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.     

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.     

垃圾场渗滤液中十二烷基硫酸钠的光度测定

三峡库区令人担忧的严重问题之一是城市生活垃圾填埋场渗滤液的迁移污染.渗滤液成分复杂,水质变化大,色度深、有恶臭.高浓度有机废水会污染地表水和地下水,破坏原有水体的用途,甚至危及原有的生态系统,若不妥善处理渗滤液,有害成分发生迁移转化,就会带来严重的二次污染,对库区环境构成严重危胁.     

液相色谱串联质谱法同时测定垃圾渗滤液中的邻苯二甲酸酯和烷基酚

利用反相液相色谱-电喷雾-串联质谱法同时分析了水体中的6种邻苯二甲酸酯(DMP、DEP、DBP、DEHP、DOP和DNP)以及OP、NP和BPA。用Waters XTerraTMMS C18色谱柱,乙腈和乙酸铵溶液作为梯度洗脱的流动相。结果表明,9种物质的分离效果良好,邻菲二甲酸酯采用亚离子模式检测,烷基酚采用负离子模式检测。通过多反应监测模式(MRM)对各目标物进行定量,检出限为0.1~1μg/L。该方法已用于北京某垃圾填埋场渗滤液中相关物质的检测,结果表明:原水中邻苯二甲酸酯和烷基酚的总浓度为218~291μg/L,其中主要是DEHP。垃圾渗滤液处理工艺对这些物质有明显的去除效果。     

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.     

Measuring nitrate concentration in wastewaters with high chloride content

The presence of chloride ions in wastewaters in concentrations above 50 mg/L poses interference in several methods used for the measurement of nitrate-nitrogen. The aim of this study was to characterise the reliability and costs of some commonly available methods for the analysis of nitrate concentration in landfill leachate which contains high chloride levels. To investigate the effect of chloride interference, several widely used methods [ion chromatography (IC), continuous flow analysis (CFA), the German standard method (DIN), cuvette test (CUV), standard addition method (SAM) and reflectometric test (REF)] were used to measure the nitrate concentration in synthetic solutions containing varying concentrations of chloride and nitrate-nitrogen. Nitrate recoveries of the various methods were found to decrease in the following rank order: CUV (>95%) > IC (>90%) > CFA (89%) > DIN (88%) > REF (70%) > SAM (<80%). In the second part of the study, the same methods were used to measure nitrate concentrations in samples of biologically nitrified landfill leachate with and without chloride elimination. For leachate samples without chloride elimination, CUV results were well correlated (linear regression) with IC results (slope = 1.02/R² = 0.99) but to lesser extents with results obtained by CFA (0.91/0.86), DIN (0.89/0.97) and REF (0.86/0.77), and not correlated with SAM (0.74/–1.3). The incurred measurement costs per sample (in Euros) for the methods were as follows: CFA (<0.1) < DIN (0.6) < REF (0.7) < SAM (3) < CUV (3.8) < IC (15). Cuvette tests are recommended as the method of choice due to their accuracy and lower cost than IC.     

氧化钙改性高岭土对垃圾渗滤液中氨氮的去除研究

采用氧化钙对高岭土进行改性,并用XRD、SEM和FT-IR对改性高岭土进行了表征。将改性高岭土应用于垃圾渗滤液的处理,考察了改性高岭土投加量、渗滤液初始pH、时间等因素对氨氮去除效果的影响,并对其吸附机理进行了研究。结果表明,氧化钙改性高岭土的产物主要是胶凝材料水化物(硅铝酸钙和含Al的C-S-H凝胶),形貌为蜂窝状;向氨氮含量为3520mg/L、pH为7.53~7.80的垃圾渗滤液中投加160g/L吸附剂,吸附60min,氨氮的去除率达82.66%,吸附量为18.19mg/g。氧化钙改性高岭土对氨氮的吸附符合Langmuir等温模型,动力学上符合准二级动力学方程,其相关系数分别为0.9678,0.9989。同时,该吸附过程包含了膜扩散和颗粒内扩散。     

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‰).     

Combining Coagulation and Electrocoagulation with UVA-LED Photo-Fenton to Improve the Efficiency and Reduce the Cost of Mature Landfill Leachate Treatment

This study focused on the reduction of the treatment cost of mature landfill leachate (LL) by enhancing the coagulation pre-treatment before a UVA-LED photo-Fenton process. A more efficient advanced coagulation pretreatment was designed by combining conventional coagulation (CC) and electro-coagulation (EC). Regardless of the order in which the two coagulations were applied, the combination achieved more than 73% color removal, 80% COD removal, and 27% SUVA removal. However, the coagulation order had a great influence on both final pH and total dissolved iron, which were key parameters for the UVA-LED photo-Fenton post-treatment. CC (pH = 5; 2 g L⁻¹ of FeCl₃6H₂O) followed by EC (pH = 5; 10 mA cm⁻²) resulted in a pH of 6.4 and 100 mg L⁻¹ of dissolved iron, whereas EC (pH = 4; 10 mA cm⁻²) followed by CC (pH = 6; 1 g L⁻¹ FeCl₃6H₂O) led to a final pH of 3.4 and 210 mg L⁻¹ dissolved iron. This last combination was therefore considered better for the posterior photo-Fenton treatment. Results at the best cost-efficient [H₂O₂]:COD ratio of 1.063 showed a high treatment efficiency, namely the removal of 99% of the color, 89% of the COD, and 60% of the SUVA. Conductivity was reduced by 17%, and biodegradability increased to BOD₅:COD = 0.40. With this proposed treatment, a final COD of only 453 mg O₂ L⁻¹ was obtained at a treatment cost of EUR 3.42 kg COD⁻¹.     

CCL非线性平衡吸附条件下填埋场渗滤液运移过程数值分析

采用Langmuir等温吸附方程表示黏土对渗滤液中某种污染物的非线性吸附,依据污染物在多孔介质中运移机理,建立了渗滤液在饱和多孔介质运移的一维数学模型。在考虑填埋场采用压实黏土衬里防渗层、垃圾生物降解生成污染物的特性、在填埋场下含有一定厚度含水层等实际情况下,采用有限差分法求解控制方程。通过参数对比计算与分析表明,与线性吸附相比,非线性吸附使得污染物的穿透能力增强,污染物浓度随时间变化曲线尖锐而狭窄、峰值浓度出现时间提前、曲线有尾部拖长现象。组合参数Sl对污染物运移影响较大,当Sl取值较大时,可降低污染物浓度,"挫峰"能力增强,污染物浓度随时间变化曲线表现出线性吸附性质。参数K1对污染物运移影响较参数Sl小。压实黏土衬里的渗透系数较低时,弥散控制污染物运移,且弥散系数较大和较小时,穿透曲线分别表现出线性吸附性质和非线性性质。