Levels and patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in residues from incineration of established source-classified MSW in China

Municipal solid waste (MSW) source-classified collection represents an advancement in resource cycling and secondary pollution control in China. Comparative experiments were performed to assess the levels and patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in bottom ash, fly ash from boiler, and fly ash from bag filter from an MSW incineration plant with source-classified collection of MSW. Polychlorinated biphenyls were concentrated in the bag filter fly ash and in the bottom ash. The total amount of polychlorinated biphenyls was much lower than in fly ashes and bottom ash from traditional mixed waste incineration. Total concentration of coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls and toxic equivalent quantities were also reduced. Due to variations of feed waste, complete combustion, including continuously high incineration temperature, low CO concentrations and high air excess ratio were observed. Incineration temperature showed a negative correlation, while CO concentration showed a positive correlation with total and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls, indicating that the latter can be reduced by controlling combustion conditions related to properties of feed waste.     

电子废物拆解区农业土壤中PCNs的污染水平、分布特征与来源解析

用GC-NCI-MS法测定了路桥农业表层土壤中46种多氯萘(PCNs)的含量.目的是了解该地区表层土壤中PCNs的污染水平、空间分布特征和来源.结果表明,所有表层土壤样品中ΣPCNs的含量为0.062～2.92 ng.g-1,平均值为0.630 ng.g-1.多数样品中tetra-CNs和penta-CNs是最主要的同族体,分别占18.4%～88.8%(平均值为46.7%)和8.40%～53.1%(平均值为30.7%),其次是tri-CNs,范围为0～47.3%,平均值为10.6%.聚类分析和燃烧指示物分析表明,采样点主要受Halowax1014和Halowax 1013工业品污染,PCBs工业品和电子废物燃烧也可能对污染有贡献.与国内外其它研究相比,研究区域内土壤中PCNs污染处于中等水平.     

现代黄河三角洲土壤中多氯联苯来源解析研究

对现代黄河三角洲22个表层土壤样品中类二英类多氯联苯（PCBs）进行双毛细管柱GC-ECD结合MS测试,并对所得数据进行主成分分析,在同系物水平上解析了现代黄河三角洲土壤中PCBs污染的类型、来源、贡献率和同系物组成.结果表明,现代黄河三角洲土壤中PCBs污染存在4类污染源：第1类污染是由地表径流带来的非点源污染,来自黄河沿岸企业的工业生产和使用,其贡献率为49.6％,同系物组成与国产PCBs相似,且与Aroclor1221相对应;第2和第3类同属点源污染,来自沿海地区的油田开采活动,贡献率分别为15.0％和10.1％,第2类同系物组成与Aroclor1221和Aroclor1242叠加的结果类似,第3类与Aroclor1260相似;第4类污染是由大气污染导致的非点源污染,来自大气的干、湿沉降,其贡献率为8.4％,同系物组成与Aroclor1242、Aroclor1248和Aroclor1260叠加的结果类似.     

Occurrence and congeners specific of polychlorinated biphenyls in agricultural soils from Southern Jiangsu, China

A total of 198 agricultural soil samples were collected from Zhangjiagang and Changshu in Southern Jiangsu for analysis of 13 polychlorinated biphenyls （PCBs） in order to assess the levels of pollution, sources, area distribution, and potential risk for the environment. All methods were rigorously tested and an adequate quality control was ensured. Only one site had no PCBs residues, and the highest total PCBs concentration in the surface soils was 32.83 ng/g. The average concentration in all the soil samples was 4.13 ng/g, signaling low-level pollution. Tetra-, penta-, and hexa-chlorinated biphenyls were dominant species in soil samples, accounting for more than 75% of ∑PCBs in the soil samples. PCB118 was the most abundant congener in all the samples. The PCB118 was about 20% of ∑PCBs. The soil organic matter content showed only a weak correlation with the levels of all PCB congeners, in which a better correlation was noted for the more volatile lighter PCB congeners than for the heavier homologues. To a certain extent, the sources and land use seemed to influence the levels of PCBs.     

丛枝菌根真菌及猪炭对多氯联苯污染土壤的联合修复作用

选用玉米(Zea mays L.)为供试植物,采用盆栽试验研究了接种丛枝菌根(Arbuscular mycorrhiza,AM)真菌(Funneliformis mosseae)和添加不同粒径猪炭对多氯联苯(Polychlorinated biphenyls,PCBs)污染土壤的联合修复效应及其对土壤微生物的影响.结果表明,接种AM真菌(10%接种量)及添加2.5%猪炭对土壤有效磷含量提高具有显著的协同效应,猪炭还显著提高了土壤有机碳、速效钾含量和pH值(p0.05);猪炭显著促进了菌根真菌侵染率,但对玉米根系生物量具有抑制作用.接种AM真菌的同时添加猪炭提高了细菌16S rDNA丰度,且接种AM真菌同时添加粒径0.25 mm猪炭显著促进了土壤PCBs降解率.AM真菌与猪炭改变了土壤微生物种群的相对丰度,其中,Planctomycetes与土壤三氯联苯降解显著相关(r=0.049,p0.05),而Acidobacteria与五氯联苯降解显著相关(r=0.008,p0.01).AM真菌及猪炭提高了土壤有效养分含量,促进了植物生物量和土壤PCBs降解,对PCBs污染土壤具有较好的修复潜力.     

