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Microbially induced calcium precipitation based anaerobic biosynthetic crystals for removal of F− and Ca2+ in groundwater: Performance optimization, kinetics, and reactor operation

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Anaerobic biosynthetic crystals (ANBC) were prepared based on microbially induced calcium precipitation (MICP) and their potential explored for groundwater defluoridation and decalcification. The preparation conditions of ANBC were optimized and the influence of key factors (initial fluoride ions (F−) concentration, pH, and initial calcium ions (Ca2+) concentration) on the crystals was investigated. During the operation of the reactor, at pH of 7.0, the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 6 h, and Ca2+ concentration of 180 mg L−1, a maximum removal efficiency reached 93.31%, while 66.20% of Ca2+ could be removed. The adsorption dynamics study showed that the adsorption of ANBC was most in line with the pseudo-second-order model. The stability of ANBC operation was studied and failure reaction showed that the crystals maintained a stable removal ability after 35 times of repeated use. Further studies found that this was attributed to the continuous growth and synthesis of the crystals. The defluoridation and decalcification mechanism was further explored by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction spectra (XRD). This study innovatively proposes a method for biosynthesis of crystals under anaerobic conditions based on MICP, which can efficiently and stably remove F− and Ca2+ in groundwater, providing a valuable strategy for groundwater contaminant remediation and energy saving.

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Acknowledgements

This research work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; No. 51978556 and No. 51678471), Shaanxi Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, China (No. 2019JC-31), and the Youth Innovation Team Construction Scientific Research Project of Shaanxi Education Department (No. 21JP064).

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    Zhenyu Zhai, Amjad Ali, Junfeng Su, Zhenle Hao, Jiaran Liu & Zhao Wang

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, 710055, China

    Zhenyu Zhai, Amjad Ali, Junfeng Su, Zhenle Hao, Jiaran Liu & Zhao Wang

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Zhai, Z., Ali, A., Su, J. et al. Microbially induced calcium precipitation based anaerobic biosynthetic crystals for removal of F− and Ca2+ in groundwater: Performance optimization, kinetics, and reactor operation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 3055–3066 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1184-2

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