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Ali M, Song X, Wang Q, Zhang Z, Zhang M, Chen X, Tang Z, Liu X. Thermally enhanced biodegradation of benzo[a]pyrene and benzene co-contaminated soil: Bioavailability and generation of ROS. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 455:131494. [PMID: 37172381 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this study, a set of comprehensive experiments were conducted to explore the effects of temperature on the biodegradation, bioavailability, and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by thermally enhanced biodegradation (TEB) under benzene and BaP co-contaminated conditions. The biodegradation rates of benzene increased from 57.4% to 88.7% and 84.9%, and the biodegradation efficiency of BaP was enhanced from 15.8% to 34.6% and 28.6%, when the temperature was raised from the ambient temperature of 15 °C to 45 °C and 30 °C, respectively. In addition, the bioavailability analysis results demonstrated that the water- and butanol-extractable BaP increased with elevated temperatures. High enzymatic activities and PAH-RHDα gene in gram-positive bacteria favored the long-term elevated temperatures (30 and 45 °C) compared to gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, ROS species (O2•- and •OH) generation was detected which were scavenged by the increased superoxide dismutase and catalase activities at elevated temperatures. Soil properties (pH, TOC, moisture, total iron, Fe3+, and Fe2+) were affected by the temperature treatments, revealing that metal-organic-associated reactions occurred during the TEB of benzene-BaP co-contamination. The results concluded that biodegradation of benzene-BaP co-contamination was greatly improved at 45 °C and that microbial activities enhanced the biodegradation under TEB via the increased bioavailability and generation and degradation of ROS.
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- Mukhtiar Ali
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- China Construction 8th Engineering Division Corp., LTD, Shanghai 200122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Amerhaider Nuar NN, Md. Jamil SNA, Choong TSY, Mat Azmi ID, Abdul Romli NA, Abdullah LC, Chiang PC, Li F. Synthesis of Calcium Peroxide Nanoparticles with Starch as a Stabilizer for the Degradation of Organic Dye in an Aqueous Solution. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15051327. [PMID: 36904568 PMCID: PMC10007581 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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One of the most significant environmental problems in the world is the massive release of dye wastewater from the dyeing industry. Therefore, the treatment of dyes effluents has received significant attention from researchers in recent years. Calcium peroxide (CP) from the group of alkaline earth metal peroxides acts as an oxidizing agent for the degradation of organic dyes in water. It is known that the commercially available CP has a relatively large particle size, which makes the reaction rate for pollution degradation relatively slow. Therefore, in this study, starch, a non-toxic, biodegradable and biocompatible biopolymer, was used as a stabilizer for synthesizing calcium peroxide nanoparticles (Starch@CPnps). The Starch@CPnps were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET), dynamic light scattering (DLS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The degradation of organic dyes, methylene blue (MB), using Starch@CPnps as a novel oxidant was studied using three different parameters: initial pH of the MB solution, calcium peroxide initial dosage and contact time. The degradation of the MB dye was carried out via a Fenton reaction, and the degradation efficiency of Starch@CPnps was successfully achieved up to 99%. This study shows that the potential application of starch as a stabilizer can reduce the size of the nanoparticles as it prevents the agglomeration of the nanoparticles during synthesis.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Centre of Foundation Studies for Agricultural Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Correspondence: (S.N.A.M.J.); (T.S.Y.C.)
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- Center of Sustainable Research, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Institute of Tropical Forest and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Correspondence: (S.N.A.M.J.); (T.S.Y.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Centre of Foundation Studies for Agricultural Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Center of Sustainable Research, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
- Institute of Tropical Forest and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 10673, Taiwan
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- Center of Sustainable Research, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
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Effective Removal of Glyphosate from Aqueous Systems Using Synthesized PEG-Coated Calcium Peroxide Nanoparticles: Kinetics Study, H 2O 2 Release Performance and Degradation Pathways. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15030775. [PMID: 36772076 PMCID: PMC9919818 DOI: 10.3390/polym15030775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine) is a non-selective, broad-spectrum organophosphate herbicide. Its omnipresent application with large quantity has made glyphosate as a problematic contaminant in water. Therefore, an effective technology is urgently required to remove glyphosate and its metabolites from water. In this study, calcium peroxide nanoparticles (nCPs) were functioned as an oxidant to produce sufficient hydroxyl free radicals (·OH) with the presence of Fe2+ as a catalyst using a Fenton-based system. The nCPs with small particle size (40.88 nm) and high surface area (28.09 m2/g) were successfully synthesized via a co-precipitation method. The synthesized nCPs were characterized using transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis (BET), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) techniques. Under the given conditions (pH = 3.0, initial nCPs dosage = 0.2 g, Ca2+/Fe2+ molar ratio = 6, the initial glyphosate concentration = 50 mg/L, RT), 99.60% total phosphorus (TP) removal and 75.10% chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal were achieved within 75 min. The degradation process fitted with the Behnajady-Modirshahla-Ghanbery (BMG) kinetics model. The H2O2 release performance and proposed degradation pathways were also reported. The results demonstrated that calcium peroxide nanoparticles are an efficient oxidant for glyphosate removal from aqueous systems.
