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Wang Y, Wang K, Wang X, Zhao Q, Jiang J, Jiang M. Effect of different production methods on physicochemical properties and adsorption capacities of biochar from sewage sludge and kitchen waste: Mechanism and correlation analysis. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 461:132690. [PMID: 37801977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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Different pyrolysis methods, parameters and feedstocks result in biochars with different properties, structures and removal capacities for heavy metals. However, the role of each property on adsorption capacity and corresponding causal relationships remain unclear. Here, we investigated various physicochemical properties of biochar produced via three different methods and two different feedstocks to clarify influences of biomass sources and pyrolysis processes on biochar properties and its heavy metal adsorption performance. Experimental results showed biochars were more aromatic and contained more functional groups after hydrothermal carbonization, while they had developed pores and higher surface areas produced by anaerobic pyrolysis. The inclusion of oxygen resulted in more complete carbonization and higher CEC biochar. Different biochar properties resulted in different adsorption capacities. Biochar produced by aerobic calcination showed higher adsorption efficiency for Cu and Pb. Correlation analysis proved that pH, cation exchange capacity and degree of carbonization positively affected adsorption, while organic matter content and aromaticity were unfavorable for adsorption. Microstructure and components determined biochar macroscopic properties and ultimate adsorption efficiency for metal ions. This study identifies the degree of correlation and pathways of each property on adsorption, which provides guidance for targeted modification of biochar to enhance its performance in heavy metal removal.
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- Yipeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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Gricius Z, Øye G. Recent advances in the design and use of Pickering emulsions for wastewater treatment applications. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:818-840. [PMID: 36649133 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01437h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Pickering emulsions have recently emerged as versatile systems capable of targeting many applications of wastewater treatment. The unique properties, which include high emulsion stability, easy preparation, low toxicity, and stimuli-responsiveness, pave the way for advances in common pollutant control processes. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview on different aspects in the Pickering emulsion design focusing on the key structural relations and their implications in specific applications. The first section is dedicated to the critical parameters governing the Pickering emulsion type, droplet size and stability. Furthermore, a section describing methods for demulsification and particle recovery is included, in which various stimuli have been explored. Finally, the most potent applications of Pickering emulsions such as photocatalytic degradation, adsorption, extraction, and separation of common wastewater pollutants are presented and discussed with a great deal of attention towards the efficacy, current limitations, and future potential. Recognizing the rise of innovative Pickering emulsion solutions is expected to induce profound effects facilitating the technology transfer to industrial processes.
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- Zygimantas Gricius
- Ugelstad Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Ugelstad Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
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Li J, How ZT, Gamal El-Din M. Aerobic degradation of anionic polyacrylamide in oil sands tailings: Impact factor, degradation effect, and mechanism. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 856:159079. [PMID: 36179824 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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An investigation was carried out to study the degradation of anionic polyacrylamide (A-PAM) under different temperature and microorganism conditions as well as to assess its effects on water chemistry and toxicity in oil sands tailings. The maximum removal efficiency of A-PAM was 41.0 % in tailings water with augmented microorganisms at 20 °C. No acrylamide (AMD) monomer was released during the A-PAM degradation, while residual AMD, from the manufacturing process to make A-PAM, was completely removed within 4 weeks. Both temperature and microorganisms showed significant effects (p < 0.05) on the degradation of A-PAM and residual AMD. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analyses showed that biodegradation could be the active pathway for A-PAM degradation in oil sands tailings. These analyses also indicated that macromolecular A-PAM was degraded into lower molecular weight organic compounds. No remarkable changes of the total concentration of naphthenic acids (NAs) were observed in A-PAM treated tailings water. However, low concentrations of fatty acids (<2.5 mg/L), which fit the NAs formula, were detected in pure polymer solution, indicating that A-PAM degradation would not affect the total concentration of NAs in tailings water but affect their distribution. Our results also showed that total organic carbon (TOC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) could be used as indicators of A-PAM degradation in tailings water due to their strong linear correlations (R2 > 0.90). Only slight increases in zeta potential and pH were found during A-PAM degradation. Limited effect on acute toxicity and no genotoxicity were found in A-PAM treated tailings water. Furthermore, the results suggest that A-PAM undergoes hydrolysis of amide groups by amidase enzymes, releasing ammonia and smaller molecules like organic acids. This research provides valuable information regarding the stability and impacts of A-PAM and thus will be beneficial for the management of oil sands tailings in long period of time.
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- Jia Li
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Kuc J, Thomas M, Grochowalska I, Kulczyk R, Mikosz G, Mrózek F, Janik D, Korta J, Cwynar K. Determination and Removal of Selected Pharmaceuticals and Total Organic Carbon from Surface Water by Aluminum Chlorohydrate Coagulant. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27175740. [PMID: 36080505 PMCID: PMC9457546 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In the present research, the removal of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and erythromycin (ERY), fluoxetine (FLX), amoxicillin (AMO), colistin (COL), ethynylestradiol (EE), and diclofenac (DIC) from surface water by coagulation is studied. The concentration of selected pharmaceuticals in 24 surface water samples originating from some rivers located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesia Voivodeship, Poland, was determined. The removal of TOC and pharmaceuticals was carried out using the application of Design of Experiments (DOE), Response Surface Methodology (RSM), and by addition of aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH) as a coagulant. The study found that the concentration ranges of ERY, FLX, AMO, COL, EE, and DIC in analyzed water samples were 7.58−412.32, 1.21−72.52, 1.22−68.55, 1.28−32.01, 5.36−45.56, 2.20−182.22 ng/L, respectively. In some cases, concentrations lower than 1 ng/L were determined. In optimal conditions of coagulation process of spiked surface water (pH = 6.5 ± 0.1, ACH dose = 0.35 mL/L, Time = 30 min; R2 = 0.8799, R2adj = 0.7998), the concentration of TOC, ERY, FLX, AMO, COL, EE, and DIC was decreased by 88.7, 36.4, 24.7, 29.0, 25.5, 35.4, 30.4%, respectively. Simultaneously, turbidity, color, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Nitrogen (Total N), and Ammonium-Nitrogen (N-NH4) were decreased by 96.2%, >98.0%, 97.8%, 70.0%, 88.7%, 37.5%, respectively. These findings suggest that ACH may be an optional reagent to remove studied pharmaceuticals from contaminated water.
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- Joanna Kuc
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.K.); (M.T.)
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- Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
- Correspondence: (J.K.); (M.T.)
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Żeromskiego 5, 25-369 Kielce, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Student Scientific Association of Environment and Food Analytics, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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Wang M, Yue L, Niazi S, Khan IM, Zhang Y, Wang Z. Synthesis and characterization of cinnamic acid conjugated N-(2-hydroxy)-propyl-3-trimethylammonium chitosan chloride derivatives: A hybrid flocculant with antibacterial activity. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 206:886-895. [PMID: 35306015 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The modified natural biopolymers, recognized as environmentally friendly flocculants, are gaining tremendous attention in the field of water treatment. In this study, a novel hybrid flocculant with antibacterial activity, cinnamic acid (CA) conjugated N-(2-hydroxy)-propyl-3-trimethylammonium chitosan chloride (HTCC) derivative (HTCC-CA), was prepared via quaternary ammonium and amide reactions. The characterization, flocculation, and antibacterial activities were carried out to access the structural properties and potential application. The results of UV-vis, FT-TR, and 1H NMR confirmed the successful synthesis of HTCC-CA1-3 derivatives. XRD and TGA revealed the lower crystallinity and thermal stability of HTCC-CA1-3 derivatives than chitosan (CS). Bacterial flocculation and antibacterial tests indicated the excellent flocculation effect of HTCC-CA1-3 derivatives and showed high antibacterial activity for Escherichia coli suspension. Moreover, the mechanism of action of the derivatives was investigated via zeta potential measurements and scanning electron microscope, which can be summed up as the effective interaction between charges. The results proved that HTCC-CA derivatives are promising agents for wastewater treatment.
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- Min Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control, Jiangnan University, Lihu Road 1800, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Key Laboratory of Meat Processing of Sichuan, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, PR China.
