Abstract
Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) is a particular member of the emerging contaminants, because of its increasingly ubiquitous use and tremendous harm to the environment and wastewater treatment plant. Herein, we develop a novel two-stage foam separation to recover LAS (18.7-91.0 mg/L) from laundry wastewater. We first reported the fabrication of activated silica nanoparticle (SNP) via a facile and scalable in-situ approach. To obtain a desirable surface property, the key design element was the utilization of amphoteric surfactant, viz. cocamidopropyl betaine, as the modifier. In the first-stage, activated SNP could serve as an efficient foam stabilizer to improve the foam stability and the interfacial adsorption of LAS. Remarkably, LAS concentration in effluent decreased to very low levels of 1.9-2.9 mg/L with a proper enrichment ratio, and met the emission standard. In the second-stage, we originally adopted the intensification of liquid drainage to selectively recycle activated SNP from LAS. An inclined foam channel (IFC) covered by hydrophobic coating was constructed and the maximum recovery percentage of SNP reached 91.5%, indicating that the activated SNP was recyclable. This work definitely proves that the integration of nanotechnology in foam separation can make wastewater treatment more efficient and less expensive.
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