热处理时间对餐厨垃圾高温干式厌氧发酵的影响

餐厨垃圾中有机物大部分以大分子的形式存在,对其进行热处理,破坏大分子有机物的存在形式,将会影响其干式厌氧发酵的过程。实验对餐厨垃圾进行了热处理(100℃),处理后将其在含固率(TS)20%、接种率25%的条件下进行高温55℃厌氧发酵。实验结果表明,热处理后,餐厨垃圾的理化性质发生显著变化,累计产气量、TS和VS的去除率均增大。当热处理时间为15 min时,餐厨垃圾的SCOD值最高,为59.49 g/L,比未处理时提高了3.3倍。同样该条件下,累计产气量也最高,为2 782.8 mL,与未处理相比累积产气量提高58.30%,第二产气高峰比未处理提前3天。各发酵瓶发酵前后TS、VS去除率的变化趋势与累计产气量的变化基本一致,累计产气量越大,TS、VS的去除率越大。     

UASB反应器处理PTA废水的启动及污泥特性分析

采用上流式厌氧污泥床（UASB）反应器,以精对苯二甲酸（PTA）废水为处理对象,研究了中温条件下反应器的启动、颗粒污泥的形态和产甲烷活性及微生物群落结构。实验结果表明：采用逐渐提高进水负荷和减少水力停留时间的运行方法,历时近200 d,可实现UASB 反应器的启动。此时,反应器对COD的去除率保持在80%以上,对应的容积负荷也达到4.0 kg·（m3·d）-1以上。反应器内污泥实现颗粒化,颗粒污泥的体积平均粒径为416.53 μm,产甲烷活性为121.2 mL·（g·d）-1 （以VSS计）。颗粒污泥表面存在大量菌胶团,杆菌和丝状菌镶嵌其中。菌胶团有助于微生物的聚集,加速污泥颗粒化过程。Syntrophorhabdus是降解PTA废水中苯类污染物的重要微生物,占细菌量的27.4%,而Methanosaeta则是主要的产甲烷菌,占古细菌总量的67.3%。该研究可为UASB 处理PTA废水的启动提供依据。     

电气石强化生物膜系统处理中药废水的启动及生物膜特性分析

将电气石与生物膜技术结合构建电气石强化生物膜系统处理中药废水,通过电气石调节生物膜微环境,以增强微生物代谢活性,从而提高了反应系统的处理能力。结果表明：电气石强化厌氧流化床(AFBR)反应系统经历160 d完成中药废水的启动实验,反应系统COD去除率达到87.8%,容积负荷达到5.34 kg·(m³·d)⁻¹,生物膜产甲烷活性达到126.4 mL·(g·d)⁻¹;电气石强化好氧流化床(FBR)反应系统统经历35 d完成启动实验后,出水COD稳定在76.5 mg·L⁻¹,反应系统对应的COD去除率和容积负荷分别为90.3%和1.4 kg·(m³·d)⁻¹。中药废水依次经AFBR和FBR处理后,出水水质满足《中药类制药工业水污染物排放标准》(GB 21906-2008)排放要求。以上结果可为实际工程项目提供理论依据和参考。     

Mn-Ce复合氧化物微球的制备及其催化氧化甲苯性能

为了开发高效稳定、具有低温活性的降解VOCs催化材料,采用传统水热法制备了一系列不同锰铈比的催化剂(MnO₂、Mn_0.95Ce_0.05O_x、Mn_0.90Ce_0.10O_x、Mn_0.80Ce_0.20O_x及Mn_0.60Ce_0.40O_x),利用SEM、BET、XRD、H₂-TPR、O₂-TPD、拉曼光谱等技术对催化剂的物理化学性质进行了表征分析,同时考察了其对甲苯的催化氧化活性。结果表明：通过简单的水热合成法合成出的Mn-Ce复合氧化物均为微球,但Ce的加入使得微球催化剂表面的纳米针消失,变为光滑的微球体;而不同的催化剂在氧化甲苯时呈现不同的催化氧化性能,其中Mn_0.80Ce_0.20O_x具有最佳的甲苯氧化性能,这是由于其具有较强的氧化还原性能、较高的化学吸附氧含量及存在Mn-Ce固溶体。因此,通过控制催化剂中Ce含量,可调控催化剂的形貌和物理化学特性,从而使Mn-Ce复合氧化物在甲苯催化氧化中展现出优异的催化性能。研究结果为新型高效降解VOCs催化材料的设计和开发提供了新思路。     

