A review of bioretention components and nutrient removal under different climates—future directions for tropics

Bioretention systems have been implemented as stormwater best management practices (BMPs) worldwide to treat non-point sources pollution. Due to insufficient research, the design guidelines for bioretention systems in tropical countries are modeled after those of temperate countries. However, climatic factors and stormwater runoff characteristics are the two key factors affecting the capacity of bioretention system. This paper reviews and compares the stormwater runoff characteristics, bioretention components, pollutant removal requirements, and applications of bioretention systems in temperate and tropical countries. Suggestions are given for bioretention components in the tropics, including elimination of mulch layer and submerged zone. More research is required to identify suitable additives for filter media, study tropical shrubs application while avoiding using grass and sedges, explore function of soil faunas, and adopt final discharged pollutants concentration (mg/L) on top of percentage removal (%) in bioretention design guidelines.

     

Determination of the required surface area of a final clarifier for an activated-sludge system.

A generic methodology for determining the required surface area of a final clarifier is presented. Clarification and thickening requirements are integrated to form a unified procedure for final clarifier design. The new method is based on results obtained by Yuen (2002) on the solids flux theory for a secondary clarifier; it does not require the specification of recycle rate, which is computed as an output of the method. The author shows that there is a minimum required surface area (A(m)) for a final clarifier under the thickening requirement when the designed recycle rate is set at the maximum allowable value (FR)m (at the critical state). The designed surface area and the return activated sludge pumping capacity can be determined by applying a safety factor to A(m) and (FR)m, respectively. The method is shown to conform to conventional design criteria under typical design conditions.     

Concentrative phenomenon of relative content ratios of Cu, Pb and Zn in soils

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沉积物粒度对重金属吸附的影响

本文报道了渭河沉积物对重金属的吸附特性.结果表明,渭河沉积物吸附重金属的粒度效应决定于不同粒度沉积物的物质构成和颗粒表面特性,该效应是由沉积物对重金属的吸附速率的差别来体现的.不同粒度所决定的颗粒比表面积的差异不是影响重金属吸附粒度效应的主要因素.     

浅水型湖泊蓝藻水华预警监测工作的思考

浅水型湖泊的富营养化进程不断加快,呈现出蓝藻水华暴发现象是逐年增加的。太湖作为长江中下游地区典型的浅水型湖泊更因近年来蓝藻水华频发的态势引起了政府和社会的广泛关注。为确保太湖地区饮水安全,提高政府应对蓝藻水华的能力,对太湖蓝藻水华进行预警监测是判断其发展趋势以及制定相应对策的重要手段。着力分析和总结了太湖蓝藻水华预警监测工作的主要内容,从预警监测工作的统筹、预警监测体系的建立、技术分析、预警监测的启动、分级与评价、预警信息的发布、预警监测的终止到预警监测的保障机制等,以利于同行们更好地应对浅水型湖泊蓝藻水华的发生。     

Preparation methods and thermal stability of Ba-Mn-Ce oxide catalyst for NOx-assisted soot oxidation

Manganese oxide-loaded and -doped ceria as well as the corresponding barium-modified oxide catalysts were prepared for soot oxidation in the presence of NOx, and were characterized by using X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller and NO temperatureprogrammed oxidation measurements. The activity of catalyst depended strongly on the NO2 production capacity, and the importance of surface nitrates was weakened without heat transfer limitations. The formation of perovskite-type oxides after the high-temperature calcination caused the loss of NOx storage capacity for the Ba-modified catalysts, but did not seem to affect the NO oxidation activity obviously. The addition of barium did not prevent the phase separation of MnOx-CeO2 solid solutions, whereas it inhibited the sintering of oxide crystallites effectively. This, as well as the relatively high surface area, resulted in a small increase in soot oxidation temperature for the thermally aged Ba/Mn-Ce catalyst.     

福建省山仔水库水质现状及演变趋势分析

依据1996年-2010年监测数据及实际观测情况,分析了山仔水库水质现状和长期变化趋势。水库建库初期,水质状况比较好,但随着外源污染输入和内源污染释放,水体中的各项污染物指标水平升高,特别是氮磷营养物质。控制外源污染近10年之后,水库水质有了明显好转,蓝藻水华现象亦呈减少趋势,但水体中的氮磷营养物质仍维持在一定水平,高于富营养化临界浓度,水库的生态治理仍不容忽视。     

油田聚驱采出液乳化特性及其破乳-絮凝

为了解决国内某油田聚驱采出液油水分离的难题,对聚驱采出液的水质特性和乳化特性进行研究,考察了驱油剂聚丙烯酰胺(HPAM)对污水乳化程度的影响,针对该污水开发、筛选出最优的高效破乳剂,考察了投加量及温度对污水破乳效果的影响,并进行了破乳-絮凝复配实验研究。实验结果表明,该油田聚驱采油污水油含量、悬浮物、硫含量、Fe2+均较高,乳化程度严重且具有较强乳化稳定性,油水分离困难;HPAM的存在增强了污水的乳化程度;当破乳温度为65℃,停留时间为2 h时,投加6 mg/L的PAM4#时除油效率约为72%,在破乳后的水样中投加100 mg/L的PAS,含油量可降低至27.0 mg/L,悬浮物降低至9.0 mg/L,处理后水样达到该油田回注水的水质标准。     

SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫

以表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）对沸石进行改性,改性后的沸石对结晶紫溶液进行吸附,以紫外可见分光光度计分析最佳吸附条件。实验结果表明,在30℃,SDS改性沸石投入量为0．25g;吸附平衡时间为1h;pH为8的条件下,对含50mg／L结晶紫染料的去除率可达到92．6％,吸附量达到4．63mg／g。SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫的等温吸附曲线与Henry型和Freundlich型均拟合较好。热力学参数计算结果表明,吸附符合自发吸热过程。