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Garcia-Costa AL, Lopez-Perela L, Pliego G, Zazo JA, Casas JA. Effective degradation of cyclohexanecarboxylic acid by visible LED driven photo-Fenton. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Preparation of EDTA modified chitooligosaccharide/sodium alginate/Ca2+ physical double network hydrogel by using of high-salinity oilfield produced water for adsorption of Zn2+, Ni2+ and Mn2+. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Okoro O, Papineau I, Solliec M, Fradette L, Barbeau B. Performance of conventional drinking water treatment following dispersant remediation of an oil spill in surface water. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 801:149583. [PMID: 34418615 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Physical remediation such as the use of booms has been applied for most oil-spill cleanup activities in surface water. The application of dispersants has been controversial primarily due to the unknown impacts on drinking water sources. This study investigated changes in surface water quality following dispersant application to crude oil spills and the subsequent impact on the efficiency of ballasted flocculation, a physicochemical treatment process applied in many drinking water treatment plants (DWTP). Contamination of surface water was performed in the presence of crude oil concentrations (109 ± 13 mg/L) with and without dispersants. Water quality parameters such as turbidity and UVA254 were monitored and ballasted flocculation efficiency was assessed based on water quality as well as the removal of oil droplets, residual dispersant, and petroleum hydrocarbons as total organic carbon (TOC). Results showed that the measured water quality parameters except TOC are unsuitable indicators of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in surface water. However, TOC lacked sensitivity when used in settled water to detect hydrocarbon contaminants. Although ballasted flocculation efficiency was not limited by the presence of crude oil and low dispersant concentrations when an optimized alum dose was applied (41 mg dry alum/L), the process was unable to remove other dispersant-related compounds that are not identifiable by the monitored water quality parameters. Measured concentrations of these compounds in settled waters were above the U.S. EPA's aquatic life benchmark (40 μg/L). Findings would be beneficial to DWTP in their efforts to upgrade their treatment processes and prepare oil-spill contingency plans.
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- Oluchi Okoro
- Industrial Chair on Drinking Water, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Industrial Chair on Drinking Water, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Industrial Chair on Drinking Water, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Industrial Chair on Drinking Water, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada.
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Zhang H, Lin H, Li Q, Cheng C, Shen H, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Wang H. Removal of refractory organics in wastewater by coagulation/flocculation with green chlorine-free coagulants. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 787:147654. [PMID: 34000536 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Coagulation/flocculation is considered an economical and practical technology to remove refractory organic matter from wastewater. Coagulants containing chlorine may release chloride ions into water, thereby resulting in corrosion. A green chlorine-free coagulant of polyaluminum ferric silicate (PSAF) was synthesized to treat non-oily (e.g., humus wastewater) and oily refractory wastewaters (e.g., lubricating oil wastewater). Results showed that the highest removal efficiency of humus substances in non-oily wastewater achieved 96.0% at pH 7.0 using PSAF alone. When treating oily wastewater, the dosage and addition sequence of PAMALAM significantly affected the coagulation performance. The removal efficiencies of turbidity, chemical oxygen demand, and total nitrogen were increased by 0.3, 1.8, and 5.9 folds, respectively, with the optimal adding sequence of PSAF +0.08% PAMALAM. More fulvic acid-like substances can be removed during this process. The analysis of zeta potential and floc properties revealed that charge neutralization, sweep, and adsorption/entrapment mechanisms existed during the single PSAF coagulation process, and PAMALAM mainly improved the adsorption, bridging, and sweep function.
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- Huihui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; College of Chemical Engineering and Environment, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- Technology Institute of Drilling & Production Qinghai Oilfield, Dunhuang 736200, China; Unconventional Petroleum Research Institute, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- Technology Institute of Drilling & Production Qinghai Oilfield, Dunhuang 736200, China
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- Technology Institute of Drilling & Production Qinghai Oilfield, Dunhuang 736200, China
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- Technology Institute of Drilling & Production Qinghai Oilfield, Dunhuang 736200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; College of Chemical Engineering and Environment, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; College of Chemical Engineering and Environment, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China; College of Chemical Engineering and Environment, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China.
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Zubot W, An Z, Benally C, Gamal El-Din M. Treatment of oil sands process water using petroleum coke: Field pilot. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 289:112407. [PMID: 33799065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This is the first large-scale field pilot study that examined the feasibility and effectiveness of petroleum coke (PC), produced by a Fluid Coking Process, as an adsorbent for oil sands process water (OSPW) treatment. The pilot program consisted of an inline series of two reactors (pipeline reactor 1, and batch reactor 2) and lasted for approximately 4 months. The quality of treated OSPW as a function of residence time in the PC deposit under natural climatic conditions was assessed by looking at changes in organic compounds (acid extractable fraction (AEF), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), etc.), vanadium, and other trace element concentrations, major ions, conductivity, total suspended solids (TSS), pH and toxicity. The results indicated that the AEF adsorption by PC followed pseudo-second order kinetics and the overall combined removal efficiency of AEF was greater than 80%. Reactor 1 showed higher AEF removal than Reactor 2. DOC decreased about 50% after 4 weeks of retention in the PC deposit. An increase of vanadium concentration after PC contact indicated that vanadium leaching occurred. However, with increased residence time in the PC deposit, vanadium concentration decreased in the cells and tanks by 42% and 98%, respectively. Filtration through the PC deposit reduced the TSS in OSPW to less than laboratory detectable limits. Unlike untreated OSPW, treated OSPW did not show an acute toxic response based on whole effluent toxicity testing using trout, zooplankton, and bacteria. This study demonstrated that PC adsorption is a potentially commercially viable technology for highly efficient treatment of OSPW.
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- Warren Zubot
- Syncrude Canada Ltd., Research and Development, Edmonton, Alberta, T6N 1H4, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Magnetic composite Ca(OH)2/Fe3O4 for highly efficient flocculation in papermaking black liquor without pH neutralization. ADV POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2021.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Song J, Messele SA, Meng L, Huang Z, Gamal El-Din M. Adsorption of metals from oil sands process water (OSPW) under natural pH by sludge-based Biochar/Chitosan composite. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 194:116930. [PMID: 33631699 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Some metals in oil sands process water (OSPW) are potential threats to human health and the environment. Hence, the removal of excess metals from OSPW is of great significance. In this study, anaerobic sludge waste from a wastewater treatment plant, was reused to prepare sludge-based biochar. A Biochar/Chitosan (Biochar/CS) adsorbent with excellent removal efficiency for metals (Cr, Cu, Se and Pb) in real OSPW was prepared through a facile hydrothermal method. The structural properties of the synthesized Biochar/CS composite were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method. This study reports for the first time the removal of metals from OSPW under natural pH using Biochar/CS adsorbent. The composite exhibited a higher removal efficiency towards Cr (83.9%), Cu (97.5%), Se (87.9%) and Pb (94.3%) when the initial concentrations of Cr, Cu, Se and Pb were 0.02914, 0.06185, 0.00800 and 0.00516 mg/L, respectively, at a dosage of 0.5 g/L, compared with biochar or chitosan alone. The possible adsorption mechanism was proposed, and the enhanced removal ability was due to the improved specific surface area and pore volume, which increased by about 20 and 14 times as compared with chitosan. Functional groups in the composite, such as -NH2, -OH and some oxygen containing groups, were also responsible for the enhanced removal ability, which also might be the reason for the better performance of the composite than biochar alone due to the lack of functional groups on the biochar. Moreover, the adsorption process was best modelled by the Freundlich model, pseudo second order and intraparticle diffusion kinetic models. The results indicated that chemical adsorption might play the dominant role in the removal process. Overall, the Biochar/CS composite would be a promising and effective adsorbent for metals removal, owing to its advantages of being cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
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- Junying Song
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China; Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Ye H, Chen L, Kou Y, How ZT, Chelme-Ayala P, Wang Q, An Z, Guo S, Chen C, Gamal El-Din M. Influences of coagulation pretreatment on the characteristics of crude oil electric desalting wastewaters. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 264:128531. [PMID: 33065320 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Highly polluted crude oil electric desalting wastewaters (EDWs) severely affect the efficiency of refinery wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Coagulation is an efficient pretreatment to reduce the impacts of EDWs. In the present study, the influences of coagulation pretreatment on the characteristics of EDWs of three typical Chinese crude oils, Liaohe heavy oil (LHO), Karamay heavy oil (KHO) and Daqing light oil (DLO), were investigated. The stability of three raw EDWs was broken and the contents of organic pollutants were significantly reduced by aluminum sulfate coagulation. More soluble COD and polar oils were removed from LHO-EDW (1241 and 98 mg L-1) and KHO-EDW (779 and 57 mg L-1) compared to DLO-EDW (417 and 11 mg L-1). Coagulation significantly changed the compositions of the organic pollutants of two heavy oil EDWs; however, slightly influenced DLO-EDW, particularly the polar organic pollutants. Most types of aromatic compounds, aliphatic acids and Ox polar compounds were removed from two heavy oil EDWs, but mainly alkanes were removed from DLO-EDW. As such, the differences in the types of dominant polar compounds became insignificant among treated heavy oil and light oil EDWs. Coagulation notably decreased the acute biotoxicity and improved the biodegradability of all treated EDWs. The residual organic nitrogen compounds in treated KHO-EDW contributed to a higher residual biotoxicity compared to treated LHO-EDW. The results demonstrate that coagulation can effectively improve the qualities of heavy oil EDWs by lowering the contents of organic pollutants and removing recalcitrant compounds, thus guaranteeing the efficiency of refinery WWTPs.
