Mercury transportation in soil via using gypsum from flue gas desulfurization unit in coal-fired power plant

The mercury flux in soils was investigated, which were amended by gypsums from flue gas desulphurization (FGD) units of coal- fired power plants. Studies have been carried out in confined greenhouses using FGD gypsum treated soils. Major research focus is uptakes of mercury by plants, and emission of mercury into the atmosphere under varying application rates of FGD gypsum, simulating rainfall irrigations, soils, and plants types. Higher FGD gypsum application rates generally led to higher mercury concentrations in the soils, the increased mercury emissions into the atmosphere, and the increased mercury contents in plants (especially in roots and leaves). Soil properties and plant species can play important roles in mercury transports. Some plants, such as tall fescue, were able to prevent mercury from atmospheric emission and infiltration in the soil. Mercury concentration in the stem of plants was found to be increased and then leveled off upon increasing FGD gypsum application. However, mercury in roots and leaves was generally increased upon increasing FGD gypsum application rates. Some mercury was likely absorbed by leaves of plants from emitted mercury in the atmosphere.     

顾桥矿矿井水净水剂投加方案探讨

选择常用的混凝剂和助凝剂,对顾桥矿矿井水的净化进行实验,确定最佳混凝剂和絮凝剂投加量以及PH、反应时间等对混凝效果的影响,从而得出合理、经济的投加方案,达到提高矿井水出水水质,降低处理成本的目的.     

废旧手机电池的回收利用

文章主要阐述了废旧手机电池的现状、危害及回收利用的意义,介绍了国外废旧手机电池回收利用的技术,并对我国废旧手机电池回收利用提出了合理化的建议.     

The air pollution effect of government economic growth expectations: evidence from China’s cities based on green technology

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Based on the Government Work Report of 265 prefecture-level cities in China from 2004 to 2015, this article combines economic growth expectations data...     

Development of global soil erosion research at the watershed scale: a bibliometric analysis of the past decade

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - At the watershed scale, soil erosion is a cascading system that includes detachment–transport–deposition processes while sediment yield is...     

Response of sulfhydryl compounds in subcells of Cladophora rupestris under Pb stress

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - This study aimed to determine the role of sulfhydryl compounds in the subcells of C. rupestris under Pb stress. Different concentrations (0, 0.5, 1.0,...     

Identifying unknown antibiotics with persistent and bioaccumulative properties and ecological risk in river water in Beijing,China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - The goal of this study was to identify antibiotics with potential risk in river water of the megacity Beijing, China. This was accomplished by using a...     

Study of uncertainty of satellite and reanalysis precipitation products and their impact on hydrological simulation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Satellite and reanalysis precipitation products are potential alternatives in hydrological studies, and it is very important to evaluate their...     

Adsorption behaviours and transfer simulation of levofloxacin in silty clay

Fluoroquinolone antibiotics in soil can cause serious antibiotic pollution. Adsorption is the main factor that influences their destination and transport of antibiotics. Therefore, research on the behaviour of antibiotics once they reach the soil environment is meaningful to design appropriate measures to reduce their potential risks. This research took levofloxacin (LVFX) as the research object and used a static adsorption experiment to study the adsorption behaviour of the vadose zone of silty clay on the North China Plain. The results showed that LVFX had high retention in silty clay, with an average adsorption ratio of more than 90%. Adsorption of LVFX on silty clay reached equilibrium in 24 h with an adsorption amount of 93.5 mg/kg at an initial LVFX concentration of 10 mg/L. Acidity, cations and soil organic matter could affect the adsorption of LVFX, with adsorption variation ratio of 3.3%, 3.4% and 0.6%, respectively. In addition, numerical simulation with Hydrus-1D was utilized, and the results show that LVFX may infiltrate into underground water through silty clay after 28 days and completely penetrate in 100 days.

     

Determining the origin and fate of nitrate in the Nanyang Basin,Central China,using environmental isotopes and the Bayesian mixing model

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Identifying sources of nitrate contamination has been a long-term challenge in areas with different land uses. We investigated the biogeochemical...