A bioflocculant M-1 produced by Enterobacter sp. EP3 was investigated with regard to its flocculanting characteristics and mechanism. 2.0 mg/l M-1 showed the maximum flocculating activity of 96% in 5.0g/l Kaolin suspension containing 8mM CaCl2 and that its flocculating activity was more than 80% in a wide pH range (4.0-12.0). Chemical analyses indicated that the biopolymer M-1 was mainly a polysaccharide, mainly consist of rhamnose and glucose with a molar ratio of 9:1. Infrared spectrophotometry showed the presence of carboxyl, hydroxyl and methoxyl groups in M-1 molecular. Flocculation of Kaolin suspension with M-1 acted as a model to explore the flocculating mechanism in which bridging mediated by Ca2+ was proposed as the primary action based on the experimental observations.

This paper presents the design and production of 3D animation based on computer graphics. The main work includes the animated scene design, role design and the post production using computer software. Design software tools are Autodesk Maya and Adobe EffectsCS4. Scene design and role design are very important parts of the animation form. The good scene and role design can improve the animation level and effect; make the animation and rendering a fuller picture. In addition, rich post production can promote the additional value of animation works, has a great influence on the final result of the whole works of taste and art.

A pilot-scale test was conducted with an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) treating pharmaceutical wastewater containing berberine. The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of UASB in the condition of a high chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading rate from 4.64 to 8.68 kg/m3d and a wide berberine concentration from 254 to 536 mg/L, in order to provide a reference for treating the similar pharmaceutical wastewater containing berberine. The results demonstrated that the UASB average percentage reduction in COD and berberine 68.14% and 57.39%, respectively. Granular sludge was formed during this process. In addition, a model, built on the back propagation neural network (BPNN) theory and linear regression techniques was developed for the simulation of the UASB system performance in the biodegradation of pharmaceutical wastewater containing berberine. The average errors of COD and berberine were -0.55% and 0.24%, respectively. The results indicated that this model built on the BPNN theory was well-fitted to the detected data, and was able to simulate and predict the removal of COD and berberine by UASB reactor.

As a novel porous functional material, metal rubber (MR) had many advantages of high loading capacity, high anti-blocked capacity and adjustable porosity with outside pressure made the MR more suitable as filtration material. However, there was no related study and successful application nowadays except in Russia. This study detailed investigated the filtration performance of MR including the influence of wire line diameter, porosity and molding thickness on initial pressure drop under clean liquid condition and their effects on pressure drop-flow rate property and filtration efficiency under contaminated liquid condition. The results indicate that the initial pressure drop increased with the decrease of porosity and wire line diameter, however decreased with the decrease of molding thickness when the flow was constant. Filtration drop increased significantly with the decrease of porosity. MR material made of small diameter wires showed a high filtration efficiency and large pressure drop because of its’ fine micro-pore. Filtration drop rose with the increase of molding thickness however, the filtration efficiency was little affected. These results provide a suitable guideline for further MR filter appliance and MR material research.