HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2023, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (3): 135-140.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2023.03.022

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Study on treatment of nickel-containing wastewater by alga-bacteria biofilm and changes of the extracellular polymeric substances

REN Yun-yun1, ZHANG Sha2, PEI Cuo-ping1, ZHANG Zhi-lin1   

  1. 1. Tongchuan Vocational and Technical College, Tongchuan 727031,Shaanxi,China;
    2. Shaanxi University of Science and Technology,Xi'an 710021,China
  • Received:2021-12-08 Published:2023-04-20

Abstract: To explore the feasibility of algal-bacteria biofilm's treatment for nickel-containing wastewater, alga-bacteria biofilm was obtained by filming algae and bacteria enrichment in natural urban water, and nickel-containing solution was treated under different operating parameters to study the adsorption amount of nickel and the change of extracellular polymer substance(EPS) content of algal bacteria biofilm under different conditions. The results showed that the algas after enrichment and filming belonged to Chlorella, which had a higher treatment effect on nickel-containing wastewater. The treatment effect was best when pH was 8 and the temperature was 35 ℃. Nickel adsorption equilibrium was reached within 3 days and the removal rate was more than 70%. At the same time, the content of polysaccharides in alga-bacteria biofilm with time was positively correlated with nickel adsorption amount, which proved that it was the main substance in nickel adsorption, while ATP content could reflect the stress process of alga-bacteria biofilm. Under the stress of nickel, the content of extracellular polymer substances in alga-bacteria biofilm decreased with the increase of stress. From the perspective of adsorption amount, its tolerance to nickel was 10 mg/L. Within this range, adsorption amount increased with the increase of the nickel concentration, up to 2.358 mg. However, adsorption amount decreased significantly when the nickel concentration continued to increase.

Key words: algae biofilm, extracellular polymer substance (EPS), nickel (Ni), adsorption amount, removal rate

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