Repeatedly using the decomposition product of struvite by ultrasound stripping to remove ammonia nitrogen from landfill leachate

In this study, the decomposition of struvite by ultrasound stripping and the recycle use of the decomposition product for the treatment of landfill leachate were investigated. The results indicated that when the decomposition of struvite by ultrasound stripping was performed at 55 °C for 40 min, the ammonium in the struvite could be almost completely eliminated from the solution system. The characterization analysis showed that magnesium phosphate and the dissolved phosphate ions were the main active derivatives. Approximately 90% of the total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) in landfill leachate can be removed by reusing the decomposition product at pH 9 for 60 min. Repeated use of the struvite decomposition product revealed that the TAN removal efficiency decreased with an increase in the number of recycles. However, in the process of multiple recycling, about 90% of TAN removal could be maintained by supplementing a certain amount of the preformed struvite to the solution for every recycle. An economic analysis demonstrated that 79.3% of the treatment cost could be saved by the proposed process compared to the non-recycling process.     

Development and application of an analytical protocol for evaluation of treatment processes for landfill leachates. II. Evaluation of leachate treatment efficiency of different steps in a constructed pilot plant

Different methods for treatment of leachate from a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill were tested in a pilot plant. Raw leachate was pre-treated with aeration and sedimentation, followed by several parallel individual steps such as bioremediation, chemical oxidation, ozonation, and geo-bed filters. The efficiency of different treatment steps was evaluated according to one previously developed protocol, which includes measurements of several parameters such as conductivity, pH, nutrients, chloride, metals, organic compounds, and acute toxicity before and after a treatment step. The treatment steps which showed the highest efficiency towards organic pollutants in leachate were ozone treatment and chemical oxidation. The use of an adsorption filter, a geo-bed with a mixture of peat and bottom ash with ca 10% remaining carbon, also had good effects. A combination of pre-treatment and a geo-bed filter with peat and carbon ash gave the best overall treatment results when water-quality parameters such as total organic carbon and ammonia-nitrogen were also considered.     

Quantitative determination of toluene,ethylbenzene, and xylene degradation products in contaminated groundwater by solid-phase extraction and in-vial derivatization

Benzylsuccinic acid (BSA) and methylbenzylsuccinic acids (mBSAs) are unambiguous indicators of anaerobic toluene and ethylbenzene/xylene degradation, and so the determination of these compounds in landfill leachates and contaminated groundwater is highly relevant. Samples were diluted to <0.8?mS?cm^?1 in order to reduce their ionic strength, and subsequently extracted through strong anion exchange disks, followed by simultaneous in-vial elution and methylation. A detection limit of 0.1?µg?L^?1 was obtained for 100?mL samples. Using this method, 19.3?µg?L^?1 of BSA was measured in a landfill leachate, and low µg?L^?1 levels of all of the mBSAs were measured in gasoline-contaminated groundwater. The results were compared with the findings of BSAs at 16 other contaminated sites, and BSAs as indicators of biodegradation were evaluated. The estimation of biodegradation rates based on parent hydrocarbons and BSA concentrations or ratios is questionable. However, the degradation products serve as good qualitative in situ indicators for anaerobic biodegradation in contaminated groundwater.     

固体废弃物处理的岩土工程问题

系统地介绍了与固体废弃物填埋处理有关的岩土工程问题, 包括地质灾害的勘察、预防和治理, 似土废弃物和非土废弃物性能的测试研究, 填埋场和填埋体的稳定和变形分析, 填埋场的渗漏和污染物运移的规律, 粘土和筑坝建材的调查等。     

Laboratory investigation of biodegradability of a polyurethane foam under anaerobic conditions

Polyurethane (PU) foams can be used in many remediation applications as an isolation material to prevent the release of hazardous materials into the environment. The integrity of a PU foam was investigated in this study using short-term accelerated laboratory experiments including bioavailability assays, soil burial experiments, and accelerated bioreactors to determine the fate of PU foam in the soil where anaerobic processes are dominant. The experimental results have shown that the studied PU foam is likely not biodegradable under anaerobic conditions. Neither weight loss nor a change in the tensile strength of the PU material after biological exposure was observed. The FT-IR chemical signature of the PU foams was also nearly identical before and after biological exposure. The composition of the PU material (aromatic polyester and polyether PU) used in this study could have played a significant role in its resistance to microbial attack during the short-term accelerated experiments.     

Degradation pathways of dissolved carbon in landfill leachate traced with compound-specific 13C analysis of DOC

The isotopic compositions of carbon compounds in landfill leachate provide insights into the biodegradation pathways that dominate the different stages of waste decomposition. In this study, the carbon geochemistry of different carbon pools, environmental stable isotopes and compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of leachate dissolved organic carbon (DOC) fractions and gases show distinctions in leachate biogeochemistry and methane production between the young area of active waste emplacement and the old area of historical emplacement at the Trail Road Landfill (TRL).

