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Cotransport of human adenoviruses with clay colloids and TiO2 nanoparticles in saturated porous media: effect of flow velocity

Syngouna Vasiliki, Chrysikopoulos Constantinos, Κόκκινος Πέτρος Α., Τσελέπη Μαρία Α., Βανταράκης Απόστολος

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/6E0E74BC-D5F8-422F-8FC0-0556BA42F89C
Year 2017
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation V. I. Syngouna, C. V. Chrysikopoulos, P. Kokkinos, M. A.Tselepi and A. Vantarakis, "Cotransport of human adenoviruses with clay colloids and TiO2 nanoparticles in saturated porous media: effect of flow velocity," Sci. Total Environ., vol. 598, pp.160-167, Nov. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.082 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.082
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This study focuses on the effects of two clay colloids (kaolinite, KGa-1b and montmorillonite, STx-1b) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) on human adenovirus transport and retention in water saturated porous media at three different pore water velocities (0.38, 0.74, and 1.21 cm/min). Transport and cotransport experiments were performed in 30-cm long laboratory columns packed with clean glass beads with 2 mm diameter. The experimental results suggested that the presence of KGa-1b, STx-1b and TiO2 NPs increased human adenovirus inactivation and attachment onto the solid matrix, due to the additional attachment sites available. Retention by the packed column was found to be highest (up to 99%) in the presence of TiO2 NPs at the highest pore water velocity, and lowest in the presence of KGa-1b. The experimental results suggested that adenoviruses would undergo substantial aggregation or heteroaggregation during cotransport. However, no distinct relationships between mass recoveries and water velocity could be established from the experimental cotransport data. Note that for the cotransport experiments, collision efficiency values were shown to be higher for the higher flow rate examined in this study.

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