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Zhao S, Terada A, Nakashima M, Komai T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Hou H. Elemental mercury production from contaminated riparian soil suspensions under air and nitrogen bubbling conditions. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-33384-w. [PMID: 38652186 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33384-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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The dynamic change of redox conditions is a key factor in emission of elemental mercury (Hg0) from riparian soils. The objective of this study was to elucidate the influences of redox conditions on Hg0 emission from riparian soils. Soil suspension experiments were conducted to measure Hg0 emission from five Hg-contaminated soil samples in two redox conditions (i.e., treated with air or with N2). In four of the five samples, Hg0 emission was higher in air treatment than on N2 treatment. Remaining one soil, which has higher organic matter than other soils, showed no distinct difference in Hg0 production between air and N2 treatment. In soil suspensions subject to N2 treatment, the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and Fe2+ concentrations were 3.38- to 1.34-fold and 1.44- to 2.28-fold higher than those in air treatment, respectively. Positive correlations were also found between the DOC and Fe2+ (r = 0.911, p < 0.01) and Hg2+ (r = 0.815, p < 0.01) concentrations in soil solutions, suggesting Fe2+ formation led to the release of DOC, which bound to Hg2+ in the soil and, in turn, limited the availability of Hg2+ for reduction to Hg0 in N2 treatment. On the other hand, for remaining one soil, more Hg2+ might be adsorbed onto the DOM in the air treatment, resulted in the inhibition of Hg0 production in air treatment. These results imply that the organic matter is important to prevent Hg0 production by changing redox condition. Further study is needed to prove the role of organic matter in the production of Hg0.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuting Zhao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-Cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-Cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment SBU, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd, Shinjuku Front Tower 14F, 2-21-1 Kita-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 169-0074, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-Ward, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-Cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-Cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, 100000, China
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Zhao S, Terada A, Nakamura K, Nakashima M, Komai T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Hou H. Significance of soil moisture on temperature dependence of Hg emission. J Environ Manage 2022; 305:114308. [PMID: 34953228 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil moisture is a key factor for mercury (Hg) emission from soil. Despite its significance for Hg emissions, the effect of soil moisture on Hg flux and fractions has not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to elucidate the influences of soil moisture and temperature on Hg fluxes from soils and Hg fractions. A kinetic study was performed to measure Hg emission fluxes of six soil samples under different temperature (T) (15 °C, 20 °C, 25 °C, 30 °C, and 35 °C) and moisture conditions (0%, 10%, and 20% added water). The results showed that the Hg fluxes increased with increases in T and soil moisture. A linear correlation was found between ln (Hg emission flux) and 1/T for the six soil samples at different moisture contents (R2 = 0.73-0.99). The range of activation energy (Ea) values was 25.31-57.86 kJ/mol. The Hg fractions in soils of different moisture content were determined by a sequential extraction method. The results demonstrated that soil moisture affected the Hg fractions in soils. The Ea values had different relationships with soil moisture in different soils. There were correlations between Ea and the elemental and mercuric sulfide fractions for air-dried soils. However, for moist soils, Ea was negatively correlated with the water-soluble and acid-soluble fractions. Collectively, the combination of the Hg emission kinetics and Hg fraction measurement of different moist soils indicated that Hg emission was affected by both total Hg concentration and Hg fractions.
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- S Zhao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ward, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment SBU, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., 2 Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0085, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-20 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ward, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing, 100000, China
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Suenaga T, Ota T, Oba K, Usui K, Sako T, Hori T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Chandran K, Lackner S, Smets BF, Terada A. Combination of 15N Tracer and Microbial Analyses Discloses N 2O Sink Potential of the Anammox Community. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:9231-9242. [PMID: 34142798 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although nitrogen removal by partial nitritation and anammox is more cost-effective than conventional nitrification and denitrification, one downside is the production and accumulation of nitrous oxide (N2O). The potential exploitation of N2O-reducing bacteria, which are resident members of anammox microbial communities, for N2O mitigation would require more knowledge of their ecophysiology. This study investigated the phylogeny of resident N2O-reducing bacteria in an anammox microbial community and quantified individually the processes of N2O production and N2O consumption. An up-flow column-bed anammox reactor, fed with NH4+ and NO2- and devoid of oxygen, emitted N2O at an average conversion ratio (produced N2O: influent nitrogen) of 0.284%. Transcriptionally active and highly abundant nosZ genes in the reactor biomass belonged to the Burkholderiaceae (clade I type) and Chloroflexus genera (clade II type). Meanwhile, less abundant but actively transcribing nosZ strains were detected in the genera Rhodoferax, Azospirillum, Lautropia, and Bdellovibrio and likely act as an N2O sink. A novel 15N tracer method was adapted to individually quantify N2O production and N2O consumption rates. The estimated true N2O production rate and true N2O consumption rate were 3.98 ± 0.15 and 3.03 ± 0.18 mgN·gVSS-1·day-1, respectively. The N2O consumption rate could be increased by 51% (4.57 ± 0.51 mgN·gVSS-1·day-1) with elevated N2O concentrations but kept comparable irrespective of the presence or absence of NO2-. Collectively, the approach allowed the quantification of N2O-reducing activity and the identification of transcriptionally active N2O reducers that may constitute as an N2O sink in anammox-based processes.
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- Toshikazu Suenaga
- Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan
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- Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 116th Street and Broadway, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Science, Institute IWAR, Chair of Wastewater Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Franziska-Braun-Straße 7, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Denmark Technical University, Anker Engelunds Vej 1 Bygning 101A, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Li J, Zhang Y, Wang F, Wang L, Liu J, Hashimoto Y, Hosomi M. Arsenic immobilization and removal in contaminated soil using zero-valent iron or magnetic biochar amendment followed by dry magnetic separation. Sci Total Environ 2021; 768:144521. [PMID: 33450681 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The potential of using zero-valent iron (ZVI) or a Fe3O4-loaded magnetic biochar to stabilize arsenic (As) in contaminated soil was investigated in the processes of incubation trial, chemical extraction, pot experiments with ryegrass growth. Additionally, a dry magnetic separation technique was applied to verify the possible permanent removal of As from the bulk soil. Results showed the ZVI amendment greatly reduced the As leaching, and the leached concentration became much lower than the Japanese environment standard (10 μg/L) after 180 days of incubation. Contrarily, the magnetic biochar amendment readily increased the As leachability due to the changes in pH, dissolved organic carbon, and soluble P and Si. The ZVI had a greater effect over the magnetic biochar, supported by the significantly reduced As leachability in the combined amendments. Furthermore, results from sequential extraction analysis indicate that both amendments significantly decreased the available As in (NH4)2SO4 and NH4H2PO4 extraction and increased the As bound to amorphous Fe oxides. But ZVI amendment alone performed better than magnetic biochar amendment alone. Plant growth experiment showed that the ZVI amendment enhanced ryegrass growth and significantly increased the ryegrass biomass. However, the magnetic biochar amendment resulted in an adverse effect on the ryegrass root growth, probably due to a marked enhancement of salinity. Meanwhile, the As uptake by ryegrass was significantly reduced in both ZVI and magnetic biochar-amended soils. Results of dry magnetic separation showed that averaged 20% and 25% of total As could be retrieved from ZVI and magnetic biochar amended soil, respectively; and the As bound to amorphous Fe oxides was the main retrieved fraction. This study indicated that ZVI or magnetic biochar could be applied as a promising amendment for reducing (phyto)availability of As in soil, and dry magnetic separation could be served as an alternative option for permanently removing As.
