Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water
Biological activated carbon (BAC) biofilter coupling ultrafiltration (UF) is a promising process for the treatment of river water contaminated by pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). However, the pilot-scale study should be conducted to reveal the long-term removal performance and the...
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| author | Qian Wang Xiaobin Tang Weichen Zeng Feng Wang Weijia Gong Jingyuan Chen Jinlong Wang Guibai Li Heng Liang |
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| description | Biological activated carbon (BAC) biofilter coupling ultrafiltration (UF) is a promising process for the treatment of river water contaminated by pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). However, the pilot-scale study should be conducted to reveal the long-term removal performance and the respective contributions of BAC and UF. In this study, a BAC-UF system with treatment capacity of 0.16 m<sup>3</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> was operated for 130 days. The water quality was analyzed in terms of COD<sub>Mn</sub>, UV<sub>254</sub>, NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N, and PPCPs. The results showed that both BAC and UF were related to the removal of organic matter (COD<sub>Mn</sub> and UV<sub>254</sub>), achieving the removals of 56.00% and 55.25%, respectively. Similarly, BAC and UF were both relevant to the removal effects of ammonia nitrogen, nitrite, and nitrate. Moreover, the BAC-UF process was featured with a high efficiency in the removal of PPCPs, and the average removal of total PPCPs reached 47.84%, especially anhydroerythromycin, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim, and caffeine. Besides, it was found that the BAC unit played a key role in PPCPs removal and the UF unit also degraded them by the biomass on UF membranes. Therefore, this study proved the removal performance of BAC-UF for treating popular pollutants from river water, and the BAC-UF process in this work can be considered as a feasible method of producing clean drinking water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87b41ed99e8c4f1b9da824d9d774130a2023-11-23T18:10:28ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412022-01-0114336710.3390/w14030367Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River WaterQian Wang0Xiaobin Tang1Weichen Zeng2Feng Wang3Weijia Gong4Jingyuan Chen5Jinlong Wang6Guibai Li7Heng Liang8State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaSchool of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, 600 Changjiang Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, ChinaSchool of Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, 600 Changjiang Street, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE), Harbin Institute of Technology, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin 150090, ChinaBiological activated carbon (BAC) biofilter coupling ultrafiltration (UF) is a promising process for the treatment of river water contaminated by pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs). However, the pilot-scale study should be conducted to reveal the long-term removal performance and the respective contributions of BAC and UF. In this study, a BAC-UF system with treatment capacity of 0.16 m<sup>3</sup> h<sup>−1</sup> was operated for 130 days. The water quality was analyzed in terms of COD<sub>Mn</sub>, UV<sub>254</sub>, NH<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>-N, and PPCPs. The results showed that both BAC and UF were related to the removal of organic matter (COD<sub>Mn</sub> and UV<sub>254</sub>), achieving the removals of 56.00% and 55.25%, respectively. Similarly, BAC and UF were both relevant to the removal effects of ammonia nitrogen, nitrite, and nitrate. Moreover, the BAC-UF process was featured with a high efficiency in the removal of PPCPs, and the average removal of total PPCPs reached 47.84%, especially anhydroerythromycin, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim, and caffeine. Besides, it was found that the BAC unit played a key role in PPCPs removal and the UF unit also degraded them by the biomass on UF membranes. Therefore, this study proved the removal performance of BAC-UF for treating popular pollutants from river water, and the BAC-UF process in this work can be considered as a feasible method of producing clean drinking water.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/3/367ammonia nitrogenorganic compoundsPPCPsriver waterbiological activated carbonultrafiltration |
| spellingShingle | Qian Wang Xiaobin Tang Weichen Zeng Feng Wang Weijia Gong Jingyuan Chen Jinlong Wang Guibai Li Heng Liang Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water Water ammonia nitrogen organic compounds PPCPs river water biological activated carbon ultrafiltration |
| title | Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water |
| title_full | Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water |
| title_fullStr | Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water |
| title_short | Pilot-Scale Biological Activated Carbon Filtration–Ultrafiltration System for Removing Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products from River Water |
| title_sort | pilot scale biological activated carbon filtration ultrafiltration system for removing pharmaceutical and personal care products from river water |
| topic | ammonia nitrogen organic compounds PPCPs river water biological activated carbon ultrafiltration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/3/367 |
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