聚铝及其加载粘土矿物高效絮凝沉降铜绿微囊藻的研究

考察了4种聚铝絮凝剂絮凝沉降铜绿微囊藻的效果,发现编号为HPACS02的聚铝絮凝剂除藻效果最好,并进一步研究得知HPACS02在pH 7.5时絮凝除藻的效率最高.在采用HPACS02作为絮凝剂时,如果少量投加滑石、海泡石或高岭土等粘土矿物会对铜绿微囊藻的絮凝沉降产生增效作用,其中滑石的助凝效果最好.     

壳聚糖改性红壤去除铜绿微囊藻

研究了聚合氯化铝铁和壳聚糖改性对高岭土、海泡石和红壤去除水中铜绿微囊藻效果的影响。结果表明,壳聚糖改性的红壤对铜绿微囊藻的去除效果最好,其生成絮体密实度大,抗扰动能力强。当改性红壤的投加量为50 mg/L时,叶绿素a和铜绿微囊藻去除率分别达到98.0%、95.1%。该絮凝剂适应性好,在pH为3.0~6.0的范围内对铜绿微囊藻均可取得很好的去除效果,对叶绿素a和浊度的去除率可达90%以上。壳聚糖通过包裹红壤颗粒,借助壳聚糖的粘结架桥和电中和能力,大幅度提高了红壤的絮凝性能。该絮凝剂处理富藻水,具有絮凝效果明显、絮体密实度大、投加量少、绿色环保、经济等优点,在工程上具有较大的实用价值。     

天然橄榄石对水体铜绿微囊藻的去除效果

为开发安全、高效、廉价的水华控制技术,选择铝土矿、磷铁矿、黄铁矿、铬铁矿及橄榄石等10种天然矿物材料,以水体铜绿微囊藻为研究对象,通过跟踪测定其叶绿素a的变化,研究了天然矿物对水体铜绿微囊藻去除特性,并探讨了天然橄榄石去除铜绿微囊藻的影响因素及去除机理。结果表明:相同条件下天然橄榄石具有最高的除藻能力;矿物用量及藻密度对橄榄石除藻过程影响最大,其次为pH及水温,光强影响最小;当橄榄石浓度为1.5 g·L-1,藻密度1.7×106 cells·mL-1、水温15℃、反应介质为弱酸性或中性(pH 5～7)时,吸附1 h后,叶绿素a去除率高于96%。进一步分析可知,天然橄榄石主要通过静电作用对铜绿微囊藻进行吸附,进而使藻细胞絮凝沉降,部分藻细胞破裂分解,同时天然橄榄石在反应过程中吸附培养基中的营养盐,造成藻细胞营养缺少,从而对藻细胞的生长造成一定的抑制作用。     

壳聚糖-纳米金属絮凝剂絮凝沉降水华蓝藻研究

研究了壳聚糖与纳米钛、纳米铁或妫水湖沉积物絮凝剂絮凝沉降水华蓝藻的效果。结果表明:在壳聚糖浓度为3 mg/L情况下,与妫水湖沉积物和纳米钛相比,纳米铁絮凝沉降蓝藻细胞的效果最好,在10 min内可以絮凝沉降79.5%以上的水华蓝藻细胞。进一步研究显示,在pH值为5~9的范围内,随着pH值的降低,絮凝沉降藻细胞的效率逐渐提高,pH值为5时10 min内可以絮凝去除89.6%以上的水华蓝藻细胞,具有重要的研究价值与应用价值。     

湿法净化黑烟中添加剂对炭黑沉降性能的影响

湿法净化黑烟中炭黑颗粒物的关键在于降低吸收液的表面张力并以高性能絮凝剂使其从溶液中絮凝、沉降以利于分离。选用十六烷基三甲基溴化胺(CTAB)为主要表面活性剂,使之与十二烷基苯磺酸钠(SDBS)和月桂醇聚氧乙烯(9)醚(AEO-9)进行复配实验,研究了复配液的表面张力,再向最低表面张力的复配表面活性剂溶液中投加絮凝剂聚合氯化铝(PAC)和聚丙烯酰胺(PAM),探讨絮凝剂的添加对黑烟颗粒沉降和絮凝的影响.实验结果表明:同时添加表面活性剂CTAB,SDBS和PAC,并使之浓度分别为0.5 mmol/L,0.4 mmol/L和200 mg/L时,炭黑颗粒的沉降效果最好,沉降率高达94%,且絮凝体较大,沉降时间仅为2 min。     

