The treatment of black-odorous water using tower bipolar electro-flocculation including the removal of phosphorus,turbidity, sulfion,and oxygen enrichment

• An innovative bubble column tower BPE was designed to treat the black-odorous water. • PO₄³⁻, S²⁻ and turbidity were removed, and dissolved oxygen was enriched in the BPE. • An aluminum bipolar electrode gave the best oxygen enrichment and pollutant removal. • Changes of microorganisms confirmed the improvement in water quality achieved. The large amount of municipal wastewater discharged into urban rivers sometimes exceeds the rivers’ self-purification capacity leading to black-odorous polluted water. Electro-flocculation has emerged as a powerful remediation technology. Electro-flocculation in a bubble column tower with a bipolar electrode (BPE) was tested in an attempt to overcome the high resistance and weak gas-floatation observed with a monopolar electrode (MPE) in treating such water. The BPE reactor tested had a Ti/Ta₂O₅-IrO₂ anode and a graphite cathode with an iron or aluminum bipolar electrode suspended between them. It was tested for its ability to reduce turbidity, phosphate and sulphion and to increase the concentration of dissolved oxygen. The inclusion of the bipolar electrode was found to distinctly improved the system’s conductivity. The system’s electro-flocculation and electrical floatation removed turbidity, phosphate and sulphion completely, and the dissolved oxygen level improved from 0.29 to 6.28 mg/L. An aluminum bipolar electrode performed better than an iron one. Changes in the structure of the microbial community confirmed a significant improvement in water quality.     

Role of age and injury mechanism on cervical spine injury tolerance from head contact loading

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the influence of age and injury mechanism on cervical spine tolerance to injury from head contact loading using survival analysis.

Methods: This study analyzed data from previously conducted experiments using post mortem human subjects (PMHS). Group A tests used the upright intact head–cervical column experimental model. The inferior end of the specimen was fixed, the head was balanced by a mechanical system, and natural lordosis was removed. Specimens were placed on a testing device via a load cell. The piston applied loading at the vertex region. Spinal injuries were identified using medical images. Group B tests used the inverted head–cervical column experimental model. In one study, head–T1 specimens were fixed distally, and C7–T1 joints were oriented anteriorly, preserving lordosis. Torso mass of 16 kg was added to the specimen. In another inverted head–cervical column study, occiput–T2 columns were obtained, an artificial head was attached, T1–T2 was fixed, C4–C5 disc was maintained horizontal in the lordosis posture, and C7–T1 was unconstrained. The specimens were attached to the drop test carriage carrying a torso mass of 15 kg. A load cell at the inferior end measured neck loads in both studies. Axial neck force and age were used as the primary response variable and covariate to derive injury probability curves using survival analysis.

Results: Group A tests showed that age is a significant (P < .05) and negative covariate; that is, increasing age resulted in decreasing force for the same risk. Injuries were mainly vertebral body fractures and concentrated at one level, mid-to-lower cervical spine, and were attributed to compression-related mechanisms. However, age was not a significant covariate for the combined data from group B tests. Both group B tests produced many soft tissue injuries, at all levels, from C1 to T1. The injury mechanism was attributed to mainly extension. Multiple and noncontiguous injuries occurred. Injury probability curves, ±95% confidence intervals, and normalized confidence interval sizes representing the quality of the mean curve are given for different data sets.

Conclusions: For compression-related injuries, specimen age should be used as a covariate or individual specimen data may be prescaled to derive risk curves. For distraction- or extension-related injuries, however, specimen age need not be used as a covariate in the statistical analysis. The findings from these tests and survival analysis indicate that the age factor modulates human cervical spine tolerance to impact injury.     

基于弹塑性理论的溃坝尾矿砂下泄冲击力研究∗

为确定溃坝尾矿砂下泄冲击力,以弹塑性力学为基础,从微粒弹性碰撞入手,建立单尾矿砂微粒的冲击模型,并扩展至团聚尾矿砂的冲击力求解模型,推导出均匀级配、固液耦合的冲击力计算公式。结果表明:单尾矿砂微粒可通过弹性力学理论描述碰撞过程、求解碰撞力和碰撞时间;尾矿砂团聚微粒的碰撞模型的构建应考虑液相的粘聚力、颗粒间的接触和局部力系向空间转化三个方面;冲击速度、平均粒径和含沙量对冲击力的影响均呈幂函数型增加,干密度呈线性增加,相同边界条件下,冲击速度的改变对冲击力的影响最大,平均粒径和含沙量次之,干密度影响最小,该结果代表了尾矿砂所特有的细颗粒、级配均匀所展现的特征,为尾矿砂下泄冲击计算提供理论依据。     

