Antimony smelting process generating solid wastes and dust：Characterization and leaching behaviors

A large amount of solid waste has been produced by the antimony smelting process in the＂World Capital of Antimony＂, Xikuangshan area in China. This study comprehensively investigated the physical and chemical characteristics of the various solid wastes, as well as the leaching behavior of the solid wastes, which included water-quenched slag,arsenic-alkali residue, desulfurized slag and blast furnace dust. These four types of waste were enriched in a variety of heavy metals and metalloids and more specifically with As and Sb levels up to 8.6 × 104 and 3.16 × 105mg/kg, respectively, in arsenic-alkali residue. For desulfurized slag and water-quenched slag, the leaching concentration of Sb significantly exceeded the acceptable limits during the leaching tests using the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure and the synthetic precipitation leaching procedure. In addition, As leaching in arsenic-alkali residue was extraordinarily hazardous, being three orders of magnitude higher than the regulatory level of As. According to the results of the extraction tests, all the tested wastes were classified as hazardous waste.     

Fouling distribution in forward osmosis membrane process

Fouling behavior along the length of membrane module was systematically investigated by performing simple modeling and lab-scale experiments of forward osmosis （FO） membrane process. The flux distribution model developed in this study showed a good agreement with experimental results, validating the robustness of the model. This model demonstrated, as expected, that the permeate flux decreased along the membrane channel due to decreasing osmotic pressure differential across the FO membrane. A series of fouling experiments were conducted under the draw and feed solutions at various recoveries simulated by the model. The simulated fouling experiments revealed that higher organic （alginate） fouling and thus more flux decline were observed at the last section of a membrane channel, as foulants in feed solution became more concentrated. Furthermore, the water flux in FO process declined more severely as the recovery increased due to more foulants transported to membrane surface with elevated solute concentrations at higher recovery, which created favorable solution environments for organic adsorption. The fouling reversibility also decreased at the last section of the membrane channel, suggesting that fouling distribution on FO membrane along the module should be carefully examined to improve overall cleaning efficiency. Lastly, it was found that such fouling distribution observed with co-current flow operation became less pronounced in counter- current flow operation of FO membrane process.     

Arsenic removal from groundwater by acclimated sludge under autohydrogenotrophic conditions

Arsenic in the environment is attracting increasing attention due to its chronic health effects. Although arsenite(As(III)) is generally more mobile and more toxic than arsenate(As(V)), reducing As(V) to As(III) may still be a means for decontamination, because As(III) can be removed from solution by precipitation with sulfide or by adsorption or complexation with other metal sulfides. The performance of As(V) bio-reduction under autohydrogenotrophic conditions was investigated with batch experiments. The results showed that As(V) reduction was a biochemical process while both acclimated sludge and hydrogen were essential. Most of the reduced arsenic remained in a soluble form, although 20% was removed with no addition of sulfate, while 82% was removed when sulfate was reduced to sulfide. The results demonstrated that the reduced arsenic was re-sequestered in the precipitates, probably as arsenic sulfides. Kinetic analysis showed that pseudo first-order kinetics described the bio-reduction process better than pseudo second-order. In particular, the influences of pH and temperature on As(V) reduction by acclimated sludge under autohydrogenotrophic conditions and total soluble As removal were examined. The reduction process was highly sensitive to both pH and temperature, with the optimum ranges of pH 6.5–7.0 and 30–40°C respectively. Furthermore, Arrhenius modeling results for the temperature effect indicated that the As(V) reduction trend was systematic. Total soluble As removal was consistent with the trend of As(V) reduction.     

辽河保护区七星湿地表层水与间隙水中氮的时空分布

将大型人工湿地工程技术应用于支流河口,可以有效减轻干流污染物负荷。研究了辽河流域典型支流河口湿地的营养盐迁移转化特征。利用2012年5—7月的采样监测数据分析辽河保护区七星湿地表层水和间隙水中不同形态氮的时空分布规律。结果表明,氨氮浓度为表层水小于间隙水,而硝氮和亚硝氮浓度为表层水高于间隙水;氨氮、硝氮以及亚硝氮浓度随空间的变化趋势均体现为支流河入口处浓度较高,湿地中部及出口处浓度明显降低。水体氨氮浓度表现出随时间推移呈逐渐下降的趋势,硝氮和亚硝氮浓度呈现波动。七星湿地3个月内的氨氮总去除量为1.99 t。     

辽河流域有毒有害物的水环境污染及来源分析

有毒有害物包括无机污染物和有机污染物,这些污染物将会对人类健康造成短期或长期的危害,同时对水环境造成严重污染。介绍了水体中污染物的种类,详述了辽河流域受到的多环芳烃类、有机氯农药、多氯联苯及其他有毒有害物的污染情况。通过典型有毒有害物来源的初步分析,进一步明确了辽河流域具有工业源、城镇市政污水排放及农业面源混合型污染特征。为了进一步制定有效的有毒有害物污染防治决策,依据辽河流域有毒有害物的污染和研究现状,提出了目前存在的问题及进一步的研究建议。     

蜂窝状整体式分子筛催化剂制备研究进展

分子筛催化剂已经广泛应用于化学工业、石油工业及环境污染处理等领域,其蜂窝状构型在选择性还原NOx方面具有广阔的应用前景。文章介绍了蜂窝状整体式分子筛催化剂制备的2种方式:固载化和自成型。对固载化法进行分类介绍,对不同固载方法制备的整体式催化剂的分子筛负载量进行对比,综述了载体种类、预处理方法和粘合剂的选择对固载化法制备整体式催化剂的影响,说明了固载化催化剂在应用上的优势及不足;阐述了自成型法制备蜂窝状整体式分子筛催化剂的优势,详细叙述了粘合剂的选择和用量、水含量、分子筛粒径分布、挤出成型过程和干燥过程对自成型蜂窝状整体式分子筛催化剂的物理化学性质和催化性能的影响,为整体式蜂窝状分子筛催化剂的开发提供了借鉴。     

神奇的“水燃料”

你想象过以后开车,只需要加水就能跑吗？水是地球上最为丰富的化合物,一直以来,人类从未停止过探索水燃料的脚步。今天要介绍的,就是那些从水中提取能源的神奇科技。     

化工废水的超临界水氧化研究

在超临界条件下,管式反应器中超临界水的各种参数是很难获得的。本文在管式反应器中,以空气作为氧化剂,以实际化工废水作为研究对象,开发设计了一套大型中试超临界水氧化(SCWO)系统,并将所有的反应过程都控制在623.2~793.2K和24MPa的条件下,对此套连续化SCWO中试设备对实际化工废水的处理效果进行了试验研究。试验结果表明:随着反应温度和停留时间的增加,COD的去除率明显升高;通过比较进、出水组分的GC-MS图谱可以看出,原水中存在15种主要难降解有机污染物,包括杂环化合物和多环胺类等,但在出水中仅发现一种有机污染物存在,且其浓度也仅仅约为初始浓度的10%。此外,还对整个SCWO系统的能量衡算进行了分析并得到了能量自平衡的曲面图,结果显示当化工废水的COD浓度在183~437g/L且流速控制在20.83~104.17kg/h的条件下,整个系统即能达到自平衡状态。     

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