Sensitivity of Chinese Industrial Wastewater Discharge Reduction to Direct Input Coefficients in an Input-output Context

Industrial wastewater discharge in China is increasing with the country′s economic development and it is worthy of concern. The discharge is primarily relevant to the direct discharge coefficient of each sector of the economy, its direct input coefficient and the final demand in input-output models. In this study, we calculated the sensitivity of the reduction in the Chinese industrial wastewater discharge using the direct input coefficients based on the theory of error-transmission in an input-output framework. Using input-output models, we calculated the direct and total industrial wastewater discharge coefficients. Analysis of 2007 input-output data of 30 sectors of the Chinese economy and of 30 provincial regions of China indicates that by lowering their direct input coefficients, the manufacturers of textiles, paper and paper products, chemical products, smelting and metal pressing, telecommunication equipment, computers and other electronic equipment will significantly reduce their amounts of industrial wastewater discharge. By lowering intra-provincial direct input coefficients to industrial sectors themselves of Jiangsu, Shandong and Zhejiang, there will be a significant reduction in industrial wastewater discharge for the country as a whole. Investment in production technology and improvement in organizational efficiency in these sectors and in these provinces can help lessen the direct input coefficients, thereby effectively achieving a reduction in industrial wastewater discharge in China via industrial restructuring.

Modeling of the Mixture of Wastewater Discharged from A Submerged Multiport Diffuser in Nantong Sea-Area

Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the mixture of wastewater discharged from a submerged multiport diffuser in the Nantong sea-area. The process was then simulated with a three-dimensional numerical model. The plane or line patch was used to impose the discharge momentum flux in the near field. A comparison of model simulation with laboratory experiments shows that the proposed model can be used to simulate the shapes of pollution plumes, the distributions of excess concentration, and the velocity induced by a coflowing diffuser in proximity to a shoreline boundary. From the numerical simulation and laboratory experiments, it is recommended that the multiport diffuser be placed in a hydrodynamically active sea-area.

Three industries and wastewater and COD discharge of Beijing

With the swift development of economy, the water quality of Beijing is becoming worse day by day and hampers the sustainable development obviously. In this paper, the current conditions of the municipal wastewater structure in the industrial sectors are analysed and discussed in terms of the indicators, such as direct wastewater\|discharge coefficient, complete wastewater\|discharge coefficient, direct discharge coefficient of COD and complete discharge coefficient of COD, by taking a year of 1990s as the base year. Some countermeasures are studied and the corresponding recommendations are put forward in order to improve the water environment in Beijing. This provides a scientific ground for coordinating the relationship between the aquatic environment and economic growth in this city.

Factor Analysis on Quantity of Discharged Pollutants in Wastewater in Major Cities

The research performed statistical analysis on 186 data concerning the amount of discharged industrial wastewater, the amount of oxygen demand of industrial wastewater, the amount of ammonia and nitrogen discharged from industries, the amount of urban discharged domestic sewage, the amount of daily life chemical oxygen demand, and the amount of domestic ammonia and nitrogen to explore source of pollutants from wastewater and guarantee urban water quality.Factor analysis was then performed with SPSS according to discharge quantity of pollutants. The results should that the major pollutants are from domestic sewage it is expected scientific suggestions be proposed on water quality in our country.

Study on Immobilized Algal Cells for Treatment and Recycle of Refinery Wastewater

Compared to the algal oxidation pond, treatment of wastewater using the immobilized algal cell technology has excellent effect, which not only can effectively avoid the disadvantage of oxidation pond, but can also remarkably improve the efficiency of treating system and the effluent quality. When the treating system operates umder an optimal control conditions, such as a 55% loading rate, an illumination intensity of 2500-3500 lux and a hydraulic residence time of 4 hours, the COD and ammonia nitrogen removal can reach 90%. Water after deep treatment can comply with the requirement of the refinery for the quality of recycled water.

Input-Occupancy-Output Analysis of Industrial Wastewater Discharge Coeffcients and Backward and Forward Linkages: Multi-Regional Occupancy

This paper provides an extended input-occupancy-output analysis of wastewater discharge coeffcients, as well as backward and forward linkages of Chinese multi-regional industrial sectors in2007. The results show that the direct and total industrial wastewater discharge coeffcients of most of the provincial industrial sectors in China＇s Eastern region are lower than those of the whole country.Both backward and forward linkages of fixed-asset occupancy in industrial sectors in China＇s Central and Western regions are strong. The dissimilarity of cross-sectional data of the relevant industrial wastewater discharge coeffcients and linkages in multi-regional input-output analysis becomes bigger as regions are divided more extensively.

Salinity exchange between seawater/brackish water and domestic wastewater through electrodialysis for potable water

Two-thirds of the world’s population has limited access to potable water.As we continue to use up our freshwater resources,new and improved techniques for potable water production are warranted.Here,we present a general concept called“salinity exchange”that transfers salts from seawater or brackish water to treated wastewater until their salinity values approximately switch,thus producing wastewater with an increased salinity for discharge and desalinated seawater as the potable water source.We have demonstrated this process using electrodialysis.Salinity exchange has been successfully achieved between influents of different salinities under various operating conditions.Laboratory-scale salinity exchange electrodialysis(SEE)systems can produce high-quality desalinated water at~1 mL/min with an energy consumption less than 1 kWh/m3.SEE has also been operated using real water,and the challenges of its implementation at a larger scale are evaluated.

A Numerical Model for Mixing Areas of Pollutant Discharging into Tidal Flows

A combined numerical model for computing mixing areas of pollution vertical jet discharging into tidal flows has been developed. This numerical model is composed of a 2-D depth-averaged dynamic far-field numerical model and a 2-D vertical dynamic near-field numerical model. The former uses finite node method to compute velocity, and improved finite node method to compute pollutant concentration distribution; the latter is a k-e turbulence model, and uses SIMPLE (Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations) method to compute velocity. At the same time, the former provides boundary conditions for the latter. This model can simulate both far- field pollutant concentration distribution and near-field vertical recirculation quickly and precisely. This model has been verified by measured data of pollutant F of the Dachang reach of the Changjing River and test data presented by Chen el al. (1992). On the basis of verification, the authors use a designed hydrograph to compute this mixing area for a certain amount of wastewater discharging into the river.

A NEAR-FIELD NUMERICAL MODEL FOR A VERTICAL JET DISCHARGING INTO TIDAL FLOWS

A 2-D vertical dynamic near-field numerical model is developed for the simulation of a vertical jet discharging into tidal flows. This model is a k-εturbulent model. The semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equations is used to solve all the governing equations, which are discretized by control volume method. The model has been tested by water channel experiments. On this basis, the designed hydrological condition for one plan of wastewater of the Dachang district discharging into the Changjiang River has been obtained by this model.