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- Huangfan Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Rashed Y, Messele SA, Zeng H, Gamal El-Din M. Mesoporous carbon xerogel material for the adsorption of model naphthenic acids: structure effect and kinetics modelling. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2020; 41:3534-3543. [PMID: 31046640 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1615130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The study examined the preparation, characterization and the use of carbon xerogel (CX) material for the adsorption of three model naphthenic acids (NAs); such as, heptanoic acid (HPA), 5-cyclohexanepentanoic acid (CHPA), and 5-phenylvaleric acid (PVA). CX was synthesized by sol-gel method from resorcinol and formaldehyde. The characterization results showed that CX was a mesoporous material with large surface area (573 m2/g) and high pore volume (1.55 cm3/g), which was mainly composed of carbon (93.20%) and oxygen (6.71%). Adsorption studies revealed that PVA, the NA having an aromatic ring was adsorbed more easily by CX (87 mg/g) due to π-π interactions, followed by HPA (65 mg/g) and CHPA (61 mg/g). In addition, by studying the effect of solution pH, the result confirmed that repulsion greatly hindered the adsorption of HPA onto CX at pHs above that of the pHPZC and at lower pHs attractive electrostatic forces promoted adsorption. Adsorption kinetics fitted the pseudo-first-order model, which suggested that physisorption was most likely the means of adsorption. For the intraparticle diffusion model, the rate of film diffusion was higher than the rate of pore diffusion for each model compound regardless of their structure. Accordingly, this confirmed that pore diffusion was the rate-limiting step, although film diffusion still maintained a significant role in the rate of diffusion. In general, CX exhibited excellent adsorption performance due to its highly mesoporous character so it could be used as a passive treatment method in tailing ponds for removal of organic matters.
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- Yara Rashed
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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White KB, Liber K. Chronic Toxicity of Surface Water from a Canadian Oil Sands End Pit Lake to the Freshwater Invertebrates Chironomus dilutus and Ceriodaphnia dubia. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2020; 78:439-450. [PMID: 32077988 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-020-00720-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Permanent reclamation of tailings generated by surface mining in the Canadian oil sands may be achieved through the creation of end pit lakes (EPLs) in which tailings are stored in mined-out pits and capped with water. However, these tailings contain high concentrations of dissolved organics, metals, and salts, and thus surface water quality of EPLs is a significant concern. This is the first study to investigate the chronic toxicity of surface water from Base Mine Lake (BML), the Canadian oil sands first large-scale EPL, to aquatic invertebrates that play a vital role in the early development of aquatic ecosystems (Chironomus dilutus and Ceriodaphnia dubia). After exposure of C. dilutus larvae for 23 days and C. dubia neonates for 8 days, no mortality was observed in any treatment with whole BML surface water. However, the emergence of C. dilutus adults was delayed by nearly 1 week, and their survival was significantly reduced (36%) compared with the controls. Reproduction (fecundity) of C. dubia was reduced by 20% after exposure to 2014 BML surface water; however, the effect was not observed after exposure to BML surface water collected a year later in 2015. Despite some adverse effects, the results of this study indicate that BML surface water quality is improving over time and is able to support certain salt-tolerant aquatic organisms. Because salinity within BML will persist for decades without manual intervention, the ecological development of the lake will likely resemble that of a brackish or estuarine ecosystem with reduced diversity.
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- Kevin B White
- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 44 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B3, Canada
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 44 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B3, Canada.
- School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C8, Canada.
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Nadella M, Sharma R, Chellam S. Fit-for-purpose treatment of produced water with iron and polymeric coagulant for reuse in hydraulic fracturing: Temperature effects on aggregation and high-rate sedimentation. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 170:115330. [PMID: 31786393 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Reusing produced water for hydraulic fracturing simultaneously satisfies challenges of fresh water sourcing and the installation/operation of an extensive disposal well infrastructure. Herein, we systematically and rigorously investigate produced water treatment for reuse during hydraulic fracturing. Highly saline and turbid produced water from the Permian Basin was treated by adding chlorine as an oxidant, FeCl3 as the primary coagulant, and an anionic polymer to induce high rate sedimentation to generate "clean brine" by removing suspended solids and iron over a range of environmentally relevant temperatures. Mobile phone video capture, optical microscopy, and digital image/video analysis were employed to characterize floc morphology and measure its size and settling velocity. Conformational changes of the polymeric coagulant between 4 and 44 °C were inferred from viscosity and dynamic light scattering measurements providing clues to its performance characteristics. Floc settling velocities measured over the entire range of polymer dosages and temperatures were empirically modelled incorporating their fractal nature, average size, and the viscosity of the produced water using only a single fitting parameter. Juxtaposing the anionic polymer with the hydrolyzing metal-ion coagulant effectively destabilized the suspension and caused floc growth through a combination of enmeshment, adsorption and charge neutralization and inter-particle bridging as evidenced by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Very high turbidity (≥98%) and total iron (≥97%) removals were accomplished even with very short flocculation and sedimentation times of only 6 minutes each suggesting the feasibility of this approach to reuse produced water for hydraulic fracturing.
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- Mahith Nadella
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Production Assurance, Global Operations, Wells & Projects, ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX, 77079, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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Huang R, Wang C, Chelme-Ayala P, Fang Z, Shi Q, Xu C, Gamal El-Din M. Ferrate oxidation of distinct naphthenic acids species isolated from process water of unconventional petroleum production. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 672:906-915. [PMID: 30978552 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Distinct naphthenic acid (NA) species were isolated from oil sands process water (OSPW) into 20 fractions via silver-ion solid phase extraction, prior to treatment using potassium ferrate(VI). Untreated and treated fractions F1-F20 were characterized using ultra performance liquid chromatography traveling-wave ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry to identify classical NAs (aliphatic O2-NAs mainly found in fractions F1-F4), aromatic NAs (aromatic O2-NAs in F6-F9), oxidized NAs (O3-, O4-, and O5-NAs in F14-F17), and sulfur-containing NAs (F16-F19). The Fe(VI) oxidation reactivity of individual NA species was studied with minimized confounding effects from the complicated OSPW matrix. Aliphatic and aromatic O2-NAs were found to have different reactivity towards Fe(VI) oxidation, with removals ranging from <50% up to 90% at 200 mg/L ferrate dose. The O3-NAs and O4-NAs from raw OSPW were recalcitrant species with slight degradation under Fe(VI) oxidation conditions. The Fe(VI) oxidation of O2-NAs generated new O3-NAs as byproducts or intermediate byproducts which finally resulted in more oxygen-rich Ox-NAs as the final byproducts depending on the Fe(VI) doses. Besides the obtained knowledge on chemical reactivity, current methodology (i.e., treatment of Ag-ion fractions of OSPW versus raw OSPW) could be applied to evaluate other treatment approaches as well as toxicity of distinct NA species for environmental applications.