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- Jining Li
- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Institute of Construction Materials, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Zhou Y, Suenaga T, Qi C, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Temperature and oxygen level determine N 2 O respiration activities of heterotrophic N 2 O-reducing bacteria: Biokinetic study. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 118:1330-1341. [PMID: 33305820 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nitrous oxide (N2 O), a potent greenhouse gas, is reduced to N2 gas by N2 O-reducing bacteria (N2 ORB), a process which represents an N2 O sink in natural and engineered ecosystems. The N2 O sink activity by N2 ORB depends on temperature and O2 exposure, yet the specifics are not yet understood. This study explores the effects of temperature and oxygen exposure on biokinetics of pure culture N2 ORB. Four N2 ORB, representing either clade I type nosZ (Pseudomonas stutzeri JCM5965 and Paracoccus denitrificans NBRC102528) or clade II type nosZ (Azospira sp. strains I09 and I13), were individually tested. The higher activation energy for N2 O by Azospira sp. strain I13 (114.0 ± 22.6 kJ mol-1 ) compared with the other tested N2 ORB (38.3-60.1 kJ mol-1 ) indicates that N2 ORB can adapt to different temperatures. The O2 inhibition constants (KI ) of Azospira sp. strain I09 and Ps. stutzeri JCM5965 increased from 0.06 ± 0.05 and 0.05 ± 0.02 μmol L-1 to 0.92 ± 0.24 and 0.84 ± 0.31 μmol L-1 , respectively, as the temperature increased from 15°C to 35°C, while that of Azospira sp. strain I13 was temperature-independent (p = 0.106). Within the range of temperatures examined, Azospira sp. strain I13 had a faster recovery after O2 exposure compared with Azospira sp. strain I09 and Ps. stutzeri JCM5965 (p < 0.05). These results suggest that temperature and O2 exposure result in the growth of ecophysiologically distinct N2 ORB as N2 O sinks. This knowledge can help develop a suitable N2 O mitigation strategy according to the physiologies of the predominant N2 ORB.
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- Yiwen Zhou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.,School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.,Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Meng L, Xie L, Suenaga T, Riya S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Eco-compatible biochar mitigates volatile fatty acids stress in high load thermophilic solid-state anaerobic reactors treating agricultural waste. Bioresour Technol 2020; 309:123366. [PMID: 32305851 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A high concentration of accumulated volatile fatty acids (VFAs) is one of the most important factors resulting in reactor failure during solid-state anaerobic digestion. In this study, the feedstock-to-inoculum (F/I) ratio (0.5, 2, 3, 4 and 6) and the recovery method after failure (biochar addition or inoculum addition) were investigated in batch solid-state anaerobic digestion fed with rice straw and pig urine. An F/I ratio of 3 was the threshold for stable operation, while the reactors failed at F/I ratios of 4 and 6 because of high accumulated VFAs concentrations (above 30 g HAc/kg). Biochar addition (10% or 20% (wet weight) of the mixture) was as effective as inoculum addition (by adjusting the F/I ratio to 2 or 3) in promoting VFAs degradation in failed reactors within a short period (<1 day). The buffering capacity of biochar was important in promoting VFAs degradation.
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- Lingyu Meng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; Research Center for Water Environment Technology School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Li J, Yoshi S, Hashimoto Y, Wang L, Wang F, Riya S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Reducing geogenic arsenic leaching from excavated sedimentary soil using zero-valent iron amendment followed by dry magnetic separation: A case study. Sci Total Environ 2020; 724:138203. [PMID: 32247979 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although the deep-layer sedimentary soils excavated from construction sites contain low level of geogenic arsenic (As), remediation is necessary when the As leachability exceeds the environmental standard (10 μg/L) in Japan. In this study, the zero-valent iron (ZVI) amendment followed by dry magnetic separation (ZVI-DMS) was implemented for the treatment of a geogenic As-contaminated alkaline sedimentary soil (pH 8.9; 7.5 mg/kg of total As; 0.33 mg/kg of water-extractable As). This technology involves pH adjustment (adding H2SO4), ZVI addition, water content reduction (adding water adsorbent CaSO4·0.5H2O), and dry magnetic separation. The short-term and long-term As leachability before and after treatment was compared using sequential water leaching tests (SWLT). The results illustrated that As could be removed from the bulk soil through the magnetic separation of As-ZVI complexes, although the amount was limited (about 2% of total As). Moreover, immobilization played a dominant role in suppressing As leaching. The H2SO4 addition decreased pH to a circumneutral range and thereby suppress As release. The CaSO4·0.5H2O addition also contributed to the pH decrease and reduced As leachability. Besides, CaSO4·0.5H2O-dissolution released Ca2+ that favored As adsorption, and enhanced dissolved organic carbon (DOC) coagulation that decelerated As dissolution. SWLT results indicated that As leachability from remediated soil satisfied the environmental standard (10 μg/L) in both short-term and long-term perspective. However, the secular stability of treated soil deserves more attention due to the easy re-release of As caused by As-bearing framboidal pyrite oxidation. Additionally, during ZVI-DMS process, there is a need to scientifically decide the dosage of ZVI to avoid excessive addition. Our results demonstrated that ZVI-DMS technology could be a promising remediation strategy for geogenic As contaminated sedimentary soils/rocks.
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- Jining Li
- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Construction Materials, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Yasuda S, Toyoda R, Agrawal S, Suenaga T, Riya S, Hori T, Lackner S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Exploration and enrichment of methane-oxidizing bacteria derived from a rice paddy field emitting highly concentrated methane. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 130:311-318. [PMID: 32487498 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2020.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) possess the metabolic potential to assimilate the highly potent greenhouse gas, CH4, and can also synthesize valuable products. Depending on their distinct and fastidious metabolic pathways, MOB are mainly divided into Type I and Type II; the latter are known as producers of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). Despite the metabolic potential of MOB to synthesize PHA, the ecophysiology of MOB, especially under high CH4 flux conditions, is yet to be understood. Therefore, in this study, a rice paddy soil receiving a high CH4 flux from underground was used as an inoculum to enrich MOB using fed-batch operation, then the enriched Type II MOB were characterized. The transitions in the microbial community composition and CH4 oxidation rates were monitored by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and degree of CH4 consumption. With increasing incubation time, the initially dominant Methylomonas sp., affiliated with Type I MOB, was gradually replaced with Methylocystis sp., Type II MOB, resulting in a maximum CH4 oxidation rate of 1.40 g-CH4/g-biomass/day. The quantification of functional genes encoding methane monooxygenase, pmoA and PHA synthase, phaC, by quantitative PCR revealed concomitant increases in accordance with the Type II MOB enrichment. These increases in the functional genes underscore the significance of Type II MOB to mitigate greenhouse gas emission and produce PHA.
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- Shohei Yasuda
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Science, Institute IWAR, Chair of Wastewater Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Franziska-Braun-Straße 7, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Science, Institute IWAR, Chair of Wastewater Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Franziska-Braun-Straße 7, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 185-8538, Japan.
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Bao Q, Hosoe A, Hosomi M, Terada A. Quorum quenching acylase impacts the viability and morphological change of Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 130:82-88. [PMID: 32280054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2020.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Acylase is known as a quorum quenching enzyme that degrades N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), a key signaling molecule in a quorum sensing (QS) mechanism. Acylase I cleaves the acyl-chain in the chemical structures of AHLs, thereby exerting an anti-biofilm effect by the inhibition of bacterial cell-cell communication and resultant secretion of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). However, the physical and physiological impacts of acylase on bacterial cells remain to be systematically elucidated. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of active and inactive acylase addition on the growth, viability, and cell morphologies of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. For comparison, active and inactive lysozymes were taken as positive controls. The results showed that active acylase inhibited A. tumefaciens cell growth at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 1000 μg mL-1, and so did active lysozyme. Fluorescent detection by Live/Dead staining underpinned that cell viability of A. tumefaciens decreased at concentrations higher than 0.1 μg mL-1 for both acylase and lysozyme, although lysozyme inflicted higher degree of cellular damage. Moreover, atomic force microscopy unraveled a noticeable distortion of A. tumefaciens cells by both acylase and lysozyme. Together, the results showed that acylase not only blocked AHLs-based QS mechanisms but also compromised cell viability and altered surface morphology of A. tumefaciens cells, as observed by the addition of hydrolase.
