A Review of Waste Tyre Utilisation in the Marine Environment

Waste tyres pose a major disposal problem on land creating a fire hazard and, in warmer climates, providing breeding pools for mosquitoes. the void space in tyres makes them unsuitable for land burial. Schemes to use shredded tyres for road bases and asphalt filler are being pursued in the USA. Tyre combustion for electricity production is being investigated in the UK.

The widespread availability and durability of tyres has led to their use in the marine environment for breakwaters/coastal defence structures and as artificial reefs for promoting fisheries.

Tyres have a low density and have been used in floating breakwaters. Schemes have been proposed to protect and strengthen shorelines with tyre structures.

The void space in tyres facilitates the construction of artificial reefs to attract fish. the most intensive use is in the south west Pacific and Australia. Tyre surfaces are colonised by algae and a wide range of faunal species, including corals and shellfish. the wide acceptance of tyres as a suitable reef construction material appears to be based largely on these observations. Experience of initial poor deployment practices in the USA led to tyres washing ashore after storms and resulted in the banning or restriction of their use in coastal states of the USA. A review of the scientific literature has yielded limited information on the environmental impact of tyres and in particular the leaching of heavy metals and organic compounds from tyres into sea water.

Preliminary results of tyre dust/sea water leaching studies are presented. These identify zinc as the major leachate (totalling 10mg/tyre after 3 months). Diluted leachates have not shown significant effects of the growth of the phytoplankton Phaeodactylum and Isocrysis.

Further work to characterise the sea water leaching of tyre compounds is recommended.     

Competition of Hydrogen and Manganese Ions for Adsorption Sites in Sitka Spruce Litter

The competition of hydrogen and manganese ions for adsorption sites in Sitka spruce litter was investigated in a factorial design, simulated acid rain experiment, which involved leaching of litter with simulated throughfall solutions at three pH levels (5.3, 4.3 and 3.3) and three manganese concentrations (0 to 0.2 mg1^-1). the throughfall solution at the lowest pH was the most efficient in removing exchangeable manganese from litter. the manganese concentration in the leachates was approximately proportional to the hydrogen ion concentration in the simulated throughfall solution. Under field conditions, throughfall manganese concentration also naturally tends to increase as a consequence of enhanced foliar leaching of manganese in response to increasing precipitation acidity. the manganese concentration in the simulated throughfall also affected manganese concentration in the leachates, however, and contributed to a buildup of exchangeable manganese in litter, thus counteracting to some extent possible adverse effects of excess leaching due to increased throughfall acidity.     

Effects of simulated acid rain on cation releasing in soils of South China

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铬渣的细菌解毒实验研究

采用从铬渣堆埋场附近的污泥中分离到的高效还原Cr(Ⅵ)的Ch-1菌进行细菌浸出的摇瓶实验,分别考察了不同液固比,温度,初始pH值情况下浸出液的pH值变化,Cr(Ⅵ)浓度变化及浸出过程铬渣中六价铬的浸出率变化和最终渣浸出毒性.实验结果表明,在细菌的作用下,浸出液Cr(Ⅵ)浓度均能解毒为0ppm,同时,浸出液pH值降低到8～9之间, 细菌浸出渣毒性降低到0.05ppm以下,远低于GB5085.3-1996危险废物浸出毒性鉴别标准1.5ppm.同时,渣中的Cr(Ⅵ)也大部分被有效浸出后还原为Cr(Ⅲ) 沉淀.特别是在液固比10:1,温度28℃,初始pH＝10.0的条件下,铬渣中六价铬浸出率达到了95.43%,同时浸出液pH值＝8.20,Cr(Ⅵ)浓度为0ppm,浸出渣浸出毒性0.007 ppm,均达到国家排放标准,取得了较好的解毒效果.     

