Al_2O_3催化剂对海洋生物质热解特性的影响

以海洋生物质浒苔为研究对象,并以玉米秸秆(草类生物质)和锯末(木质类生物质)为对照,采用热重分析方法研究了3种生物质的热解特性,并比较了3种生物质之间的热解差异。结果表明,与玉米秸秆和锯末等典型陆生生物质相比,浒苔的热稳定性最低。此外,以不同浓度氧化铝作为催化剂,用热重分析法对其热解过程进行了研究,利用TG-DTG曲线分析了不同催化剂在不同浓度下对其基本热解特性的影响。结果表明,Al2O3对于3种生物质转化率和最大失重速率有显著的影响,其中Al2O3对锯末和浒苔的转化率降低程度比玉米秸秆较明显。考虑到Al2O3具有可调变的表面酸碱性以及多种不同的晶相结构等优点,Al2O3具有较大的的应用价值。     

大型海藻浒苔热解特性与动力学研究

以2005年10月采自江苏如东海区的条浒苔(Enteromorpha clathrata)为研究材料,用热重分析法对其热解过程及其动力学规律进行了研究。采用10、20、30℃/min等升温速率分别对0.18、0.28、0.45mm等粒径样品进行热解,结果表明样品非等温失重过程主要为脱水、保持、剧烈失重和缓慢失重4个阶段,且热解失重区为190～520℃之间范围;通过对最大失重率Dmax、失重率峰值温度θmax、挥发等参数分析,可以得出温度Ts和r值都随升温速率的增加而增加,升温速率越高,反应时间越短,热解特性指数增加;当样品粒径为0.28mm以上时,颗粒粒径越大对热解过程影响较大。用Coats-Redfern方法计算出样品的热解动力学参数,发现其热解反应机理函数不同于木质类生物质,求得的活化能E与频率因子A之间存在动力学补偿效应。     

黄海绿潮漂移过程中浒苔挥发性风味物质研究

2007年以来,浒苔绿潮灾害年度周期性由江苏近岸向山东近海漂移,对黄海海域生态环境和生态安全造成严重威胁,如何利用大规模漂浮浒苔生物量,实现变害为宝迫在眉睫。为了探究黄海绿潮漂移过程中优势种浒苔挥发性风味物质的差异,本研究利用顶空固相微萃取(HS-SPME)和气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS),对绿潮漂移过程中的8个区域浒苔的挥发性成分进行提取和分析,共检测出包括醛类、醇类、酯类、酚类、酮类、烯类、烷类及其他化合物等187种物质;其中,这8个区域浒苔分别检测出72、64、49、53、34、48、41和54种化合物。通过对绿潮浒苔香气成分在水中的阈值和化合物含量分析,发现绿潮在向北漂移过程中,主体香气成分发生变化,每个区域浒苔均呈现独特的风味,总体上南黄海绿潮漂移早期浒苔风味品质较好。本研究为绿潮浒苔食品风味研发和资源化利用提供了数据支撑。     

浒苔干粉末提取物对东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻的克生作用

研究不同溶剂的浒苔干粉末组织提取液对两种赤潮藻—东海原甲藻和中肋骨条藻生长的克生效应。结果表明, 浒苔提取物中确实含有可以影响赤潮藻类生长的克生物质,克生作用具有较明显的浓度效应,添加浓度低时可能会表现为一定的促进生长的作用,添加浓度较高时表现为抑制作用,添加浓度越大,抑制作用越强,即“低促高抑”的特点,这与浒苔提取物对其他微藻的作用相似。其中,蒸馏水提取物对这两种赤潮藻的克生作用小于有机溶剂提取物,有机溶剂中,甲醇和乙酸乙酯提取物对这两种赤潮藻的克生效果最好,正己烷相对较差。根据相似相溶原理,可以初步推断最有效的克生物质应为具有相对较高的极性的有机物。两种赤潮藻对克生物质的敏感程度不同。东海原甲藻对克生物质的敏感性高于中肋骨条藻。蒸馏水、甲醇、乙酸乙酯、正己烷的浒苔干粉末提取物影响东海原甲藻生长的致死作用阈值浓度分别为5.00 g/L、0.50 g/L、0.50 g/L、0.63 g/L（相当于浒苔新鲜藻体浓度为22.00 g-wet/L、2.20 g-wet/L、2.20 g-wet/L、2.75 g-wet/L）;影响中肋骨条藻生长的致死作用阈值浓度则分别为20.00 g/L、1.25 g/L、1.25 g/L、2.50 g/L（相当于新鲜藻体浓度为88.00 g-wet/L、5.50 g-wet/L、5.50 g-wet/L、11.00 g-wet/L）。     

