Hydrochars produced with by-products from the sucroenergetic industry: a study of extractor solutions on nutrient and organic carbon release

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 9137-9145
Author(s):  
Daniely Reis Santos ◽  
Otávio da Mata Cunha ◽  
Márcia Cristina Bisinoti ◽  
Odair Pastor Ferreira ◽  
Altair Benedito Moreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
By Products

Biodegradability of Danube bank filtrate and its enhancement by ozonation

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
V.Z. Cukic ◽  
V.L. Knezic
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Distribution Networks ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
By Products

The reduction of organic content through transformation processes in the Danube aquifer along a studied area, biodegradability of Danube bank filtrate and its enhancement by ozonation have all been examined in a study carried out in order to assess amenability of Danube bank filtrate for bio-filtration. As determined during the study period Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) varied from 4.6–6.5 mgC/L and from 2.8–3.7 mgC/L in Danube River and Danube bank filtrate respectively. As determined 11.2% of Danube bank filtrate DOC was bio-degradable. A substantial enhancement of biodegradability has been observed after the application of Ozone dosages ranging from 0.45 to 0.9 mgO3/ mgC. It was concluded that Danube bank filtrate itself is not amenable for bio-filtration but an enhancement of its bio-degradability by ozonation could make bio-filtration a reasonable and economical option for reducing of DOC content to the levels that provide low risk of excessive disinfection by-products formation and prevent bacterial re-growth in distribution networks of cities using Danube bank filtrate as the source water.

Removal of trihalomethanes from high organic matter water sources using aeration: a feasibility study

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-197
Author(s):  
Saeideh Mirzaei ◽  
Beata Gorczyca
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Dissolved Organic Carbon ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Distribution Systems ◽  
Water Age ◽  
Treated Water ◽  
Canadian Guideline ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
By Products

Abstract In this study, diffused aeration was applied to remove trihalomethane (THM) compounds from chlorinated, treated water containing high dissolved organic carbon (DOC) of 6.8 ± 1.2 mg/L. Increasing air-to-water volumetric ratio (rA/W) from 16 to 39 enhanced total THM (TTHM) removal from 60 to 70% at 20 °C and from 30 to 50% at 4 °C. Although bromodichloromethane has lower Henry's law constant than chloroform (CF), it was removed by a higher degree than CF in some aeration trials. Albeit obtaining high removals in aeration, TTHM reformed, and their concentration surpassed the Canadian guideline of 100 ppb in about 24 hours at 20 °C and 40 hours at 10 °C in all attempted air-to-water ratios. The water age in the system investigated in this study varied from 48 hours in midpoint chlorine boosting stations to 336 hours in the nearest endpoint. This study showed that THM removal by aeration is not a viable solution to control the concentration of these disinfection by-products in high-DOC treated water and in distribution systems where water age exceeds 24 hours; unless, it is going to be installed at the distribution endpoints.

Refractory organic carbon and sulfur in the biotransformed by-products in commercial linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS)

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
P. Kölbener ◽  
A. Ritter ◽  
F Corradini ◽  
U. Baumann ◽  
A. M. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonate ◽  
By Products

scholarly journals Benthic organic carbon release stimulates bacterioplankton production in a clear-water subarctic lake

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Rodríguez ◽  
Jenny Ask ◽  
Catherine L Hein ◽  
Mats Jansson ◽  
Jan Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Clear Water ◽  
Bacterioplankton Production ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
Subarctic Lake

scholarly journals Dissolved and Particulate Organic Carbon in Icelandic Proglacial Streams: A First Estimate