纳米四氧化三铁作为助凝剂去除水中藻类

在实验室内对使用纳米四氧化三铁(Fe_3O_4)和纳米γ-三氧化二铁(γ-Fe_2O_3)作为聚合氯化铝(PACl)的助凝剂去除水体中铜绿微囊藻的效果进行了研究。结果表明,以纳米Fe_3O_4或纳米γ-Fe_2O_3为助凝剂,能够降低PACl的投加量,提高沉降速率,进而缩短沉降时间,且对铜绿微囊藻的去除效果明显优于单独使用PACl。在藻浓度为106个/m L的条件下,为了达到相同的除藻效果,单独使用PACl的投量要比同时投加纳米Fe_3O_4或纳米γ-Fe_2O_3时多出1倍左右;在不加磁场条件下,要达到同样的处理效果,用纳米Fe_3O_4或纳米γ-Fe_2O_3做助凝剂比单独投加PACl节约一半以上的时间;而在加磁场的条件下,用纳米Fe_3O_4或纳米γ-Fe_2O_3做助凝剂甚至只需要10 min就能达到比单独投加PACl沉降60 min更高的处理效率。该方法对不同浓度级的铜绿微囊藻都有较好的去除效果,具有一定的实际应用价值。     

新型复合聚铁硅絮凝剂处理生活污水的研究

采用新型的复合聚铁硅絮凝剂处理生活污水，通过混凝实验探讨了复合聚合硫酸铁硅PFSS、聚硅酸铁PSFS的脱色除浊、COD去除及氮、磷去除效果，并与常用的聚合硫酸铁PFS进行絮凝效果及经济成本的对比分析。结果表明，用复合型聚铁硅絮凝剂处理生活污水絮凝效果好，除浊率达99％以上，脱色率65％～70％，COD去除率70％，而且氮、磷去除效果好，成本低廉，具有较好的推广应用前景。     

溶藻放线菌改性制剂对铜绿微囊藻的控藻能力研究

采用喷雾干燥法制备了一种溶藻放线菌粉剂,此粉剂按1∶10 000的质量比投加4 d后对铜绿微囊藻的溶藻效率可达90%,该粉剂经过壳聚糖改性处理后,在1∶20 000的质量投加比下,0.5 h即可絮凝去除90%的藻细胞,4 d后的溶藻效率仍可达80%。由于既能快速絮凝除藻,又能长效溶藻,使得改性溶藻放线菌粉剂具有更为广阔的应用前景。     

羧甲基壳聚糖处理印染废水试验

用羧甲基壳聚处理毛巾厂的印染废水，得出了用羧甲基壳聚糖在ｐＨ３．０－５．０，加入量在７０ｐｐｍ下有最好的处理效果的结论并与常用的絮凝剂作比较，具有脱色率、ＣＯＤ法除率高的优点，探讨了羧甲基壳聚糖絮凝的机理。     

钙离子对混凝去除水体中铜绿微囊藻的影响

以铜绿微囊藻为对象,研究了钙离子对聚合氯化铝(polyaluminumchloride,PAC)混凝沉淀藻细胞的影响及其可能的机理。结果表明,添加钙离子对PAC混凝去除模拟水样藻细胞和浊度均具有促进作用。在PAC摩尔浓度较低时(0.02 mmol·L~(-1)),最高可将除藻率和除浊率分别提高66.4%和76.8%。三维荧光及总溶解性有机碳(total(dissolved organirc carbon,TDOC)分析表明钙离子对去除水中溶解性胞外有机物(dissolved extracellular organic matter,dEOM)没有显著作用。利用Zeta电位和絮体形态对其影响混凝除藻效果的可能机理进行探究,发现钙离子能通过压缩双电层和吸附电中和提高藻细胞表面的Zeta电位,从而促进胶体脱稳凝聚。推测钙离子通过与铜绿微囊藻表面的黏附型胞外有机物(bound extracellular organic matter,bEOM)发生阳离子架桥作用促进藻细胞脱稳混凝沉淀。钙离子能够促进铜绿微囊藻脱稳,但是絮体粒径、强度、恢复能力的主要影响因素还是PAC摩尔浓度。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.