Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation
Bioreduction of Fe(III) and biooxidation of Fe(II) can be used in wastewater engineering as an innovative biotechnology BioIronTech, which is protected for commercial applications by US patent 7393452 and Singapore patent 106658 “Compositions and methods for the treatment of wastewater and other was...
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| author | Volodymyr Ivanov Viktor Stabnikov Chen Hong Guo Olena Stabnikova Zubair Ahmed In S. Kim Eng-Ban Shuy |
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| description | Bioreduction of Fe(III) and biooxidation of Fe(II) can be used in wastewater engineering as an innovative biotechnology BioIronTech, which is protected for commercial applications by US patent 7393452 and Singapore patent 106658 “Compositions and methods for the treatment of wastewater and other waste”. The BioIronTech process comprises the following steps: 1) anoxic bacterial reduction of Fe(III), for example in iron ore powder; 2) surface renovation of iron ore particles due to the formation of dissolved Fe2+ ions; 3) precipitation of insoluble ferrous salts of inorganic anions (phosphate) or organic anions (phenols and organic acids); 4) (bio)oxidation of ferrous compunds with the formation of negatively, positively, or neutrally charged ferric hydroxides, which are good adsorbents of many pollutants; 5) disposal or thermal regeration of ferric (hydr)oxide. Different organic substances can be used as electron donors in bioreduction of Fe(III). Ferrous ions and fresh ferrous or ferric hydroxides that are produced after iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation adsorb and precipitate diferent negatively charged molecules, for example chlorinated compounds of sucralose production wastewater or other halogenated organics, as well as phenols, organic acids, phosphate, and sulphide. Reject water (return liquor) from the stage of sewage sludge dewatering on municipal wastewater treatment plants represents from 10 to 50% of phosphorus load when being recycled to the aeration tank. BioIronTech process can remove/recover more than 90% of phosphorous from this reject water thus replacing the conventional process of phosphate precipitation by ferric/ferrous salts, which are 20–100 times more expensive than iron ore, which is used in BioIronTech process. BioIronTech process can remarkably improve the aerobic and anaerobic treatments of municipal and industrial wastewaters, especially anaerobic digestion of lipid- and sulphate-containing food-processing wastewater. It can also remove the recalcitrant compounds from industrial wastewater, enhance sustainability and quality of water resources,restore eutrophicated lakes due to removal of phosphate, ammonium, and pesticides from water, and recover ammonium and phosphate from municipal and food-processing wastes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a00b18ee9ad04a4a8d3f812b071522272022-12-21T23:42:27ZengAIMS PressAIMS Environmental Science2372-03442372-03522014-12-0112536610.3934/environsci.2014.2.53Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidationVolodymyr Ivanov0Viktor Stabnikov1Chen Hong Guo2Olena Stabnikova3Zubair Ahmed4In S. Kim5Eng-Ban Shuy6School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798; Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, National University of Food Technologies, 68 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, UkraineSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798Department of Civil Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdan-gwagiro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500712, Republic of KoreaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798Bioreduction of Fe(III) and biooxidation of Fe(II) can be used in wastewater engineering as an innovative biotechnology BioIronTech, which is protected for commercial applications by US patent 7393452 and Singapore patent 106658 “Compositions and methods for the treatment of wastewater and other waste”. The BioIronTech process comprises the following steps: 1) anoxic bacterial reduction of Fe(III), for example in iron ore powder; 2) surface renovation of iron ore particles due to the formation of dissolved Fe2+ ions; 3) precipitation of insoluble ferrous salts of inorganic anions (phosphate) or organic anions (phenols and organic acids); 4) (bio)oxidation of ferrous compunds with the formation of negatively, positively, or neutrally charged ferric hydroxides, which are good adsorbents of many pollutants; 5) disposal or thermal regeration of ferric (hydr)oxide. Different organic substances can be used as electron donors in bioreduction of Fe(III). Ferrous ions and fresh ferrous or ferric hydroxides that are produced after iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation adsorb and precipitate diferent negatively charged molecules, for example chlorinated compounds of sucralose production wastewater or other halogenated organics, as well as phenols, organic acids, phosphate, and sulphide. Reject water (return liquor) from the stage of sewage sludge dewatering on municipal wastewater treatment plants represents from 10 to 50% of phosphorus load when being recycled to the aeration tank. BioIronTech process can remove/recover more than 90% of phosphorous from this reject water thus replacing the conventional process of phosphate precipitation by ferric/ferrous salts, which are 20–100 times more expensive than iron ore, which is used in BioIronTech process. BioIronTech process can remarkably improve the aerobic and anaerobic treatments of municipal and industrial wastewaters, especially anaerobic digestion of lipid- and sulphate-containing food-processing wastewater. It can also remove the recalcitrant compounds from industrial wastewater, enhance sustainability and quality of water resources,restore eutrophicated lakes due to removal of phosphate, ammonium, and pesticides from water, and recover ammonium and phosphate from municipal and food-processing wastes.http://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/environsci.2014.2.53/fulltext.htmlBioIronTech processiron ore bioreductionrecalcitrant compoundssucralosephosphate recoveryammonium recovery |
| spellingShingle | Volodymyr Ivanov Viktor Stabnikov Chen Hong Guo Olena Stabnikova Zubair Ahmed In S. Kim Eng-Ban Shuy Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation AIMS Environmental Science BioIronTech process iron ore bioreduction recalcitrant compounds sucralose phosphate recovery ammonium recovery |
| title | Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation |
| title_full | Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation |
| title_fullStr | Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation |
| title_short | Wastewater engineering applications of BioIronTech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and (bio)oxidation |
| title_sort | wastewater engineering applications of bioirontech process based on the biogeochemical cycle of iron bioreduction and bio oxidation |
| topic | BioIronTech process iron ore bioreduction recalcitrant compounds sucralose phosphate recovery ammonium recovery |
| url | http://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/environsci.2014.2.53/fulltext.html |
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