Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 269, Issue -, Pages 9-17Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.046
Keywords
DOM fractions; Functionality; Hydrophobic fraction; Hydrophilic fraction; MWCNT
Funding
- HDR Post Thesis Publication Scholarship at the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology from University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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The sorptive removal of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in biologically-treated effluent was studied by using multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT), carboxylic functionalised MWCNT (MWCNT-COOH), hydroxyl functionalized MWCNT (MWCNT-OH) and functionalized biochar (fBC). DOM was dominated by hydrophilic fraction (79.6%) with a significantly lower hydrophobic fraction (20.4%). The sorption of hydrophobic DOM was not significantly affected by the sorbent functionality (similar to 10.4% variation) and sorption capacity followed the order of MWCNT > MWCNT-COOH > MWCNT-OH > fBC. In comparison, the sorption of hydrophilic fraction of DOM changed significantly (similar to 37.35% variation) with the change of sorbent functionality with adsorption capacity decreasing as MWCNT-OH > MWCNT-COOH > MWCNT > fBC. Furthermore, the affinity of adsorbents toward a hydrophilic compound (dinitrobenzene), a hydrophobic compound (pyrene) and humic acid was also evaluated to validate the proposed mechanisms. The results provided important insights on the type of sorbents which are most effective to remove different DOM fractions.
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