Antibiotic contamination adversely affects human health and ecological balance.In this study,gasliquid underwater discharge plasma was employed to simultaneously degrade three antibiotics,sulfadiazine(SDZ),tetracyclin...Antibiotic contamination adversely affects human health and ecological balance.In this study,gasliquid underwater discharge plasma was employed to simultaneously degrade three antibiotics,sulfadiazine(SDZ),tetracycline(TC),and norfloxacin(NOR),to address the growing problem of antibiotic contaminants in water.The effects of various parameters on the antibiotic degradation efficiency were evaluated,including the discharge gas type and flow rate,the initial concentration and pH of the solution,and the discharge voltage.Under the optimum parameter configuration,the average removal rate of the three antibiotics was 54.0% and the energy yield was 8.9 g(kW·h)-1after 5 min treatment;the removal efficiency was 96.5% and the corresponding energy yield was4.0 g(kW·h)-1 after 20 min treatment.Reactive substance capture and determination experiments indicated that ·OH and O3 played a vital role in the decomposition of SDZ and NOR,but the role of reactive substances in TC degradation was relatively less significant.展开更多
Polyvinyl alcohol( PVA) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer that is hard to biodegrade. PVA-degrading microorganisms were previously reported as unitary bacteria and most of them have been identified as aerobes. In t...Polyvinyl alcohol( PVA) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer that is hard to biodegrade. PVA-degrading microorganisms were previously reported as unitary bacteria and most of them have been identified as aerobes. In this work,a microbial community was cultured anaerobically and its degradation performance and biodiversity were analyzed. The microbial community was cultured for more than 40 d,which represents a highly efficient degradation performance with a chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency of 88. 48%. Operational taxonomic unit-based analysis of the sequences revealed a highly diverse community in the reactor. To note,metagenome 16s rDNA sequencing delineated 19 phyla and 41 classes. Specifically, proteobacteria, chlamydiae, bacteroidetes,firmicutes,and planctomycetes play key roles in the biodegradation processes. Moreover,the betaproteobacteria class belonging to the proteobacteria phylum was the predominant bacterial members in this community. Our results demonstrated that anaerobic treatment of PVA wastewater is feasible and confers degradation by a highly diverse microbial community.展开更多
Environment-friendly nano-catalysts capable of activating peroxymonosulfate(PMS)have received increasing attention recently.Nevertheless,traditional nano-catalysts are generally well dispersed and difficult to be sepa...Environment-friendly nano-catalysts capable of activating peroxymonosulfate(PMS)have received increasing attention recently.Nevertheless,traditional nano-catalysts are generally well dispersed and difficult to be separated from reaction system,so it is particularly important to develop nano-catalysts with both good catalytic activity and excellent recycling efficiency.In this work,magnetically recoverable Fe_(3)O_(4)-modified ternary CoFeCu-layered double hydroxides(Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs)was prepared by a simple co-precipitation method and initially applied to activate PMS for the degradation of Rhodamine B(Rh B).X-ray diffraction(XRD),fourier transform infrared spectrometer(FT-IR),scanning electron microscope(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method(BET),and vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM)were applied to characterize morphology,structure,specific surface area and magnetism.In addition,the effects of several key parameters were evaluated.The Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs exhibited high catalytic activity,and Rh B degradation efficiency could reach 100%within 20 min by adding 0.2 g/L of catalyst and 1 mmol/L of PMS into 50 mg/L of Rh B solution under a wide pH condition(3.0-7.0).Notably,the Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs showed good super-paramagnetism and excellent stability,which could be effectively and quickly recovered under magnetic condition,and the degradation efficiency after ten cycles could still maintain 98.95%.Both radicals quenching tests and electron spin resonance(ESR)identified both HO·and SO_(4)^(·-) were involved and SO_(4)^(·-) played a dominant role on the RhB degradation.Finally,the chemical states of the sample’s surface elements were measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),and the possible activation mechanism in Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs/PMS system was proposed according to comprehensive analysis.展开更多
基金supported by the Key R&D Plan of Anhui Province(No.201904a07020013)Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center,CAS(No.CX2140000018)the Funding for Joint Lab of Applied Plasma Technology(No.JL06120001H)。
文摘Antibiotic contamination adversely affects human health and ecological balance.In this study,gasliquid underwater discharge plasma was employed to simultaneously degrade three antibiotics,sulfadiazine(SDZ),tetracycline(TC),and norfloxacin(NOR),to address the growing problem of antibiotic contaminants in water.The effects of various parameters on the antibiotic degradation efficiency were evaluated,including the discharge gas type and flow rate,the initial concentration and pH of the solution,and the discharge voltage.Under the optimum parameter configuration,the average removal rate of the three antibiotics was 54.0% and the energy yield was 8.9 g(kW·h)-1after 5 min treatment;the removal efficiency was 96.5% and the corresponding energy yield was4.0 g(kW·h)-1 after 20 min treatment.Reactive substance capture and determination experiments indicated that ·OH and O3 played a vital role in the decomposition of SDZ and NOR,but the role of reactive substances in TC degradation was relatively less significant.
