Prof. Wei Jing Published article on Bioresource Technology with the title of "Calcium modified basalt fiber bio-carrier for wastewater treatment: Investigation on bacterial community and nitrogen removal enhancement of bio-nest".
Abstract: Modified basalt fiber (MBF) is a sustainable material studied as novel wastewater treatment bio-carrier recently. This work studied the effects of calcium modification on the bacterial affinity of modified fiber (Ca-MBF), bacterial community, and nitrogen removal performance. Results showed that Ca-MBF with hydrophilic (62.66º) and positively-charged (7.80 mV) surface accelerated bacterial attachment. Volatile suspended solids on Ca-MBF (5.46 g VSS/g fiber) were increased by 2.61 times after modification, with high bacterial activity when bio-carriers were cultured in activated sludge. Extracellular polymeric substances on Ca-MBF was 4.35 times higher and consisted of more protein. Bio-nests with unique aerobic/anaerobic structure formed on the ultrafine carriers in bioreactor. Ca-MBF bioreactor exhibited total nitrogen removal efficiency above 72.2% and COD removal efficiency above 94.2% with more stable performance than unmodified carrier in long-term treatment using synthetic domestic wastewater.16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed enhanced abundance of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria in Ca-MBF bio-nest.
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51808264), Pre-research Fund of Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Material of Water Treatment (XTCXSZ2020-4), National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFE0126400), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51878317 and 22005125), and Senior Talent Funding of Jiangsu University (18JDG031).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125259