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Simultaneous removal of organic micropollutants and inorganic heavy metals by nano-calcium peroxide induced Fenton-like treatment. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wang L, Yang H, Yao J, Wu Q, He Z, Yang Y. Steady release-activation of hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen towards the removal of ciprofloxacin in the FeOCl/CaO 2 system. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 308:136156. [PMID: 36029866 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Difficult storage of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), low production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and inefficient Fe(II)/Fe(III) recycling limit the application of the Fenton-like process. Calcium peroxide (CaO2) based iron oxychloride (FeOCl) system was developed for solving these deficiencies, and ciprofloxacin (CIP) was effectively degraded within 20 min treatment. 0.33 mmol/L H2O2 and 2.4 mg/L dissolved oxygen (DO) were produced via CaO2. Quenching experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance results confirmed that hydroxyl radicals (·OH) and superoxide anion (·O2-) worked as the main ROS. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental results suggested that H atoms of H2O2 adsorbed on FeOCl favored the activation of H2O2 into ·OH and DO into ·O2-, and electrophilic Cl and O coordination in FeOCl contributed to the cycle of Fe(II)/Fe(III). ·OH and·O2- were responsible for CIP degradation, and toxicity assessments demonstrated that the developed system reduced the hazard of treated solution. Clarity of FeOCl/CaO2 system triple roles, including H2O2 and O2 production, activation into ROS, and Fe(II)/Fe(III) recycling, facilitates the efficient utilization of O2 in Fenton-like system.
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- Lina Wang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China.
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- Center for Environment and Water Resources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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Neshati J, Biabanaki F, Shariatmadari N. An investigation into the efficiency of electrokinetic and electrokinetic coupled with calcium peroxide permeable reactive barriers techniques for soil remediation using a statistical analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2022; 195:145. [PMID: 36418576 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10736-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The current study emphasizes on the applicability of combining the electrokinetic (EK) and permeable reactive barriers (PRB) techniques compared to the simple EK technique. For this purpose, a statistical analysis is conducted using the Fractional Factorial Design statistical method. Also, General Linear Model and Two-sample T-Test analyzes are considered to clarify which type of soil remediation technique represents the highest efficiency. Calcium peroxide, an affordable material with easy capability for cultivation, is utilized in the PRB process to eliminate the soil from diesel contamination. The experiments were performed for 3 days and 10 days, according to which the initial contamination rates of 10 and 20% were selected, and the applied voltages were 20 V and 30 V. Using the innovative remediation technique, the experiments were conducted for 10 days with 20% initial pollution content and the applied voltage of 30 V, the initial gasoil content was about 190.5 mg/g, and after applying the proposed technique, the average final pollution content throughout soil reached approximately 37 mg/g. This experiment was also conducted for the approximately initial gasoil content of 185, 206, and 191 mg/g, which led to the removal efficiency of 79.59%, 78.93%, and 79.15%, respectively. The main novelty of this paper is attributed to the use of calcium peroxide in the EK-PRB technique and the statistical analysis conducted in this study that indicates the remarkable efficiency of the proposed approach. It was also revealed that the efficiency of the proposed technique is on par with the other state-of-art ones presented in the literature and even sometimes outperforms them.
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- Jaber Neshati
- Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), PO Box, 14665-137, Tehran, Iran.
