Extraction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers contained in waste high impact polystyrene by supercritical carbon dioxide

A new recycling process for the supercritical CO₂ (sc-CO₂) extraction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from waste high impact polystyrene (HIPS) was developed in this paper. HIPS was first dissolved in d-limonene. The remaining decabromo diphenyl ether (decaBDE) particles in solution were then removed by centrifugation, and the PBDEs in the centrifugate solution were further extracted by sc-CO₂. The influence of temperature and pressure, the volume ratio of sc-CO₂ to plastic solution, and the concentration of decaBDE in the solution on the separating efficiency were investigated. The decaBDE particles in 20 % of the HIPS solution can be removed by centrifugation at a speed of 10,000 r/min at 30 °C. The suitable sc-CO₂ fluid conditions were 65 °C and 20 MPa, and the optimum volume ratio of the sc-CO₂ to the HIPS solution was 2:1. More than 97 % of the PBDEs were successfully removed, and the concentration of PBDE residues in the recycled HIPS was reduced to lower than 0.1 % (dry) by this recycling process.     

曝气对潜流人工湿地污染物沿程降解规律的影响

通过构建曝气及未曝气潜流人工湿地小试实验系统,研究曝气对人工湿地床体中污染物沿程变化规律的影响。实验结果表明,曝气对污染物沿程降解规律的影响与污染物种类有关,在净化COD和氨氮时,曝气人工湿地污染物主要以水平推流式降解为主,未曝气系统床体中则出现分层现象,深度为40 cm以上的床体区域中污染物以水平推流式降解为主,40 cm以下区域则以垂直梯度降解方式为主。对于磷来说,两对比系统均以水平推流降解方式为主,但不同深度上的降解速率有所差异,曝气系统30~50 cm的床体中间层降解速率较快,而未曝气系统50 cm以下的床体底层降解速率较快。将对比系统总体净化效果进一步比较发现,对于COD的去除来说,温度的影响大些,而对于氨氮和TP的去除来说,曝气的影响则更为显著。     

曝气对水平潜流人工湿地水力特性的影响

通过构建曝气及未曝气潜流人工湿地小试实验系统,以NaCl为示踪剂开展示踪实验,研究曝气对人工湿地水力特性的影响。实验结果表明,两对比系统均存在不同程度的短流及死区现象,短流主要发生在床体表层,而死区则存在于床体底层。其中未曝气人工湿地系统的流场分布不均匀现象较为严重,示踪剂滞留在床体底层难以回收,系统水力效率较低(0.56)。比较而言,由于气流对水体的扰动作用,曝气对人工湿地系统水力效率有明显改善作用,减缓了床体表层水流速度,提高了示踪剂回收率,缩小了死区的范围,曝气人工湿地系统的水力效率为0.75。     

聚结晶紫膜修饰电极的制备及对水中对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的测定

通过电化学的方法将结晶紫聚合在玻碳电极表面制备聚结晶紫(PCV)膜修饰电极,并研究了对苯二酚和邻苯二酚在PCV膜修饰电极上的电化学行为。PCV膜修饰电极对对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的氧化有良好的电催化作用。在最佳的实验条件下,氧化峰电流在对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的浓度为4.0×10-6~2.8×10-4mol/L之间呈良好线性关系,对苯二酚和邻苯二酚的线性相关系数分别为0.9991和0.9823,检出限分别为6.2×10-7mol/L和9.0×10-7mol/L。PCV膜修饰电极具有良好的灵敏度、重现性和稳定性,可以应用于实际水样中两种物质的同时测定。     

Debromination of flame-retarded TV housing plastic waste

The thermal stability and degradation kinetics of TV housing plastic and brominated flame retardants were studied by means of thermogravimetry. The effects of the treatment temperature on the removal rate of Br were investigated using a tube furnace reactor under isothermal and vacuum conditions. The results showed that the weight loss of TV housing plastic was divided into two stages: the thermal degradation of brominated flame retardants mainly occurred at 290°–350°C, and the degradation of the high-impact polystyrene resin mainly occurred at 350°–455°C. Nearly 90% of Br can be removed from TV housing plastic when the treatment temperature exceeds 280°C.     

