Decolorization of azo dyes by a salt-tolerant Staphylococcus cohnii strain isolated from textile wastewater

The salt-tolerant Staphylococcus cohnii strain, isolated from textile wastewater, has been found effective on decolorizing several kinds of azo dyes with different structures. The optimal conditions for azo dye acid red B (ARB) decolorization by S. cohnii were determined to be pH = 7.0 and 30°C. The decolorization efficiency increased with the increase of the salinity concentration, and around 90% of ARB (100 mg·L^?1) could be decolorized in 24 h when the salinity concentration was up to 50 g·L^?1. Moreover, the strain could still decolorize 19% of ARB in 24 h even when the NaCl concentration was increased to 150 g·L^?1. Meanwhile, the dependence of the specific decolorization rate by S. cohnii on the ARB concentration could be described with Michaelis-Menten kinetics (K _m = 585.7mg·L^?1, V _max = 109.8 mg·g cell^?1·h^?1). The addition of quinone redox mediator, named 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone and anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate, significantly accelerated the decolorization performance of S. cohnii. Furtherly, the activities of azoreductase (0.55 ??mol·mg protein^?1·min^?1) and Nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide-dichlorophenol indophenol (NADH-DCIP) reductase (8.9 ??mol·mg protein^?1·min^?1) have been observed in the crude cell extracts of S. cohnii. The decolorization products of ARB were analyzed by HPLC-MS, and the results indicated the reductive pathway was responsible for azo dye decolorization by S. cohnii.     

有机废水制取氢气及COD的去除

针对当前能源紧缺以及有机废水治理和回收再利用的需求,采用驯化的河底污泥发酵模拟有机废水,研究了不同有机废水制取氢气和去除有机物的效果.结果表明:在相同条件下,糖源质量浓度均为1.67 g·L-1、废水体积为300 mL、pH=5.5、θ=40℃时,糖源为葡萄糖、蔗糖和淀粉的三种有机废水总产氢气量分别是309.36 mL,318.18 mL,8.20 mL,含蔗糖的废水总产氢气量最高.含蔗糖和葡萄糖的废水COD去除率分别是78.00%和76.92%,而含淀粉的废水COD去除率仅为55%.此外,废水产氢规律与从污泥里筛选出的产氢菌生长曲线有密切的关系.厌氧发酵产氢是一个复杂的过程,它受底物种类、底物浓度、pH值和温度等因素的影响.用驯化的污泥来发酵含糖浓度较高的有机废水,不仅可以收集到大量的生物质能氢气,而且一定程度上缓解了有机废水污染环境的问题.     

印染废水生化出水中有机污染物特性及在硫酸镁混凝过程中的去除行为

以某印染废水二级生化出水为研究对象,考察了生化出水中有机污染物中各组分含量、分子量分布特点等特性,以及各类有机物在硫酸镁混凝处理过程中的去除行为.实验结果表明,该印染废水的生化出水溶解性有机物的主要成分是疏水性物质,以溶解性有机碳（DOC）表征时占总DOC的78%,其中非酸疏水物质约占46%,而以UV254表征时约占总55%,以美国染料生产协会色度值（ADMI7.6）表征时为97%,其中以非酸疏水物质的贡献最大,达到66%,并且非酸疏水物质中不饱和双键或芳香环有机物的含量较高.生化出水中的DOC主要集中在小于1000 D的有机物上,占37%.在硫酸镁的最佳混凝条件下,可以有效地去除由大分子量的非酸疏水物质引起的色度,而对小分子量的有机物也有一定的去除效果.     

