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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 28, 期 9, 页码 11444-11453出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11291-0
关键词
Biosorption; Circular economy; Columns; Trace metal removal; Plant dead biomass
资金
- Universita degli Studi di Firenze within the CRUI-CARE Agreement
- GIDA S.p.A.
- University of Florence
The study explored the use of Phragmites australis biomass as a biosorbent for removing trace metals. After processing, the biomass showed promising sorption capacity for Cu, Fe, and Zn, especially for Fe ions.
Among the numerous clean-up techniques for water treatment, sorption methods are widely used for the removal of trace metals. Phragmites australis is a macrophyte commonly used in constructed wetlands for water purification, and in the last decades, its use as biosorbent has attracted increasing attention. In view of a circularly economy approach, this study investigated improvement of trace metal removal by recycling the biomass of P. australis colonizing a constructed wetland, which operates as post-treatment of effluent wastewater from an activated sludge plant serving the textile industrial district of Prato (Italy). After the annual mowing of the reed plants, the biomass was dried and blended to derive a sustainable and eco-friendly biosorbent and its sorption capacity for Fe, Cu, and Zn was investigated comparing the batch system with the easier-to-handle column technique. The possibility of regeneration and reuse of the biosorbent was also evaluated. The biomaterial showed an interesting sorption capacity for Cu, Fe, and Zn, both in batch and in column experiments, especially for Fe ions. The immobilization of the biosorbent in column filters induced some improvement in the removal efficiency, and, in addition, this operation mode has the advantage of being much more suitable for practical applications than the batch process.
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