Response Surface Analysis and Statistical Modeling of Sulfide Generation from Municipal Wastewater

In this study, the interactive effects of four independent variables (initial chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration, rotational velocity, temperature, and retention time) on the sulfide generation process in municipal wastewater were investigated. The process was modeled and analyzed with the variables in a series batch experiments. Experiments were conducted based on a central composite face‐centered design and analyzed using response surface methodology. The region of exploration for the process was taken as the area enclosed by COD (250 and 650 mg/L), rotational velocity (40 and 200 rpm), temperature (16 and 28°C), and retention time (2 and 40 h) boundaries. Eleven dependent parameters were either directly measured or calculated as response. The most influential variable on H₂S (g) production was found to be retention time. The results showed that simultaneous increase in temperature and rotational velocity caused an increasing trend in the amount of H₂S (g) emitted. Total sulfide was decreased by increasing rotational velocity due to more H₂S (g) secretion resulting from increased mixing rate. The present study provides valuable information about interrelations of quality and process parameters at different values of the studied variables.     

Cost-efficient management of coastal aquifers via recharge with treated wastewater and desalination of brackish groundwater: general framework

Abstract

Semi-arid coastal zones often suffer water-stress, as water demand is high and markedly seasonal, due to agriculture and tourism. Driven by scarcity of surface water, the communities in semi-arid coastal regions turn to aquifers as prime water source; but intensive exploitation of coastal aquifers causes seawater intrusion, which degrades the quality of groundwater. The cost-efficient and sustainable development of coastal aquifers can be achieved through a holistic management scheme which combines two non-traditional water sources: (a) saltwater, to be treated to the desired quality, and (b) wastewater, to be re-claimed to augment aquifer recharge for control of seawater intrusion, and also to meet certain demands. This management scheme is based on the idea that it is cost-advantageous to: (i) desalt brackish groundwater, instead of seawater, as the former requires far less energy, and (ii) to re‐use wastewater at only the differential cost to any treatment already practiced. In this paper, we present the general framework of the proposed management scheme, and a decision aid tool (DAT) which has been developed to assist decision makers to explore the scheme's decision space. The DAT uses cost as optimization criterion to screen various management scenarios, via modelling of the dynamic natural-engineered system behaviour, and identifies those cost-efficient ones that meet the water demand and achieve aquifer protection.

Citation Koussis, A. D., Georgopoulou, E., Kotronarou, A., Lalas, D. P., Restrepo, P., Destouni, G., Prieto, C., Rodriguez, J. J., Rodriguez-Mirasol, J., Cordero, T. & Gomez-Gotor, A. (2010 Koussis, A. D., Georgopoulou, E., Kotronarou, A., Mazi, K., Restrepo, P., Destouni, G., Prieto, C., Rodriguez, J. J., Rodriguez-Mirasol, J., Cordero, T., Schwartz, J., Ioannou, C., Georgiou, A. and Zacharias, I. 2010. Cost-efficient management of coastal aquifers in water-stressed regions via recharge with treated wastewater and desalination of brackish groundwater: application to the Akrotiri basin and aquifer, Cyprus. Hydrol. Sci. J, 55(7): 1234–1245. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) Cost-efficient management of coastal aquifers via recharge with treated wastewater and desalination of brackish groundwater: general framework. Hydrol. Sci. J. 55(7),1217–1233.     

土壤中不同形态砷的分析方法

选取磷酸作为提取剂,比较了超声和水浴两种方法辅助提取土壤中不同形态的砷,离子色谱一氢化物发生原子荧光光谱联用法(IC-HGAFS)测定砷的4种形态,即As(Ⅲ)、As(Ⅴ)、MMA (甲基胂酸)和DMA(二甲基胂酸)。从测定结果可以看出,水浴的提取效果明显高于超声的提取效果。土壤中砷以无机态为主,而无机态砷又以As(Ⅴ)为主,没有检测到有机砷。测定土壤中各种形态砷的加标回收率为72.0%～105.4%,相对标准偏差(RSD,n=5)为2.61%～8.19%。     

中国废水处理甲烷排放特征和减排潜力分析

废弃物处理温室气体排放的主要排放源之一为废水（生活污水和工业废水）处理CH₄排放。根据统计资料和IPCC提供的方法,选择适合中国的排放因子,分析了中国废水处理2005-2010年的CH₄排放特征和2000-2010年CH₄产生的各驱动因子。并且根据中国的实际情况预测和分析了中国废水处理CH₄排放趋势和排放潜力。结果显示：2010年中国生活污水处理CH₄排放量为61.10万t,工业废水处理的CH₄排放量为162.37万t,造纸等八大行业CH₄排放量达到总CH₄排放量的92%以上,2005-2010年的CH₄排放量逐年增加;到2020年在减排情景下,生活污水处理CH₄排放量为101.36万t,减排潜力为7.63万t,比2010年排放量增加了66%;工业废水处理CH₄排放量233.93万t,减排潜力为25.99万t,比2010年排放量增加了44%。     

Ammonia Removal from Tannery Wastewaters by Selective Ion Exchange on Slovak Clinoptilolite

The purpose of the work was to verify and demonstrate, on a pilot plant scale, the applicability of the Slovak clinoptilolite as a natural selective ion exchanger for the removal of ammonia from tannery wastewaters. During the pilot treatment experiments at an industrial wastewater treatment plant of the Shoe Manufacturing Industry Svit-Otrokovice, about 260 m³ of wastewaters were treated. The regeneration process was carried out with 2% NaCl (pH = 9, NaOH) and the eluate was distributed into 3 fractions. Only the most concentrated ammonia fraction was stripped in the renovation step. The economic efficiency of the studied method was compared with the biological nitrification-denitrification method.     

