ICP-OES法测定大气和废气颗粒物中的金属元素

将微波消解法与电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法(ICP-OES)相结合,对大气和废气颗粒物中金属元素的微波消解条件及ICP-OES测定条件进行了优化研究,建立了大气和废气颗粒物中铝(Al)、钡(Ba)、镉(Cd)、铬(Cr)、铜(Cu)、锰(Mn)、钼(Mo)、镍(Ni)、铅(Pb)、锡(Sn)、锶(Sr)及锌(Zn)等金属元素的测定方法。对方法的检出限进行了测定,各元素的检出限均低于0.04 mg/L;对方法的精密度进行了测定,各元素的相对标准偏差在2.59%～7.14%之间;对方法的准确度进行了测定,质控滤膜中各元素的回收率在89.6%~119%之间,颗粒物参考物质中各元素的回收率在85.1%～107%之间,并将该方法成功应用到 TSP、污染源废气实际样品中金属元素的测定。     

食堂废油制备生物柴油的研究

食品废物含有大量的油脂,本研究对食品废物的油脂含量进行了连续监测,以其为原料开展生物柴油的制备研究,并对其组成进行测试分析,同其他原料所得生物柴油作对比,结果表明:食品废物的平均含油率均超过了10%(干基)。利用食品废物中提取的废弃油脂制取的生物柴油以棕榈酸甲酯、油酸甲酯和亚油酸甲酯含量最高,分别为38.70%、亚油酸甲酯18.32%和棕榈酸甲酯31.72%,其组成与以植物油为原料合成生物柴油组成基本相似,符合作为柴油替代品的要求。     

上海废电池回收实证分析及相关宣传教育对策探讨

回顾了上海市废电池回收过程;通过对2个试点项目实施效果的分析,指出了目前废电池回收存在的误区及原因。在相关宣传教育方面,指出针对废电池回收的宣传教育并未随政策改变而作相应调整,宣传教育形式比较单一,内容相对陈旧,效果不理想。提出了提高公众认识、调整宣教内容、在环境宣传教育中增强专业性和创新性等建议。     

304L不锈钢废水管线腐蚀泄漏失效分析

某304L不锈钢废水管线使用30天左右即发生腐蚀泄漏。采用宏观检验、化学成分分析、金相检验、电镜观察、三氯化铁试验等分析方法,对该废水管道的腐蚀泄漏进行失效分析。分析结果表明,该不锈钢管线所通的废水中含有高浓度的Cl^-,且试运行后一直未使用,最终在管内残留废水的作用下发生了点蚀穿孔。     

Review and prospect of emerging contaminants in waste – Key issues and challenges linked to their presence in waste treatment schemes: General aspects and focus on nanoparticles

The presence in waste of emerging pollutants (EPs), whose behaviours and effects are not well understood, may present unexpected health and environmental risks and risks for the treatment processes themselves. EP may include substances that are newly detected in the environment, substances already identified as risky and whose use in items is prohibited (but which may be present in old or imported product waste) or substances already known but whose recent use in products can cause problems during their future treatment as waste. Several scientific studies have been conducted to assess the presence of EP in waste, but they are mostly dedicated to a single category of substance or one particular waste treatment. In the absence of a comprehensive review focused on the impact of the presence of EP on waste treatment schemes, the authors present a review of the key issues associated with the treatment of waste containing emerging pollutants. This review presents the typologies of emerging pollutants that are potentially present in waste along with the major challenges for each treatment scheme (recycling, composting, digestion, incineration, landfilling and wastewater treatment). All conventional treatment processes are affected by these new pollutants, and they were almost never originally designed to consider these substances. In addition to these general aspects, a comprehensive review of available data, projects and future R&D needs related to the impact of nanoparticles on waste treatment is presented as a case study.     

Energy implications of mechanical and mechanical–biological treatment compared to direct waste-to-energy