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- Dept. of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran
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- Dept. of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran
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Decontamination of water co-polluted by copper, toluene and tetrahydrofuran using lauric acid. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15832. [PMID: 36138091 PMCID: PMC9500063 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20241-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Co-contamination by organic solvents (e.g., toluene and tetrahydrofuran) and metal ions (e.g., Cu2+) is common in industrial wastewater and in industrial sites. This manuscript describes the separation of THF from water in the absence of copper ions, as well as the treatment of water co-polluted with either THF and copper, or toluene and copper. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and water are freely miscible in the absence of lauric acid. Lauric acid separates the two solvents, as demonstrated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). The purity of the water phase separated from 3:7 (v/v) THF:water mixtures using 1 M lauric acid is ≈87%v/v. Synchrotron small angle X-Ray scattering (SAXS) indicates that lauric acid forms reverse micelles in THF, which swell in the presence of water (to host water in their interior) and ultimately lead to two free phases: 1) THF-rich and 2) water-rich. Deprotonated lauric acid (laurate ions) also induces the migration of Cu2+ ions in either THF (following separation from water) or in toluene (immiscible in water), enabling their removal from water. Laurate ions and copper ions likely interact through physical interactions (e.g., electrostatic interactions) rather than chemical bonds, as shown by ATR-FTIR. Inductively coupled plasma—optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) demonstrates up to 60% removal of Cu2+ ions from water co-polluted by CuSO4 or CuCl2 and toluene. While lauric acid emulsifies water and toluene in the absence of copper ions, copper salts destabilize emulsions. This is beneficial, to avoid that copper ions are re-entrained in the water phase alongside with toluene, following their migration in the toluene phase. The effect of copper ions on emulsion stability is explained based on the decreased interfacial activity and compressional rigidity of interfacial films, probed using a Langmuir trough. In wastewater treatment, lauric acid (a powder) can be mixed directly in the polluted water. In the context of groundwater remediation, lauric acid can be solubilized in canola oil to enable its injection to treat aquifers co-polluted by organic solvents and Cu2+. In this application, injectable filters obtained by injecting cationic hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC +) would impede the flow of toluene and copper ions partitioned in it, protecting downstream receptors. Co-contaminants can be subsequently extracted upstream of the filters (using pumping wells), to enable their simultaneous removal from aquifers.
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Meng Q, Yang K, Zhao K, Tang Y, Xie Z, Wang K, Wei L, Yuan S, Yin G, Xu C. Mechanistic revelation into the degradation of organic pollutants by calcium peroxide nanoparticles@polydopamine in Fe(III)-based catalytic systems. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wei KH, Ma J, Xi BD, Yu MD, Cui J, Chen BL, Li Y, Gu QB, He XS. Recent progress on in-situ chemical oxidation for the remediation of petroleum contaminated soil and groundwater. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 432:128738. [PMID: 35338938 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Accidental oil leaks and spills can often result in severe soil and groundwater pollution. In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) is a powerful and efficient remediation technology. In this review, the applications and recent advances of three commonly applied in-situ oxidants (hydrogen peroxide, persulfate, and permanganate), and the gap in remediation efficiency between lab-scale and field-scale applications is critically assessed. Feasible improvements for these measures, especially solutions for the 'rebound effect', are discussed. The removal efficiencies reported in 108 research articles related to petroleum-contaminated soil and groundwater were analyzed. The average remediation efficiency of groundwater (82.7%) by the three oxidants was higher than that of soil (65.8%). A number of factors, including non-aqueous phase liquids, adsorption effect, the aging process of contaminants, low-permeability zones, and vapor migration resulted in a decrease in the remediation efficiency and caused the residual contaminants to rebound from 19.1% of the original content to 57.7%. However, the average remediation efficiency of ISCO can be increased from 40.9% to 75.5% when combined with other techniques. In the future, improving the utilization efficiency of reactive species and enhancing the contact efficiency between oxidants and petroleum contaminants will be worthy of attention. Multi-technical combinations, such as the ISCO coupled with phase-transfer, viscosity control, controlled release or natural attenuation, can be effective methods to solve the rebound problem.
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- Kun-Hao Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Beijing Key Lab of Oil & Gas Pollution Control, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing 102249, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
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Xie Y, Yang X, Li W, Li J, Wu T, Wang H, Huang J, Xu F. Enhanced removal of glyphosate from aqueous solution by nano-CaO2/AS composite: Oxidation and precipitation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Enhanced trichloroethene degradation performance in innovative nanoscale CaO2 coupled with bisulfite system and mechanism investigation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Jiang YY, Chen ZW, Li MM, Xiang QH, Wang XX, Miao HF, Ruan WQ. Degradation of diclofenac sodium using Fenton-like technology based on nano-calcium peroxide. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 773:144801. [PMID: 33582322 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A nano-calcium peroxide (nCaO2) powder with a purity of 89.1% was prepared using an improved traditional method. Then, the as-prepared nCaO2 was used as the source of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for the Fenton-like degradation of diclofenac sodium (DCF). The results showed that nCaO2 performed better for DCF removal when compared to nCaO2 prepared by a conventional method and commercial calcium peroxide (CaO2). Further experimental results indicated that 97.5% of DCF could be removed in 180 min at a nCaO2/Fe2+-EDTA/DCF molar ratio of 16/8-8/1, which was more efficient than in the H2O2/EDTA-Fe2+/DCF and nCaO2/Fe2+/DCF systems. The best removal rate of DCF was at pH 6.0, unlike previous claims that stated that the lower the pH in the buffer system, the better the degradation of DCF. In addition, the influence of water quality parameters, such as Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, HCO3-, and humic acid (HA), on DCF removal were evaluated. A free radical masking experiment revealed the existence of hydroxyl radical (OH), superoxide radical (O2-) and singlet oxygen (1O2), and indicated that the degradation of DCF was mainly due to oxidation caused by OH. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies for different systems and different active oxygen species were carried out, and it was further confirmed that OH radicals have high intensity in the Fenton-like system based on nCaO2. EPR results also showed that the addition of EDTA can promote the production of OH. According to the identification of the dominant reactive species and GC-MS, the possible theoretical DCF degradation pathways were proposed.
