期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 218, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118512
关键词
Sewage sludge; Dewatering; Tea polyphenols; Fenton oxidation; Chemical consumption; Iron redox cycling
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21677077, U20A20325]
This study used tea polyphenols as an iron redox conversion enhancer to improve the dewatering efficiency of sludge in the Fenton oxidation process. The addition of tea polyphenols in a Fenton-like system enhanced the sludge dewaterability at neutral pH, reduced the consumption of Fenton reagents, and resulted in the decomposition of biopolymers and disintegration of bioflocs. This research suggests a new approach for cost-effective sludge dewatering technologies using the synergistic effects of plant polyphenols and advanced oxidation processes.
The Fenton oxidation improves sludge dewatering but faces notable technical and economic challenges, including a narrow acidic pH range, slow reduction of Fe(III), and the use of high doses of chemicals. Herein, we used a natural polyhydroxyphenol tea polyphenols (TP), as an iron redox conversion enhancer, to mitigate these issues. Compared with the classical Fenton process at pH 3.0, the process with TP (33.8 mg/g dry solids (DS)) improved sludge dewaterability at pH 7.5 in a Fenton-like system with faster Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycling and two times lower consumption of the Fenton reagent. Sludge capillary suction time and specific resistance to filtration decreased from 70 s to 22 s and from 2.7 x 10(13) m/kg to 5.2 x 10(11) m/kg, respectively, while the required doses of Fe(II) and H2O2 were cut to 25 mg/g DS and 31.2 mg/g DS. Mechanistically, TP could bond readily with Fe (II)/Fe(III) at neutral pH to form stable complexes with complexation constants of 34 +/- 161 M-1 and 52 +/-& nbsp;70 M-1, respectively, and reduce part of the Fe(III) to Fe(II) simultaneously. This maintained sufficient soluble Fe in the sludge and boosted efficient conversion of Fe(II)/Fe(III) to yield more hydroxyl radicals (.OH). Subsequently, & BULL;OH oxidation resulted in the decomposition of biopolymers with a molecular weight of 108 Da (e.g., 58.2% of polysaccharides and 31.6% of proteins in tightly bound extracellular polymeric substances) into small molecules and disintegration of bioflocs into smaller particles with increased porosity, contact angle, and cell lysis; these changes helped reduce bound water content and improved sludge dewaterability. In addition, the TP-mediated Fenton process disinfected fecal coliforms in the sludge and preserved the sludge organic matters. This work proposes a new paradigm for developing cost-effective sludge dewatering technologies that relies on the synergistic effects of plant polyphenols and advanced oxidation processes.
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