Mutagenicity assessment of textile dyes from Sanganer (Rajasthan)

Sanganer town, district Jaipur (Rajasthan, India) is famous worldwide for its hand block dyeing and textile printing industries. These industries use a variety of chemicals and dyes during processing and finishing of raw materials. Most of the textile dyes used by these industries have not been evaluated for their impact on health and the environment. The workers in these industries are exposed to such dyes with no control over the length and frequency of exposure. Further, untreated and sometimes even treated effluents from these industries are released into surface waters of Amani Shah drainage or through the drainage systems, seep into the ground water and adjoining water bodies. Since many textile dyes are known carcinogens and mutagens, a complete evaluation of the safety of these dyes in the human environment must include an evaluation of their genotoxicity or mutagenicity. A total of 12 textile dyes from Sanganer were tested for their mutagenicity, by Ames Salmonella reversion assay using strain TA 100 of Salmonella typhimurium. Only 1 dye, Red 12 B showed absence of mutagenic activity. The remaining 11 dyes were all positively mutagenic.     

Removal of textile dyes from water by the electro-Fenton process

An environmentally friendly electrochemical treatment, electro-Fenton process, was applied to the depollution of a synthetic dismissal composed of three dyes, yellow drimaren, congo red and methylene blue, frequently used in textile and dyehouses. Here, we show that those dyes and their mixture are quickly degraded under current controlled electrolysis conditions, leading to an almost complete mineralization. The results show the efficiency of electro-Fenton process to quickly degrade aqueous effluents polluted by synthetic organic dyes.     

Removal of textile dyes from aqueous solution using PEG based aqueous biphasic system

Aqueous biphasic systems (ABSs) composed of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and salt have been examined for the removal of textile dyes from textile effluent. The partitioning of four dyes namely Cibacron Scarlet LS 2G, Rhodamine B, Brown ERN and Astacryl Red 3B was investigated. All the dyes studied were found to partition into the upper PEG rich layer. Sodium carbonate was found to be the most efficient salt for extraction of dyes. Sodium sulphate was found to be marginally less efficient. Sodium chloride did not cause partitioning at all. Partitioning occurred at all pH and was almost pH independent. The partitioning of these dyes in larger volume (100?mL) ABS was also demonstrated. Studies using dye bath effluent were also conducted. In all cases very high efficiencies consistently above 98% were obtained.     

城市污水处理脱磷滤料的研究

生物法除磷投资省、成本低,但稳定性较差,当废水中磷酸盐浓度较高时,出水很难达标排放.化学法除磷工艺简单,运行可靠,能达标排放,但运行费用高,产生大量污泥,导致二次污染.文章进行了第三种除磷方法即滤料除磷的研究,并探讨了污水pH及水力停留时间对滤料除磷效果的影响.试验结果表明:煤渣和改性煤渣滤料对城市污水总磷的去除率可以达到54%和71%,但处理后的出水不能达标排放;碳酸钙滤料对城市污水总磷的去除率可以达到83%,能达标排放,但处理效果与城市污水pH值密切相关.城市污水pH值在8～9的范围,出水不能达标排放;pH值在5～8的范围,处理后的出水则可以达标排放,而且污水pH越低,总磷的去除率越高,其最佳水力停留时间为10 min.该方法具有处理效果好、处理成本低、无污染、投资省、占地面积小的特点.     

Remediation of heavy metals and dyes from wastewater using cellulose-based adsorbents

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Heavy metals and dyes are major pollutants that pose potential threat to the health of humans and ecosystems. Various technologies are available to remediate such...     

铅、镉污染废水树皮类吸附材料的筛选

近年来,水体重金属污染日趋严重,筛选出绿色高效处理重金属污染废水的吸附材料迫在眉睫.本文采用振荡吸附法研究了10种树皮类生物质吸附材料在不同投加量、初始浓度、pH和吸附时间下对模拟污染废水中Pb~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的吸附效率.结果表明,在25℃和180 r·min~(-1)恒温振荡条件下,10种树皮对Pb~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的吸附效率存在明显差异(P0.05).它们对模拟废水Pb~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的吸附量和吸附率,分别随初始浓度的增加呈递增和递减趋势;在0—120 min内随吸附时间的延长而提高;在pH 2.0—4.0范围内,随pH的增大而明显提升.红外光谱分析表明,羟基和羧基参与了Pb~(2+)和Cd~(2+)吸附.在投加量0.5 g·L~(-1)、模拟废水初始浓度50 mg·g~(-1)、pH 5.50和吸附时间120 min条件下,侧柏(Platycladus orientalis)皮、核桃树(Juglans regia)皮和构树(Broussonetia papyrifera)皮对Pb~(2+)的吸附量可达71.77—83.61 mg·g~(-1),对Cd~(2+)的吸附量达到64.69—70.33 mg·g~(-1),对实际污染废水具有较高的吸附率,最高可达98.21%.因此,侧柏皮、核桃树皮和构树皮可能是是吸附复合污染废水中铅镉的潜在材料.     