短链脂肪酸对太湖底泥多氯联苯微生物厌氧脱氯的影响

选取二氯联苯PCB5和PCB12、四氯联苯PCB64和PCB71、类二噁英五氯联苯PCB105和PCB114、六氯联苯PCB149和PCB153、七氯联苯PCB170,考察了添加7.5mmol/L乙酸和7.5mmol/L混合酸（乙酸：丙酸：丁酸=1：1：1）条件下,9种典型商业多氯联苯单体在太湖底泥厌氧微环境中24周内的脱氯降解情况.结果表明：乙酸和混合酸的添加均在一定程度上强化了多氯联苯的降解,多氯联苯总浓度降低速率由（0.276±0.023） mg/（kg·week）分别加快至（0.383±0.033）和（0.410±0.036） mg/（kg·week）;提高了部分脱氯路径的相对反应速率,特别是单侧氯取代的对位脱氯,但未改变脱氯微生物对多氯联苯降解底物的选择性及主要脱氯路径;进一步降低了体系类二噁英多氯联苯总毒性当量（TEQ）,24周降幅均在95%以上;乙酸和混合酸所起到的促进效果并无显著性差异.     

国内外多氯联苯处理技术综述

简要介绍了目前国内外对多氯联苯的处理技术并比较其优缺点,以期对我国在多氯联苯处理方面的研究和应用提供有益的参考。     

PSA application for a PCB detoxification plant

 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a type of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), are considered to be endocrine disrupters. According to the Stockholm Convention on POPs, PCB detoxification is being accelerated globally. We have developed an environmentally sound chemical PCB detoxification plant using the ultraviolet ray/catalyst method. The purpose of this paper is to check the design methodology for the PCB detoxification plant by the application of probabilistic safety analysis. First, possible hazardous events were determined; second, the weakest points in these hazardous events were established; and third, the impact when failures arise at the weak points in the system were studied. We clarified the preventive measures as follows. To prevent PCBs leaking into the environment, select leak-tight valves for the piping containing PCBs, and reduce the number of valves. To prevent fire or explosions due to leaks of an inflammable mixture, select leak-tight valves, reduce the number of valves installed in the piping, and improve the reliability of the suppression tank in the isopropyl alcohol (IPA) recovery unit. Received: February 27, 2001 / Accepted: June 17, 2002     

Bacteria Degrading PCBs and CBs Isolated from Long-Term PCB Contaminated Soil

Bacteria able to degrade polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorobenzoic acids (CBs) were isolated from soil that had been contaminated with PCBs for 15–30 years. Contaminated soil in which PCB content ranged between 10–470 mg/kg was naturally vegetated with different plants including ash (Fraxinus excelsior), birch (Betula pendula), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), Austrian pine (Pinus nigra) and goat willow (Salix caprea) trees as well as a variety of grasses and forbs. Bacteria able to use biphenyl as a sole source of carbon and energy were found in the root zone of all plants, but occurred in the largest numbers beneath pine and black locust. Bacteria able to degrade chlorobenzoic acids were isolated from the same location contaminated with PCBs. Strains that were taxonomically identified by 16S rDNA as Pandoraea were able to use 2-CB, 3-CB, 2,3-CB, 2,5-CB as sole carbon sources, and the strain Arthrobacter utilised 4-CB.     

Aliphatic hydrocarbons in an oil-contaminated soil

Microbial decontamination of hydrocarbon-polluted soil was paralleled with soil respiration measurements. About 1,500 tons of a loamy top soil were found to be contaminated with approximately 2000 mg/kg of aliphatic hydrocarbons, mainly oleic (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2) found in the vicinity of a linoleum manufacturing and then a car dewaxing plant. The contaminated soil was analysed for dry matter, pH, dehydrogenase activity, electrical conductivity and nutrient content viz. nitrate, phosphorus and potassium, as well as a number of indigenous microbes. The soil was low in salt and nutrients. This paper describes the procedure and measures to decontaminate this bulk soil on site from approx. 2,000 to 500 mg of aliphatic hydrocarbons/kg dry matter by use of a nutrient emulsion, indigenous micro-organisms and aeration over 13 months. This 75% reduction in aliphatic hydrocarbons resulted in a concomitant carbon efflux, measured as soil respiration, and was used to calculate carbon fluxes.