COMPARISON OF FOUR ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES AND THE PONAR GRAB FOR BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COLLECTION1

ABSTRACT: Four different bottom-placed artificial substrates were compared with the Ponar grab for collecting benthic invertebrates. Artificial substrate samples of organisms were larger and more diverse than those of the grab. Barbeque Basket samplers caught the most taxa and individuals and Beak Trays caught the least. Chironomids and crustaceans were dominant in artificial substrate samples. Exposure habitat (left or right bank) determined taxa availability, whereas sampler design determined suitability for colonization by the taxa. Diversity for Beak Tray samples was lower than that for other artificial substrates but higher than for Ponar samples. The Barbeque Basket, Bull Basket, and Multiple Plate samples were taxonomically similar. Ponar samples were different, and Beak Trays were of intermediate similarity. As qualitative samplers, Barbeque Baskets were 63 percent efficient, followed by Bull Baskets (55 percent), Multiple Plates (48 percent), Beak Trays (38 percent), and Ponar Grabs (6–10 percent). Bull Baskets required the least and Beak Trays the most replicates to be within a preselected percentage error of the mean at the 95 percent probability level for numbers of taxa and individuals, and for diversity. Under conditions of the study, Bull Baskets ranked highest, followed by Barbeque Baskets and Multiple Plates, in selected performance criteria. Differences between grab and artificial substrate samples are explainable in terms of major riverine habitats and characteristics of the collection methods.     

巯基功能化沸石吸附Hg2+特征及固化/稳定化含汞废物研究

采用3-巯基丙基三甲氧基硅烷在天然斜发沸石表面进行自组装巯基改性,制得巯基功能化沸石.研究了吸附剂用量、pH值、温度、Hg2+浓度和吸附时间对巯基功能化沸石吸附Hg2+的影响,测定了巯基含量,并进一步研究了吸附机理.同时,探讨了巯基功能化沸石吸附剂作为稳定化剂固化/稳定化含汞危险废物的可行性.结果表明,巯基功能化沸石具有较高的巯基含量（1.91%±0.01%）,对Hg2+的吸附容量为87.72 mg·g-1,比天然沸石对Hg2+的吸附容量（8.06 mg·g-1）提高了近10倍.巯基功能化沸石吸附Hg2+的机制主要是表面的巯基与Hg2+的反应,其受pH值、温度的影响小于天然沸石.动力学实验结果表明,巯基功能化沸石吸附Hg2+以较快的速率进行,3h时基本达到吸附平衡.巯基功能化沸石做稳定化剂能够促进汞的稳定,与单独使用水泥相比固化体浸出汞浓度显著降低,含汞1000 mg·kg-1的模拟废物固化体浸出汞浓度低于国家标准.     

含硫底物种类与浓度对污泥重金属生物沥滤的影响

以城市污水处理厂剩余污泥为材料,探究不同含硫底物及其浓度对污泥重金属生物沥滤的效果影响,通过添加单一底物(S0、Fe SO4、Na2S2O3、Fe S和Fe S2)、两种底物配合(S0+Fe SO4、S0+Na2S2O3、S0+Fe S、S0+Fe S2)进行沥滤实验。结果表明:除Fe S和Fe S2外,投加单一底物的沥滤体系中p H都呈下降趋势,沥滤持续5 d后p H值降至1.8左右,污泥中Zn、Pb、Ni、Cr和Cu等重金属去除率高,底物投加量为8~10 g/L(以S计);投加复合底物时,最佳投加方式为S0+Fe SO4,投加量为8 g/L,此时污泥体系酸化速度快,污泥中重金属Zn、Pb、Ni、Cr、Cu去除率分别达95.41%、89.48%、86.45%、84.51%和94.33%。     