High removal of phosphate from wastewater using silica sulfate

This report shows that silica sulfate is removing phosphate from wastewater very efficiently. Phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater is a worldwide issue due to pollution of natural waters by phosphate and depletion of phosphate ores. Adsorption is a process that can remove phosphate at low concentrations. Adsorption also allows the recovery of phosphate for possible re-use. Here, we studied the adsorption of phosphate from wastewater using commercial Zr ferrite, Zr-MCM 41 and silica sulfate. We calculated equilibrium isotherms, kinetic models and thermodynamic effects under conditions similar to real wastewaters. We found that the equilibrium data for the adsorption of phosphate were best fitted to the Freundlich model. The results show that the maximum uptake of phosphate was 3.36 mg g⁻¹ for Zr-MCM, 27.73 mg g⁻¹ for Zr ferrite and 46.32 mg g⁻¹ for silica sulfate. The kinetic results of the three adsorbents were satisfactorily predicted using a pseudo-second-order model. We found that silica sulfate provided excellent characteristics in terms of the maximum adsorption and rate constant for the adsorption of phosphate. The thermodynamic data showed that increasing the temperature enhanced the adsorption of phosphate onto silica sulfate. Our findings will help to define efficient methods to remove phosphate from wastewater.     

Adsorptive removal of rhodamine B from textile wastewater using water chestnut (Trapa natans L.) peel: adsorption dynamics and kinetic studies

Water chestnut peel, an agricultural bio-waste, was used as a biosorbent for removal of rhodamine B (RhB), basic textile dye, from an aqueous solution. The effects of various experimental parameters were studied. The equilibrium data correlated well with a Freundlich isotherm (R² = 0.98–0.99) followed by a Halsey isotherm model (R² = 0.98–0.99) which indicated heterogeneity of the adsorbent surface and multilayer adsorption of RhB dye onto the water chestnut peel waste (WCPW). High correlation coefficients (R² = 0.99) together with close agreement between experimental q_e (0.4–1.7 mg g^?1) and calculated q_e (0.4–2.5 mg g^?1) suggested that the adsorption process followed pseudo-second-order kinetics, with k₂ values in the range of 52–3.4 × 10^?1 g mg^?1 min^?1 at different concentrations. The overall mechanism of adsorption was controlled by both liquid-film and intra-particle diffusions. The negative values of change in Gibb's free energy (?ΔG⁰ = 19.2–29.2 kJ mol^?1) and positive values of change in enthalpy (ΔH⁰ = 30.9–117.6 kJ mol^?1) revealed the process to be spontaneous and endothermic. WCPW was found to be an effective adsorbent for removal of RhB, a cationic dye, from an aqueous solution.     

Monofunctionalized cyclodextrin polymers for the removal of organic pollutants from water

Water is an important resource for domestic, industrial, agricultural and recreational purposes. The quality of water is however significantly deteriorating due to the accumulation of organic pollutants in aqueous systems. Conventional water treatment technologies fail to remove these contaminants to desirable levels. Recent studies have revealed that cyclodextrin nanoporous polymers are capable of absorbing pollutants from water to parts per billion levels. We have demonstrated that functionalised cyclodextrin polymers have enhanced absorption capacities for some organic pollutants. Here we report the synthesis of several insoluble monosubstituted cyclodextrin polymers or “nanosponges”. We show that these polymers have improved abilities in the absorption of p-nitrophenol and pentachlorophenol from aqueous solutions.     

Clay mineral adsorbents for heavy metal removal from wastewater: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Heavy metal pollution such as water contamination by Pb, Hg, Cu, Cd and Cr ions is induced by rapid urbanization and industrialization and is a major threat to...     

