In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: chemical assessment

Contamination of soils with heavy metals and metalloids is a widespread problem all over the world. Low cost, non-invasive, in situ technologies are required for remediation processes. We investigated the efficiency of a bauxite residue (red mud) to fix heavy metals in two soils, one contaminated by industrial activities (French soil), and one by sewage sludge applications (UK soil). This Fe-oxide rich material was compared with lime, or beringite, a modified aluminosilicate that has been used for in situ fixation processes. Four different crop species were successively grown in pots. Metal concentrations in the soil pore waters were analyzed during the growing cycles. At the end of the experiment fluxes of heavy metals were measured using a diffusive gradient in thin film technique (DGT). Furthermore, a sequential extraction procedure (SEP) and an acidification test were performed to investigate the mechanisms of metal fixation by different soil amendments. In both soils, the concentrations of metals in the soil pore water and metal fluxes were greatly decreased by the amendments. An application of 2% red mud performed as well as beringite applied at 5%. Increasing soil pH was a common mechanism of action for all the amendments. However, the red mud amendment shifted metals from the exchangeable to the Fe-oxide fraction, and decreased acid extractability of metals. The results suggest that specific chemisorption, and possibly metal diffusion into oxide particles could also be the mechanisms responsible for the fixation of metals by red mud.     

Heterogeneous water phase catalysis as an environmental application: a review

Catalytic water phase processes as an environmental application is a relatively novel subject with tremendous potential in the near future. This review of 120 references presents the wide scale of heterogeneous water phase applications studied mainly within past five years. Both oxidation and hydrogenation processes are included as well as TiO₂ assisted photocatalysis. According to the references, heterogeneous catalysis is developing rapidly. New bimetallic catalysts and supports with higher surface area have improved catalytic efficiency in both oxidation and hydrogenation processes. It also seems that study on use of some waste materials such as red mud as catalyst is a very progressive field. On the whole, the chemical aspects are pretty well known, but the catalyst durability, and in many cases activity as well, has to be improved.     

In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: biological effects

Soils polluted with heavy metals can cause phytotoxicity and exhibit impared microbial activities. In this paper we evaluate the responses of different biological endpoints to in situ remediation processes. Three soil amendments (red mud, beringite and lime) were applied to two soils polluted by heavy metals. Oilseed rape, wheat, pea and lettuce were grown successively in pots on the untreated and amended soils and their yield and metal uptake were determined. A suite of microbial tests (lux-marked biosensors, Biolog and soil microbial biomass) were performed to determine the effect of the soil amendments on the functionality and size of the soil microbial community. In both soils all three amendments reduced phytotoxicity of heavy metals, enhanced plant yields and decreased the metal concentrations in plants. The red mud treatment also increased soil microbial biomass significantly. The microbial biosensors responded positively to the remediation treatments in the industrially-contaminated soil used in the experiment. Red mud applied at 2% of soil weight was as effective as beringite applied at 5%. The results also showed that since the biological systems tested respond differently to the alleviation of metal toxicity, a suite of biological assays should be used to assess soil remediation processes.     

不同含水率条件下拜耳法赤泥强度及水力学特性

在利用XRD、XRF、SEM等微观测试手段分析了拜耳法赤泥的化学成分、矿物组成和微观结构的基础上,通过无侧限抗压强度实验、固结排水三轴剪切实验研究了拜耳法赤泥在不同水力路径条件下其强度特性的变化规律;同时通过非饱和土瞬态水力特性循环实验系统对拜耳法赤泥的水力学特性进行了研究。研究表明:含水率的变化对拜耳法赤泥的强度特性有较大程度的影响,在脱水干燥过程中,其抗压强度和抗剪强度指标均有较大程度的增长;拜耳法赤泥具有遇水崩解现象,已干燥硬化的赤泥会遇水崩解,强度指标明显降低,且在较低应变处即发生脆性破坏;拜耳法赤泥的土-水特征曲线和渗透系数特征曲线均展现出明显的滞后效应,说明拜耳法赤泥对水有较大的敏感性,在降雨条件影响下,拜耳法赤泥堆体的稳定性有一定程度的降低。     