基金Science and Technology Plan of Henan Province,China(No.132300410080)North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power Postgraduate Education Innovation Program,China(No.YK2015-13)
文摘Polyvinyl alcohol( PVA) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer that is hard to biodegrade. PVA-degrading microorganisms were previously reported as unitary bacteria and most of them have been identified as aerobes. In this work,a microbial community was cultured anaerobically and its degradation performance and biodiversity were analyzed. The microbial community was cultured for more than 40 d,which represents a highly efficient degradation performance with a chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency of 88. 48%. Operational taxonomic unit-based analysis of the sequences revealed a highly diverse community in the reactor. To note,metagenome 16s rDNA sequencing delineated 19 phyla and 41 classes. Specifically, proteobacteria, chlamydiae, bacteroidetes,firmicutes,and planctomycetes play key roles in the biodegradation processes. Moreover,the betaproteobacteria class belonging to the proteobacteria phylum was the predominant bacterial members in this community. Our results demonstrated that anaerobic treatment of PVA wastewater is feasible and confers degradation by a highly diverse microbial community.
基金supported by the Key Research and Development(R&D)Projects of Shanxi Province(No.201803D31050)。
文摘Environment-friendly nano-catalysts capable of activating peroxymonosulfate(PMS)have received increasing attention recently.Nevertheless,traditional nano-catalysts are generally well dispersed and difficult to be separated from reaction system,so it is particularly important to develop nano-catalysts with both good catalytic activity and excellent recycling efficiency.In this work,magnetically recoverable Fe_(3)O_(4)-modified ternary CoFeCu-layered double hydroxides(Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs)was prepared by a simple co-precipitation method and initially applied to activate PMS for the degradation of Rhodamine B(Rh B).X-ray diffraction(XRD),fourier transform infrared spectrometer(FT-IR),scanning electron microscope(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method(BET),and vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM)were applied to characterize morphology,structure,specific surface area and magnetism.In addition,the effects of several key parameters were evaluated.The Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs exhibited high catalytic activity,and Rh B degradation efficiency could reach 100%within 20 min by adding 0.2 g/L of catalyst and 1 mmol/L of PMS into 50 mg/L of Rh B solution under a wide pH condition(3.0-7.0).Notably,the Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs showed good super-paramagnetism and excellent stability,which could be effectively and quickly recovered under magnetic condition,and the degradation efficiency after ten cycles could still maintain 98.95%.Both radicals quenching tests and electron spin resonance(ESR)identified both HO·and SO_(4)^(·-) were involved and SO_(4)^(·-) played a dominant role on the RhB degradation.Finally,the chemical states of the sample’s surface elements were measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),and the possible activation mechanism in Fe_(3)O_(4)/CoFeCu-LDHs/PMS system was proposed according to comprehensive analysis.
