258 results on '"Lu, Xueqin"'
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252. Unraveling the catalyzing behaviors of different iron species (Fe 2+ vs. Fe 0 ) in activating persulfate-based oxidation process with implications to waste activated sludge dewaterability.
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Zhen G, Lu X, Su L, Kobayashi T, Kumar G, Zhou T, Xu K, Li YY, Zhu X, and Zhao Y
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- Catalysis, Filtration, Oxidation-Reduction, Waste Disposal, Fluid methods, Water chemistry, Iron chemistry, Potassium Compounds chemistry, Sewage chemistry, Sulfates chemistry
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Dewatering of waste activated sludge (WAS) is of major interest in its volume reduction, transportation and ultimate disposal. Persulfate-based oxidation process is a newly developed option for enhancing WAS dewaterability through the generation of powerful sulfate radicals (SO
4 - ·). However, the enhancement in WAS dewaterability by persulfate differs with the species of iron catalysts used. In this study, two types of iron catalysts (i.e. Fe2+ vs. Fe0 ) were employed to initiate the persulfate (S2 O8 2- ), and the catalyzing behaviors and the underlying principles in enhancing WAS dewaterability were investigated and compared. The Fe2+ exhibited the high effectiveness in catalyzing the decomposition of persulfate to sulfate radicals (SO4 - ·), inducing the greater improvement in WAS dewatering. The WAS dewaterability (indicated by dry solids content after filtration) increased with the added S2 O8 2- /Fe2+ dosages, with the dry solids content reaching up to 5.1 ± 0.8 wt% at S2 O8 2- /Fe2+ dosages of 1.2/1.5 mmol/g-VS after only 30 s' filtration, roughly 1.8-fold increase than raw WAS (1.8 ± 0.1 wt%). In contrast, the influence of the persulfate oxidation when activated with Fe0 on WAS dewaterability was statistically insignificant. The WAS dewaterability remained nearly unchanged (i.e. dry solids content of 2.0 ± 0.0 wt%), irrespective of the employed S2 O8 2- /Fe0 dosages. Further analysis demonstrated that the WAS dewaterability negatively corresponded to loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (LB-EPS) and tightly bound EPS (TB-EPS). The abundant SO4 - · from S2 O8 2- /Fe2+ system could effectively disrupt the gel-like EPS matrix, break apart the cells and subsequently arouse the release of the water inside EPS and cells, facilitating water-solid separation. In the case of S2 O8 2- /Fe0 , the dissolution of Fe0 particles was the rate-limiting step, due to the formation of oxide iron layer near Fe0 metallic surface, which resulted in the slow SO4 - · production and thus hardly promoted WAS dewaterability. The pH adjustment could accelerate Fe0 dissolution and enhance the dewatering performance of S2 O8 2- /Fe0 process to a certain degree, but the effect was unsatisfactory. Additionally, the observations regarding the dissolved organic matters and ammonium collectively revealed that except for enhancing WAS dewatering, S2 O8 2- /Fe2+ oxidation could concurrently degrade COD and ammonia from WAS filtrate, lighten the burden of the subsequent sewage treatment facilities and reduce operational expense. Hence, from an environmental and economic perspective, the S2 O8 2- /Fe2+ system possesses much greater promise for WAS dewatering., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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253. Response of morphology and microbial community structure of granules to influent COD/SO 4 2 - ratios in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating starch wastewater.
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Lu X, Ni J, Zhen G, Kubota K, and Li YY
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- Anaerobiosis, Bioreactors, Starch, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Sewage, Wastewater
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Biochemical properties of granules are of vital importance to UASB performance. This study characterized the granules cultivated at different COD/SO
4 2- ratios to elucidate the influence of sulfidogenesis on starch wastewater (1000 mg-COD L-1 ) biodegradation kinetics and process stability. Suitable sulfate addition enriched granular microecosystems and stimulated the secretion of extracellular substances, facilitating cells cohersion and sludge aggregation. The percentage of granules larger than 2.8 mm increased from <10.0% to 58.8-69.4% with decreasing COD/SO4 2- ratio from 10 to 2. Starch-fed granules tended to grow flagella-like filaments on the surface. The filaments overwhelmed by hydrophilic biopolymers had high affinity for biogas-bubbles and water-molecules aggravating granule floatation and washout. 16 s rRNA gene analysis revealed that decreasing COD/SO4 2- ratio shifted Syntrophobacterales to Desulfovibrio, which co-worked with Methanosaeta while suppressing Methanobacterium thereby altering starch bioconversion routes. Decrease in Syntrophobacterales caused propionate accumulation and slight process upset., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2018
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254. Sulfidogenesis process to strengthen re-granulation for biodegradation of methanolic wastewater and microorganisms evolution in an UASB reactor.