Field evaluation of in situ remediation of a heavy metal contaminated soil using lime and red-mud

We evaluated the effectiveness of lime and red mud (by-product of aluminium manufacturing) to reduce metal availability to Festuca rubra and to allow re-vegetation on a highly contaminated brown-field site. Application of both lime and red mud (at 3 or 5%) increased soil pH and decreased metal availability. Festuca rubra failed to establish in the control plots, but grew to a near complete vegetative cover on the amended plots. The most effective treatment in decreasing grass metal concentrations in the first year was 5% red mud, but by year two all amendments were equally effective. In an additional pot experiment, P application in combination with red mud or lime decreased the Pb concentration, but not total uptake of Pb in Festuca rubra compared to red mud alone. The results show that both red mud and lime can be used to remediate a heavily contaminated acid soil to allow re-vegetation.     

活化赤泥的除氟性能

以成本低的铝工业废矿渣（赤泥）为原材料,通过高温煅烧和酸化处理对赤泥进行活化,制备了除氟吸附剂。研究了反应时间、投加量、初始氟浓度、溶液温度、共存阴离子和pH值对活化赤泥除氟效果的影响。结果表明,接触反应时间为18 h时,吸附接近平衡。活化赤泥对氟离子的吸附符合Lagergren二级吸附动力学方程。另外,初始浓度越高,吸附容量越大。与Freundlich相比,Langmuir吸附等温模型可以更好地描述氟离子的吸附特性,最大吸附量可达2.71 mg/g。SO24-、Cl-和NO3-存在时（〈1 000 mg/L）,对氟离子的吸附几乎没有影响,然而,HCO3-、PO34-和氟离子共存时,会对氟吸附造成不利影响。活化赤泥在pH值3.5～11.0时,具有较好的吸附稳定性。活化赤泥是一种吸附容量高、性能稳定的环境友好型除氟材料,具有应用潜力。     

Reconstruction of the environmental evolution of a Sicilian saltmarsh (Italy)

The present study deals with the reconstruction of the environmental evolution of a Trapani saltmarsh (southwestern Sicily, Italy) by combining different analytical approaches such as metal content evaluation, low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry, and benthic foraminifera identification. A 41 cm core was collected in the sediments of a Trapani saltmarsh (southwestern Sicily, Italy) at a water depth of about 50 cm. Different time intervals were recognized, each characterized by peculiar features that testify different environmental conditions. In particular, the bottom layers of the sediment core (41–28 cm) comprised the lowest amount of mud fraction, only some selected metals, and the lowest foraminiferal density. Here, co-occurrence of abundant microcrystals of gypsum and Ammonia tepida is indicative of hyper-saline conditions. In the sediments from 28 to 6 cm, mud fraction and number of metal elements resulted higher due to the increase of the anthropogenic pressure. The sediments in the last time interval, corresponding to the environmental recovery of the saltmarsh, showed an increase of foraminiferal density, a decrease of the mud fraction, and a trend in the metal concentration attributable to the protection policy applied since 1990. NMR relaxometry parameters highlighted the changes of sediment chemical–physical heterogeneity going from the bottom to the top of the core. These heterogeneities have been related to the different intervals recognized as aforementioned. The present study highlights how the anthropogenic pressure modifies the environmental conditions of a transitional ecosystem like saltmarshes.     

改性拜耳法赤泥颗粒的制备及对土壤铅的稳定化处理

拜耳法赤泥产量大且成分复杂,碱性强,难处理,易引起环境污染。而近年土壤重金属污染形势严峻,儿童血铅中毒事件时有发生。针对上述问题,以拜耳法赤泥为主要原料,加入少量水泥等添加剂改性制备赤泥基颗粒材料,并将其应用于土壤中铅的稳定化。结果表明,材料配方为2%水泥+5%石膏+5%粉煤灰+5%磷酸二氢钙+83%,水灰比为0.5,圆盘造粒参数为28°﹣1﹣1时为颗粒最佳条件。按此配方制备的赤泥颗粒对铅污染浓度为100、250、500 和 800 mg·kg﹣1的模拟污染土壤进行修复,当投加5%的颗粒,稳定10 d后,土壤中铅的生物可利用态分别降低了72.52％、65.38％、64.73％和40.03％,而残渣态增加了43.4％、35.13％、43.42％和43.97％,有随着污土浓度增加而增加的趋势,表明赤泥制备成颗粒材料后能有效稳定土壤中不同浓度的铅。     

