黏土絮凝沉降铜绿微囊藻的动力学及其作用机理

研究了26种天然黏土矿物凝聚沉降铜绿微囊藻的动力学过程在投加量为0.7 g·L^-1时按平衡除藻率和除藻速率将26种黏土分成3类.第1类矿物(滑石、三氧化二铁、海泡石、四氧化三铁、高岭土等)的8 h平衡除藻率大于90%,去除50%藻细胞所需时间t₅₀＜30 min,去除80%藻细胞所需时间t₈₀＜2.5 h第2类黏土(轻质页岩、陶土、凹凸棒、累托土、伊利土等7种)的8 h平衡除藻率为50%～80%,t₅₀＜2.5 h,t80＞5 h.第3类黏土(铁矾土,云母,沸石、浮石、硅藻土、高钾长石和石英等14种)的8 h平衡除藻率低于50%,t₅₀>>8 h.当投加量逐步降低到0.2～0.1 g·L^-1时,25种黏土矿物的8 h平衡除藻率均降到60%以下,只有第1类黏土中的海泡石仍接近90%.与黏土相比,在0.02～0.2 g·L^-1投加量下单独使用聚合氯化铝(PAC)时的8 h平衡除藻率均低于40%.进一步对海泡石进行电性改性后发现,虽然黏土颗粒表面电位的提高(pH 7.4时,Zeta电位由-24.0 mV提高到+0.43 mV)可以显著加快海泡石的除藻速率,但其平衡除藻率并没有显著提高.在分析了本研究中的凝聚机理后提出:架桥网捕作用可能在黏土-藻凝聚过程中发挥了十分关键的作用,增强黏土对藻细胞的架桥网捕作用可能是今后进一步提高除藻效率、大幅度降低投加量的一个重要方向.

Kinetics and Mechanism of Removing Microcystis aeruginosa Using Clay Flocculation

Twenty-six natural clays were studied for their kinetics of flocculating and removing algal cells of Microcystis aeruginosa. According to the 8 h equilibrium removal efficiencies and removal rates at a clay-loading of 0.7 g.L-1, all the 26 clays were classified into three categories. Type-I clay, which includes talc, ferric oxide, sepiolite, ferroferric oxide, and kaolinite, has an equilibrium removal efficiency greater than 90%, a t50 (time needed to remove 50% of the algae) of less than 30 min, and a t80 (time needed to remove 80% of the algae) of less than 2.5 h. Type-II clay, which includes argillanceous rocks, attapulgite, rectorite, illite, and argil, etc., has an equilibrium removal efficiency of 50%-80%, a t50 of less than 2.5 h, and a t80 of more than 5 h. Type-III clay consists of 14 minerals, including laterite, zeolite, mica, clinoptilolite, pumice, tripoli, feldspar and quartz, etc. with the removal efficiency less than 50%, and t50 > > 8 h. When the clay loading was decreased to 0.1-0.2 g.L-1, the 8 h equilibrium removal efficiencies for 25 clays declined to below 60%, except for sepiolite, a Type-I clay, which maintained around 90%. After the sepiolite was modified with Fe3+ to increase its surface charge (Zeta potential from -24.0 mV to +0.43 mV at pH 7.4), the initial removal rate was increased remarkably although its 8 h equilibrium removal efficiency was not improved substantially. As a comparison, the 8 h equilibrium removal efficiency of PAC was no greater than 40% at loadings of 0.02-0.2 g.L-1. Following the analysis of the flocculation mechanism it was concluded that the effect of bridging and netting may play a key role in the clay-algae flocculation processes, which may be important for selecting and modifying clays to improve significantly the removal efficiency.