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- Qian Bao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Yoshino H, Hori T, Hosomi M, Terada A. Identifying prokaryotes and eukaryotes disintegrated by a high-pressure jet device for excess activated sludge reduction. Biochem Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Takata M, Lin BL, Xue M, Zushi Y, Terada A, Hosomi M. Predicting the acute ecotoxicity of chemical substances by machine learning using graph theory. Chemosphere 2020; 238:124604. [PMID: 31450113 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Accurate in silico predictions of chemical substance ecotoxicity has become an important issue in recent years. Most conventional methods, such as the Ecological Structure-Activity Relationship (ECOSAR) model, cluster chemical substances empirically based on structural information and then predict toxicity by employing a log P linear regression model. Due to empirical classification, the prediction accuracy does not improve even if new ecotoxicity test data are added. In addition, most of the conventional methods are not appropriate for predicting the ecotoxicity on inorganic and/or ionized compounds. Furthermore, a user faces difficulty in handling multiple Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) formulas with one chemical substance. To overcome the flaws of the conventional methods, in this study a new method was developed that applied unsupervised machine learning and graph theory to predict acute ecotoxicity. The proposed machine learning technique is based on the large AIST-MeRAM ecotoxicity test dataset, a software program developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industry Science and Technology for Multi-purpose Ecological Risk Assessment and Management, and the Molecular ACCess System (MACCS) keys that vectorize a chemical structure to 166-bit binary information. The acute toxicity of fish, daphnids, and algae can be predicted with good accuracy, without requiring log P and linear regression models in existing methods. Results from the new method were cross-validated and compared with ECOSAR predictions and show that the new method provides better accuracy for a wider range of chemical substances, including inorganic and ionized compounds.
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- Michiyoshi Takata
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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- Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
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- Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
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- Research Institute of Science for Safety and Sustainability, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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Itabashi T, Li J, Hashimoto Y, Ueshima M, Sakanakura H, Yasutaka T, Imoto Y, Hosomi M. Speciation and Fractionation of Soil Arsenic from Natural and Anthropogenic Sources: Chemical Extraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Micro-XRF/XAFS Investigation. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:14186-14193. [PMID: 31701739 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A large amount of excavated soils with low-level As contamination caused by civil construction projects is of great concern in Japan. This study investigated the chemical speciation and extractability of As in 24 soil samples from the sites affected and unaffected (naturally contaminated) by anthropogenic pollution. The results of As K-edge XANES demonstrated that naturally contaminated soils were grouped into two types: (i) soils containing FeAsS-like and As2S3-like species (ave. 53%, hereafter As-S species) and (ii) soils with no or minor As-S species (ave. 3%). Clear differences were found in As, Fe, and S fractionations by sequential extraction. From naturally contaminated soils enriched with As-S species, more than 50% of As was extracted in the oxidizable fraction. Arsenic was mainly recovered in the reducible fraction for naturally contaminated soils with no or minor As-S species and anthropogenically contaminated soils. The μ-XRF and μ-XAFS revealed that the naturally contaminated soils containing As-S species were abundant in pyrite framboids (∼20 μm in diameter) in which As occurred as multiple oxidation states. The results suggest that framboidal pyrite becomes a source of As in naturally contaminated soils after being excavated and exposed to the surface environment.
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research , National Institute for Environmental Studies , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8506 , Japan
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- Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research , National Institute for Environmental Studies , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8506 , Japan
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- Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8567 , Japan
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- Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8567 , Japan
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Bao Q, Xie L, Ohashi H, Hosomi M, Terada A. Inhibition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens biofilm formation by acylase I-immobilized polymer surface grafting of a zwitterionic group-containing polymer brush. Biochem Eng J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2019.107372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sakuma K, Tsuji H, Hayashi S, Funaki H, Malins A, Yoshimura K, Kurikami H, Kitamura A, Iijima K, Hosomi M. Applicability of K d for modelling dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima river water: Case study of the upstream Ota River. J Environ Radioact 2019; 210:105815. [PMID: 30340874 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A study is presented on the applicability of the distribution coefficient (Kd) absorption/desorption model to simulate dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima river water. The upstream Ota River basin was simulated using GEneral-purpose Terrestrial Fluid-flow Simulator (GETFLOWS) for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. Good agreement was obtained between the simulations and observations on water and suspended sediment fluxes, and on particulate bound 137Cs concentrations under both base and high flow conditions. By contrast the measured concentrations of dissolved 137Cs in the river water were much harder to reproduce with the simulations. By tuning the Kd values for large particles, it was possible to reproduce the mean dissolved 137Cs concentrations during base flow periods (observation: 0.32 Bq/L, simulation: 0.36 Bq/L). However neither the seasonal variability in the base flow dissolved 137Cs concentrations (0.14-0.53 Bq/L), nor the peaks in concentration that occurred during storms (0.18-0.88 Bq/L, mean: 0.55 Bq/L), could be reproduced with realistic simulation parameters. These discrepancies may be explained by microbial action and leaching from organic matter in forest litter providing an additional input of dissolved 137Cs to rivers, particularly over summer, and limitations of the Kd absorption/desorption model. It is recommended that future studies investigate these issues in order to improve simulations of dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima rivers.
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- Kazuyuki Sakuma
- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Fukushima Branch, National Institute of Environmental Studies, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Fukushima Branch, National Institute of Environmental Studies, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Suenaga T, Hori T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Smets BF, Terada A. Enrichment, Isolation, and Characterization of High-Affinity N 2O-Reducing Bacteria in a Gas-Permeable Membrane Reactor. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:12101-12112. [PMID: 31517481 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The recent discovery of nitrous oxide (N2O)-reducing bacteria suggests a potential biological sink for the potent greenhouse gas N2O. For an application toward N2O mitigation, characterization of more isolates will be required. Here, we describe the successful enrichment and isolation of high-affinity N2O-reducing bacteria using a N2O-fed reactor (N2OFR). Two N2OFRs, where N2O was continuously and directly supplied as the sole electron acceptor to a biofilm grown on a gas-permeable membrane, were operated with acetate or a mixture of peptone-based organic substrates as an electron donor. In parallel, a NO3- -fed reactor (NO3FR), filled with a nonwoven sheet substratum, was operated using the same inoculum. We hypothesized that supplying N2O vs NO3- would enhance the dominance of distinct N2O-reducing bacteria. Clade II type nosZ bacteria became rapidly enriched over clade I type nosZ bacteria in the N2OFRs, whereas the opposite held in the NO3FR. High-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons revealed the dominance of Rhodocyclaceae in the N2OFRs. Strains of the Azospira and Dechloromonas genera, canonical denitrifiers harboring clade II type nosZ, were isolated with high frequency from the N2OFRs (132 out of 152 isolates). The isolates from the N2OFR demonstrated higher N2O uptake rates (Vmax: 4.23 × 10-3-1.80 × 10-2 pmol/h/cell) and lower N2O half-saturation coefficients (Km,N2O: 1.55-2.10 μM) than a clade I type nosZ isolate from the NO3FR. Furthermore, the clade II type nosZ isolates had higher specific growth rates on N2O than nitrite as an electron acceptor. Hence, continuously and exclusively supplying N2O in an N2OFR allows the enrichment and isolation of high-affinity N2O-reducing strains, which may be used as N2O sinks in bioaugmentation efforts.
