Plant tolerance to diesel minimizes its impact on soil microbial characteristics during rhizoremediation of diesel-contaminated soils

Soil contamination due to petroleum-derived products is an important environmental problem. We assessed the impacts of diesel oil on plants (Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne) and soil microbial community characteristics within the context of the rhizoremediation of contaminated soils. For this purpose, a diesel fuel spill on a grassland soil was simulated under pot conditions at a dose of 12,000 mg diesel kg^− 1 DW soil. Thirty days after diesel addition, T. repens (white clover) and L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) were sown in the pots and grown under greenhouse conditions (temperature 25/18 °C day/night, relative humidity 60/80% day/night and a photosynthetic photon flux density of 400 μmol photon m^− 2 s^− 1) for 5 months. A parallel set of unplanted pots was also included. Concentrations of n-alkanes in soil were determined as an indicator of diesel degradation. Seedling germination, plant growth, maximal photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (F_v/F_m), pigment composition and lipophylic antioxidant content were determined to assess the impacts of diesel on the studied plants. Soil microbial community characteristics, such as enzyme and community-level physiological profiles, were also determined and used to calculate the soil quality index (SQI). The presence of plants had a stimulatory effect on soil microbial activity. L. perenne was far more tolerant to diesel contamination than T. repens. Diesel contamination affected soil microbial characteristics, although its impact was less pronounced in the rhizosphere of L. perenne. Rhizoremediation with T. repens and L. perenne resulted in a similar reduction of total n-alkanes concentration. However, values of the soil microbial parameters and the SQI showed that the more tolerant species (L. perenne) was able to better maintain its rhizosphere characteristics when growing in diesel-contaminated soil, suggesting a better soil health. We concluded that plant tolerance is of crucial importance for the recovery of soil health during rhizoremediation of contaminated soils.     

Applications of biological markers in assessing the organic richness of the surface sediments of Suez Gulf,Egypt

The semienclosed Suez Gulf records various signals of high anthropic pressures from surrounding regions and the industrialized Suez countries. The sedimentary hydrocarbons have been studied in six coastal stations located in the Gulf of Suez. Nonaromatic hydrocarbons were analyzed by GC/FID and GC/MS to assess organic content in surface sediments of Suez Gulf, Egypt, depending on alkane, terpane, and sterane biological marker indicators. The results showed that the hydrocarbons are originated from multiple terrestrial inputs, biogenic and pyrolytic. Several ratios hydrocarbons indicated the predominance of petrogenic in combination with biogenic hydrocarbons.     

C12～24正构烷烃的催化氯化反应研究

重点研究了C12~24正构烷烃在加热、光催化和化学催化条件下氯化反应的反应特征,并对这3种氯化方式进行了对比分析;探讨了化学催化氯代反应的影响因素,利用正交实验得出最佳工艺条件为:反应时间12 h,反应温度70℃,催化剂加入量1%(质量分数),进氯速度25 g/h。实验证明该催化剂可大大缩短反应时间,提高设备利用率和产品质量,为氯代烃产品的工业化生产方式的选择提供了依据。     

Ni^＋与C6—C9直链烷烃分子束流反应的研究

将激光解离／分子束流／飞行时间质谱结合起来，设计一套简单装置，研究了激光解离的Ni 与C6～C9直链烷径分子束流的气相反应。所有反应可用以下过程解释：（1）Ni＋插入C－C或C－H键；（2）β－H迁移至Ni＋形成配合物；（3）配合物分解生成产物离子和中性分子。     

A correlation for predicting diffusion coefficients in alkanes

A correlation was developed for predicting limiting mutual diffusion coefficients of gaseous and liquid solutes in normal alkane solvents with carbon numbers ranging from 7 to 28 at temperatures to 570 K. The functional form of the correlation is based on the rough hard sphere theory. The parameters needed in the correlation are the molecular weights and hard sphere diameters of the solute and solvent molecules and molar volume of the solvent. The data used in the development of the correlation included 143 measurements with solute/solvent molecular mass ratios ranging from 0.005 to 2.26 and size ratios ranging from 0.3 to 1.3. The average absolute error in predictions was only 6.3%. When the correlation was used to predict literature values for binary n-alkane systems, the average absolute error was 16.7%.     