赤泥除氟剂的物相组成及其除氟性能

赤泥是一种多孔物质,其比表面积大,具有较好的吸附性能。以赤泥为原料,加入一定量的Na2SiO3、CaO及碳粉等添加剂,制备成约3 mm的球形颗粒。采用差热分析与X-射线粉末衍射技术相结合对赤泥原料及赤泥除氟剂高温焙烧过程的物相变化进行研究,同时研究了吸附时间、焙烧温度、焙烧时间对赤泥除氟剂除氟性能的影响。结果表明：在高温焙烧过程中,赤泥除氟剂原料的物相变化主要发生在800℃以下的温度。赤泥除氟剂的最佳焙烧温度为700℃,最佳焙烧时间为2 h,溶液中氟离子的浓度可从19下降到0.13 mg·L-1,吸附容量0.94 mg·g-1,除氟率达99%。     

Sequential extraction of heavy metals in river sediments of an abandoned pyrite mining area: pollution detection and affinity series

In this paper heavy metal pollution at an abandoned Italian pyrite mine has been investigated by comparing total concentrations and speciation of heavy metals (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Pb and As) in a red mud sample and a river sediment. Acid digestions show that all the investigated heavy metals present larger concentrations in the sediment than in the tailing. A modified Tessier's procedure has been used to discriminate heavy metal bound to organic fraction from those originally present in the mineral sulphide matrix and to detect a possible trend of metal mobilisation from red mud to river sediment. Sequential extractions on bulk and size fractionated samples denote that sediment samples present larger percent concentrations of the investigated heavy metals in the first extractive steps (I-IV) especially in lower dimension size fractionated samples suggesting that heavy metals in the sediment are significantly bound by superficial adsorption mechanisms.     

利用制糖副产物土壤化赤泥的效果

赤泥因具有碱性高、孔隙率低、团聚性差和养分缺乏等问题,同时因其生产性状差,堆场植被复垦难以实现;而且在堆存过程中,重金属元素具有潜在的长期浸出性,存在污染环境的风险。利用富含多种有机成分且蓬松度好的制糖副产物酒精废醪液、蔗渣对赤泥进行改性,可实现土壤化及植被复垦。结果表明,添加制糖副产物对赤泥理化性质及所含重金属迁移性具有显著影响,蔗渣能使孔隙度得到改善,酒精废醪液与赤泥比值（mL:g）＞3时,赤泥的pH可降至8以下,配合添加酒精废醪液和蔗渣可使赤泥的有机质含量从（19.8±1.2）g·kg-1增加到200 g·kg-1左右,经土柱模拟实验发现添加剂可使赤泥所含重金属的生物有效性增强。     

Arsenic sorption by red mud-modified biochar produced from rice straw

Red mud-modified biochar (RM-BC) has been produced to be utilized as a novel adsorbent to remove As because it can effectively combine the beneficial features of red mud (rich metal oxide composition and porous structure) and biochar (large surface area and porous structure properties). SEM-EDS and XRD analyses demonstrated that red mud had loaded successfully on the surface of biochar. With the increasing of pH in solution, arsenate (As(V)) adsorption on RM-BC decreased while arsenite (As(III)) increased. Arsenate adsorption kinetics process on RM-BC fitted the pseudo-second-order model, while that of As(III) favored the Elovich model. All sorption isotherms produced superior fits with the Langmuir model. RM-BC exhibited improved As removal capabilities, with a maximum adsorption capacity (Q_max) for As(V) of 5923 μg g^?1, approximately ten times greater than that of the untreated BC (552.0 μg g^?1). Furthermore, it has been indicated that the adsorption of As(V) on RM-BC may be strongly associated with iron oxides (hematite and magnetite) and aluminum oxides (gibbsite) by X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES), which was possibly because of surface complexation and electrostatic interactions. RM-BC may be used as a valuable adsorbent for removing As in the environment due to the waste materials being relatively abundant.     

