温度及总固体浓度对粪秆混合发酵产气特性的影响

为探索温度、发酵料液总固体浓度和产气量之间的关系,确定最佳发酵温度以及进料量,通过自行研究设计的可控性恒温发酵装置,以5℃为梯度在20～40℃温度范围内,设置以4%为梯度,质量分数为4%～20%的5个总固体浓度,以鸡粪和玉米秆2∶1（干物质量比）混合物为发酵原料,以常温厌氧发酵池的底物为接种物,进行批量厌氧消化试验,研究不同总固体浓度的发酵原料在不同温度下的厌氧发酵效果。结果显示,各总固体浓度发酵料液的产气速率均随着发酵温度的升高而加快;随总固体浓度增大,发酵料液产沼气的最适温度范围也随之扩大;各总固体浓度发酵料液的干物质产气率在5个温度的平均值依次为料液总固体质量分数8%＞20%＞16%＞12%＞4%;鸡粪和玉米秆2∶1混合原料厌氧发酵的理论最优总固体质量分数及发酵温度值分别为14.6%,32.8℃。可以看出,发酵料液浓度并不是越高越好,不同的温度有其最适的浓度或浓度范围。     

灌溉农田土壤湿度的时空变化特征

为了探讨现代土壤墒情监测手段在业务监测实践中的应用方法,利用中国气象科学研究院固城生态与农业气象试验基地的业务和试验资料,对灌溉农田土壤湿度的时间变化特征和空间关系进行了分析。结果表明,灌溉农田的土壤湿度呈一年的周期性变化;浅层(0-50cm)土壤湿度时空波动显著,且各层的变化存在不一致性,60cm以下土层湿度时空变化很小,0-50cm土层的平均土壤湿度能较好地反映0-200cm土层的土壤水分状况,对土壤湿度的监测应集中在浅层50cm内,并需要逐层测量;浅层土壤湿度变异明显,大田中两点各层土壤湿度的相关性一般随两点距离增加而减小,单个测点的土壤湿度测值的代表性差,因此在自动土壤水分仪器布点时,要获得地段的平均土壤湿度信息,必须设置多个观测重复;表层5cm的土壤湿度变化剧烈而迅速,不能正确反映作物根系主要分布层的土壤水分状况,而表层10cm的土壤湿度与作物根系主要分布层的土壤湿度具有很好的联动性,可以较好地反映作物生长的环境土壤水分状况,因此,在应用微波遥感监测土壤墒情时,其对地表的探测深度需要达到10cm以上才能获得关于作物根系主要分布层的土壤水分状况信息,相应地,在土壤墒情微波遥感监测中,需要采用5GHz以下的频率。     

沼液预处理玉米秸秆产沼气工艺参数优化

沼液作为厌氧发酵的废弃物处理存在困难,但沼液可以对秸秆类原料进行预处理,为沼液的综合利用提供可能。为优化沼液预处理玉米秸秆的条件,提高玉米秸秆厌氧消化产气量,该文以沼液预处理前后的纤维素、半纤维素、木质素含量以及产气量为指标,根据CCD(centralcompositedesign)试验设计原理,选取沼液添加比例、温度和时间为因素,建立三者之间的模型。试验结果表明:随着预处理TS(total solid)的降低,时间的延长,木质纤维素的降解率越高,而温度在30℃时木质纤维素的降解率达到最大。从产气量来看木质纤维素降解率并不是越高越好,过分的追求木质纤维素的降解会对产气量产生影响,经过响应面法优化产气量后得出最佳的预处理工艺为:沼液添加比例19.08%、预处理温度(30±1)℃、预处理时间为5 d,总产气量可提高30.76%。     

Microwave Digestion for Colorimetric Determination of Total Si in Plant and Mineral Samples

A new method for determining the soluble silicon (Si) concentrations in nonliquid plant and mineral samples was developed using sodium hydroxide (NaOH)–hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) matrix for microwave digestion (MWD-Na) followed by colorimetric Si testing. MWD-Na was compared with autoclave-induced digestion and alkali fusion. The data have shown no significant difference between these three methods. HNO₃–H₂O₂ or HNO₃?–H₂O₂?–HF microwave technique results in Si loss. The reduction of the total Si can be realized via low solubility of Si in the acid solutions or silicon tetrafluoride formation. The Mullen and Riley method for colorimetric testing of Si in a solution that uses ascorbic acid to reduce the silicomolybdate complex formed under acid conditions to an intensely blue complex was modified using iron sulfate. The combination of MWD-Na and modified colorimetric blue method provides cheap and valid data on determining the total Si in both plant and mineral samples.     

膨润土改善鸡粪厌氧消化产酸产甲烷特性

为探究膨润土对鸡粪厌氧消化过程中产甲烷特性和可溶性有机酸代谢特性的影响,采用L8(23)正交试验设计,以鸡粪添加量(有机负荷率)、膨润土添加量和接种量为三因素,每个因素设置2个水平,研究了中温条件下(35±1)℃膨润土添加对鸡粪厌氧消化过程中产酸和产甲烷特性的影响。结果表明:与对照组相比,低有机负荷条件下,膨润土添加能显著(P0.05)提高鸡粪挥发性固体(volatile solid,VS)产甲烷量,添加量为3.0%和1.5%时VS产甲烷量分别提升了22.72%、27.72%(膨润土添加量不同的组差异不显著(P0.05));高有机负荷条件下,膨润土添加能极显著(P0.01)提高鸡粪VS产甲烷量,添加量为3.0%和1.5%时VS产甲烷量分别提升了78.68%和55.41%(膨润土添加量不同的组差异显著(P0.05))。当鸡粪添加量为19.91 g挥发性固体,膨润土添加量为3.0%(占干基比)和接种量为80 m L(体积分数20%)时,单位挥发性固体产甲烷量最高为301.92 m L/g,比对照组高87.8%,此时可变成本也最低为2.43元/m~3,比两对照组分别低1.29和1.68元/m~3。方差分析表明:膨润土添加可提高鸡粪厌氧消化过程中挥发性脂肪酸,pH值,可溶性有机碳和可溶性无机碳的稳定性。膨润土可加强鸡粪厌氧消化系统的稳定性,降低产甲烷的可变成本,为膨润土强化鸡粪厌氧处理提供了试验验证据。     

