Electrochemical removal of cadmium using a batch undivided reactor with a rotating cylinder electrode

The performance of an undivided electrochemical batch reactor with a rotating cylinder electrode under potentiostatic control is examined for the removal of cadmium from a sodium sulfate solution containing 500 ppm Cd(II) at pH ? 7. The effect of hydrogen evolution as a side cathodic reaction on the figures of merit of the reactor is analysed. The best results were obtained for a cathode potential of ?0.9 V against the saturated calomel electrode. With an angular velocity of 1500 rpm the space time yield and the normalized space velocity were 0.66 mol m^?3 s^?1 and 3.9 h^?1 respectively, while the fractional conversion was 67.3% with a current efficiency of 66.7%. The surface morphology of the deposits as a function of the applied potential is also reported. © 2001 Society of Chemical Industry     

Using the condenser effluent from a nuclear power plant for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

There has been increasing interest in clean energy over past few years. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plants have been examined as a viable option for supplying clean energy. This paper evaluated the thermodynamic performance of the OTEC power system. Computer simulation programs were developed under the same conditions but with various working fluids for a closed system, a regeneration system, an open system, a Kalina system, and a hybrid system. The results showed that the regeneration system using R125 showed a 0.17 to 1.56% increase in system efficiency. Moreover, the system can generate electricity when the difference in temperature between the warm and cold seawater inlet temperatures is greater than 15 °C. In addition, the system efficiency of OTEC power plants using the condenser effluent from a nuclear power plant instead of surface water was increased by approximately 2%.     

化机浆混合废水超滤透过液UASB处理途径的评价

本文通过高浓化机浆混合废水超滤透过液UASB反应器的运行状况，研究和评价UASB处理高浓化机浆混合废水超滤透过液的可行性，提出颗粒污泥UASB反应器适合高浓高硫化机浆超滤透过液的处理。     

臭氧预氧化对城市二级处理水中残留有机物分子量分布的影响及超滤膜阻力变化分析

利用对城市二级处理水进行了臭氧预氧化,测定了水中残留有机物的分子量分布,并采用PVDF超滤膜对不同分子量分布的二级处理水进行了过滤.结果发现,水中有机物的分子量分布对膜的阻力构成影响很大,堵孔阻力和滤饼阻力对膜污染阻力起控制作用,有机物分子量分布与膜阻力之间有如下关系:1)2/151特别是d/>5/3的有机物则是形成膜表面滤饼的主体.     

漂白废水的超滤处理特性

论文对桉木化学浆漂白废水的污染负荷及其超滤处理特性进行了研究。结果表明，ＣＥＨ三段漂白废水的主要污染来自Ｃ、Ｅ两段、占总负荷的８０％左右，其中色度主要来自Ｅ段废水，用木试验的ＰＳ膜进行超滤处理后，漂白废水的各项指标除ＢＯＤ５达到国家二级排放标准外，其余指标均达一级排放标准。     

Treatment of textile waste effluents by ozonation and chemical coagulation

Ozonation experiments in a multiple reactor system were conducted to investigate the efficiency of this process in reducing the color and chemical oxygen demand of the textile waste effluents. It has been observed that decolorization of those waste effluents can be achieved in less than 10 min in all tested cases. In conjunction with chemical coagulation, the chemical oxygen demand of those waste effluents can be consistently reduced by up to 70% or more. Ozonation is capable of decomposing the highly structured dye molecules into smaller ones which can be easily biodegraded in an activated sludge process. Hence combination of ozonation, chemical coagulation and the activated sludge processes can provide a very effective means for dealing with this particular type of industrial waste effluent.     

Behavior of Fe, Mn, Cu and Cd in the duwamish river estuary downstream of a sewage treatment plant

The behavior of dissolved Fe, Mn, Cu and Cd in the Duwamish River downstream of a sewage treatment plant located near Seattle, Washington, was investigated in three distinct zones: (1) immediately downstream of the effluent outfall, (2) further downstream in the freshwater portion of the river and (3) in the estuarine mixing zone. A three-end-member tracer model utilizing salinity and dissolved inorganic nitrogen was developed to distinguish physical mixing processes from biogeochemical reactions. The results of this investigation indicate that Fe was removed from the dissolved phase onto particulates near the plant. Although no additional reactions controlled the distribution of dissolved Fe, Mn and Cu in the freshwater portion of the river, Cd was removed from the dissolved phase. In the estuarine mixing zone, a significant fraction of the dissolved Fe and Cu was removed from solution, while Mn and Cd desorbed from particulates. The chemical forms of the trace metals rather than their sources appear to determine their participation in these reactions.     

