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Enhanced nitrate-nitrogen removal by modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron treating simulated groundwater

Dong, Lei ; Lin, Li ; Li, Qingyun ; Huang, Zhuo ; Tang, Xianqiang ; Wu, Min ; Li, Chao ; Cao, Xiaohuan and Scholz, Miklas LU (2018) In Journal of Environmental Management 213. p.151-158
Abstract

Attapulgite (or palygorskite) is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate. Modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) was created by a liquid-phase reduction method and then applied for nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) removal (transformation) in simulated groundwater. Nanoscale zero-valent iron was sufficiently dispersed on the surface of thermally modified attapulgite. The NO3-N removal efficiency reached up to approximately 83.8% with an initial pH values of 7.0. The corresponding thermally modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (TATP-NZVI) and NO3-N concentrations were 2.0 g/L and 20 mg/L respectively. Moreover, 72.1% of the water column NO3-N was converted to... (More)

Attapulgite (or palygorskite) is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate. Modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) was created by a liquid-phase reduction method and then applied for nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) removal (transformation) in simulated groundwater. Nanoscale zero-valent iron was sufficiently dispersed on the surface of thermally modified attapulgite. The NO3-N removal efficiency reached up to approximately 83.8% with an initial pH values of 7.0. The corresponding thermally modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (TATP-NZVI) and NO3-N concentrations were 2.0 g/L and 20 mg/L respectively. Moreover, 72.1% of the water column NO3-N was converted to ammonium-nitrogen (NH4-N) within 6 h. The influence of environmental boundary conditions including dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, light illumination and water temperature on NO3-N removal was also investigated with batch experiments. The results indicated that the DO concentration greatly impacted on NO3-N removal in the TATP-NZVI-contained solution, and the NO3-N removal efficiencies were 58.5% and 83.3% with the corresponding DO concentrations of 9.0 and 0.3 mg/L after 6 h of treatment, respectively. Compared to DO concentrations, no significant (p > 0.05) effect of light illumination on NO3-N removal and NH4-N generation was detected. The water temperature also has great importance concerning NO3-N reduction, and the removal efficiency of NO3-N at 25 °C was 1.25 times than that at 15 °C. For groundwater, therefore, environmental factors such as water temperature, anaerobic conditions and darkness could influence the NO3-N removal efficiency when TATP-NZVI is present. This study also demonstrated that TATP-NZVI has the potential to be developed as a suitable material for direct remediation of NO3-N-contaminated groundwater.

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Attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron, Environmental boundary conditions, Groundwater quality control technology, Nitrate-nitrogen transformation, Palygorskite, Pollution treatment, Thermally modified
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Journal of Environmental Management
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213
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8 pages
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Elsevier
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0301-4797
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10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.073
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  author       = {{Dong, Lei and Lin, Li and Li, Qingyun and Huang, Zhuo and Tang, Xianqiang and Wu, Min and Li, Chao and Cao, Xiaohuan and Scholz, Miklas}},
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  keywords     = {{Attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron; Environmental boundary conditions; Groundwater quality control technology; Nitrate-nitrogen transformation; Palygorskite; Pollution treatment; Thermally modified}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  pages        = {{151--158}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Environmental Management}},
  title        = {{Enhanced nitrate-nitrogen removal by modified attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron treating simulated groundwater}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.073}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.02.073}},
  volume       = {{213}},
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