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- Ying-Ying Jiang
- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Water Treatment Technology and Material Innovation Center, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, PR China; Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Carbon Reduction Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China; Water Treatment Technology and Material Innovation Center, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, PR China; Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Carbon Reduction Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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Injectable cationic traps and sticky bacterial emulsifiers: A safe alliance during diesel bioremediation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.126051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Laccase-zein interactions at the air-water interface: Reactors on an air bubble and naphthalene removal from water. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Estepa KMO, Lamont K, Malicevic S, Paschos A, Colaruotolo L, Corradini M, Marangoni AG, Lim LT, Pensini E. Chitosan-Based biogels: A potential approach to trap and bioremediate naphthalene. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Park JS, Song YJ, Lim YG, Park K. Facile Fabrication of Oxygen-Releasing Tannylated Calcium Peroxide Nanoparticles. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13173864. [PMID: 32882993 PMCID: PMC7504056 DOI: 10.3390/ma13173864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study reports a new approach for the facile fabrication of calcium peroxide (CaO2) nanoparticles using tannic acid (TA) as the coordinate bridge between calcium ions. Tannylated-CaO2 (TA/CaO2) nanoparticles were prepared by reacting calcium chloride (CaCl2) with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in ethanol containing ammonia and different amounts of TA (10, 25, and 50 mg). The prepared TA/CaO2 aggregates consisted of nanoparticles 25–31 nm in size. The nanoparticles prepared using 10 mg of TA in the precursor solution exhibited the highest efficiency for oxygen generation. Moreover, the oxygen generation from TA (10 mg)/CaO2 nanoparticles was higher in an acidic environment.
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Lamont K, Marangoni AG, Pensini E. 'Emulsion locks' for the containment of hydrocarbons during surfactant flushing. J Environ Sci (China) 2020; 90:98-109. [PMID: 32081345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2019.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Reversible double water in oil in water (W/O/W) emulsions were developed to contain subsurface hydrocarbon spills during their remediation using surfactant flushing. Double emulsions were prepared by emulsifying CaCl2 solutions in canola oil, and subsequently by emulsifying the W/O emulsions in aqueous sodium alginate solutions. The formation of double emulsions was confirmed with confocal and optical microscopy. The double emulsions reversed and gelled when mixed with the surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cocamidopropyl betaine (CPB). Gels can act as 'emulsion locks' to prevent spreading of the hydrocarbon plume from the areas treated with surfactant flushing, as shown in sand column tests. Shear rheology was used to quantify the viscoelastic moduli increase (gelation) upon mixing the double emulsion with SDS and CPB. SDS was more effective than CPB in gelling the double emulsions. CPB and SDS could adsorb at the interface between water and model hydrocarbons (toluene and motor oil), lowering the interfacial tension and rigidifying the interface (as shown with a Langmuir trough). Bottle tests and optical microscopy showed that SDS and CPB produced W/O and O/W emulsions, with either toluene or motor oil and water. The emulsification of motor oil and toluene in water with SDS and CPB facilitated their flow through sand columns and their recovery. Toluene recovery from sand columns was quantitated using Gas-Chromatography Mass-Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The data show that SDS and CPB can be used both for surfactant flushing and to trigger the gelation of 'emulsion locks'. Ethanol also gelled the emulsions at 100 mL/L.