煤矸石中有害微量元素的静态淋溶试验研究

在煤矸石的静态淋溶试验的基础上。研究了7-种有害微量元素的淋溶特性，分析了微量元素析出的影响因素。结果表明，淋溶液最终pH呈弱碱性：元素溶出浓度与淋溶时间，淋溶温度，煤矸石粒径，淋溶液pH值以及元素在煤矸石中的含量，赋存状态、本身性质有密切关系。     

Optimum Nitrogen Use and Reduced Nitrogen Loss for Production of Rice and Wheat in the Yangtse Delta Region

A long-term field and lysimeter experiment under different amount of fertilizer-N application was conducted to explore the optimal N application rates for a high productive rice–wheat system and less N leaching loss in the Yangtse Delta region. In this region excessive applications of N fertilizer for the rice–wheat production has resulted in reduced N recovery rates and environment pollution. Initial results of the field experiments showed that the optimal N application rate increased with the yield. On the two major paddy soils (Hydromorphic paddy soil and Gleyed paddy soil) of the region, the optimal N application rate was 225–270 kg N hm^–2 for rice and 180–225 kg N hm^–2 for wheat, separately. This has resulted in the highest number of effective ears and Spikelets per unit area, and hence high yield. Nitrogen leaching in the form of NO ₃ ^– -N occurs mainly in the wheat-growing season and in the ponding and seedling periods of the paddy field. Its concentration in the leachate increased with the N application rate in the lysimeter experiment. When the application rate reached 225 kg N hm^–2, the concentration rose to 5.4–21.3 mgN l^–1 in the leachate during the wheat-growing season. About 60% of the leachate samples determined contained NO ₃ ^– -N beyond the criterion (NO ₃ ^– -N 10 mg l^–1) for N pollution. In the field experiment, when the N application rate was in the range of 270–315 kg hm^–2, the NO ₃ ^– -N concentration in the leachate during the wheat-growing season ranged from 1.9 to 11.0 mg l^–1. About 20% of the leachate samples reached close to, and 10% exceeded, the criterion for N pollution. Long-term accumulation of NO ₃ ^– -N from leaching will no doubt constitute a potential risk of N contamination of the groundwater in the Yangtse Delta Region.     

硫酸锰废渣的浸出毒性及处理研究

研究了硫酸锰废渣的主要金属元素组成及浸出毒性,并采用锰渣加石灰混合的方法进行无害化处理,研究结果表明,硫酸锰废渣浸出液中Mn、Cd超标,锰渣加石灰混合处理的方法能有效降低废渣的浸出毒性,锰渣与石灰的重量比为25:2最佳.     

湿法回收砷碱渣中锑的工艺研究

本研究先以水浸实现砷碱渣中的砷锑分离,再对水浸渣进行盐酸浸出,得到了可作为工业原料氯化锑溶液.研究结果表明,在液固比为6∶1,温度40℃,浸出时间40 min的条件下,可使水浸过程中锑的浸出率低于3%,砷的浸出率达到99%;盐酸浸出中,控制酸浓度为1∶1,液固比10∶1,温度60℃,浸出时间30 min,能使锑的浸出率达到88%以上.经过水浸和盐酸浸出,锑的直接回收率为85.36%.     

应用GLEAMS模型评估我国东南地区农业小流域硝态氦的渗漏淋失

应用GLEAMS模型估算我国东南亚热带地区农业小流域硝态氮的渗漏淋失。在五川流域8种不同土地利用方式的农田中埋设渗漏监测装置，每月采集水样分析硝态氮含量。用2002年4—12月作物生长季节的实测数据进行模型校验的结果表明，模型对水稻田除外的其他土地利用方式下硝态氮渗漏淋失模拟效果较好。五川流域2002年硝态氮淋失模拟计算结果表明，不同土地利用方式下硝态氮淋失时空差异显著，全年渗漏量（以氮计）为4．64～38．39kg·hm^-2，流域面积加权平均为29．99kg·hm^-2。甘蔗地、香蕉地和蔬菜地的年硝态氮渗漏量最高。渗漏峰值一般出现在7—8月。降雨、土地利用和化肥施用等人类活动是影响硝态氮渗漏淋失的主要因素。