氧化亚铁硫杆菌对双底物的利用

氧化亚铁硫杆菌是脱硫领域的重要微生物之一。研究了在亚铁和含硫基质双底物存在的条件下,氧化亚铁硫杆菌对2种能源物质的利用情况,结果表明,Thiobacillus ferrooxidans在双底物利用过程中,铁氧化系统首先启动,随Fe2＋浓度的下降,硫氧化系统开始启动,之后两者协同作用;3种含硫基质的存在对Fe2＋的氧化有不同的影响,S对Fe2＋的氧化不产生抑制作用,而Na2S2O3和Na2SO3对Fe2＋的氧化有一定的抑制,尤其是Na2SO3的抑制作用更明显,亚铁完全氧化所需的时间更长。     

SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫简

以表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）对沸石进行改性,改性后的沸石对结晶紫溶液进行吸附,以紫外可见分光光度计分析最佳吸附条件。实验结果表明,在30℃,SDS改性沸石投入量为0.25 g;吸附平衡时间为1 h;pH为8的条件下,对含50 mg/L结晶紫染料的去除率可达到92.6%,吸附量达到4.63 mg/g。SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫的等温吸附曲线与Henry型和Freundlich型均拟合较好。热力学参数计算结果表明,吸附符合自发吸热过程。     

适宜处理分散性生活污水的人工湿地除磷填料的筛选及改性

为提高人工湿地除磷效能,从沸石、陶粒、萤石、膨胀蛭石、石灰石、麦饭石、火山岩、牡蛎壳、钢渣和废砖块这10种具有较高磷素饱和吸附量的填料中,筛选出钢渣、沸石和石灰石3种适宜处理分散性生活污水的人工湿地填料,并分别使用不同浓度梯度的酸(碱)、盐对3种填料进行改性,以增强其除磷能力。研究结果表明,钢渣、沸石和石灰石分别经2 mol/L AlCl3、2 mol/L NaOH及2 mol/L AlCl3、0.5 mol/L AlCl3溶液改性后,磷素吸附量达到最高值(0.272、0.0801和0.351 mg/g),而双常数方程能更好地描述优选填料对生活污水中磷的吸附动力学过程,综合考虑填料的吸附效果、成本及来源,改性石灰石是人工湿地处理分散性生活污水时较为理想的除磷填料;此外,填料经铝改后,氮磷吸附效果普遍优于其他改性条件,且Al-P有利于植物直接吸收利用,含铝废水来源广泛,故利用铝改液处理人工湿地填料具有较高的应用推广价值。     

SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫

以表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）对沸石进行改性,改性后的沸石对结晶紫溶液进行吸附,以紫外可见分光光度计分析最佳吸附条件。实验结果表明,在30℃,SDS改性沸石投入量为0．25g;吸附平衡时间为1h;pH为8的条件下,对含50mg／L结晶紫染料的去除率可达到92．6％,吸附量达到4．63mg／g。SDS改性沸石吸附结晶紫的等温吸附曲线与Henry型和Freundlich型均拟合较好。热力学参数计算结果表明,吸附符合自发吸热过程。     

Alkaline hydrothermal conversion of fly ash precipitates into zeolites 3: the removal of mercury and lead ions from wastewater

In this paper, the utilisation of zeolites synthesised from fly ash (FA) and related co-disposal filtrates as low-cost adsorbent material were investigated. When raw FA and co-disposal filtrates were subjected to alkaline hydrothermal zeolite synthesis, the zeolites faujasite, sodalite and zeolite A were formed. The synthesised zeolites were explored to establish its ability to remove lead and mercury ions from aqueous solution in batch experiments, to which various dosages of the synthesised zeolites were added. The test results indicated that when increasing synthesised zeolite dosages of 5-20 g/L were added to the acid mine drainage (AMD) wastewater, the concentrations of lead and mercury in the wastewater were reduced accordingly. The lead concentrations were reduced from 3.23 to 0.38 and 0.17 microg/kg, respectively, at an average pH of 4.5, after the addition of raw FA zeolite and co-disposal filtrate zeolite to the AMD wastewater. On the other hand, the mercury concentration was reduced from 0.47 to 0.17 microg/kg at pH=4.5 when increasing amounts of co-disposal filtrate zeolite were added to the wastewater. The experimental results had shown that the zeolites synthesised from the co-disposal filtrates were effective in reducing the lead and mercury concentrations in the AMD wastewater by 95% and 30%, respectively.     