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- Kristine Lamont
- University of Guelph, School of Engineering, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- University of Guelph, Food Science Department, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- University of Guelph, School of Engineering, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Gholami F, Shavandi M, Dastgheib SMM, Amoozegar MA. The impact of calcium peroxide on groundwater bacterial diversity during naphthalene removal by permeable reactive barrier (PRB). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:35218-35226. [PMID: 31691896 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06398-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Oxygen-releasing compounds (ORCs) have recently gained much attention in contaminated groundwater remediation. We investigated the impact of calcium peroxide nanoparticles on the groundwater indigenous bacteria in a bioremediation process by permeable reactive barrier (PRB). Three sand-packed columns were applied, including (1) control column (fresh groundwater), (2) natural remediation column (contaminated groundwater), and (3) biostimulation column (contaminated groundwater amended with CaO2). Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria constituted the main phyla among the identified isolates. According to the results of next-generation sequencing, Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum (81% relative abundance) in the natural remediation condition. But, it was declined to 38.1% in the biostimulation column. Meanwhile, the abundance of Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes were increased to 25.9% and 15.4%, respectively, by exposing the groundwater microbial structure to CaO2 nanoparticles. Furthermore, orders Chlamydiales, Nitrospirales, and Oceanospirillales existing in the control column were detected in the presence of naphthalene. Shannon index was 4.32 for the control column samples, while it was reduced to 2.73 and 2.00 in the natural and biostimulation columns, respectively. Therefore, the present study provides a considerable insight into the impact of ORCs on the groundwater microbial community during the bioremediation process.
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- Fatemeh Gholami
- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, P.O. Box: 14665-137, Tehran, Iran.
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- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Lamont K, Pensini E, Marangoni AG. Gelation on demand using switchable double emulsions: A potential strategy for the in situ immobilization of organic contaminants. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 562:470-482. [PMID: 31785939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.11.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Switchable double emulsions (water in oil in water, W/O/W) are proposed for the in situ immobilization of subsurface organic contaminants such as toluene, hexane or benzene. Primary W/O emulsions were prepared by emulsifying 250 mL of 0.36 M CaCl2 aqueous solutions in 1 L of canola oil (with 12.5 g/L of ethylcellulose, EC, and 2.5 g/L of calcium stearate). In the primary W/O emulsion the water droplets in oil were ≈8 μm, as observed using an optical and a confocal microscope. EC and calcium stearate adsorbed at the oil water interface (as demonstrated by interfacial tension measurements), forming films which stabilized the W/O emulsions (as verified with bottle tests). Experiments conducted using a Langmuir trough suggest that EC and calcium stearate films did not desorb from the oil-water interface upon compression. Crumpling tests and optical microscopy observations indicate that EC and calcium stearate films were skin-like, and buckled when deformed. To obtain double W/O/W emulsions the primary emulsions were emulsified in a 0.75 wt% solution of sodium alginate, with 2 mL/L of Tween 20 and 10 g/L of NaCl. The formation of W/O/W emulsions was verified through optical microscopy and confocal microscopy observations. In the absence of the contaminants the double emulsions were stable, as observed by resting them on the bench over three days and agitating them with a multi-action wrist shaker for 30 min. Also, they had low shear elastic (G' = 2.67 ± 0.58 Pa) and viscous (G″ = 1.69 ± 0.24 Pa) moduli, which should facilitate their transport through geological media (e.g. soil) to polluted areas. Upon mixing with toluene, hexane or benzene at concentrations ranging from 5% to 17%, the double emulsions were destabilized. Emulsion destabilization caused the release of CaCl2, which crosslinked sodium alginate and formed gels in which the contaminants were incorporated. The gelation rate and the magnitude of the viscoelastic moduli depended on the contaminant type and concentration, and on the mixing time. Gelation occurred fastest with the highest toluene concentrations tested (9% to 17%), but the highest elastic moduli were measured with 9% toluene concentrations for the longest mixing times tested (90 s). Gelation occurred slowest with hexane, likely due to the poor solubility of EC in hexane. Because of their ability to gel exclusively in contaminant proximity, the double emulsions studied offer a potential strategy to control the migration of plumes of contaminants such as toluene, hexane or benzene.
