Removal of microplastics from secondary wastewater treatment plant effluent by coagulation/flocculation with iron, aluminum and polyamine-based chemicals

Katriina Rajala; Outi Grönfors; Mehrdad Hesampour; Anna Mikola

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116045

Removal of microplastics from secondary wastewater treatment plant effluent by coagulation/flocculation with iron, aluminum and polyamine-based chemicals

Katriina Rajala, Outi Grönfors, Mehrdad Hesampour, Anna Mikola^*

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Microplastic (MP) removal by coagulation/flocculation followed by settling was studied in a secondary wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent matrix. MP concentration in size range

Original language	English
Article number	116045
Number of pages	8
Journal	Water Research
Volume	183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116045
Publication status	Published - 15 Sep 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Microplastic
Removal
Coagulation/flocculation
Wastewater treatment
Flow cytometry
PARTICLES
AGGREGATION
COAGULATION
INGESTION

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