Enhanced Hydrophilic and Electrophilic Properties of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Biofilm Carrier

Cai, Haifeng; Wang, Yang; Wu, Kai; Guo, Weihong

doi:10.3390/polym12061240

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“…The shape of the PVC packing media used in the current study also might have contributed to its poorer performance compared to gravel. Flow and substrate transport through the inside of the media might have been limited, decreasing the effective surface area (Cai et al, 2020).…”

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Nitrogen‐sparging assisted anoxic biological drinking water treatment system

Keithley,

Woodruff,

Williams

et al. 2023

AWWA Water Science

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Existing heterotrophic denitrification reactors rely on microorganisms to consume dissolved oxygen (DO) and create conditions suitable for denitrification, but this practice leads to excessive microbial growth and increased organic carbon doses. An innovative reactor that uses nitrogen gas sparging through a contactor to strip DO was developed and tested in the lab. It reduced influent nitrate from 15 to <1 mg/L as N with nitrite accumulation <1 mg/L as N. It maintained a consistent flow rate and developed minimal headloss, making it easier to operate than the denitrifying dual‐media filter that was operated in parallel. Gravel, polyvinyl chloride pieces, and no packing media were assessed as options for the nitrogen‐sparged contactor, and gravel was found to support denitrification at the highest loading rate and was resilient to nitrogen‐sparging shutoffs and intermittent operation. This innovative reactor appears promising for small drinking water systems.

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Nitrogen‐sparging assisted anoxic biological drinking water treatment system

Keithley,

Woodruff,

Williams

et al. 2023

AWWA Water Science

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“…Various types of fillings currently used in wastewater treatment processes are mainly made of polymeric materials [ 35 ], the most common of which include low-density polyethylene (PE-LD) and high-density polyethylene (PE-HD), as well as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). These plastics are widely used due to their good mechanical, processing, and functional properties, as well as their availability on the market [ 36 , 37 ]. However, these materials need to be modified due to new avenues of application, the need to alter or improve selected properties, and the requirements imposed on such products.…”

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Anaerobic Reactor Filling for Phosphorus Removal by Metal Dissolution Method

2022

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A commonly indicated drawback of anaerobic wastewater treatment is the low effectiveness of phosphorus removal. One possibility to eliminate this disadvantage is the implementation of active fillings that contain admixtures of metals, minerals, or other elements contributing to wastewater treatment intensification. The aim of the research was to present an active filling produced via microcellular extrusion technology, and to determine its properties and performance in anaerobic wastewater treatment. The influence of copper and iron admixtures on the properties of the obtained porous extrudate in terms of its functional properties was also examined. The Barus effect increased with the highest content of the blowing agent in the material from 110 ± 12 to 134 ± 14. The addition of metal powders caused an increase in the extrudate density. The modification of PVC resulted in the highest porosity, amounting to 47.0% ± 3.2%, and caused the tensile strength to decrease by about 50%. The determined values ranged from 211.8 ± 18.3 MPa to 97.1 ± 10.0 MPa. The use of the filling in anaerobic rectors promoted COD removal, intensified biogas production, and eliminated phosphorus with an efficiency of 64.4% to 90.7%, depending on the type of wastewater and applied technological parameters.

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“…Biological wastewater treatment processes are the most widely used methods for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater treatment technologies (Cai et al, 2020;Nguyen et al, 2021;Uluseker et al, 2021). The advanced nitrate removal is performed by denitrifying functional microbiota, which is the critical process to achieve the standard discharge of nitrogen.…”

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Efficacy of simultaneous hexavalent chromium biosorption and nitrogen removal by the aerobic denitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri YC-34 from chromium-rich wastewater

Yang

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Microbiol.

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The impact of high concentrations of heavy metals and the loss of functional microorganisms usually affect the nitrogen removal process in wastewater treatment systems. In the study, a unique auto-aggregating aerobic denitrifier (Pseudomonas stutzeri strain YC-34) was isolated with potential applications for Cr(VI) biosorption and reduction. The nitrogen removal efficiency and denitrification pathway of the strain were determined by measuring the concentration changes of inorganic nitrogen during the culture of the strain and amplifying key denitrification functional genes. The changes in auto-aggregation index, hydrophobicity index, and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) characteristic index were used to evaluate the auto-aggregation capacity of the strain. Further studies on the biosorption ability and mechanism of cadmium in the process of denitrification were carried out. The changes in tolerance and adsorption index of cadmium were measured and the micro-characteristic changes on the cell surface were analyzed. The strain exhibited excellent denitrification ability, achieving 90.58% nitrogen removal efficiency with 54 mg/L nitrate-nitrogen as the initial nitrogen source and no accumulation of ammonia and nitrite-nitrogen. Thirty percentage of the initial nitrate-nitrogen was converted to N2, and only a small amount of N2O was produced. The successful amplification of the denitrification functional genes, norS, norB, norR, and nosZ, further suggested a complete denitrification pathway from nitrate to nitrogen. Furthermore, the strain showed efficient aggregation capacity, with the auto-aggregation and hydrophobicity indices reaching 78.4 and 75.5%, respectively. A large amount of protein-containing EPS was produced. In addition, the strain effectively removed 48.75, 46.67, 44.53, and 39.84% of Cr(VI) with the initial concentrations of 3, 5, 7, and 10 mg/L, respectively, from the nitrogen-containing synthetic wastewater. It also could reduce Cr(VI) to the less toxic Cr(III). FTIR measurements and characteristic peak deconvolution analysis demonstrated that the strain had a robust hydrogen-bonded structure with strong intermolecular forces under the stress of high Cr(VI) concentrations. The current results confirm that the novel denitrifier can simultaneously remove nitrogen and chromium and has potential applications in advanced wastewater treatment for the removal of multiple pollutants from sewage.

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Enhanced Hydrophilic and Electrophilic Properties of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Biofilm Carrier

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Nitrogen‐sparging assisted anoxic biological drinking water treatment system

Nitrogen‐sparging assisted anoxic biological drinking water treatment system

Anaerobic Reactor Filling for Phosphorus Removal by Metal Dissolution Method

Efficacy of simultaneous hexavalent chromium biosorption and nitrogen removal by the aerobic denitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri YC-34 from chromium-rich wastewater

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