浒苔Enteromorpha prolifera组织培养初步研究

通过将大型绿藻——浒苔切成一定大小的藻体片段,在实验室条件下用液体和固体平板组织培养的方法,系统地研究了在藻体切段条件下,浒苔组织块中细胞的发育路径和趋势。在培养的过程中发现叶状体中细胞的发育能力和方向都具有明显的极性,且浒苔组织块中细胞的发育速度和规模与组织块大小和其组织块中的位置有关。在切段培养的条件下,浒苔细胞有5种发育途径:1.分化为孢子囊,2.细胞极化下端延伸形成类似于假根的结构,3.分裂成细胞团并在后续的发育过程中成苗,4.细胞进一步极化形成带假根的单细胞苗,5.维持一定状态不再分化。而切段培养条件下,藻段中的不同细胞可能发生不同的发育情况。     

2010年—2011年山东近海石莼属绿潮藻的种类鉴定

山东近海近年来连续遭遇绿潮危害,绿潮种类组成是否发生变化?尚未有研究加以解决。2010年—2011年,对山东近海海域漂浮藻进行了调查和取样,选取采集的29株漂浮石莼属样品和2株固着石莼属样品,进行了形态学观察,并对其核糖体ITS、叶绿体rbcL基因和5S rDNA间隔序列进行了分子系统发育分析。结果表明,山东近海石莼属绿潮由浒苔U.prolifera、孔石莼U.pertusa和扁浒苔U.compressa共同构成,浒苔是优势绿潮藻种群,其次为孔石莼,扁浒苔发生很少。     

2007年夏季青岛石莼科(Ulvaceae)绿藻无机元素含量分析

2007年夏季对青岛沿海石莼科绿藻,包括定生石莼Ulva、定生浒苔Enteromorpha以及漂浮浒苔Enteromorpha进行了样本采集,针对其17种金属元素和3种非金属元素进行了含量分析与比较。结果表明,石莼科绿藻对铅、镉、铜、砷、锌等元素有较强的富集作用,可以作为海洋环境的藻类指示生物。另外,漂浮浒苔中多种元素含量明显少于定生种类,特别是铁、铝、磷等元素含量差别非常悬殊,最高可达100倍;相反的是,漂浮浒苔的钙元素含量接近于定生种类的两倍。上述结果可为石莼、浒苔等大型绿藻的加工利用提供参考。     

科研快讯

《植物与细胞生理学》:研究阐明浒苔对环境胁迫响应分子机制近日,中国科学院海洋研究所的研究人员在浒苔生物学研究取得重要进展,阐明了浒苔对环境胁迫响应的分子机制和"绿潮"发生时漂浮浒苔的生理状,为全面认识由浒苔引发的海洋"绿潮"现象提供了重要理论基础。相关研究成果发表在在国际期刊《植物     

《植物与细胞生理学》：研究阐明浒苔对环境胁迫响应分子机制

近日,中国科学院海洋研究所的研究人员在浒苔生物学研究取得重要进展,阐明了浒苔对环境胁迫响应的分子机制和“绿潮”发生时漂浮浒苔的生理状,为全面认识由浒苔引发的海洋”绿潮”现象提供了重要理论基础。相关研究成果发表在在国际期刊《植物与细胞生理学》（Plantand Cell Physiology）上。     

2008年夏季青岛近海浒苔无机元素含量分析

2008年夏季对青岛近海栈桥、汇泉湾和五四广场三个海域的漂浮浒苔进行了样本采集,针对其12种无机元素进行了含量分析与比较,并与2007年夏季三个海域的浒苔的无机元素含量进行了比较。结果表明,2008年采自汇泉湾海域的漂浮浒苔的Ca,Cu,N,Na和P含量在三个海域中最高,而采自五四广场的漂浮浒苔的Fe,Mn,Pb和Zn含量最高,Cd,K和Mg的含量在三个海域的水平相差不大。与2007年相同海域比较,2008年的漂浮浒苔更富含Fe,K,Mg,Mn,Na和P。另外,与海带和紫菜比较,浒苔中的Fe,Mg和Na含量较高,而P和Zn含量较低,Ca和K含量,低于海带而高于紫菜中的含量;有害元素Cd和Pb含量远低于相应的藻类制品卫生标准（GB19643—2005）和无公害产品海藻（NY5056-005）中的限量要求。结果从无机元素角度为浒苔的综合利用提供数据支持。     