Primary energy savings potential is used to compare five residual municipal solid waste treatment systems, including configurations with mechanical (MT) and mechanical–biological (MBT) pre-treatment, which produce waste-derived fuels (RDF and SRF), biogas and/or recover additional materials for recycling, alongside a system based on conventional mass burn waste-to-energy and ash treatment. To examine the magnitude of potential savings we consider two energy efficiency levels (state-of-the-art and best available technology), the inclusion/exclusion of heat recovery (CHP vs. PP) and three different background end-use energy production systems (coal condensing electricity and natural gas heat, Nordic electricity mix and natural gas heat, and coal CHP energy quality allocation).The systems achieved net primary energy savings in a range between 34 and 140 MJ_primary/100 MJ_{input waste}, in the different scenario settings. The energy footprint of transportation needs, pre-treatment and reprocessing of recyclable materials was 3–9.5%, 1–18% and 1–8% respectively, relative to total energy savings. Mass combustion WtE achieved the highest savings in scenarios with CHP production, nonetheless, MBT-based systems had similarly high performance if SRF streams were co-combusted with coal. When RDF and SRF was only used in dedicated WtE plants, MBT-based systems totalled lower savings due to inherent system losses and additional energy costs. In scenarios without heat recovery, the biodrying MBS-based system achieved the highest savings, on the condition of SRF co-combustion. As a sensitivity scenario, alternative utilisation of SRF in cement kilns was modelled. It supported similar or higher net savings for all pre-treatment systems compared to mass combustion WtE, except when WtE CHP was possible in the first two background energy scenarios. Recovery of plastics for recycling before energy recovery increased net energy savings in most scenario variations, over those of full stream combustion. Sensitivity to assumptions regarding virgin plastic substitution was tested and was found to mostly favour plastic recovery.     

Quantifying capital goods for waste incineration

Materials and energy used for the construction of modern waste incineration plants were quantified. The data was collected from five incineration plants (72,000–240,000 tonnes per year) built in Scandinavia (Norway, Finland and Denmark) between 2006 and 2012. Concrete for the buildings was the main material used amounting to 19,000–26,000 tonnes per plant. The quantification further included six main materials, electronic systems, cables and all transportation. The energy used for the actual on-site construction of the incinerators was in the range 4000–5000 MW h. In terms of the environmental burden of producing the materials used in the construction, steel for the building and the machinery contributed the most. The material and energy used for the construction corresponded to the emission of 7–14 kg CO₂ per tonne of waste combusted throughout the lifetime of the incineration plant. The assessment showed that, compared to data reported in the literature on direct emissions from the operation of incinerators, the environmental impacts caused by the construction of buildings and machinery (capital goods) could amount to 2–3% with respect to kg CO₂ per tonne of waste combusted.     

Gasification of waste plastics by steam reforming in a fluidized bed

The process of producing synthetic gas from waste plastics by steam reforming was investigated. To evaluate this process, the steam reforming of the oils derived from low-density polyethylene and polystyrene were carried out using a laboratory-scale fluidized bed of Ni-Al₂O₃ catalysts. The performance of gasification in terms of carbon conversion, gas yield, and gas compositions was examined. Although oils derived from plastics contain many kinds of heavy hydrocarbons and aromatics, they were well gasified at temperatures above 1023 K with a steam/carbon ratio of 3.5 and a weight hourly space velocity of 1 h⁻¹. The hydrogen content of the product gas was very high at approximately 72 vol% for polyethylene-derived oil and 68 vol% for polystyrene-derived oil. These compositions agreed well with the values calculated from chemical equilibrium.     

Studies of the effects of environmental factors on the seasonal change of phytoplankton population in municipal waste water stabilization ponds

Studies were carried out on waste water stabilization ponds in the southern region of Tehran (Iran). Concrete waste stabilization ponds made up of 4 lagoons with 32,047?m³ volume handled 180?lit/ day sewage per capita. Samples were collected monthly from 3 regions of influent and effluent from January to December. Some of the samples were used for identification, culture and purification without any fixation of phytoplankton, but some of them were fixed. Algae were identified using bright field and dark field microscopes. The relationship between the environmental factors and the population density of the species at different times was also measured based on the data analysis factors. Results showed existing 53 taxa in 4 phylum and 38 genera of algae. Taxa were: Cyanophyta (17 taxa), Chlorophyta (22 taxa), Chrysophyta (11 taxa) and Euglenophyta (4 taxa) that fluctuated based on the environmental conditions.     

Floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers

Flotation tests of 35 polymer materials were carried out to investigate their floatability modulated by frothers. Results of flotation tests demonstrated that polymer resins and soft PVC showed high floatability, floatability of hard PVC plastics was relatively low and was related to the frothers, and there exists significant difference in the floatability of different post-consumer plastics. Flotation rate of post-consumer plastics varies from 0% to 100%. Furthermore, three-category low-energy surface (LES) was defined based on the hydrophile index of the materials involved in this paper, and an adsorption model was proposed to explain the results of flotation and to discuss the floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers. Frother molecules are prone to adsorb on the surface of bubble rather than LES at relatively low concentration, bubble adsorbed by frother molecules is prone to approach first-category LES rather than third-category LES, and the structure of liquid film is formed on the first-category LES at large concentration. Floatability of polymer materials modulated by frothers is further discussed: frothers increase the floatability of the first-category LES but decrease the floatability of the third-category LES, while the floatability of the second-category LES is related to the type of frothers.