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- Toshikazu Suenaga
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka-cho , Koganei , Tokyo 184-8588 , Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-8-1 Harumi-cho , Fuchu , Tokyo 185-8538 , Japan
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- Environmental Management Research Institute , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Onogawa 16-1 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8569 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka-cho , Koganei , Tokyo 184-8588 , Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-8-1 Harumi-cho , Fuchu , Tokyo 185-8538 , Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka-cho , Koganei , Tokyo 184-8588 , Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-8-1 Harumi-cho , Fuchu , Tokyo 185-8538 , Japan
- Department of Environmental Engineering , Technical University of Denmark , Miljoevej, Lyngby 2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka-cho , Koganei , Tokyo 184-8588 , Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research , Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 3-8-1 Harumi-cho , Fuchu , Tokyo 185-8538 , Japan
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Meng L, Maruo K, Xie L, Riya S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Comparison of leachate percolation and immersion using different inoculation strategies in thermophilic solid-state anaerobic digestion of pig urine and rice straw. Bioresour Technol 2019; 277:216-220. [PMID: 30638885 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Heterogeneous distribution of substrate and microorganisms and low mass transfer limit methane production dramatically in solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD). To overcome this challenge, this study determined the optimal inoculation strategy (complete premix/slurry application) for reusing solid digestate as inoculum and the optimal leachate circulation method (percolation/immersion) using batch digestion. Initially, percolation and immersion (1 h per 3 days) were compared and the result shows that immersing rice straw into leachate was superior to leachate percolation in methane production. Effect of the immersion period (24, 48 and 72 h) in each circulation cycle on methane production was then evaluated for each inoculation strategy. Methane production increased until the immersion period up to 24 h and then decreased, while the average cumulative methane yield with an immersion period of 24 h was (180 mL/g volatile solids). Slurry application with an immersion period 24 h is recommended as the optimum operating condition.
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- Lingyu Meng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Meng L, Xie L, Riya S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Impact of turning waste on performance and energy balance in thermophilic solid-state anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste. Waste Manag 2019; 87:183-191. [PMID: 31109517 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Mixing is an important operation in solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) to improve the mass transfer of the solid phase. This study proposed simple turning by loader in common garage-type digester without commonly used mixer or percolation system (simplified SS-AD). In simplified-SS-AD, turning is conducted in open condition. Thus, oxidation of anaerobic sludge during turning would influence digestion performance. Therefore, in this study, the effect of turning wastes by mixing during digestion on a simplified SS-AD fed with rice straw and pig urine was investigated. Four different mixing frequency levels-no mixing (M0) and mixing once a day (M-1/1), once every 3 days (M-1/3) and once a week (M-1/7)-were conducted. Methane yields of M0, M-1/3 and M-1/7 were comparable with each other. Methane yield and lag period of M-1/1 were approximately 61% and 155% of M0 (351.2 mL/g VS and 4.7 days), respectively. Furthermore, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of acetate accumulated in the digestate of M-1/1 was comparable to the difference in the COD of methane production between M-1/1 and the other treatments. Mixing every day also resulted in a higher oxidation-reduction potential and carbon dioxide content. These findings suggest that methanogenesis was inhibited in M-1/1 by frequent mixing in the atmosphere. Net energy analysis of SS-AD plant operation showed that M0 can obtain the highest net energy gain, whereas net energy production of M-1/7 was reduced by rewarming after mixing. Therefore, no mixing is the most effective approach for the proposed simplified process.
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- Lingyu Meng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Song K, Sawayanagi K, Numano T, Taniichi Y, Kikuchi T, Takeda T, Kanou H, Riya S, Hori T, Hosomi M, Terada A. High-rate partial nitrification of semiconductor wastewater: Implications of online monitoring and microbial community structure. Biochem Eng J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yokota N, Watanabe Y, Hosomi M, Terada A. Reduction of Alkali Consumption in One-Stage Partial Nitritation-Anammox Treatment for Waste Brine. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.44.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nobuyuki Yokota
- Kanto Natural Gas Development Co., Ltd
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Li J, Hou H, Hosomi M. Sorption-desorption of Sb(III) in different soils: Kinetics and effects of the selective removal of hydroxides, organic matter, and humic substances. Chemosphere 2018; 204:371-377. [PMID: 29674149 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To examine the Sb(III) retention by three soils with different properties (Ferrosol, Primosol and Isohumosol), kinetic batch experiments were carried out for Sb(III) adsorption-desorption, followed by Sb release using a sequential extraction procedure. In addition, hydroxides, organic matter, and humic substances were selectively removed by washing the soil with oxalate, sodium dithionate-citrate-bicarbonate, H2O2, and NaOH. The effects of removing these substances on Sb(III) retention were investigated by comparing the Sb distribution coefficients and desorption rates. The results indicated that exogenous Sb(III) was adsorbed onto all three soils rapidly at first and then more slowly. After 168 h of adsorption, most of the adsorbed Sb(III) was irreversibly retained in stable fractions by the Ferrosol. Oxidation reactions negatively affected Sb(III) retention by the Primosol and Isohumosol, and a large proportion of the Sb adsorbed remained mobilizable. The oxalate washing markedly enhanced Sb retention but the sodium dithionate-citrate-bicarbonate washing decreased Sb retention in all three soils. The H2O2 and NaOH washings affected Sb retention by the Ferrosol more than Sb retention by the Primosol and Isohumosol. Changes in the pH and hydroxides caused by the washing strongly affected Sb sorption-desorption. The results improve our understanding of the mobility and bioavailability of exogenous Sb(III) in soils and might benefit future remediation option of Sb-contaminated soils.
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- Jining Li
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Li J, Kosugi T, Riya S, Hashimoto Y, Hou H, Terada A, Hosomi M. Investigations of water-extractability of As in excavated urban soils using sequential leaching tests: Effect of testing parameters. J Environ Manage 2018; 217:297-304. [PMID: 29614478 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2017] [Revised: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Excavated soils with low-level As contamination obtained from construction projects during city development have been of great concern in Japan. Water-extractable As represents the most easily mobilized and ecotoxicologically relevant fraction in the soil environment. In the present study, the water-extractability of As in excavated alkaline urban soils was assessed using sequential leaching tests (SLTs) with a focus on the effects of test parameters. In addition, the potentially water-leachable As over an extremely long period was assessed using the pollution potential leaching index (PPLI), from which one can estimate the number of extractions required to reduce the As in the cumulative leachates to below the Japanese environmental standard (10 μg L-1). Total As concentrations varied from 6.75 to 79.4 mg kg-1, and As was continuously detectable among replicate SLT experiments. The water-extractable As obtained in the first step of the SLT accounted for 0.41%-7.60% of total As (average: 2.36%), while the cumulative released As in the SLTs corresponded to 1.30%-21.6% of the total (average: 10.6%). The variability of the water-soluble fractions was sensitive to the test conditions. The shaking time at each SLT step had the largest effect on the As water-extractability; followed by sample storage, shaking speed and shaking interruption. A longer shaking time in the standard leaching test of excavated soils is suggested for regulatory purposes in Japan. The use of the PPLI concept for quick estimation of the potential As leachability from excavated soils was supported by the good reproducibility of PPLI results obtained from SLTs under different test parameters.
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- Jining Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan; Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Riya S, Suzuki K, Meng L, Zhou S, Terada A, Hosomi M. The influence of the total solid content on the stability of dry-thermophilic anaerobic digestion of rice straw and pig manure. Waste Manag 2018; 76:350-356. [PMID: 29496383 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Dry anaerobic digestion is a promising technology for the recycling of agricultural waste to produce energy and fertilizer. Adding water to the substrate enables better handling and avoid inhibition caused by high total solid (TS) content in the reactor; however, it also increases leachate and operational costs. To assess the extent to which the amount of water added can be reduced, it was examined how the TS content in the reactor influenced the production of biogas. A semi-batch dry thermophilic anaerobic digester was fed with substrate (rice straw and pig manure) at a constant organic loading rate, and varied the TS contents (27%, 32%, 37%, and 42%) of the substrate by adding different amounts of water (representing 0-36% of the total substrate). During incubation, the TS content in the reactor gradually increased from 18% to 31%. Biogas production was stable and high (564 ± 13-580 ± 36 N m3 t-1 VS), and there was no accumulation of volatile fatty acids when the TS content of the reactor was between 18% and 27%. However, the rate decreased sharply and propionate and acetate were also produced when the TS content of the reactor exceeded 28%. By applying a simple TS balance model, it was found that stable biogas production could be achieved at a substrate TS content of 32%, at which reactor TS content reached 23% at steady-state condition.