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- Rongfu Huang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada; State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Benally C, Messele SA, Gamal El-Din M. Adsorption of organic matter in oil sands process water (OSPW) by carbon xerogel. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 154:402-411. [PMID: 30822600 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study illustrated the preparation, characterization and the use of carbon xerogel materials for the adsorption of acid-extractable fractions (AEF) and naphthenic acids (NAs) from oil sands process water (OSPW). Adsorption results demonstrated that the mesoporous carbonaceous material can successfully be used to adsorb persistent and toxic organic contaminants from OSPW. Carbon xerogel (CX) made at pH 5.5 showed high surface area (573 m2/g) and removed a larger amount of AEF than CX made at pH 6.9 (391 m2/g). The adsorption equilibrium was reached by 24 h for both AEF and classical NAs. 74.6% of AEF and 88.8% of classical NAs were removed by CX5.5 during 24-h adsorption. With respect to classical NAs, a larger the carbon number resulted in higher NA removal. Carbon number had more influence on NA removal when compared with hydrogen deficiency resulting from rings or unsaturated bonding formation (-Z number). The equilibrium adsorption capacity was found to be 15 mg AEF/g and 7.8 mg NAs/g for CX5.5. Adsorption of AEF and classical NAs onto CX5.5 followed pseudo-second order kinetics. With respect to diffusion of AEF and NAs, there were three distinct diffusion regions: bulk, film and pore. Pore diffusion had the lowest rate constant in all cases analyzed and was thus the rate limiting step. The results of this study showed that a mesoporous carbonaceous material such as CX may have the potential to be utilized in a fixed bed adsorption/filtration systems for continuous treatment of OSPW or as a semi-passive treatment method in pit lakes for the removal of organic constituents from OSPW.
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- Chelsea Benally
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Huang R, Qin R, Chelme-Ayala P, Wang C, Gamal El-Din M. Assessment of ozonation reactivity of aromatic and oxidized naphthenic acids species separated using a silver-ion solid phase extraction method. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 219:313-320. [PMID: 30543967 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 11/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Owing to the complexity of naphthenic acids (NAs) in oil sands process water (OSPW), previous ozone-treatment studies mainly investigated the removal of classical NAs (aliphatic O2-NAs) and the understanding of ozonation reactivity of other NA species has been limited. This work utilized a silver-ion solid phase extraction (SPE) approach to separate individual NA species into 20 fractions before subsequent ozone treatment. The ozonation reactivity of aromatic and oxidized NA species in isolated fractions was studied for the first time. Untreated and ozone-treated SPE fractions were characterized using ultra performance liquid chromatography ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The removals of aliphatic O2-NAs (Fraction 3), aromatic O2-NAs (Fraction 8), O3-NAs (Fraction 11), and O4-NAs (Fraction 17) with an applied ozone dosage of 16.8 mg L-1 were 97.2%, 94.7%, 59.4% and 44.7%, respectively. The results showed that aromatic and oxidized NAs with larger carbon number were favorably removed during ozonation treatment. Comparison of the ozone utilization efficiency for different NA species indicated that the degradation of oxidized NAs consumed more ozone in molar ratio than the degradation of classical and aromatic NAs. The reactivity of oxidized NAs was lower than that of classical NAs because the former consumed more ozone in molar ratio during reactions. Knowing the reactivity of different NA species is crucial for the design of ozonation systems targeting species with high toxicity. Moreover, the utilization of silver-ion SPE pre-separation approach has been demonstrated for future studies investigating the degradation mechanism of distinct NA species under other treatment conditions.
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- Rongfu Huang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Wan J, Chakraborty T, Xu C(C, Ray MB. Treatment train for tailings pond water using Opuntia ficus-indica as coagulant. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.09.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sun Y, Ren M, Sun W, Xiao X, Xu Y, Zheng H, Wu H, Liu Z, Zhu H. Plasma-induced synthesis of chitosan-g-polyacrylamide and its flocculation performance for algae removal. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2019; 40:954-968. [PMID: 29210322 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1414312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chitosan (CS)-g-polyacrylamide (PAM) is a highly efficient and environmentally friendly flocculant, which was synthesized through plasma-induced graft copolymerization of CS and acrylamide (AM). The effects of monomer concentration, AM:CS ratio, discharge power, discharge time, post-polymerization temperature, and post-polymerization time on the intrinsic viscosity, grafting ratio, and grafting efficiency of CS-g-PAM were investigated. The optimum conditions of graft copolymerization were as follows: 20% monomer concentration, 7:3 AM:CS ratio, 40 W discharge power, 90 s discharge time, 50°C post-polymerization temperature, and 24 h post-polymerization time. The structural characteristics of CS-g-PAM were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. CS-g-PAM exhibited better flocculation efficiency than the commercially available PAM in both diatomite-simulated wastewater and low-turbidity algal water. The optimal turbidity removal efficiency for the diatomite-simulated wastewater was 99.9%, which was obtained with 6 mg L-1 of CS-g-PAM at pH 11.0 and 250 s-1 of velocity gradient. In low-turbidity algal water, the optimal removal efficiencies for chlorophyll-a, turbidity, and COD were 93.6%, 94.5%, and 98.2%, respectively.
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- Yongjun Sun
- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
- b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Water-Conservation & Emission Reduction , College of Environment, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
- b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Water-Conservation & Emission Reduction , College of Environment, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Water-Conservation & Emission Reduction , College of Environment, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- c Key laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, State Ministry of Education , Chongqing University , Chongqing , People's Republic of China
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- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Water-Conservation & Emission Reduction , College of Environment, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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- a College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing , People's Republic of China
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Nafie G, Manasrah AD, Mackay B, Badran I, Nassar NN. Oxy-Cracking Reaction for Enhanced Settling and Dewaterability of Oil Sands Tailings. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b06203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ghada Nafie
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Evaluation of the potential application of cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) as a bio-coagulant for pre-treatment of oil sands process-affected water. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ponce-Robles L, Oller I, Agüera A, Trinidad-Lozano MJ, Yuste FJ, Malato S, Perez-Estrada LA. Application of a multivariate analysis method for non-target screening detection of persistent transformation products during the cork boiling wastewater treatment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 633:508-517. [PMID: 29579662 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cork boiling wastewater is a very complex mixture of naturally occurring compounds leached and partially oxidized during the boiling cycles. The effluent generated is recalcitrant and could cause a significant environmental impact. Moreover, if this untreated industrial wastewater enters a municipal wastewater treatment plant it could hamper or reduce the efficiency of most activated sludge degradation processes. Despite the efforts to treat the cork boiling wastewater for reusing purposes, is still not well-known how safe these compounds (original compounds and oxidation by-products) will be. The purpose of this work was to apply an HPLC-high resolution mass spectrometry method and subsequent non-target screening using a multivariate analysis method (PCA), to explore relationships between samples (treatments) and spectral features (masses or compounds) that could indicate changes in formation, degradation or polarity, during coagulation/flocculation (C/F) and photo-Fenton (PhF). Although, most of the signal intensities were reduced after the treatment line, 16 and 4 new peaks were detected to be formed after C/F and PhF processes respectively. The use of this non-target approach showed to be an effective strategy to explore, classify and detect transformation products during the treatment of an unknown complex mixture.
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- L Ponce-Robles
- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- ICMC-IPROCOR, Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón Vegetal, Mérida 06800, Badajoz, Spain
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- ICMC-IPROCOR, Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón Vegetal, Mérida 06800, Badajoz, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Carretera de Senés Km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain; CIESOL, Joint Centre of the University of Almería-CIEMAT, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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Ajaero C, Peru KM, Simair M, Friesen V, O'Sullivan G, Hughes SA, McMartin DW, Headley JV. Fate and behavior of oil sands naphthenic acids in a pilot-scale treatment wetland as characterized by negative-ion electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass spectrometry. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 631-632:829-839. [PMID: 29727993 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are generated during the extraction of bitumen from oil sands in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta, Canada. As part of the development of treatment technologies, molecular characterization of naphthenic acids (NAs) and naphthenic acid fraction compounds (NAFC) in wetlands is a topic of research to better understand their fate and behavior in aquatic environments. Reported here is the application of high-resolution negative-ion electrospray Orbitrap-mass spectrometry for molecular characterization of NAs and NAFCs in a non-aerated constructed treatment wetland. The effectiveness of the wetlands to remove OSPW-NAs and NAFCs was evaluated by monitoring the changes in distributions of NAFC compounds in the untreated sample and non-aerated treatment system. After correction for measured evapotranspiration, the removal rate of the classical NAs followed approximately first-order kinetics, with higher rates observed for structures with relatively higher number of carbon atoms. These findings indicate that constructed wetland treatment is a viable method for removal of classical NAs in OSPW. Work is underway to evaluate the effects of wetland design on water quality improvement, preferential removal of different NAFC species, and reduction in toxicity.