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Chifflard ◽  
Christina Fasching ◽  
Martin Reiss ◽  
Lukas Ditzel ◽  
Kyle S. Boodoo
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Particulate Organic Carbon ◽  
Ice Cap ◽  
Glacier Terminus ◽  
Fluorescence Measurements ◽  
Sampling Locations ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
Annual Carbon ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Here for the first time, we analyze the concentration of dissolved (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC), as well as its optical properties (absorbance and fluorescence) from several proglacial streams across Iceland, the location of Europe’s largest non-polar ice cap. We found high spatial variability of DOC concentrations and dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition during peak melt, sampling 13 proglacial streams draining the 5 main Icelandic glaciers. Although glacial-derived organic matter (OM) was dominated by proteinaceous florescence, organic matter composition was variable among glaciers, often exhibiting relatively higher aromatic content and increased humification (based on absorbance and fluorescence measurements) closer to the glacier terminus, modulated by the presence of glacial lakes. Additional sampling locations the in flow path of the river Hvitá revealed that while POC concentrations decreased downstream, DOC concentrations and the autochthonous fraction of OM increased, suggesting the reworking of the organic carbon by microbial communities, with likely implications for downstream ecosystems as glaciers continue to melt. Based on our measured DOC concentrations ranging from 0.11 mg·L−1 to 0.94 mg·L−1, we estimate a potential annual carbon release of 0.008 ± 0.002 Tg·C·yr−1 from Icelandic glaciers. This non-conservative first estimate serves to highlight the potentially significant contribution of Icelandic pro-glacial streams to the global carbon cycle and the need for the quantification and determination of the spatio-temporal variation of DOC and POC fluxes and their respective drivers, particularly in light of increased rates of melting due to recent trends in climatic warming.

Monitoring advanced oxidation of Suwannee River fulvic acid

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janey V. Camp ◽  
Dennis B. George ◽  
Martha J. M. Wells ◽  
Pedro E. Arce
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Fluorescence Spectroscopy ◽  
Fulvic Acid ◽  
Electrical Discharge ◽  
Fulvic Acids ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Suwannee River ◽  
Suwannee River Fulvic Acid ◽  
Pulsed Electrical Discharge ◽  
By Products

Environmental context.Potentially toxic disinfection by-products form when water containing humic and fulvic acids is chlorinated to destroy pathogenic microorganisms. A pulsed electrical discharge was examined for its ability to destroy an aquatic fulvic acid by oxidation. Spectroscopically, changes in the organic structures were observed, but carbon content and disinfection by-products were not reduced. Abstract.A pilot-scale pulsed electrical discharge (PED) system was used to treat Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA) as a representative precursor material for the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), specifically trihalomethane compounds. Ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and the trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) were used as analytical parameters to monitor the effects of treatment on the substrate. The potential for SRFA degradation (5 mg L–1 DOC) was examined over 60 min at each of four operational configurations, varying pulse energy and frequency (0.15 J and 60 Hz, 0.15 J and 120 Hz, 0.4 J and 60 Hz, and 0.4 J and 120 Hz) in a factorial design. Statistically significant changes occurred for UV254, EX254EM460, and EX328EM460 under selected conditions; however, concomitant changes in DOC and THMFP were not observed. The composition of SRFA changed, but organic carbon was not mineralised to carbon dioxide. In addition to showing degradation by PED, the significance of the preliminary findings of this research was to demonstrate that spectroscopic monitoring of precursor degradation alone can be misleading, and that whereas ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy indicated degradation of precursor compounds, DOC and THMFP measurements were unchanged and did not support the occurrence of mineralisation in this system.

scholarly journals Light Modulates the Physiology of NonphototrophicActinobacteria

2019 ◽  
Vol 201 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Maresca ◽  
Jessica L. Keffer ◽  
Priscilla P. Hempel ◽  
Shawn W. Polson ◽  
Olga Shevchenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Cellular Response ◽  
Action Spectrum ◽  
Sugar Transport ◽  
Growth Effect ◽  
Carbon Uptake ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Primary Producers ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Carbon Release

ABSTRACTLight is a source of energy and an environmental cue that is available in excess in most surface environments. In prokaryotic systems, conversion of light to energy by photoautotrophs and photoheterotrophs is well understood, but the conversion of light to information and the cellular response to that information have been characterized in only a few species. Our goal was to explore the response of freshwaterActinobacteria, which are ubiquitous in illuminated aquatic environments, to light. We found thatActinobacteriawithout functional photosystems grow faster in the light, likely because sugar transport and metabolism are upregulated in the light. Based on the action spectrum of the growth effect and comparisons of the genomes of threeActinobacteriawith this growth rate phenotype, we propose that the photosensor in these strains is a putative CryB-type cryptochrome. The ability to sense light and upregulate carbohydrate transport during the day could allow these cells to coordinate their time of maximum organic carbon uptake with the time of maximum organic carbon release by primary producers.IMPORTANCESunlight provides information about both place and time. In sunlit aquatic environments, primary producers release organic carbon and nitrogen along with other growth factors during the day. The ability ofActinobacteriato coordinate organic carbon uptake and utilization with production of photosynthate enables them to grow more efficiently in the daytime, and it potentially gives them a competitive advantage over heterotrophs that constitutively produce carbohydrate transporters, which is energetically costly, or produce transporters only after detection of the substrate(s), which delays their response. Understanding how light cues the transport of organic carbon and its conversion to biomass is key to understanding biochemical mechanisms within the carbon cycle, the fluxes through it, and the variety of mechanisms by which light enhances growth.

