《Effect of different surfactants on removal efficiency of heavy metals in sewage sludge treated by a novel method combining bioacidification with Fenton oxidation》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. (2014) 21: 4623−4629 DOI: 10.1007/s11771-014-2469-3 Effect of different surfactants on removal efficiency of heavy metals in sewage sludge treated by a novel method combining bio-acidification with Fenton oxidation REN Miao-miao(任苗苗)1, 2, YUAN Xing-zhong(袁兴中)1, 2, ZHU Yi(朱艺)1, 2, HUANG Hua-jun(黄华军)1, 2, ZENG Guang-ming( 曾光明)1, 2, LI Hui(李辉)3, 4, CHEN Ming(陈明)1, 2, WANG Hou(王侯)1, 2, CHEN Chang-ya(陈畅亚)1, 2, LIN Ning-bo(林宁波)1, 2 1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Environment Biology and Pollution Control of Ministry of Education (Hunan University), Changsha 410082, China; 3. Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410004, China; 4. Hunan Engineering Research Centre for Biodiesel, Changsha 410004, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of different surfactants on the removal efficiency of heavy metals in sewage sludge treated by a method combining bio-acidification with Fenton oxidation. Four surfactants were adopted such as anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, SDBS), nonionic surfactants (tween-20 and tween-60) and cationic surfactant (hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, HTAC), respectively. The indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in bio-acidification phase were enriched and cultured from fresh activated sludge obtained from a wastewater treatment plant. It is shown that different surfactants exhibited distinct effect on the removal efficiency of heavy