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TiO2/CTS/ATP adsorbent modification and its application in adsorption-ultrafiltration process for dye wastewater purification

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Industrial dyeing produces highly polluting wastewater and threatens the environment. Effective treatment of dyeing wastewater is a crucial step to prevent toxic chemicals from entering receiving waters. This study aimed to assess a modified attapulgite (ATP)-based adsorbent for dyeing wastewater purification by introducing chitosan (CTS) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) into the adsorbent material named TiO2/CTS/ATP. It was found that after modification, the adsorbent showed a lower hydrophilicity, as demonstrated by an increase in the water contact angle from 9.1° to 42°, which could reduce the water adsorption tendency and potentially facilitate contaminants adherence. The modification also led to a significantly increased specific surface area of 79.111 m2/g from 3.791 m2/g and exhibited more uniform and smaller particle size (reduced from 3.99 to 2.52 μm). When the TiO2/CTS/ATP adsorbent was applied to the adsorption of Congo red solution, the adsorption efficiency was observed to reach to 97.6% at the dosage of 0.5 g/L. Furthermore, the combination of adsorption and ultrafiltration was able to achieve 99% Congo red removal. Adsorption pretreatment prior to the ultrafiltration also enabled to reduce membrane fouling, increased the reversible membrane fouling, and resulted in a considerably lower transmembrane pressure as compared with the direct ultrafiltration filtration system.

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This research was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51808131) and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2018A030310569).

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    Zhihong Wang, Zekun Wu, Xujun Zhi, Tianfu Tu, Jinxu Nie & Xing Du

  2. Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Yunlong Luo

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Zhihong Wang: Experimental design; Writing, original draft preparation. Zekun Wu: Sample analysis; Graph editing. Xujun Zhi: Reactor operation and sample analysis, Data curation. Wanling Tan and Tianfu Tu: Sample analysis. Jinxu Nie: Reactor design, Experimental design. Xing Du: Reactor design; Writing, reviewing; Editing. Yunlong Luo: English editing; Writing, reviewing.

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Wang, Z., Wu, Z., Zhi, X. et al. TiO2/CTS/ATP adsorbent modification and its application in adsorption-ultrafiltration process for dye wastewater purification. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 59963–59973 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13933-3

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