Empirical predictions of plant material C and N mineralization patterns from near infrared spectroscopy, stepwise chemical digestion and C/N ratios

Prediction of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization patterns of plant litter is desirable for both agronomic and environmental reasons. Near infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy has recently been introduced in decomposition studies to characterize biochemical composition. The purpose of the current study was to use empirical techniques to predict C and N mineralization patterns of a wide range of plant materials incubated under controlled temperature and moisture conditions. We hypothesized that the richness of information in the NIR spectra would considerably improve predictions compared to traditional stepwise chemical digestion (SCD) or C/N ratios. Initially, we fitted a number of empirical functions to the observed C and N mineralization patterns. The best functions fitted with R²=0.990 and 0.949 to C and N, respectively. The fractions of C and N mineralized at different points in time were then either predicted directly with regression functions or indirectly by prediction of the parameters of the empirical functions fitted to incubation data. In both cases, partial least squares (PLS) regressions were used and predictions were validated by cross-validations. We found that the NIR spectra (best R²=0.925) were able to predict C mineralization patterns marginally better than the SCD fractions (best R²=0.911), but considerably better than the C/N ratios (best R²=0.851). In contrast, N mineralization was better predicted by SCD fractions (best R²=0.533) than the C/N ratio (best R²=0.497), which was better than NIR predictions (best R²=0.446). Although the predictions with the NIR spectra were only slightly better for C and worse for N mineralization compared to SCD fractions, NIR spectroscopy still holds advantages, as it is a much less laborious and cheaper analytical method. Furthermore, exploration of the applications of NIR spectroscopy in decomposition studies has only just begun, and offers new ways to gain insights into the decomposition process.     

A comparison between the H2SO4‐H2O2‐Li2SO4‐Se oxidation method and alternative digestion procedures for plant nutrient analysis.

Abstract

Ca, Mg, Na, K and P contents of 3 plant tissues obtained by H₂SO₄‐H₂O₂‐Li₂SO₄‐Se peroxidation digestion were compared with those determined by mixed acid (HNO₃‐H₂S0₄‐HC10₄) and dry ashing procedures. Differences between methods were not consistent between elements or tissue types but the mixed acid digestion generally yielded higher Ca, Mg and P values than did dry ashing and peroxidation. Tissue K contents estimated by both wet digestion techniques were not significantly (P ≤0.05) different. Differences in Na values between digestion methods were highly inconsistent between tissue types and the precision of the Ma data was poor. N contents determined by peroxidation digestion and a conventional Kjeldahl method agreed closely.     

Sulfur content of plant material: A comparison of methods of oxidation prior to determination

Abstract

Procedures for S determination involving digestion of plant material with HNO₃/HClO₄ mixtures gave lower values than those using oxygen flask combustion. Tests on a range of S compounds showed that the HNO₃/HClO₄ procedure underestimated S present in methionine, cysteine and glutathione but S in sulfate and the glucosinolate, sinigrin, was not underestimated.

Low recoveries using HNO₃/HClO₄ digestion procedures can be due both to incomplete oxidation of certain compounds and to gaseous losses during the vigorous boiling stage of digestion.     

Dichromate Digestion–Spectrophotometric Procedure for Determination of Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon in Association with Fumigation–Extraction

A dichromate digestion and spectrophotometric procedure is proposed for estimating soil microbial biomass carbon (C) in association with fumigation–extraction. The recommended procedure uses a volume (1.6 ml) of 0.5 M potassium sulfate (K₂SO₄) soil extracts and oxidant solution (dichromate–sulfuric acid, 2.4 mL), mixed with a volume (4 mL) for digestion at 140 °C for 30 min. The digested solution is then directly read for absorbance at 350 nm using a spectrophotometer, and the C in the digested soil extracts is measured against glucose standards. The K_EC (indicating the extractable part of microbial biomass C after fumigation) value is estimated as 0.33 for the proposed method. There are good correlations between soil microbial biomass C measured by the proposed method, the dichromate digestion titration, and oven oxidation by total organic C (TOC) analytical method. This method is a simple, rapid, and economical procedure associated with fumigation–extraction for biomass C analysis.     

CaO预处理提高玉米秸秆厌氧消化产沼气性能

为探索CaO预处理方法对玉米秸秆厌氧消化产沼气的影响,采用了3种不同质量百分数的CaO分别在3种不同处理时间下对玉米秸秆进行预处理,并在中温条件下进行了厌氧消化试验。试验结果表明,经过CaO预处理后,玉米秸秆的组分被不同程度破坏,厌氧消化产沼气能力有较大提高,厌氧消化时间有所缩短。综合日产气量、累积产气量、厌氧消化时间等各项参数来看,以5%CaO预处理3d的处理效果最佳,与未经预处理的效果相比,累积产气量提高了136.85%,消化时间缩短了5d,总固体（TS）和挥发性固体（VS）去除率分别提高了21.72%和7.18%,综合效果要优于其他处理组,有效地提高了玉米秸秆厌氧消化的产气量和产气效率。