Synchronous removal of emulsions and soluble organic contaminants via a microalgae-based membrane system : performance and mechanisms

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In this study, we applied a flexible strategy to manufacture a microalgal biochar-based membrane (MBCM). Due to the hierarchical surface topography on a micro-nano scale, the MBCM was found to have both underwater superoleophobic and underoil superhydrophobic properties. Combining an underoil superhydrophobic oil-containing region (OCR) with an underwater superoleophobic water-containing region (WCR) achieved the successive filtration of multiphase emulsions. The MBCM also served as a high-performance carbocatalyst for advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), due to the N functionalities (5.08%) of the graphene-like structure. This was caused by the high-temperature pyrolysis of rich proteins and alkaline salts in the algal residue. As a result, the MBCM/AOPs system achieved greater than 99.5% emulsions separation efficiency in different emulsion mixtures, while also achieving an outstanding degradation rate (99.8%) of soluble organic contaminants (SOCs). This in-depth exploration resulted in a low-cost and green strategy for developing multifunctional membranes to treat complex wastewater. The paper explains the mechanisms used by MBCM to synchronously remove emulsions and SOCs from wastewater.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:206

Enthalten in:

Water research - 206(2021) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 117741

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Guoliang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Rupeng [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Yun [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Binghua [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Xiaoguang [VerfasserIn]
Ao, Zhimin [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Li, Fanghua [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Shih-Hsin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced oxidation process
Biochar-based membrane
Carbocatalysis
Emulsions
Journal Article
Microalgal residue
Synchronous pollutant removal
Waste Water

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Date Completed 11.11.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.watres.2021.117741

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331963833