正烷烃在硅石和ZSM-5与沸石上的吸附平衡

The adsorption equilibria of n-heptane, n-octane and n-nonane on silicalite and ZSM-5 have been measured in the temperature range of 373.15--473.15K under low pressure (0---5.332kPa). All the experimental data can be represented by a generalized characteristic curve of the extended adsorption potential theory utilizing the parameter of the initial heat of adsorption, which is estimated reasonably by a new approach.     

Preparation and textile application of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid)/n-octadecane and n-eicosane microcapsules

In this study, a series of microencapsulated phase change materials with poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) P(MMA-co-MAA) shell and n-octadecane or n-eicosane core were synthesized by emulsion polymerization method. The aim was to produce microencapsulated n-alkanes having functional groups on their outer surface, so that functional groups would help increasing physical interactions between microcapsules and fiber surface. Therefore, methyl methacrylate (MMA), ethylene glycoldimethacrylate (EGDM), and methacrylic acid (MAA) were copolymerized in oil phase of n-alkane. FT-IR results proved the successful synthesis of P(MMA-co-MAA) shell of microencapsulated n-alkanes. The DSC results indicated that the microencapsulated n-alkanes have considerable latent heat storage capacity in a range of 58–145 J/g. The average melting and freezing temperatures of the microencapsulated n-alkanes were measured as 27 and 26 °C for n-octadecane and 36 and 35 °C for n-eicosane, respectively. The microcapsules were of spherical and compact shape with particle sizes between 15 and 32 μm. The microcapsules on the cotton fabric applied by pad-dry-cure method were found highly durable and they showed sufficient stability upon several washings and rub fastness. Thermo-regulating properties of the fabrics were declared as a result of thermal history measurements.     

HYDROCARBON LOADS FROM STREET CLEANING PRACTICES: COMPARISON WITH DRY AND WET WEATHER FLOWS IN A PARISIAN COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM

Abstract

So far, little attention has been given to the effect of the street cleaning waters (SCW) load on the sewer systems during dry-weather periods. However, the knowledge of this pollution is needed to better understand the contribution of SCW to dry weather flow (DWF) pollution within combined sewers. Therefore, hydrocarbon loads conveyed by SCW were analyzed for two different sites of the Paris agglomeration. Median n-alkane, Unresolved Complex Mixture (UCM) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations have been estimated at 19, 628 and 1.4 μ g · l^{? 1}for the Marais catchment (or 4th district), and at 8, 249, and 2.1 μ g · l^{? 1}for the 13th district, respectively. The observed contamination was mainly attributed to road traffic. Moreover, a comparison between SCW and street runoff showed that street cleaning removes a higher PAH stock than street runoff. In addition, SCW hydrocarbon fluxes evaluated at 5.4, 178 and 0.4 g · d^{? 1}for n-alkanes, UCM and PAH, respectively, were compared to the hydrocarbon fluxes of the DWF pollutant load at the combined sewer outlet of the Marais catchment. Hydrocarbon loads conveyed by SCW into Paris combined sewers appeared to be a minor source of DWF pollution for n-alkane and UCM, but represented a significant source for PAHs.     

塔里木盆地煤岩在不同介质条件下热模拟实验中烷烃系列有机地球化学特征

对塔里木盆地侏罗系煤岩在不同介质下的热模拟实验和正构烷烃系列色质测试分析结果表明,在400℃前后煤岩成烃机理不同。结合对峰型、ΣC21-/ΣC22+值、OEP指数和P r/Ph值等地球化学参数的研究,指出了不同热演化阶段的成烃机理:在低温阶段(<350℃)煤岩主要是裂隙、晶格间吸附烃和结构边缘烃的排出;在350~400℃之间,脱甲基及链断裂效应使得煤岩排烃进入高峰期;在高演化阶段(≥450℃),大量内部结构烃发生断裂重排,550℃以上温度达到第二个热降解高峰,产出烃发生脱甲基、链断裂和开环效应。模拟实验还表明,OEP指数变化较大,其每次变化都伴随一次生烃高峰;P r/Ph值随着热演化程度呈降低趋势;有水、伊利石和蒙脱石存在时,会改变煤岩在热演化过程中高碳数烃的热降解速率,有利于液态烃的形成。