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- Shohei Riya
- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Eco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1000 Jinqi Road, Fengxian, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Suenaga T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Biokinetic Characterization and Activities of N 2O-Reducing Bacteria in Response to Various Oxygen Levels. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:697. [PMID: 29692767 PMCID: PMC5902568 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nitrous oxide (N2O)-reducing bacteria, which reduce N2O to nitrogen in the absence of oxygen, are phylogenetically spread throughout various taxa and have a potential role as N2O sinks in the environment. However, research on their physiological traits has been limited. In particular, their activities under microaerophilic and aerobic conditions, which severely inhibit N2O reduction, remain poorly understood. We used an O2 and N2O micro-respirometric system to compare the N2O reduction kinetics of four strains, i.e., two strains of an Azospira sp., harboring clade II type nosZ, and Pseudomonas stutzeri and Paracoccus denitrificans, harboring clade I type nosZ, in the presence and absence of oxygen. In the absence of oxygen, the highest N2O-reducing activity, Vm,N2O, was 5.80 ± 1.78 × 10-3 pmol/h/cell of Azospira sp. I13, and the highest and lowest half-saturation constants were 34.8 ± 10.2 μM for Pa. denitirificans and 0.866 ± 0.29 μM for Azospira sp. I09. Only Azospira sp. I09 showed N2O-reducing activity under microaerophilic conditions at oxygen concentrations below 110 μM, although the activity was low (10% of Vm,N2O). This trait is represented by the higher O2 inhibition coefficient than those of the other strains. The activation rates of N2O reductase, which describe the resilience of the N2O reduction activity after O2 exposure, differ for the two strains of Azospira sp. (0.319 ± 0.028 h-1 for strain I09 and 0.397 ± 0.064 h-1 for strain I13) and Ps. stutzeri (0.200 ± 0.013 h-1), suggesting that Azospira sp. has a potential for rapid recovery of N2O reduction and tolerance against O2 inhibition. These physiological characteristics of Azospira sp. can be of promise for mitigation of N2O emission in industrial applications.
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- Toshikazu Suenaga
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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Sakuma K, Tsuji H, Hayashi S, Funaki H, Malins A, Yoshimura K, Kurikami H, Kitamura A, Iijima K, Hosomi M. Applicability of K d for modelling dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima river water: Case study of the upstream Ota River. J Environ Radioact 2018; 184-185:53-62. [PMID: 29353199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A study is presented on the applicability of the distribution coefficient (Kd) absorption/desorption model to simulate dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima river water. The upstream Ota River basin was simulated using GEneral-purpose Terrestrial Fluid-flow Simulator (GETFLOWS) for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2015. Good agreement was obtained between the simulations and observations on water and suspended sediment fluxes, and on particulate bound 137Cs concentrations under both base and high flow conditions. By contrast the measured concentrations of dissolved 137Cs in the river water were much harder to reproduce with the simulations. By tuning the Kd values for large particles, it was possible to reproduce the mean dissolved 137Cs concentrations during base flow periods (observation: 0.32 Bq/L, simulation: 0.36 Bq/L). However neither the seasonal variability in the base flow dissolved 137Cs concentrations (0.14-0.53 Bq/L), nor the peaks in concentration that occurred during storms (0.18-0.88 Bq/L, mean: 0.55 Bq/L), could be reproduced with realistic simulation parameters. These discrepancies may be explained by microbial action and leaching from organic matter in forest litter providing an additional input of dissolved 137Cs to rivers, particularly over summer, and limitations of the Kd absorption/desorption model. It is recommended that future studies investigate these issues in order to improve simulations of dissolved 137Cs concentrations in Fukushima rivers.
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- Kazuyuki Sakuma
- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Fukushima Branch, National Institute of Environmental Studies, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Fukushima Branch, National Institute of Environmental Studies, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2, Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Tamura-gun, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Meng L, Xie L, Kinh CT, Suenaga T, Hori T, Riya S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Influence of feedstock-to-inoculum ratio on performance and microbial community succession during solid-state thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of pig urine and rice straw. Bioresour Technol 2018; 252:127-133. [PMID: 29310016 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.12.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study investigated the effect of the feedstock-to-inoculum (F/I) ratio on performance of the solid-state anaerobic co-digestion of pig urine and rice straw inoculated with a solid digestate, and clarified the microbial community succession. A 44-day biochemical methane potential test at F/I ratios of 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 at 55 °C and a 35-day large-scale batch test at F/I ratios of 0.5 and 3 at 55 °C were conducted to investigate the effects of F/I ratio on anaerobic digestibility and analyze microbial community succession, respectively. The highest cumulative methane yield was 353.7 m3/t VS in the large-scale batch test. Volatile fatty acids did not accumulate at any F/I ratios. The volatile solids reduction rate was highest at a F/I ratio of 0.5. Microbial community structures were similar between F/I ratios of 3 and 0.5, despite differences in digestion performance, suggesting that stable operation can be achieved at these ratios.
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- Lingyu Meng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Sakuma K, Malins A, Funaki H, Kurikami H, Niizato T, Nakanishi T, Mori K, Tada K, Kobayashi T, Kitamura A, Hosomi M. Evaluation of sediment and 137Cs redistribution in the Oginosawa River catchment near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant using integrated watershed modeling. J Environ Radioact 2018; 182:44-51. [PMID: 29190508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Oginosawa River catchment lies 15 km south-west of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and covers 7.7 km2. Parts of the catchment were decontaminated between fall 2012 and March 2014 in preparation for the return of the evacuated population. The General-purpose Terrestrial Fluid-flow Simulator (GETFLOWS) code was used to study sediment and 137Cs redistribution within the catchment, including the effect of decontamination on redistribution. Fine resolution grid cells were used to model local features of the catchment, such as paddy fields adjacent to the Oginosawa River. The simulation was verified using monitoring data for river water discharge rates (r = 0.92), suspended sediment concentrations, and particulate 137Cs concentrations (r = 0.40). Cesium-137 input to watercourses came predominantly from land adjacent to river channels and forest gullies, e.g. the paddy fields in the Ogi and Kainosaka districts, as the ground in these areas saturates during heavy rain and is easily eroded. A discrepancy between the simulation and monitoring results on the sediment discharge rate following decontamination may be explained by fast erosion occurring after decontamination. Forested areas far from the channels only made a minor contribution to 137Cs input to watercourses, total erosion of between 0.001 and 0.1 mm from May 2011 to December 2015, as ground saturation is infrequent in these areas. The 2.3-6.9% y-1 decrease in the amount of 137Cs in forest topsoil over the study period can be explained by radioactive decay (approximately 2.3% y-1), along with a migration downwards into subsoil and a small amount of export. The amount of 137Cs available for release from land adjacent to rivers is expected to be lower in future than compared to this study period, as the simulations indicate a high depletion of inventory from these areas by the end of 2015. However continued monitoring of 137Cs concentrations in river water over future years is advised, as recultivation of paddy fields by returnees may again lead to fast erosion rates and release of the remaining inventory.
