电流对MEC-3DBER-S脱氮除磷效果的影响及机理分析

针对低C/N污水处理厂二级处理出水中氮、磷去除问题,基于三维电极生物膜工艺（3DBER）反硝化脱氮碳源消耗量少的特点,构建了微电凝聚-三维电极生物膜耦合硫自养强化脱氮除磷工艺（MEC-3DBER-S）.对比研究了3DBER与MEC-3DBER-S在不同电流强度条件下的运行特性,并结合基于nirS基因的克隆文库技术分析了MEC-3DBER-S中反硝化微生物的构成.运行结果表明,MEC-3DBER-S有效强化了氮、磷的去除效果,特别是提高了低电流条件下的脱氮效率;同时电流作用能够促进海绵铁腐蚀,提高除磷效果.当C/N=1.5、HRT=8h、I=300mA条件下,其TN和TP去除率分别达到75%和78%,分别比3DBER高10%和28%左右.基于nirS基因的克隆文库结果表明,MEC-3DBER-S中同时存在与具有异养、氢自养、硫自养和铁自养反硝化功能的菌属相似的细菌.该体系中有机碳源、H2、单质硫和Fe²⁺等电子供体可相互补充,强化了脱氮;同时,体系中还存在物化联合生物除磷的作用,强化了除磷.因而,MEC-3DBER-S复合反硝化体系保证了较高的脱氮除磷效果.     

Humanitarian Crises: What Determines the Level of Emergency Assistance? Media Coverage,Donor Interests and the Aid Business

This paper proposes a basic hypothesis that the volume of emergency assistance any humanitarian crisis attracts is determined by three main factors working either in conjunction or individually. First, it depends on the intensity of media coverage. Second, it depends on the degree of political interest, particularly related to security, that donor governments have in a particular region. Third, the volume of emergency aid depends on strength of humanitarian NGOs and international organisations present in a specific country experiencing a humanitarian emergency. The empirical analysis of a number of emergency situations is carried out based on material that has never been published before. The paper concludes that only occasionally do the media play a decisive role in influencing donors. Rather, the security interests of Western donors are important together with the presence and strength of humanitarian stakeholders, such as NGOs and international organisations lobbying donor governments.     

非光合CO2同化微生物菌群的选育/优化及其群落结构分析

通过从海水及其沉积物中分离、筛选,并结合电子供体和无机碳源结构的优化以期获得不用光照与供氢的高效固碳微生物菌群;通过16S rDNA序列分析、比对等手段研究非光合固碳微生物菌群的结构,以期为优化群落配置,进一步提升固碳效率提供理论依据.结果显示,通过分离和长期驯化可从海洋中得到在普通好氧、厌氧条件下具有固碳能力的非光合微生物菌群.添加硫代硫酸钠、硫化钠和氢气作为电子供体可有效提升菌群的固碳效率,在以硫代硫酸钠为电子供体的好氧、厌氧条件下,该菌群的CO2同化效率分别可达10.44 mg/L和12.56 mg/L.该固碳菌群对混合无机碳源的同化效率显著高于单一碳源,在以CO2、碳酸氢钠及碳酸钠为混合碳源情况下,菌群好氧、厌氧固碳效率(以CO2计)分别可达110 mg.(L.d)-1,和72mg.(L.d)-1,接近氢氧化细菌的水平.微生物群落结构分析结果表明,添加不同电子供体后,固碳微生物菌群的优势种发生了显著变化,在发现的16个优势菌种中,11个是不可培养微生物,即其只能以共生方式存在.菌群混合培养时的固碳效率可能是多种菌共同作用的结果,因此优化固碳微生物菌群的结构和配比将有利于其固碳效率的进一步提升.     

Thermal hazard evaluation for γ-valerolactone production by using formic acid as hydrogen donor

Aiming at the green and sustainable energy substitution and supply, biomass valorization has become a potential strategy to face the energy crisis and increasing demand all over the world from long-term perspectives. Among the bio-based chemicals, γ-valerolactone (GVL) production from hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) and its esters has attracted great interests due to its wide applications, such as fuel, solvent, and additives. However, the safety evaluation for this hydrogenation reaction has received few attentions. To fill this gap, thermal hazard evaluation for GVL production from LA hydrogenation by using formic acid (FA) as hydrogen donor was first performed. The process conditions were optimized by using orthogonal experimental method for further calorimetry study. Thermal stability of chemicals and thermal risk of reaction process under adiabatic conditions were investigated by applying differential scanning calorimetry and accelerating rate calorimeter Phi-Tec II, respectively. The results revealed that the chemicals were stable in temperature range from 30 to 250 °C except FA due to its evaporation and decomposition with endothermic behaviors. The reaction process under isothermal and adiabatic conditions demonstrates that the decomposition of FA was rapid and followed by the hydrogenation of LA to GVL. Based on kinetic model under adiabatic conditions and risk matrix, the thermal runaway risk was found to be medium, indicating that certain safety measures should be properly designed and taken for loss prevention. This work could benefit the safety design and thermal risk prevention for GVL production by using FA as hydrogen donor.     

