含氮消毒副产物卤代酰胺的生成特性与控制研究进展

卤代酰胺(haloamides)具有极强的致癌、致崎和致突变性,是饮用水处理领域开始关注的一种新型含氮卤代消毒副产物.这类物质分子质量小、结构简单、可水解,具有很强的极性和亲水性,可广泛存在于消毒后的出厂水中.卤代酰胺的产生受到温度、pH值、消毒剂含量的影响,但生成机制非常复杂,尚未有相关理论能完全解释其产生规律.鉴于其较强的"三致"特性,对它的物理特性、产生条件及控制手段进行研究是目前消毒副产物领域的一个重要方向.介绍了卤代酰胺的特性、检测方法,对其控制手段的最新研究进展进行了重点说明,指出通过控制其前体物的方法来控制卤代酰胺的产生是该领域的研究重点.     

基于EM78P419N单片机的消毒烘干机的设计

为了改善传统烘干机烘手时间长、易交叉感染、可靠性低等问题,进行了消毒干手机的设计。该设计利用红外技术检测信号,再将光信号转换成电信号送入EM78P419N单片机,通过单片机的处理后,启动电磁阀和滴水泵进行消毒。定时完成后,启动加热器和风扇进行烘干。整个过程完全自动控制,避免了交叉感染,手伸即喷,手离即停。同时,研制出的样品具有成本低、体积小、可靠性高、干手时间短等优点,在各类人员聚集或流动的场所应用广泛。     

谈污水处理中的紫外线消毒

简述了城市污水消毒标准与消毒方法,阐明了紫外线消毒的消毒机理,比较了液氯消毒与紫外线消毒的优缺点,并进行经济比较,认为紫外线消毒是更为经济的,并且具有光谱性,在中国的城市污水处理尾水消毒领域是值得推广的好工艺。     

谈生活用水中心二氧化氯消毒

讨论了二氧化氯的性质,简单介绍了二氧化氯的制备及其杀菌、灭藻、消毒、除臭和脱色机理,以及在其他领域的应用,指出该方法具有广谱、高效、安全等优点,值得大力推广。     

半干法脱硫灰生产蒸压砖中试试验研究

为了解决半干法脱硫灰难以利用的问题,用脱硫灰、炉渣和CaO进行了蒸压砖生产的中试试验研究。研究表明：生产强度等级为MU20的脱硫灰蒸压砖,脱硫灰的掺量可控制在50%左右,CaO的掺量控制在10%左右。蒸压过程中形成的水化硅酸钙、水化铝酸钙和水化硫铝酸钙等矿物有利于增强蒸压砖强度。     

Comparison of electrochemical method with ozonation, chlorination and monochloramination in drinking water disinfection

Electrochemical process in chloride-free electrolytes was proved to be powerful in disinfection due to the strong oxidants produced in the electrolysis and no formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs). In this study, disinfection experiments were conducted by electrochemical treatment compared with ordinary and advanced methods (ozonation, chlorination and monochloramination), with Escherichia coli (E. coli) K-12, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) A106, Bacillus subtilis (BST) and an isolated Bacillus as the representative microorganisms. Firstly, factor tests were performed on E. coli to obtain the optimal conditions of the four disinfection procedures. At their respective optimal condition, CT (concentration of disinfectant × contact time) value of a 4-log E. coli inactivation was 33.5, 1440, 1575, 1674 mg min L⁻¹ for electrochemical process, ozonation, chlorination and monochloramination, respectively. It was demonstrated that the disinfection availability was in the following order: electrochemical process > ozonation > chlorination > monochloramination, which could be attributed to the hydroxyl radical generated in the electrolysis, with strong oxidizing ability and non-selectivity compared with the other three disinfectants. Moreover, the disinfection efficacy of the four disinfection procedures was compared for four different bacteria. It was found that the disinfection efficacy was similar for the selected four bacteria in electrochemical process, while in the other three treatments inactivation of the two Bacillus was much slower than E. coli and S. aureus. As a result, the non-selectivity of electrochemical disinfection with BDD anode to different kinds of microorganisms was further proved, which was primarily controlled by the hydroxyl radicals existed in the free state. For each bacterium, the order of disinfection availability of the four processes was consistent. Finally, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was implemented to observe the cell morphology. It was shown that cell surface damage was more obvious in electrochemical system with strong oxidants compared with that after ozone treatment, while the integrity of cells were not affected in weak oxidizing chlorine and monochloramine.     

