• 文献标题:   Impact of Biochar and Graphene as Additives on the Treatment Performances of a Green Wall Fed with Greywater
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   COSTAMAGNA E, CARUSO A, GALVAO A, RIZZO A, MASI F, FIORE S, BOANO F
  • 作者关键词:   green wall, greywater, biochar, graphene, naturebased solution, wastewater treatment
  • 出版物名称:   WATER
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/w15010195
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

The treatment of greywater (GW, wastewater share excluding toilet flush) through green walls can be beneficial for urban areas, favouring the diffusion of urban vegetation and reducing potable water consumption. Multiple challenges hinder the treatment performance of green walls, including the composition of the filtering material, the number of levels-i.e., rows-and the age of the system. This study investigated graphene as an additive (5%v) to a filtering medium made of coconut fibre, perlite and biochar in an open-air green wall with pots arranged into three levels. The performance of GW treatment was quantified by comparing the physicochemical features of inflow and outflow samples collected weekly over two months. Samples were also collected at each level of the green wall, and the performance of two analogous systems different by age for three months were compared. The results showed that graphene did not significantly improve treatment performance, except for the first level (e.g., 48% vs. 15% for COD, 72% vs. 51% for TSS, with and without graphene respectively). Moreover, GW treatment mostly happened along the first two levels of the green wall, with marginal depletion (e.g., 15% vs. 7% for NH4+-N) after three months of operational time.