Chemometric Methods for Environmental Pollution Monitoring Dmitry E. Bykov Samara State Technical University Samara, Russia 1 Outlines I. Introduction II. Wastes recovering III. Wastes conversion IV. Wastes cancellation V. Wastes management VI. Landfills management VII. Conclusions 2 The Goals This lecture has two main objectives: • To give information about our R & D activities; • To get your advices how to apply chemometrics 3 Samara is a large industrial city 4 Samara State Technical University SSTU Since 1914 17 000 Students 5 SSTU Structure SSTU Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty Faculty of Chemical Institute Institute Technology Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department Department of Research & Analysis Industrial Center of Ecology Industrial Ecology 6 Department of Industrial Ecology 7 Department Research Activities Design the processes and equipment • for waste treatment • industrial sewage cleaning Reengineering of out-of-date technologies Ecological auditing and improvement of ecological management in industry 8 Development activities 9 Public Activities 10 Research & Analysis Center of Industrial Ecology (RACIE) 11 RACIE Activities Chemical analysis of topsoil, wastes, sewage, and ground water Development of standards that regulate the pressure on the environment by human activities Designing the up-to-date landfills for industrial and domestic wastes 12 II. Wastes Recovering The goals are purification and regeneration 13 Tasks solved Sleeper plant sewage purification Sleeper plant sewage purification Waste emulsion regeneration High foul blowoff sewage purification Copper contaminated sorbent regeneration Used enamel regeneration Hydrolyzed salomass regeneration High foul blowoff sewage purification 14 Sleeper plant sewage purification Sleeper plants sewage water contains up to 10% of tars. To purify it extraction with xylene is applied. 15 Equilibrium in the water/tar/xylol system Suspended matter concentration Tar concentration in xylene, kg/m3 100 mg/l 300 mg/l 500 mg/l 90 70 Pseudoequilibrium area 50 30 10 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Tar concentration in water, kg/m3 16 Tar extraction Emulsion 9% Extract 7% 79.1% Sewage+Xylene Sewage water 100% 100% 8.8% 19.7% 2.4% 88.7% 1.2% 91.2% 91% Water Refined water 84% 0.02% 0.02% 9% 8.1% 0.7% Xylene 99.96% Tar 17 High foul blowoff sewage purification T Reactor K-2 & PAA H2SO4 Acid storage volume Water Cold reuse water Sludge Intake tank Purified water Pump Boiler blowoff 18 Process parameters (Input) T – Temperature Ph – Acidity PAA – Flocculant (polyacrylamid) concentration K-2 – Coagulant concentration 19 Purified water quality (Output) D – Optical density Al – Concentration of aluminium ions Al3+ Fe – Concentration of ferric compounds 20 Conventional univariate approach - I 8 Output parameters versus acidity. Al 7 D 6 Fe 5 3 Other input parameters are constants 2 T = 20°C 1 [K-2] = 50 mg/l 4 Ph 0 5 6 7 8 9 10 [PAA] = 2 mg/l 11 21 Conventional univariate approach - II 0.5 Output parameters versus temperature. Al D Fe 0.4 0.3 0.2 Other input parameters are constants 0.1 pH = 6 T , °C [K-2] = 40 mg/l 0.0 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 [PAA] = 2 mg/l 22 Conventional univariate approach - III Output parameters versus PAA concentration. 0.4 Al 0.3 D Fe Other input parameters are constants 0.2 0.1 T = 20°C PAA, mg/l 0 1 2 3 4 5 pH = 6 [K-2] = 40 mg/l 23 Conventional univariate approach - IV 0.6 Output parameters versus K-2 concentration. Al 0.5 D Fe 0.4 Other input parameters are constants 0.3 0.2 T = 20°C 0.1 K-2, mg/l pH = 6 0 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 [PAA] = 2 mg/l 24 Optimal process setup Temperature T=35°C Acidity Ph= 6 PAA concentration [PAA]=2 mg/l K-2 concentration [K-2]= 40 mg/l 25 Chemometrics related problem Would MSPC approach be useful there? 26 PLS2 Model Loadings Plot 0.8 PC2 T Fe D Al 0.4 pH PAA Input parameters 0.0 T , pH, PAA, K-2 -0.4 K2 Output parameters PC1 -0.8 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 Fe , D, Al 27 Predicted optical density 0.4 Predicted D R2 = 0.96 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 Measured D 28 Predicted concentration of aluminium ions 0.6 Predicted Al R2 = 0.54 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 Measured Al 0.6 29 Predicted concentration of ferric compounds Predicted Fe 1.2 R2 = 0.93 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 Measured Fe 30 III. Wastes conversion The goal is utilization 31 Tasks solved Soap stock utilization Conversion of plastic-insulated cable scraps 1,2-dichlorpropane processing Polychlorethanes processing 32 Soap stock utilization Soap stock is a waste of oils and fats refining This is a valuable product, which should utilized 33 Conventional method of utilization H2SO4 Oil refining Soap stock Stock gathering Fat refining Mixed soap stock Deoxidation Fat separation Soap stock Laundry soap Mixture of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, neutral fat Waste is utilized into not valuable soap 34 Soap stock composition Vegetable oil