industrial air, as they are used in important amounts in automobile industry and building insulation, as well as in the manufacture of foams, rubber, paints and varnishes. Glass multi-sorbent tubes (Carbotrap, Carbopack, Carboxen) were connected to LCMA-UPC pump samplers for the retention of iso- and isothiocyanatocyclohexanes. The analysis was performed by automatic thermal desorption (ATD) coupled with capillary gas chromatography (GC)/mass spectrometry detector (MSD). TD-GC/MS was chosen as analytical method due to its versatility and the possibility of analysis of a wide range of volatility and polarity VOC in air samples. The method was satisfactory sensitive, selective and reproducible for the studied compounds. The concentrations of iso- and isothioisocyanatocyclohexanes were evaluated in different urban, residential and industrial locations from extensive VOC air quality and odour episode studies in several cities in the Northeastern edge of Spain. Around 200–300 VOC were determined qualitatively in each sample. Higher values of iso- and isothiocyanatocyclohexane were found in industrial areas than in urban or residential locations. The concentrations ranged between n.d.−246 and n.d.−29 μg m⁻³ for isocyanatocyclohexane and isothiocyanatocyclohexane, respectively, for industrial areas. On the other hand, urban and residential locations showed concentrations ranging between n.d.−164 and n.d.−29 μg m⁻³ for isocyanatocyclohexane and isothiocyanatocyclohexane, respectively. The site location (urban or industrial), the kind and nearness of possible iso- and isothiocyanatocyclohexane emission activities (industrial or building construction) and the changes of wind regimes throughout the year have been found the most important factors influencing the concentrations of these compounds in the different places.     

Sources and fate of PCDD and PCDF

PCDD and PCDF were found in urban air particulates from St. Louis and Washington, D.C., and in sediments from the Great Lakes and Siskiwit Lake, Isle Royale. The similarity between the PCDD and PCDF found in air particulates and sediment samples and the presence of PCDD and PCDF in sediment from Siskiwit Lake (a location which can receive only atmospheric inputs) suggest that these compounds are emitted to the atmosphere from combustion sources. The historical input of PCDD and PCDF to dated sediment cores shows a strong increase since 1940, and this suggests that the incineration of chlorinated organic compounds is an important source of PCDD and PCDF to the environment.     

Synthesis and characterization of m- and p-methylbenzyl-mercapturic acids derived from m- and p-xylenes

Chemical synthesis and physical properties of two mercapturic acids suggested as urinary metabolites of m- and p-xylenes ace described. These compounds may be used for the identification and quantivative determination by high-performance liquid chromatography of the corresponding mercapturic acids in urine.