木质素基吸附剂应用于废水处理的研究进展

木质素基吸附剂是木质素高值化利用的重要领域之一.本文对木质素基吸附剂应用于废水处理的研究进行综述,介绍木质素基吸附剂应用于废水处理的研究背景及现状,着重总结官能团改性木质素基吸附剂对染料、重金属离子的吸附效果.木质素官能团改性可以在木质素上引入新的官能基团,从而提高吸附剂对污染物的吸附性能,对污染物有很好的脱除效果,可...     

壳聚糖改性竹炭对铜吸附性能研究

为了提高竹炭去除废水中重金属离子能力,采用交联法设计合成新型的磁性壳聚糖改性竹炭复合吸附剂,并采用傅里叶红外光谱对改性竹炭复合吸附剂进行表征,同时开展不同Cu2+初始浓度、吸附剂投加量、吸附时间、pH和温度等因素对Cu2+吸附去除率的影响。结果表明,吸附效率与Cu2+初始浓度和吸附剂投加量成正效应;吸附平衡时间约8 h;在作用温度范围内,吸附效率随温度升高而上升;pH为7时吸附效果最好。振荡条件吸附效果优于静置处理。该结果为废水重金属深度处理及水环境保护提供依据。     

乳酸菌对重金属吸附作用的研究进展

重金属污染是人们关注的食品安全问题热点之一,使用食品安全级乳酸菌吸附重金属成为了新的研究方向。本文在分析环境和食品中汞、镉、铅污染的来源及对人类危害的基础上,对微生物与重金属的相互作用进行介绍,重点归纳了乳酸菌作为重金属吸附剂的潜能,以及吸附重金属的作用机制和研究现状,为研发高效吸附重金属的乳酸菌吸附剂提供了可行性的思路。     

响应面法优化改性香蕉皮对Pb~(2+)的吸附研究

用海南本土天然农林废弃物香蕉皮制备的改性吸附剂,来研究其对废水中重金属铅离子的吸收效果。选用吸附剂用量、吸附时间、Pb~(2+)初始浓度和溶液pH等4个单因素的影响实验,在此基础上对上述4种因素采用Box-Behnken响应面优化设计和实验。结果表明,通过响应面设计分析得到改性香蕉皮吸附剂吸附废水中重金属铅离子的最佳条件为:吸附时间为48 min,吸附剂用量为3 mg/L,Pb~(2+)初始浓度为5.5 mg/L,pH值6,在此条件下Pb~(2+)吸附率达到最大值96.90%,接近于理论值96.97%;吸附时间、Pb~(2+)初始浓度以及吸附时间和Pb~(2+)初始浓度的交互作用对Pb~(2+)吸附率影响极显著(P0.001),溶液pH对Pb~(2+)吸附率影响显著(P0.05);二次响应面模型的P值小于0.000 1。该模型的回归方程极显著,可用来分析改性香蕉皮吸附剂对Pb~(2+)的吸附。     

改性橙皮生物吸附剂的制备及对Pb(Ⅱ)的吸附研究

研究了橙皮对Pb~(2+)的吸附,分别采用H_3PO_4、NaOH、无水乙醇-NaOH、CaCl_(2 )-无水乙醇-NaOH等溶液对橙皮进行改性。探讨了吸附时间、吸附剂用量、吸附温度和溶液酸度对Pb~(2+)吸附效果的影响。并采用扫描电镜和红外光谱对改性橙皮形貌及其吸附Pb~(2+)前后进行表征。结果表明:四种改性橙皮中,以CaCl_(2 )-无水乙醇-NaOH为改性剂制备的改性橙皮对Pb~(2+)吸附效果最好;吸附时间120 min时,改性橙皮吸附剂对Pb~(2+)的吸附已达到饱和,最佳吸附温度为40℃,最佳吸附溶液酸度为pH=5.0;当Pb~(2+)初始浓度为200 mg/L时,吸附剂最佳投入量为0.15 g,此时吸附率达94.43%,吸附量为126.17 mg/g。改性橙皮对Pb~(2+)的吸附方式符合准二级动力学模型,通过Langmuir等温吸附方程模拟,改性橙皮的最大吸附量为156.98 mg/g。改性橙皮是性能良好、可重复使用、安全环保的生物吸附剂。     