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- Chukwuemeka Ajaero
- Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 3737 Wascana Parkway, S4S 0A2, Canada; Watershed Hydrology & Ecology Research Division, Water Science & Technology Directorate, Environment & Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada
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- Watershed Hydrology & Ecology Research Division, Water Science & Technology Directorate, Environment & Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada
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- Contango Strategies Limited, 15-410 Downey Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 4N1, Canada
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- Contango Strategies Limited, 15-410 Downey Road, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, Canada
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- Shell Health - Americas, One Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002, USA
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- Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, 3737 Wascana Parkway, S4S 0A2, Canada; Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, 57 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A9, Canada.
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- Watershed Hydrology & Ecology Research Division, Water Science & Technology Directorate, Environment & Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 3H5, Canada
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Valdes Labrada GM, Nemati M. Biodegradation of surrogate naphthenic acids and electricity generation in microbial fuel cells: bioelectrochemical and microbial characterizations. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2018; 41:1635-1649. [PMID: 30046898 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-018-1989-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Waters contaminated with naphthenic acids (NAs) and associated tailings are one of the major environmental challenges associated with the processing of oil sands and production of heavy oil. In the current work biodegradation of linear and cyclic naphthenic acids, namely octanoic acid and 4-methyl-1-cyclohexane carboxylic acid (trans-4MCHCA), individually and in mixture were evaluated in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In batch MFCs with single rod electrodes and freely suspended bacteria, biodegradation rate increased as NA initial concentration increased from 100 to 250 mg L-1 with no further improvement when a concentration of 500 mg L-1 was evaluated. During the co-biodegradation, diauxic microbial growth and preferential use of octanoic acid were observed. Moreover, the presence of octanoic acid enhanced the biodegradation of trans-4MCHCA. In the continuous flow MFCs with granular graphite electrodes and biofilm, increases in NA concentration and loading rate led to higher biodegradation rates and improvement of electrochemical output. Furthermore, MFC operated with octanoic acid outperformed its counterpart that was fed with trans-4MCHCA, with the maximum biodegradation rate, current and power densities for octanoic acid and trans-4MCHCA being 49.9 and 36.5 mg L-1 h-1, 6000.0 and 4296.3 mA m-3, and 963.0 and 481.5 mW m-3, respectively. Co-biodegradation of NAs in continuous flow MFCs with biofilm acclimated to octanoic acid or trans-4MCHCA revealed development of distinctly different microbial communities, simultaneous biodegradation of NAs albeit at faster rates for octanoic acid, and superior performance of MFC with the biofilm developed with trans-4MCHCA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5A9, Canada.
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The effect of carboxyl multiwalled carbon nanotubes content on the structure and performance of polysulfone membranes for oil sands process-affected water treatment. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sillanpää M, Ncibi MC, Matilainen A, Vepsäläinen M. Removal of natural organic matter in drinking water treatment by coagulation: A comprehensive review. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 190:54-71. [PMID: 28985537 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Natural organic matter (NOM) is a complex matrix of organic substances produced in (or channeled to) aquatic ecosystems via various biological, geological and hydrological cycles. Such variability is posing a serious challenge to most water treatment technologies, especially the ones designed to treat drinking water supplies. Lately, in addition to the fluctuating composition of NOM, a substantial increase of its concentration in fresh waters, and also municipal wastewater effluents, has been reported worldwide, which justifies the urgent need to develop highly efficient and versatile water treatment processes. Coagulation is among the most applied processes for water and wastewater treatment. The application of coagulation to remove NOM from drinking water supplies has received a great deal of attention from researchers around the world because it was efficient and helped avoiding the formation of disinfection by products (DBPs). Nonetheless, with the increased fluctuation of NOM in water (concentration and composition), the efficiency of conventional coagulation was substantially reduced, hence the need to develop enhanced coagulation processes by optimizing the operating conditions (mainly the amount coagulants and pH), developing more efficient inorganic or organic coagulants, as well as coupling coagulation with other water treatment technologies. In the present review, recent research studies dealing with the application of coagulation for NOM removal from drinking water supplies are presented and compared. In addition, integration schemes combining coagulation and other water treatment processes are presented, including membrane filtration, oxidation, adsorption and others processes.
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- Mika Sillanpää
- Laboratory of Green Chemistry, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130, Mikkeli, Finland; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, Miami FL, 33174, USA
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- Laboratory of Green Chemistry, School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130, Mikkeli, Finland.
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- Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency, Kalevantie 2, 33100 Tampere, Finland
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- CSIRO Mineral Resources Flagship, Box 312, Clayton South, VIC, 3169, Australia
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Li C, Fu L, Stafford J, Belosevic M, Gamal El-Din M. The toxicity of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW): A critical review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 601-602:1785-1802. [PMID: 28618666 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2017] [Revised: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are produced by the surface-mining oil sands industry in Alberta. Both laboratory and field studies have demonstrated that the exposure to OSPW leads to many physiological changes in a variety of organisms. Adverse effects include compromised immunological function, developmental delays, impaired reproduction, disrupted endocrine system, and higher prevalence of tissue-specific pathological manifestations. The composition of OSPW varies with several factors such as ore sources, mining process, and tailings management practices. Differences in water characteristics have confounded interpretation or comparison of OSPW toxicity across studies. Research on individual fractions extracted from OSPW has helped identify some target pollutants. Naphthenic acids (NAs) are considered as the major toxic components in OSPW, exhibiting toxic effects through multiple modes of action including narcosis and endocrine disruption. Other pollutants, like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals, and ions may also contribute to the overall OSPW toxicity. Studies have been conducted on OSPW as a whole complex effluent mixture, with consideration of the presence of unidentified components, and the interactions (potential synergistic or antagonistic reactions) among chemicals. This review summarizes the toxicological data derived from in vitro and in vivo exposure studies using different OSPW types, and different taxa of organisms. In general, toxicity of OSPW was found to be dependent on the OSPW type and concentration, duration of exposures (acute versus sub chronic), and organism studied.
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- Chao Li
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G1H9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E9, Canada.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G1H9, Canada.
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Chorghe D, Sari MA, Chellam S. Boron removal from hydraulic fracturing wastewater by aluminum and iron coagulation: Mechanisms and limitations. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 126:481-487. [PMID: 29028491 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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One promising water management strategy during hydraulic fracturing is treatment and reuse of flowback/produced water. In particular, the saline flowback water contains many of the chemicals employed for fracking, which need to be removed before possible reuse as "frac water." This manuscript targets turbidity along with one of the additives; borate-based cross-linkers used to adjust the rheological characteristics of the frac-fluid. Alum and ferric chloride were evaluated as coagulants for clarification and boron removal from saline flowback water obtained from a well in the Eagle Ford shale. Extremely high dosages (> 9000 mg/L or 333 mM Al and 160 mM Fe) corresponding to Al/B and Fe/B mass ratios of ∼70 and molar ratios of ∼28 and 13 respectively were necessary to remove ∼80% boron. Hence, coagulation does not appear to be feasible for boron removal from high-strength waste streams. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed BO bonding on surfaces of freshly precipitated Al(OH)3(am) and Fe(OH)3(am) suggesting boron uptake was predominantly via ligand exchange. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy provided direct evidence of inner-sphere boron complexation with surface hydroxyl groups on both amorphous aluminum and iron hydroxides. Only trigonal boron was detected on aluminum flocs since possible presence of tetrahedral boron was masked by severe AlO interferences. Both trigonal and tetrahedral conformation of boron complexes were identified on Fe(OH)3 surfaces.
