电渗析法再生CO2碱吸收液的初步探讨

以Na2CO3和NaHCO3的混合液作为用碱液吸收CO2气体的模拟液,用两室单阴膜电渗析装置对其在小于5V的低电压下进行脱碳处理,并且得出电渗析的方法可以增加回收液中Na2CO3和NaHCO3的浓度比,减少碳的总浓度,起到了对CO2的碱吸收液再生利用的作用。     

分置式膜-生物反应器处理生活污水的抗冲击负荷能力

分置式膜 -生物反应器处理生活污水的运行结果表明 ,在 3倍于正常水平的冲击负荷下 ,分置式膜 -生物反应器能够正常运行 ,膜过滤出水 COD维持在 1 0 mg/ L以下 ,生物反应器污泥上清液 COD和透膜压力 TMP比正常水平略微上升 ,但在冲击负荷消除后能够恢复正常水平 ,呈现出较强的抗冲击负荷能力 .分置式膜 -生物反应器与普通活性污泥法相比 ,在冲击负荷下 ,其有机物去除速率、污泥浓度都呈现较快增长 ,而污泥混合液 COD浓度上升幅度较小 ,并且在冲击负荷消除后迅速恢复稳态运行 .分析表明分置式膜 -生物反应器的强抗冲击负荷能力来自于膜对污泥的完全截流作用 .膜 -生物反应器的强抗冲击负荷能力意味着该技术出水水质的安全稳定性和操作简便性 .     

Nonpolar cross-stacked super-aligned carbon nanotube membrane for efficient wastewater treatment

● A novel nonpolar super-aligned carbon nanotube (SACNT) membrane was prepared. ● SACNT membranes achieved smoother and more uniform structures. ● SACNT membranes have inert chemistry and unique nonpolar wetting feature. ● SACNT membranes exhibit superior separation and antifouling capabilities. ● SACNT membranes achieved superior oil/water separation efficiency. Membrane separation technology has made great progress in various practical applications, but the unsatisfactory separation performance of prevailing membrane materials hampers its further sustainable growth. This study proposed a novel nonpolar super-aligned carbon nanotube (SACNT) membrane, which was prepared with a layer-by-layer cross-stacking method. Through controlling the number of stacked SACNT layers, three kinds of SACNT membranes (SACNT_200, SACNT_300, and SACNT_400) were prepared. Systematic characterizations and filtration tests were performed to investigate their physico-chemical properties, surface wetting behavior, and filtration performance. Compared with two commercial membranes (Com_0.22 and Com_0.45), all the SACNT membranes achieved smoother and more uniform structures. Due to the hexagonal graphene structure of CNTs, the surface chemistry of the SACNT membranes is simple and inert, thereby potentially eliminating the covalent-bonding-induced membrane fouling. Besides, the SACNT membranes exhibited a typical nonpolar wetting behavior, with high contact angles for polar liquids (water: ~124.9°–126.5°; formamide: ~80.0°–83.9°) but low contact angles for nonpolar diiodomethane (~18.8°–20.9°). This unique nonpolar feature potentially leads to weak interactions with polar substances. Furthermore, compared with the commercial membranes, the SACNT membranes obtained a significantly higher selectivity while achieving a comparable or higher permeability (depending on the number of stacked layers). Moreover, the SACNT membranes exhibited superior separation performance in various application scenarios, including municipal wastewater treatment (> 2.3 times higher cleaning efficiency), electro-assistant fouling inhibition (or even self-cleaning), and oil/water separation (> 99.2 % of separation efficiency), suggesting promising application prospects in various fields.     

UF-RO-NF应用于电镀镍漂洗废水回用中试研究

采用“UF-RO-NF”中试装置处理电镀镍漂洗废水,在周期运行的工况下,考察其浓淡水回用效果以及膜通量变化情况。研究表明,该套系统淡水COD、Ni离子、电导率的平均值为70.6 mg/L、2.93 mg/L、91.1μs/cm^2,远低于该生产车间镀镍漂洗水,可以回用。浓水COD、Ni离子、电导率相对于漂洗水均有4倍以上的浓缩效果,具有一定的回用价值。整个系统在试验运行10个周期内膜通量保持不变。     

膜生物反应技术在环境工程污水处理中的运用分析

现如今,面对庞大的生活工业污水排放量,污水处理已成为环境工程建设的难点,而膜生物反应技术在污水处理方面有着显著的优势。本文首先就膜生物反应技术相关概念予以概述,详细介绍膜生物反应技术的优、劣势,重点分析膜生物反应技术应用的类型及其在污水处理实际应用,希望对环境工程建设有借鉴价值。     

Effects of selected pharmaceutically active compounds on the ammonia oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea

Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) are commonly found in wastewater influent. However, little research has focused on determining their impact on fundamental processes in wastewater treatment such as nitrogen removal. In this study, focus was placed on 4 commonly occurring PhACs (ketoprofen, naproxen, carbamazepine and gemfibrozil). Their effect was ascertained in the ammonia oxidizing bacterium (AOB), Nitrosomonaseuropaea in terms of membrane integrity and nitrite production. These PhACs were shown to inhibit nitrite production at concentrations of 1 and 10 μM while no effect was observed at 0.1 μM. The maximum observed nitrification inhibition was 25%, 29%, 22% and 26% for ketoprofen, naproxen, carbamazepine and gemfibrozil, respectively. A decrease in the live/dead ratio ranging from 10% to 16% suggests that these PhACs affect membrane integrity in N.europaea. The difference in nitrite production between PhACs treated cells and non PhAC treated controls was still significant following washing suggesting that inhibition is irreversible. Finally, nitrite production when adjusted to the live fraction of cells was also found to decrease suggesting that PhACs inhibited the activity of surviving cells. These results suggest that the presence of PhACs may affect AOB activity and may impact nitrogen removal, a key function in wastewater treatment. Follow up studies with additional AOB and in mixed culture are needed to further confirm these results.     

Early Responses to Acute Ozone Exposure in Two Fagus Sylvatica Clones Differing in Xeromorphic Adaptations: Photosynthetic and Stomatal Processes, Membrane and Epicuticular Characteristics

Two Fagus sylvatica L. clones were used to investigate the early responses to acute O₃ exposure (150 nL L⁻¹, i.e., 1.35× ambient hourly peak in rural Italy) and whether xeromorphic adaptations affect gas exchange, membrane, and epicuticular responses. One clone originated in a wet and temperate climate in Central Italy (Tuscany); the other clone originated in a warmer and drier climate in the southern-most part of the F. sylvatica distribution (Sicily). Because of higher base gas exchange rates, the most negative effects of O₃ exposure (gas exchange impairment, uncoupling between net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance, increased membrane lipid peroxidation) were found in the southern clone. Xeromorphic adaptations (higher epicuticular waxes and stomatal density, lower leaf wettability and size) were found in this clone. Our results suggest that xeromorphism may increase O₃ sensitivity in species not adapted to face water stress, like the mesophilic F. sylvatica, when experiments are carried out with full irrigation. We present evidence describing the relationship between gas exchange and number and status of stomata. Stomatal density and the structural damage to stomata resulting from O₃ exposure did not affect gas exchange: In fact, non-stomatal limitations to photosynthesis prevailed over stomatal limitations.