Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experiment Setup
2.2. Sampling
2.3. Sample Processing
2.4. Microplastic Identification and Quantification
2.5. Experimental Quality Control
2.6. Statistical Analyse
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Background Contamination
3.2. MP Abundance and Removal Efficiency
3.3. Polymer Composition
3.4. Particle Size and Mass
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Polymer | Median Major Dimension (µm) | Median Estimated Particle Mass (ng) | Identified Particle Number (Item) |
---|---|---|---|
Acrylic | 80.3 | 57.5 | 3 |
polyethylene (PE) | 47.9 | 6.7 | 42 |
epoxy | 40.7 | 9.7 | 1 |
polypropylene (PP) | 39.8 | 2.6 | 34 |
polystyrene (PS) | 37.6 | 4.4 | 19 |
polyester | 37.6 | 4.1 | 67 |
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | 34.1 | 2.1 | 20 |
polyamide (PA) | 33.0 | 1.8 | 11 |
polyurethane (PU) | 29.1 | 2.5 | 2 |
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Liu, F.; Nord, N.B.; Bester, K.; Vollertsen, J. Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter. Water 2020, 12, 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041085
Liu F, Nord NB, Bester K, Vollertsen J. Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter. Water. 2020; 12(4):1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041085
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Fan, Nadia B. Nord, Kai Bester, and Jes Vollertsen. 2020. "Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter" Water 12, no. 4: 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041085
APA StyleLiu, F., Nord, N. B., Bester, K., & Vollertsen, J. (2020). Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter. Water, 12(4), 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041085