Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment
Anthropogenic activities (e.g., rural urbanization) play major roles in preventing the achievement of sustainable water quality, where eutrophication—the exacerbation of increase in nutrient concentrations combined with warmer temperatures and lower light availability, leading to the dense growth of...
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| author | Jaime A. Cárdenas Sánchez Hunter Szewczyk Judy Assaad Carlos Zimeri Eunkyoung Shim Xiaomeng Fang Kyana R. L. Young |
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| description | Anthropogenic activities (e.g., rural urbanization) play major roles in preventing the achievement of sustainable water quality, where eutrophication—the exacerbation of increase in nutrient concentrations combined with warmer temperatures and lower light availability, leading to the dense growth of plant life depleting the amount of available oxygen and killing aquatic life—remains a major challenge for surface water bodies. Filtration mechanisms, with a wide range of applicability, capture common waterborne pathogens as small as 0.1–20.0 μm (bacteria, cysts, spores) and 0.001–0.100 μm (protein, viruses, endotoxins) through the process of microfiltration and ultrafiltration. This study follows the premise of using a designed water flow-through system, with meltblown nonwoven fabrics to measure its performance to capture water contaminant constituents of surface water contamination and eutrophication: total coliforms, nitrate, and orthophosphate. The achieved fabric filtration mechanism showed capture of total coliforms (59%), nitrate (51%), and orthophosphate (46%). The current study provides an alternative solution to more common and traditional water treatment technologies, such as chlorine and ozone disinfection, which (1) introduces disinfection or treatment byproducts and (2) cannot adapt to the permanent changing conditions and newer environmental challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9ab66332c5b48a08d1e40c0914431122023-12-01T01:15:02ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412023-01-0115224210.3390/w15020242Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff TreatmentJaime A. Cárdenas Sánchez0Hunter Szewczyk1Judy Assaad2Carlos Zimeri3Eunkyoung Shim4Xiaomeng Fang5Kyana R. L. Young6Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USADepartment of Engineering, Wake Forest University, 455 Vine Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USADepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USADepartment of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, USADepartment of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, USADepartment of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606, USADepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USAAnthropogenic activities (e.g., rural urbanization) play major roles in preventing the achievement of sustainable water quality, where eutrophication—the exacerbation of increase in nutrient concentrations combined with warmer temperatures and lower light availability, leading to the dense growth of plant life depleting the amount of available oxygen and killing aquatic life—remains a major challenge for surface water bodies. Filtration mechanisms, with a wide range of applicability, capture common waterborne pathogens as small as 0.1–20.0 μm (bacteria, cysts, spores) and 0.001–0.100 μm (protein, viruses, endotoxins) through the process of microfiltration and ultrafiltration. This study follows the premise of using a designed water flow-through system, with meltblown nonwoven fabrics to measure its performance to capture water contaminant constituents of surface water contamination and eutrophication: total coliforms, nitrate, and orthophosphate. The achieved fabric filtration mechanism showed capture of total coliforms (59%), nitrate (51%), and orthophosphate (46%). The current study provides an alternative solution to more common and traditional water treatment technologies, such as chlorine and ozone disinfection, which (1) introduces disinfection or treatment byproducts and (2) cannot adapt to the permanent changing conditions and newer environmental challenges.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/2/242meltblown nonwovenmicrofiltrationwater treatmenteutrophicationand climate change |
| spellingShingle | Jaime A. Cárdenas Sánchez Hunter Szewczyk Judy Assaad Carlos Zimeri Eunkyoung Shim Xiaomeng Fang Kyana R. L. Young Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment Water meltblown nonwoven microfiltration water treatment eutrophication and climate change |
| title | Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment |
| title_full | Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment |
| title_short | Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment |
| title_sort | use of meltblown nonwoven fabric filter for stormwater runoff treatment |
| topic | meltblown nonwoven microfiltration water treatment eutrophication and climate change |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/2/242 |
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