软锰矿-污泥活性炭的制备及其对废水中铅离子的吸附

以城市污水处理厂的剩余污泥为原料,掺杂一定量的软锰矿,采用氯化锌活化法制备一种软锰矿-污泥活性炭,并运用比表面积测定、电镜扫描、红外光谱分析及O2-TPO等表征手段对软锰矿-污泥活性炭及纯污泥活性炭进行了结构特性的比较分析,证明添加软锰矿将污泥活性炭的比表面积提高52.33%,是由于在制备过程中软锰矿催化了污泥中有机质的分解,同时也为新生炭提供了更多的骨架,促进了积炭反应的发生。软锰矿-污泥活性炭和纯污泥活性炭对废水中铅离子的吸附实验表明:当Pb2+初始浓度为40 mg/L、pH为5.0、活性炭用量为2 g/L、吸附时间为1 h时,软锰矿-污泥活性炭对废水中Pb2+的去除率可达88%,效果明显优于纯污泥活性炭。常温下软锰矿-污泥活性炭对Pb2+的吸附符合Lang-muir吸附等温式。     

Improving Anammox start-up with bamboo charcoal

Three Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors were compared for Anammox enrichment using synthetic wastewater with Spherical Plastic (SP) and Bamboo Charcoal (BC) addition, and without carrier (CK). After four months of operation, the Anammox activity occurred in all reactors allowing continuous removal of ammonium and nitrite. Ammonium and nitrite removal efficiencies were all higher than 98% in steady phase with the effluent concentrations below 1 mg L⁻¹. The start-up time could be shortened from 117 to 97 d in CK and SP reactor to 85 d in BC amendment reactor. Quantitative PCR (q-PCR) analyses indicated a significant increase in the number of Anammox bacteria in BC amended reactor as compared with CK and SP during the entire start-up periods. The copy numbers of Anammox of 16S rRNA gene in the reactor with BC amendment could reach up to 6 × 10⁹ copies g⁻¹ Volatile Suspended Solids, around 22.5 times and 12.3 times greater than that in CK and SP reactor, respectively. BC addition could accelerate the start-up of Anammox and significantly increase the Anammox bacteria number.     

响应面法优化烧烤竹炭对水中磷的吸附条件

采用响应面法优化烧烤竹炭(BBC)对水中磷的吸附条件。用Box-Behnken Design实验设计考察初始磷质量浓度、BBC粒径、BBC加人量和初始溶液pH等因素对磷去除率的影响。实验结果表明:各因素对磷去除率影响的大小顺序依次为初始溶液pHBBC粒径初始磷质量浓度BBC加入量;BBC吸附水中磷的最佳反应条件为初始磷质量浓度26.81 mg/L,BBC粒径0.15 mm,BBC加入量10.6 g/L,初始溶液pH 4.42;在最佳反应条件下,BBC对磷的去除率达90.04%。     

Charcoal burning as a source of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in waterpipe smoking

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) content from seven commercial waterpipe charcoals were determined during the smoking process to estimate how much PAHs would not be trapped by the water trap and could reach the lungs of the smokers. Naphthalene, 2-methylnaphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, phenanthrene and fluoranthene were the most abundant PAH compounds produced during smoking. Naphthalene was the highest in all of the smoke contents and levels of 5 to 405 μg/15 minutes could be inhaled by the smoker. The amounts of PAHs produced during the smoking events in absence of tobacco varied greatly among different brands of charcoal. The amount and composition of the emitted PAH were not related to the amount and composition of the original chemicals in the charcoal prior to burning. Our findings suggest that public health agencies should regulate smoked charcoal products alongside tobacco.     

室内装潢甲醛污染治理研究

针对室内装修所产生的甲醛污染危害,对不同甲醛清除剂去除甲醛的效果进行研究.结果表明,在所研究的用量内,甲醛清除剂的去除效果显著高于活性炭,且持久性较好;最佳量的甲醛清除剂处理不同板材所含同一甲醛浓度时,中密度板的去除效果要高于木板、细木工板和装饰单面贴面胶合板;环境温度升高时,最佳量的甲醛清除剂去除甲醛的效率有所降低.     

Paleoecological Assessment of Watershed History in PRIMENet Watersheds at Acadia National Park, USA

Paleoecological reconstructions of forest stand histories for two upland watersheds at Acadia National Park in Maine were completed to support related watershed chemistry studies. The project hypothesis was that forest type and fire history influence long-term cycling and storage of atmospheric mercury and nitrogen within watersheds. The reconstructions document differences in major vegetation composition and disturbance between the burned and unburned watersheds during the past several centuries. Pollen and charcoal stratigraphies from organic sediment accumulations in forested wet depressions indicate that the present experimental design of contrasting disturbance and forest histories has persisted during recent centuries. The unburned watershed has been dominated by spruce (Picea rubens) and fir (Abies balsamea) for 500 years or more and has not recently burned or been substantially cleared. The burned watershed is dominated by a heterogeneous forest of patchy hardwood, mixed wood, and softwood stands. A large portion of this watershed burned severely in 1947 and probably more than once in the 1800s, and has supported heterogeneous successional forests for 200 years or longer. Overall, these results support the underlying premise that the experimental design of this watershed research can be used to infer landscape controls on biogeochemical processes.     