The active area leachate has low DOC concentrations (<200 mg l^?1) dominated by fulvic acid (FA=160 mg l^?1), and produces CH₄ dominantly by CO₂ reduction (D? excess=20.6‰). Leachate generated in the area of older waste has high DOC (>4770 mg l^?1) dominated by FA (4482 mg l^?1) and simple fatty acids (acetic=1008 mg l^?1 and propionic=608 mg l^?1), and produces CH₄ by the acetate fermentation pathway (D? excess=9.8‰). CSIA shows an advanced degradation and a progressive accumulation of ¹³C of fatty acids in leachate from the older area. The enriched ¹³C value of FA (?20 and?26‰ for the older and active parts, respectively,) and of low molecular weight DOC (?8 and?27‰) as well as of the bulk DOC (?21 and?25‰) shows more advanced degradation in the older part of the landfill, which is consistent with the shift in the humic/FA ratios (0.05 and 0.18). The ¹³C enrichment of acetate (?12‰) above the ¹³C of DOC (?21‰) and of propionic acid (?19‰), in older leachate, suggests that this acetate has not evolved from the simple degradation of larger organic molecules, but by homoacetogenesis from the enriched dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) pool (8‰) and H_2, which produce a more enriched ¹³C of acetate. In contrast, the ¹³C of the minor acetate in the active area (?17‰) indicates that CO₂-reducing bacteria must be the primary consumers of H₂, which has resulted in enriched ¹³C_DIC (10‰) and depleted ¹³C_CH4 (?58‰).     

填埋垃圾渗滤液中水溶性有机物去除规律研究

采集垃圾渗滤液四个不同处理阶段水样,提取制备水溶性有机物(DOM),采用荧光光谱、紫外光谱及红外光谱,研究了不同阶段渗滤液DOM含量与结构特征。结果显示,整个处理过程渗滤液DOM浓度降低了377.6 mg·L-1,总去除率为78.34%,厌氧处理氧化沟和MBR过程分别去除了不同处理阶段出水中的水溶性有机物碳(DOC);厌氧处理增加了渗滤液DOM中不饱和化合物和多糖类物质含量,提高了渗滤液的可生化性;氧化沟处理有效降解了不饱和化合物和糖类。调节池和和厌氧处理过程DOM出现了类蛋白荧光峰和类腐殖质荧光峰,而氧化沟和MBR出水只有类腐殖质荧光峰,类蛋白物质和类富里酸物质主要在厌氧区和氧化沟中去除,而类胡敏酸物质主要在MBR过程中去除。     

垃圾填埋渗滤液溶解性有机物组分的光谱学特性研究

选取3个不同填埋年限的渗滤液样品,以Leenheer的分组方法为基础,采用XAD-8树脂将渗滤液中的溶解性有机物(DOM)按极性和电荷特性分为结构较为均一的不同组分,用荧光光谱和紫外光谱对其中3个组分进行分析。荧光光谱分析表明,填埋初期,疏水酸性组分(HOA)、疏水中性组分(HON)和亲水性组分(HIM)均以类蛋白物质为主,随着填埋年限增加,其分子复杂化程度增强;其中HOA组分分子量最大、复杂程度最高,同时芳烃化合物的含量也最高,HON居中,HIM组分最小。紫外光谱分析表明,HOA和HON组分芳香环上的取代基均以羰基、羧基、羟基为主;而HIM组分则以脂肪链为主,同时芳香烃化合物含量较低。研究结果表明,随着填埋年限的增加,三种组分的复杂化程度均呈上升趋势。     

Determination of chlorophenols in landfill leachate using headspace sampling with ionic liquid-coated solid-phase microextraction fibers combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

A new microextraction technique based on ionic liquid solid-phase microextraction (IL-SPME) was developed for determination of trace chlorophenols (CPs) in landfill leachate. The synthesized ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C₄MIM][PF₆]), was coated onto the spent fiber of SPME for extraction of trace CPs. After extraction, the absorbed analytes were desorbed and quantified using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The term of the proposed method is as ionic liquid-coated of solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (IL-SPME-GC/MS). No carryover effect was found, and every laboratory-made ionic liquids-coated-fiber could be used for extraction at least eighty times without degradation of efficiency. The chlorophenols studied were 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DP), 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP), 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol (2,3,4,6-TeCP), and pentachlorophenol (PCP). The best results of chlorophenols analysis were obtained with landfill leachate at pH 2, headspace extraction for 4 min, and thermal desorption with the gas chromatograph injector at 240 °C for 4 min. Linearity was observed from 0.1 to 1000 μg L⁻¹ with relative standard deviations (RSD) less than 7% and recoveries were over 87%. The limit of detection (LOD) for pentachlorophenol was 0.008 μg L⁻¹. The proposed method was tested by analyzing landfill leachate from a sewage farm. The concentrations of chlorophenols were detected to range from 1.1 to 1.4 μg L⁻¹. The results demonstrate that the IL-SPME-GC/MS method is highly effective in analyzing trace chlorophenols in landfill leachate.     

FAAS测定垃圾渗滤液中的铜、铅、锌、铬、镉和镍

建立了火焰原子吸收光谱法测定垃圾渗滤液中铜、铅、锌、铬、镉和镍含量的方法.铜、镉、铬在0.01-0.05μg/mL呈现良好的线性关系,锌、镍、铅的线性范围为0.10-0.50μg/mL,相关系数分别为0.9987、0.9968、0.9993、0.9999、0.9995、0.9974.铜、铅、锌、铬、镉、镍的加标回收率范...