Model for Investigating Relationships between Surfactant Micropollutant Properties and Their Separation from Liquid in a Bubble Column.

ABSTRACT: The removal of surfactant micropollutants, such as dyes, pharmaceuticals, and proteins, through foam is very important in biotechnology and wastewater treatment. The literature shows that previous models consider mass balances within the foam but not the adsorption dynamics of micropollutant surfactants on bubble surfaces in the liquid solution. Thus, the main objective of this work is to examine the removal of surfactant micropollutants in a bubble column considering both mass balance and adsorption dynamics to calculate surfactant transport from the liquid bulk to the bubble surface. This allows investigation of the relationships between surfactant hydrophobicity and surfactant separation efficiency from the liquid. It was found that the removal of the surfactant strongly depends on the

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Figueroa AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077439 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature