Parameters that control the cleanup of fractured permeable aquifers

This study develops a modeling approach for simulating and evaluating entrapped light nonaqueous-phase liquid (light NAPL-LNAPL) dissolution and transport of the solute in a fractured permeable aquifer (FPA). The term FPA refers to an aquifer made of porous blocks of high permeability that embed fractures. The fracture network is part of the domain characterized by high permeability and negligible storage. Previous studies show that sandstone aquifers often represent FPAs. The basic model developed in this study is a two-dimensional (2-D) model of permeable blocks that embed oblique equidistant fractures with constant aperture and orientation. According to this model, two major parameters govern NAPL dissolution and transport of the solute. These parameters are: 1) the dimensionless interphase mass transfer coefficient, K(f0), and 2) the mobility number, N(M0). These parameters represent measures of heterogeneity affecting flow, NAPL dissolution, and transport of the solute in the domain. The parameter K(f0) refers to the rate at which organic mass is transferred from the NAPL into the water phase. The parameter N(M0) represents the ratio of flow through the porous blocks to flow through the fracture network in regions free of entrapped NAPL. It also provides a measure of groundwater flow bypassing regions contaminated by entrapped NAPL. In regions contaminated by entrapped NAPL our simulations have often indicated very low permeability of the porous blocks, enabling a significant increase of the fracture flow at the expense of the permeable block flow. Two types of constitutive relationships also affect the rate of FPA cleanup: 1) the relationship between the saturation of the entrapped NAPL and the permeability of the porous blocks, and 2) the relationships representing effects of the entrapped NAPL saturation and the permeable block flow velocity on rates of interphase mass transfer. This study provides basic tools for evaluating the characteristics of pump-and-treat cleanup of FPAs by referring to sets of parameters and constitutive relationships typical of FPAs. The numerical simulations carried out in this study show that at high initial saturation of the entrapped NAPL, during initial stages of the FPA cleanup the contaminant concentration increases, but later it decreases. This phenomenon originates from significant groundwater bypassing the NAPL entrapped in the permeable blocks via the fracture network.     

水力自旋传质填料生物膜反应器处理城市污水

采用SCMT型自旋传质生物载体填料处理城市污水,对比研究结果表明:SCMT型自旋传质生物载体填料具有良好的传质性能,在停留时间为1.0 h,气水比为4∶1的情况下,反应器出水水质能够达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准(GB18918-2002)》中规定的二级标准.     

Biodegradation during contaminant transport in porous media: 1. mathematical analysis of controlling factors

Interest in coupled biodegradation and transport of organic contaminants has expanded greatly in the past several years. In a system in which biodegradation is coupled with solute transport, the magnitude and rate of biodegradation is influenced not only by properties of the microbial population and the substrate, but also by hydrodynamic properties (e.g., residence time, dispersivity). By nondimensionalizing the coupled-process equations for transport and nonlinear biodegradation, we show that transport behavior is controlled by three characteristic parameters: the effective maximum specific growth rate, the relative half-saturation constant, and the relative substrate-utilization coefficient. The impact on biodegradation and transport of these parameters, which constitute various combinations of factors reflecting the influences of biotic and hydraulic properties of the system, are examined numerically. A type-curve diagram based on the three characteristic parameters is constructed to illustrate the conditions under which steady and non-steady transport is observed, and the conditions for which the linear, first-order approximation is valid for representing biodegradation. The influence of constraints to microbial growth and substrate utilization on contaminant transport is also briefly discussed. Additionally, the impact of biodegradation, with and without biomass growth, on spatial solute distribution and moments is examined.     

高频电晕放电等离子体法处理甲醛的研究

采用高频电晕等离子体法进行去除甲醛气体的试验研究.主要考察了甲醛气体处理效果与电源频率和停留时间的关系,并进行了无填料、填加亚硝酸钠填料和钛酸钡填料对甲醛气体处理效果的对比试验.结果表明,高频电晕放电等离子体法可有效地实现对甲醛气体的去除.电源频率越高,停留时间越长,甲醛的去除效果越好;在相同条件下有填料填加对甲醛气体的去除效果优于无填料填加的去除效果;钛酸钡填料优于亚硝酸钠填料的去除效果;在电源频率为55 kHz、流量0.3 m3·h-1、进口浓度12 mg·m-3钛酸钡填料存在的条件下对甲醛的去除效率接近100%.     