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- Kazuyuki Sakuma
- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan
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- Geosphere Environmental Technology Corporation, 2-1 Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan
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- Geosphere Environmental Technology Corporation, 2-1 Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan
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- Geosphere Environmental Technology Corporation, 2-1 Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan
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- Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 10-2 Fukasaku, Miharu-machi, Fukushima 963-7700, Japan; Center for Computational Science & e-Systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, University of Tokyo Kashiwanoha Campus Satellite, 178-4-4 Wakashiba, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Li J, Kosugi T, Riya S, Hashimoto Y, Hou H, Terada A, Hosomi M. Pollution potential leaching index as a tool to assess water leaching risk of arsenic in excavated urban soils. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2018; 147:72-79. [PMID: 28837872 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Leaching of hazardous trace elements from excavated urban soils during construction of cities has received considerable attention in recent years in Japan. A new concept, the pollution potential leaching index (PPLI), was applied to assess the risk of arsenic (As) leaching from excavated soils. Sequential leaching tests (SLT) with two liquid-to-solid (L/S) ratios (10 and 20Lkg-1) were conducted to determine the PPLI values, which represent the critical cumulative L/S ratios at which the average As concentrations in the cumulative leachates are reduced to critical values (10 or 5µgL-1). Two models (a logarithmic function model and an empirical two-site first-order leaching model) were compared to estimate the PPLI values. The fractionations of As before and after SLT were extracted according to a five-step sequential extraction procedure. Ten alkaline excavated soils were obtained from different construction projects in Japan. Although their total As contents were low (from 6.75 to 79.4mgkg-1), the As leaching was not negligible. Different L/S ratios at each step of the SLT had little influence on the cumulative As release or PPLI values. Experimentally determined PPLI values were in agreement with those from model estimations. A five-step SLT with an L/S of 10Lkg-1 at each step, combined with a logarithmic function fitting was suggested for the easy estimation of PPLI. Results of the sequential extraction procedure showed that large portions of more labile As fractions (non-specifically and specifically sorbed fractions) were removed during long-term leaching and so were small, but non-negligible, portions of strongly bound As fractions.
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- Jining Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Aizaki M, Otsuki A, Fukushima T, Hosomi M, Muraoka K. Application of Carlson's trophic state index to Japanese lakes and relationships between the index and other parameters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/03680770.1980.11897067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kinh CT, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Identification of hotspots for NO and N 2O production and consumption in counter- and co-diffusion biofilms for simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. Bioresour Technol 2017; 245:318-324. [PMID: 28898826 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) provides a counter-current substrate diffusion geometry in which oxygen is supplied from a gas-permeable membrane on which a biofilm is grown. This study hypothesized that an MABR would mitigate NO and N2O emissions compared with those from a conventional biofilm reactor (CBR). Two laboratory-scale reactors, representing an MABR and CBR, were operated by feeding synthetic industrial wastewater. The surficial nitrogen removal rate for the MABR [4.51±0.52g-N/(m2day)] was higher than that for the CBR [3.56±0.81g-N/(m2day)] (p<0.05). The abundance of β-proteobacterial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in the MABR biofilm aerobic zone was high. The NO and N2O concentrations at the biofilm-liquid interface in the MABR were 0.0066±0.0014 and 0.01±0.0009mg-N/L, respectively, two and 28 times lower than those in the CBR. The NO and N2O production hotspots were closely located in the MABR aerobic zone.
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- Co Thi Kinh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16 Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16 Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16 Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16 Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Kinh CT, Suenaga T, Hori T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Smets BF, Terada A. Counter-diffusion biofilms have lower N 2O emissions than co-diffusion biofilms during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification: Insights from depth-profile analysis. Water Res 2017; 124:363-371. [PMID: 28780360 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR), a representative of counter-current substrate diffusion geometry, in mitigating nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. Two laboratory-scale reactors with the same dimensions but distinct biofilm geometries, i.e., a MABR and a conventional biofilm reactor (CBR) employing co-current substrate diffusion geometry, were operated to determine depth profiles of dissolved oxygen (DO), nitrous oxide (N2O), functional gene abundance and microbial community structure. Surficial nitrogen removal rate was slightly higher in the MABR (11.0 ± 0.80 g-N/(m2 day) than in the CBR (9.71 ± 0.94 g-N/(m2 day), while total organic carbon removal efficiencies were comparable (96.9 ± 1.0% for MABR and 98.0 ± 0.8% for CBR). In stark contrast, the dissolved N2O concentration in the MABR was two orders of magnitude lower (0.011 ± 0.001 mg N2O-N/L) than that in the CBR (1.38 ± 0.25 mg N2O-N/L), resulting in distinct N2O emission factors (0.0058 ± 0.0005% in the MABR vs. 0.72 ± 0.13% in the CBR). Analysis on local net N2O production and consumption rates unveiled that zones for N2O production and consumption were adjacent in the MABR biofilm. Real-time quantitative PCR indicated higher abundance of denitrifying genes, especially nitrous oxide reductase (nosZ) genes, in the MABR versus the CBR. Analyses of the microbial community composition via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed the abundant presence of the genera Thauera (31.2 ± 11%), Rhizobium (10.9 ± 6.6%), Stenotrophomonas (6.8 ± 2.7%), Sphingobacteria (3.2 ± 1.1%) and Brevundimonas (2.5 ± 1.0%) as potential N2O-reducing bacteria in the MABR.
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- Co Thi Kinh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Institute for Environmental Management Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Onogawa 16-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Miljoevej, 2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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Komaki R, Oda T, Takata M, Endo H, Hosomi M, Hamaguchi H. Frailty and malnutrition predict poor outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Riya S, Takeuchi Y, Zhou S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Nitrous oxide production and mRNA expression analysis of nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial genes under floodwater disappearance and fertilizer application. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:15852-15859. [PMID: 28537019 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9231-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A pulse of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission has been observed following the disappearance of floodwater by drainage. However, its mechanism is not well understood. We conducted a column study to clarify the mechanism for N2O production during floodwater disappearance by using a microsensor and determining the bacterial gene expression. An increase in N2O flux was observed following floodwater disappearance after the addition of NH4+, with a corresponding increase in the concentrations of NO3- and dissolved N2O in the oxic and anoxic soil layers, respectively. The transcription level of the bacterial amoA mRNA did not change, while that of nirK mRNA increased sharply after an hour of floodwater disappearance. An additional anoxic soil slurry experiment demonstrated that the addition of NO3- induced the expression of nirK gene and caused a concomitant increase in N2O production. These findings suggest that NO3- production in the oxic layers is important as it provides a substrate and induces the synthesis of denitrification enzymes in the anoxic layer during N2O production.
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- Shohei Riya
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Eco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1000 Jinqi Road, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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Yusuf M, Khan MA, Otero M, Abdullah E, Hosomi M, Terada A, Riya S. Synthesis of CTAB intercalated graphene and its application for the adsorption of AR265 and AO7 dyes from water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 493:51-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Terada A, Sugawara S, Hojo K, Takeuchi Y, Riya S, Harper WF, Yamamoto T, Kuroiwa M, Isobe K, Katsuyama C, Suwa Y, Koba K, Hosomi M. Hybrid Nitrous Oxide Production from a Partial Nitrifying Bioreactor: Hydroxylamine Interactions with Nitrite. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51:2748-2756. [PMID: 28164698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The goal of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms of nitrous oxide (N2O) production from a bioreactor for partial nitrification (PN). Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) enriched from a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) were subjected to N2O production pathway tests. The N2O pathway test was initiated by supplying an inorganic medium to ensure an initial NH4+-N concentration of 160 mg-N/L, followed by 15NO2- (20 mg-N/L) and dual 15NH2OH (each 17 mg-N/L) spikings to quantify isotopologs of gaseous N2O (44N2O, 45N2O, and 46N2O). N2O production was boosted by 15NH2OH spiking, causing exponential increases in mRNA transcription levels of AOB functional genes encoding hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (haoA), nitrite reductase (nirK), and nitric oxide reductase (norB) genes. Predominant production of 45N2O among N2O isotopologs (46% of total produced N2O) indicated that coupling of 15NH2OH with 14NO2- produced N2O via N-nitrosation hybrid reaction as a predominant pathway. Abiotic hybrid N2O production was also observed in the absence of the AOB-enriched biomass, indicating multiple pathways for N2O production in a PN bioreactor. The additional N2O pathway test, where 15NH4+ was spiked into 400 mg-N/L of NO2- concentration, confirmed that the hybrid N2O production was a dominant pathway, accounting for approximately 51% of the total N2O production.
