Urban air pollution from the open burning of municipal solid waste

This study estimates the contribution from the open burning of municipal wastes in some of Nigeria's major cities to atmospheric levels of air pollutants. Information obtained on open burning emission factors and municipal solid waste (MSW) generation estimates was combined to estimate annual levels of the pollutants from the open burning of MSW. Per capita distributions of pollutants were calculated on the basis of cities’ populations. The estimates of inorganic emissions across the cities studied were from 913.73 to 81,600 tons per year (TPY) of particulate matter; 4,797 to 428,400 TPY of oxides of nitrogen; 342.65 to 30,600; and 57 to 5,100 TPY of sulfur dioxide, while the estimates for methane ranged from 742 to 66,300 TPY and for other nonmethane organic compounds ranged from 1,713 to 153,000 TPY. Given the composition of MSW in these cities, the nonmethane organic compounds are likely to be composed of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds. Given the wide varieties of both inorganic and organic air pollutants released during the open burning of MSW and the associated human health and environmental impacts, it is high time that stakeholders at all levels of government came up with policies and regulatory measures for the management of MSW in the country.     

类酶联免疫分析法可行性的研究

多环芳烃作为持久性高毒性的有机污染物,一直受到广泛关注。酶联免疫分析技术因特异性强、快速、便捷等优点而广泛使用。建立了芳香烃受体介导的类酶联免疫竞争方法(类ELISA),用于检测环境中多环芳烃类物质的含量。在实验室条件下,分别检测了5种多环芳烃萘、苊、菲、荧蒽和芘,同时比较与高效液相色谱法(HPLC)和气相色谱-质谱联用法(GC/MS)在灵敏度、准确性和重现性等标的差异。HPLC检出限为2.70~10.71 ng/mL;GC/MS的检出限为2.60~24.40 ng/mL;类ELISA的检出限在1.24~3.10ng/mL。HPLC的加标回收率为58.03%~106.69%;GC/MS的加标回收率为88.16%~154.83%;类ELISA的加标回收率为74.67%~121.84%。HPLC的变异系数为4.26~9.03;GC/MS的变异系数为1.44~5.82;类ELISA的变异系数为2.56~8.16。结果表明,类ELISA方法灵敏度较好,准确性较高;而GC/MS方法重现性较好,检测更为稳定。     

A novel bioremediation strategy for petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants using salt tolerant Corynebacterium variabile HRJ4 and biochar

The present work aimed to develop a novel strategy to bioremediate the petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants in the environment. Salt tolerant bacterium was isolated from Dagang oilfield, China and identified as Corynebacterium variabile HRJ4 based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The bacterium had a high salt tolerant capability and biochar was developed as carrier for the bacterium. The bacteria with biochar were most effective in degradation of n-alkanes (C16, C18, C19, C26, C28) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NAP, PYR) mixture. The result demonstrated that immobilization of C. variabile HRJ4 with biochar showed higher degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (THPs) up to 78.9% after 7-day of incubation as compared to the free leaving bacteria. The approach of this study will be helpful in clean-up of petroleum-contamination in the environments through bioremediation process using eco-friendly and cost effective materials like biochar.     

低氧条件下不同电子受体对克雷伯氏菌降解菲的影响

为考察低氧条件下不同电子受体对于克雷伯氏菌(Klebsiella sp.ZS1,下称ZS1)降解菲的影响,在8%氧分压下,分别添加20 mmol/L Na₂SO₄、20 mmol/L NaNO₃、10 mmol/L FeCl₃为电子受体进行降解菌的培养. 通过分光光度法和平皿计数法分别测定电子受体消耗率和菌体生长量,并采用气-质联用法(GC-MS)测定ρ(菲),对不同电子受体影响下的菌体生长量和ρ(菲)进行单因素方差分析. 结果表明,在低氧环境下ZS1降解菲过程中,SO₄2-、NO₃-、Fe3+的消耗率分别为74.7%、0.2%、4.5%;电子转移速率分别为1 899、0.366 3、7.679 μmol/d. 未接种ZS1时,ρ(菲)只减少了10.1%;接种ZS1后,不添加电子受体和分别添加SO₄2-、NO₃-、Fe3+下菲的降解率分别为68.9%、86.2%、72.9%和68.5%,一级动力学方程求得的降解速率常数分别为0.181、0.360、0.186、0.183 d-1. 添加SO₄2-组ZS1的生长量是不添加电子受体组的2.5倍,而添加NO₃-或Fe3+时与不添加电子受体组基本相等. 研究显示,在低氧条件下,ZS1降解菲过程中可同时利用SO₄2-和O₂为电子受体;添加SO₄2-作为外源电子受体对ZS1的生长及降解能力有很强的促进作用;而添加NO₃-和添加Fe3+对ZS1降解菲和ZS1的生长没有显著影响.      

缸内直喷汽油机多环芳烃排放特性的试验研究

在一台缸内直喷(GDI)汽油机上,分别用玻璃纤维滤膜和“聚氨基甲酸乙酯泡沫(PUF)+XAD-2”对尾气中的颗粒相和气相多环芳烃(PAHs)进行了采集,并用色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS)对PAHs进行了定性定量分析,研究了点火时刻和废气再循环(EGR)对PAHs排放的影响.结果表明:在缸内直喷汽油机尾气中,气相PAHs浓度远高于颗粒相PAHs浓度,在气相PAHs中主要是2环和3环等小环PAHs,而在颗粒相PAHs中则主要是4环及以上的大环PAHs.随着点火时刻的提前,尾气中PAHs总浓度呈现先减小后增加再减小的变化趋势,气相和颗粒相PAHs浓度也呈现相似的变化趋势.随着EGR率的增大,气相PAHs所占比例先减小后增大,颗粒相PAHs所占比例则先增大后减小,总PAHs的排放在整体上呈现逐渐减小的变化趋势.加入EGR后,GDI汽油机尾气的毒性显著增大.     