花生壳粉作为生物吸附剂去除水溶液中偶氮染料的研究

用低值的花生壳粉作为生物吸附剂对苋菜红、日落黄两种偶氮染料进行了吸附研究,目的是寻求经济的染料废水处理方法。考察了PH、染料浓度、吸附剂量、吸附剂粒径、离子强度和吸附时间等因素对染料吸附的影响,确定了最佳吸附条件。结果显示,初始pH2,两种偶氮染料的去除率较高。吸附等温线符合Langmuir和Freondlich模式,吸附过程符合准一级反应动力学方程。研究结果表明,花生壳是一种很有前途的偶氮染料废水处理生物材料。     

生物吸附剂对污染物吸附的细胞学机理

重金属和持久性有机污染物在自然界中非常稳定,具有难去除性,对人类生命和健康会造成直接或间接的危害.目前,生物吸附剂已成为处理重金属和持久性有机污染物研究的热点和重点.本文根据近年来的研究成果对生物吸附剂进行了系统分类,阐述了生物吸附剂对重金属和持久性有机污染物吸附的细胞外、细胞表面和细胞内吸附机理,以及相关的影响因素.同时,还探讨了其研究现状中所存在的问题和未来的研究方向.     

丝状真菌生物富集重金属废水的研究进展

重金属废水是对环境污染最严重和对人类危害最大的工业废水之一。丝状真菌生物富集重金属是处理废水的一种重要的方法,近十几年来一直是研究热点。首先介绍了去除废水中重金属的常规方法 :化学沉淀法、离子交换法和吸附法的优缺点。尤其是生物吸附法的独特优点:吸附剂材料廉价,耗费少,吸附重金属离子效率高,适用条件广,生物体吸附剂可重复使用,特别适合于微量重金属废水的处理;其次,介绍了应用到富集重金属的丝状真菌种类,如根霉(Pb~(2+)、Cd~(2+)、Cr5+)、毛霉(Pb~(2+)、Ni~(2+)、Cd~(2+)、Zn~(2+))、曲霉(Pb~(2+))、木霉(Zn~(2+)、Pb~(2+))和担子菌(Cu~(2+)、Pb~(2+)、Cd~(2+))等都在重金属废水中取得较理想的效果;介绍了生物富集重金属的机理,主要是细胞外、细胞表面和细胞内富集重金属离子的机理;最后介绍了影响生物富集重金属效果的几种因素:p H值、重金属离子初始浓度和吸附剂的比例、富集温度、共存离子,展望了丝状真菌富集重金属的研究,旨为推广丝状真菌在富集重金属废水中的应用,并为即将投入新品种的丝状真菌富集重金属的研究奠定基础。     

基于微藻培养处理畜禽养殖废水的研究进展

当前规模化畜禽养殖业排放含有大量氮磷、重金属和有机污染物的粪污废水,导致生态环境遭受严重的污染,治理畜禽废水的任务迫在眉睫。由于传统畜禽废水处理方式及应用存在较多不足,基于微藻生物技术处理废水的研究得到越来越多的关注。微藻是一种广泛存在于水体中的单细胞生物,具有高效的脱氮除磷及纳污能力,其主要利用同化作用吸附污水中的氮,通过磷酸化作用吸附、沉降磷,依靠细胞膜上的官能团对重金属进行富集。基于以上生理基础,大多数微藻的氮磷吸附率和重金属富集率可以高达80%。目前微藻对畜禽废水污染组分的处理的研究主要集中在氮磷、重金属,实际应用方式多为高效藻类塘、活性藻、固定化技术、光生物反应器等。但是微藻处理畜禽废水仍存在分子机理研究较少,生产实际经验不足等问题。基于微藻处理畜禽废水的机理,通过综述若干微藻去除氮磷、重金属等污染物的效率,总结国内外微藻废水处理技术的研究及存在问题,展望了微藻废水工程发展前景。     