Land‐use history as a guide for forest conservation and management

Conservation efforts to protect forested landscapes are challenged by climate projections that suggest substantial restructuring of vegetation and disturbance regimes in the future. In this regard, paleoecological records that describe ecosystem responses to past variations in climate, fire, and human activity offer critical information for assessing present landscape conditions and future landscape vulnerability. We illustrate this point drawing on 8 sites in the northwestern United States, New Zealand, Patagonia, and central and southern Europe that have undergone different levels of climate and land‐use change. These sites fall along a gradient of landscape conditions that range from nearly pristine (i.e., vegetation and disturbance shaped primarily by past climate and biophysical constraints) to highly altered (i.e., landscapes that have been intensely modified by past human activity). Position on this gradient has implications for understanding the role of natural and anthropogenic disturbance in shaping ecosystem dynamics and assessments of present biodiversity, including recognizing missing or overrepresented species. Dramatic vegetation reorganization occurred at all study sites as a result of postglacial climate variations. In nearly pristine landscapes, such as those in Yellowstone National Park, climate has remained the primary driver of ecosystem change up to the present day. In Europe, natural vegetation–climate–fire linkages were broken 6000–8000 years ago with the onset of Neolithic farming, and in New Zealand, natural linkages were first lost about 700 years ago with arrival of the Maori people. In the U.S. Northwest and Patagonia, the greatest landscape alteration occurred in the last 150 years with Euro‐American settlement. Paleoecology is sometimes the best and only tool for evaluating the degree of landscape alteration and the extent to which landscapes retain natural components. Information on landscape‐level history thus helps assess current ecological change, clarify management objectives, and define conservation strategies that seek to protect both natural and cultural elements.     

颗粒活性炭吸附染料时的表面分形分析

采用N2吸附-脱附实验研究了颗粒活性炭吸附染料前后表面特征的变化,运用表面分形维数表征了表面屏蔽效应和表面粗糙性等性质.结果表明,颗粒活性炭的孔结构是倾斜板交错重叠而形成四面开放的缝隙,桃红、绿色、天蓝、耐晒黑可以撑开颗粒活性炭的孔隙,增大平均孔径;耐晒翠蓝具有降低孔径的能力;大红却有些微孔阻塞作用.FHH理论计算出的相应的7个颗粒活性炭样品吸附6种染料前后的孔隙表面分形维数Ds很接近,为2.97左右,证明颗粒活性炭上吸附的染料并没有发生表面屏蔽效应,也没有使颗粒活性炭表面的粗糙性降低.分形吸附等温线法与基于N2吸附-脱附的FHH理论法计算出的Ds相差较大,这与两种算法的理论基础和码尺大小有关.而热力学模型计算出的Ds远大于3,与Sahouli等的研究不符.     

颗粒活性炭吸附染料过程的分形特征研究

运用Langmuir分形吸附等温线方程模拟了颗粒活性炭对染料的吸附,得到了较好的效果,并且以染料分子作为码尺计算出颗粒活性炭的表面分形维数Ds为2.590 2.染料在颗粒活性炭上的吸附动力学具有类分形特征,吸附反应的逐时速率系数k与反应时间t呈指数关系.但通过本文计算出的指数h值无法计算出分形子谱维数ds.     

去势对育成期雄水貂生长发育及毛皮质量的影响

对不同d龄（55、85、115、145）去势雄水貂的生长发育及毛皮质量的研究结果表明：55d龄去势的雄水貂在打皮时（205d龄）体重和体长均极显著低于未去势者（P＜0．01）；毛皮质量有所提高，但55d龄去势的雄水貂皮张长度明显降低（P＜0．05）；说明水貂去势不宜早于85d龄．组织学研究结果表明：去势雄性水貂骺板P区软骨细胞数目较多，D区较窄，细胞肥大过程延迟,钙化及骨化速度降低；骺板宽度变化的测定表明：雄性水貂骺板融合时间在145d龄左右，55、85d龄去势雄性水貂骺板融合延迟40d以上．骺板融合的延迟虽然使55d龄去势雄性水貂挠骨长度相对于体长增加，55、85d龄去势雄性水貂挠骨长度相对于体重增加，但是并没有使骨骼绝对长度增加．115d龄以后去势对雄性水貂骺板融合没有影响．对不同日龄去势雄水貂血清睾酮水平亦进行了测定分析．