Gelatin/chitosan/hydroxyapatite/graphene oxide composite nanofibers were prepared by electrospinning. The effect of composition on fiber morphology and antibacterial properties were investigated. The results show that increasing of gelatin concentration results in the increase of fiber diameter and then heavy fiber adhesion, showing ideal concentration scope of 15%-20%. Increasing chitosan concentration leads to thin fibers, with optimum concentration at 1%, while increasing hydroxyapatite (HA) concentration increases the ionic concentration of eletrospinning solution, leading to the decrease of beads and fiber adhesion. Nanofibers with smooth morphology are obtained when the diameter of HA particles is 12 μm and at concentration of 5%. And the addition of graphene oxide (GO) enhances uniform, smooth and antibacterial property of the composite nanofibers, which enables the gelatin/chitosan/hydroxyapatite/GO fibers good antibacterial effect against both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.
The hydrothermally treated red phosphorus (HRP) was dispersed on exfoliated bentonite (EB) supporter to prepare the EB/HRP photocatalyst for improving photocatalytic performance. The as-synthesized samples were characterized by different methods. Rhodamine B was selected as the model pollutant to evaluate the photodegradation property of EB/HRP. Results showed that the photodegradation efficiency of the EB/HRP photocatalyst composite increased with increased EB mass fraction, and decreased after reaching the highest value. When the mass fraction of EB was 9%, the EB 9 /HRP photocatalyst composite exhibited the maximum adsorption performance and photodegradation activity. Its degradation rate constant k was 0.0641 min −1 , which was two times that of HRP. In addition, after five cycles of photodegradation experiments, EB 9 /HRP still had high photocatalytic activity (96.8%). Therefore, the EB 9 /HRP catalyst composite had good photocatalytic activity and stability, which can be an efficient
Applying electroosmosis to sludge dewatering practically, methods for improving electroosmotic dewatering must be explored. The influence of initial pH, adding Al2 (SO4)3 dose and ash content in sludge on electroosmotic dewatering behavior was investigated. The results show that acid or alkaline environment is unfavorable for electroosmotic dewatering, especially initial pH of sludge closing to the isoelectric point, electroosmotic dewatering behaves worst. With increasing Al2(SO4)3 coagulant-aid dose, the decreasing rate of water content becomes slower gradually during electroosmotic dewatering. Besides, higher ash content in sludge has a better effect on vaccum filtration, but slightly impact on electroosmotic dewatering. When ash content increases to 69.9% from 52.4%, final water content reduces to 64.3% from 78.3% using vaccum filtration, and the decreasing amount of water content by electroosmotic dewatering ranges from 16.5% to 12.3%.
Dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment of corn stover was used to obtain a solution of high concentration of xylose from the hemicellulosic fraction and a relatively low concentration of glucose, which not only saved the hemicellulase but also made a full use of corn stover. Then the study considered the selectivity (xylose-glucose ratio) as an important parameter to optimize the hydrolysis conditions. The results optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) showed that the optimum conditions for pretreatment were found to be H2SO4 concentration of 2.4% and reaction time of 100min at 100°C. Under these conditions, 78.8% of xylose yield was achieved and the glucose yield was lower than 11.6%. To confirm these results, the optimum condition was performed and the actual results of xylose yield and glucose yield were 78% and 11.3%.
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