Influence of Hydraulic Retention Time and Reactor Configuration During Fermentation of Diluted Chicken Manure

In this study, single-stage and two-phase semi-continuous thermophilic anaerobic reactors fed with diluted (3 % total solids (TS) and 1.8 % volatile solids (VS)) chicken manure at three different hydraulic retention times (HRTs) were compared interms of biogas production rate, methane content of the produced biogas, and VS and TS removal. Along the study, HRTs of 16, 12, and 8 days were implemented to the single-stage and the two-phase systems. It was observed that the single-stage anaerobic system was superior to the two-phase anaerobic system according to their biogas production rates (517 vs. 356, 551 vs. 359, 459 vs. 386 (mL/g VS_feed)) at all HRTs. On the other hand, methane content of the biogas produced was higher in the two-phase system compared to the single-stage system.     

脂肪酸的色谱保留时间规律与质谱特征研究及其在食品分析中的应用

用石油醚提取食品中的脂肪,经甲酯化反应后,采用HP-88(100m×0.25mm,0.33μm)弹性石英毛细管柱分离脂肪酸甲酯的同系物及异构体,GC/MS法测定。研究了不同链长脂肪酸的同系物及异构体的气相色谱出峰顺序,得到其保留时间规律;研究了不同脂肪酸的质谱断裂规律,选择3个特征离子来鉴定脂肪酸成分。建立了3个特征离子确定脂肪酸碳数及双键数目,色谱保留时间规律确定脂肪酸顺反异构体及双键位置异构体的方法。本法无需标准品即可快速测定脂肪酸同系物及异构体的含量,适用于脂肪酸组成的研究;及油脂、食品中脂肪酸,特别是反式脂肪酸的测定。     

Effects of pH and Temperature on Recombinant Manganese Peroxidase Production and Stability

The enzyme manganese peroxidase (MnP) is produced by numerous white-rot fungi to overcome biomass recalcitrance caused by lignin. MnP acts directly on lignin and increases access of the woody structure to synergistic wood-degrading enzymes such as cellulases and xylanases. Recombinant MnP (rMnP) can be produced in the yeast Pichia pastoris αMnP1-1 in fed-batch fermentations. The effects of pH and temperature on recombinant manganese peroxidase (rMnP) production by P. pastoris αMnP1-1 were investigated in shake flask and fed-batch fermentations. The optimum pH and temperature for a standardized fed-batch fermentation process for rMnP production in P. pastoris αMnP1-1 were determined to be pH 6 and 30 °C, respectively. P. pastoris αMnP1-1 constitutively expresses the manganese peroxidase (mnp1) complementary DNA from Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and the rMnP has similar kinetic characteristics and pH activity and stability ranges as the wild-type MnP (wtMnP). Cultivation of P. chrysosporium mycelia in stationary flasks for production of heme peroxidases is commonly conducted at low pH (pH 4.2). However, shake flask and fed-batch fermentation experiments with P. pastoris αMnP1-1 demonstrated that rMnP production is highest at pH 6, with rMnP concentrations in the medium declining rapidly at pH less than 5.5, although cell growth rates were similar from pH 4–7. Investigations of the cause of low rMnP production at low pH were consistent with the hypothesis that intracellular proteases are released from dead and lysed yeast cells during the fermentation that are active against rMnP at pH less than 5.5.     

Exceptional Stability of Artemin Neurotrophic Factor Dimers: Effects of Temperature, pH, Buffer and Storage Conditions on Protein Integrity and Activity

Artemin (ARTN) is a neurotrophic growth factor of the GDNF ligand family that signals through the specific GFRα-3 coreceptor/cRet tyrosine kinase-mediated signaling cascade. Its expression and signaling action in adults are restricted to nociceptive sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia. Consequently, Artemin supports survival and growth of sensory neurons and has been studied as a possible treatment for neuropathic pain. We have developed a robust and sensitive cellular assay to measure ARTN biological activity. Using recombinant Artemin produced in Escherichia coli bacteria together with this specific assay, we demonstrate that ARTN is an exceptionally stable polypeptide. Multiple freeze-thaw cycles, incubation at elevated temperatures (up to 90 °C) for 0.5 h, prolonged storage at 4 °C, and exposure to conditions of different pH, salt concentration, and additives had no measurable effect on the biological activity of ARTN. In some of the tested conditions, partial removal of nine NH(2)-terminal amino acids of the ARTN protein occurred, but this truncation had no important effect on the ARTN signaling response. Consequently, we postulate that formulation and storage for in vivo testing of ARTN in neuropathic pain paradigms in animals and humans should be straightforward.     