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- Darpan Chorghe
- Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122, USA.
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Huang C, Shi Y, Sheng Z, Gamal El-Din M, Liu Y. Characterization of microbial communities during start-up of integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems for the treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). Biochem Eng J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Jia S, Yang Z, Ren K, Tian Z, Dong C, Ma R, Yu G, Yang W. Removal of antibiotics from water in the coexistence of suspended particles and natural organic matters using amino-acid-modified-chitosan flocculants: A combined experimental and theoretical study. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2016; 317:593-601. [PMID: 27348257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Contamination of trace antibiotics is widely found in surface water sources. This work delineates removal of trace antibiotics (norfloxacin (NOR), sulfadiazine (SDZ) or tylosin (TYL)) from synthetic surface water by flocculation, in the coexistence of inorganic suspended particles (kaolin) and natural organic matter (humic acid, HA). To avoid extra pollution caused by petrochemical products-based modification reagents, environmental-friendly amino-acid-modified-chitosan flocculants, Ctrp and Ctyr, with different functional aromatic-rings structures were employed. Jar tests at various pHs exhibited that, Ctyr, owning phenol groups as electron donors, was favored for elimination of cationic NOR (∼50% removal; optimal pH: 6; optimal dosage: 4mg/L) and TYL (∼60% removal; optimal pH: 7; optimal dosage: 7.5mg/L), due to π-π electron donator-acceptor (EDA) effect and unconventional H-bonds. Differently, Ctrp with indole groups as electron acceptor had better removal rate (∼50%) of SDZ anions (electron donator). According to correlation analysis, the coexisted kaolin and HA played positive roles in antibiotics' removal. Detailed pairwise interactions in molecular level among different components were clarified by spectral analysis and theoretical calculations (density functional theory), which are important for both the structural design of new flocculants aiming at targeted contaminants and understanding the environmental behaviors of antibiotics in water.
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- Shuying Jia
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Zhang Y, Klamerth N, Chelme-Ayala P, Gamal El-Din M. Comparison of Nitrilotriacetic Acid and [S,S]-Ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic Acid in UV-Fenton for the Treatment of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water at Natural pH. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:10535-10544. [PMID: 27588553 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The application of UV-Fenton processes with two chelating agents, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and [S,S]-ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid ([S,S]-EDDS), for the treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) at natural pH was investigated. The half-wave potentials of Fe(III/II)NTA and Fe(III/II)EDDS and the UV photolysis of the complexes in Milli-Q water and OSPW were compared. Under optimum conditions, UV-NTA-Fenton exhibited higher efficiency than UV-EDDS-Fenton in the removal of acid extractable organic fraction (66.8% for the former and 50.0% for the latter) and aromatics (93.5% for the former and 74.2% for the latter). Naphthenic acids (NAs) removals in the UV-NTA-Fenton process (98.4%, 86.0%, and 81.0% for classical NAs, NAs + O (oxidized NAs with one additional oxygen atom), and NAs + 2O (oxidized NAs with two additional oxygen atoms), respectively) under the experimental conditions were much higher than those in the UV-H2O2 (88.9%, 48.7%, and 54.6%, correspondingly) and NTA-Fenton (69.6%, 35.3%, and 44.2%, correspondingly) processes. Both UV-NTA-Fenton and UV-EDDS-Fenton processes presented promoting effect on the acute toxicity of OSPW toward Vibrio fischeri. No significant change of the NTA toxicity occurred during the photolysis of Fe(III)NTA; however, the acute toxicity of EDDS increased as the photolysis of Fe(III)EDDS proceeded. NTA is a much better agent than EDDS for the application of UV-Fenton process in the treatment of OSPW.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 1H9
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Wang C, Klamerth N, Messele SA, Singh A, Belosevic M, Gamal El-Din M. Comparison of UV/hydrogen peroxide, potassium ferrate(VI), and ozone in oxidizing the organic fraction of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). WATER RESEARCH 2016; 100:476-485. [PMID: 27232992 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The efficiency of three different oxidation processes, UV/H2O2 oxidation, ferrate(VI) oxidation, and ozonation with and without hydroxyl radical (OH) scavenger tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) on the removal of organic compounds from oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) was investigated and compared. The removal of aromatics and naphthenic acids (NAs) was explored by synchronous fluorescence spectra (SFS), ion mobility spectra (IMS), proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H and (13)C NMR), and ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC TOF-MS). UV/H2O2 oxidation occurred through radical reaction and photolysis, transforming one-ring, two-ring, and three-ring fluorescing aromatics simultaneously and achieving 42.4% of classical NAs removal at 2.0 mM H2O2 and 950 mJ/cm(2) UV dose provided with medium pressure mercury lamp. Ferrate(VI) oxidation exhibited high selectivity, preferentially removing two-ring and three-ring fluorescing aromatics, sulfur-containing NAs (NAs + S), and NAs with high carbon and high hydrogen deficiency. At 2.0 mM Fe(VI), 46.7% of classical NAs was removed. Ozonation achieved almost complete removal of fluorescing aromatics, NAs + S, and classical NAs (NAs with two oxygen atoms) at the dose of 2.0 mM O3. Both molecular ozone reaction and OH reaction were important pathways in transforming the organics in OSPW as supported by ozonation performance with and without TBA. (1)H NMR analyses further confirmed the removal of aromatics and NAs both qualitatively and quantitatively. All the three oxidation processes reduced the acute toxicity towards Vibrio fischeri and on goldfish primary kidney macrophages (PKMs), with ozonation being the most efficient.
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- Chengjin Wang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11455 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Quinlan PJ, Grishkewich N, Tam KC. Removal of 2-naphthoxyacetic acid from aqueous solution using quaternized chitosan beads. CAN J CHEM ENG 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Patrick James Quinlan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; University of Waterloo; 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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Wang D, Zhao T, Yan L, Mi Z, Gu Q, Zhang Y. Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of dewatering properties of chitosan-grafting DMDAAC flocculants. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 92:761-768. [PMID: 27471087 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.07.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Flocculation is one of the most widely applied techniques for water treatment and sludge dewatering. A fresh environmentally friendly and powerful flocculant is highly eager in the sludge dewatering area. In this work, a highly efficient cationic flocculant, chitosan-g-PDMDAAC was synthesized through grafting a monomer, dimethy ldiallyl ammonium chloride(DMDAAC), onto chitosan initiated by ceric sulfate under ultrasonic-assisted and conventional heating condition. The graft copolymer was characterized using FT-IR, XRD and SEM. Further, the dewatering performance of municipal activated sludge was evaluated by the filter cake moisture content and specific resistance in filtration. Its application as a flocculant for wastewater treatment was investigated. The prepared chitosan-g-PDMDAAC showed a highly effective flocculation capability for activated sludge compared with chitosan, polyacrylamide(PAM), cationic polyacrylamide(CPAM).
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- Danfeng Wang
- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
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Ma J, Fu K, Shi J, Sun Y, Zhang X, Ding L. Ultraviolet-assisted synthesis of polyacrylamide-grafted chitosan nanoparticles and flocculation performance. Carbohydr Polym 2016; 151:565-575. [PMID: 27474601 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In the present work, a new flocculant, polyacrylamide-grafted chitosan nanoparticles (NCS-g-PAM), was synthesized by the copolymerization of acrylamide (AM) and chitosan nanoparticle (NCS) under ultraviolet irradiation using 2-hydroxy-4'-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-2-methylpropiophenone as photo-initiator. The NCS was prepared by the ionic gelation between chitosan and sodium tripolyphosphate. The structure and morphology of NCS-g-PAM were characterized by Fourier Transform Infraredspectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction, (1)H-nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. The factors affecting the intrinsic viscosity and the yield of copolymer were studied, which showed that the optimum conditions for the synthesis of NCS-g-PAM were mAM:mNCS=8:1, 0.15g of initiator dosage, mCS:mTPP=4.5:1, 1min of ultrasonication time, 4h of illumination time, and 30min of stirring time. The NCS-g-PAM was found to be more effective than NC-g-PAM in the flocculation of both kaolin suspension and Cu(2+) simulated wastewater. With 5mg/L of polyaluminium chloride (PAC) coordinated and 1mg/L of NCS-g-PAM it was confirmed to be appropriate for flocculating kaolin suspension.