微生物表面展示技术及其在环境污染治理中的应用

微生物表面展示技术是通过基因工程手段,将短的外源肽或蛋白质表达在微生物细胞表面,该技术可以应用于开发活的细菌疫苗、筛选抗体库、生产生物细胞吸附剂以及制备整细胞生物催化剂。通过金属高效结合肽的肽库筛选和微生物展示技术,将金属结合肽直接展示在微生物的表面,用于处理环境中的重金属污染,为环境中重金属污染的防治提供了一条崭新的途径。利用微生物表面展示技术制备整细胞催化剂,用于有毒有机污染物的处理,可以极大地加快污染物的降解速率。简要介绍了微生物表面展示技术及其在重金属污染治理和毒性有机污染物的脱毒等环境生物修复方面的最新研究进展。     

电活性微生物胞外聚合物的特征与应用

电活性微生物是一类能够通过直接接触、导电菌毛或氧化还原介质与电极或者其他细胞进行胞外电子传递的微生物。而在这个过程中,胞外聚合物(extracellular polymeric substances, EPS)扮演着重要的角色。EPS是微生物生长过程中通过细胞裂解、水解分泌的高分子聚合物的混合物,主要由蛋白质、多糖和腐殖质等物质组成。来自电活性微生物的EPS的不同组成成分和特性会对EPS的电活性以及电活性微生物胞外电子传递产生一定的影响,同时在环境应用方面发挥重要作用。因此,为了更全面了解电活性微生物EPS的电活性及其对电活性微生物胞外电子传递的作用,本文总体介绍了电活性微生物EPS的电活性的直接表征方法,再从组成成分、化学性质、物理性质和空间分布4个方面综述了其对EPS电活性的影响及其在电子传递中的作用,介绍了当前电活性微生物EPS在染料废水脱色、重金属吸附、有机污染物的生物转化和渗滤液管理等方面的环境应用,并从表征方法、试验规模和互作机理研究等角度展望了未来的研究方向。     

Heavy metal adsorbents prepared from the modification of cellulose: a review

A number of industries currently produce varying concentrations of heavy metal laden waste streams with significant consequences for any receiving environmental compartment. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on environmental impact minimisation and resulting from this the range and capability of natural and prepared materials capable of heavy metal removal has seen steady development. In particular considerable work has been carried out on the use of both natural materials and their modifications. These natural materials, in many instances are relatively cheap, abundant in supply and have significant potential for modification and ultimately enhancement of their adsorption capabilities. This review paper reviews the current state of research on the use of the naturally occurring material cellulose, its modified forms and their efficacy as adsorbents for the removal of heavy metals from waste streams. Adsorbents based on direct modification of cellulose are evaluated initially and subsequently modifications resulting from the grafting of selected monomers to the cellulose backbone with subsequent functionalisation are assessed. The heavy metal adsorption capacities for these modified cellulose materials were found to be significant and levels of uptake were comparable, in many instances, to both other naturally occurring adsorbent materials and commercial ion exchange type resins. Many of the modified cellulose adsorbents proved regenerable and re-usable over a number of adsorption/desorption cycles allowing recovery of the adsorbed heavy metal in a more concentrated form.     