Exploring the Phase-Selective,Green, Hydrothermal Synthesis of Upconverting Doped Sodium Yttrium Fluoride: Effects of Temperature,Time, and Precursors

The aim of this work was i) to develop a hydrothermal, low-temperature synthesis protocol affording the upconverting hexagonal phase NaYF₄ with suitable dopants while adhering to the “green chemistry” standards and ii) to explore the effect that different parameters have on the products. In optimizing the synthesis protocol, short reaction times and low temperatures (below 150 °C) were considered. Yb³⁺ and Er³⁺ ions were chosen as dopants for the NaYF₄ material. Within the context of the second goal, parameters including nature of the precursors, treatment temperature, and treatment time were investigated to afford a pure hexagonal crystalline phase, both in the doped and undoped materials. To fully explore the synthesis results, the prepared materials were characterized from a structural (XRD), compositional (XPS, ICP-MS), and morphological (SEM) point of view. The upconverting properties of the compounds were confirmed by photoluminescence measurements.     

温度和时间对有机合成反应影响的探讨

根据物理化学和有机合成原理,从动力学、热力学、反应机理及溶解度等各方面详细分析了反应温度和反应时间对有机合成反应的影响。通过这些分析,可以让同学们更好地在合成反应课程的学习中掌握和分析反应温度和反应时间对反应的影响。     

AnSBBR Applied to a Personal Care Industry Wastewater Treatment: Effects of Fill Time,Volume Treated Per Cycle,and Organic Load

A study was performed regarding the effect of the relation between fill time, volume treated per cycle, and influent concentration at different applied organic loadings on the stability and efficiency of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor containing immobilized biomass on polyurethane foam with recirculation of the liquid phase (AnSBBR) applied to the treatment of wastewater from a personal care industry. Total cycle length of the reactor was 8 h (480 min). Fill times were 10 min in the batch operation, 4 h in the fed-batch operation, and a 10-min batch followed by a 4-h fed batch in the mixed operation. Settling time was not necessary since the biomass was immobilized and decant time was 10 min. Volume of liquid medium in the reactor was 2.5 L, whereas volume treated per cycle ranged from 0.88 to 2.5 L in accordance with fill time. Influent concentration varied from 300 to 1,425 mg COD/L, resulting in an applied volumetric organic load of 0.9 and 1.5 g COD/L.d. Recirculation flow rate was 20 L/h, and the reactor was maintained at 30 °C. Values of organic matter removal efficiency of filtered effluent samples were below 71% in the batch operations and above 74% in the operations of fed batch followed by batch. Feeding wastewater during part of the operational cycle was beneficial to the system, as it resulted in indirect control over the conversion of substrate into intermediates that would negatively interfere with the biochemical reactions regarding the degradation of organic matter. As a result, the average substrate consumption increased, leading to higher organic removal efficiencies in the fed-batch operations.     

Evaluation of the Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Sewage Sludge and Tomato Waste at Mesophilic Temperature

Sewage sludge is a hazardous waste, which must be managed adequately. Mesophilic anaerobic digestion is a widely employed treatment for sewage sludge involving several disadvantages such as low methane yield, poor biodegradability, and nutrient imbalance. Tomato waste was proposed as an easily biodegradable co-substrate to increase the viability of the process in a centralized system. The mixture proportion of sewage sludge and tomato waste evaluated was 95:5 (wet weight), respectively. The stability was maintained within correct parameters in an organic loading rate from 0.4 to 2.2 kg total volatile solids (VS)/m³ day. Moreover, the methane yield coefficient was 159 l/kg VS (0 °C, 1 atm), and the studied mixture showed a high anaerobic biodegradability of 95 % (in VS). Although the ammonia concentration increased until 1,864?±?23 mg/l, no inhibition phenomenon was determined in the stability variables, methane yield, or kinetics parameters studied.     

