Release characteristics of mercury in chemical looping combustion of bituminous coal

This study evaluated the release characteristics of mercury from bituminous coal in chemical looping combustion (CLC) using Australian iron ore as the oxygen carrier in a fixed bed reactor. The effects of several parameters, such as temperature in the fuel reactor (FR) and air reactor (AR), gasification medium in the FR, and reaction atmosphere in the AR, on mercury release characteristics, were investigated. The mercury speciation and release amount in the FR and AR under different conditions were further explored. The results indicate that most of the mercury in coal was released in the FR, while the rest of it was released in the AR. Hg⁰ was found to be the major species in the released mercury. The results also indicate that a higher temperature in the FR led to an increase in the total mercury release amount and a decrease in Hg⁰ proportion. However, a higher temperature in the AR resulted in a decrease in the total mercury release amount and Hg⁰ proportion. The increase in the H₂O/CO₂ ratio of gasification mediums in the FR was beneficial for the increase in the total mercury release amount and Hg⁰ proportion. A higher O₂ concentration in reaction atmosphere in AR had a negligible effect on the total mercury release amount, but a positive effect on Hg⁰ oxidization.     

An integrated chemical mass balance and source emission inventory model for the source apportionment of PM2.5 in typical coastal areas

The source apportionment of PM_2.5 is essential for pollution prevention. In view of the weaknesses of individual models, we proposed an integrated chemical mass balance-source emission inventory (CMB-SEI) model to acquire more accurate results. First, the SEI of secondary component precursors (SO₂, NO_x, NH₃, and VOCs) was compiled to acquire the emission ratios of these sources for the precursors. Then, a regular CMB simulation was executed to obtain the contributions of primary particle sources and secondary components (SO₄^2?, NO₃^-, NH₄⁺, and SOC). Afterwards, the contributions of secondary components were apportioned into primary sources according to the source emission ratios. The final source apportionment results combined the contributions of primary sources by CMB and SEI. This integrated approach was carried out via a case study of three coastal cities (Zhoushan, Taizhou, and Wenzhou; abbreviated WZ, TZ, and ZS) in Zhejiang Province, China. The regular CMB simulation results showed that PM_2.5 pollution was mainly affected by secondary components and mobile sources. The SEI results indicated that electricity, industrial production and mobile sources were the largest contributors to the emission of PM_2.5 gaseous precursors. The simulation results of the CMB-SEI model showed that PM_2.5 pollution in the coastal areas of Zhejiang Province presented complex pollution characteristics dominated by mobile sources, electricity production sources and industrial production sources. Compared to the results of the CMB and SEI models alone, the CMB-SEI model completely apportioned PM_2.5 to primary sources and simultaneously made the results more accurate and reliable in accordance with local industrial characteristics.     

Characterization of a new smog chamber for evaluating SAPRC gas-phase chemical mechanism

A new state-of-the-art indoor smog chamber facility (CAPS-ZJU) has been constructed and characterized at Zhejiang University, which is designed for chemical mechanism evaluation under well-controlled conditions. A series of characterization experiments were performed to validate the well-established experimental protocols, including temperature variation pattern, light spectrum and equivalent intensity (J_NO2), injection and mixing performance, as well as gases and particle wall loss. In addition, based on some characterization experiments, the auxiliary wall mechanism has been setup and examined. Fifty chamber experiments were performed across a broad range of experimental scenarios, and we demonstrated the ability to utilize these chamber data for evaluating SAPRC chemical mechanism. It was found that the SAPRC-11 can well predict the O₃ formation and NO oxidation for almost all propene runs, with 6 hr Δ(O₃ – NO) model error of –3% ± 7%, while the final O₃ was underestimated by ~20% for isoprene experiments. As for toluene and p-xylene experiments, it was confirmed that SAPRC-11 has significant improvement on aromatic chemistry than earlier version of SAPRC-07, although the aromatic decay rate was still underestimated to some extent. The model sensitivity test has been carried out, and the most sensitive parameters identified are the initial concentrations of reactants and the light intensity as well as HONO offgasing rate and O₃ wall loss rate. All of which demonstrated that CAPS-ZJU smog chamber could derive high quality experimental data, and could provide insights on chamber studies and chemical mechanism development.     

