Simazine degradation in bioaugmented soil: urea impact and response of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and other soil bacterial communities

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of exogenous urea nitrogen on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and other soil bacterial communities in soil bioaugmented for simazine remediation. The previously isolated simazine-degrading Arthrobacter sp. strain SD1 was used to degrade the herbicide. The effect of urea on the simazine degradation capacity of the soil bioaugmented with Arthrobacter strain SD1 was assessed using quantitative PCR targeting the s-triazine-degrading trzN and atzC genes. Structures of bacterial and AOB communities were characterized using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. Urea fertilizer could affect simazine biodegradation and decreased the proportion of its trzN and atzC genes in soil augmented with Arthrobacter strain SD1. Bioaugmentation process could significantly alter the structures of both bacterial and AOB communities, which were strongly affected by urea amendment, depending on the dosage. This study could provide some new insights towards s-triazine bioremediation and microbial ecology in a bioaugmented system. However, further studies are necessary in order to elucidate the impact of different types and levels of nitrogen sources on s-triazine-degraders and bacterial and AOB communities in bioaugmented soil.     

活性焦吸附对煤化工废水膜处理工艺的影响

煤化工废水经过生化处理后一般难以达到回用标准,须采用有效的深度处理工艺才能实现废水的资源化利用。通过对比研究方式,采用“混凝-超滤-反渗透工艺”及“混凝-活性焦吸附-超滤-反渗透”2种处理工艺,考察了活性焦吸附对后续膜处理工艺的影响。结果表明,活性焦对废水中的芳香族类等主要污染物具有很好的吸附性能,混凝出水经活性焦吸附后进人膜系统可有效减缓膜污染,降低膜通量的衰减程度并提高产水水质,因此,将活性焦吸附用于煤化工废水膜系统的前处理,采用“混凝-活性焦吸附-超滤-反渗透工艺”深度处理煤化工废水是有效可行的。     

微波辅助疏水膜的清洗

针对膜蒸馏过程中膜表面常见的CaSO4垢和腐殖酸混合垢,对微波强化疏水膜清洗的效果进行了研究。结果表明,对于膜表面的CaSO4垢,微波辅助清洗效率高于常规清洗,且在清洗液的温度和流速较低时,微波的强化清洗效果更为明显;对于膜表面的腐殖酸混合垢,微波辅助清洗后的初始通量恢复率为88.4%,比常规清洗高出10.8%,同时可以相对缓解疏水膜的亲水化。     

改性膨润土处理油田废水实验研究

通过高温焙烧和交联改性两种方法制备出改性膨润土,研究其在不同条件下对油田废水CODCr的去除效果。结果表明:改性膨润土对油田废水CODCr的去除效率有显著提高,最高可达65.32%。为膨润土的改性及其在油田废水处理中的应用提供了参考依据。     

可持续的,可持续性与可持续发展

本文分析了可持续发展,可持续性和可持续发展的概念的历史成因及区别,并详细论述了如何使用这几个概念。     

新型负载TiO_2膨胀石墨光催化降解苯酚

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了两种负载TiO2膨胀石墨,用以去除模拟废水中的苯酚。扫描电子显微镜分析结果表明,该法可牢固地将纳米TiO2粉末负载到膨胀石墨的表面和层间。先负载TiO2后膨胀的膨胀石墨对苯酚的吸附性能优于先膨胀后负载TiO2的膨胀石墨。在模拟苯酚废水初始质量浓度为50mg/L、先负载TiO2后膨胀的膨胀石墨加入量为6g/L、反应时间为8h的条件下,苯酚去除率达85.06%。     

Developing risk models of Cryptosporidium transport in soils from vegetated, tilted soilbox experiments