EXTENSIVE INTRASPECIFIC MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ENTEROMORPHA MUSCOIDES (CHLOROPHYTA) REVEALED BY MOLECULAR ANALYSIS

Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente y Rubio) Cremades and E. clathrata Roth (Greville) are morphologically variable species that can easily be distinguished from other Enteromorpha species but not from each other. The key morphological character separating the two species is the presence or absence of spine-like branches: E. muscoides has small spine-like branches throughout the thallus, whereas E. clathrata lacks spines. The spiny branches in E. muscoides are not as obvious in summer as in winter, so summer samples may be difficult to distinguish from those of E. clathrata. In this study, molecular data were used to investigate whether these two species, as defined by morphological characters, might be conspecific. The sequences of the internal transcribed spacers ITS1 and ITS2 and the 5.8S gene differed by 0%–0.6% between all samples of both E. muscoides and E. clathrata. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences in an alignment with 13 other representatives of both Enteromorpha and Ulva showed that this highly supported monophyletic E. muscoides / E. clathrata clade is separated by long branch lengths from other Enteromorpha and Ulva clades. Based on these results, we suggest that Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente y Rubio) Cremades and Enteromorpha clathrata Roth (Greville) are conspecific, with the older name E. muscoides taking priority.     

渤海浒苔属绿藻调查

于2009年至2010年对渤海及其周边10个沿海城市和6个岛屿的浒苔属绿藻进行了调查,初步确定该海区缘管浒苔、肠浒苔、扁浒苔、浒苔、条浒苔5个种类的地理分布情况。并对生物量进行了评估。与历史资料相比,渤海中辽东湾、渤海湾和莱州湾三个湾内的浒苔多样性和生物量下降明显或保持较低水平,湾周边地区则维持较高水平。此外,在近海人工基质上,以浒苔属为主的绿藻相对于红藻、褐藻分布更为广泛。     

Abscessed bony areas on Acanthopagrus cuvieri (Day) as a substrate for epiphytic algae

Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Greville and E. clathrata (J. Agardh), widely distributed green algae in Arabian Gulf, were observed growing on Acanthopagrus cuvieri (Day). Abscessed areas on the operculum provided suitable sites for attachment of both species of algae; broken spine tips were preferred by E. compressa . This study showed that these algae preferred hard substrata, with no scales for attachment. E. compressa appeared earlier and grew faster. The condition of the fish was normal.     

几种藻类蛋白核的超微结构研究

应用电镜及免疫电镜技术对莱茵藻、小球藻、条浒苔和紫菜等藻类的叶绿体蛋白核的超微结构及主要组成成分进行了观察和研究。结果显示：不同藻类的蛋白核结构不同,显示了藻类蛋白核的多样性。蛋白核为球形或椭圆形,由蛋白质组成。莱茵藻、小球藻和条浒苔的蛋白核外围被淀粉鞘所包围,而紫菜的蛋白核外围无淀粉鞘而直接被叶绿体的类囊体所包围。淀粉鞘由淀粉组成,淀粉鞘的厚薄与藻体藻龄及增养状态有关系。在蛋白核中央,一般都具有由类囊体形成的孔道,使蛋白核与外界联系,小球藻和条浒苔蛋白核具有1条纵向孔道,而莱茵藻和紫菜为多条孔道。金相免疫技术检测结果显示Rubisco和Rubisco活化酶均在蛋白核及淀粉鞘区域中定位,表明蛋白核具有光合作用功能．     

Chemical characteristic of an anticoagulant-active sulfated polysaccharide from Enteromorpha clathrata

A sulfated polysaccharide FEP from marine green alga Enteromorpha clathrata was extracted with hot water and further purified by ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography. Results of chemical and spectroscopic analyses showed that FEP was a high arabinose-containing sulfated polysaccharide with sulfate ester of 31.0%, and its average molecular weight was about 511kDa. The backbone of FEP was mainly composed of (1→4)-linked β-l-arabinopyranose residues with partially sulfate groups at the C-3 position. In vitro anticoagulant assay indicated that FEP effectively prolonged the activated partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time. The investigation demonstrated that FEP was a novel sulfated polysaccharide with different chemical characteristics from other sulfated polysaccharides from marine algae, and could be a potential source of anticoagulant.     