生物膜内硫循环变化特征及其作用的研究动向

结合国内外的研究情况 ,阐述了生物膜内硫的存在形态随环境条件不同而发生的变化及其作用 ,提出了研究影响生物膜内硫循环的电子受体、硫酸盐还原菌 (SRB)及其与生物膜内脱氮菌、聚磷菌等功能微生物的关系 ,对提高生物膜的水处理效果有重要意     

Nitrate removal to its fate in wetland mesocosm filled with sponge iron: Impact of influent COD/N ratio

• CW-Fe allowed a high-performance of NO₃^‒-N removal at the COD/N ratio of 0. • Higher COD/N resulted in lower chem-denitrification and higher bio-denitrification. • The application of s-Fe⁰ contributed to TIN removal in wetland mesocosm. • s-Fe⁰ changed the main denitrifiers in wetland mesocosm. Sponge iron (s-Fe⁰) is a porous metal with the potential to be an electron donor for denitrification. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of using s-Fe⁰ as the substrate of wetland mesocosms. Here, wetland mesocosms with the addition of s-Fe⁰ particles (CW-Fe) and a blank control group (CW-CK) were established. The NO₃^‒-N reduction property and water quality parameters (pH, DO, and ORP) were examined at three COD/N ratios (0, 5, and 10). Results showed that the NO₃^‒-N removal efficiencies were significantly increased by 6.6 to 58.9% in the presence of s-Fe⁰. NH₄⁺-N was mainly produced by chemical denitrification, and approximately 50% of the NO₃^‒-N was reduced to NH₄⁺-N, at the COD/ratio of 0. An increase of the influent COD/N ratio resulted in lower chemical denitrification and higher bio-denitrification. Although chemical denitrification mediated by s-Fe⁰ led to an accumulation of NH₄⁺-N at COD/N ratios of 0 and 5, the TIN removal efficiencies increased by 4.5%‒12.4%. Moreover, the effluent pH, DO, and ORP values showed a significant negative correlation with total Fe and Fe (II) (P<0.01). High-throughput sequencing analysis indicated that Trichococcus (77.2%) was the most abundant microorganism in the CW-Fe mesocosm, while Thauera, Zoogloea, and Herbaspirillum were the primary denitrifying bacteria. The denitrifiers, Simplicispira, Dechloromonas, and Denitratisoma, were the dominant bacteria for CW-CK. This study provides a valuable method and an improved understanding of NO₃^‒-N reduction characteristics of s-Fe⁰ in a wetland mesocosm.     

Biotransformation of 17α-methyltestosterone in sediment under different electron acceptor conditions

17α-Methyltestosterone (MT), an anabolic androgenic steroid, is used widely in inducing an all male population in aquaculture farming of fish, such as Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Current understanding of the occurrence and fate of MT in the sediments and the surrounding areas of the aquaculture ponds are very limited. Bioassay tests showed that MT was biotransformed under aerobic and sulfate-reducing conditions with a half-life of 3.8 d and 5.3 d, respectively, with complete disappearance of androgenic activity. However, under methanogenic condition, MT was found to biotransform but the androgenic activity continued to persist even after 45 d of incubation. In contrast, MT was found to transform slowly under iron(III)-reducing condition and was hardly transformed under nitrate-reducing condition. A possible reason for the lack of transformation of MT under nitrate-reducing condition is the presence of the methyl group at the C-17 position. The results of this study suggest that MT and its degradation products with androgenic activity may potentially accumulate in the sediments of fish farming ponds under iron(III)-reducing, nitrate-reducing and methanogenic conditions.     

不同基质作为电子供体时四氯乙烯的降解研究

将取回的厌氧污泥进行培养、驯化,并用驯化好的厌氧污泥进行PCE的厌氧生物降解研究。实验选用甲醇、乳酸盐和醋酸盐作为电子供体,对PCE的降解进行研究。实验结果表明:PCE通过还原脱氯实现其降解,在本实验条件下PCE的降解均符合一级反应动力学。通过对反应速率常数(k)的比较发现,乳酸盐是最有效的电子供体。     

混合菌群生物燃料电池的产电机理与特性

利用厌氧污泥为接种源构建双室微生物燃料电池(Microbial fuel cell,MFC),研究其电子传递机制,并考察其底物利用谱及阴极电子受体对产电性能的影响.结果表明:该MFC主要通过生物膜机制实现电子从有机物到固体电极的传递过程.该混合菌MFC的底物利用谱范围广泛,单糖、二糖、小分子有机酸等有机物均可作为电子供体产电,其中以蔗糖和乳糖为底物产电效果较好,最大功率密度分别为69.69 mW/m2和60.75 mW/m2;而以乙醇为底物时,COD负荷最高,达123.55 mg L-1d-1.阴极不同电子受体对混合菌群MFC的产电性能也有显著影响,其中以KMnO4为电子受体电池性能最好,最大功率密度达1 396.74 mW/m2.     

SBBR工艺反硝化过程中N_2O和NO的产生情况

利用序批式生物膜反应器(SBBR),以葡萄糖为碳源(COD为500 mg/L),考察了不同碳氮比(COD与TN之比)、不同电子受体(NO_2~-或NO_3~-)、不同投加方式(碳源与氮源同步投加或投加碳源60 min后再投加氮源的异步投加)对N_2O产生情况的影响,以及碳氮比为2时NO的产生情况。实验结果表明:不论同步投加还是异步投加,两种电子受体的N_2O-N生成率均随着碳氮比的增大而下降;不同碳氮比下,投加NO2-时的N_2O-N生成率均高于投加NO3-时,异步投加时的N_2O-N生成率均大于同步投加时。说明低碳氮比、高浓度NO2-和胞内贮存物作碳源是反硝化过程中N_2O产生和大量积累的关键因素。此外,NO2-为电子受体时的NO-N生成率高于NO3-为电子受体时。