Risk Assessment of Carbon Sequestration for Terrestrial Ecosystems in China

Climate change will alter the capacity of carbon sequestration,and the risk assessment of carbon sequestration for terrestrial ecosystems will be helpful to the decision-making for climate change countermeasures and international climate negotiations.Based on the net ecosystem productivity of terrestrial ecosystems simulated by Atmosphere Vegetation Integrated Model,each grid of the risk criterion was set by time series trend analysis.Then the risks of carbon sequestration of terrestrial ecosystems were investigated.The results show that,in the IPCCSRES-B2 climate scenario,climate change will bring risks of carbon sequestration,and the high-risk level will dominate terrestrial ecosystems.The risk would expand with the increase of warming degree.By the end of the long-term of this century,about 60% of the whole country will face the risk;Northwest China,mountainous areas in Northeast China,middle and lower reaches plain of Yangtze River areas,Southwest China and Southeast China tend to be extremely vulnerable.Risk levels in most regions are likely to grow with the increase of warming degree,and this increase will mainly occur during the near-term to mid-term.Northwest China will become an area of high risks,and deciduous coniferous forests,temperate mixed forests and desert grassland tend to be extremely vulnerable.     

Vegetation distribution on Tibetan Plateau under climate change scenario

The impact of climate change on distribution of vegetation is an important aspect in studies on the responses of ecosystems to the climate change. Particularly in the sensitive environments of the Tibetan Plateau, vegetation distribution may be significantly affected by climate change. In this research, the coupled biogeography and biogeochemistry model, BIOME4, was modified according to the features of vegetation distribution on the Plateau, and the Kappa statistic was used to evaluate the modeling results by comparing the simulated vegetation distribution with the existing 1:1,000,000 vegetation map of China. The comparison showed that modified model was appropriate for simulating the overall vegetation distribution on the Plateau. With the improved BIOME4 model, possible changes in the vegetation distribution were simulated under climate change scenarios. The simulated results suggest that alpine meadows, steppes, and alpine sparse/cushion vegetation and deserts would shrink, while shrubs, broad-leaved forests, coniferous-broad-leaved mixed forests, and coniferous forests would expand. Among these types, shrubs, alpine meadows, and steppes would change the most. The shrubs vegetation would expand toward the northwest, replacing most alpine meadows and part of steppes, and thus causing their shrinkages. Yet broad-leaved forests and coniferous-broad-leaved mixed forests demonstrated smaller changes in their distributions. For all the forest types, the area of coniferous forests would increase the most by spreading to the interior of the Plateau.     

Levels,distribution and risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in fish in Xiamen,China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - An accidental or intentional contamination event can raise health and sociopolitical concerns, erode public trust, and affect the operation of water...     

pH对氢基质自养微生物还原降解对氯硝基苯的影响

在建立的一种MBfR(氢基质生物膜反应器)中系统考察pH对氢基质自养微生物还原降解p-CNB(对氯硝基苯)的影响,并重点分析pH影响下p-CNB、p-CAN(对氯苯胺)、NO-3-N(硝酸盐)和SO2-4(硫酸盐)的去除效率、通量及当量电子转移通量的变化趋势.结果表明,pH在5.7~8.7之间变化时对硝基还原、还原脱氯、反硝化和硫酸盐还原过程影响显著.氢基质自养微生物生长较适宜的pH范围为6.7~8.2,其中硝基还原、还原脱氯、反硝化和硫酸盐还原的最佳pH分别是7.7、8.2、7.2和7.2.当量电子转移通量分析表明,反硝化和硫酸盐还原对pH变化的敏感性均强于p-CNB还原.为了维持较高水平的p-CNB、NO-3-N和SO2-4同步去除效率,可将pH调控在7.2~8.2之间.适当地调节pH有利于微生物的生长以及控制中空纤维膜表面矿物质沉淀引起的膜污染.