芦苇人工湿地对农村生活污水磷素的去除及途径

构建了芦苇(Phragmites australis)水平潜流人工湿地处理农村生活污水中的磷素,考察了湿地除磷效果以及地上植物吸磷量。结果表明,人工湿地对磷素的去除随水力停留时间的延长而增加,停留时间大于5.3 d时,芦苇湿地除磷效率可以高于88%。湿地进水TP负荷与磷去除速率之间有较好的线性关系(R2>0.91)。湿地植物在11月份收割时,地上生物量为1.65 kg.m-2,芦苇地上部分吸收磷量为3.68 g.m-2.a-1。分析了湿地除磷途径,在试验条件下,湿地填料的吸附和沉淀等作用是水平潜流人工湿地除磷的主要途径,植物吸收仅占湿地总磷去除量的9.1%,但是湿地水生植物是人工湿地重要组成部分,可以通过影响湿地的其他条件间接影响湿地除磷效果。试验证明,人工湿地是适用于农村地区的优良的污水处理技术。     

Ferrihydrite preparation and its application for removal of anionic dyes

Anionic dyes are hazardous and toxic to living organisms. For this study, ferrihydrite was prepared to test its removal capabilities on anionic dyes. A ferrihydrite particle prepared in neutral environmental conditions is sphere-like with a diameter of 2–4 nm and its total surface area is approximately 229 m²·g^-1. In this paper, the effects of solution pH, competitive anions, and temperature on the adsorption of acid fuchsine onto ferrihydrite and the regeneration-reutilization of ferrihydrite were investigated in detail. The results indicate that ferrihydrite is an efficient sorbent for the removal of acid fuchsine at pH 4.0. The inhibitory effect of various competing anions on the present adsorption follows the precedence relationship: NO3-<Cl-<SO42-<H2PO4-. Adsorption isotherms of acid fuchsine on ferrihydrite fit the Langmuir equation well. The Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy data of adsorption indicate that this adsorption is a spontaneous, exothermic, and physical process. A ferrihydrite was regenerated and reused five times, still retaining its original adsorption capacity.     

Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from textile wastewater by soilless culture of Lolium multiflorum

A technique of soilless culture for removal of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) from textile wastewater using Lolium multiflorum was conducted in this research. The TN concentration decreased from 50.72 mg/L to 24.64–27.89 mg/L and TP decreased from 6.9 mg/L to 3.7–4.1 mg/L in the experimental tank with the size of 4.7 m x 1.2 m x 0.75 m. The results suggested that L. multiflorum could absorb a large amount of N and P elements from the wastewater. This technique of soilless culture has many advantages such as simple equipment, low cost, easy operation, low energy consumption, convenient management and flexible disposition.     

印染废水生化出水高锰酸钾强化混凝深度处理溶解性有机物的去除特性

采用高锰酸钾预氧化,强化某印染废水生化出水铁盐混凝深度处理溶解性有机物(DOM),考察了高锰酸钾强化混凝对印染废水生化出水中DOM的去除特性并为优化混凝深度处理工艺提供理论参考.在最优投加条件下,高锰酸钾强化混凝处理提高了DOM色度的去除效果,以美国染料生产协会色度值(ADMI7.6)表征时为84%,出水ADMI7.6值较单独混凝处理降低了43%.但以溶解性有机碳(DOC)表征时去除率基本保持不变,为55%.通过XAD-8/XAD-4吸附树脂分离技术和分子量分布分析发现,高锰酸钾强化混凝处理通过有效去除疏水性和弱疏水性DOM色度降低了出水的色度.同时,出水中亲水性和小分子DOM(MW<1 kDa)较单独混凝处理分别增加了34%和15%,导致了DOM去除率以DOC表征时无显著改善.采用三维荧光光谱技术定性分析表明,引起色度的可见类富里酸和类腐殖酸物质被进一步去除使出水色度降低,此时出水中增多的小分子亲水性DOM主要为类蛋白质和富里酸物质.因此,高锰酸钾强化混凝处理过程仍需与其它能去除亲水性、小分子量DOM(MW<1 kDa)的处理工艺结合,以提高总体去除效率.     

