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Castro Ruiz, Laura

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Laura
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Castro Ruiz
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/81200
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Químicas
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Ingeniería Química y de Materiales
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    Batch and Continuous Chromate and Zinc Sorption from Electroplating Effluents Using Biogenic Iron Precipitates
    (Minerals, 2021) Rocha, Fabiana; Muñoz Sánchez, Jesús Ángel; González González, Felisa; Blázquez Izquierdo, María Luisa; Castro Ruiz, Laura
    Nanoparticles of iron precipitates produced by a microbial consortium are a suitable adsorbent for metal removal from electroplating industry wastewaters. Biogenic iron precipitates were utilized as adsorbents for chromate and zinc in batch conditions. Furthermore, the iron precipitates were embedded in alginate beads for metal removal in fixed-bed columns, and their performance was evaluated in a continuous system by varying different operational parameters such as flow rate, bed height, and feeding system (down- and up-flows). The influence of different adsorption variables in the saturation time, the amount of adsorbed potentially toxic metals, and the column performance was investigated, and the shape of the breakthrough curves was analyzed. The optimal column performance was achieved by increasing bed height and by decreasing feed flow rate and inlet metal concentration. The up-flow system significantly improved the metal uptake, avoiding the preferential flow channels.
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    Arsenate and Arsenite Sorption Using Biogenic Iron Compounds: Treatment of Real Polluted Waters in Batch and Continuous Systems
    (Metals, 2021) Ayala, Lesly Antonieta; Vardanyan, Arevik; Zhang, Ruiyong; Muñoz Sánchez, Jesús Ángel; Castro Ruiz, Laura
    Arsenic pollution in waters is due to natural and anthropogenic sources. Human exposure to arsenic is associated with acute health problems in areas with high concentrations of this element. Nanometric iron compounds with large specific surface areas and higher binding energy produced by some anaerobic microorganisms are thus expected to be more efficient adsorbents for the removal of harmful metals and metalloids than chemically produced iron oxides. In this study, a natural consortium from an abandoned mine site containing mainly Clostridium species was used to biosynthesize solid Fe(II) compounds, siderite (FeCO3) and iron oxides. Biogenic precipitates were used as adsorbents in contact with solutions containing arsenate and arsenite. The adsorption of As(V) fitted to the Langmuir model (qmax = 0.64 mmol/g, KL = 0.019 mmol/L) at the optimal pH value (pH 2), while the As(III) adsorption mechanism was better represented by the Freundlich model (KF = 0.476 L/g, n = 2.13) at pH 10. Water samples from the Caracarani River (Chile) with high contents of arsenic and zinc were treated with a biogenic precipitate encapsulated in alginate beads in continuous systems. The optimal operation conditions were low feed flow rate and the up-flow system, which significantly improved the contaminant uptake. This study demonstrates the feasibility of the application of biogenic iron compounds in the treatment of polluted waters.