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  • Title: Impact of sludge conditioning treatment on the bioavailability of pyrene in sewage sludge.
    Author: Zhou W, Lu Y, Jiang S, Xiao Y, Zheng G, Zhou L.
    Journal: Ecotoxicol Environ Saf; 2018 Nov 15; 163():196-204. PubMed ID: 30055384.
    Abstract:
    Conditioning is an indispensable step to improve mechanical dewatering of municipal sewage sludge. However, it is still unclear how sludge conditioning treatments impact the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sewage sludge that potentially influences the biodegradation of PAHs during the composting of dewatered sludge cake. In the present study, five sludge conditioning treatments, including chemical acidification, bioleaching driven by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, chemical conditioning with Fe[III] and CaO, and chemical conditioning with either aluminum polychloride (PACl) or polyacrylamide (PAM), were investigated to reveal their respective impacts on the bioavailability of pyrene in sewage sludge. The bioavailability of pyrene in conditioned sludge was evaluated by using the n-butanol extraction method. The results showed that the bioavailable fraction of pyrene increased from 59.1% in raw sludge to 68.7% in chemically acidified sludge and 79.3% in bioleached sludge, while the other three conditioning approaches did not significantly change the bioavailability of pyrene. During chemical acidification or bioleaching of sludge, cellular membrane damage of sludge microbial cells induced changes in sludge chemical and physical properties. Ridge regression analysis revealed that during these two conditioning processes the contribution rates of the changes in sludge chemical properties and physical properties on the enhancement of pyrene bioavailability were 33.0% and 67.1%, respectively. Therefore, chemical acidification and bioleaching conditioning treatments can enhance the bioavailability of pyrene in sewage sludge, mainly through changing the relative hydrophobicity and particle size of sludge flocs.
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