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Microplastics Removal From Aquatic Environment by Coagulation: Selecting the Best Coagulant Based on Variables Determined From a Systematic Review Publisher



Azizi N1 ; Pirsaheb M2, 3 ; Jaafarzadeh N4 ; Nabizadeh Nodehi R1
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  3. 3. Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  4. 4. Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Source: Heliyon Published:2023


Abstract

The present study was carried out in the two phases of systematic review and experimental research. First, for the systematic review phase, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed as electronic databases were utilized to find research articles distributed up to March 5, 2021, related to the removal of microplastics by coagulation. In total, 104 publications were found, of which 14 were reviewed for deriving the variables and research design. Then, in the experimental phase, the experiment was carried out based on the variables derived from the systematic phase for three microplastic types (polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyamide) and five coagulants (polyaluminum chloride (PAC), ferric chloride (FeCl3), aluminum chloride (AlCl3), alum (Al(OH)3) and aluminum sulfate (Al2(SO4)3)) in bench scale study. The differences between removal efficiencies in terms of type, shape, concentration, and size of microplastics within the looked into article was analyzed utilizing ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test (for parametric or nonparametric analysis, respectively). The results of experimental phase show that the removal efficiency of different microplastics was significantly different, and it was equal to 65, 22, and 12% on average for PA, PS, and PE, respectively. These averages are much lower than the average removal efficiency calculated in the reviewed articles (78 and 52% for PS and PE, respectively). The removal efficiency of microplastics types by coagulants was not significantly different. As a result, a coagulant that has the lowest dose can be selected as the most suitable coagulant, which is Al(OH)3 in this study. © 2023 The Authors
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