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Elimination of Microplastics by Downstream Sand Filters in Wastewater Treatment

Wolff, Sebastian ; Weber, Felix ; Kerpen, Jutta ; Winklhofer, Miriam ; Engelhart, Markus ; Barkmann, Luisa (2022)
Elimination of Microplastics by Downstream Sand Filters in Wastewater Treatment.
In: Water, 2022, 13 (1)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00017436
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Item Type: Article
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Elimination of Microplastics by Downstream Sand Filters in Wastewater Treatment
Language: English
Date: 4 February 2022
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2022
Publisher: MDPI
Journal or Publication Title: Water
Volume of the journal: 13
Issue Number: 1
Collation: 20 Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00017436
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Origin: Secondary publication DeepGreen
Abstract:

The elimination of microplastic particles (MPP) and microplastic fibers (MPF) was investigated in the final treatment stage (sand filtration) in two municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) and the final treatment stage (sand filtration) at a process WWTP of a manufacturer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). At each sampling site, three samples on three different days were taken (before/after sand filtration). The samples were filtered through a 10 µm stainless steel cartridge filter utilizing a stainless steel centrifugal pump. Microplastics (MP) were separated from the wastewater matrix by oxidative treatment and density separation and analyzed by Raman microspectroscopy. Due to precautionary measures, procedural blanks were very low with a mean number of 4.3 ± 2.7 MPP and 0.88 ± 0.56 MPF within eight blank samples. The municipal WWTPs were able to eliminate 99.2% ± 0.29% and 99.4% ± 0.15% of MP in the sand filtration stage. The sand filtration of a PVC manufacturer eliminated 99.2%–99.9%.

Uncontrolled Keywords: microplastics elimination, sand filter, Raman microspectroscopy, municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, sample preparation, subsampling
Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-174360
Classification DDC: 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 600 Technology
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering
Divisions: 13 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences > Institute IWAR
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2022 14:39
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2023 19:03
SWORD Depositor: Deep Green
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/17436
PPN: 505590115
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