Transport of Cryptosporidium parvum through macroporous soils is poorly understood yet critical for assessing the risk of groundwater contamination. We developed a conceptual model of the physics of flow and transport in packed, tilted, and vegetated soilboxes during and immediately after a simulated rainfall event and applied it to 54 experiments implemented with different soils, slopes, and rainfall rates. Using a parsimonious inverse modeling procedure, we show that a significant amount of subsurface outflow from the soilboxes is due to macropore flow. The effective hydraulic properties of the macropore space were obtained by calibration of a simple two-domain flow and transport model that accounts for coupled flow in the matrix and in the macropores of the soils. Using linear mixed-effects analysis, macropore hydraulic properties and oocyst attenuation were shown to be associated with soil bulk density and rainfall rate. Macropore flow was shown to be responsible for bromide and C. parvum transport through the soil into the underlying pore space observed during the 4-h experiments. We confirmed this finding by conducting a pair of saturated soil column studies under homogeneously repacked conditions with no macropores in which no C. parvum transport was observed in the effluent. The linear mixed-effects and logistic regression models developed from the soilbox experiments provide a basis for estimating macropore hydraulic properties and the risk of C. parvum transport through shallow soils from bulk density, precipitation, and total shallow subsurface flow rate. The risk assessment is consistent with the reported occurrence of oocysts in springs or groundwater from fractured or karstic rocks protected only by shallow overlying soils.     

ZnO/氧化石墨烯的制备及其对亚硝酸盐的光催化降解

利用沉淀法制备了ZnO光催化剂,并将其负载在氧化石墨烯上,制得ZnO/氧化石墨烯复合材料,研究了该复合材料对亚硝酸钠的光催化降解效果。采用XRD和SEM技术对光催化剂进行表征。考察了初始亚硝酸钠质量浓度、溶液pH、ZnO/氧化石墨烯加入量对亚硝酸钠降解效果的影响。表征结果显示：ZnO/氧化石墨烯晶体的晶型发育良好、结晶度高;新生成的混晶结构提高了催化剂的光催化活性。实验结果表明：在初始亚硝酸钠质量浓度246 mg/L、溶液pH 5、ZnO/氧化石墨烯加入量1.0 g/L的条件下,经过150 min的紫外光降解,亚硝酸钠的质量浓度降至70 mg/L,亚硝酸钠的降解率为71.38%;ZnO与氧化石墨烯的协同效应有效提高了光催化反应体系的效率,ZnO/氧化石墨烯对亚硝酸钠的降解能力远高于氧化石墨烯和ZnO。     

Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at a large-scale antimony mining area in southern China

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have great potential for assisting heavy metal hyperaccumulators in the remediation of contaminated soils. However, little information is available about the community composition of AMF under natural conditions in soils contaminated by antimony (Sb). The objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics of AMF molecular diversity, and to explore the effects of Sb content and soil properties on the AMF community structure in an Sb mining area. Four Sb mine spoils and one adjacent reference area were selected from around the Xikuangshan mine in southern China. The association of AMF molecular diversity and community composition with the rhizosphere soils of the dominant plant species was studied by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). Results from all five studied sites showed that the diversity of AMF decreased with increasing Sb concentration. Principal component analysis (PCA) indicated that the AMF community structure was markedly different among these groups. Further redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that Sb contamination was the dominating factor influencing the AMF community structure in the Sb mine area. However, the multivariate analysis showed that, apart from the soil Sb content, extractable nitrogen content and organic matter content also attributed to AMF sequence distribution type. Some AMF sequences were only found in the highly contaminated area and these might be ideal candidates for improving phytoremediation efficiency in Sb mining regions. Gene sequencing analysis revealed that most species were affiliated with Glomus, suggesting that Glomus was the dominant AMF genus in the studied Sb mining area.     

Characterization of coal burning-derived individual particles emitted from an experimental domestic stove

Coal combustion in the domestic stoves, which is common in most parts of the Chinese countryside, can release harmful substances into the air and cause health issues. In this study, particles emitted from laboratory stove combustion of the raw powder coals were analyzed for morphologies and chemical compositions by using transmission electron microscopy(TEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry(EDX). The coal burning-derived individual particles were classified into two groups: carbonaceous particles(including soot aggregates and organic particles) and non-carbonaceous particles(including sulfate, mineral and metal particles). The non-carbonaceous particles, which constituted a majority of the coal burning-derived emissions, were subdivided into Si-rich, S-rich, K-rich,Ca-rich, and Fe-rich particles according to the elemental compositions. The Si-rich, S-rich and K-rich particles are commonly observed in the coal burning emission. The proportions for particles of different types exhibit obvious coal-issue dependence. Burning of coal with high ash yield could emit more non-carbonaceous particles, and burning of coal with high sulfur content can emit more S-rich particles. By comparing the S-rich particles from this coal burning experiment with those in the atmosphere, we draw a conclusion that some S-rich particles in the atmosphere in China could be mainly sourced from coal combustion.