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Hierarchical Co3O4@MnOx material has been synthesized by in-suit growth of MnOx on the Co3O4 and applied in catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Results revealed that T90 of acetone on the Co3O4@MnOx was 195 °C, which was 36 °C and 32 °C lower than that on the Co3O4 and MnOx/Co3O4, respectively. The universality experiments demonstrated that T90 of ethyl acetate and toluene on the Co3O4@MnOx were 200 °C and 222 °C, respectively. The above results indicated that Co3O4@MnOx catalyst presented a robust catalytic performance. Characterization results showed that high catalytic activity of the Co3O4@MnOx catalyst could be attributed to the improvement of low temperature reducibility, the enhancement of Co3+ and adsorbed oxygen species resulted from the sufficient reaction between MnO4- and Co2+ during secondary hydrothermal process. Furthermore, stability and water-resistance experiments showed the Co3O4@MnOx catalyst with high cycle and long-term stability, satisfied endurability to 5.5-10 vol. % water vapor at 210 °C. Fluidized bed bioreactors can overcome the limitations of packed bed bioreactors such as clogging, which has been observed in the industrial application for decades. The key to establish a gaseous fluidized bed bioreactor for treatment of volatile organic compounds is to achieve microbial growth on a light packing material. In this study, Two fungal species and two bacterial species were isolated to build a fungal fluidized-bed reactor (FFBR). A light packing material with wheat bran coated on expended polystyrene was used. The FFBR was operated for 65 days for gaseous ethanol removal and obtained elimination capacities of 500-1800 g∙m-3∙h-1 and removal efficiencies of 20-50%. The pressure drops was well controlled with values around 400 Pa∙m-1. Stress tolerant genera including Aureobasidium, Stenotrophomonas and Brevundimonas were dominant. Meyerozyma, whose species were present in an initial inoculated isolate, was detected among the dominant species with 28.70% relative abundance; they were reported to degrade complicated compounds under similarly stressful environments. The speciation and mobility of As are controlled by both Fe and Mn (oxyhydr)oxides through a series of surface complexation and redox reactions occurring in the environment, which is also complicated by the solution chemistry conditions. However, there is still a lack of quantitative tools for predicting the coupled kinetic processes of As reactions with Fe and Mn (oxyhydr)oxides. In this study, we developed a quantitative model for the coupled kinetics of As adsorption/desorption and oxidation in ferrihydrite-Mn (oxyhydr)oxides and ferrihydrite-Mn(II)-O2 systems. CCI-779 This model also accounted for the variations in solution chemistry conditions and binding site heterogeneity. Our model suggested that Mn (oxyhydr)oxide and ferrihydrite mainly served as an oxidant and an adsorbent, respectively, when they coexisted. Among the three types of binding sites of ferrihydrite, the adsorbed As(V) was mainly distributed on the nonprotonated bidentate sites. Our model quantitatively showed that the oxidation rates of different reaction systems varied significantly. The rates of As(III) oxidation were enhanced with higher pH values and higher molar ratios of Mn(II)/As(III) in the ferrihydrite-Mn(II)-O2 system. This study provides a modeling framework for predicting the kinetic behavior of As when multiple adsorption/desorption and oxidation reactions are coupled in the environment. Stable and long-term power output is a prerequisite for the application of the energy recovered from microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In this study, a novel fuel supplying strategy based on slow-release carbon embedded in polymer gels was attempted in MFCs aimed to achieve a sustainable power generation. Polymer gels containing starch acetate as the carbon source (40% (w/w)) were prepared, and the effects of its loading dosage on power generation and microbial community structure were investigated. Results showed that the MFCs once fed with 20.0 g/L, 37.5 g/L and 55.0 g/L polymer gels attained a long-term power generation periods of 110, 140 and 170 days, respectively, with a maximum power density of 386-427 mW/m2. The MFC with a medium loading dosage (37.5 g/L polymer gels) performed best. MFCs fed with the slow-release carbon enriched a distinct microbial community comparing to the control MFC with acetate as the carbon source, with the genera Geobacter, Sphaerochaeta, Christensenellaceae, Aminiphilus and Proteiniphilum significantly enriched on the anode electrode, and Sphaerochaeta, Proteiniphilum and Bacteroidetes in the anolyte. This carbon source providing method will promote the application of MFCs as a sustainable and stable power source for environmental monitoring and remediation. To achieve efficient biological nutrients removal at low temperature, a modified sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was developed at 10 °C by extending sludge retention time (SRT), shortening aerobic stage and compensating anoxic stage. The average removal rates of ammonium (NH4+-N), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) were 98.82%, 94.12% and 96.04%, respectively. Variation of carbon source in a typical cycle demonstrated the maximum synthesis of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) (60 mg/L) occurred after feast period. Furthermore, the TP in sludge reached 50.4 mg/g mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) (78.4% was inorganic phosphorus and 21.6% was organic phosphorus) after 120 days of operation, indicating an excellent P-accumulating capacity was achieved in this system. Ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) activity inhibition test verified both AOB and ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA) were involved in ammonia-oxidizing process and the latter accounted for 17%-19%. Metagenomic-based taxonomy revealed the dominant genera were Candidatus Accumulibacter (12.18%), Dechloromonas (7.54%), Haliangium (6.69%) and Candidatus Contendobacter (3.40%). As described from the denitrifying genes perspective, with the exception of nitrite reduction (performed by denitrifiers), denitrifying phosphorus-accumulating organisms (DPAOs) played a leading role in denitrification pathway, showing that poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-driven nutrients removal was the dominate process.