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- Title
Development and application of Palygorskite porous ceramsite in a biological aerated filter (BAF).
- Authors
Bao, Teng; Chen, Tian-hu; Qing, Chengsong; Jin Xie, Jin; Frost, Ray L.
- Abstract
Novel filter Palygorskite porous ceramsite (PC) was prepared using Palygorskite clay, pore-forming material sawdust, and sodium silicate with a mass ratio of 10:2:1 after sintering at 700°C for 180 min. PC was characterized with X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy, elemental, and porosimetry. PC had a total porosity of 67% and specific surface area of 61 m2/g. In order to assess the usefulness of PC as a medium for biological aerated filters (BAF), PC and (commercially available ceramsite) CAC were used to treat wastewater city in two laboratory-scale upflow BAFs. The results showed that the reactor containing PC was more efficient than the reactor containing CAC in terms of total organic carbon (TOC), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), and the removal of total nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus (P). This system was found to be more efficient at water temperatures ranging from 20 to 26°C, an air–water (A/W) ratio of 3:1, dissolved oxygen concentration >4.00 mg/L, and hydraulic retention time (HRT) ranging from 0.5 to 7 h. The interconnected porous structure produced for PC was suitable for microbial growth, and primarily protozoan and metazoan organisms were found in the biofilm. Microorganism growth also showed that, under the same submerged culture conditions, the biological mass in PC was significantly higher than in CAC (34.1 and 2.2 mg TN/g, respectively). In this way, PC media can be considered suitable for the use as a medium in novel biological aerated filters for the simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorus.
- Subjects
PALYGORSKITE; CLAY minerals; ALUMINUM silicates; IRON metallurgy; HABER-Bosch process
- Publication
Desalination & Water Treatment, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 4, p1790
- ISSN
1944-3994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19443994.2014.976770