Pickling Waste as an Inexpensive Iron Source for Fenton Oxidation of Synthetic Dye Bath Waste

A simple, low cost, highly effective, and useful Fenton oxidation treatment of synthetic dye bath waste with pickling liquor as a source of iron (Fe²⁺ catalyst) is reported. Optimizations of contact time, Fe²⁺ and H₂O₂ doses are carried out. Oxidative de‐colorization and degradation of Reactive Blue 4 and Reactive Orange 16 was measured in terms of decrease in absorbance at their wavelength of maximum absorption (RB4, 599 nm; and RO16, 493 nm) and also as reduction in chemical oxygen demand (COD). Approximately, 62% COD was removed in 2 h at optimized doses of Fe²⁺ (8.95 mM) and H₂O₂ (61.8 mM) by using pickling waste as a source of Fe²⁺ catalyst. Similar performance efficiency was observed when neat FeSO₄ was used as a source of Fe²⁺, indicating that pickling liquor can be a low cost source of Fe²⁺ to treat synthetic dye bath waste by Fenton method.     

Supported TiO2 on Kaolin,Cordierite, and Calcite for Photocatalytic Removal of Dyes from Wastewater

Kaolin, cordierite, and calcite are investigated as supports for TiO₂. The prepared TiO₂/support samples are examined for the removal of organic dyes from wastewater. The samples are preliminarily investigated to identify the optimal loaded system using synthetic wastewater containing methylene blue (MB). Data indicate that the investigated support significantly affects the photocatalytic activity of the supported TiO₂. Low photocatalytic activity toward MB degradation is observed upon using TiO₂/calcite when compared to the unsupported TiO₂. Interaction between calcite and titania species probably occurrs to produce the less photoactive CaTiO₃ amorphous species. Anatase TiO₂ is obtained upon using kaolin and cordierite as supports. The low photocatalytic performance of the TiO₂/kaolin sample is also observed. A high concentration of MB on TiO₂/kaolin surfaces blocks the photoactive sites. TiO₂/cordierite shows the highest photocatalytic activity compared to the unsupported TiO₂ as well as the other TiO₂/support samples. Rigid cordierite particles suppress the agglomeration of TiO₂ particles during the preparation, leading to a high exposed surface of TiO₂ towards light illumination. TiO₂/cordierite is investigated for the removal of organic dye from real wastewater collected from a textile dyeing factory. Color removal of up to 46% is achieved upon UV irradiation.     

Removal of Selected Micropollutants from Synthetic Wastewater by Electrooxidation Using Oxidized Titanium and Graphite Electrodes

Micropollutants cover a variety of compounds that mainly originate from the pharmaceutical and agricultural sectors. Even at trace concentrations, the discharge of micropollutants into water bodies pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Their removal from wastewaters at treatment plants before their discharge into the environment has become one of the leading topics of research. Physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods have been listed in the literature for efficient removal of a variety of pollutants. In this study, seven micropollutants, namely 4‐tert‐octylphenol, atrazine, 2,4,6‐trichlorophenol, fluoxetine, estrone, penconazole, and di‐n‐octyl phthalate, are spiked into municipal simulated synthetic wastewater and treated by a laboratory‐scale electrooxidation (EO) system using oxidized titanium and graphite electrode as anode and cathode, respectively. Sensitive determination of the selected micropollutants by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) before and after treatment is performed after their pre‐concentration using an eco‐friendly switchable solvent liquid‐phase microextraction method (SSLPME). The pH value, applied current, and reaction period are optimized to enhance the removal efficiency of micropollutants. Results show that the highest removal efficiency of all micropollutants is obtained at pH 3, 20 min reaction period, and 3 A applied current. The operational costs are also investigated in this study.     

Spinel Ferrite Mediated Photo‐Fenton Degradation of Phenolic Analogues: A Detailed Study Employing Two Distinct Inorganic Oxidants

The present work demonstrates the applicability of ferrites as photo‐Fenton catalysts for deterioration of different phenolic derivatives. To analyze optimal reaction conditions, experiments are performed with four magnetic spinel ferrites MFe₂O₄ (M = Co, Cu, Ni, and Zn) and two inorganic oxidants, i.e., hydrogen peroxide (HP) and potassium peroxymonosulfate (PMS). The reactions are performed using p‐nitrophenol as phenolic probe. CuFe₂O₄ and CoFe₂O₄ possessed excellent ability to activate HP and PMS, respectively, among all four synthesized catalysts. A noteworthy aspect of two oxidizing agents is that the concentration of PMS used during the reaction is four times less than HP. Further, the broad pH activity of PMS provides a significant advantage over HP. The optimal reaction conditions, when HP is the oxidant in the photo‐Fenton degradation, are 0.50 g L^?1 MFe₂O₄, pH 2.5, and 8.8 mM HP. Although PMS is active in a wide pH range (2–10), adequate reaction conditions are 0.50 g L^?1 MFe₂O₄, natural pH, and 2.2 mM PMS. The photo‐Fenton activity of ferrites is extended to the degradation of different nitro‐ and chloro‐analogs of phenol (2‐nitrophenol, 3‐nitrophenol, 4‐nitrophenol, 2,4‐dinitrophenol, 2,4,6‐trinitrophenol, 2‐chlorophenol, 3‐chlorophenol, 4‐chlorophenol, 2,4‐dichlorophenol) with only two ferrites (CuFe₂O₄ and CoFe₂O₄). A comparative study is performed with the two oxidants (HP and PMS) with positive results. Finally, stability and reusability of magnetic ferrites as catalysts are also studied to prove their use in phenolic solution treatment.