Coupling of titanium dioxide loaded carrier and denitrification biofilm for the advanced treatment of micro-polluted water
摘要
TiO2 was immobilized on a polypropylene polyhedral (PP) ball using polyamide (PA) hot melt adhesive to generate floating photocatalyst TiO2-PA/PP with high photocatalytic activity, which was further coupled with denitrification biofilm to form TiO2-PA/PP biofilm system. The analysis of SEM, EDS, XRD, and FTIR confirmed that TiO2 was immobilized on the surface of PP without any changes in the crystal structure of TiO2. The photocatalytic experiments showed that the degradation efficiencies of p-phenylenediamine, sucrose, humic acid, and bovine albumin by TiO2-PA/PP were 58.3%, 48.0%, 97.1%, and 66.6%, respectively. •O2− and h+ were the key reactive oxygen species (ROSs) in photocatalytic degradation of organic matter in the TiO2-PA/PP system under solar irradiation. In the synthetic water, 95.5% humic acid and 43.2% nitrate were simultaneously removed in TiO2-PA/PP biofilm reactor, confirming the coupling of photocatalytic degradation and denitrification. In the actual micro-polluted surface water, the coupling photocatalytic and biofilm reactor reduced chemical oxygen demand (COD) by 68.4% and nitrate by 38.9% in 480 min. This study provided a new option for the in-situ removal of organic matter and nitrate from micro-polluted surface water.
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