Effect of Temperature on the Variation of Retention Time of Unretained Compound and Retention Indices of Some Explosives and Related Compounds Calculated Using a Multiparametric Method in RP-LC

In reversed phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC), a multiparametric non-linear least-squares regression iterative method has been evaluated at different column temperatures (ranging from 30 to 60 °C in 5 °C steps) for calculating the retention time of the unretained compound t _M and the regression parameter (slope b), based on the use of alkan-2-ones, alkyl aryl ketones and 1-nitroalkanes homologous series on two different columns: Spherisorb-ODS2 C₁₈ and Nucleosil C₈. The calculated parameters t _M and b by the multiparametric method (MP) were compared with those obtained by using the iterative method of Guardino’s. The influence of the number of subsets of homologues used for the calculation of t _M and b values was investigated. The retention indices (RI) of some neutral and acidic explosives and related compounds (nitramines, nitroaromatics, aminonitroaromatics and nitrophenols) based on the alkan-2-ones retention index standards have been determined and compared at various temperatures by the MP method. Good agreement was observed between retention data calculated by the MP and GU methods.     

体系pH值、乳化温度和电解质离子对异丙甲草胺水乳剂稳定性的影响

通过测定药物液滴的平均粒径和Zeta电位研究了体系pH值、 乳化温度和电解质离子对乳化剂三苯乙烯基苯酚聚氧乙烯醚磷酸酯三乙醇胺盐(SCP)稳定的异丙甲草胺水乳剂稳定性的影响. 结果发现, 体系的pH值影响SCP分子在水中的电离能力, 当pH=9时, SCP完全电离, 能为液滴提供较大的静电稳定作用, 水乳剂稳定性最好; 乳化温度低时, SCP分子向液滴界面扩散慢, 且舒展不完全, 液滴所带负电荷较少, 水乳剂稳定性差; 温度升高后, 水相黏度减小, 布朗运动加剧, 液滴碰撞合并几率增大, 且SCP分子热运动增强, 易从界面逃逸, 液滴间静电斥力减弱, 同时SCP亲水性下降, 水乳剂稳定性变差; 电解质离子会压缩界面双电层, 降低Zeta电位, 液滴带电量减少而聚结, 离子浓度越大, 电荷数越大, 水乳剂稳定性越差. 在相同的离子浓度下, 水合半径小的Ca²⁺压缩双电层能力强于Mg²⁺, 添加Ca²⁺后水乳剂稳定性更差.     

电解质和pH值对毒死蜱微乳液透明温度范围的影响

研究了电解质和pH值对毒死蜱微乳剂透明温度范围的影响,表面活性剂采用特殊苯乙基酚甲醛树脂聚氧乙烯醚和十二烷基苯磺酸钙(DBSCa)(质量比为3:7)复合物,质量分数75%毒死蜱二甲苯溶液为油相。研究结果表明,电解质的加入对表面活性剂作用的微乳剂透明温度范围均有显著影响,使上限温度明显下降;随阳离子电解质质量分数增加,上限温度下降;随阴离子电解质价数增加,上限温度先略增加后下降。电解质及其价数对下限温度影响均不大。弱酸性介质有利于扩大体系的透明温度范围,使上限温度达到最大值;而强酸性和强碱性介质,均使体系的上限温度下降。体系下限温度随pH值的增加缓慢升高。     

Effects of Calcining Temperature and Holding Time on the Synthesis of Aluminum Titanate

We aim in this research at synthesizing high-purity aluminium titanate with sludge from the aluminium profile factory by shock cooling method, and mainly discuss the effect of calcining reaction temperature and holding time on crystalline, microstructure and content of aluminum titanate materials to determine the preferred calcining temperature and holding time. XRD and SEM methods were utilized to characterize the crystalline and microstructure of each specimen, Rietveld Quantification software was used for the determination of different crystalline contents of specimens, and Philips plus software was applied to determine the cell parameters of aluminium titanate in different specimens. According to the experimental results, preferred calcining temperature is determined as 1400℃ and preferred holding time is 2 h, at which the grains of aluminum titanate grow completely and the purity of aluminum titanate is 97.2wt%.     

