A novel technique for the removal of strontium from water using thermophilic bacteria in a membrane reactor

Omar Chaalal; Abdulrazag Y. Zekri; Ahmed M. Soliman

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 822-827, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.04.018 Export Citation

A novel technique for the removal of strontium from water using thermophilic bacteria in a membrane reactor

Omar Chaalal^†, Abdulrazag Y. Zekri, and Ahmed M. Soliman¹

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
¹Chemistry Department, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

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Contamination in drinking water is the most common form of environmental problems encountered in water resources management. Some contaminants, present accidentally in drinking water, are very difficult to remove, such as heavy elements that are products of industrial waste. Strontium is one of the most difficult-to-remove elements. This paper proposes a novel process for removal of strontium compounds contaminants from water. The proposed method shows great efficiency. The technique uses thermophilic bacteria found in the United Arab Emirates near Al-Ain town located in Abu-Dhabi Emirates. These bacteria were isolated and used in a reactor coupled with a membrane system. The bacteria, the stirrer and the membrane housed in the reactor are arranged in a distinctive way to form the novel bio-stabilization process proposed in this research. This proposed technique could be used at low cost and with great confidence in the purification of drinking water. The system was found to be adequate for concentrations of strontium in the range of 5-30 ppm. At the end of the operation the strontium concentration reaches the level allowed by the World Health Organization regulations.

Keywords:Strontium;Bioremediation;Reactor;Membrane;Themophilic bacteria

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[Referenced By]

[1] USEPA, EPA J., 12(7), 14 (1986)

[2] Environ, Element of Toxicology and Chemical Risk Assessment, Environ Corporation, Washington, DC, 1988.

[3] USEPA, The Hazardous Waste System, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, DC, 1987.

[4] Amphelett CB, Inorganic Ion Exchanges, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1964p. 38.

[5] Wilde EM, Benemann JR, Biotechnol. Adv., 11, 781 (1993)

[6] Yusan S, Erenturk S, World J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 1, 6 (2011)

[7] Kacana E, Kutahyalıb C, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 97, 149 (2012)

[8] Zhou H, Luo XG, Lin XY, Adv. Mater. Res. (2013)

[9] Avery SV, Tobin JM, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 58, 2883 (1992)

[10] Khoshmanesh A, Lawson F, Prince IG, Chem. Eng. J., 62, 81 (1995)

[11] Khoshmanesh A, Lawson F, Prince IG, Chem. Eng. J., 65, 13 (1997)

[12] Maeda S, Skaguchi T, in: Akatsuka (Ed.), Introduction to Applied Physiology, I, SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, 1990, p. 137.

[13] Aladhab HE, Chaalal O, Islam MR, 2nd Annual Conference on Water Technology and Environment, Doha, Qatar, December, 1997.

[14] Chaalal O, Islam MR, J. Environ. Manage., 61(1), 51 (2001)

[15] Sterritt RM, Lester JM, in: Eccles H, Hunt J (Eds.), Immobilization of Ions by Biosorption, Chemistry Society, London, 1996, p. 121.

[16] Khummongko D, Uptake of Heavy Metals by Microorganisms a Model Approach, (Ph.D. Thesis), Monash University, Melbourne, 1982.

[17] Chang D, Fukushi K, Ghosh S, Water Environ. Res., 67, 822 (1995)

[18] Gilbert SR, Bounds CO, Ice RR, CIM, 81, 910 (1988)

[19] Moffet AS, Science, 264, 6 (1994)

[20] Marsden J, The Chemistry of Gold Extraction, Ellis Horwood Ltd., 1992p. 21.

[21] Hughs MN, Poole RK, Metals and Microorganisms, Chapman and Hall, London, 1989p. 303.

[22] Leighton IR, Forster CF, Bioresour. Technol., 63(2), 131 (1998)

[23] Al-Maghrabi IMA, Bin Aqil AO, Islam MR, Chaalal O, Energy Sources, 21(1-2), 17 (1999)

[24] Zekri AY, Chaalal O, SPE 61474, Proc. SPE, Norway, 2000.

[25] Al-Maghrabi IMA, Chaalal O, Islam MR, SPE 49545, Proc. SPE ADIPEC 98, Abu Dhabi, 1998.

[26] Seeley HW, Vandemark PJ, Lee JJ, Microbes in Action, Freeman WH and Company, New York, 1991.

[27] Kaleli HA, Islam MR, Toxicol. Environ. Chem., 59(1-4), 111 (1997)

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