Evaluation of nitrogen retention and microbial populations in poultry litter treated with chemical, biological or adsorbent amendments

Poultry litter is a valuable nutrient source for crop production. Successful management to reduce ammonia and its harmful side-effects on poultry and the environment can be aided by the use of litter amendments. In this study, three acidifiers, two biological treatments, one chemical urease inhibitor and two adsorber amendments were added to poultry litter. Chemical, physical and microbiological properties of the litters were assessed at the beginning and the end of the experiment. Application of litter amendments consistently reduced organic N loss (0-15%) as compared to unamended litter (20%). Acidifiers reduced nitrogen loss through both chemical and microbiological processes. Adsorbent amendments (water treatment residuals and chitosan) reduced nitrogen loss and concentrations of ammonia-producing bacteria and fungi. The use of efficient, cost-effective litter amendments to maximum agronomic, environmental and financial benefits is essential for the future of sustainable poultry production.     

Evaluating China's Slope Land Conversion Program as sustainable management in Tianquan and Wuqi Counties

Increased soil erosion on sloped land has become a significant environmental concern in China that has been attributed to human activities such as deforestation, over-cultivation, and over-grazing of livestock. In order to reduce soil erosion on sloped lands, the Chinese government has responded by implementing large-scale, ecological rehabilitation programs, including the "Grain for Green" reforestation project. This program involves financial incentives to transition farmers into other economic activities with the goal of reducing ecological pressures and degradation. Because of the scope and potential impacts from these programs, detailed research is needed to understand their social and ecological effects. This paper reports on research conducted in Tianquan County, Sichuan Province, and Wuqi County, Shaanxi Province, that evaluates the effects of the program upon local economies and household livelihood systems. The paper argues that the successful conversion of farmland under "Grain for Green" depends upon local government involvement, local economic development, and funding for local projects. Without economic development within rural economies, we conclude that farmers will remain dependent upon continued subsidy assistance to meet the policy's ambitious environmental restrictions, thereby undermining the program's long-term sustainability.     

曝气复氧对底泥氮素生物地球化学循环影响的作用机制研究

通过分析底泥氮污染物释放规律和转化过程,以及底泥生境、氮形态变化和氮循环功能微生物群落结构变化的规律,探讨了不同曝气复氧条件影响底泥氮生物地球化学循环的生物代谢、物理化学联合作用的机制。结果表明：曝气复氧对底泥中氮的生物地球化学循环影响是一个包括微生物代谢作用和物理化学作用的复杂联合作用过程。水体好氧环境的改变主要引起参与底泥氮循环的硝化、亚硝化和反硝化功能菌群群落结构的演变,对异养菌和氨化菌的影响不大,证明环境好氧条件的改变对底泥有机质生物分解产生氨氮的微生物代谢过程影响不大,主要对底泥释放的氨氮硝化、反硝化等生物转化过程产生大的影响。不同溶解氧条件下,底泥释放的氮素在微生物作用下主要以NH4＋-N和NO3--N的形式进入试验体系,并在特定的氧化还原电位（临界值-200 mV）和pH（临界值6.70）条件下通过物理化学作用在底泥中以离子交换态氮（IEF-N）、碳酸盐结合态氮（CF-N）、铁锰氧化态氮（IMOF-N）及有机态和硫化物结合态氮（OSF-N）等不同形态氮相互转化,同时,在氮的转化和循环过程中部分输入上覆水体。在低溶解氧组实验条件下[ρ（DO）〈0.5 mg.L-1],底泥向水体输出氮总量为底泥可转化态氮的19.7%,主要为氨氮,最大释放速率达到289.13 mg.m-2.d-1,释放的质量浓度可达到18.8 mg.L-1;好氧条件下（DO饱和）,底泥向水体输出氮总量为底泥可转化态氮的1.8%;好氧-缺氧条件下为11.7%,主要以N2的形式释出系统。     

