Recovery of Ni(II) from real electroplating wastewater using fixed-bed resin adsorption and subsequent electrodeposition

Resin adsorption and subsequent electrodeposition were used for nickel recovery. Treated wastewater can meet the Electroplating Pollutant Discharge Standard. The spent resin is completely regenerated by 3 BV of 4% HCl solution. 95.6% of nickel in concentrated eluent was recovered by electrodeposition. Effective recovery of high-value heavy metals from electroplating wastewater is of great significance, but recovering nickel ions from real electroplating wastewater as nickel sheet has not been reported. In this study, the pilot-scale fixed-bed resin adsorption was conducted to recover Ni(II) ions from real nickel plating wastewater, and then the concentrated Ni(II) ions in the regenerated solution were reduced to nickel sheet via electrodeposition. A commercial cation-exchange resin was selected and the optimal resin adsorption and regeneration conditions were investigated. The resin exhibited an adsorption capacity of 63 mg/g for Ni(II) ions, and the average amount of treated water was 84.6 bed volumes (BV) in the pilot-scale experiments. After the adsorption by two ion-exchange resin columns in series and one chelating resin column, the concentrations of Ni(II) in the treated wastewater were below 0.1 mg/L. After the regeneration of the spent resin using 3 BV of 4% (w/w) HCl solution, 1.5 BV of concentrated neutral nickel solution (>30 g/L) was obtained and used in the subsequent electrodeposition process. Using the aeration method, alkali and water required in resin activation process were greatly reduced to 2 BV and 3 BV, respectively. Under the optimal electrodeposition conditions, 95.6% of Ni(II) in desorption eluent could be recovered as the elemental nickel on the cathode. The total treatment cost for the resin adsorption and regeneration as well as the electrodeposition was calculated.     

Virus retention and transport through Al-oxide coated sand columns: effects of ionic strength and composition

Knowledge of the factors that influence the fate and transport of viruses in porous media is very important for accurately determining groundwater vulnerability and for developing protective regulations. In this study, six saturated sand column experiments were performed to examine the effects of a positively charged Al-oxide, which was coated on sand particles, on the retention and transport of viruses (phiX174 and MS-2) in background solutions of different ionic strength and composition. We found that the Al-oxide coating on sand significantly removed viruses during their transport in a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution. Mass balance calculations showed that 34% of the input MS-2 was inactivated/irreversibly sorbed on the surface of Al-oxide coated sand whereas 100% of phiX174 was recovered. Results from this study also indicated that higher ionic strength facilitated the transport of both phiX174 and MS-2 through the Al-oxide coated sand. This was attributed to the effect of ion shielding, which at higher ionic strength decreased the electrostatic attraction between the viral particles and the sand surface and consequently decreased virus sorption. Strong effect of the ionic strength indicates that an outer-sphere complexation mechanism was responsible for the virus sorption on the Al-oxide coated sand. Ion composition of the background solutions was also found to be a significant factor in influencing virus retention and transport. Virus transport was enhanced in the presence of phosphate (HPO(4)(2-)) as compared to bicarbonate (HCO(3)(-)), and the effect of HPO(4)(2-) was more significant on MS-2 than on phiX174. The presence of bivalent cations (Ca(2+) and Mg(2+)) increased virus transport because the cations partially screened the negative charges on the viruses therefore decreased the electrostatic attraction between the positively charged sand surface and the negatively charged viruses. Mass recovery data indicated that bivalent cations gave rise to a certain degree of inactivation/irreversibly sorption of phiX174 on the surface of Al-oxide coated sand. On the contrary, the bivalent cations appeared to have protected MS-2 from inactivation/irreversibly sorption. This study provides some insights into the mechanisms responsible for virus retention and transport in porous media.     

吸附法处理重金属废水研究进展

对吸附法处理重金属废水的研究进展进行了综述,包括吸附机理、影响吸附的相关因素和常用吸附剂及其应用,同时展望了吸附法处理重金属废水的发展方向。     

沈阳市大气PM_(10)中水溶性无机阴离子的分布特征研究

2014年7月和12月分别对沈阳市大气污染物PM_(10)(可吸入颗粒物)进行采样分析,采样期内PM_(10)浓度全部超过国家一级标准,最大值超出国家二级标准3.3倍。用离子色谱法分析了PM_(10)中的水溶性无机阴离子,结果表明:4种阴离子浓度之和的变化总趋势为7月12月;各离子浓度的关系为SO_4~(2-)NO_3~-Cl~-F~-,4种离子浓度均为冬季高于夏季;对PM_(10)及4种阴离子进行相关性分析,得出NO_3~-、SO_4~(2-)浓度与PM_(10)浓度呈显著正相关,是PM_(10)的重要组分,并通过NO_3~-与SO_4~(2-)的质量比得出沈阳市大气污染物中水溶性组分主要来自于固定排放源。     

