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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 92, Issue 9, Pages 2334-2341Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5235
Keywords
chitosan; disinfection; MPN; sewage; silver nanoparticles; ZnO-Ag-chitosan
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- Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India [DST/IFWN/ 2015/2]
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BACKGROUND: Reuse of treated wastewater is necessary to augment supply of fresh water. Secondary effluent from a sewage treatment plant was disinfected using novel synthesized ZnO-Ag-chitosan beads under visible light. RESULTS: Final most probable number (MPN)/100 mL after 1 h contact time under direct sunlight was 920 with a loading of chitosan, Zn and Ag of 0.4 mg L-1 each. Disinfection resulted from the generation of reactive oxygen species. Disinfection efficiency reduced by 10% and 20%, when the total suspended solids (TSS) concentrations in the sewage were 50 mg L-1 and 100 mg L-1, respectively, compared with that with 30 mg L-1. A 5% and 10% reduction in disinfection efficiency was observed when sulphide concentration in sewage was increased from 10 mg L-1 to 20 mg L-1 and 50 mg L-1, respectively. Disinfection efficiency of the beads decreased by 10% when nitrate concentration in the sewage increased to 30 mg L-1 from zero. These novel beads had residual disinfection ability even after removal of beads from wastewater and these beads were successfully used for disinfection in four consecutive cycles. CONCLUSION: Successful disinfection of secondary sewage using chitosan beads coated with ZnO-Ag nanoparticles was established for the first time in this study to facilitate reuse of treated water. (C) 2017 Society of Chemical Industry
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