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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2019

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.

Renata Alves de Toledo, U Hin Chao, Tingting Shen, Qihong Lu, Xueqing Li, Hojae Shim

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Renata Alves de ToledoDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
U Hin ChaoDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
Tingting ShenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
Qihong LuDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
Xueqing LiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China.
Hojae ShimDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, SAR, China. hjshim@umac.mo.
University of Macau · MOShenzhen Academy of Aerospace Technology · CN

Funding

Macau Science and Technology Development Fund FDCT044/2017/AFJMacau Science and Technology Development Fund FDCT/115/2016/A3University of Macau Multi-Year Research Grant MYRG2017-00181-FST
6 · The paper itself

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.

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AdsorptionBenzeneBenzene DerivativesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalEthylene DichloridesPhanerochaetePharmaceutical PreparationsPlasticizersPseudomonasSewageTolueneTrichloroethyleneVolatile Organic CompoundsWaste Disposal, FluidWater PollutionWoodBenzeneBenzene Derivativesethylbenzeneethylene dichlorideEthylene DichloridesPharmaceutical PreparationsPlasticizersSewageTolueneTrichloroethyleneVolatile Organic CompoundsXylenesBiocharBiosorptionCarbamazepineDEHPMicrobial immobilizationVOCsWaste scrap tiresWood chips

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