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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 232, Issue -, Pages 327-336Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.178
Keywords
Guar gum; Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB); Flowback water; Salinity; Granulation; Microbial community
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- Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing [2462018BJB001]
- Independent Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control [PPCIP2017004]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21776307]
- National Science and Technology Major Project of China [2016ZX05040-001]
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Guar is extensively used during shale gas exploitation and is a major component in the flowback water. The viscosity of guar has adverse effects for the treatment of flowback water. This study investigated the degradation of guar at different salinities with an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. The effects of salinity on guar degradation, granular characteristics and microbial community were also studied. Results showed that more than 79% of guar was removed at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 10 h, even at a concentration of 10000 mg L-1 of NaCl. Increasing salinity decreased granular size and hydrophobicity, but improved the secretion of EPS (especially for protein). Low salt condition 2500 mg L-1 presented faster degradation rate of guar. Salinity resulted in insignificant difference on bacterial community, but decreased the abundance of methanogens. Bacteroides, Prolixibacter and Pelolinea are essential genera in guar degradation. The results demonstrated the potential of UASB in the treatment of flowback water. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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