Publications by authors named "Fuguo Qiu"

This study investigated the effect of high DO concentrations on PN. The experimental setup involved operating at high DO concentrations (1.5-2.

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is a common genus of nitrite-oxidising bacteria (NOB) found in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). To identify the key factors influencing the composition of NOB communities, research was conducted using both sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and continuous flow reactor under different conditions. High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that (18.

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In this study, we explored the impact of RDS particle size on the migration dynamics of RDS and naphthalene through rigorous wash-off experiments. The results illuminated that smaller RDS particles showed higher mobility in stormwater runoff. On the other hand, RDS particles larger than 150 μm showed migration ratios below 2 %, suggesting that naphthalene adsorbed on larger RDS primarily migrated in dissolved form.

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Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are crucial to nitrification and nitrogen elimination in wastewater treatment. Mass reports exist on the links between NOB and other microorganisms, for instance, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). However, a few studies exist on the enrichment characterisation of NOB under high dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions.

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Microalgae blooms are always blamed for the interruption of the aquatic environment and pose a risk to the source of drinking water. Meanwhile, microalgae as primary producers are a kind of resource pool and could benefit the environment and contribute to building a circular economy. The lipid and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in the cells of microalgae could be alternatives to fossil fuels and plastics, respectively, which are the culprits of global warming and plastic pollution.

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Based on the formation of free radical-hydrated electrons by the activation of sulfite (SO), the UV/SO process is an advanced reduction process that can reduce pollutants. This study investigated the degradation kinetics, mechanism, influencing factors, and degradation pathways of sodium diatrizoate (DTZ), an iodinated contrasting media, during the UV/SO process. The degradation kinetics of DTZ were well fitted by the pseudo-first-order model, the degradation rate of which was higher than that of UV only and UV/H O.

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  • Rapid urbanization leads to soil erosion and the release of harmful metals, making effective control strategies crucial.* -
  • This study introduces polyacrylamide-dispersed magnetite (PAM-MAG) nanoparticles, which significantly reduced soil loss and arsenic leaching in experimental conditions.* -
  • Results show a 90.8% decrease in soil mass loss and an 82.5% immobilization of leachable arsenate, highlighting PAM-MAG's potential for managing soil quality in disturbed areas.*
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Climate change has often caused failure in water treatment operations. In this study, we report a real case study at a major surface water treatment plant in Alabama, USA. Following a severe winter storm, the effluent water turbidity surged to >15.

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The focus of this paper, was low temperature, high ammonia nitrogen wastewater. The operation characteristics of the biofilm CANON process during the temperature reduction process were determined, by continuously adjusting different operating conditions. The aim was to explore the methods needed for the CANON process to obtain stable shortcut nitrification and a good nitrogen removal effect, when the influent NH-N concentration is high and the temperature low.

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The completely autotrophic ammonium removal over nitrite(CANON)biofilm reactor acclimated by high-strength ammonia wastewater was used to treat low-strength ammonia wastewater. The treatment can be divided into three stages:① the nitrogen removal efficiency of anaerobic ammonia oxidation was low during the continuous aeration stage with inorganic wastewater as raw water (0-59 d) and with an aeration amount of 30 mL·min and ammonia concentration of 80 mg·L (until day 56), the TN removal load was only 0.13 kg·(m·d); ② during the continuous aeration stage with domestic wastewater as raw water (60-110 d), the addition of organic carbon improved the TN removal load to 0.

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To Explore a suitable C/N ratio for efficient nitrogen removal and simultaneously achieving NO release reduction, ammonia-rich wastewater with sodium acetate as an organic carbon source in a granular sludge completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON) reactor under different C/N water conditions were studied to determine the reactor's nitrogen removal performance and NO release. The results showed that the total nitrogen (TN) removal rate and the removal load tended to increase gradually with the increase of C/N, ranging from 0 to 2.0.

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Dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) in rainwater runoff or other contaminated waters can cause or aggravate eutrophication of water bodies. Water treatment residual (WTR) containing spent coagulant has been shown to provide excellent adsorption capacity for inorganic phosphorus such as orthophosphate, but little information has been available on adsorption of DOPs by WTR. In this study, the adsorption characteristics of myo-inositol-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate (IHP), a prototype DOP in soil and stormwater, by WTR were investigated through batch adsorption equilibrium and kinetic experiments.

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To optimize the performance of completely autotrophic nitrogen removal over nitrite (CANON), a CANON process with modified polyethylene as carriers was operated in a moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), using synthetic inorganic ammonia-rich wastewater (NH-N about 400 mg ·L) as influent at 30℃±1℃. With an HRT of 6 h, pH at 7.8, and filling rate of 35%, the average removal rate of NH-N and TN reached 74.

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One Completely Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal Over Nitrite ( CANON) reactor with haydite as carrier was investigated to study the effects of different hydraulic retention time ( HRT) and dissolved oxygen (DO) on CANON reactors by seeding sludge from another mature CANON reactor and using synthetic inorganic ammonia-rich waste water as influent. During the experiment, the concentration of influent ammonia nitrogen was basically unchanged, the HRT of the reactor were 9, 7, 5 h in turn and the range of DO was 1.16-3.

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A CANON reactor with polymeric sponge as carrier was started by incubating sludge from another CANON reactor using synthetic inorganic ammonia-rich wastewater as raw water, and was operated at 30 degrees C +/- 1 degree C, pH 6.92-8.52.

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A CANON reactor with haydite as the carrier was started by incubating sludge from another CANON reactor and using synthetic inorganic ammonia rich wastewater as the raw water. Both start-up and operation were studied. The result showed that haydite can be a suitable carrier for CANON reactor.

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