scholarly journals Inorganic and Hybrid (Organic–Inorganic) Lamellar Materials for Heavy metals and Radionuclides Capture in Energy Wastes Management—A Review

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claverie ◽  
Garcia ◽  
Prevost ◽  
Brendlé ◽  
Limousy

The energy industry (nuclear, battery, mining industries, etc.) produces a large quantity of hazardous effluents that may contain radionuclides (137Cs and 90Sr in particular) and heavy metals. One of the hardest tasks of environmental safety and sustainable development is the purification of wastewater holding these pollutants. Adsorption is one of the most powerful methods for extracting toxic compounds from wastewater. This study reviews the usefulness of clay minerals as adsorbent for removing these hazardous elements to clean up energy production processes. Phyllosilicates are able to extract several heavy metals from effluent, as widely examined. A particular focus is given to synthetic phyllosilicates and their abilities to entrap heavy metals with a special attention paid to those synthesized by sol-gel route. Indeed, this method is attractive since it allows the development of organic–inorganic hybrids from organosilanes presenting various functions (amino, thiol, etc.) that can interact with pollutants. Regarding these pollutants, a part of this review focuses on the interaction of lamellar materials (natural and synthetic phyllosilicates as well as layered double hydroxide) with heavy metals and another part deals with the adsorption of specific radionuclides, cesium and strontium.

Author(s):  
N.N. Novikov ◽  
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S.V. Mitrofanov ◽  
N.N. Grachev ◽  
M.M. Varfolomeeva ◽  
...  

Based on the analysis of statistical yearbooks "state of contamination of soils and objects of the natural environment of the Russian Federation with pesticides and toxicants of industrial origin", analysis of the incidence of workers and the population from exposure to residual pesticides and heavy metals, the need to assess soil contamination for organic farming purposes in accordance with the requirements of article 9 of the Federal law of 03.08.2018 No. 280-FZ "on organic products and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation"is justified. For evaluation, a digital technology is proposed in the management of environmental safety and labor protection in agriculture, developed by scientists of the ITOSH-branch of the FGBNU FNAC VIM. It is proposed to solve the problems of detoxification of soils contaminated with heavy metals and residual pesticides identified during the assessment using the available domestic and foreign experience by various methods: physical, physical-chemical, and biological.


2018 ◽  
Vol 332 ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jawad Ali ◽  
Huabin Wang ◽  
Jerosha Ifthikar ◽  
Aimal Khan ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
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Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esthela Ramos-Ramírez ◽  
Francisco Tzompantzi-Morales ◽  
Norma Gutiérrez-Ortega ◽  
Héctor G. Mojica-Calvillo ◽  
Julio Castillo-Rodríguez

In recent years, the search for solutions for the treatment of water pollution by toxic compounds such as phenols and chlorophenols has been increasing. Phenols and their derivatives are widely used in the manufacture of pesticides, insecticides, paper, and wood preservers, among other things. Chlorophenols are partially biodegradable but not directly photodegradable by sunlight and are extremely toxic—especially 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, which is considered to be potentially carcinogenic. As a viable proposal to be applied in the treatment of water contaminated with 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, this paper presents an application study of the thermally activated Mg/Fe layered double hydroxides as photocatalysts for the mineralization of this contaminant. Activated Mg/Fe layered double hydroxides were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis, N2 physisorption, and scanning electron microscopy with X-ray dispersive energy. The results of the photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in aqueous solution showed good photocatalytic activity, with an efficiency of degradation of up to 93% and mineralization of 82%; degradation values which are higher than that of TiO2-P25, which only reached 18% degradation. The degradation capacity is attributed to the structure of the MgO–MgFe2O4 oxides derived from double laminate hydroxide Mg/Fe. A path of degradation based on a mechanism of superoxide and hollow radicals is proposed.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Neminushchaya ◽  
E. Tomina ◽  
A. Dmitrenkov

The aim of this work was to study compositions based on vegetable oil waste and nanoscale zinc oxide particles for processing natural wood. The sol-gel method was used for the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles. The synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles did not contain impurities and had a shape close to spherical, and their size did not exceed 20 nm. We used freshly prepared suspensions of zinc oxide nanoparticles in used vegetable oil with their content in the amount of 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 wt. parts per 100 parts of oil. The wood was treated by hot-cold impregnation. The tests were carried out on samples of birch and pine wood of standard sizes. In the modified samples, the wetting angle, moisture and water absorption, as well as their swelling were determined. It is shown that the use of zinc oxide nanoparticles in compositions based on vegetable oil waste can significantly reduce the moisture and water resistance of wood and reduce its swelling. The optimal dosages of the nanopowder introduced into the used vegetable oil and the conditions of impregnation were selected. The compositions used on the basis of vegetable oil waste are characterized by environmental safety, and the resulting wood samples had an improved appearance.


Author(s):  
Justyna Kujawska ◽  
Katarzyna Wójcik-Oliveira

Sewage sludge and its management constitute one of the most important environmental problems. The introduced the Sewage Sludge Directive 86/278/EEC advocate utilization of sewage sludge in agriculture. However, this method is limited mainly by the availability of heavy metals and pathogens. An ecotoxicological assessment of sewage sludge doses applied to soil, recommended in the Polish Regulation of the Minister of Environment of 6th February 2015 on municipial sewage sludge, was carried out. The sewage sludge was added to soil in the amounts of 3, 6, 9, and 15 Mg/ha. The produced mixtures were subjected to physicochemical and ecotoxicological tests, involving the biomass and mortality tests of Eisenia fetida earthworms. The sewage sludge had a statistically significant impact on the increase in: electrical conductivity, total exchangeable cations, organic matter content, organic carbon, nitrogen and heavy metals of the considered soil. The impact on the biomass of earthworms was different; after 7 days in the mixtures with 3 Mg/ha and 6 Mg/ha sewage sludge addition, the biomass increased approximately by 1.3-fold, in comparison to non-modified soil. At 9 Mg/ha, it reduced by 1.3-fold, whereas at 15 Mg/ha – by 16-fold, in relation to the initial value. The studies indicated that the ecotoxicological assessment of wastes may be employed as environmental safety control measure of the sewage sludge application in agriculture.


