Characteristics and risk assessment of the bioaerosols emitted from micro-nano bubble aeration process
ZHANG Zhi-qiang1,2, LI Ke-xin1, LI Jin1, KONG De-ping1, HU Xiao-Li-yang1, LU Jin-suo1
1. School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an 710055, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Abstract:The oxygen dissolving efficiencies, bioaerosol emission characteristics and exposure risk of micro-nano bubble aeration were studied in comparison to the traditional medium/fine bubble aeration. The oxygen mass transfer coefficient (KLa) of micro-nano bubble aeration was up to 1.96 min-1, which was 9.33 and 2.88 times higher than that of traditional medium/small bubble aeration, respectively. Compared to the traditional aeration, the total concentration of bioaerosol emission during micro-nano bubble aeration process decreased by 38.53%, and the spatial dispersion characteristics of bioaerosol were different. The exposure risk assessment results show that the non-carcinogenic risk index (HI) of the bioaerosol produced from micro-nano bubble aeration was less than 1, indicating the non-carcinogenic risk was ignorable. However, the particle size of the bioaerosol ranged in 3~5 level. Therefore, the risk of pathogen transmission caused by inhalation of microbial aerosols by operators during actual production should not be overlooked.
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ZHANG Zhi-qiang, LI Ke-xin, LI Jin, KONG De-ping, HU Xiao-Li-yang, LU Jin-suo. Characteristics and risk assessment of the bioaerosols emitted from micro-nano bubble aeration process. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2023, 43(8): 4202-4210.
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