Seasonal and diurnal variations of temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen in advanced integrated wastewater pond system treating tannery effluent

Seasonal and diurnal fluctuations of pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature were investigated in a pilot-scale advanced integrated wastewater pond system (AIWPS) treating tannery effluent. The AIWPS was comprised of advanced facultative pond (AFP), secondary facultative pond (SFP) and maturation pond (MP) all arranged in series. The variations of pH, DO and temperature in the SFP and MP followed the diurnal cycle of sunlight intensity. Algal photosynthesis being dependent on sunlight radiation, its activity reached climax at early afternoons with DO saturation in the SFP and MP in excess of over 300% and pH in the range of 8.6-9.4. The SFP and MP were thermally stratified with gradients of 3-5 degrees C/m, especially, during the time of peak photosynthesis. The thermal gradient in the AFP was moderated by convective internal currents set in motion as a result of water temperature differences between the influent wastewater and contents of the reactor. In conclusion, the AFP possessed remarkable ability to attenuate process variability with better removal efficiencies than SFP and MP. Hence its use as a lead treatment unit, in a train of ponds treating tannery wastewaters, should always be considered.     

Techno-economic evaluation of membrane filtration for the recovery and re-use of tanning chemicals

The majority of pollution generated from leather manufacturing can be contributed to the inefficiency of chemical use in leather processing and to organic substances derived from the hides during processing. In particular, the overall tanning processes performed in drums can be characterized by a high consumption of water and chemicals, most of which are found in the final wastewater. To ensure full penetration and reaction of chemicals with collagen, chemicals are added in excess and are only partly up-taken by the leather. Significant savings of chemicals can be achieved by recovery and recycling of chemicals and water from part streams, thus reducing environmental impacts.This research formed an integrated approach to investigate and exploit the potential of a closed loop operation for various part streams of tanneries. Each of the process streams was separately collected, treated and purified by membrane technologies to obtain a recyclable liquor which can be re-used operationally. In this way a complete recovery of process liquors can be achieved for immediate operational re-use.Membrane technology has been applied to recover chemicals from un-hairing, vegetable tanning, chrome liquors and to polish saline part streams for re-use. By applying membrane filtration up to 90% of the treated liquors can be recovered giving a remaining concentrate volume of only 10%. The permeate obtained from several process areas contained to a high extent chemicals, which were re-used for leather processing.     

Mineralization of organic N originating in treated effluent used for irrigation

Reclaimed wastewater and, particularly, secondary effluent used for irrigation, may contain considerable amounts of mineral and organic N. The knowledge regarding N-transformations of effluent-originated organic N in soil is not well established. A method based on ion-exchangers (IE) was developed to remove the mineral N and other ionic species from the effluents, enabling a better follow-up of the reactions of effluent-originated organic N. Modifications of two incubation methods were used to evaluate net mineralization rates and the contributions of ammonification and nitrification of the effluent-originated organic N. A mixture of the ion-exchangers, IRN-77 (H⁺) and IRN-78 (OH^–), was found effective in removing mineral N and other ions from effluents without significantly affecting the content of organic N. In suspension-based experiments performed with a microbially active calcareous clay soil, the nitrification started after about a 1 to 4 d lag (higher lag associated with higher BOD), and the total mineral N reached plateau values after about 9 to 14 d. The time estimated for completion of ammonification of the organic N in the well-mixed and aerated suspensions was 3 to 6 d. Soil incubations were performed after adding the IE-treated effluents to small soil columns. Ammonification of both soil and effluent-originated organic N occurred concomitantly with the nitrification, making the evaluation of rates more complicated. Tracing the time differences in total mineral N between the soils irrigated with the IE-treated effluent and the blank (no added N) enabled the estimation of first order rate constants for the net mineralization of the effluent-originated organic N in: a sandy loam (0.3 wk^–1), a loess (0.4 wk^–1), and in the calcareous clay (1.1 wk^–1). About two thirds of the organic N added to the soils in the columns during the pre-incubation stage were not retained in the soils, whereas ammonium was practically not leached out. The relatively fast movement of the effluent-originated organic N in soil and its mineralization characteristics indicate that this fraction significantly affects the short (days) and middle (weeks) range transformations of N in effluent-irrigated soils.