Zero-valent manganese nanoparticles coupled with different strong oxidants for thallium removal from wastewater

• Nano zero-valent manganese (nZVMn, Mn⁰) is synthesized via borohydrides reduction. • Mn⁰ combined with persulfate/hypochlorite is effective for Tl removal at pH 6-12. • Mn⁰ can activate persulfate to form hydroxyl and sulfate radicals. • Oxidation-induced precipitation and surface complexation contribute to Tl removal. • Combined Mn⁰-oxidants process is promising in the environmental field. Nano zero-valent manganese (nZVMn, Mn⁰) was prepared through a borohydride reduction method and coupled with different oxidants (persulfate (S₂O₈²⁻), hypochlorite (ClO⁻), or hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂)) to remove thallium (Tl) from wastewater. The surface of Mn⁰ was readily oxidized to form a core-shell composite (MnO_x@Mn⁰), which consists of Mn⁰ as the inner core and MnO_x (MnO, Mn₂O₃, and Mn₃O₄) as the outer layer. When Mn⁰ was added alone, effective Tl(I) removal was achieved at high pH levels (>12). The Mn⁰-H₂O₂ system was only effective in Tl(I) removal at high pH (>12), while the Mn⁰-S₂O₈²⁻ or Mn⁰-ClO⁻ system had excellent Tl(I) removal (>96%) over a broad pH range (4–12). The Mn⁰-S₂O₈²⁻ oxidation system provided the best resistance to interference from an external organic matrix. The isotherm of Tl(I) removal through the Mn⁰-S₂O₈²⁻ system followed the Freundlich model. The Mn⁰ nanomaterials can activate persulfate to produce sulfate radicals and hydroxyl radicals. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggested that oxidation-induced precipitation, surface adsorption, and electrostatic attraction are the main mechanisms for Tl(I) removal resulting from the combination of Mn⁰ and oxidants. Mn⁰ coupled with S₂O₈²⁻/ClO⁻ is a novel and effective technique for Tl(I) removal, and its application in other fields is worthy of further investigation.     

Hydrogels for the removal of the methylene blue dye from wastewater: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Water pollution is a major environmental issue with the rapid development of industry. Therefore, advanced technologies and materials are needed to remove...     

Efficient removal of heavy metals from electroplating wastewater using polymer ligands

Poly(hydroxamic acid)-poly(amidoxime) chelating ligands were synthesized from poly(methyl acrylate-co-acrylonitrile) grafted acacia cellulose for removing toxic metal ions from industrial wastewaters. These ligands showed higher adsorption capacity to copper (2.80 mmol?g⁻¹) at pH 6. In addition, sorption capacities to other metal ions such as iron, zinc, chromium, and nickel were also found high at pH 6. The metal ions sorption rate (t_1/2) was very fast. The rate of adsorption of copper, iron, zinc, chromium, nickel, cobalt, cadmium and lead were 4, 5, 7, 5, 5, 8, 9 and 11 min, respectively. Therefore, these ligands have an advantage to the metal ions removal using the column technique. We have successfully investigated the known concentration of metal ions using various parameters, which is essential for designing a fixed bed column with ligands. The wastewater from electroplating plants used in this study, having chromium, zinc, nickel, copper and iron, etc. For chromium wastewater, ICP analysis showed that the Cr removal was 99.8% and other metal ions such as Cu, Ni, Fe, Zn, Cd, Pb, Co and Mn removal were 94.7%, 99.2%, 99.9%, 99.9%, 99.5%, 99.9%, 95.6% and 97.6%, respectively. In case of cyanide wastewater, the metal removal, especially Ni and Zn removal were 96.5 and 95.2% at higher initial concentration. For acid/alkali wastewater, metal ions removing for Cd, Cr and Fe were 99.2%, 99.5% and 99.9%, respectively. Overall, these ligands are useful for metal removal by column method from industrial wastewater especially plating wastewater.