Removal of Microcystis aeruginosa through the Combined Effect of Plasma Discharge and Hydrodynamic Cavitation

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MARŠÁLEK Blahoslav MARŠÁLKOVÁ Eliška ODEHNALOVÁ Klára POCHYLÝ František RUDOLF Pavel SŤAHEL Pavel RÁHEĽ Jozef ČECH Jan FIALOVÁ Simona ZEZULKA Štěpán

Rok publikování 2020
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Water
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Přírodovědecká fakulta

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12010008
Klíčová slova cyanobacterial bloom; water treatment; drinking water; surface water; cold plasma
Popis Cyanobacterial water blooms represent toxicological, ecological and technological problems around the globe. When present in raw water used for drinking water production, one of the best strategies is to remove the cyanobacterial biomass gently before treatment, avoiding cell destruction and cyanotoxins release. This paper presents a new method for the removal of cyanobacterial biomass during drinking water pre-treatment that combines hydrodynamic cavitation with cold plasma discharge. Cavitation produces press stress that causes Microcystis gas vesicles to collapse. The cyanobacteria then sink, allowing for removal by sedimentation. The cyanobacteria showed no signs of revitalisation, even after seven days under optimal conditions with nutrient enrichment, as photosynthetic activity is negatively affected by hydrogen peroxide produced by plasma burnt in the cavitation cloud. Using this method, cyanobacteria can be removed in a single treatment, with no increase in microcystin concentration. This novel technology appears to be highly promising for continual treatment of raw water inflow in drinking water treatment plants and will also be of interest to those wishing to treat surface waters without the use of algaecides.
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