北京工业废水和城市污水环境激素污染状况调查

利用固相萃取前处理技术和高效液相色谱、气相色谱方法,分析研究北京地区重点污染源排水(包括工业废水和城市污水)中主要环境激素(邻苯二甲酸酯、有机氯农药、有机氮农药、有机磷农药、菊酯类农药、烷基酚和双酚A)的残留状况. 调查分析了分布在北京市10个区县的污水处理厂、化工行业、冶金焦化行业、医院及其洗涤中心、印钞行业、食品加工行业和制药行业等7类22个单位排水中的8种邻苯二甲酸酯,17种有机氯农药,7种有机氮和有机磷农药,4种菊酯类农药,4种烷基酚及双酚A共40种环境激素类物质的质量浓度. 并着重分析了污水处理厂进、出水中的环境激素的浓度水平. 结果表明,北京地区工业废水和城市污水中广泛存在着环境激素污染,但其质量浓度并未超过现行排放标准.      

生活垃圾焚烧副产物产生源特征

焚烧在我国某些城市逐渐开始成为主要的生活垃圾处理方式之一,同时,焚烧过程产生的副产物的二次污染及其性质渐受关注。本研究选取某典型生活垃圾焚烧发电厂,经过2年多在不同季节的多次取样,对其贮坑沥滤液、炉渣以及飞灰的产生状况及污染特性进行了分析,并着重讨论了垃圾中重金属在焚烧厂各股物流中的分布。     

间歇通风和渗滤液循环对城市固体废物稳定化的影响

通过研究间歇通风对固体废物的产酸和产甲烷阶段的分离及接种微生物加快固体废物稳定化速度的有效性,评价了污染物原位去除的可行性. 结果表明:间歇通风有利于固体废物的产酸和产甲烷阶段分离,对固体废物的稳定具有积极的影响;用活性污泥接种微生物,加速了废物的稳定,提高了渗滤液的水质,COD_Cr的去除率达88%,ρ(BOD₅)/ρ(COD_Cr)由0.35降到0.12,总氮和NH4+的去除率分别达70% 和80%以上,对重金属也有很好的去除.因此,在填埋场进行污染物原位去除是可行的.      

立体式植物修复受重金属污染农田土壤的探讨

农田土壤遭受重金属污染是江西省乐平市乐安河沿岸的重要环境问题。采用实验小区的方法,研究了乔、灌、草多层次植物对重金属污染地区土壤的修复作用。结果表明,利用木本植物和对重金属吸收较好的草本植物组成立体模式来净化污染面积较大的土壤,效果明显,简便易行,经济效益大,是治理重金属Cu、Cd复合污染的一条新途径。     

新型转式垃圾焚烧炉焚烧技术研究

研究了新型转式焚烧炉稳定燃烧工艺和有机垃圾在新型转式焚烧炉中焚烧过程HCl和NOx释放和控制特性。结果表明,新型转式焚烧炉采用二次燃烧技术,能有效控制和降低二次污染物的生成。     

采用正交实验优化湿热法处理厨余垃圾的工艺条件

实验采用3因素3水平的正交实验设计方法,研究了湿热法处理厨余垃圾并使其饲料化的加工工艺中,时间、温度、加水量对厨余垃圾饲用价值的影响,选取粗蛋白、粗脂肪、粗纤维、粗灰分、钙和盐分为评价指标,确定反应的最佳工艺条件。实验结果表明,反应的最佳工艺条件为温度100℃、加水量50%、反应时间30 m in。     

厌氧折流板反应器处理生活污水的运行特性

以厌氧消化污泥作为厌氧折流板反应器ABR的接种污泥,研究恒温(35℃)条件下ABR处理生活污水的启动和运行特性。实验结果表明,ABR反应器仅用了39 d就完成初次启动,COD去除率一直稳定在60%左右。在以后运行的5个阶段里,即当水力停留时间为4~10 h,容积负荷为1.17~2.9 kg COD/m3.d,反应器对COD的平均去除率基本稳定在70.49%~80.2%;并且当HRT=7 h,VRL=1.612 kg COD/m3.d时,反应器对COD的去除率平均高达80.2%,平均COD出水低于100 mg/L。在实验过程中(除启动阶段外),反应器出水碱度均远远大于进水碱度,VFA均在1.5 mmol/L以下。     