Impact of Harvest Time and Cultivar on Conversion of Switchgrass to Bio-oils Via Fast Pyrolysis

The study of the effects of harvest time on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biomass and bioenergy production reported herein encompasses a large study evaluating the harvest of six switchgrass cultivars grown at three northern US locations over 3 years, harvested at upland peak crop (anthesis), post-frost, and post-winter. Delaying harvest of switchgrass until after frost and until after winter has resulted in decreased yields of switchgrass and reduced amounts of minerals in the biomass. This report examines how changes in biomass composition as a result of varying harvest time and other factors affect the distribution of products formed via fast pyrolysis. A subset (50) of the population (n = 864) was analyzed for fast pyrolysis and catalytic pyrolysis (zeolite catalyst) product yields using a pyrolysis-GC/MS system. The subset was used to build calibrations that were successful in predicting the pyrolysis product yield using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS), and partial least squares predictive models were applied to the entire sample set. The pyrolysis product yield was significantly affected by the field trial location, year of harvest, cultivar, and harvest time. Delaying harvest time of the switchgrass crop led to greater production of deoxygenated aromatics improving the efficiency of the catalytic fast pyrolysis and bio-oil quality. The changes in the pyrolysis product yield were related to biomass compositional changes, and key relationships between cell wall polymers, potassium concentration in the biomass, and pyrolysis products were identified. The findings show that the loss of minerals in the biomass as harvest time is delayed combined with the greater proportion in cellulose and lignin in the biomass has significant positive influences on conversion through fast pyrolysis.     

Production and Analysis of Fast Pyrolysis Oils from Proteinaceous Biomass

Fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is a facile method for producing high yields of liquid fuel intermediates. However, because most fast pyrolysis oils are highly oxygenated, acidic, and unstable, identification of feedstocks that produce higher quality pyrolysis liquids is desirable. Therefore, the effect of feedstock protein content was studied by performing fast pyrolysis experiments on biomass with varying protein content. The feedstocks ranged from low-protein content, ??5% up to feedstocks with >40 wt.% protein content. Protein content was not a major factor in the yield of pyrolysis oil or the distribution of biomass carbon into the pyrolysis products. However, elevated levels of protein did cause a deoxygenation effect in the pyrolysis process with more of the oxygen rejected from the biomass as water. The deoxygenation caused the pyrolysis oil from the higher protein containing biomass to have higher energy content. Furthermore, the concentration of basic nitrogen groups caused the pyrolysis oil from the higher protein biomass to shift to a more neutral pH and lower total acid number than has been measured typically for lignocelluloic biomass pyrolysis oils. Some of the pyrolysis oils, particularly those from the mustard seed family presscakes exhibited better thermal stability than low-protein pyrolysis oils.     

Absence of sterols constrains food quality of cyanobacteria for an invasive freshwater bivalve

The accumulation of cyanobacterial biomass may severely affect the performance of aquatic consumers. Here, we investigated the role of sterols in determining the food quality of cyanobacteria for the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea, which has become a common benthic invertebrate in many freshwater ecosystems throughout the world. In standardized growth experiments, juvenile clams were fed mixtures of different cyanobacteria (Anabaena variabilis, Aphanothece clathrata, Synechococcus elongatus) or sterol-containing eukaryotic algae (Cryptomonas sp., Nannochloropsis limnetica, Scenedesmus obliquus). In addition, the cyanobacterial food was supplemented with different sterols. We provide evidence that somatic growth of C. fluminea on cyanobacterial diets is constrained by the absence of sterols, as indicated by a growth-enhancing effect of sterol supplementation. Thus, our findings contribute to our understanding of the consequences of cyanobacterial mass developments for benthic consumers and highlight the importance of considering sterols as potentially limiting nutrients in aquatic food webs.     

Modelling of pyrolysis of coal-biomass blends using thermogravimetric analysis

The primary objective of this work was to develop an appropriate model to explain the co-pyrolysis behaviour of lignite coal-biomass blends with different proportions using a thermogravimetric analyzer. A new parallel-series kinetic model was proposed to predict the pyrolysis behaviour of biomass over the entire pyrolysis regime, while a kinetic model similar to that of Anthony and Howard [Anthony, D.B., Howard, J.B., 1976. Coal devolatilization and hydrogasification. AIChE Journal 22(4), 625-656] was used for pyrolysis of coal. Analysis of mass loss history of blends showed an absence of synergistic effect between coal and biomass. Co-pyrolysis mass-loss profiles of the blends were predicted using the estimated kinetic parameters of coal and biomass. Excellent agreement was found between the predicted and the experimental results.