A review on economically adsorbents on heavy metals removal in water and wastewater

Heavy metals contamination in water has been an issue to the environment and human health. The persisting contamination level has been observed and concerned by the public due to continuous deterioration of water quality. On the other hand, conventional treatment system could not completely remove the toxic metals in the water, thus alternative purification methods using inexpensive materials were endeavor to improve the current treatment process. Wide ranges of low cost adsorbents were used to remove heavy metal in aqueous solution and wastewater. The low cost adsorbents were usually collected from agricultural waste, seafood waste, food waste, industrial by-product and soil. These adsorbents are readily available in a copious amount. Besides, the pretreatment are not complicated to be conducted on the raw products, which is economically sound for an alternative treatment. The previous studies have provided much evidence of low cost adsorbents’ efficiency in removing metal ions from aqueous solution or wastewater. In this review, several low cost adsorbents in the recent literature have been studied. The maximum adsorption capacity, affecting factors such as pH, contact times, temperature, initial concentration and modified materials were revised and summarized in this review for further reference. Comparisons of the adsorbent between the modified and natural products were also demonstrated to provide a clear understanding on the kinetic uptake of the selected adsorbents. Some of the natural adsorbents appeared as good heavy metal removal, while some were not and require further modifications and improvements to enhance the adsorption capacity. SWOT analysis (strength, weakness, opportunities, threat) was also performed on the low cost adsorbents to identify the advantages of using low cost adsorbents and solve the weaknesses encountered by the utilization of low cost materials. This tool helps to determine the potential quality of low cost materials in the application for water and wastewater treatment.     

Significance of exploiting non-living biomaterials for the biosorption of wastewater pollutants

Industrial effluents from various sectors have become a matter of major environmental concern. The treatment of wastewater in recent year plays a significant role in order to remove the pollutants and to safeguard the water resource. The conventional wastewater treatment is considered costlier and associated with problem of sludge generation. Biosorption methods are considered as the potential solution due to their economical efficiency, good adsorption capacity and eco-friendliness. In this review, an extensive list of biosorbents from algae, bacteria, fungi and agricultural byproducts have been compiled. The suitability of biosorbents towards the eradication of heavy metals, textile dyes and phenolic compounds were highlighted. It is evident from the literature survey of recently published research articles that the biosorbents have demonstrated outstanding removal potential towards the wastewater pollutants. Therefore, biosorbents from the source of dead microbial and agricultural byproduct can be viable alternatives to activated carbon for the wastewater treatment.     

Synergistic Removal of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Humic Acid by Fe3O4@Mesoporous Silica-Graphene Oxide Composites

The synergistic adsorption of heavy metal ions and humic acid can be very challenging. This is largely because of their competitive adsorption onto most adsorbent materials. Hierarchically structured composites containing polyethylenimine-modified magnetic mesoporous silica and graphene oxide (MMSP-GO) were here prepared to address this. Magnetic mesoporous silica microspheres were synthesized and functionalized with PEI molecules, providing many amine groups for chemical conjugation with the carboxyl groups on GO sheets and enhanced the affinity between the pollutants and the mesoporous silica. The features of the composites were characterized using TEM, SEM, TGA, DLS, and VSM measurements. Series adsorption results proved that this system was suitable for simultaneous and efficient removal of heavy metal ions and humic acid using MMSP-GO composites as adsorbents. The maximum adsorption capacities of MMSP-GO for Pb(II) and Cd (II) were 333 and 167 mg g⁻¹ caculated by Langmuir model, respectively. HA enhances adsorption of heavy metals by MMSP-GO composites due to their interactions in aqueous solutions. The underlying mechanism of synergistic adsorption of heavy metal ions and humic acid were discussed. MMSP-GO composites have shown promise for use as adsorbents in the simultaneous removal of heavy metals and humic acid in wastewater treatment processes.     

Removal of chromium on Polyalthia longifolia leaves biomass

Adsorption is an environmental friendly process for removal and/or recovery of heavy metals from wastewater. In recent years, it has been substantiated as a popular technique to treat industrial waste effluents, with significant advantages. In this work, batchwise removal of chromium (III) ions from water by Polyalthia longifolia leaves was studied as a function of adsorbent dose, pH, contact time, and agitation speed. Surface characteristics of the leaves were evaluated by recording IR spectra. The Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin adsorption isotherms were employed to explain the sorption process. It was found that one gram of leaves can remove 1.87 mg of trivalent chromium when working at pH 3.0. It has been concluded that Polyalthia longifolia leaves can be used as cost-effective and benign adsorbents for removal of Cr(III) ions from wastewater.     

Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater by chemically modified plant wastes as adsorbents: a review

The application of low-cost adsorbents obtained from plant wastes as a replacement for costly conventional methods of removing heavy metal ions from wastewater has been reviewed. It is well known that cellulosic waste materials can be obtained and employed as cheap adsorbents and their performance to remove heavy metal ions can be affected upon chemical treatment. In general, chemically modified plant wastes exhibit higher adsorption capacities than unmodified forms. Numerous chemicals have been used for modifications which include mineral and organic acids, bases, oxidizing agent, organic compounds, etc. In this review, an extensive list of plant wastes as adsorbents including rice husks, spent grain, sawdust, sugarcane bagasse, fruit wastes, weeds and others has been compiled. Some of the treated adsorbents show good adsorption capacities for Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Ni.     

Adsorption thermodynamics to clean up wastewater; critical review

The current review paper deals with critical evaluation of the thermodynamic parameters of adsorption equilibrium uptakes of heavy metals, dyes and other organic pollutants from the wastewater using low-cost adsorbents, activated carbon derived from agricultural waste, industrial wastes and other important adsorbent materials. Present review paper focus the spontaneity of adsorption processes when the thermodynamic parameters were assessed with the compensation effects of standard enthalpy change (ΔH^o) and standard entropy change (ΔS^o) with temperature. This paper also investigates the spontaneity of adsorption on the basis of thermodynamic criteria of spontaneity and the temperature range to predict feasibility of the adsorption processes.     

Microbial biomass: an economical alternative for removal of heavy metals from waste water

Today indiscriminate and uncontrolled discharge of metal contaminated industrial effluents into the environment has become an issue of major concern. Heavy metals, being non-biodegradable and persistent, beyond a permissible concentration form unspecific compounds inside the cells thereby causing cellular toxicity. The only alternative to remove them from the wastewater is by immobilizing them. The conventional methods adopted earlier for this purpose included chemical precipitation, oxidation, reduction, filtration, electrochemical treatment, evaporation, adsorption and ion-exchange resins. These methods require high energy inputs especially when it refers to dilute solutions. Here microbial biomass offers an economical option for removing heavy metals by the phenomenon of biosorption. Non-living or dead biomass sequester metal(s) on their cell surface due to certain reactive groups available like carboxyl, amine, imidazole, phosphate, sulphydryl, sulfate and hydroxyl. The process can be made economical by procuring spent biomass from industry or naturally available bulk biomass. A batch or a continuous process of removal of heavy metals directly from effluents can be developed in a fixed bed reactor using the immobilized biomass. Further biosorption potential of the biomass can be improved by various physical and chemical treatments. The availability of variety of microbial biomass and their metal binding potential makes it a economical and sustainable option for developing effluent treatment process for removal and recovery of heavy metals.     

MTBE biodegradation and degrader microbial community dynamics in MTBE,BTEX, and heavy metal-contaminated water

The aim of this investigation was to explore microbial community changes under various environmental groundwater conditions (single substrate, mixed substrates, and the presence of heavy metals) and link the changes with simultaneously diminishing substrate concentration in the microcosms. Most microorganisms from environmental microcosms or wastewater treatment plants cannot be cultivated artificially. Capturing microbial community fingerprints, therefore, requires applying a molecular biological technique. By using SSCP profiles of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA genes, it was demonstrated that with the repeated addition of substrates during long-term acclimation, substrate-utilizing populations in a microcosm gradually increased to become the dominant constituent. Conversely, the presence of metals inhibited community development and differentiation. It was also shown that substrate degradation rates increased under co-substrate conditions, with substrate-degraders easily adapting to the environment and becoming the dominant bacteria, a phenomenon attributed to the propensity of the fittest species to outgrow their competitors when presented with suitable substrates.