Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 24, Issue 13, pp 12462–12473 | Cite as

Comparison of two modified coal ash ferric-carbon micro-electrolysis ceramic media for pretreatment of tetracycline wastewater

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Abstract

Application of modified sintering ferric-carbon ceramics (SFC) and sintering-free ferric-carbon ceramics (SFFC) based on coal ash and scrap iron for pretreatment of tetracycline (TET) wastewater was investigated in this article. Physical property, morphological character, toxic metal leaching content, and crystal component were studied to explore the application possibility of novel ceramics in micro-electrolysis reactors. The influences of operating conditions including influent pH, hydraulic retention time (HRT), and air-water ratio (A/W) on the removal of tetracycline were studied. The results showed that SFC and SFFC were suitable for application in micro-electrolysis reactors. The optimum conditions of SFC reactor were pH of 3, HRT of 7 h, and A/W of 10. For SFFC reactor, the optimum conditions were pH of 2, HRT of 7 h, and A/W of 15. In general, the TET removal efficiency of SFC reactor was better than that of SFFC reactor. However, the harden resistance of SFFC was better than that of SFC. Furthermore, the biodegradability of TET wastewater was improved greatly after micro-electrolysis pretreatment for both SFC and SFFC reactors.

Keywords

Coal ash Tetracycline Ferric-carbon micro-electrolysis Sintering ferric-carbon ceramics Sintering-free ferric-carbon ceramics Optimum conditions 
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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the 12th Five-Year Plan, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Project No. 2013BAJ10B0402, and Technology Foresight Program of Shandong Province (No. 2012GGE27011) and by the grants from Tai Shan Scholar Foundation (No. ts201511003).

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Fig. S1. The EDX spectrum of two ceramics after used: (a) the EDX spectrum of SFC after used; (b) the EDX spectrum of SFFC after used (DOC 55 kb)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and EngineeringShandong UniversityJinanChina
  2. 2.School of Environmental Science and EngineeringShanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghaiChina

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