| Title: | "Development of hybrid processes for the removal of volatile organic compounds, plasticizer, and pharmaceutically active compound using sewage sludge, waste scrap tires, and wood chips as sorbents and microbial immobilization matrices" |
| Author(s): | de Toledo RA; Hin Chao U; Shen T; Lu Q; Li X; Shim H; |
| Address: | "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China. Environmental Microbiome Research Center and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Water Environmental Research Institute, Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Science, Shenzhen, China. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China. hjshim@umac.mo" |
| Journal Title: | Environ Sci Pollut Res Int |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-018-2877-2 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1614-7499 (Electronic) 0944-1344 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This study evaluated the reutilization of waste materials (scrap tires, sewage sludge, and wood chips) to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) benzene/toluene/ethylbenzene/xylenes/trichloroethylene/cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (BTEX/TCE/cis-DCE), plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and pharmaceutically active compound carbamazepine from artificially contaminated water. Different hybrid removal processes were developed: (1) 300 mg/L BTEX + 20 mg/L TCE + 10 mg/L cis-DCE + tires + Pseudomonas sp.; (2) 250 mg/L toluene + sewage sludge biochar + Pseudomonas sp.; (3) 100 mg/L DEHP + tires + Acinetobacter sp.; and (4) 20 mg/L carbamazepine + wood chips + Phanerochaete chrysosporium. For the hybrid process (1), the removal of xylenes, TCE, and cis-DCE was enhanced, resulted from the contribution of both physical adsorption and biological immobilization removal. The hybrid process (2) was also superior for the removal of DEHP and required a shorter time (2 days) for the bioremoval. For the process (3), the biochar promoted the microbial immobilization on its surface and substantially enhanced/speed up the bioremoval of toluene. The fungal immobilization on wood chips in the hybrid process (4) also improved the carbamazepine removal considerably (removal efficiencies of 61.3 +/- 0.6%) compared to the suspended system without wood chips (removal efficiencies of 34.4 +/- 1.8%). These hybrid processes would not only be promising for the bioremediation of environmentally concerned contaminants but also reutilize waste materials as sorbents without any further treatment" |
| Keywords: | "Adsorption Benzene Benzene Derivatives Biodegradation, Environmental Ethylene Dichlorides Phanerochaete Pharmaceutical Preparations/analysis/*chemistry Plasticizers/analysis/*chemistry Pseudomonas Sewage/chemistry Toluene Trichloroethylene Volatile Organi;" |
| Notes: | "Medlinede Toledo, Renata Alves Hin Chao, U Shen, Tingting Lu, Qihong Li, Xueqing Shim, Hojae eng FDCT/115/2016/A3/Macau Science and Technology Development Fund/ FDCT044/2017/AFJ/Macau Science and Technology Development Fund/ MYRG2017-00181-FST/University of Macau Multi-Year Research Grant/ Germany 2018/08/11 Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Apr; 26(12):11591-11604. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-2877-2. Epub 2018 Aug 10" |