典型表面活性剂对焦化污泥中富集多环芳烃的解吸

焦化废水中的多环芳烃(Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons,PAHs)由于其亲脂性极易转移至污泥相中,此过程成为微生物降解污泥中PAHs的传质受限步骤.基于表面活性剂解吸焦化污泥中富集的PAHs以利于微生物降解的构想,采用两种典型的表面活性剂—Triton X~(-1)00和十二烷基硫酸钠(Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate,SDS)来考察其对菲、芘和苯并[a]芘的增溶作用,对比了不同浓度的菲、芘和苯并[a]芘在焦化污泥上的吸附特征,探讨了表面活性剂对焦化污泥中富集多环芳烃的解吸行为.结果发现,表面活性剂对菲、芘和苯并[a]芘的增溶能力与三者的亲脂性存在负相关的关系,它们在焦化污泥上的吸附特征可用Freundlich等温吸附模型来描述,影响吸附容量的因素包括PAHs的亲脂性和焦化污泥的理化性质;SDS与Triton X~(-1)00共同作用时对芘和苯并[a]芘的增溶更明显;以两者混合质量计的1 g表面活性剂在16 d内可以解吸1.12mg的总PAHs.上述研究可以作为焦化污泥生物修复的增溶工艺中表面活性剂需求量计算的参考依据.     

Relative proportions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons differ between accumulation bioassays and chemical methods to predict bioavailability

Chemical methods to predict the bioavailable fraction of organic contaminants are usually validated in the literature by comparison with established bioassays. A soil spiked with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was aged over six months and subjected to butanol, cyclodextrin and tenax extractions as well as an exhaustive extraction to determine total PAH concentrations at several time points. Earthworm (Eisenia fetida) and rye grass root (Lolium multiflorum) accumulation bioassays were conducted in parallel. Butanol extractions gave the best relationship with earthworm accumulation (r² ≤ 0.54, p ≤ 0.01); cyclodextrin, butanol and acetone-hexane extractions all gave good predictions of accumulation in rye grass roots (r² ≤ 0.86, p ≤ 0.01). However, the profile of the PAHs extracted by the different chemical methods was significantly different (p < 0.01) to that accumulated in the organisms. Biota accumulated a higher proportion of the heavier 4-ringed PAHs. It is concluded that bioaccumulation is a complex process that cannot be predicted by measuring the bioavailable fraction alone.     

Insight into fluorescence properties of 14 selected toxic single-ring aromatic compounds in water: Experimental and DFT study

• The fluorescence peak location of 14 compounds interpreted at protein-like region. • The p-electron system inside aromatic ring contributes to the fluorophore region. • Functional group variation effects the emission spectra. • Decrease in quantum yield and increase in DE is due to atomic weight F>Cl>Br>I. • Theoretically results are in line with experimental ones. Various single-ring aromatic compounds in water sources are of great concern due to its hazardous impact on the environment and human health. The fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEMs) spectrophotometry is a useful method to identify organic pollutants in water. This study provides a detailed insight into the fluorescence properties of the 14 selected toxic single-ring aromatic compounds by experimental and theoretical analysis. The theoretical analysis were done with Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) and B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) basis set, whereas, Polarizable Continuum Model (PCM) was used to consider water as solvent. The selected compounds displayed their own specific excitation-emission (Ex/Em) wavelengths region, at Ex<280 nm and Em<340 nm, respectively. Whereas the theoretical Ex/Em was observed as, Ex at 240 nm–260 nm and Em at 255 nm–300 nm. Aniline as a strong aromatic base has longer Em (340 nm) than alkyl, carbonyl, and halogens substituted benzenes. The lone pair of electrons at amide substituent serves as a p-electron contributor into the aromatic ring, hence increasing the stability and transition energy, which results in longer emission and low quantum yield for the aniline. The fluorescence of halogenated benzenes illustrates an increase in the HOMO-LUMO energy gap and a decrease in quantum yield associated with atomic size (F>Cl>Br>I). In this study the theoretical results are in line with experimental ones. The understanding of fluorescence and photophysical properties are of great importance in the identification of these compounds in the water.     

取代苯对人体细胞的定量结构—遗传毒性研究

通过微核实验,测定了 36 种取代苯类化合物对人体外周血淋巴细胞的遗传毒性;并构建了遗传毒性与分子结构参数之间的 QSAR 模型.结果表明,有 34 种化合物显著地导致了微核的产生,具有明显的遗传毒性;遗传毒性的大小与分子结构描述符辛醇-水分配系数(MlogP)、x 轴主惯性矩(Principalx)、γ 极化率[Polar(γ)]等存在良好的结构-活性相关关系,所建模型的相关系数 R² =0.718,具有较高的预测能力,可用来预测取代苯类化合物的遗传毒性.     

土壤中芘、菲、萘、苯对小麦的生态毒性影响

采用生物培养和物理化学试验,研究了芘、菲、萘、苯对土壤中小麦的生态毒性.结果表明,芘对小麦根毒害的敏感区间浓度为0～300mg/kg;土壤中芘的50%小麦根伸长抑制率浓度为500mg/kg.PAHs的生态毒性与其溶解度和结构有关,且随着溶解度的增大和苯环数目的减少而增加.PAHs会降低土壤的土水势,土水势降低的程度随着PAHs溶解度的增大而增大.