Heavy metal concentration and speciation of seven representative municipal sludges from wastewater treatment plants in Northeast China

The analysis of heavy metals is very important for assessing the feasibility of the agricultural utilization for the municipal sludge. In this paper, a four-step sequential extraction method was applied to extract heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Mn, Cr, and Ni) in municipal sludges from seven individual wastewater treatment plants located in Jilin and Heilongjiang Province, China, for estimating the mobility and bioavailability of the metal ions in the agricultural application. The total concentrations of heavy metals and their chemical fractions after the sequential extraction were determined. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to analyze the relations of heavy metals fractions in the municipal sludges. Experimental results indicated that the total concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cr, and Ni in all sludge samples were below the threshold values set out by the Chinese legislation (GB18918-2002). Specially, Zn had a high bioavailability and mobility, Cu and Cr had potential bioavailability, while Mn mainly existed in the residual fraction of municipal sludge. On the other hand, Ni had different mobility in different municipal sludge. PCA results were confirmed by the environmental behavior of heavy metals.     

Classification technology of domestic waste from 2000 to 2019: a bibliometrics-based review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Waste classification is to reduce solid waste and its associated environmental pollution. This paper applied bibliometrics to assess publications...     

高效除砷分子筛新型材料制备及其吸附特性研究

为提高4A分子筛(MS)对水溶液中砷的吸附性能,以MS为载体,采用浸渍法制备载铁分子筛(FMS)和铁锰分子筛(FMMS)作为除砷吸附剂,利用扫描电镜(SEM)、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、比表面积测试法(BET)等手段对MS和FMS微观结构特点进行表征,并开展批次试验考察FMS和FMMS对水中五价砷(As5+)和三价砷(As3+)的吸附效果,对FMS吸附As5+过程进行吸附动力学、等温吸附试验和吸附热力学等拟合.结果表明:①铁盐浸渍改性能有效提高MS比表面积、改善其表面结构,改性后FMS是一种窄孔径、尺寸均匀的介孔材料,比表面积和孔体积分别从27.38 m2/g和0.068 cm3/g增至281.25 m2/g和0.16 cm3/g,平均孔径由9.93 nm减至2.21 nm;MS微观结构由密实粗糙颗粒转变为疏松多孔隙结构.②FT-IR表明,铁盐浸渍形成的铁氧化物主要与MS结构中O—H、Al—O和Si—O结合;批次试验设定ρ(As5+)为4 mg/L,与MS相比FMS对As5+的去除率约提高70%.③吸附动力学结果显示,FMS对As5+的吸附过程符合准二级动力学模型,相关系数(R2)达0.99,反应过程中化学吸附起主要作用.④等温吸附试验表明,FMS对As5+吸附过程与Freundlich等温吸附模型拟合程度较高,相关系数(R2)达0.98,计算最大吸附容量为9.9 mg/g.⑤热力学参数ΔG、ΔH和ΔS计算表明,温度升高有利于FMS吸附砷,反应过程中FMS表面固体与溶液的混乱度上升.⑥与FMS相比,FMMS对As3+吸附性能有效提高,ρ(As3+/As5+)(As3+与As5+共存条件下溶液质量浓度)分别为2.0、4.0、6.0 mg/L下,FMMS去除率分别约提高26.34%、28.06%和28.09%.研究显示,利用铁盐浸渍法对MS改性可有效提升其对As5+和As3+的吸附容量,发挥材料的实际运用价值.