Temperature and pH stability of cellouronic acid

Cellouronic acid (CUA), (1 → 4)-β-d-polyglucuronate sodium salt, was prepared from regenerated cellulose by 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO)-mediated oxidation in water at pH 10. Changes in chemical structure and degree of polymerization (DP) of CUA by treatment in water under various pH and temperature conditions were studied to evaluate the stability of CUA. No depolymerization occurred on CUA in water at pH 1.0–7.0 and room temperature, while clear depolymerization took place at pH 10 and 13 by β-elimination. When heated in water at >50 °C, CUA was depolymerized by hydrolysis at pH 1.0 and 4.8, and by both hydrolysis and β-elimination at pH 7.0. Kinetic studies showed that CUA depolymerization rate constant was roughly increased with increasing the pH or temperature. Especially, the depolymerization rate constant at pH 13 was approximately 128 and 55 times greater than those at pH 1.0 and 10, respectively, at 60 °C. Activation energies of hydrolysis and β-elimination of CUA were approximately 100 and 20 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively.     

Effects of Organic Loading, Influent Concentration, and Feed Time on Biohydrogen Production in a Mechanically Stirred AnSBBR Treating Sucrose-Based Wastewater

An anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (AnSBBR—total volume 7.5 L; liquid volume 3.6 L; treated volume per cycle 1.5 L) treated sucrose-based wastewater to produce biohydrogen (at 30 °C). Different applied volumetric organic loads (AVOL of 9.0, 12.0, 13.5, 18.0, and 27.0 kg COD m^?3 day^?1), which were varied according to the influent concentration (3,600 and 5,400 mg COD L^?1) and cycle length (4, 3, and 2 h), have been used to assess the following parameters: productivity and yield of biohydrogen per applied and removed load, reactor stability, and efficiency. The removed organic matter (COD) remained stable and close to 18 % and carbohydrates (sucrose) uptake rate remained between 83 and 97 % during operation. The decrease in removal performance of the reactor with increasing AVOL, by increasing the influent concentration (at constant cycle length) and decreasing the cycle lengths (at constant influent concentrations), resulted in lower conversion efficiencies. Under all conditions, when organic load increased there was a predominance of acetic, propionic, and butyric acid as well as ethanol. The highest concentration of biohydrogen in the biogas (24–25 %) was achieved at conditions with AVOL of 12.0 and 13.5 kg COD m^?3 day^?1, the highest daily production rate (0.139 mol H₂?day^?1) was achieved at AVOL of 18.0 kg COD m^?3 day^?1, and the highest production yields per removed and applied load were 2.83 and 3.04 mol H₂?kg SUC^?1, respectively, at AVOL of 13.5 kg COD m^?3 day^?1. The results indicated that the best productivity tends to occur at higher organic loads, as this parameter involves the “biochemical generation” of biogas, and the best yield tends to occur at lower and/or intermediate organic loads, as this parameter involves “biochemical consumption” of the substrate.     

Adsorption and release of terbinafine hydrochloride: Effects of adsorbents, additives, pH, and temperature

The paper describes results obtained within the study of factors affecting the process of an antifungal drug — terbinafine hydrochloride adsorption on two different adsorbents — charcoal and silicagel. The effects of the adsorbent area, pH value, temperature and additives (polymers — methyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose) were analyzed and their impact on the adsorption of terbinafine was derived. The increase of pH and temperature, and the presence of additives decreased the amount of terbinafine adsorbed on the adsorbents. Terbinafine is currently applied both perorally and topically. Hydrogels, i.e. compositions of a drug, additives and water, are, due to their advantageous properties, preferred topical dosage forms. Mass fraction of additives of 1 % to 4 % were studied from the view point of drug release. This study shows that both the sort and the concentration of polymers influence the drug release from hydrogels significantly.     