曝气生物滤池污水处理工艺与设计

论述了曝气生物滤池污水处理原理、构造及其滤料作用机理,提供了一种利用粉煤灰和粘土生产生物滤料的配方和生产工艺流程,并对当前曝气生物滤池滤料研究进行了归纳,介绍了几种曝气生物滤池工艺基本类型及其组合流程。曝气生物滤池污水处理工艺设计与计算主要包括滤料体积、滤池总面积、滤池高度、布水布气系统、反冲洗系统以及污水与滤料的接触时间等。作为实例,对水量为2500m3d小区污水曝气生物滤池(DC、DN)进行了工艺设计。     

A comparison of hydraulic and transport parameters measured in low-permeability fractured media

Data from 90 tracer experiments performed in low-permeability fractured media have been studied to explore correlations among parameters controlling flow and transport. The original data had been interpreted by different authors using different models, which prevents direct comparison of their estimated parameters. In order to produce comparable parameters, the data have been reexamined using simple models (homogeneous domain, steady-state flow regime, single porosity). Specifically, hydraulic conductivity has been derived as the ratio of water flux to head gradient and apparent porosity as the ratio of water velocity to water flux; the former estimated from both first and peak arrival times. Hydraulic conductivity and porosity correlate along a straight line of slope 1:3 in log scale. While the regression is too noisy to be of predictive use, it lends some support to the use of a generalized cubic law. The fact that correlation for first arrival time porosity (0.77) is larger than for peak arrival porosity (0.62) suggests that first arrival is controlled by the same flow paths as hydraulic conductivity. Apparent porosity derived from peak arrival time is found to grow with travel time along a line of 0.55 slope (again log scale). The correlation coefficient ranges between 0.73 and 0.80 (depending on the data set) for hard rocks. The fact that this correlation is maintained when varying the flow rate at a given site leads us to suggest that it is caused by diffusion mechanisms. This conclusion is further supported by the increase of apparent porosity with the matrix porosity of the rock on which the experiments were performed.     

A novel two-dimensional model for colloid transport in physically and geochemically heterogeneous porous media

A two-dimensional model for colloid transport in geochemically and physically heterogeneous porous media is presented. The model considers patchwise geochemical heterogeneity, which is suitable to describe the chemical variability of many surficial aquifers with ferric oxyhydroxide-coated porous matrix, as well as spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity, which results in heterogeneous flow field. The model is comprised of a transient fluid flow equation, a transient colloid transport equation, and an equation for the dynamics of colloid deposition and release. Numerical simulations were carried out with the model to investigate the colloid transport behavior in layered and randomly heterogeneous porous media. Results demonstrate that physical and geochemical heterogeneities markedly affect the colloid transport behavior. Layered physical or geochemical heterogeneity can result in distinct preferential flow paths of colloidal particles. Furthermore, the combined effect of layered physical and geochemical heterogeneity may result in enhanced or reduced preferential flow of colloids. Random distribution of physical heterogeneity (hydraulic conductivity) results in a random flow field and an irregularly distributed colloid concentration profile in the porous medium. Contrary to random physical heterogeneity, the effect of random patchwise geochemical heterogeneity on colloid transport behavior is not significant. It is mostly the mean value of geochemical heterogeneity rather than its distribution that governs the colloid transport behavior.     

微孔盘曝气系统中悬浮填料挂膜特征研究

在微孔盘曝气系统中,针对悬浮填料挂膜过程,展开中试试验研究。试验结果表明,在HRT仅1h的连续流曝气系统中,悬浮填料挂膜快。曝气强度不同,悬浮填料挂膜特性和生物膜量以及对COD的去除效果相差很大。试验发现微孔盘曝气系统中悬浮填料的最适宜曝气强度范围为8～10m3/(m2·h),在此范围内,系统的溶解氧为3.9～5.2mg/L,生物膜量为3.3～3.5g/L,对COD的去除率在70%～80%。在上述基础上还对不同型号的悬浮填料进行了优选。     

利用计算机技术编制多媒体环境质量报告书

利用计算机技术编制多媒体声像环境质量报告书，具有三维图像、全程多媒体自动播放坐标图动态显示、生动活泼、声图并貌的特点。     

Comparative study of fluorogenic and chromogenic media for specific detection of environmental isolates of thermotolerant Escherichia coli

In a field study 78 water samples were analysed employingFluorocult Brilla Broth (BB) and its performance was comparedwith standard MPN procedure. Out of 78 water samples analysed 56(71.7%) samples yielded positive reactions in BB whereas, 50(64.1%) samples were positive by standard fecal coliform test.A comparative study of fluorogenic and chromogenic mediacontaining substrate -D glucuronide for specificdetection of environmental isolates of 313 thermotolerant E.coli has been undertaken. Five fluorogenic media wereused: Fluorocult MacConkey agar (MCA), Fluorocult ECD agar(ECD), Fluorocult VRB agar (VRB), Fluorocult E. coli0157:H7 agar (ECH7) and Fluorocult Brilla Broth (BB) andChromogenic Chromocult agar (CCA). BB and CCA were found to behighly specific and sensitive media to detect E. coli asall E. coli yielded positive reaction on them. On ECH7 andECD agar 67.5 and 64.9 of E. coli isolates gave positivereaction, respectively. Low sensitivity was observed in case ofMCA and VRB agar in detecting E. coli. The performance ofBB appears to be better when compared with standard MPNprocedure employing MacConkey broth/Brilliant green bile brothin detecting E. coli in drinking water.