Excess sludge biochar facilitates persulfate activation for highly efficient tetracycline removal

This study proposed a novel advanced oxidation system to treat metal and antibiotic pollution in water simultaneously. Meanwhile, the enhancement effect of absorbed metal pollution on the activation of persulfate in the system was also investigated. As the most widely used and polluting material, te...

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Published in:Water science and technology 2022-11, Vol.86 (9), p.2059-2070
Main Authors: Lv, Bowen, Zhang, Weiliang, Liu, Yu, Xu, Dezhi, Fan, Xiulei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
advanced oxidation
antibiotic degradation
Antibiotics
biochar
Carbonaceous materials
Charcoal
Degradation
Drug resistance
Environmental impact
excess sludge
Experiments
Fourier transforms
Intermediates
Iron
Metals
Oxidation
persulfate activation
Pollution
Pyrolysis
Removal
Resource utilization
Scientific imaging
Sewage
Sewage sludge
Sludge
synergistic removal
Water pollution
Water treatment
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Summary:This study proposed a novel advanced oxidation system to treat metal and antibiotic pollution in water simultaneously. Meanwhile, the enhancement effect of absorbed metal pollution on the activation of persulfate in the system was also investigated. As the most widely used and polluting material, tetracycline (TC) and metal Fe were used as the pollutant models. In this study, a carbonaceous material (BC) was prepared from excess sludge and then combined with the persulfate system (Fe/BC/PS). It was found that the best biochar was obtained when the pyrolysis temperature reached 500 °C (BC500), with the specific surface area of 39.712 m2/g. Combining it with 300 mg/L PS, the removal rate of 120 mg/L TC reached 70.6%. Moreover, the sludge biochar itself possessed numerous reaction sites and good defective structure, which provided a perfect reaction site for the variable metals absorbed by BC. They accelerated electron conduction greatly, which led to the activation of PS very active and generating far more active radicals than normal. In addition, it also proposed the rational pathway and potential mechanism of TC degradation based on the degradation intermediates. This study has a high reference value for resource utilization of sewage sludge and antibiotics removal from water.
ISSN:0273-1223
1996-9732
DOI:10.2166/wst.2022.338