GC/MS中保留指数和保留温度回归分析应用于单萜烯结构确认

GC／MS定性分析中,由于同分异构体的质谱图相似,常常出现结构鉴定错误．同分异构体化合物的保留行为具有较大地差别,采用文献保留指数和保留温度测定值回归分析方法对2篇已发表论文进行了研究,发现了对单萜烯类同分异构体结构鉴定中存在的错误,并提出可能的正确结构．文献保留指数和保留温度测定值回归分析方法可以简化GC／MS色谱峰的定性分析过程,提高定性分析的准确性,在样品定性分析中具很强的使用价值．     

Self‐Recognition Between Two Almost Identical Macroions During Their Assembly: The Effects of pH and Temperature

Two Keplerate‐type macroions, [Mo^VI₇₂Fe^III₃₀O₂₅₂‐ (CH₃COO)₁₂{Mo₂O₇(H₂O)}₂{H₂Mo₂O₈(H₂O)}(H₂O)₉₁]?ca. 150 H₂O= {Mo₇₂Fe₃₀} and [{Na(H₂O)₁₂}?{Mo^VI₇₂Cr^III₃₀O₂₅₂(CH₃COO)₁₉‐ (H₂O)₉₄}]?ca. 120 H₂O= {Mo₇₂Cr₃₀} , with identical size and shape but different charge density, can self‐assemble into spherical “blackberry”‐like structures in aqueous solution by means of electrostatic interactions. These two macroanions can self‐recognize each other and self‐assemble into two separate types of homogeneous blackberries in their mixed dilute aqueous solution, in which they carry ?7 and ?5 net charges, respectively. Either adjusting the solution pH or raising temperature is expected to make the self‐recognition more difficult, by making the charge densities of the two clusters closer, or by decreasing the activation energy barrier for the blackberry formation, respectively. Amazingly, the self‐recognition behavior remains, as confirmed by dynamic and static light scattering, TEM, and energy dispersive spectroscopy techniques. The results prove that the self‐recognition behavior of the macroions due to the long‐range electrostatic interaction is universal and can be achieved when only minimum differences exist between two types of macroanions.     

Selective Pressurized Liquid Extraction of PCB’s from Food and Feed Samples: Effects of High Lipid Amounts and Lipid Type on Fat Retention

Fat free extraction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from fat containing food and feed matrices was achieved by selective pressurized liquid extraction using sulphuric acid impregnated silica inside 100 mL extraction cells on a Dionex ASE300. Data were compared to previous publications where extractions had been performed on a Dionex ASE200, with 33 mL cells and a Dionex ASE300, with 34 mL. In all extractions a high lipid amount of 1,500–3,000 mg was used in the extractions. Seven different fat/fat retainer ratios (FFRs) were tested (0.200, 0.150, 0.100, 0.075, 0.050, 0.040 and 0.025) at 100 and 150 °C using n-heptane as extraction solvent. The FFR ratio differed between triglycerides and fish oil in that fat free extracts were obtained at FFR of 0.050 for fish oil at 150 °C but 0.040 for fish triglycerides. When the extraction temperature was lowered to 100 °C a FFR ratio of 0.050 resulted in fat free extracts for both matrices. These data differ from previous studies, on ASE200 33 mL cells and ASE300 34 mL cells, were both matrices required a FFR of 0.025. The influence on the PCB recovery of these higher amounts of lipids in the extraction cells was tested by spiking triglycerides and fish oil with PCBs and extracting them with FFR-values of 0.025, 0.040 and 0.050. This showed that there was no difference in the PCB recovery and thus allowing a higher amount of lipids in each extraction cell when a FFR ratio of 0.050 could be used. The method was also tested on naturally contaminated cod liver homogenate, naturally contaminated cod liver oil spiked to feed for poultry, as well as certified reference materials (Cod liver oil BCR 349 and Spiked pork fat IRMM 445).