闽南地区酸性雾水特征初探

1993年3～4月,在闽南地区进行了一次综合性酸雨集中观测,探讨其雾水特征如下:闽南地区雾水已严重酸化,其最低pH值达到2.91,是该地区酸性湿沉降的重要组成部分;雾水中有机酸根的贡献占总阴离子量9%;雾水含较多四价硫,并与甲醛反应形成络合物;雾水受到周围海洋的影响,Cl-有严重的亏损      

Preparation and performance of novel APP/NaY–Fe suppressant for coal dust explosion

Coal dust explosion occurs easily in the coal chemical industry. To ensure safety in industrial production, NaY zeolite was used as carrier modified with Fe ions and combined with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) to prepare a novel composite suppressant for coal dust explosion. The explosion suppression performance of novel APP/NaY–Fe suppressant was investigated by flame propagation inhibition experiments. The results show that Fe ion modification can effectively improve the explosion suppression performance. By increasing content, the explosion suppression performance of the explosion suppressant increases. The maximum explosion pressure P_max of coal dust drops to 0.13 MPa when 50 wt% explosion suppressants were added, and the coal dust explosion cannot continue to expand. Complete suppression of explosion could be achieved by adding 66 wt% explosion suppressants. Combined with XRD, SEM and TG results, the explosion suppression mechanism was proposed. The novel explosion suppressant has high thermal stability, good dispersity and its explosion suppression components distribute uniformly. It shows good explosion suppression performance by the synergistic effect among explosion-suppression components.     

炸药爆轰气体产物中无机组份的离子色谱分析方法研究

采用超纯水、Na2CO3-NaHCO3NaOH3种不同的吸收液吸收爆轰气体产物、离子色谱进行样品分离、外标法定量,建立了爆轰气体产物中HF、HCl、HCN无机污染物的离子色谱分析方法。研究表明,炸药爆轰气体中合有一定量的HF、HCl和少量的HCN,选择3．2mmol／LNa2C03与1．0mmol／LNaHCO3混合溶液作为爆轰产物中无机组份的吸收液,吸收效率均值太于90％;离子色谱分析方法的相对标准偏差（RSD）小于5．0％,相关系数达到0．9990以上;进样量为100μL时,HF、HCl、HCN的检测限分别为0．04mg／m^3、0．03mg／m^3、0．05mg／m^3。该方法灵敏度高,回收率好,且样品预处理简单。     

畜禽养殖污染是不容忽视的新的环境问题

本文论述了畜禽养殖业对环境带来的污染已成为新的环境问题,并提出了改进的措施。     

不同体系中黄河沉积物对Cd2+吸附能力的比较

以黄河包头段的沉积物为吸附剂,分别以Cd~(2 )单离子溶液体系和Pb~(2 )、Cu~(2 )、Zn~(2 )、Cd~(2 ) 4种离子的混合溶液体系为吸附质,开展了在不同体系中Cd~(2 )的吸附、形态转化及释放等的比较实验。结果表明,不同体系中,Cd~(2 )的吸附等温线类型、吸附量、pH突跃区域的差别均较大,但不同体系中Cd~(2 )被沉积物吸附后的形态转化趋势基本相同;多离子体系中Cd~(2 )被吸附后的释放百分率比对应时间的单离子体系大,且释放曲线的峰型亦不同。     

Regulated emission characteristics of in-use LNG and diesel semi-trailer towing vehicles under real driving conditions using PEMS

On-road driving emissions of six liquefied natural gas(LNG) and diesel semi-trailer towing vehicles(STTVs) which met China Emission Standard IV and V were tested using Portable Emission Measurement System(PEMS) in northern China.Emission characteristics of these vehicles under real driving conditions were analyzed and proved that on-road emissions of heavy-duty vehicles(HDVs) were underestimated in the past.There were large differences among LNG and diesel vehicles, which also existed between China V vehicles and China IV vehicles.Emission factors showed the highest level under real driving conditions, which probably be caused by frequent acceleration, deceleration, and start-stop.NOx emission factors ranged from 2.855 to 20.939 g/km based on distance-traveled and 6.719–90.557 g/kg based on fuel consumption during whole tests, which were much higher than previous researches on chassis dynamometer.It was inferred from tests that the fuel consumption rate of the test vehicles had a strong correlation with NOx emission, and the exhaust temperature also affected the efficiency of Selected Catalytic Reduction(SCR) aftertreatment system, thus changing the NOx emission greatly.THC emission factors of LNG vehicles were 2.012–10.636 g/km, which were much higher than that of diesel vehicles(0.029–0.185 g/km).Unburned CH_4 may be an important reason for this phenomenon.Further on-road emission tests, especially CH_4 emission test should be carried out in subsequent research.In addition, the Particulate Number(PN) emission factors of diesel vehicles were at a very high level during whole tests, and Diesel Particulate Filter(DPF)should be installed to reduce PN emission.