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- Akihiko Terada
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
- Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology , Dayton, Ohio, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Saiwai-cho Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University , Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University , Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University , Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Saiwai-cho Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
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Riya S, Sawayanagi K, Suzuki K, Zhou S, Terada A, Hosomi M. Digestibility of Riverbed Plants by Dry-Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUN 2017. [DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.43.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Shohei Riya
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Eco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Tochioka E, Yamashita M, Usui J, Hosokawa H, Terada A, Hosomi M. Improvement of Dewatering Efficiency of Anaerobic Digested Sludge by use of Fibrous Materials in Sewage. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUN 2017. [DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.43.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Eiji Tochioka
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Ishigaki Co., Ltd
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Akihiko Terada
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Li J, Kosugi T, Riya S, Hashimoto Y, Hou H, Terada A, Hosomi M. Potential for leaching of arsenic from excavated rock after different drying treatments. Chemosphere 2016; 154:276-282. [PMID: 27058919 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 03/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Leaching of arsenic (As) from excavated rock subjected to different drying methods is compared using sequential leaching tests and rapid small-scale column tests combined with a sequential extraction procedure. Although the total As content in the rock was low (8.81 mg kg(-1)), its resulting concentration in the leachate when leached at a liquid-to-solid ratio of 10 L kg(-1) exceeded the environmental standard (10 μg L(-1)). As existed mainly in dissolved forms in the leachates. All of the drying procedures applied in this study increased the leaching of As, with freeze-drying leading to the largest increase. Water extraction of As using the two tests showed different leaching behaviors as a function of the liquid-to-solid ratio, and achieved average extractions of up to 35.7% and 25.8% total As, respectively. Dissolution of As from the mineral surfaces and subsequent re-adsorption controlled the short-term release of As; dissolution of Fe, Al, and dissolved organic carbon played important roles in long-term As leaching. Results of the sequential extraction procedure showed that use of 0.05 M (NH4)2SO4 underestimates the readily soluble As. Long-term water extraction removed almost all of the non-specifically sorbed As and most of the specifically sorbed As. The concept of pollution potential indices, which are easily determined by the sequential leaching test, is proposed in this study and is considered for possible use in assessing efficacy of treatment of excavated rocks.
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- Jining Li
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Bioapplications and Systems Engineering (BASE), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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Zhao L, Hou H, Zhu T, Li F, Terada A, Hosomi M. Successive self-propagating sintering process using carbonaceous materials: A novel low-cost remediation approach for dioxin-contaminated solids. J Hazard Mater 2015; 299:231-240. [PMID: 26125527 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The disposal of dioxin-contaminated solids was studied using a novel successive self-propagating sintering process (SSPSP) incorporating a carbonaceous material. Among the five types of carbonaceous materials investigated, Charcoal B displayed optimum adsorbent properties and was selected as the best thermal source in the current remediation approach based on economical efficiency aspects. The feasibility of this proposed approach, removal efficiencies, and congener compositions of dioxins were examined using two types of dioxin-contaminated solids (Fugan sediment and Toyo soil) that displayed different characteristics including the initial concentrations of dioxins. The removal efficiencies of DL-PCBs ("dioxin-like" polychlorinated biphenyls) were higher than those of PCDD/Fs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzofurans), achieving 99.9 and 92% removal in the Fugan sediment and Toyo soil, respectively. In contrast, the degradation efficiencies of DL-PCBs were lower (i.e., 89.3 and 88.8%, respectively). The initial concentrations of dioxins, available precursors, and properties of the solids strongly influenced the congener compositions and removal efficiencies of dioxins. Furthermore, the dechlorination reaction pathways of high-chlorinated PCDDs and potential regeneration pathways of PCDFs from PCBs were deduced using isotope labeling. The proposed novel low-cost remediation approach for the removal of dioxins from solids is a highly efficient and environmentally sound treatment technology.
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- Long Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing 100012, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Song K, Suenaga T, Harper WF, Hori T, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Effects of aeration and internal recycle flow on nitrous oxide emissions from a modified Ludzak-Ettinger process fed with glycerol. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:19562-19570. [PMID: 26268623 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5129-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is emitted from a modified Ludzak-Ettinger (MLE) process, as a primary activated sludge system, which requires mitigation. The effects of aeration rates and internal recycle flow (IRF) ratios on N2O emission were investigated in an MLE process fed with glycerol. Reducing the aeration rate from 1.5 to 0.5 L/min increased gaseous the N2O concentration from the aerobic tank and the dissolved N2O concentration in the anoxic tank by 54.4 and 53.4 %, respectively. During the period of higher aeration, the N2O-N conversion ratio was 0.9 % and the potential N2O reducers were predominantly Rhodobacter, which accounted for 21.8 % of the total population. Increasing the IRF ratio from 3.6 to 7.2 decreased the N2O emission rate from the aerobic tank and the dissolved N2O concentration in the anoxic tank by 56 and 48 %, respectively. This study suggests effective N2O mitigation strategies for MLE systems.
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- Kang Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Systems Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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Zhou S, Zhang J, Zou G, Riya S, Hosomi M. Mass and Energy Balances of Dry Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Treating Swine Manure Mixed with Rice Straw. Biotechnol Res Int 2015; 2015:895015. [PMID: 26609436 PMCID: PMC4644824 DOI: 10.1155/2015/895015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 10/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To evaluate the feasibility of swine manure treatment by a proposed Dry Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion (DT-AD) system, we evaluated the methane yield of swine manure treated using a DT-AD method with rice straw under different C/N ratios and solid retention time (SRT) and calculated the mass and energy balances when the DT-AD system is used for swine manure treatment from a model farm with 1000 pigs and the digested residue is used for forage rice production. A traditional swine manure treatment Oxidation Ditch system was used as the study control. The results suggest that methane yield using the proposed DT-AD system increased with a higher C/N ratio and shorter SRT. Correspondently, for the DT-AD system running with SRT of 80 days, the net energy yields for all treatments were negative, due to low biogas production and high heat loss of digestion tank. However, the biogas yield increased when the SRT was shortened to 40 days, and the generated energy was greater than consumed energy when C/N ratio was 20 : 1 and 30 : 1. The results suggest that with the correct optimization of C/N ratio and SRT, the proposed DT-AD system, followed by using digestate for forage rice production, can attain energy self-sufficiency.
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- Sheng Zhou
- Eco-Environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Eco-Environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Eco-Environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
- Shanghai Co-Elite Agricultural Sci-Tech (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201403, China
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- Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Zhao L, Zhu T, Hou H, Qin X, Li F, Terada A, Hosomi M. Removal of PCBs and HCB from contaminated solids using a novel successive self-propagated sintering process. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:17527-17539. [PMID: 26139404 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4939-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Thermal treatments are the primary technologies used to remove persistent organic pollutants from contaminated solids. The high energy consumption during continuous heating, required cost for treating the exhaust gas, and potential formation of secondary pollutants during combustion have prevented their implementation. A novel successive self-propagated sintering process was proposed for removing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) from contaminated solids in a low-cost and environmentally friendly way. Nine laboratory-scale experiments involving different initial concentrations of pollutants and solid compositions were performed. Almost all PCBs (>99%) and HCB (>97%) were removed from solids under constant experimental conditions. Varying initial concentrations of PCBs and HCB in the contaminated solids did not influence the removal efficiency of the pollutants; however, the degradation efficiency of pollutants increased as their initial concentrations increased. Although varying levels of PCDD/Fs were detected in the effluent gas, they were all within the emission standard limit.
