Assessment of emerging and innovative techniques considering best available technique performances

For the past 20 years, the European context has been policy-driven by several directives to reduce pollution, one of the most important for industries being the industrial emissions directive (IED). The IED's objective is to minimise pollution from various industrial sources throughout the European Union. One means of attaining the objective is to implement techniques which have at least the same performance as reference techniques called best available techniques (BAT) given at European level. The study of existing methodologies on performance assessment of proven or emerging techniques has made it apparent that there are none taking into account the 12 criteria proposed by the Annex III of the IED to evaluate technique performances. Even if innovative techniques are not considered by the IED, support to (public or private) researchers in their development in terms of assessment methodology must be proposed. This is what we present in this article.The methodology based on a tree-structured information system (objectives, criteria, indicators) and a qualitative assessment of indicators (environmental, technical, economic and social) is an initial approach to an innovative technique assessment method considering BAT on laboratory or industrial scales. In an aim to adapt the criteria and indicators to a specific process, assessment methodologies must be adaptable. Our method allows for choosing indicators to comply perfectly with the process studied. Only the first level of the tree is fixed. The other branches could be adapted to the case studied. Performance assessment is based on a five-level scale coupled with a simple multi-criteria analysis (MCA) method. Three different applications (sludge valorisation, urban wastewater treatment, soil remediation) were carried out to validate the methodology, two of them are presented. Applications of this methodology show its usefulness in the validation of techniques for specific process and local application of the BAT concept and the performance assessment regarding BAT definition. It can then be used to detect innovative and emerging techniques to be proposed for the reviewing of the European BREF documents.     

广西坡耕地主要经济作物施肥与养分径流流失初探

为研究广西坡耕地主要经济作物甘蔗、玉米和花生农民常规施肥及不施肥处理对植株生长情况、经济产量及养分径流流失的影响,探寻提高广西经济作物经济效益、减少成本、减少环境污染的最佳施肥量,在坡耕地,观测降雨过程的养分径流流失,运用SPSS统计分析软件对试验数据进行分析,寻找成本低、效益高的种植方法。结果表明,对照与常规施肥相比,甘蔗、玉米、花生作物的生长情况差异不明显。对照处理的玉米经济产量、生物产量、淀粉含量分别为851．42kg·667m-2 3640．4kg·667m-2．68．40％;比玉米（常规施肥）高100．62kg·667m-2．485．98kg·667m-2 7．5％;花生对照的粗脂肪比其常规施肥高了45g·kg-1;径流养分总氮、总磷、总钾、硝态氮、铵态氮径流流失总量最高的均是花生常规施肥,其次是甘蔗对照,最少的玉米对照。径流量与总氮、总磷、总钾、硝态氮、铵态氮的相关系数,常规施肥处理偏高于对照。玉米对照的养分径流流失总量最少;花生常规施肥养分径流率最大;玉米比花生更适合在广西肥沃的坡耕地中种植。     

基于流域单元的营养盐输出与景观异质性影响研究

选择太湖上游西苕溪流域,利用GIS、RS及景观生态方法进行小流域划分和流域景观异质性分析,基于改进的输出系数模型估算小流域营养盐输出,并对流域单元主要景观类型空间异质性及多样性指数与营养盐输出的关系进行了分析.结果表明,西苕溪各小流域TN、TP输出强度变化范围分别为3.01～15.44 kg/(hm2.a)与0.049～0.355 kg/(hm2.a),营养盐输出水平空间差异性明显;小流域单元优势景观类型与营养盐输出关系明显,小流域林地面积增加10%,TN、TP输出强度分别降低0.203 1、0.015 2 kg/(hm2.a);小流域耕地面积增加10%,TN、TP输出强度分别增加0.572 6、0.027 3 kg/(hm2.a);西苕溪小流域景观多样性指数与氮磷输出水平关系呈二次多项式关系,营养盐输出强度随着SHDI增大而增大,当SHDI为1.5时,输出强度达到最大值,然后随着SHDI增大而降低.研究结果将为流域非点源污染治理提供参考.     

安太堡露天煤矿复垦地土壤养分相关研究

以平塑安太堡露天煤矿为例，研究了矿区排土场矸石风化物和黄土二种主要母质发育的土壤有机质、全氮、速效磷、速效钾状况及其相关性。结果表明，矸石和黄土母质对有机质、全氮的影响显著，对速效磷、速效钾的影响未达到显著水平；黄土母质发育的土壤有机质和全氮含量呈显著正相关，而矸石风化物有机质和速效钾含量呈显著负相关，有机质和其它的养分指标相关性不显著。     

三峡库区小集水区复合生态系统的水分及养分动态

以三峡库区小集水区复合生态系统为对象 ,定量研究了其中不同子系统的水分和养分动态过程。结果表明 :(1)平均径流系数是裸地 >草地 >菜地 >柏木林 >桔园 ;(2 )年养分流失量是裸地>桔园 >菜地 >草地 >柏木林 ,桔园和菜地的径流系数较小 ,但其径流中养分含量较高 ,导致其输出养分总量较大 ;(3)菜地和桔园由于输出果菜 ,导致系统N、P循环效率的降低 ;(4)各子系统中P的流失较厉害 ,而柏木林在防止该地区养分流失特别是P的流失上是要优于草地的     