我国厨余垃圾资源化技术的多维绩效评价

随着我国大力推动生活垃圾分类管理工作,厨余垃圾的资源化利用受到越来越多关注.厨余垃圾资源化技术已有包括厌氧消化处理、好氧生物处理和昆虫饲料转化等类型,但在已有应用案例中存在资源化程度低、环境影响显著和经济效益差等诸多问题,缺乏技术绩效的系统化分析和综合性评价.为此,研究面向厨余垃圾资源化技术应用的全生命周期过程,构建了资源效率、环境影响、经济可行和社会效应的多维绩效评价指标体系(包括21项指标),以我国的14项典型技术应用项目为案例开展定量化综合评价研究.结果表明,厌氧消化和昆虫饲料转化处理技术的得分分别为58.39分和59.65分,高于好氧生物处理(49.16分);按细分技术类型,集中式黑水虻转化和中温湿式厌氧工艺得分较高,分别为67.14分和60.82分.按技术的处理规模和设施分布方式,集中式处理技术在资源效率和经济效益维度上分别比分散式技术高出13%和62%;分散式处理技术在环境影响和社会效应维度上比集中式高出8%和34%.在厨余垃圾资源化实践中,应结合当地的厨余垃圾理化性质、生活垃圾分类收集工作推进情况、财政承担能力和收运距离等多因素综合考量,因地制宜的选择适宜技术路线.     

南京城市大气氨-铵的高频演化及其气粒转化机制

本研究于2018年秋季利用在线气体和气溶胶组分监测仪以高时间分辨率连续测定南京市大气中的气体(主要是NH_3)与二次无机气溶胶(主要是NH_4~+、NO_3~-和SO_4~(2-))浓度,借此研究污染和非污染期城市大气NH_3和NH_4~+的演化规律,进而探讨NH_3-NH_4~+气粒转化过程中的化学机制.结果表明,观测期间NH_3和NH_4~+浓度的平均值(±1σ)分别为(15. 3±6. 7)μg·m-3和(11. 3±7. 8)μg·m-3,且日变化在污染和非污染事件中呈现出显著的差异.综合在线观测的NH_3和NH_4~+浓度数据,通过计算潜在源贡献因子,分析了NH_3和NH_4~+的潜在贡献源区在重污染过程受长距离污染传输影响较小,证明城市也是NH_3排放的重要热点地区.进一步分析发现,NH_3-NH_4~+的气粒转化是影响NH_3和NH_4~+日变化的主要驱动因子.具体体现在:低温、高湿(温度在7. 5～12. 5℃,湿度在50%～90%)时,NH_3和NH_4~+的气固转化速度较快,NH_3与酸性物质反应生成更多的NH_4~+,使得(NH4)2SO4和NH4NO3的形成从而导致污染事件的加剧.研究结果有助于厘清城市大气NH_3的来源和转化机制及其对颗粒物的潜在贡献.     

废水中氨氮的去除与利用

化学沉淀剂可去除废水中的氨氮，并得到有用复合肥ＭｇＮＨ４ＰＯ４。探讨了诸反应对氨氮去除率的影响。     

双金属复合管线应力分析中当量折算模型的建立与应用*

针对目前高腐蚀性气田的集输系统管线应力分析标准中,未给出双金属复合管线的强度校核方法,依据当量折算理论,将双金属复合管的几何与材料特性转化为等效单层管,通过有限元法验证双层管与等效管模型的计算精度。研究结果表明:利用当量折算理论,可以快速将双金属管外径、壁厚、弹性模量、热膨胀系数、密度等参数等效转化为单层管道相关参数。经实际应用检验,该方法在解决工程问题时具备一定的实用性与准确性;双金属复合管系统当量折算模型具备计算方便和精度高等优点,该模型可用于双金属复合管线结构设计和强度校核。研究结果可为双金属复合管线的强度校核提供1种参考方法。     

Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands: Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate

Abstract: The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, including oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Oil‐palm plantations cover over 13 million ha, primarily in Southeast Asia, where they have directly or indirectly replaced tropical rainforest. We explored the impact of the spread of oil‐palm plantations on greenhouse gas emission and biodiversity. We assessed changes in carbon stocks with changing land use and compared this with the amount of fossil‐fuel carbon emission avoided through its replacement by biofuel carbon. We estimated it would take between 75 and 93 years for the carbon emissions saved through use of biofuel to compensate for the carbon lost through forest conversion, depending on how the forest was cleared. If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balance would take more than 600 years. Conversely, planting oil palms on degraded grassland would lead to a net removal of carbon within 10 years. These estimates have associated uncertainty, but their magnitude and relative proportions seem credible. We carried out a meta‐analysis of published faunal studies that compared forest with oil palm. We found that plantations supported species‐poor communities containing few forest species. Because no published data on flora were available, we present results from our sampling of plants in oil palm and forest plots in Indonesia. Although the species richness of pteridophytes was higher in plantations, they held few forest species. Trees, lianas, epiphytic orchids, and indigenous palms were wholly absent from oil‐palm plantations. The majority of individual plants and animals in oil‐palm plantations belonged to a small number of generalist species of low conservation concern. As countries strive to meet obligations to reduce carbon emissions under one international agreement (Kyoto Protocol), they may not only fail to meet their obligations under another (Convention on Biological Diversity) but may actually hasten global climate change. Reducing deforestation is likely to represent a more effective climate‐change mitigation strategy than converting forest for biofuel production, and it may help nations meet their international commitments to reduce biodiversity loss.     

Enhanced anaerobic treatment of CSTR-digested effluent from chicken manure: The effect of ammonia inhibition

The effect of ammonia inhibition was evaluated during the enhanced anaerobic treatment of digested effluent from a 700 m³ chicken-manure continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). A 12.3 L internal circulation (IC) reactor inoculated with an anaerobic granular sludge and operated at 35 ± 1 °C was employed for the investigation. With a corresponding organic loading rate of 1.5-3.5 kg-COD/m³ d over a hydraulic retention time of 1.5 d, a maximum volumetric biogas production rate of 1.2 m³/m³ d and TCOD (total COD) removal efficiency ranging from 70% to 80% was achieved. However, the continual increase in the influent TAN content led to ammonia inhibition in the methanogenesis system. The SCOD/TAN (soluble COD/total ammonia nitrogen) ratio was presented to be the key controlling factor for the anaerobic treatment of semi-digested chicken manure, and further validation through shock loading and ammonia inhibition experiments was conducted. The threshold value of the SCOD/TAN ratio was determined to be 2.4 (corresponding to a TAN of 1250 mg/L) at an influent pH of 8.5-9.     

新型异养氨氧化菌的分离鉴定及氨氧化特性

从青岛海岸采集淤泥．通过富集培养,以硅胶平板点种分离．经纯化得到一株氨氧化菌H9菌株。该菌可以在营养培养基中生长,是一株异养氨氧化菌,经形态、生理生化特性、16SrRNA序列分析等初步鉴定该菌属于假诺卡氏菌属（Pseudonocardia sp．H9）。该菌株具有将氨氧化为硝酸的能力,明显不同于自养型的硝化作用过程需要亚硝化细菌和硝化细菌的密切协作才能把氨氧化成硝酸的特点。此外,该菌可以在无有机碳的培养基或在有机碳C／N达7或更高的培养基中氧化氨至硝酸;在亚硝化培养基与LB的混合培养基中,在LB占15％以下时,LB越高越有利于氨的氧化和菌的生长。该菌株的生长和氧化氨的最适温度为30℃;pH5．0～10．0,最适为8．0;氨离子摩尔浓度1～40mmol／L,最适为8mmol／L;氯化钠质量分数为0％～8％,最适为3．5％。由于该菌株具有以上的特性和优点．在污水的脱氮处理以及养殖海水的氨氮处理中有较高的应用前景,同时也是研究氨的生物氧化机制的理想菌株。