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WATER RESEARCH
卷 100, 期 -, 页码 105-115出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.048
关键词
Water disinfection; Silver nanoparticle; Activated carbon; Escherichia coli; Packed column; Drinking water
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, India [SR/S3/CE/002/2012]
Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) were selectively impregnated on the external surface of plasma treated activated carbon (AC) granules (referred to as Ag-AC hybrid, having 0.8 wt% of Ag), for achieving continuous disinfection of water in a single flow-column set-up. First, Ag-NPs (28 nm mean size) were synthesized by UV reduction. Subsequently, Escherichia coli cell-killing experiments were performed in both shake flask (i.e. batch-mode) and flow-column (i.e. continuous-mode) operations, using E. coli K12 (MTCC 1302) as a model organism. Batch results using 8 mg Ag-AC hybrid/ml of cell suspension showed that, 10(4) CFU/ml of cells were killed within 25 min contact time, with cell concentration decaying exponentially in time. Maintaining almost the same contact time as in the batch experiments, three columns packed with Ag-AC (all having a height of 25 cm but increasing diameters of 1, 5 and 8 cm, respectively) were used for monitoring cell-killing performance over a long duration. For all columns, inlet water having 10(4) CFU/ml E. coli could be completely disinfected to produce treated, outlet water having zero cell count. Specifically for the 8 cm diameter column, a maximum throughput of treating 1.62 L of contaminated water per hour could be maintained for at least up to 16 days. Moreover, the Ag concentration in the outlet water was only up to 29.8 mu g/L at steady state, which is well within the recommended limit of 100 mu g/L for drinking water. Hence, water disinfection for potable quality water (zero E. coli count and <100 mu g/L Ag) can be achieved in a continuous manner over a long duration, with our packed Ag-AC column. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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