珠江口三维水质与底泥耦合模型的验证及应用

基于一维河网与三维河口耦合水动力模型,建立了可描述珠江口水体-底泥中营养盐动态变化的三维水质-底泥模型,利用1999年和2006年夏季观测数据对模型进行了验证,在此基础上,模拟分析了珠江口主要水质因子和底泥营养盐通量的分布特征,以及底泥通量对珠江口营养盐输入的贡献.验证结果表明,模型能较好地反映出水体和底泥中的营养盐及溶解氧浓度的时空分布特征,各水质因子的模拟值与观测值的相对误差均小于38%;另外,底泥营养盐通量的模拟值与文献报道的实测结果较为接近,表明模型能合理地刻画出底泥主要生化过程及通量变化特征.模拟结果显示,夏季珠江口氨氮(NH_4~+-N)和活性磷酸盐(PO_4~(3-)-P)通量主要从底泥向水体输送,底泥是水体氮磷元素的源,而硝态氮和亚硝态氮(NO_3~-+NO_2~-,NO23)的通量输送方向则与之相反,底泥呈现“汇”的效应;底泥营养盐通量主要从河口向外海递减,伶仃洋NH_4~+-N、NO23、PO_4~(3-)-P的通量变化范围分别为0.24~8.88、-10.06~-0.14、-0.37~0.41 mmol·m~(-2)·d~(-1),珠江口近海的通量变化范围分别为-0.01~4.14、-1.45~0.68、-0.12~0.09 mmol·m~(-2)·d~(-1).整体而言,底泥营养盐通量对珠江口营养盐输入有明显贡献,夏季经底泥释放进入水体的NH_4~+-N和PO_4~(3-)-P最大相当于陆源总氮、总磷输入量的12%和22%.     

风浪扰动中太湖OA对水体磷循环影响的原位实验研究

在一次风速12 m.s-1的强风浪过程中,对太湖梅梁湾一浅水区水体有机聚集体（organic aggregates,OA）丰度、颗粒态有机质含量、碳、氮和磷含量等基本理化性质的变化情况进行了连续的原位监测和分析,同时分析了基本的水质指标.结果表明,风浪过程会对水体OA的理化性质及水体的磷循环产生极大的影响：在风浪过程中...     

喀斯特小流域生态治理下土壤养分特征分析——以广西都安县澄江小流域为例

选择广西典型喀斯特小流域,对生态治理过程中不同土地利用方式的土壤养分特征进行了研究和分析。结果表明棕色石灰土养分含量在经过石漠化治理后较1990年平均水平有所提高,用SPSS16.0对48个土壤样品的土壤养分进行主成分分析,得出2个主成分,并对土壤样品按不同土地利用方式得出的主成分分值进行排名,得分依次为乔木林灌木林沟谷耕地灌草丛草丛坡耕地。土地覆被好的区域土壤养分的含量高,土壤养分易于在植被较好的区域聚集。     

春季桑沟湾海域贝类养殖对海水中营养盐的影响研究

根据2011年春季对桑沟湾海域8个监测点的营养盐的变化特征和历史资料的研究,分析了桑沟湾水域溶解性无机氮(DIN)、总氮(TN)、活性磷酸盐(PO34-)和总磷(TP)浓度变化及它们之间的相互关系,估算了贝类养殖的排泄物对海水污染的贡献率。结果表明,溶解性无机氮的平均浓度为0.106 1 mg/L,NO3-N为主要存在形式,占溶解性无机氮平均含量的78.3%,NH3-N、NO2-N分别占溶解性无机氮平均含量的14.2%和7.5%。总氮的平均浓度为0.234 7 mg/L,溶解性无机氮浓度占总氮浓度的45.2%。活性磷酸盐的平均浓度为0.013 3 mg/L,总磷的平均浓度为0.024 78 mg/L。春季桑沟湾贝类养殖对该海域海水磷含量的贡献率比氮的贡献率大,N/P为17.63,营养水平基本属于贫营养。     

Periphyton Nutrient Limitation and Maximum Potential Productivity in the Beaver Lake Basin,United States1

Ludwig, Andrea, Marty Matlock, Brian Haggard, and Indrajeet Chaubey, 2012. Periphyton Nutrient Limitation and Maximum Potential Productivity in the Beaver Lake Basin, United States. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 48(5): 896‐908. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752‐1688.2012.00657.x Abstract: The objectives of this study were to measure periphytic growth responses to enrichment with nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and simultaneous N and P using in situ bioassays in streams draining Beaver Reservoir Basin, Northwest Arkansas; compare periphytic growth responses measured with in situ bioassays with a range of land use and point sources; and test the lotic ecosystem trophic status index (LETSI) as a simplifying metric to compare effects of nonpoint‐source pollutant‐limiting variables of N, P, and sediment across the basin. P limitation was observed at sites across a transect of stream orders throughout the basin; however, at the two sites with highest ambient nitrogen concentrations, limitation was often coupled with nitrogen limitation. Nutrients were at nonlimiting levels at both of two sites below wastewater treatment plants in all seasonal deployments. A Michaelis‐Menten growth equation described LETSI as a function of ambient PO₄‐P concentrations (p < 0.05); the midpoint (LETSI of 0.50) corresponded with a PO₄‐P concentration of approximately 3 μg/l. Change‐point analysis indicated a threshold point at LETSI of 0.80 and 15 μg/l PO₄‐P. These low values show that the periphytic community has a high affinity for available P, and that the watershed as a whole is sensitive to available nutrient inputs.