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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Volume 126, Issue -, Pages 163-173Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.04.040
Keywords
Hydrothermal technology; Aqueous phase characteristics; Pakchoi; Seedlings; Phytotoxicity
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This study investigates the characteristics and phytotoxicity of the aqueous phase produced by the hydrothermal treatment of municipal sludge with persulfate. The results show that persulfate accelerates the hydrolysis of protein substances and reduces the phytotoxicity of the aqueous phase.
Hydrothermal technology (HT) has received much attention in recent years as a process to convert wet organic waste into hydrochar. The aqueous phase (HTAP) produced by this process is still a burden and has become a bottleneck issue for HT process development. In this study, we provide the first investigation of the HTAP characteristics, phytotoxicity, and their correlation with persulfate (PS) (PS, 2.0 mmol/g TS)-assisted municipal sludge HT. The results showed that PS accelerated the hydrolysis of protein substances and increased the concentration of NH4+ by 13.4% to 190.5% and that of PO43- by 24.2% to 1103.7% in HTAP at hydrothermal temperatures of 120 to 240 degrees C. PS can reduce the phytotoxicity of HTAP by reducing aldehydes, ketones, N heterocyclic compounds, and particle size and by increasing its humification index. The maximum values of the root length and biomass of pakchoi (B rass ica chinens is L.) seedlings occurred when electrical conductivity was 0.2 mS/cm of HTAP. This work provided a new strategy for the selection and design of HTAP management strategies. (C) 2022 The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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