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- Kristine Lamont
- University of Guelph, School of Engineering, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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- University of Guelph, School of Engineering, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
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- University of Guelph, Food Science Department, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
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Shen S, Mamat M, Zhang S, Cao J, Hood ZD, Figueroa-Cosme L, Xia Y. Synthesis of CaO 2 Nanocrystals and Their Spherical Aggregates with Uniform Sizes for Use as a Biodegradable Bacteriostatic Agent. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1902118. [PMID: 31328882 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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As a solid precursor to O2 and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ), calcium peroxide (CaO2 ) has found widespread use in applications related to disinfection and contaminant degradation. The lack of uniform nanoparticles, however, greatly limits the potential use of this material in other applications related to medicine. Here, a new route to the facile synthesis of CaO2 nanocrystals and their spherical aggregates with uniform, controllable sizes is reported. The synthesis involves the reaction between CaCl2 and H2 O2 to generate CaO2 primary nanocrystals of 2-15 nm in size in ethanol, followed by their aggregation into uniform, spherical particles with the aid of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP). The average diameter of the spherical aggregates can be easily tuned in the range of 15-100 nm by varying the concentrations of CaCl2 and/or PVP. For the spherical aggregates with a smaller size, they release H2 O2 and O2 more quickly when exposed to water, resulting in superior antimicrobial activity. This study not only demonstrates a new route to the synthesis of uniform CaO2 nanocrystals and their spherical aggregates but also offers a promising bacteriostatic agent with biodegradability.
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- Song Shen
- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA
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- The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, GA, USA
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Mosmeri H, Gholami F, Shavandi M, Dastgheib SMM, Alaie E. Bioremediation of benzene-contaminated groundwater by calcium peroxide (CaO 2) nanoparticles: Continuous-flow and biodiversity studies. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 371:183-190. [PMID: 30851671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.02.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Calcium peroxide (CaO2) nanoparticles have been extensively applied in treatment of contaminated groundwater through bioremediation or modified Fenton (MF) processes. In the present study utilization of CaO2 in bioremediation and MF (CaO2+FeSO4) reaction is investigated for benzene (50 mg/L) removal in continuous flow sand-packed columns. The results indicated that MF produced OH radicals markedly increased benzene remediation at first 30 days (up to 93%). But, OH generation rate was gradually declined when the pH was increased and finally 75% of initial benzene removed after 100d. In bioremediation column, because of supplying adequate oxygen by CaO2, the number of planktonic bacteria logarithmically increased to more than 5 × 106 CFU/mL (two orders of magnitude) and consequently 100% benzene removal was achieved by the end of experiment. Scanning electron microscopy analysis visualized the attached biofilm growth on sand surfaces in CaO2 injected columns indicating their key role in the remediation process. The impact of each process on the microbial biodiversity of groundwater was investigated by next generation sequencing (NGS) of the 16S rRNA gene. The alpha and beta analysis indicated that microbial diversity is decreased by CaO2 injection while benzene-degrading species such as Silanimonas, Arthrobacter and Pseudomonas spp. were dominated in remediation column.
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- Hamid Mosmeri
- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran.
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- Environment and Biotechnology Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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Sun Y, Lyu S, Brusseau ML, Tang P, Jiang W, Gu M, Li M, Lyu Y, Qiu Z, Sui Q. Degradation of trichloroethylene in aqueous solution by nanoscale calcium peroxide in the Fe(II)-based catalytic environments. Sep Purif Technol 2019; 226:13-21. [PMID: 31933532 DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.05.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In this study, nCaO2 was synthesized successfully and applied in the Fe(II)-based catalytic environments in investigating trichloroethylene (TCE) removal performance. nCaO2 with the particle sizes in the range of 50-200 nm was prepared, and it performed better for TCE removal when compared to the conventional CaO2. Further experimental results showed that 70.4% of TCE could be removed in 180 min at the nCaO2/Fe(II)/TCE molar ratio of 1/2/1, while this data was elevated to 86.1% in the presence of citric acid (CA) at the nCaO2/Fe(II)/CA/TCE molar ratio of 1/2/2/1 in the same test period. Probe compound tests, specifically designed for free radicals confirmation, demonstrated the presence of HO• and O2 -•. Moreover, scavenging tests indicated that HO• was the major radical responsible for TCE degradation but O2 -• promoted the removal of TCE in both nCaO2/Fe(II) and nCaO2/Fe(II)-CA system. In addition, the effects of initial solution pH and anions (Cl-, HCO3 -) were also evaluated. The performance of TCE degradation in actual groundwater demonstrated that both nCaO2/Fe(II) and nCaO2/Fe(II)-CA systems can be applicable for TCE removal in ISCO practice and the nCaO2/Fe(II)-CA system is much promising technique. These fundamental data strongly confirmed the feasibility and potential of nCaO2 based technique in the remediation of TCE contaminated groundwater.