城市生活垃圾渗透系数测试研究

采用常水头测渗实验,对不同压实密度和水力梯度下的新鲜垃圾与陈垃圾的渗透系数进行测试,根据达西定律求得渗透系数值。由于垃圾的不均匀性、小颗粒的运动和大孔隙沟道流的形成和改变,实验初始阶段渗透系数值先增大至峰值,然后缓慢降低直至趋于稳定。实验稳定后,新鲜垃圾压实密度为0.75~0.95 t/m3时,渗透系数值约为1.26E-03~1.43E-03 cm/s。陈垃圾在压实密度分别为1.2和1.4 t/m3时,渗透系数为8.29E-04和1.35E-04 cm/s。     

Optimization of thermo-chemical pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of kitchen wastes

The use of abundant waste materials with high carbohydrate content may contribute substantially to reduction of biofuels production cost. The present study aimed at optimizing the combined effect of thermo-chemical pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of kitchen wastes (KW) for maximizing the production of fermentable soluble sugars. To this end, acid pretreatment of KW samples was performed with hydrochloric acid (0–3% HCl) at 30–100 °C for 0–120 min treatment time. Alternatively, alkaline pretreatment of KW samples was performed with potassium hydroxide solution (0–11%) at constant temperature and time (0 °C and 20 min, respectively). KOH pretreatment at such conditions targets to degrade the resistant starch of KW samples. Both acid and alkaline pretreatments were followed by addition of variable levels of enzyme dosage (0–3.6% v/v α-amylase and 0–3.2% v/v amyloglucosidase-AMG) at constant pH, temperature and time (pH = 5, T = 50 °C and t = 30 min, respectively). Based on our results, glucose concentration increased by ～300% after pretreatment with either acid or KOH in combination with enzymatic hydrolysis (2% HCl, 85 °C, 80 min, 0.1% α-amylase, AMG, and 1% KOH, 0 °C, 20 min, 1.1% α-amylase, 0.4% AMG) compared to raw (untreated) KW. Estimating the different Y_G yields at KW loading of 5%, an increase of 192% and 121% for total soluble monosugars and total soluble sugars, respectively, was succeeded compared to untreated KW. The effect of solids loading on the obtained sugar yields using the optimum conditions for thermo-chemical pretreatment followed by enzymatic hydrolysis was also tested resulting to 27.5% increase of the soluble glucose yield when half of the solids loading (2.5%) was used. A decrease of total soluble sugars yield by 32.2% was observed when solely acid hydrolysis at optimum conditions from our previous study was applied at 30% solids loading.     

Understanding public perceptions of risk regarding outdoor pet cats to inform conservation action

Free‐ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) incur and impose risks on ecosystems and represent a complex issue of critical importance to biodiversity conservation and cat and human health globally. Prior social science research on this topic is limited and has emphasized feral cats even though owned cats often comprise a large proportion of the outdoor cat population, particularly in urban areas. To address this gap, we examined public risk perceptions and attitudes toward outdoor pet cats across varying levels of urbanization, including along the wildland–urban interface, in Colorado (U.S.A.), through a mail survey of 1397 residents. Residents did not view all types of risks uniformly. They viewed risks of cat predation on wildlife and carnivore predation on cats as more likely than disease‐related risks. Additionally, risk perceptions were related to attitudes, prior experiences with cats and cat–wildlife interactions, and cat‐owner behavior. Our findings suggest that changes in risk perceptions may result in behavior change. Therefore, knowledge of cat‐related risk perceptions and attitudes could be used to develop communication programs aimed at promoting risk‐aversive behaviors among cat owners and cat‐management strategies that are acceptable to the public and that directly advance the conservation of native species.