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Yang Yang1, Jinning Wang1, Mei Chen1
1College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Nankai University, No. 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, China.
Abstract:
An electroactive dynamic membrane (EADM), which enabled simultaneous solid-liquid separation and contaminants removal, has been developed by electrostimulation using domestic wastewater as inoculum. Results showed that both the control dynamic membrane (CDM), without electrical stimulation, and the EADM systems exhibited stable removal performance with chemical oxygen demand (COD), and a robustness in responding to a fluctuating organic load. With the introduction of a weak electrical field, the EADM transmembrane pressure (TMP) was significantly reduced (0.02 kPa/d) compared with the control (0.20 kPa/d). In the treatment of methyl orange (MO), the EADM system achieved a decolorization efficiency of 85.87 %, much higher than the control dynamic membrane (CDM) system (58.84 %), which can be attributed to electrical stimulation and H2 production on cathode. Microbial analysis has established that electrostimulation enriched the electroactive bacteria in the dynamic biofilm, and shaped the microbial structure, with improved contaminant removal. The results of this study highlight the potential of regulating the microbial community and creating a beneficial biofilm as a dynamic layer to facilitate contaminant removal.