Author(s):  
Bronius Jaskelevičius ◽  
Vaida Lynikienė

As a result of global and intense production the waste disposal problems become more and more urgent. Waste processing, utilization and recycling is to a certain extent limited by many economic, organisational and technological factors, and this inevitably encourages waste disposal in landfills. Physical, chemical and biological interactions in landfill cell result in formation of landfill gas and harmful leachate. Because of lack of control, together with usual communal waste, industrial waste was also dumped to landfills, therefore gas and leachate produced include large amounts of toxic compounds. Once hazardous waste materials occured in landfills, later they vastly expanded the whole spectrum of toxic materials and compounds. In the landfill environment chemical properties of surface and ground water and concentration of separate components are governed by seepage of leachate and industrial solutants into soil and ground layers and their transport by subsurface waters. Influence on the environment exerted by heavy metals contained in the leachate of Lapes Landfill is discussed in this paper. Properties of industrial waste material influenced order of the main pollutants: the most important elements in this case are Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, Cr and other ions, the sulphides of these metals and other toxic compounds. The First Landfill field is more polluted with heavy metal polutants than the Third field. In all the samples iron concentration is the greatest exceeding even 200 times the admissible value allowed (Norm HN 24:2003). Sources (springs) S11 and S17 are least contaminated with heavy metals. The greatest groundwater pollution was found in monitoring bore G13s. The leachate processed in purification devices is released to the Third stream. Heavy metal concentrations in waters of this stream are low and they further decrease downstream because the pollutants are diluted. Santrauka Masiškai gaminant produkciją, ją vartojant, vis opesnė tampa atliekų problema. Atliekų perdirbimą, utilizavimą iš dalies ribojantys ekonominiai, organizaciniai bei technologiniai veiksniai neišvengiamai skatina atliekas šalinti į sąvartynus. Dėl sąvartyno tūryje vykstančių fizinių, cheminių bei biologinių reakcijų susidaro sąvartyno dujos ir kenksmingas filtratas. Kadangi dėl nepakankamos kontrolės į sąvartynus kartu su buitinėmis, komunalinėmis atliekomis buvo šalinamos pramonės atliekos, susidarančiose dujose bei filtrate yra daug toksiškų junginių. Šią toksinių medžiagų bei junginių įvairovę dar labiau papildo į sąvartynus patenkančios pavojingos atliekos. Gruntinio ir paviršinio upelių vandens cheminę sudėtį ir kai kurių komponentų koncentraciją sąvartyno aplinkoje lemia filtrato ir pramoninių tirpalų įsisunkimo į gruntą mastas bei požeminių tėkmių pernašos. Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Lapių sąvartyno filtrate aptiktų sunkiųjų metalų įtaka aplinkai. Pramonės atliekos lėmė, kad filtrato pagrindiniai teršiantieji elementai yra Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, Cr ir kt. jonai, šių metalų sulfidai ir kiti toksiniai junginiai. Pirmasis kaupimosi laukas yra labiau užterštas sunkiaisiais metalais nei trečiasis laukas. Visuose mėginiuose didžiausia yra geležies koncentracija. Ji net iki 200 kartų viršija HN 24:2003 leidžiamąją normą. Mažiausiai sunkiaisiais metalais užteršti šaltiniai (S11 ir S17 postai). Požeminis vanduo labiausiai užterštas G13s gręžinyje. Iš valymo įrenginių išvalytas filtratas yra išleidžiamas į upelį. Šio upelio vandenyje rastų sunkiųjų metalų koncentracijos yra nedidelės, o upeliui tekant tolyn teršalai atskiedžiami, ir metalų koncentracijos mažėja. Резюме Массовое производство продукции, пользование ею все более обостряют проблему отходов. Процессы переработки и утилизации отходов, в определенной степени ограничивающие экономические, организационные и технологические факторы, неизбежно способствуют интенсификации удаления отходов на свалки. На свалках отходов в результате протекающих физических, химических и биологических реакций образуются газы и токсичный фильтрат. Поскольку из-за недостаточного контроля на свалку вместе с бытовыми, коммунальными отходами удалялись и промышленные отходы, в составе образующихся газов и фильтрата имеется много токсичных соединений. Опасные отходы еще более увеличили спектр токсичных материалов и соединений в газах и фильтрате свалки. Химический состав и концентрация отдельных компонентов грунтовых и поверхностных вод в районе свалки определяют проникновение фильтрата и промышленных растворов в грунт и их перенос подземными течениями. В статье изучается влияние тяжелых металлов из фильтрата свалки в Лапес на состояние вод в районе свалки. Промышленные отходы способствовали появлению в фильтрате ионов основных загрязняющих элементов Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Mn, Cr, сульфидов этих металлов и других токсичных соединений. Первое поле накопления отходов в большей степени загрязнено тяжелыми металлами, чем третье поле. Во всех опытных образцах воды отмечена самая большая концентрация ионов железа, почти в 200 раз превышающая допустимую норму HN 24:2003. Наименьшее загрязнение тяжелыми металлами отмечено в подземной воде источников (посты S11 и S17). Грунтовые воды больше всего загрязнены в скважине G13s. Поверхностные воды ручьев, в которые проникает фильтрат, а также сливается очищенный фильтрат, содержат небольшие концентрации тяжелых металлов, которые разбавляются течением и уменьшаются.


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