Effects of zeolites on cultures of marine micro-algae

GOAL, SCOPE AND BACKGROUND: The cation-exchange capacity of zeolites is well known and has been increasingly explored in different fields with both economic and environmental successes. In aquatic medium with low salinity, zeolites have found multiple applications. However, a review of the literature on the applications of zeolites in salt waters found relatively few articles, including some recently published papers. The purpose of this review is to present the state-of-the-art on applications of using zeolites for amending the trace elemental contents of salt water as well as the implications of this property for promoting marine micro-algal growth. MAIN FEATURES: This paper deals with the following features: Sorption capacity of zeolites including 1. application of zeolites in saltwater, 2. the role of silicon and zeolites on cultures of micro-algae, and 3. the role of organically chelated trace metals. RESULTS: The following competing factors have been identified as effects of zeolites on algal growth in salt water: (i) ammonia decrease: growth inhibition reduced; (ii) macro-nutrients increase, mainly silicon: stimulation of silicon-dependent algae; (iii) trace metals increase (desorption from zeolites) or decrease (adsorption): inhibition or stimulation, depending on the nature of the element and its concentration; and, (iv) changes in the chelating organics exudation: inhibition or stimulation of growth, depending on the (a) nature of the complexed element; (b) bioavailability of the complex; and (c) concentration of the elements simultaneously present in inorganic forms. DISCUSSION: Zeolites have been capable of stimulating the growth of the silicon-demanding marine micro-algae, like diatoms, mainly because they can act as a silicon buffer in seawater. Zeolites can also influence the yield of non-silicon-demanding algae, because the changes they can cause (liberation and adsorption of trace elements) in the composition of the medium. CONCLUSIONS: Zeolites have been capable of stimulating the growth of the marine micro-algae. However, the extent of ion exchange between zeolite and seawater, which conditions the effects, will depend on several factors: (1) initial metal concentration in seawater; (2) levels of trace metals in the zeolites (contaminants); (3) characteristics of the zeolites in terms of both ion-exchange capacity and specific affinities for the different cations; (4) quantity of zeolite per litre of solution; (5) pH and (6) response of the organism in terms of liberation of organic ligands. RECOMMENDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES: RECOMMENDATIONS: Therefore, a previous investigation in each particular case is recommended, in order to select the zeolitic characteristics and concentrations that will maximize the algal yield. PERSPECTIVES: Stimulation of phytoplankton growth can be economically relevant since phytoplankton constitutes the basis of the marine food webs and is required in fish farming nurseries in the marine aquaculture industry. Zeolites are cheap, only small amounts (few milligrams per liter of culture) are required and the addition of some micro-nutrients may be omitted. Therefore, the inclusion of zeolites in algal cultures in aquaculture may have economic advantages.     

超声辅助法制备新型FeMOR分子筛催化NOx还原反应性能研究

采用超声辅助浸渍法成功合成了高铁含量的Fe MOR-5%-UL催化剂,并且测试其催化还原NO性能.研究发现在超声辅助条件下浸渍制得的催化剂可以引入更高比例的离子交换位上的孤立的Fe~(3+),这些铁离子具有更强的NO还原活性,因此超声辅助浸渍法制备的催化剂催化性能显著高于传统的离子交换法和浸渍法.其中活性最高的FeMOR-5%-UL催化剂在添加SO_2等多种气氛时,催化活性下降不显著.并且在持续100 h的汽车尾气条件下进行的稳定性实验中,FeMOR-5%-UL的催化活性没有明显下降.FeMOR-5%-UL的优异的催化活性和稳定性非常具有应用前景和研究价值.