Extinction rate of discovered and undiscovered plants in Singapore

Extinction is a key issue in the assessment of global biodiversity. However, many extinction rate measures do not account for species that went extinct before they could be discovered. The highly developed island city–state of Singapore has one of the best-documented tropical floras in the world. This allowed us to estimate the total rate of floristic extinctions in Singapore since 1822 after accounting for sampling effort and crypto extinctions by collating herbaria records. Our database comprised 34,224 specimens from 2076 native species, of which 464 species (22%) were considered nationally extinct. We assumed that undiscovered species had the same annual per-species extinction rates as discovered species and that no undiscovered species remained extant. With classical and Bayesian algorithms, we estimated that 304 (95% confidence interval, 213–414) and 412 (95% credible interval, 313–534) additional species went extinct before they could be discovered, respectively; corresponding total extinction rate estimates were 32% and 35% (range 30–38%). We detected violations of our 2 assumptions that could cause our extinction estimates, particularly the absolute numbers, to be biased downward. Thus, our estimates should be treated as lower bounds. Our results illustrate the possible magnitudes of plant extirpations that can be expected in the tropics as development continues.     

浅析绿色制造的战略环境评价

绿色制造的战略环境评价是实现可持续发展的关键技术 ,是协调环境与社会经济发展的重要手段。它要求在绿色制造初期———绿色设计阶段就考虑整个制造过程的环境影响 ,从决策源头上控制环境污染的产生和生态环境的破坏。本文从绿色制造的广义内涵入手 ,分析了绿色制造战略环境评价的理论基础和综合集成特性 ,并提出了战略环境评价的指标体系和综合集成评价方法。     

Subarachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus–a complication of mid-trimester amniocentesis

We report a child with a subarachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus following a mid-trimester amniocentesis. Although fetal trauma is a rare complication, it is important to stress the need to perform amniocentesis under ultrasound control. Children with neurological disease or convulsions of unknown origin in early infancy who are born to mothers who have had midtrimester amniocentesis should have a CT scan as part of the investigations to exclude this rare but nevertheless important complication.     

水土化学体系中钙镁对土体结构强度贡献的试验研究

城市区域的土体环境一般是处在常态即常温、常压、缓变异的水化学环境中,在这种环境中,影响土体稳定的要素-土体中的化学组份扮演着重要的角色,而其对诸如地面沉降、土洞的产生都有重要影响。土体稳定受其结构强度控制,钙镁是土体结构构成中重要组成部分,理论与实践分析表明,在常态水环境下,其对结构往往起着控制作用,在常态水环境中,土结构的破裂面并不是通过颗粒本身,而是通过颗粒、颗粒集合体与集合体之间粒间连结。设计的常态水环境下的化学组份变异与CO2分压增高水环境下的室内模拟试验,揭示了化学组份钙镁对土体结构的贡献与对宏观强度的作用。     

Lead contamination in tea garden soils and factors affecting its bioavailability

The consumption of heavy metals is detrimental to human health and most countries restrict the concentration of metals such as lead (Pb) in food and beverages. Recent tests have detected high Pb concentrations in certain commercial brands of tea leaves and this finding has raised concerns for both producers and consumers. To investigate what factors may be contributing to the increase in Pb accumulation in the tea leaves we collected tea leaves and soils from tea producing areas and analyzed them for Pb concentration, pH and organic matter content. The result showed the Pb concentration of 47% investigated tea leaves samples was beyond 2 mg kg(-1), the permissible levels given by China. The total Pb concentration in the surface and subsurface soil layers averaged 36.4 and 32.2 mg kg(-1), respectively which fall below of the 60 mg kg(-1) limit provided for organic tea gardens in China. The pH of the tea garden soils was severely acidic with the lowest pH of 3.37. Soils under older tea gardens tended to have a lower pH and a higher Pb bioavailability which was defined as the amount of lead extracted by CaCl2 solution than those under younger tea gardens. We found that the concentration of bioavailable Pb and the percentage of bioavailable Pb (bioavailable Pb relative to total Pb concentration) were positively correlated with soil H+ activity and soil organic matter content, and the organic matter accumulation contribute more effects on Pb bioavailability in these two factors. We conclude that soil acidification and organic matter accumulation could contribute to increasing Pb bioavailability in soil and that these could increase Pb uptake and accumulation in the tea leaves.