Digestion of waste bananas to generate energy in Australia

This paper presents results from laboratory studies to measure the methane yield and rate of digestion of reject bananas. These parameters were determined in experiments that took into account the likely configuration of a full-scale plant in the banana growing region of north Queensland. The digestion was conducted in a 200-l reactor using fed-batch operation, relying entirely on the natural microbial consortia on the reject bananas to avoid reliance on external inocula such as sludge, an undesirable material around food packaging facilities. An enrichment culture was first established in a highly buffered 200-l batch digestion unit. The fed-batch digester was then started by exchanging leachate with the mature batch reactor. Under loading conditions of 0.6 kg VS m(-3)d(-1) over 70 days where the average working volume was 160 l, the digester produced 398+/-20 l CH4 kg VS(-1). Increasing the loading rate to 1.6 kg VS m(-3)d(-1) resulted in a reduced methane yield of 210 l CH4 kg VS(-1) over 23 days of operation, with a concomitant accumulation of banana waste in the digester. The leachate at the end of digestion contained over 4000 mg l(-1)K, 200 mg l(-1) N and 75 mg l(-1), levels that exceed acceptable limits for general agricultural irrigation.     

固定化氨氧化细菌短程硝化特性研究

以高分子聚合物为载体,采用固定化细胞增殖技术固定氨氧化细菌,研究温度、pH、碱度和溶解氧等因素对短程硝化过程的影响.实验结果表明,最适宜的温度、pH分别是30℃和8.5;当碱度/NH4 -N(质量比)=6.75时,亚硝化率为87.5%;溶解氧浓度影响氨氧化速率,但对亚硝化率影响不大,溶解氧的适宜质量浓度为403 mg/L.     

Alternative immunofluorescent labeling of Cryptosporidium parvum in water samples using semiconductor quantum dots

The application of immunofluorescent labeling using quantum dots for detection of inactivated Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in spiked water samples (reservoir water, treated wastewater effluent, permeate of a membrane bioreactor, and tap water) provided more consistent results compared with the organic fluorophores label. The varying degree of particles present in the different water samples (with turbidity ranging from 0.2 to 6.1 NTU) in nonconcentrated water samples had insignificant interference on the labeled counts (2-sample t-tests, p > 0.236) using the quantum dot label, while the quantum dot label provided an advantage of approximately 50% lower interference in concentrated water samples compared with the organic fluorophores label.     

产物循环对生活垃圾好氧生物处理过程的影响

为研究产物循环对生活垃圾好氧生物处理过程中水分去除的影响,进行了不同的产物循环接种比例(30%、10%、无接种)的好氧生物处理实验.结果表明,产物循环接种可提高垃圾中各生物化学组分(总糖、脂类、蛋白质和木质纤维素类)及有机物总体的降解率;接种 30% 和 10% 产物组的有机物降解率分别为 70%和 65%,高于无接种组的 63%;接种组的高温(50℃以上)维持时间亦明显延长.产物循环接种对提高水分去除具有不确定性,接种率 30%、10%和无接种时,相应的水分去除率分别为 60%、61%和 62%,单位重量原料的水分去除量为 0.401、0.428和 0.421 kg/kg,产物最终含水率为 60%、59%和55%.     

GDS三轴仪的非饱和土试验操作方法

与传统三轴仪相比,GDS三轴仪有着显著的优势。对GDS三轴仪的组成部分、工作原理和试验过程中的具体操作进行了详细介绍,并应用GDS三轴仪研究了某高心墙堆石坝非饱和土填料的强度特征,得到了该土样的抗剪强度参数。     

重金属汞对土壤酸性磷酸酶的影响及其机理

通过土壤培养试验、紫外吸收光谱和荧光光谱技术 ,研究了重金属汞对土壤酸性磷酸酶催化活性、动力学性质的影响及机理 .结果表明 ,汞对土壤酸性磷酸酶活性、酶促反应动力学性质均具有显著影响 .汞对土壤酸性磷酸酶的作用可能为非竞争与反竞争混合的抑制类型 .而汞对麦芽酸性磷酸酶的抑制作用为反竞争性抑制 .重金属汞通过改变土壤酸性磷酸酶分子色氨酸、酪氨酸残基的微环境致使酶活性中心的构象发生变化 ,进而对酶的催化活性产生影响