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- Long Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Dayangfang 8, Beijing, 100012, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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Riya S, Zhou S, Kobara Y, Sagehashi M, Terada A, Hosomi M. Effects of N loading rate on CH4 and N2O emissions during cultivation and fallow periods from forage rice fields fertilized with liquid cattle waste. J Environ Manage 2015; 161:124-130. [PMID: 26164270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The use of liquid cattle waste (LCW) as a fertilizer for forage rice is important for material recycling because it can promote biomass production, and reduce the use of chemical fertilizer. Meanwhile, increase in emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially CH4 and N2O would be concerned. We conducted a field study to determine the optimum loading rate of LCW as N to promote forage rice growth with lower GHG emissions. The LCW was applied to forage rice fields, N100, N250, N500, and N750, at four different N loading rates of 107, 258, 522, and 786 kg N ha(-1), respectively, including 50 kg N ha(-1) of basal chemical fertilizer. The above-ground biomass yields increased 14.6-18.5 t ha(-1) with increases in N loading rates. During the cultivation period, both the CH4 and N2O fluxes increased with increases in LCW loading rates. In the treatments of N100, N250, N500, and N750, the cumulative CH4 emissions during the entire period, including cultivation and fallow period were 29.6, 18.1, 54.4, and 67.5 kg C ha(-1), respectively, whereas those of N2O were -0.15, -0.02, 1.49, and 5.82 kg N ha(-1), respectively. Considering the greenhouse gas emissions and above-ground biomass, the yield-scaled CO2-equivalents (CO2-eqs) were 66.3, 35.9, 161, and 272 kg CO2 t(-1) for N100, N250, N500, and N750, respectively. These results suggest that N250 is the most appropriate LCW loading rate for promoting forage rice production with lower GHG emissions.
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- S Riya
- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Eco-environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1000 Jinqi Road, Fengxian, Shanghai 201403, China.
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- Division of Organochemicals, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
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- Department of International Health and Collaboration, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6 Minami, Wako, Saitama 351-0197, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Xie L, Bao Q, Suenaga T, Yoshino H, Terada A, Hosomi M. Identification of a predominant effect on bacterial cell disruption and released organic matters by a high-pressure jet device. Biochem Eng J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2015.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Suenaga T, Nishimura M, Yoshino H, Kato H, Nonokuchi M, Fujii T, Satoh H, Terada A, Hosomi M. High-pressure jet device for activated sludge reduction: Feasibility of sludge solubilization. Biochem Eng J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2015.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Riya S, Zhou S, Kobara Y, Sagehashi M, Terada A, Hosomi M. Influence of nitrogen loading and plant nitrogen assimilation on nitrogen leaching and N₂O emission in forage rice paddy fields fertilized with liquid cattle waste. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:5762-5771. [PMID: 25388561 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3811-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Livestock wastewater disposal onto rice paddy fields is a cost- and labor-effective way to treat wastewater and cultivate rice crops. We evaluated the influence of nitrogen loading rates on nitrogen assimilation by rice plants and on nitrogen losses (leaching and N2O emission) in forage rice fields receiving liquid cattle waste (LCW). Four forage rice fields were subjected to nitrogen loads of 107, 258, 522, and 786 kg N ha(-1) (N100, N250, N500, and N750, respectively) using basal fertilizer (chemical fertilizer) (50 kg N ha(-1)) and three LCW topdressings (each 57-284 kg N ha(-1)). Nitrogen assimilated by rice plants increased over time. However, after the third topdressing, the nitrogen content of the biomass did not increase in any treatment. Harvested aboveground biomass contained 93, 60, 33, and 31 % of applied nitrogen in N100, N250, N500, and N750, respectively. The NH4 (+) concentration in the pore water at a depth of 20 cm was less than 1 mg N L(-1) in N100, N250, and N500 throughout the cultivation period, while the NH4 (+) concentration in N750 increased to 3 mg N L(-1) after the third topdressing. Cumulative N2O emissions ranged from -0.042 to 2.39 kg N ha(-1); the highest value was observed in N750, followed by N500. In N750, N2O emitted during the final drainage accounted for 80 % of cumulative N2O emissions. This study suggested that 100-258 kg N ha(-1) is a recommended nitrogen loading rate for nitrogen recovery by rice plants without negative environmental impacts such as groundwater pollution and N2O emission.
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- Shohei Riya
- Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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Song K, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Effect of carbon sources on nitrous oxide emission in a modified Ludzak Ettinger process. Water Sci Technol 2015; 72:572-578. [PMID: 26247755 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Effect of methanol and glycerol on nitrous oxide (N2O) emission in two laboratory-scale modified Ludzak Ettinger (MLE) processes was investigated during three distinct periods: dissolved oxygen (DO) control by intermittent aeration with a DO controller, and high and low aeration rates. N2O consumption rate in an anoxic tank and aeration mode influenced N2O emission rates from the MLE processes. In the DO control period, N2O emission rate from the glycerol-fed MLE process was higher than the methanol-fed counterpart, likely caused by a higher N2O consumption rate in an anoxic tank of the methanol-fed process. During the period of a higher aeration rate, N2O emission rates from both processes were comparable. In contrast, during the period of a lower aeration rate, N2O emission rate from the methanol-fed MLE process was higher than that from the glycerol-fed counterpart likely because of a higher degree of nitrite accumulation, corroborated by statistical analysis. N2O consumption activities of biomasses fed with the different carbon sources were distinct. However, the high activity did not necessarily result in a decrease in N2O emission rate from an aerobic tank and the effect of nitrite on the emission was stronger under the tested conditions.
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- Kang Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan E-mail:
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan E-mail:
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan E-mail:
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan E-mail:
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Noguchi K, Fukunaga K, Imayasu E, Terada A, Hosomi M. Decomposition of Insoluble Cyanide in Contaminated Soil by Base-Activated Sodium Persulfate. J Chem Eng Japan / JCEJ 2015. [DOI: 10.1252/jcej.14we165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kazuhiro Noguchi
- Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Okuda N, Shimizu T, Muratani M, Terada A, Hosomi M. Study of penetration behavior of PCB-DNAPL in a sand layer by a column experiment. Chemosphere 2014; 114:59-68. [PMID: 25113184 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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To better understand the infiltration performances of high concentration PCB oils (KC-300 and KC-1000 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixtures), representative dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL), under both saturated and unsaturated conditions, we conducted experiments on a sand column filled with Toyoura Standard Sand. When PCB oil with the volume comparable to the total porosity in the column was supplied, the residual PCB concentrations under PCB-water conditions were 4.9×10(4)mgkg(-1) in KC-300 and 3.9×10(4)mgkg(-1) in KC-1000. Under PCB-air conditions, residual PCB concentrations were 6.0×10(4)mgkg(-1) and 2.4×10(5)mgkg(-1) in the upper and lower parts for KC-300 and 3.6×10(4)mgkg(-1) and 1.5×10(5)mgkg(-1) in those for KC-1000, respectively, while the rest of the PCBs were infiltrated. On the other hand, when a small amount of PCB oil with the volume far smaller than the total porosity in the column was supplied, the original PCBs were not transported via water permeation. However, lower-chlorinated PCB congeners-e.g., di- or tri-chlorinated biphenyls-preferentially dissolved and were infiltrated from the bottom of the column. These propensities on PCB oil infiltration can be explained in conjunction with the degree of PCB saturation in the sand column.
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- Nobuyasu Okuda
- Research & Development Institute, Takenaka Corporation, 1-5-1 Otsuka, Inzai, Chiba 270-1395, Japan; Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
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- Research & Development Institute, Takenaka Corporation, 1-5-1 Otsuka, Inzai, Chiba 270-1395, Japan
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- Takenaka Civil Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., 1-5-1 Otsuka, Inzai, Chiba 270-1395, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Song K, Suenaga T, Hamamoto A, Satou K, Riya S, Hosomi M, Terada A. Abundance, transcription levels and phylogeny of bacteria capable of nitrous oxide reduction in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. J Biosci Bioeng 2014; 118:289-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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