Utilization of red mud waste into mesoporous ZSM-5 for methylene blue adsorption-desorption studies

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Red mud as industrial waste from bauxite was utilized as a precursor for the synthesis of mesoporous ZSM-5. A high concentration of iron oxide in red...     

磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒的制备及在水处理中的应用

众所周知,纳米颗粒在去除水中污染物的过程中易团聚,还会造成水体的二次污染。磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒因其能迅速从水中分离的特性而被广泛关注。改性之后的磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒在水中污染物的去除方面有很好的应用。对磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒及其载体或复合物的制备方法进行了概述,重点对水中污染物的去除从3个方面进行了阐述:磁性Fe3O4纳米材料对水中重金属的吸附、有机物的吸附及水中细菌和医疗废物的处理。     

多种固废协同处理电解锰渣固锰除氨的最优配比及效果分析

为降低电解锰渣中Mn²⁺和NH₄⁺-N的污染,实现多种固体废物减量化处理,采用锰渣、赤泥、粉煤灰3种大宗固废协同处理,并加入少量生石灰,制备无害化固结体,利用水浸法评估无害化效果,并通过BCR提取、XRD和SEM对最佳处理固结体固锰除氨机理进行分析。结果表明,通过正交实验和单因素优化实验,当固结体中锰渣、赤泥、粉煤灰、生石灰的质量分数分别为30%、44%、24%、2%时,浸出液中可溶性Mn²⁺质量浓度降至5.23 μg·L⁻¹,固化率达99.99%;NH₄⁺-N质量浓度降至0.70 mg·L⁻¹,去除率达到99.93%,pH=8.86,能够满足《污水综合排放标准》 (GB 8978-1996) 最高允许排放浓度和一级标准限值;同时浸出液中Mn²⁺、NH₄⁺-N的质量浓度均满足《锰渣污染控制技术规范》 (HJ 1241-2022) 中锰渣利用污染控制要求,可以作为替代原料用于生产除水泥之外的其它建筑材料产品。赤泥、生石灰为处理体系提供碱度,粉煤灰增加胶凝作用,使得无害化处理效果良好。本研究结果可为大宗固废协同无害化、减量化处理提供参考。     

Planning, designing, operating, and regulating a geologic sequestration repository as an underground landfill--a review

Geologic sequestration appears to be a technically feasible method of storing carbon dioxide in underground aquifers in order to lower greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. The overall feasibility of geologic sequestration is still in question and as such, has been the focus of intense research over the past decade. Researchers have looked to the oil/gas industry and water well industry for lessons learned and technical knowledge, however, a better industry to emulate may well be the waste industry. Viewing geologic sequestration repositories as underground landfills has a great many benefits. First, there is a plethora of existing research and investigations that are directly analogous to geologic sequestration projects. Second, the regulatory framework is rather mature and can be easily adapted to serve geologic sequestration. This paper conducts an extensive literature search of the environmental, waste, and geologic sequestration literature to ascertain planning, design, and operational methodologies, lessons learned, and concepts that are directly useful for geologic sequestration to improve the technical and regulatory framework. Lastly, the paper uses a hypothetical underground landfill geologic sequestration site (ULGSS) in Florida, USA to discuss some of the findings and implications from the literature. It is concluded that there are a number of literature findings from the waste and environmental arena that should be adapted for geologic sequestration.     