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- Yong Sun
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Soil, Water and Environmental Science Department, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Arizona, 429 Shantz Building, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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Gholami F, Mosmeri H, Shavandi M, Dastgheib SMM, Amoozegar MA. Application of encapsulated magnesium peroxide (MgO 2) nanoparticles in permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for naphthalene and toluene bioremediation from groundwater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 655:633-640. [PMID: 30476844 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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One of the challenges in the petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater remediation by oxygen releasing compounds (ORCs) is to identify the remediation mechanism and determine the impact of ORCs on the environment and the intrinsic groundwater microorganisms. In this research, the application of encapsulated magnesium peroxide (MgO2) nanoparticles in the permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for bioremediation of the groundwater contaminated by toluene and naphthalene was studied in the continuous flow sand-packed plexiglass columns within 50 d experiments. For the biodiversity studies, next generation sequencing (NGS) of the 16S rRNA gene was applied. The results showed that naphthalene was metabolized (within 20 days) faster than toluene (after 30 days) by microorganisms of the aqueous phase. By comparing the contaminant removal in the biotic (which resulted in the complete contaminant removal) and abiotic (around 32% removal for naphthalene and 36% for toluene after 50 d) conditions, the significant role of microorganisms on the decontamination process was proved. Furthermore, the attached microbial communities on the porous media were visualized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Microbial community structure analysis by NGS technique revealed that the microbial species which were able to degrade toluene and naphthalene such as P. putida and P. mendocina respectively were stimulated by addition of MgO2 nanoparticles. The presented study resulted in a momentous insight into the application of MgO2 nanoparticles in the hydrocarbon compounds removal from groundwater.
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- Fatemeh Gholami
- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran.
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Gholami F, Shavandi M, Dastgheib SMM, Amoozegar MA. Naphthalene remediation form groundwater by calcium peroxide (CaO 2) nanoparticles in permeable reactive barrier (PRB). CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 212:105-113. [PMID: 30144671 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.08.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study investigated the applicability of synthesized calcium peroxide (CaO2) nanoparticles for naphthalene bioremediation by permeable reactive barrier (PRB) from groundwater. According to the batch experiments the application of 400 mg/L of CaO2 nanoparticles was the optimum concentration for naphthalene (20 mg/L) bioremediation. Furthermore, the effect of environmental conditions on the stability of nanoparticles showed the tremendous impacts of the initial pH and temperature on the stability and oxygen releasing potential of CaO2. Therefore, raising the initial pH from 3 to 12 elevated the dissolved oxygen from 4 to 13.6 mg/L and the stability of nanoparticles was significantly improved around 70 d. Moreover, by increasing the temperature from 4 to 30 °C, the stability of CaO2 declined from 120 to 30 d. The continuous-flow experiments revealed that the naphthalene-contaminated groundwater was completely bio-remediated in the presence of CaO2 nanoparticles and microorganisms from the effluent of the column within 50 d. While, the natural remediation of the contaminant resulted in 19.7% removal at the end of the experiments (350 d). Additionally, the attached biofilm on the surface of the PRB zone was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) which showed the higher biofilm formation on the pumice surfaces in the bioremediation column in comparison to the natural remediation column. The physic-chemical characteristics of the effluents from each column was also analyzed and indicated no negative impact of the bioremediation process on the groundwater. Consequently, the present paper provides a comprehensive study on the application of the CaO2 nanoparticles in PAH-contaminated groundwater treatment.
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- Fatemeh Gholami
- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Environment and Biotechnology Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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- Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Environment and Biotechnology Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Pan Y, Su H, Zhu Y, Vafaei Molamahmood H, Long M. CaO 2 based Fenton-like reaction at neutral pH: Accelerated reduction of ferric species and production of superoxide radicals. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 145:731-740. [PMID: 30216867 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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One challenge in H2O2 based Fenton-like reaction is to break through the limitation of slow reduction of ferric species (FeIII). Present work describes a dramatic acceleration of Fenton-like reaction at neutral pH by using calcium peroxide (CaO2) as a source of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and EDTA as a chelating agent of ferric ions. In an optimized condition, phenol degradation in the H2O2 system displayed an initial latent time of 60 min, while phenol can be degraded immediately and removed completely in 30 min in the CaO2 system. Visual MINTEQ analyses indicated Fe-EDTA- was the active species in the reaction. The contribution of 1O2 in CaO2 system was excluded by the poor selectivity in phenol conversion and the comparable 1O2-TEMP EPR signals in both CaO2 and H2O2 systems. Kinetic analyses using chloroform as the probe of O2·- suggested the high production rate of O2·-, which is four orders of magnitude higher than that in H2O2 system. The mechanism of the accelerated CaO2 based Fenton-like reactions was featured by that two electrons coming from CaO2 can be utilized to promote reduction of FeIII: an inner sphere electron transfer takes place to reduce FeIII-EDTA and produce O2·-, and subsequently O2·- provides an electron to reduce another FeIII-EDTA. The revealed intrinsic reducibility in CaO2 based Fenton-like reaction represents a new strategy to break through the well-known rate limiting step of FeIII reduction in Fenton-like reaction and facilitate the removal of organic pollutants at neutral pHs, and also indicates a promising source of O2·- for diverse applications.
