Bioelectrochemical sulfate reduction enhanced nitrogen removal from industrial wastewater containing ammonia and sulfate

Low organic carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and existing sulfate (SO₄²⁻) in industrial wastewater limited nitrogen removal. Coupling SO₄²⁻ reduction with sulfide autotrophic denitrification provides a novel strategy. Herein, bioelectrochemical sulfate reduction was coupled with heterotrophic sulfate reduction to drive sulfide autotrophic denitrification. In this coupled system, total nitrogen (TN) removal efficiency was increased from ~25% to ~85% by inputting −45 mA electricity. With the help of supplying electrons to denitrification through SO₄²⁻ reduction, coulomb efficiency was improved to 61.5%. Also, bioelectrochemical sulfate reduction could improve sulfur recovery and thus increase TN removal efficiency. Furthermore, through tuning turnover numbers of SO₄²⁻, high TN removal efficiency can be obtained at various concentrations of SO₄²⁻. Moreover, main functional bacteria in this system were identified. Finally, ~75% TN removal efficiency was achieved with real wastewater in this system. Overall, this work offered a new approach for efficient nitrogen removal from industrial wastewater containing SO₄²⁻.     

The influence of sulphate-reducing bacteria biofilm on the corrosion of stainless steel AISI 316

This work investigates microbially-influenced corrosion (MIC) of stainless steel AISI 316 by two sulphate-reducing bacteria, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and a local marine isolate. The biofilm and pit morphology that developed with time were analyzed using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results were interpreted with an equivalent circuit to model the physicoelectric characteristics of the electrode/biofilm/solution interface. D. desulfuricans formed one biofilm layer on the metal surface, while the marine isolate formed two layers: a biofilm layer and a ferrous sulfide deposit layer. AFM images corroborated results from the EIS modeling which showed biofilm attachment and subsequent detachment over time.     

硫酸盐还原菌在不同氧环境下对A3钢腐蚀的研究

通过静态培养实验,研究了在不同的氧环境下,硫酸盐还原菌对A3钢腐蚀的规律。实验结果表明,在相同的培养基中,严格厌氧条件下的硫酸盐还原菌对A3钢的腐蚀速率与连续的厌氧-有氧交替变换条件下的硫酸盐还原菌腐蚀的速率相差不是十分明显。     

硫酸盐还原菌对铜镍合金腐蚀的影响

利用电化学测试技术，在实验室条件下研究了硫酸盐还原菌(SRB)对铜镍合金腐蚀行为的影响。实验结果表明，SRB的存在使电极开路电位明显负移，极化电阻在细菌生长后期迅速降低。在含SRB的溶液中，铜镍合金表面会形成由腐蚀产物和SRB等组成的混合膜，腐蚀速度受到Cu通过混合膜向电极表面扩散速度的控制。     

硫酸盐还原菌对海底土中锌腐蚀的影响

利用微生物分析、交流阻抗测试技术、扫描电镜及表面能谱等方法，在室内模拟条件下研究了海底土中硫酸盐还原菌对锌腐蚀的影响，以及在以接菌及灭菌的海底土构成的宏电池腐蚀中锌的腐蚀行为。180d的试验结果表明：海底土中硫酸盐还原菌增强锌的腐蚀，锌在接菌泥中的平均腐蚀速率及点蚀深度均大于在灭菌泥中的平均腐蚀速率及点饰深度，平均腐蚀速率相差7．0倍，点蚀速率相差15．0倍以上。在接菌和灭菌海底土构成宏电池时，接菌海底土中锌作为阳极，腐蚀速率比自然腐蚀状态下有所增大，加速率为12．7％，而在灭菌海底土中锌作为阴极，腐蚀速率比自然腐蚀状态下有所减小。     

One-Component Artificial Gustatory System Based on Hydrogen-Bond Organic Framework for Discrimination of Versatile Analytes

Hydrogen-bond organic frameworks (HOFs) with excellent structural and luminescent properties have emerged as a promising material for the construction of fluorescence sensors. However, designing a facile, universal and high throughput sensor with multiplex detection capacity still remains challenging. Herein, a one-component sensor array is constructed that mimics natural gustatory system for accurate and high-throughput discrimination and identification of versatile analytes. HOF as a single sensing element greatly simplifies the probe preparation in sensor array and detection procedure. Metal ions, proteins and bacteria as the model targets are rapid and accurately discriminated, presenting the universality of the system. Particularly, the system is successfully used for the classification of antibiotic mechanisms. The study expands the application scope of HOFs and provides a facile and universal system for sensing applications.     

Solving cell formation and task scheduling in cellular manufacturing system by discrete bacteria foraging algorithm

We consider a joint decision model of cell formation and task scheduling in cellular manufacturing system under dual-resource constrained (DRC) setting. On one hand, machines and workers are multi-functional and/or multi-skilled, and they are grouped into workstations and cells. On the other hand, there is a processing sequence among operations of the parts which needs to be dispatched to the desirable workstations for processing. Inter-cell movements of parts can reduce the processing times and the makespan but will increase the inter-cell material handling costs. The objective of the problem is to minimise the material handling costs as well as the fixed and operating costs of machines and workers. Due to the NP-hardness of the problem, we propose an efficient discrete bacteria foraging algorithm (DBFA) with elaborately designed solution representation and bacteria evolution operators to solve the proposed problem. We tested our algorithm using randomly generated instances with different sizes and settings by comparing with the original bacteria foraging algorithm and a genetic algorithm. Our results show that the proposed DBFA has better performance than the two compared algorithms with the same running time.     

X80管线钢在含硫酸盐还原菌的土壤环境中的应力腐蚀开裂行为研究进展

X80管线钢因具有高强度、高韧性、抗脆断等性能,已成为现代油气运输中应用最为广泛的钢材之一。X80管线钢在埋地土壤环境中不可避免地受到应力和SRB(Sulfate-reducing bacteria)的共同作用,近年来有关X80管线钢在含SRB的土壤环境中的应力腐蚀开裂已成为一个研究重点。综述了应力腐蚀开裂和SRB腐蚀的影响因素,总结了关于应力和SRB协同作用对X80管线钢腐蚀行为影响的研究现状,分析了现行研究的缺陷和不足,并针对这些问题对今后的研究进行了展望。     

基于氧电极的乙醇微生物传感器的在线检测系统

乙醇氧化菌消耗利用乙醇,并产生溶解氧的特性,结合 Clark 氧电极技术设计一种新的乙醇微生物传感器检测方法.该微生物为嗜有机甲基杆菌,是以乙醇作为唯一的碳源生长的菌株.采用利于微生物细胞生长的 PVA-海藻酸盐溶胶-凝胶包埋法,对筛选、分离得到的乙醇氧化细菌固定处理,通过 Clark 氧电极对催化乙醇产生的溶解氧进行...     

高效好氧生物技术及其在污水处理中的应用

近年来好氧生物技术得到了不断的发展,出现许多高效的、可处理难降解甚至有毒废水的好氧生物技术。本文主要综述了3种从不同方面实现高效降解有机废水的好氧生物处理技术:移动床生物膜反应器、加压曝气技术以及膜生物反应器在废水处理中的应用进展,并概括了各自的优缺点,最后对这3种生物工艺的发展进行了展望。