The 7th International Conference: "Ecological and Environmental Chemistry-2022", March 3-4, 2022, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

EEC-2022 Abstract Book, Volume 1, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19261/eec.2022.v1

THE STRUCTURING OF THE CATIONIC POLYMER ZETAG 9014

WITH THE CHANGES OF THE pH

The main applications of organic polyelectrolytes in potable water production are in coagulation and
flocculation, and in the dewatering of treatment plant sludges. The water production processes are usually
followed by sedimentation and filtration, although with only slightly contaminated waters the sedimentation
step may be omitted. The sludges obtained from the various separation processes have very high water
contents and must be further concentrated to minimize transportation costs; polymers have a role in this sludge
conditioning. Polymers have been utilized in coagulation/flocculation processes for water purification for at
least four decades.
For many years cationic polyacrylamide flocculants have been used in the sludge dewatering process. The
water treatment chemicals including flocculants and coagulants especially designed for the solid‒liquid
separation processes in the industrial and municipal wastewater treatment sector.
The structure of the cationic polymer ZETAG 9014 under the influence of changes in pH of the medium was
studied in an aqueous solution. Cationic polymer type ZETAG 9014 is structured under the influence of pH
changes. When reducing the pH of the medium, there is a clear trend, in which the average particle size
reduces and the size distribution narrows. Conversely, at higher pH values (alkaline region), the average
particle diameter broadens the PSD. It is important to note that the type of pH modifying agent (in particular,
acid) can also affect the polymer structuring process. The chemical agents used to modify the pH of the
suspension (medium and polymer) were NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH)2 and HN4OH.

STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF SOME LOCAL THIOLS

ON THE WATER SELF-PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF DANCENI LAKE
Elena BUNDUCHI, Ruslan BORODAEV, Angela LIS
Moldova State University, Moldova
Sulfur derivatives of biogenic origin, such as some of the thiols, have strong reducing properties and actively
participate in redox processes in the natural aquatic objects. On the example of cysteine and glutathione, thiol
derivatives, which are formed as a result of biochemical processes inside of the water bodies and waters of
Danceni Lake, from the Dniester river basin, has been conducted the researches to determine the load of
substance that will not hinder the development of self-purification processes that form self-purification
capacity of the natural aquatic system.
The research was conducted on microcosm systems, using lake water from the summer season. Thiol
concentrations were selected in such a way as to model the pollution situation in natural waters and were of the
10-4 M order. The monitoring of self-purification processes was performed according to the parameters: degree
of oxygen saturation (GS), permanganatometric oxidability (CODMn) and inhibitory capacity (∑ki∙[Si]).
Research has shown that both thiols, in concentrations of the order (0.8-2.0)·10-4 M, affect the self-purification
capacity of the natural aquatic system, by reducing it, because it consumes in its own transformation processes
oxygen and its active forms from the water, us hydrogen peroxide and OH radicals. At the same time, it was
found that the chemical-biological self-purification system of Lake Danceni neutralizes the negative effect of
„redox-toxicity‖, caused by the presence of thiols in concentrations of the 10-4 M order, for a maximum 48
hours.
Acknowledgement: This work has been performed within the State Program of the Republic of Moldova
(2020-2023), Project Nr. 20.80009.5007.27 ―Physical-Chemical Mechanisms of the Redox Processes with
Electron Transfer in Vital, Technological and Environmental Systems‖.

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