Quorum sensing regulation methods and their effects on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems: A review

• Quorum sensing enhancement and inhibition methods are summarized. • Effects of quorum sensing regulation on biofilm are reviewed. • Current knowledge gaps and research challenges are proposed. Quorum sensing (QS) plays an important role in microbial aggregation control. Recently, the optimization of biological waste treatment systems by QS regulation gained an increasing attention. The effects of QS regulation on treatment performances and biofilm were frequently investigated. To understand the state of art of QS regulation, this review summarizes the methods of QS enhancement and QS inhibition in biological waste treatment systems. Typical QS enhancement methods include adding exogenous QS molecules, adding QS accelerants and cultivating QS bacteria, while typical QS inhibition methods include additions of quorum quenching (QQ) bacteria, QS-degrading enzymes, QS-degrading oxidants, and QS inhibitors. The specific improvements after applying these QS regulation methods in different treatment systems are concluded. In addition, the effects of QS regulation methods on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems are reviewed in terms of biofilm formation, extracellular polymeric substances production, microbial viability, and microbial community. In the end, the knowledge gaps in current researches are analyzed, and the requirements for future study are suggested.     

Comparison of inclined plate sedimentation and dissolved air flotation for the minimisation of subsequent nitrogenous disinfection by-product formation

The formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), including both nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs) and carbonaceous disinfection by-products (C-DBPs), was investigated upon chlorination of water samples following two treatment processes: (i) coagulation-inclined plate sedimentation (IPS)-filtration and (ii) coagulation-dissolved air flotation (DAF)-filtration. The removal of algae, dissolved organic nitrogen (DON), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and UV₂₅₄ by coagulation-DAF-filtration was superior to coagulation-IPS-filtration. On average, 53%, 53% and 31% of DOC, DON and UV₂₅₄ were removed by coagulation-DAF-filtration process, which were higher than 47%, 31% and 27% of that by coagulation-IPS-filtration process. Additionally, coagulation-IPS-filtration performed less well at removing the low molecular weight organics than coagulation-DAF-filtration process. The concentrations of chloroform, dichloroacetamide (DCAcAm) and dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN) formed during chlorination after coagulation-DAF-filtration reached their maximum values of 13, 1.5 and 4.7 μg L⁻¹, respectively, and were lower than those after coagulation-IPS-filtration with the maximum detected levels of 17, 2.9 and 6.3 μg L⁻¹. However, the trichloronitromethane (TCNM) concentration after the two processes was similar, suggesting that DON may have less of a contribution to TCNM formation than DCAcAm and DCAN.     

成渝地区典型中小城市VOCs污染特征、臭氧生成潜势及来源分析

为了解成渝地区中小城市VOCs污染特征及其来源,选取该区域典型代表城市-遂宁市为研究对象,利用2019年不同时间不同功能区106种VOCs离线观测数据,研究了该市VOCs污染水平和时空特征,分析了VOCs主要成分及其对臭氧的影响,并进行了源解析。结果显示：(1)遂宁市大气中VOCs平均体积分数为39.4×10^-9,8月的浓度较高,其空间排序为工业区>城郊区≈文教区。(2)OVOCs和烷烃是VOCs主要组分,占比达73.4%,且不受时间和空间限制;工业区不同组分浓度均高于城郊区和文教区,城郊区和文教区的同组分占比相差较小;丙酮和乙烷是VOCs中体积分数最大的物种,占总体积分数的37.8%。(3)VOCs组分对OFP贡献率顺序为烯烃>芳香烃>OVOCs>烷烃>炔烃>卤代烃>有机硫,前4类组分对OFP贡献率达97.6%,烯烃对OFP贡献率不仅每日最大,而且还呈现“城郊区>文教区>工业区”空间分布态势;异戊二烯、乙烯是OFP最大的物种,在不同功能区其OFP均高于其他物种,是遂宁市臭氧防治关注重点。(4)VOCs排放源及...     

鹤岗煤矿开采诱发地震研究

对鹤岗煤矿开采诱发地震的生成环境、活动与破坏特征及震源机制进行了分析，提出鹤岗矿震的孕育和发生受到人为采掘因素和区内构造应力场的双重作用。在特定的构造物理条件和地球动力学环境下，深部采矿使井下断裂构造从稳定状态逐渐活动或蠕动，致使局部活化。矿震具有震源浅、对地表破坏强的特点。震源机制表现出断层的运动方式有走滑断层，也有正断层和逆断层。     

污水处理系统中悬浮物形成机理与处理方法

文章以风城油田稀油污水处理为例,分析污水处理系统中悬浮物的形成机理,并对污水含油、悬浮物、固体含量、粒径中值、聚合物含量、细菌、温度、硫化物、二价铁、pH值等水质指标进行分析,找出影响污水处理的主要因素,并对油水悬浮物处理方法进行室内分析及现场物理、化学方法实践,解决污水处理系统中悬浮物问题。     

