Pollution profiles and physicochemical parameters in old uncontrolled landfills

The long-term effectiveness of the geological barrier beneath municipal-waste landfills is a critical issue for soil and groundwater protection. This study examines natural clayey soils directly in contact with the waste deposited in three landfills over 12 years old in Spain. Several physicochemical and geological parameters were measured as a function of depth. Electrical conductivity (EC), water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC), Cl⁻, NH₄⁺, Na⁺ and exchangeable NH₄⁺ and Na⁺ were used as parameters to measure the penetration of landfill leachate pollution. Mineralogy, specific surface area and cationic-exchange capacities were analyzed to characterize the materials under the landfills. A principal component analysis, combined with a Varimax rotation, was applied to the data to determine patterns of association between samples and variables not evident upon initial inspection. The main factors explaining the variation in the data are related to waste composition and local geology. Although leachates have been in contact with clays for long time periods (13-24 years), WSOC and EC fronts are attenuated at depths of 0.2-1.5 m within the clay layer. Taking into account this depth of the clayey materials, these natural substrata (>45% illite-smectite-type sheet silicates) are suitable for confining leachate pollution and for complying with European legislation. This paper outlines the relevant differences in the clayey materials of the three landfills in which a diffusive flux attenuation capacity (A_c) is defined as a function (1) of the rate of decrease of the parameters per meter of material, (2) of the age and area of the landfill and (3) of the quantity and quality of the wastes.     

畜禽粪便堆腐过程中有机碳组分与腐熟指标的变化

以牛粪、菌糠、鸡粪等为材料按照两种比例调配为混合基质,在添加或不添加发酵启动剂的条件下在发酵罐中进行为期38 d的堆肥发酵试验,研究4种处理方式下畜禽粪便腐解过程中有机碳及其组分的变化,同时通过综合发芽指数(GI)评判腐解物料的腐熟度,确定GI与有机碳组分的关系.结果表明,添加发酵启动剂可以加速有机物质的降解,使水溶性有机碳和有机酸的含量下降(比初始值含量分别下降了41.85%、85.18%),促进类富里酸向胡敏酸转化,使畜禽粪便达到快速腐熟.在两种物料配比下,较高比例的牛粪不利于堆肥物质的分解和腐熟.根据达到腐熟要求的标准(GI0.8),当TOC357.27 g·kg-1,DOC7.00 g·kg-1,FA6.45 g·kg-1,腐解后期物料的红外光谱在1020 cm-1、1427 cm-1出现较为尖锐的峰值,即碳酸盐和硝酸盐含量增加,且草酸大幅度下降时,可以认为有机物料达到完全腐熟.当牛粪、菌糠、鸡粪的混合体积比为1∶1∶1时,在添加发酵启动剂条件下有机物料在腐解29 d时达到以上腐熟指标.     

油脂对餐厨废弃物单相厌氧定向制酸的影响

通过间歇实验研究了油脂对餐厨废弃物单相厌氧定向产酸(VFA)的影响.考察了油脂含量为0.0,5.0,15.0及25.0g/L条件下发酵液中有机酸浓度及组成的变化情况.结果表明,油脂对发酵液中VFA浓度影响显著,随油脂含量提高最大VFA浓度呈下降趋势,当油脂含量达到25.0g/L时,最大VFA浓度仅为23.22g/L,为未添加油脂条件下的55.3%,其次油脂可延后开始产酸的时间,油脂含量为5.0g/L时,达到最高VFA浓度50%所需的反应时间分别为49.4h相对未添加油脂组滞后27.1h.此外油脂会影响发酵液中VFA各组分比例,提高丙酸含量促使发酵类型由丁酸型发酵向丙酸型发酵转变,当油脂含量为5.0g/L时丙酸所占比例分别为32.2%,而未添加油脂组的丙酸含量仅占8.7%.     

两相厌氧系统中产甲烷相有机酸转化规律

研究了两相厌氧系统产甲烷相中有机酸转化规律.以产酸相、产甲烷相COD负荷分别为41.5 kg/(m³·d)、6.05kg/(m³·d)的连续流试验装置培养种泥,运行稳定后,进行静态试验采用气相色谱仪(GC-122型)分析有机酸组成及含量结果表明,反应器相同位置的微生物降解转化有机酸速率快慢依次为:乙酸＞乙醇＞丁酸＞丙酸;利用乙醇产乙酸的微生物与产甲烷菌所需最佳pH值范围相近;乙醇型发酵是充分发挥两相厌氧系统功能的最佳发酵类型;在产甲烷反应器中,大部分挥发酸的最终降解都要经历乙酸降解途径才能完成,造成乙酸的降解转化相对缓慢,成为厌氧工艺中的限速步骤.     

