Publications by authors named "Zi-Fang Chi"

Iron nanoparticles are widely used in heavy metal ions removal from water, but because of the characteristics of easily aggregation and transference in the groundwater, remediation effect was reduced. GO with a negative charge containing oxygen-containing functional groups on the surfaces of graphene, are widely used for the removal of heavy metal ions from water, but it has little on remediating hexavalent chromium (Cr2O2-7, CrO2-4) with negatively charged electrons. Therefore, rGO-nZⅥ was synthesized via liquid phase reduction method to overcome the aggregation and transference of FeO, changing the negative charged Cr2O2-7 or CrO2-4 to positive charged Cr3+.

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  • Aerobic methane (CH4) oxidation plays a crucial role in reducing CH4 emissions in landfills, particularly in the Mengzi semi-aerobic landfill in China, where research was conducted on methanotroph diversity related to soil conditions.
  • Different locations within the landfill showed distinct methanotroph communities, especially near venting pipes where oxygen (O2) levels were higher, promoting methanotroph abundance.
  • Type II methanotrophs were more prevalent than Type I across all samples, with Methylocystis and Methylobacter being the dominant genera, indicating that the landfill environment supports significant methanotroph activity due to elevated CH4 and O2 concentrations.
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Methanotrophs are the most important sink of CH₄, which is a more highly potent greenhouse gas than CO₂. Methanotrophic abundance and community diversity in cover soils from two typical semi-aerobic landfills (SALs) in China were detected using real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time-PCR) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) based on 16S rRNA genes, respectively. Real time-PCR showed that Type I methanotrophs ranged from 1.

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The CH(4) oxidation dynamics was investigated by observing the CH(4) oxidation rates at concentrations (from 1.0 × 10(4) ppmv to 2.0 × 10(5) ppmv) mixed with O(2) (from 5.

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Based on the aerothermodynamic principles, a kind of breathing biocover system was designed to enhance O(2) supply efficiency and methane (CH(4)) oxidation capacity. The research showed that O(2) concentration (v/v) considerably increased throughout whole profiles of the microcosm (1m) equipped with passive air venting system (MPAVS). When the simulated landfill gas SLFG flow was 771 g m(-3) d(-1) and 1028 g m(-3) d(-1), the O(2) concentration in MPAVS increased gradually and tended to be stable at the atmospheric level after 10 days.

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