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- Jiangya Ma
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China; Engineering Research Center of Biomembrane Water Purification and Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China.
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China; Engineering Research Center of Biomembrane Water Purification and Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China; Engineering Research Center of Biomembrane Water Purification and Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Industrial Water-Conservation & Emission Reduction, College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China; Engineering Research Center of Biomembrane Water Purification and Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China; Engineering Research Center of Biomembrane Water Purification and Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China
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Wang C, Shi S, Chen H. Study of kinetics of degradation of cyclohexane carboxylic acid by acclimated activated sludge. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2016; 73:2552-2558. [PMID: 27191578 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Activated sludge contains complex microorganisms, which are highly effective biodegrading agents. In this study, the kinetics of biodegradation of cyclohexane carboxylic acid (CHCA) by an acclimated aerobic activated sludge were investigated. The results showed that after 180 days of acclimation, the activated sludge could steadily degrade >90% of the CHCA in 120 h. The degradation of CHCA by the acclimated activated sludge could be modeled using a first-order kinetics equation. The equations for the degradation kinetics for different initial CHCA concentrations were also obtained. The kinetics constant, kd, decreased with an increase in the CHCA concentration, indicating that, at high concentrations, CHCA had an inhibiting effect on the microorganisms in the activated sludge. The effects of pH on the degradation kinetics of CHCA were also investigated. The results showed that a pH of 10 afforded the highest degradation rate, indicating that basic conditions significantly promoted the degradation of CHCA. Moreover, it was found that the degradation efficiency for CHCA increased with an increase in temperature and concentration of dissolved oxygen under the experimental conditions.
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- Chunhua Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou, Guangdong, China E-mail:
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou, Guangdong, China E-mail:
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Huizhou University, Huizhou, Guangdong, China E-mail:
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Huang C, Shi Y, Gamal El-Din M, Liu Y. Treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) using ozonation combined with integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS). WATER RESEARCH 2015; 85:167-176. [PMID: 26318649 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Two integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) reactors were operated continuously to treat raw (untreated) and ozonated (30 mg/L) oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). After 11 months, 12.1% of the acid extractable fraction (AEF) and 43.1% of the parent naphthenic acids (NAs) were removed in the raw OSPW IFAS, while 42.0% AEF and 80.2% of parent NAs were removed in the ozonated OSPW IFAS. UPLC/HRMS analysis showed that NA biodegradation significantly decreased as the NA cyclization number increased. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) results showed that the biofilm in the ozonated OSPW IFAS was significantly thicker (94 ± 1.6 μm) than the biofilm in the raw OSPW IFAS (72 ± 2.8 μm) after 283 days of cultivation. The quantitative polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR) revealed that the abundance proportions of both nitrifier genes (AomA, NSR and Nitro) and denitrifier genes (narG, nirS, nirK and nosZ) within total bacteria were significantly higher in biofilms than in flocs in the raw OSPW IFAS system, but a different trend was observed in the ozonated OSPW IFAS system.
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- Chunkai Huang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9.
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Loganathan K, Bromley D, Chelme-Ayala P, Gamal El-Din M. A hybrid froth flotation-filtration system as a pretreatment for oil sands tailings pond recycle water management: Bench- and pilot-scale studies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2015; 161:113-123. [PMID: 26164269 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Through sustainable water management, oil sands companies are working to reduce their reliance on fresh water by minimizing the amount of water required for their operations and by recycling water from tailings ponds. This study was the first pilot-scale testing of a hybrid technology consisting of froth flotation combined with filtration through precoated submerged stainless steel membranes used to treat recycle water from an oil sands facility. The results indicated that the most important factor affecting the performance of the hybrid system was the influent water quality. Any rise in the levels of suspended solids or total organic carbon of the feed water resulted in changes of chemical consumption rates, flux rates, and operating cycle durations. The selections of chemical type and dosing rates were critical in achieving optimal performance. In particular, the froth application rate heavily affected the overall recovery of the hybrid system as well as the performance of the flotation process. Optimum surfactant usage to generate froth (per liter of treated water) was 0.25 mL/L at approximately 2000 NTU of influent turbidity and 0.015 mL/L at approximately 200 NTU of influent turbidity. At the tested conditions, the optimal coagulant dose was 80 mg/L (as Al) at approximately 2000 NTU of influent turbidity and <40 mg/L (as Al) at approximately 200 NTU of influent turbidity. Precoat loading per unit membrane surface area tested during the pilot study was approximately 30 g/m(2). The results of this study indicated that this hybrid technology can potentially be considered as a pre-treatment step for reverse osmosis treatment of recycle water.
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- David Bromley Engineering Ltd., West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7S2N6, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2W2, Canada.
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Wang C, Alpatova A, McPhedran KN, Gamal El-Din M. Coagulation/flocculation process with polyaluminum chloride for the remediation of oil sands process-affected water: Performance and mechanism study. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2015; 160:254-262. [PMID: 26119332 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study investigated the application of polyaluminum chloride (PACl) for the treatment of the oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). These coagulants are commonly used in water treatment with the most effective species reported to be Al13. PACl with 83.6% Al13 was synthesized using the slow base titration method and compared with a commercially available PACl in terms of aluminum species distribution, coagulation/flocculation (CF) performance, floc morphology, and contaminant removal. Both coagulants were effective in removing suspended solids, achieving over 96% turbidity removal at all applied coagulant doses (0.5-3.0 mM Al). The removal efficiencies of metals varied among different metals depending on their pKa values with metal cations having pKa values (Fe, Al, Ga, and Ti) below OSPW pH of 6.9-8.1 (dose dependent) being removed by more than 90%, while cations with higher pKa values (K, Na, Ca, Mg and Ni) had removals of less than 40%. Naphthenic acids were not removed due to their low molecular weights, negative charges, and hydrophilic characteristics at the OSPW pH. At the highest applied coagulant dose of 3.0 mM Al, the synthetic PACl reduced Vibrio fischeri inhibition effect to 43.3 ± 3.0% from 49.5 ± 0.4% in raw OSPW. In contrast, no reduction of toxicity was found for OSPW treated with the commercial PACl. Based on water quality and floc analyses, the dominant CF mechanism for particle removal during OSPW treatment was considered to be enmeshment in the precipitates (i.e., sweep flocculation). Overall, the CF using synthesized PACl can be a valuable pretreatment process for OSPW to create wastewater that is more easily treated by downstream processes.
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- Chengjin Wang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada.
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Wang B, Wan Y, Gao Y, Zheng G, Yang M, Wu S, Hu J. Occurrences and behaviors of naphthenic acids in a petroleum refinery wastewater treatment plant. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:5796-804. [PMID: 25850668 DOI: 10.1021/es505809g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Naphthenic acids (NAs) are one class of compounds in wastewaters from petroleum industries that are known to cause toxic effects, and their removal from oilfield wastewater is an important challenge for remediation of large volumes of petrochemical effluents. The present study investigated occurrences and behaviors of total NAs and aromatic NAs in a refinery wastewater treatment plant, located in north China, which combined physicochemical and biological processes. Concentrations of total NAs were semiquantified to be 113-392 μg/L in wastewater from all the treatment units, and the percentages of aromatic NAs in total NAs was estimated to be 2.1-8.8%. The mass reduction for total NAs and aromatic NAs was 15±16% and 7.5±24% after the physicochemical treatment, respectively. Great mass reduction (total NAs: 65±11%, aromatic NAs: 86±5%) was observed in the biological treatment units, and antiestrogenic activities observed in wastewater from physicochemical treatment units disappeared in the effluent of the activated sludge system. The distributions of mass fractions of NAs demonstrated that biodegradation via activated sludge was the major mechanism for removing alicyclic NAs, aromatic NAs, and related toxicities in the plant, and the polycyclic NA congener classes were relatively recalcitrant to biodegradation, which is a complete contrast to the preferential adsorption of NAs with higher cyclicity (low Z value). Removal efficiencies of total NAs were 73±17% in summer, which were higher than those in winter (53±15%), and the seasonal variation was possibly due to the relatively high microbial biotransformation activities in the activated sludge system in summer (indexed by O3-NAs/NAs). The results of the investigations indicated that biotransformation of NA mixtures by the activated sludge system were largely affected by temperature, and employing an efficient adsorbent together with biodegradation processes would help cost-effectively remove NAs in petroleum effluents.