production wastes Fat production wastes Water 74% Neutral fat 5% Unsaturated fatty acids solts 1% Water 85% Saturated fatty acids solts 19% Catalyst residiums 1% Cellulose slime 1% Neutral fat 2% Unsaturated fatty acids solts 10% Saturated fatty acids solts 1% Phosphatide 1% Stock composition is different for oil and fat 35 Oil production wastes utilization Oil refining Soap stock Deoxidation Desiccant Glycerin О2 Oxidized oil Compounding Fat separation Mixture of saturated fatty acids and neutral fat Etherification polymerization oxidization Dry oil Waste is utilized into valuable dry oil 36 Fat production wastes utilization Soap stock Fat production Hydrogenation Са О Neutralization Fat separation Mixture of saturated fatty acids and neutral fat Commercial stearin Calcium stearate Waste is utilized into valuable products 37 Chemometrics related problem Will MSPC approach be useful in this case? 38 IV. Wastes cancellation The goal is wastes annihilation 39 Tasks solved Oil polluted lands reclamation Sewage sludge utilization 40 Oil polluted lands reclamation We have: Oil polluted lands that should be reclamated A lot of activated sludge that should be utilized Let’s mix them up! 41 Oil polluted lands reclamation Activated sludge Oil polluted soil Mixture 42 Oil conversion 100% 90% S0=5 Oil conversion 80% 70% 60% S0=3 50% 40% S0=2 30% S0=1 20% 10% 0% 0 50 100 150 200 Time, day ES is enzyme-substrate complex E is enzyme (catalase) S Р is oil decomposition product is substrate (oil) 43 Chemometrics related problem The problem looks similar to biofuel production. Will this similarity be helpful? 44 More on lands reclamation Konstantin Chertes Samara State Technical University , Samara, Russia Possibilities of application of multidimensional data analysis methods to substantiate directions of degraded land recultivation 45 V. Wastes management The goal is collection and sorting 46 Wastes sources Industry 64% Others 12% Municipal 10% Transport 3% Agriculture 11% 47 Wastes distribution within industry Chemistry 39% Construction 8% Fuel 9% Food 6% Energy 4% Metallurgy 8% Textile 3% Metal works 23% 48 Domestic refuse composition 40 1994 1997 2000 2002 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Paper food waste Wood Ferrous Nonmetals ferrous metals Textile Bones Glass Leather Stones & rubber Plastics Small parts Others 49 Domestic refuse break up Total (100 %) Collected (83 %) Disposed (76 %) Recycled (7 %) 50 Waste collection system in Samara 51 Wastes traverser station 52 Polymer wastes composition Other 5% Rubber 10% PE 10% PVC 4% EPS 6% EU 8% PAN 5% PET 40% PP 8% PS 4% Polymer wastes weight portion is 10 % Polymer wastes cost portion is 60 % 53 Chemometrics related problem How to automate the wastes sorting? Will NIR spectroscopy be helpful there? 54 More on waste sorting and recycling Nataliya Ryumina Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia Sorting of polymers according to the types by the method of near infrared spectroscopy 55 VI. Landfills management The goal is ecological risk assessment 56 Well-run landfill Kinel 57 Illegal dump Bezenchuk 58 How to estimate a landfill state? measured evaluated ash content age density peculiarities temperature depth humidity pH 59 Prediction of maturity (age) X- a n d Y -l o a d in g s S c ores 0.2 4 PC2 PC2 M a t u ri ty 0 2 A sh 0 -8 C -0 . 2 W eight De pth H u m i d i ty -0 . 4 -2 PC1 -4 -4 -2 0 2 4 -0 . 5 B e z e n c h u k 2 , X-e x p : 5 5 % , 2 9 % Y -e x p : 8 2 % , 4 % RM SE -0 .2 5 PC1 Le ns + 28 C -0 . 6 0 0.25 0.5 B e z e n c h u k 2 , X-e x p : 5 5 % , 2 9 % Y -e x p : 8 2 % , 4 % P re d i c t e d Y R oo t M ea n S qu are E rror 0.09 1.2 E le m e n t s : 1 2 3 RMSEC C o rre la ti o n : 0 . 9 2 5 0 RMSEP 0 .0 8 5 R M CE P : 0.07 75 0.9 0.08 0.6 0 .0 7 5 0.07 0.3 1 2 3 B e z e n c h u k 2 , V a ria b l e c . M a t u rit y v. M a t u rit y 4 PCs 5 0.4 0 .6 0.8 B e z e n c h u k 2 , (Y -va r, P C ): (M a t u rit y , 2 ) 1 1.2 M e a s u re d Y 60 PCA-based classification S co re s S co res 1 1 PC2 PC2 0 0 -1 -1 Ash W e ig ht P C1 -2 P C1 -2 -4 -2 0 2 4 -4 K in e l 1 , X-e x p : 9 3 % , 5 % -2 0 2 4 K i n e l 1 , X-e x p : 9 3 % , 5 % S co res S co re s 1 1 PC2 PC2 0 0 -1 -1 T e m p e rature D e p th P C1 -2 P C1 -2 -4 -2 K in e l 1 , X-e x p : 9 3 % , 5 % 0 2 4 -4 -2 0 2 4 K i n e l 1 , X-e x p : 9 3 % , 5 % 61 Chemometrics related problem How to perform sampling on landfills? Will sampling theory be helpful there? 2 3 4 5 16 14 6 20 15 1 7 9 11 18 19 21 8 12 13 62 More on landfill state evaluation Olga Tupicina Samara State Technical University , Samara, Russia Chemometrics-based evaluation of mancaused formations’ stability Evgeniy Michailov Samara State Technical University , Samara, Russia Ecological assessment of waste fields with multivariate analysis - feasibility study 63 VII. Conclusions Numerous cases that are of interest in ecology and waste management have been presented Our first chemometric experience inspire us to use it more and more We are entirely open for co-operation in ecological chemometrics It is great to see so many outstanding scientists here! 64