Recently, more attentions have been paid to natural polymer-based flocculants in water treatment, since they are believed to be low-cost, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly materials. In this work, strong cationic chitosan-based graft copolymer flocculants (3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (CTA) modified chitosan-graft-polyacrylamide, denoted as chitosan-CTA-g-PAM) have been prepared, and their flocculating properties were studied systematically, both at the laboratory scale and at the pilot scale. In laboratory scale, a kaolin suspension was employed as synthetic wastewater. The effects of dosage, temperature, and original turbidity of untreated wastewater were investigated, respectively. Moreover, in pilot scale, the raw water from the Zhenjiang part of the Yangtse River in China was used as wastewater. The influences of three external factorsdosage, sedimentation time, and mechanical mixing rate-on the flocculating performances have been studied by orthogonal testing, respectively. The experimental results in pilot scale were fairly consistent with those from the beaker experiment in laboratory scale. In comparison with polyferric sulfate, which is the flocculant currently used by the Zhenjiang Water Supply Company, chitosan-CTA-g-PAM showed better flocculating properties. Meanwhile, the effect of the degree of substitution of CTA on the flocculating properties has been also studied, both at the laboratory scale and at the pilot scale. It was indicated that chitosan-CTA-g-PAM with higher cationic degree had better flocculating performances, which was also confirmed by the flocculation kinetics analysis. Furthermore, the flocculation mechanisms of chitosan-CTA-g-PAM have been discussed in detail. Above all, the flocculating experiments in laboratory and pilot scales both indicated that chitosan-CTA-g-PAM showed good flocculating performances in water treatment.
This study was conducted to investigate efficiency of TiO(2) nanomaterial as a novel environment-friendly disinfectant to control avian influenza (AI) by its photochemical sterilization ability. Anatase nano-TiO(2) sol, a neutral, viscous aqueous colloid of 1.6% TiO(2) , was synthesized from peroxotitanic acid solution according to the Ichinose method. Transmission electron microscope images showed that the TiO(2) particles were spindle-shaped with an average size of 50 nm. X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the crystal phase of TiO(2) particles was anatase type with photocatalytic effect. A photocatalytic film of nano-TiO(2) sol was tested as a means of inactivating H(9) N(2) avian influenza virus (AIV). Inactivation capabilities were examined with 365nm ultraviolet (UV) radiation under black light by adjusting the UV intensity, the UV irradiation time and the quantity of AIV. The titer change of AIV was determined by hemagglutination tests. Cytopathic effect of Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells was monitored by inverted fluorescence microscope. The results showed that anatase nano-TiO(2) sol significantly inactivated AIV under UV irradiation of 365nm. The inactivation of AIV viruses reached up to 100%. Therefore, anatase nano-TiO(2) sol is a potentially environment-friendly antivirus agent to prevent AI.
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