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- Beili Wang
- †Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- †Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- ‡Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Ecoenvironmental Science Research Center, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China
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- †Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- ‡Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Ecoenvironmental Science Research Center, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China
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- §Petrochina Ji Dong Oilfield Company, Tangshan, 063200 Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- †Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Lin Q, Peng H, Zhong S, Xiang J. Synthesis, characterization, and secondary sludge dewatering performance of a novel combined silicon-aluminum-iron-starch flocculant. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 285:199-206. [PMID: 25497034 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Revised: 11/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Flocculation is one of the most widely used cost-effective pretreatment method for sludge dewatering, and a novel environmentally friendly and efficient flocculant is highly desired in the sludge dewatering field. In this study, a novel combined silicon-aluminum-ferric-starch was synthesized by grafting silicon, aluminum, and iron onto a starch backbone. The synthesized starch flocculant was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. The dewatering performance of secondary sludge was evaluated according to the capillary suction time, settling volume percentage, and specific resistance to filtration. The results indicated that the copolymer exhibited: (1) a good dewatering efficiency over a wide pH range of 3.0-11.0, (2) superior sludge dewatering performance compared to those of polyaluminum chloride (PACl), polyacrylamide (PAM), ferric chloride, and (3) a discontinuous surface with many channels or voids that helps to mobilize the impermeable thin layer of secondary sludge during filter pressing. Such a novel copolymer is a promising green flocculant for secondary sludge dewatering applications.
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- Qintie Lin
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, PR China
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Loganathan K, Chelme-Ayala P, El-Din MG. Effects of different pretreatments on the performance of ceramic ultrafiltration membrane during the treatment of oil sands tailings pond recycle water: a pilot-scale study. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2015; 151:540-549. [PMID: 25596922 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Membrane filtration is an effective treatment method for oil sands tailings pond recycle water (RCW); however, membrane fouling and rapid decrease in permeate flux caused by colloids, organic matter, and bitumen residues present in the RCW hinder its successful application. This pilot-scale study investigated the impact of different pretreatment steps on the performance of a ceramic ultrafiltration (CUF) membrane used for the treatment of RCW. Two treatment trains were examined: treatment train 1 consisted of coagulant followed by a CUF system, while treatment train 2 included softening (Multiflo™ system) and coagulant addition, followed by a CUF system. The results indicated that minimum pretreatment (train 1) was required for almost complete solids removal. The addition of a softening step (train 2) provided an additional barrier to membrane fouling by reducing hardness-causing ions to negligible levels. More than 99% removal of turbidity and less than 20% removal of total organic carbon were achieved regardless of the treatment train used. Permeate fluxes normalized at 20 °C of 127-130 L/m(2) h and 111-118 L/m(2) h, with permeate recoveries of 90-93% and 90-94% were observed for the treatment trains 1 and 2, respectively. It was also found that materials deposited onto the membrane surface had an impact on trans-membrane pressure and influenced the required frequencies of chemically enhanced backwashes (CEBs) and clean-in-place (CIP) procedures. The CIP performed was successful in removing fouling and scaling materials such that the CUF performance was restored to baseline levels. The results also demonstrated that due to their low turbidity and silt density index values, permeates produced in this pilot study were suitable for further treatment by high pressure membrane processes.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada.
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Klamerth N, Moreira J, Li C, Singh A, McPhedran KN, Chelme-Ayala P, Belosevic M, Gamal El-Din M. Effect of ozonation on the naphthenic acids' speciation and toxicity of pH-dependent organic extracts of oil sands process-affected water. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2015; 506-507:66-75. [PMID: 25460940 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The presence of naphthenic acids (NAs) and other organic constituents in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) stored in tailings ponds, poses a serious environmental threat due to their potential toxicity to aquatic organisms and wild life. In this work, four fractions of OSPW, extracted by dichloromethane at different pHs, were ozonated to determine the ozone impact on NAs degradation. Extracts distributions showed that high carbon number NAs (14-22) were associated with higher pH fractions (pH>7) and smaller carbon number NAs (7-13) with lower pH fractions (pH≤7). Extracts showed similar hydrogen deficiency (Z-number) patterns centered on Z=6. Analysis of the speciation of NAs and oxidized NAs in the four fractions showed that ozonation degraded most NAs (55% to 98%). Despite the high degradation levels, there was still significant toxicity of the fractions toward goldfish macrophages and measurable toxicity toward Vibrio fischeri. The toxicity of such a complex matrix as OSPW may be attributed to other organic compounds and degradation by-products not currently detected. Thus, there is a need to elucidate which compounds are responsible for the remaining OSPW toxicity and to determine if combined processes, such as ozonation followed by biological treatment, are able to completely detoxify OSPW. This work is taking the first steps into this direction, narrowing down the range of compounds which might be responsible for the toxicity.
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- Nikolaus Klamerth
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada.
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Liang J, Tumpa F, Pérez Estrada L, Gamal El-Din M, Liu Y. Impact of ozonation on particle aggregation in mature fine tailings. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2014; 146:535-542. [PMID: 25214072 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Revised: 04/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The extraction of bitumen from the oil sands in Canada generates tonnes of mature fine tailings (MFT), consisting of a mineral matrix of sand, clay, and water, which without treatment requires thousands of years to fully consolidate. We assessed the performance of a novel ozonation method designed to enhance the settling of MFT and explored the mechanisms involved. The solid content of MFT obtained from oil sands tailings was adjusted to 1, 3, 5 wt % with water before applying 15, 30, and 60 min of ozonation. MFT settled after a short (15 min) ozonation treatment, resulting in a sample with clear released water on the top and condensed sludge at the bottom. The water chemistry characteristics, particles' surface charge and chemical bonding were measured. Ozonation led to the increased organic acids concentrations in MFT suspension through converting of organic matter from high to low molecular weight, and detaching organic coating on MFT particles. The pH and the concentrations of ions in the MFT suspension were changed significantly, an association of metal ions with MFT particles was promoted, and the surface charges of MFT particles were neutralized. Consequently, the MFT suspension was destabilized and MFT particle precipitation was observed.
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- Jiaming Liang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2W2.
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Dong S, Kim ES, Alpatova A, Noguchi H, Liu Y, Gamal El-Din M. Treatment of oil sands process-affected water by submerged ceramic membrane microfiltration system. Sep Purif Technol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sun N, Chelme-Ayala P, Klamerth N, McPhedran KN, Islam MS, Perez-Estrada L, Drzewicz P, Blunt BJ, Reichert M, Hagen M, Tierney KB, Belosevic M, Gamal El-Din M. Advanced analytical mass spectrometric techniques and bioassays to characterize untreated and ozonated oil sands process-affected water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:11090-11099. [PMID: 25211339 DOI: 10.1021/es503082j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) is a toxic and poorly biodegradable mixture of sand, silt, heavy metals, and organics. In this study, qualitative and quantitative comparisons of naphthenic acids (NAs) were done using ultraperformance liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC TOF-MS), Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) MS, and ion mobility spectrometry (IMS). The unique combination of these analyses allowed for the determination and correlation of NAs, oxidized NAs, and heteroatom (sulfur or nitrogen) NAs. Despite its lower resolution, UPLC-TOF MS was shown to offer a comparable level of reliability and precision as the high resolution FT-ICR MS. Additionally, the impacts of ozonation (35 mg/L utilized ozone dose) and subsequent NAs degradation on OSPW toxicity were assessed via a collection of organisms and toxicity end points using Vibrio fischeri (nonspecific), specific fish macrophage antimicrobial responses, and fish olfactory responses. Fish macrophages exposed to ozonated OSPW for 1 week showed higher production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates; however, after 12 weeks the responses were reduced significantly. Fish olfactory tests suggested that OSPW interfered with their perception of odorants. Current results indicate that the quantification of NAs species, using novel analytical methods, can be combined with various toxicity methods to assess the efficiency of OSPW treatment processes.
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- Nian Sun
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-133 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada
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