川西气田地层水回注选井选层研究

根据川西气田的实际情况,对致密砂岩层回注选井选层技术进行研究,初步建立了致密砂岩层回注选井选层技术,优选出川西气田1、2、3号等5个回注井区。目前,注水规模300m3/d,累计注水量达75 698.8m3,节约生产成本约200万元,且有效缓解了高浓度氯离子地层水外排带来的环保压力。现场回注试验表明:致密砂岩层回注高浓度氯离子地层水是可行的,回注选井选层技术具有现场推广应用价值。     

微波消毒技术在医疗废物处理中的应用

本文通过对微波技术的调查,全面总结了医疗废物微波消毒系统的机理、设备组成、影响消毒效果的主要因素、设备的优越性和人体保护注意事项等。     

微生物对饮用水典型消毒副产物前体物的降解效能及其群落特征

相对于CF（氯仿）等C-DBPs（含碳消毒副产物）,DCAN（二氯乙腈）等N-DBPs（含氮消毒副产物）具有更高的毒性.控制DBPs（消毒副产物）的前体物是抑制DBPs产生的最有效方法之一.为考察微生物降解DBPs前体物对生成DBPs的影响,分别选取C-DBPs和N-DBPs的典型代表物CF和DCAN及其相应的典型前体物Tyr（酪氨酸）和Asp（天冬氨酸）为研究对象,采用微生物培养前体物的方式,探究微生物对典型前体物Tyr和Asp的降解效果及其对生成CF和DCAN的控制效果.结果表明:①Tyr和Asp两种前体物经微生物降解后,DOC（溶解性有机碳）的去除率分别为94.0%和85.6%,DON（溶解性有机氮）的去除率分别为69.0%和81.0%.②在前体物经微生物降解后的水样中,氯化或氯胺化消毒后生成CF和DCAN的量较降解前均大大减少.以Tyr为前体物,水样经微生物降解、氯化消毒后生成CF和DCAN的量分别降低了56.1%和89.5%,氯胺化消毒后生成CF的量降低了68.5%;以Asp为前体物,水样经微生物降解、氯化消毒后生成DCAN的量最高可降低99.9%,经微生物降解、氯胺化消毒后生成的CF可降低50.7%.③对水样中微生物菌群分析发现,在门水平上的菌群主要有变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、放线菌门（Actinobacteria）和拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）,在属水平上的菌属主要有伯克氏菌属（Burkholderia-paraburkholderia）、半角藻属（Haliangium）、分枝杆菌属（Mycobacterium）、沉积小杆菌属（Sediminibacterium）、norank_f_Chitinophagaceae和动胶菌属（Zoogloea）.研究显示,微生物降解对DBPs典型前体物Tyr和Asp的去除,以及对生成CF和DCAN的控制具有较大的潜力,变形菌和放线菌在降解DBPs前体物中起到了重要作用.      

某工业园区VOCs臭氧生成潜势及优控物种

臭氧(O3)污染日趋严重,控制光化学反应前体物之一的挥发性有机污染物(volatile organic compounds,VOCs)对减少臭氧生成有重要意义.为研究天津某工业园区VOCs臭氧生成潜势,采集了园区6个代表企业厂界气体样品,使用质子转移反应飞行时间质谱仪(PTR-TOF-MS)对VOCs进行了定量分析,估算了各企业臭氧生成潜势,运用VOCs/NO_x研究了臭氧生成控制敏感性因素,并在熵值法基础上筛选出了减少臭氧生成优先控制VOCs物种.结果表明,通过PEC法估算臭氧生成F企业最高为0.423 3 mg·m~(-3),MIR法估算结果 C企业最高为1.573 3 mg·m~(-3);PEC法估算结果与臭氧浓度更接近,适用于园区对臭氧生成的估算;VOCs和NOx均为工业园区臭氧生成敏感性因素,需同时控制;园区内VOCs物种臭氧生成贡献大小为烷烃烯炔烃醇类芳香烃,优先控制物种为正庚烷及其同分异构体、正壬烷、正辛烷及其同分异构体、正十一烷、戊烷、正癸烷、甲醇.     

典型工业无组织源VOCs排放特征

选取制药厂、酿酒厂和橡胶厂分析了不同工艺过程VOCs排放特征.结果表明,制药厂安乃近合成和氨基比林合成的VOCs排放以苯、甲苯和苯乙烯等苯系物为主,乙酰氨基酚合成的VOCs排放主要以C4～C6的烷烃为主,酿酒厂和橡胶厂VOCs排放均以甲苯、乙苯和间,对二甲苯为主.采用最大增量反应活性法对臭氧生成潜势进行分析,制药厂安乃近合成和氨基比林合成VOCs单位臭氧生成潜势以苯、甲苯等苯系物为主;乙酰氨基酚合成以顺-2-丁烯、甲苯和异戊烷为主;酿酒厂、橡胶厂以甲苯、乙苯、间,对二甲苯为主.同时采用阈稀释倍数对VOCs进行恶臭分析,制药厂和酒厂无组织排放VOCs恶臭污染程度较轻,橡胶厂的伸缩装置车间和硫化车间的无组织VOCs排放存在一定程度的恶臭污染.