拜耳法赤泥催化热解废弃人造板的产物特性分析

针对拜耳法赤泥年产量巨大亟需资源化回收、以及由于人造板包含3%~15%聚合物的特性导致传统处理方式污染较大的问题,提出一种利用赤泥原位低温催化热解废弃人造板的处理方式,实现废弃赤泥和人造板的有效消纳。首先在热重反应器上比较了不同添加比例的赤泥对人造板热解的影响,并采用DAEM (distributed activation energy model) 模型计算了传统热解和赤泥催化热解的活化能。热重结果表明：随赤泥添加比例增加,人造板的整体失重增加,而热解平均活化能呈先增加后降低的趋势,推荐赤泥添加比例≤30%。然后通过TG-FTIR-MS联用探究了拜尔法赤泥原位催化人造板的机理,并且关注了热解过程中铁基成分变化对催化机理的影响,结果表明：赤泥中铁氧化合物主相分别为Fe₂O₃和Fe₃O₄时,对人造板热解过程的催化效果显著不同,Fe₂O₃促进了酰胺的提前分解和断裂,且对脱羰基、羧基反应的促进作用更强;Fe₃O₄能够更显著地促进挥发分中芳香化合物的产生以及高温下CO₂、CO的释放。最后在固定床上研究了赤泥焦炭复合材料的催化效果以探索其循环利用的潜力,结果表明,赤泥炭催化效果弱于赤泥,但仍能有效实现脱酸提质焦油,焦油中可燃脂肪烃的含量增加1.8倍。     

煤粉炉掺烧干化污泥的污染物排放研究

结合某电厂420 t/h四角煤粉炉掺烧污泥项目的实验室分析测试,了解煤粉掺烧不同含水率不同比例的干化污泥条件下烟气中污染物和灰渣中重金属的排放特性.结果表明,在实验研究配比和燃烧的条件下,大部分重金属元素Pb、Cu、Cr和Ni残留在灰渣中,Zn、Cd部分残留在灰渣中, As、Hg和Se等易挥发元素释放到烟气中,在灰渣中的含量很小.掺烧污泥后,灰渣中的重金属含量较单烧单煤都有了一定幅度的升高,Zn的含量是单煤的2倍,其余重金属是单煤的1.1~1.2倍.3种不同的掺混比例之间的污染气体排放浓度基本相似.烟气中主要污染物及重金属浓度可以满足现行国家标准.与单烧单煤相比,CO、HCl以及其他有机气体排放浓度基本相同;NH3的排放浓度较单煤有所升高;SO2、NOx和CO2排放浓度略有降低;飞灰浓度有所升高.烟气中的重金属,Hg含量升高了30%,Pb含量约为单煤的4.3~4.8倍.以上研究结果可为环保达标和飞灰利用提供基础数据.     

新型材料碳纤维在水处理应用中的研究进展

随着水环境污染问题的日趋严重,污水治理问题备受关注。碳纤维材料因其具有较大的比表面积和良好的生物亲和性,易于微生物附着,利于吸附、生物脱氮除磷的进行,从而去除水中氮磷等污染物,在水处理中具有应用前景。系统介绍了碳纤维材料的发展历程及其在工业等领域的应用,对碳纤维材料高强度、耐高温、耐腐蚀等特性进行了总结,重点介绍了碳纤维材料在饮用水、工业废水及富营养化水体等水处理中的应用,同时结合目前的研究现状,分析了将来研究的开展方向及趋势。     

不同工况条件混合赤泥力学特性变化规律

在利用常规土工实验和XRF、XRD、SEM等微观测试手段分析了刚出厂混合赤泥化学成分、矿物组成、微观结构的基础上,通过无侧限抗压强度实验和固结排水三轴剪切实验对自然风干、浸水饱和、非饱和-饱和干湿循环3种工况条件下混合赤泥不同龄期力学特性的变化规律进行了研究。结果表明,自然风干试样的无侧限抗压强度和粘聚力要明显大于相同龄期浸水饱和试样和干湿循环试样,说明混合赤泥的强度形成与滤水过程有一定联系,且其强度的增长均主要集中在脱水龄期前70天内;混合赤泥在3种不同工况条件下无侧限抗压强度和粘聚力均有一定程度的增长,说明混合赤泥可在浸水环境下生成不可逆增长的具有水硬性的胶结矿物,使其在水环境中不发生崩解,可保证混合赤泥堆体在自然堆存过程中其力学特性满足安全堆载要求。