Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review
Biofilm carriers, named ‘biocarriers’, are solids that allow the good attachment of microbes during wastewater treatment. Biocarriers also act as redox mediators to speed up the biotransformation of contaminants in industrial effluents, yet it is challenging to choose a biocarrier material that achi...
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| description | Biofilm carriers, named ‘biocarriers’, are solids that allow the good attachment of microbes during wastewater treatment. Biocarriers also act as redox mediators to speed up the biotransformation of contaminants in industrial effluents, yet it is challenging to choose a biocarrier material that achieves strong biofilm adhesion and high degradation rates. Here we review insoluble polymeric biocarriers with focus on selecting a biocarrier, biofilm growth, metabolic pathways, applications, surface modification, and composites. According to the efficiency to decrease the chemical oxygen demand, conventional and modified composite biocarriers are rated as following: polyvinyl alcohol > polyurethane > polyethylene > polypropylene, and polyvinyl alcohol > waste tire > polyurethane > polyethylene, respectively. We also discuss biological and physical fouling. |
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| spelling | ump-304632021-01-08T10:19:29Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30463/ Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review Al-Amshawee, Sajjad Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus Vo, Dai-Viet N. Tran, Ngoc Han TP Chemical technology Biofilm carriers, named ‘biocarriers’, are solids that allow the good attachment of microbes during wastewater treatment. Biocarriers also act as redox mediators to speed up the biotransformation of contaminants in industrial effluents, yet it is challenging to choose a biocarrier material that achieves strong biofilm adhesion and high degradation rates. Here we review insoluble polymeric biocarriers with focus on selecting a biocarrier, biofilm growth, metabolic pathways, applications, surface modification, and composites. According to the efficiency to decrease the chemical oxygen demand, conventional and modified composite biocarriers are rated as following: polyvinyl alcohol > polyurethane > polyethylene > polypropylene, and polyvinyl alcohol > waste tire > polyurethane > polyethylene, respectively. We also discuss biological and physical fouling. Springer Nature 2020 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30463/1/Biocarriers%20for%20biofilm%20immobilization%20in%20wastewater%20treatments1.pdf Al-Amshawee, Sajjad and Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus and Vo, Dai-Viet N. and Tran, Ngoc Han (2020) Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 18. pp. 1925-1945. ISSN 1610-3661. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01049-y https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01049-y |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Al-Amshawee, Sajjad Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus Vo, Dai-Viet N. Tran, Ngoc Han Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title | Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title_full | Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title_fullStr | Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title_short | Biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| title_sort | biocarriers for biofilm immobilization in wastewater treatments: a review |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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