کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
576088 1453072 2015 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Capability of microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems to remove emerging organic contaminants: A pilot-scale study
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
قابلیت استفاده از سیستم های تصفیه پساب مبتنی بر مایکروویو برای حذف آلاینده های آلی موجود: یک مطالعه در مقیاس آزمایشی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بهداشت و امنیت شیمی
چکیده انگلیسی


• The effect of hydraulic retention time and seasonality has been evaluated.
• Removal efficiency ranged from undetectable removal to more than 90%.
• Biodegradation and photodegradation were the most important removal pathways.
• We suggested that microalgae enhance the biodegradation of emerging contaminants.
• Up to 90% of the contaminant toxicity risk was removed by microalgae treatment.

The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and seasonality on the removal efficiency of 26 organic microcontaminants from urban wastewater was studied in two pilot high-rate algal ponds (HRAPs). The targeted compounds included pharmaceuticals and personal care products, fire retardants, surfactants, anticorrosive agents, pesticides and plasticizers, among others. The pilot plant, which was fed at a surface loading rate of 7–29 g of COD m−2 d−1, consisted of a homogenisation tank and two parallel lines, each one with a primary settler and an HRAP with a surface area of 1.5 m2 and a volume of 0.5 m3. The two HRAPs were operated with different HRTs (4 and 8 d). The removal efficiency ranged from negligible removal to more than 90% depending on the compound. Microcontaminant removal efficiencies were enhanced during the warm season, while the HRT effect on microcontaminant removal was only noticeable in the cold season. Our results suggest that biodegradation and photodegradation are the most important removal pathways, whereas volatilization and sorption were solely achieved for hydrophobic compounds (log Kow > 4) with a moderately high Henry’s law constant values (11–12 Pa m−3 mol−1) such as musk fragrances. Whereas acetaminophen, ibuprofen and oxybenzone presented ecotoxicological hazard quotients (HQs) higher than 1 in the influent wastewater samples, the HQs for the effluent water samples were always below 1.

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ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Hazardous Materials - Volume 288, 15 May 2015, Pages 34–42
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