Preliminary observations of a continuous flow solar disinfection system for a rural community in Kenya

This project involves the design and installation of a continuous flow reactor which uses solar radiation, an abundant resource in most sub-Saharan countries, to disinfect water supplies. The system was installed at a rural village in Kenya to disinfect surface water collected at a recently constructed micro-dam. The solar reactor uses CPC reflectors which reflect both direct and diffuse solar radiation onto clear pipes through which the requisite water supply flows. The reaction kinetics for the full-scale design had been determined on a variety of pathogenic micro-organisms under both artificial and real sunlight in controlled conditions. The community fully participated in the planning, installation and subsequent operation of the system. The preliminary water quality results indicate that the system is providing a safe source of water for the community. The installation, commissioning and initial use of the system highlights the critical need for community involvement and approval if such interventions are going to be successful in rural areas, alongside the requirements for strategic and technical support.     

Coupling dark fermentation and microbial electrolysis to enhance bio-hydrogen production from agro-industrial wastewaters and by-products in a bio-refinery framework

The aim of this work is to evaluate biohydrogen production from agro-industrial wastewaters and by-products, by combining dark fermentation and microbial electrolysis in a two-step cascade process. Such coupling of both technologies constitutes a technological building block within a concept of environmental biorefinery where sustainable production of renewable energy is expected.Six different wastewaters and industrial by-products coming from cheese, fruit juice, paper, sugar, fruit processing and spirits factories were evaluated for the feasibility of hydrogen production in a two-step process. The overall hydrogen production when coupling dark fermentation and microbial electrolysis was increased up to 13 times when compared to fermentation alone, achieving a maximum overall hydrogen yield of 1608.6 ± 266.2 mLH₂/gCOD_consumed and a maximum of 78.5 ± 5.7% of COD removal.These results show that dark fermentation coupled with microbial electrolysis is a highly promising option to maximize the conversion of agro-industrial wastewaters and by-products into bio-hydrogen.     

Low-amperage pulsating direct current has a bactericidal effect on marine fish pathogens in circulating seawater

The bactericidal effect of pulsating direct current (PC) generated at a very low amperage (0.01 A) with a frequency of 5 Hz or 14 kHz against two marine fish pathogens, Edwardsiella tarda and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, in circulating seawater at 15 and 25 °C in comparison with the effect of direct current (DC) of the same amperage was investigated. The bactericidal effect was directly correlated with the generation of active chlorine species (ACS) and the treatment duration. PC treatment at 14 kHz resulted in complete bacterial inactivation when the ACS level reached 0.11–0.12 mg/L after 45–60 min of treatment. PC treatment at 5 Hz required generation of only 0.03–0.07 mg/L ACS to achieve complete bacterial inactivation, although a slightly longer treatment duration (60–90 min) was needed. DC treatment resulted in complete disinfection within a shorter time (30 min) due to greater ACS production. The bactericidal effect and ACS generation were weaker at the higher temperature (25 °C) due to more rapid evaporation of Cl₂ gas. The pH of the seawater maintained at ∼8.0. A disinfection study in circulating non-chloride Na₂SO₄ solution at pH 8.0 showed that the electric pulsation did not have notable bactericidal effect up to 14 kHz at 0.2 A.     

Biofilm formation by Salmonella Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus on stainless steel under either mono- or dual-species multi-strain conditions and resistance of sessile communities to sub-lethal chemical disinfection

Intercellular interactions encountered within and between different bacterial species are believed to play key roles in both biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance. In this study, Salmonella Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus (3 strains per species) were left to form biofilms on stainless steel coupons incubated at 20 °C for 144 h (i.e. 6 days), in periodically renewable growth medium, under either mono- or dual-species conditions. Subsequently, the developed sessile communities were exposed for 6 min to sub-lethal concentrations of: (i) benzalkonium chloride (BC, 50 ppm), (ii) sodium hypochlorite (NaClO, 10 ppm), or (iii) peroxyacetic acid (PAA, 10 ppm). The dominance of each strain in the mono- and dual-species biofilm communities, both before and after disinfection, was monitored by pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results revealed that dual-species conditions led to a significant (ca. 10-fold) reduction in the number of sessile cells for both species, compared to mono-species ones, with interspecies interactions however found to not exert any significant effect on the disinfection resistance of each species as a whole. However, PFGE analysis revealed that the different strains here employed behaved differently with regard to biofilm formation and disinfection resistance, with this effect to be also strongly dependent on the culture conditions (mono-/dual-species) and the disinfectant applied. Such results expand our knowledge on multi-species biofilms formed by foodborne pathogenic bacteria and could hopefully be helpful in our efforts to develop effective elimination strategies and thus improve food safety.