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- Yue Pan
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication Technology (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Mosmeri H, Gholami F, Shavandi M, Alaie E, Dastgheib SMM. Application of magnesium peroxide (MgO 2) nanoparticles for toluene remediation from groundwater: batch and column studies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:31051-31061. [PMID: 30187405 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2920-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the present study, magnesium peroxide (MgO2) nanoparticles were synthesized by electro-deposition process and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The batch experiments were conducted to evaluate the MgO2 half-life (600 mg/L) in groundwater under various temperatures (4, 15, and 30 °C) and initial pH (3, 7, and 12). The effect of Fe2+ ions (enhanced oxidation) on the toluene remediation by MgO2 was also investigated. Nanoparticles were injected to sand-packed continuous-flow columns, and toluene removal (50 ppm) was studied within 50 days at 15 °C. The results indicated that the half-life of MgO2 at pH 3 and 12 were 5 and 15 days, respectively, in comparison to 10 days at the initial pH 7 and 15 °C. The nanoparticles showed 20 and 7.5 days half-life at 4 and 30 °C temperatures, respectively. Injection of Fe2+ ions indicated an impressive effect on toluene removal by MgO2, and the contaminant was completely removed after 5 and 10 days, in the batch and column experiments, respectively. Confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) analysis indicated that the attached biofilm had a significant role in the decontamination of groundwater. Comparison of bioremediation and enhanced oxidation resulted in a considerable insight into the application of magnesium peroxide in groundwater remediation. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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- Hamid Mosmeri
- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, West Blvd. of Azadi sport Complex, P.O.Box: 14665-137, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Ecology and Environmental Pollution Control Research Group, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, West Blvd. of Azadi sport Complex, P.O.Box: 14665-137, Tehran, Iran.
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- Environment and Biotechnology Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
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Electrolytic control of hydrogen peroxide release from calcium peroxide in aqueous solution. Electrochem commun 2018; 93:81-85. [PMID: 30542246 DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The in situ generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for water treatment is more practical than the use of liquid H2O2, which is costly to store and transport. Calcium peroxide (CaO2), a solid carrier of H2O2, can release H2O2 on dissolution in water. However, the constant H2O2 release rate of CaO2 has been a bottleneck constraining its wider application. In this study, a practical electrochemical method using a divided cell is developed to control the rate of release of H2O2 from CaO2. The results show that the rate of H2O2 release from CaO2 is enhanced in the anolyte. The increase in H2O2 release is positively correlated with the current. Under a current of 100 mA, the H2O2 concentration was 2.5 times higher after 30 min of electrolysis than in the control experiment in which no current was applied. Water electrolysis in the anodic compartment generates protons that not only: (i) en-hance dissolution of CaO2 and release of H2O2, but also (ii) neutralize the alkaline pH resulting from CaO2 dissolution, thus providing new advantages for the use of CaO2. This effective technique may be suitable for the sophisticated control of H2O2 release in environmental applications.
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Yeh CS, Wang R, Chang WC, Shih YH. Synthesis and characterization of stabilized oxygen-releasing CaO 2 nanoparticles for bioremediation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2018; 212:17-22. [PMID: 29427937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.01.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Bioremediation is one of the general methods to treat pollutants in soil, sediment, and groundwater. However, the low concentration and restricted dispersion of dissolved oxygen (DO) in these areas have limited the efficiency of remediation especially for microorganisms that require oxygen to grow. Calcium peroxide (CaO2) is one of the oxygen-releasing compounds and has been applied to magnify the remediation efficacy of polluting areas. In this study, CaO2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized and evaluated by wet chemistry methods as well as dry and wet grinding processes. The characteristics of CaO2 particles and NPs were analyzed and compared by dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray powder diffraction. Our results showed that wet-grinded CaO2 NPs had an average particle size of around 110 nm and were more stable compared to other particles from aggregation and sedimentation tests. In addition, we also observed that CaO2 NPs had better DO characteristics and patterns; these NPs generated higher DO levels than their non-grinded form. Accordingly, our results suggested that wet-grinding CaO2 particles to nanoscale could benefit their usage in bioremediation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chia-Shen Yeh
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Wen-Chi Chang
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Yang-Hsin Shih
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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