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| Titel |
Cotransport of TiO2 nanoparticles and Pseudomonas putida in porous media |
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Ioannis Zaharis, Ioannis D. Manariotis, Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos |
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EGU General Assembly 2015
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 17 (2015) |
| Datensatznummer |
250105305
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2015-4805.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The scope of this study was to investigate the cotransport of Pseudomonas putida and TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) in porous media. Flowthrough experiments were conducted in glass columns with diameter of 2.5 cm and length of 30 cm, packed with 2-mm diameter spherical glass beads. Anatase TiO2 NPs solutions were prepared in distilled water of at two different concentrations: 5 and 50 mg/L. The concentration of P. putida solutions varied from 105 to 109 cfu/mL. Initially, transport experiments were conducted separately for P. putida and TiO2 NPs. Subsequently, TiO2 and P. putida cotransport experiments were conducted. The concentration of TiO2 NPs was measured by a fluorescence spectrophotometer and P. putida concentration was determined by plate counts on agar plates and optical density measurements. All experiments were conducted with two different flow rates: 1 and 2 mL/min. The transport experiments with P. putida exhibited similar transport behavior with the tracer (NaBr) indicating that there was not considerable retention. The mass recovery of P. putida was close to 100% in all of the transport experiments conducted. However, the transport experiments with TiO2 NPs suggested that a significant portion of the NPs was retained in the column. Based on the cotransport experimental data, it is evident that the transport of P. putida was not significantly affected by the presence of TiO2. It should be noted that the mass recovery of NPs in the transport and costransport experiments was between 40 and 60%. |
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