The effect of dissolved oxygen concentration on long-term stability of partial nitrification process

Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration is regarded as one of the crucial factors to influence partial nitrification process. However, achieving and keeping stable partial nitrification under different DO concentrations were widely reported. The mechanism of DO concentration influencing partial nitrification is still unclear. Therefore, in this study two same sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) cultivated same seeding sludge were built up with real-time control strategy. Different DO concentrations were controlled in SBRs to explore the effect of DO concentration on the long-term stability of partial nitrification process at room temperature. It was discovered that ammonium oxidation rate (AOR) was inhibited when DO concentration decreased from 2.5 to 0.5 mg/L. The abundance of Nitrospira increased from 10^11.5 to 10^13.7 copies/g DNA, and its relative percentage increased from 0.056% to 3.2% during 190 operational cycles, causing partial nitrification gradually turning into complete nitrification process. However, when DO was 2.5 mg/L the abundance of Nitrospira was stable and AOB was always kept at 10^10.7 copies/g DNA. High AOR was maintained, and stable partial nitrification process was kept. Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) activity was significantly higher than nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) activity at DO of 2.5 mg/L, which was crucial to maintain excellent nitrite accumulation performance.     

部分亚硝化-厌氧氨氧化处理磁混凝生活污水

以磁混凝预处理后的生活污水为处理对象,构建了部分亚硝化-厌氧氨氧化分体式反应器,通过曝气调控与生物强化促进部分亚硝化反应的稳定进行,并耦合厌氧氨氧化反应进行深度脱氮.近100d的运行结果表明,在生物强化和间歇曝气的控制条件下,亚硝酸盐积累率达到了89.93%;提高亚硝化反应器中曝气阶段溶解氧浓度（从0.6~0.8mg/L升高至1.0~1.2mg/L）有利于氨氮与总氮去除.该系统最高能够去除95.45%的氨氮和86.28%的总氮,实现了稳定、高效脱氮;磁混凝预处理后的生活污水在亚硝化反应器中,间歇曝气条件促进了残留的溶解性有机物为反硝化提供碳源,COD总去除率达到64.65%~74.42%,并且亚硝化反应器出水与系统最终出水的有机物组分相似,主要为难降解有机物.     

厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥胞外聚合物金属元素特性

为探究厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥胞外金属元素特性,将厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥根据粒径筛分为0.5~1.4mm、1.4~2.8mm、>2.8mm 3组,提取不同粒径厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥胞外聚合物（EPS）,研究EPS金属元素特性.结果表明,蛋白质（PN）是厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥EPS的主要成分,占EPS含量的84.2%以上.随着粒径的增大,EPS中Na、K、Ca、Mg元素含量均增多,且与EPS中蛋白质含量变化一致.EPS中K、Ca、Mg元素的离子形式占比分别为68.6%、56.2%、94.7%.EPS经过阳离子交换树脂（CER）处理后,0.5~1.4mm、1.4~2.8mm、>2.8mm组EPS Zeta电位分别减小了4.7,7.2,9.1mV,EPS中的金属离子可通过压缩双电层作用促进颗粒污泥的聚集,金属离子对大粒径颗粒污泥EPS Zeta电位的影响幅度更大.     

基于氨氮,硝氮及乙酸条件下Anammox菌的培养

为探讨Anammox菌在氨氮、硝氮及乙酸条件下的富集特性,采用某城市污水处理厂A²/O系统中的生物填料作为MBBR的载体直接启动并运行.结果表明,在NH₄⁺-N、NO₃^--N及乙酸为基质的培养条件下,Anammox菌可在部分反硝化和厌氧氨氧化协同作用下快速富集.经过130d的富集培养,MBBR处理负荷（以N计）达到920.79mg/（m²·d）,Anammox活性（以NH₄⁺-N计）达到3 018.19mg/（m²·d）.高通量结果显示,经富集培养后,Ca.Brocadia占比从0.89%增至27.80%,为Anammox菌的主导菌属;Thauera占比从0.01%增至6.75%,Flavobacterium占比从0.29%增至11.72%,为部分反硝化菌的主导菌属.     

电源模式对ADC12高硅铝合金微弧氧化膜层组织与性能的影响

目的探究三种电源模式对ADC12高硅铝合金微弧氧化膜层性能的影响,从中选择对其微弧氧化膜层性能较优的电源模式。方法在三种不同电源模式(交流电源、单极性脉冲电源和双极性脉冲电源)的条件下,应用微弧氧化(MAO)技术在ADC12高硅铝合金表面制备了陶瓷膜层,并采用扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、显微硬度计、摩擦磨损试验机等手段表征ADC12铝合金微弧氧化膜层的显微组织与性能。结果三种电源模式下微弧氧化膜层中都存在α-Al_2O_3、γ-Al_2O_3和Al9Si等物相;双脉冲模式下制备的微弧氧化膜层的致密性最好,厚度为15μm,硬度达到719 HV,摩擦系数为1.2左右,膜层与基体开始脱落的载荷为25.8 N。交流模式下制备的微弧氧化膜层膜厚较低,厚度为9μm,硬度达到698 HV,摩擦系数为1.35左右,膜层与基体开始脱落的载荷为19.5 N。单极性模式下制备的微弧氧化膜层厚度为17μm,但硬度为706 HV,摩擦系数为1.35左右,膜层与基体开始脱落的载荷为13.09 N。结论通过三种电源模式的比较,ADC12高硅铝合金在双极性脉冲电源模式下制得膜层的综合性能较好。     

羟胺对厌氧氨氧化污泥群落的影响

目前,由于厌氧氨氧化(anaerobic ammonium oxidation,ANAMMOX)过程具有高效率、低能耗和污泥量少的优点,在污水除氮方面具有广阔的应用前景.羟胺既是厌氧氨氧化代谢的中间产物,同时也是一种抑制剂,但是目前关于厌氧氨氧化细菌颗粒如何应对羟胺的压力还没有很好的解释.通过羟胺批次添加实验,发现在投加不同浓度的羟胺情况下(40～80mg·L~(-1)),厌氧氨氧化的反应活性受到了抑制作用,但是无法判断厌氧氨氧化细菌对羟胺的耐受阈值.然后基于实时荧光定量聚合酶链反应(RT-qPCR)技术检测了不同反应器内肼氧化酶(HZO)的mRNA的表达量,发现HZO酶的表达量随着羟胺浓度的增加出现先升高后降低的趋势,由此本研究推测相对于3.12g·L~(-1)的厌氧氨氧化颗粒污泥,其承受的羟胺浓度(以N计)阈值介于60～70mg·L~(-1).同时利用16S rRNA高通量测序的方法对反应器内的颗粒污泥微生物结构与功能进行分析,发现投加适量的羟胺(50mg·L~(-1))有助于增强颗粒污泥中细菌的细胞运动性,促进厌氧氨氧化细菌的组成,提供一个更佳的生态平衡.     

温度和基质浓度对厌氧氨氧化工艺中N2O释放的影响

污水生物脱氮工艺中通常会释放温室气体N₂O,厌氧氨氧化工艺作为新型生物脱氮工艺,其N₂O的释放规律及机制值得深入研究.本文利用厌氧氨氧化序批试验,研究了不同温度和基质浓度对厌氧氨氧化工艺中N₂O释放的影响,并探讨了N₂O释放的微生物机制.结果表明,厌氧氨氧化工艺中进水基质浓度的增加会促进N₂O释放,在35℃条件下,当进水亚硝氮从40 mg ·L^-1增加至60 mg ·L^-1和120 mg ·L^-1时,N₂O最高积累浓度从0.5 mg ·L^-1增加至1.5 mg ·L^-1和2.4 mg ·L^-1,分别占总氮去除量的0.85%、1.43%和1.11%.温度降低对厌氧氨氧化活性抑制作用明显,15℃下的比厌氧氨氧化活性仅为30℃时的6%.温度降低导致厌氧氨氧化工艺中N₂O的释放减少,温度降低时反硝化速率的降低是导致N₂O产生速率降低、N₂O积累减少的主要原因.厌氧氨氧化工艺微生物群落中存在丰富的异养反硝化菌,工艺中N₂O积累主要是反硝化菌产生和消耗N₂O的结果.