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Lu X, Zhen G, Ni J, Kubota K, and Li YY
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- Bioreactors, Methane metabolism, Sewage chemistry, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Methanol metabolism, Wastewater chemistry
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A lab-scale methanolic wastewater-fed (3000 mg COD L
-1 ) UASB reactor was operated for 235 days to evaluate the influence of the sulfidogenesis process on metabolic routes, the re-granulation of dispersed granules and long-term process performance. Various sulfidogenesis scenarios were created by stepwise decreasing the influent COD/SO4 2- ratio from 20 to 0.5 at a fixed organic loading rate (OLR) of 12 g COD L-1 d-1 . It was shown that the conversion of methanol to methane was stable at a wide COD/SO4 2- range of ≥2, attaining high biogas production rate of 3.78 ± 0.32 L L-1 d-1 with efficient concurrent removal of the total COD (96.5 ± 4.4%) and sulfate (56.3 ± 13.0%). The methane content in biogas remained relatively stable at 81.5 ± 1.6% for all COD/SO4 2- ratios tested. The particle size of the granules was shown to clearly increase as the COD/SO4 2- ratios decreased. A slight linear decline was noted in the number of electrons utilized by methane producing archaea (MPA) (from 98.5 ± 0.5% to 80.0 ± 2.4%), whereas consumption by sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) increased (from 1.5 ± 0.5% to 20.0 ± 2.4%) with the decreasing COD/SO4 2- ratio. According to the results of activity tests and microbial community analysis, the conversion of methanol to methane at a low COD/SO4 2- ratio, except from Methanomethylovorans sp., depends not only on low levels of acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens, but also on incomplete oxidizer SRB species (e.g. Desulfovibrio sp.) that utilize H2 -CO2 with acetate to mineralize the methanol. This serves to diversify the metabolic pathway of methanol. Further analysis through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that a lower COD/SO4 2- ratio favored the sulfidogenesis process and diversified the microbial community inside the reactor. The benefical sulfidogenesis process subsequently invoked the formation of a sufficient, rigid [-Fe-EPS-]n network (EPS: extracellular polymeric substances), binding and immobilizing the sludge, and resulting in the re-granulation of the dispersed granules., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2017
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255. [Transcriptome analysis and gene function annotation of Bambusa emeiensis shoots based on high-throughput sequencing technology].
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Chen Y, Cao Y, Hu S, Huang Y, Lu X, Xu G, and Long Z
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- China, Cluster Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Genes, Plant, Glucosyltransferases genetics, Bambusa genetics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Transcriptome
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Bambusa emeiensis is one of the preponderant species of sympodial bamboos in Sichuan province of China, and has excellent fiber length and quality as raw materials for papermaking, textile and other industries. In this study, with the application of Illumina HiSeq™ 2000 platform, we analyzed transcriptome in B. emeiensis with different heights of 10, 50, 100 and 150 cm. A total of 69.28 M reads were obtained, and a sum up of 111 137 bands of Unigenes were acquired following de novo stitching, assembly and clustering, among which there were 63 094 bands that had been integrated in the COG, GO, KEGG, Swiss-Prot and Nr databases using annotated methods. These Unigenes not only had general functions, such as transcription and signal transduction, but were also involved in sucrose transport and metabolism, secondary metabolites and cell wall biosynthesis. There was significant difference regarding the expression of cellulose synthase gene in B. emeiensis at different heights, relevant genes were found that might be responsible for the regulation of the growth and development of B. emeiensis as well as the biosynthesis of cellulose and lignin. Our findings could provide some elementary theories for breed improvement of B. emeiensis.
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- 2016
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256. Effect of influent COD/SO4(2-) ratios on biodegradation behaviors of starch wastewater in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor.