Biodegradability enhancement of refractory pollutants by ozonation: a laboratory investigation on an azo-dyes intermediate

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lopez ◽  
G. Ricco ◽  
G. Mascolo ◽  
G. Tiravanti ◽  
A. C. Di Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Laboratory Investigation ◽  
Azo Dyes ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Carbonic Acid ◽  
Ozone Treatment ◽  
Alkaline Ph ◽  
Degradation Reactions ◽  
By Products

The effectiveness of ozone treatment for improving the biodegradability of recalcitrant pollutants has been proved by investigating the ozonation reaction of FAST-VIOLET-B (FVB) a bioresistant chemical intermediate of azo-dyes. Laboratory scale experiments have been carried out, at room temperature, by bubbling, for 90 min, ozonated air (9ppmO3/min) into 0.35 1 of an alkaline (pH=11) aqueous solution (50 ppm) of FVB. The experimental results indicate that during the ozonation, even though complete FVB degradation occurs in 10 min, ozone consumption goes on for a further 20 min after which time most degradation reactions are completed. The main ozonation by-products, identified by HPLC, IC, and GC-MS are formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, glyoxal, acetone, acetic-, formic-, oxalic- and carbonic-acid, plus six FVB derivatives scarcely biodegradable. At the end of the ozonation, i.e. after 30 min., the initial values of TOC (35 mgC/l) and COD (103 mgO2/l) are respectively 27 and 25 and correspond to a relative removal of about 23% and 76%. As for FVB solution biodegradability expressed as (BOD5)/(COD) ratio, during the first 10 min its value regularly increases from zero up to a maximum of 0.75 that corresponds to an ozone consumption of 2.4 mg per each mg of organic carbon initially present in the solution.

scholarly journals Reduced carbon cycle resilience across the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 1515-1527 ◽  
Author(s):  
David I. Armstrong McKay ◽  
Timothy M. Lenton
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Tipping Point ◽  
Tipping Points ◽  
Carbon Burial ◽  
Thermal Maximum ◽  
Organic Carbon Burial ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
Hyperthermal Events

Abstract. Several past episodes of rapid carbon cycle and climate change are hypothesised to be the result of the Earth system reaching a tipping point beyond which an abrupt transition to a new state occurs. At the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) at ∼56 Ma and at subsequent hyperthermal events, hypothesised tipping points involve the abrupt transfer of carbon from surface reservoirs to the atmosphere. Theory suggests that tipping points in complex dynamical systems should be preceded by critical slowing down of their dynamics, including increasing temporal autocorrelation and variability. However, reliably detecting these indicators in palaeorecords is challenging, with issues of data quality, false positives, and parameter selection potentially affecting reliability. Here we show that in a sufficiently long, high-resolution palaeorecord there is consistent evidence of destabilisation of the carbon cycle in the ∼1.5 Myr prior to the PETM, elevated carbon cycle and climate instability following both the PETM and Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 (ETM2), and different drivers of carbon cycle dynamics preceding the PETM and ETM2 events. Our results indicate a loss of “resilience” (weakened stabilising negative feedbacks and greater sensitivity to small shocks) in the carbon cycle before the PETM and in the carbon–climate system following it. This pre-PETM carbon cycle destabilisation may reflect gradual forcing by the contemporaneous North Atlantic Volcanic Province eruptions, with volcanism-driven warming potentially weakening the organic carbon burial feedback. Our results are consistent with but cannot prove the existence of a tipping point for abrupt carbon release, e.g. from methane hydrate or terrestrial organic carbon reservoirs, whereas we find no support for a tipping point in deep ocean temperature.

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