磺胺嘧啶胁迫下作物根际微生物群落结构响应

为了研究在磺胺类兽药胁迫下,两种作物在不同生长期根际微生物群落结构的响应,采用室内根际箱培养实验,测定玉米、小麦根际微界面土壤磷脂脂肪酸的量,研究在磺胺嘧啶（SD）胁迫下,不同作物根际土壤微界面微生物群落结构的空间变化.结果表明,SD对根际微生物活性的有抑制作用,且强度随浓度增加而增强.同一浓度SD作用下,根际微界面微生物生物量不同,在实验中,根际3mm和根室的微生物生物量最大,且二者之间差异不显著.不同微生物对根际效应敏感程度不同,细菌、革兰氏阳性菌、革兰氏阴性菌、蓝细菌和硫酸盐还原菌根际效应明显.在SD胁迫下,根际不同微界面土壤微生物群落结构变化明显.细菌、G⁺、G^-、放线菌的生物量,随SD浓度升高而下降,主要表现为抑制效应,而对真菌生物量则表现为激活效应,生物量增加. 小麦根际土壤真菌：细菌（F/B）随SD浓度的升高,比值增大,在高浓度（5mg/kg）胁迫下,F/B比值最大（0.74）,与对照差异显著（P < 0.05）,说明土壤污染修复能力增强,而sat/mono比值在高浓度SD胁迫下降低,说明微生物群落结构向有利于SD降解的方向转化.根际效应有助于SD的降解,在1mg/kg SD作用下,小麦根际土壤降解率为7.01%,而非根际土壤降解率仅为2.49%,不同作物表现出的根际效应强弱不同,玉米根际效应强于小麦.     

乙酸/丙酸作为EBPR碳源的动力学模型研究(Ⅰ) ——模型的建立

以活性污泥ASM2模型为基础,采用混合短链脂肪酸(SCFAs)作为基准物质,建立了增强生物除磷系统中聚磷菌和(PAO)的厌氧/好氧动力学模型.模型的显著特点是厌氧代谢过程中的糖原水解、聚羟基烷酸合成、以及聚磷水解速率由SCFAs的速率方程表示,并考虑了厌氧维持对动力学和计量学的影响.模型建立了过程计量学系数矩阵,包括3个溶解性组分、4个颗粒性组分,同时考虑了pH对代谢动力学的影响.最后,在PAO模型的基础上,建立了GAO的动力学模型,该模型包含7个过程,磷的浓度仅对其好氧生长有影响.     

Formation of disinfection byproducts in typical Chinese drinking water

Eight typical drinking water supplies in China were selected in this study. Both source and tap water were used to investigate the occurrence of chlorinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs), and seasonal variation in the concentrations of trihalomethanes (THMs) of seven water sources was compared. The results showed that the pollution level for source water in China, as shown by DBP formation potential, was low. The most encountered DBPs were chloroform, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and chlorodibromoacetic acid. The concentration of every THMs and haloacetic acid (HAA) compound was under the limit of standards for drinking water quality. The highest total THMs concentrations were detected in spring.     

Temporal and spatial variations of low-molecular-weight organic acids in Dianchi Lake, China

Low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) in eutrophic lake water of Dianchi, Southwestern China Plateau were investigated diurnally and vertically using ion chromatography. Two profiles (P1 and P2) were studied due to the difference of hydrochemical features. Lactic, formic, pyruvic and oxalic acid were detected as major components at P1 and P2 which were on average 7.98 and 6.53 mol/L, respectively, corresponding to their proportions of 2.68% and 2.48% relative to DOC. Pyruvic acid was regarded as the uppermost species at P1 and P2, reaching up to 3.82 and 3.35 mol/L and accounting for 47.9% and 51.3%, respectively, in individual TOA. Although humus were of biogenetic production at both sites, the significant negative correlation between diurnal variations of TOAs, fluorescence intensity (FI) of protein-like components and humic-like components at P1 indicated LMWOAs were greatly originated from bacterioplankton excretion and degradation. However, correlations between diurnal variations of humic-like FI and physicochemical parameters demonstrated algal origination of LMWOAs at P2. Although content of humus was high, TOA at P2 was 1.45 mol/L lower than that at P1, due to the co-influence of more intense photo-oxidation and aggregation at P2. Therefore, TOAs exhibited quite opposite diurnal variation trends of increasing-decreasing and decreasing-increasing at P1 and P2, respectively. Except for impact of solar radiation, bacterial decomposition and assimilation rendered shifts of maximal LMWOAs along water column at P1. Covering with massive algae, UV rays penetrated shallower depth that LMWOAs assembled in surface layer water before 18:00 at P2 and represented decreasing profiles.