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Lu X, Zhen G, Ni J, Hojo T, Kubota K, and Li YY
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- Anaerobiosis, Biodegradation, Environmental, Biofuels, Methane metabolism, Starch metabolism, Water Purification methods, Bioreactors, Sewage chemistry, Waste Disposal, Fluid methods, Wastewater chemistry
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A lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) has been run for 250days to investigate the influence of influent COD/SO4(2-) ratios on the biodegradation behavior of starch wastewater and process performance. Stepwise decreasing COD/SO4(2-) ratio enhanced sulfidogenesis, complicating starch degradation routes and improving process stability. The reactor exhibited satisfactory performance at a wide COD/SO4(2-) range ⩾2, attaining stable biogas production of 1.15-1.17LL(-1)d(-1) with efficient simultaneous removal of total COD (73.5-80.3%) and sulfate (82.6±6.4%). Adding sulfate favored sulfidogenesis process and diversified microbial community, invoking hydrolysis-acidification of starch and propionate degradation and subsequent acetoclastic methanogenesis; whereas excessively enhanced sulfidogenesis (COD/SO4(2-) ratios <2) would suppress methanogenesis through electrons competition and sulfide inhibition, deteriorating methane conversion. This research in-depth elucidated the role of sulfidogenesis in bioenergy recovery and sulfate removal, advancing the applications of UASB technology in water industry from basic science., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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257. Biocatalysis conversion of methanol to methane in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor: Long-term performance and inherent deficiencies.
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Lu X, Zhen G, Chen M, Kubota K, and Li YY
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- Anaerobiosis, Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis, Bioreactors, Equipment Design, Metals metabolism, Sewage, Waste Disposal, Fluid methods, Wastewater chemistry, Biocatalysis, Biofuels, Methane metabolism, Methanol metabolism, Waste Disposal, Fluid instrumentation
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Long-term performance of methanol biocatalysis conversion in a lab-scale UASB reactor was evaluated. Properties of granules were traced to examine the impact of methanol on granulation. Methanolic wastewater could be stably treated during initial 240d with the highest biogas production rate of 18.6 ± 5.7 L/Ld at OLR 48 g-COD/Ld. However, the reactor subsequently showed severe granule disintegration, inducing granule washout and process upsets. Some steps (e.g. increasing influent Ca(2+) concentration, etc.) were taken to prevent rising dispersion, but no clear improvement was observed. Further characterizations in granules revealed that several biotic/abiotic factors all caused the dispersion: (1) depletion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and imbalance of protein/polysaccharide ratio in EPS; (2) restricted formation of hard core and weak Ca-EPS bridge effect due to insufficient calcium supply; and (3) simplification of species with the methanol acclimation. More efforts are required to solve the technical deficiencies observed in methanolic wastewater treatment., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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258. Nurses' perceived barriers to and facilitators of research utilization in mainland china: a cross-sectional survey.
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Chien WT, Bai Q, Wong WK, Wang H, and Lu X
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Despite the drive towards evidence-based practice, the extent to which research evidence is being implemented in nursing practice is unclear, particularly in developing countries. This study was to assess the levels of perceived barriers to and facilitators of research utilization in practice among Chinese nurses and inter-relationships between these barriers and facilitators and their socio-demographic characteristics. A cross-sectional, descriptive survey was conducted in 2011 with 743 registered nurses randomly selected from four general hospitals in China. They completed the Barriers to Research Utilization and Facilitators of Research Utilization scales. Correlation tests were used to test the relationships between the nurses' perceived barriers and facilitators, their demographic characteristics and research training and involvement. The Chinese nurses' level of perceived barriers was moderate on average and lower than that in previous research. Among the 10 top-ranked items, six were from the subscale 'Organizational Characteristics'. Their perceived barriers were correlated positively with age and post-registration experience and negatively with research training undertaken. Junior diplomatic nurses reported a significantly higher degree of barriers than those senior ones with postgraduate education. Higher and more diverse barriers to research utilization in practice are perceived by Chinese nurses than those in Western countries and they are associated with a few socio-demographic factors. Future research on these barriers/facilitators and their relationships with occupational and socio-cultural factors in Chinese and other Asian nurses is recommended.
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- 2013
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