Effective removal of effluent organic matter (EfOM) from bio-treated coking wastewater by a recyclable aminated hyper-cross-linked polymer.

Effluent organic matter (EfOM) is a complex matrix of organic substance mainly from bio-treated sewage effluent and is considered as the main constraint to further advanced treatment. Here a recyclable aminated hyper-cross-linked polymeric adsorbent (NDA-802) featured with aminated functional groups, large specific surface area, and sufficient micropore region was synthesized for effective removal of EfOM from the bio-treated coking wastewater (BTCW), and its removal characteristics was investigated. It was found that hydrophobic fraction was the main constituent (64.8% of DOC) in EfOM of BTCW, and the hydrophobic-neutral fraction had the highest SUVA level (7.06 L mg(-1) m(-1)), which were significantly different from that in the domestic wastewater. Column adsorption experiments showed that NDA-802 exhibited much higher removal efficiency of EfOM than other polymeric adsorbents D-301, XAD-4, and XAD-7, and the efficiency could be readily sustained according to continuous 28-cycle batch adsorption-regeneration experiments. Moreover, dissolved organic matter (DOM) fractionation and excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy study indicated that NDA-802 showed attractive adsorption preference as well as high removal efficiency of hydrophobic and aromatic compounds. Possibly ascribed to the presence of functional aminated groups, relatively large specific surface area and micropore region of the unique polymer, NDA-802 possesses high and sustained efficiency for the removal of EfOM, and provides a potential alternative for the advanced treatment.

[Ethanol-induced influence on the structure and arsenate adsorption of resin-based nano-hydrated ferric oxide].

Here the role of ethanol in the synthesis of a new nanocomposite (D201-HFO) was evaluated in terms of its structure variation and arsenate adsorption. Results indicated that the ethanol-induced procedure improved the dispersion of HFO inside the polymer host D201 and increased the HFO sorption capacities towards arsenate by 20%. Also, the ethanol-induced procedure resulted in the increase of pore size, pore volume, and specific surface area of D201-HFO by 52%, 65% and 28%, respectively. Nevertheless, ethanol rinsing did not affect the mechanical strength of D201-HFO and the crystal type of the immobilized HFO. Little effects of the ethanol process was observed on the pH and co-anion dependent adsorption of arsenate. Furthermore, the ethanol step posed insignificant influence on the fix-bed adsorption and the repeated use of the adsorbent. The results showed that the ethanol procedure exerted little influence on the sorption properties of D201-HFO from the viewpoint of practical application and thus, it could not be included.