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Wang WL, Jing ZB, Zhang YL, Wu QY, Drewes JE, Lee MY, Hübner U. Assessing the Chemical-Free Oxidation of Trace Organic Chemicals by VUV/UV as an Alternative to Conventional UV/H 2O 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:7113-7123. [PMID: 38547102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c08414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2024]
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Low-pressure mercury lamps with high-purity quartz can emit both vacuum-UV (VUV, 185 nm) and UV (254 nm) and are commercially available and promising for eliminating recalcitrant organic pollutants. The feasibility of VUV/UV as a chemical-free oxidation process was verified and quantitatively assessed by the concept of H2O2 equivalence (EQH2O2), at which UV/H2O2 showed the same performance as VUV/UV for the degradation of trace organic contaminants (TOrCs). Although VUV showed superior H2O activation and oxidation performance, its performance highly varied as a function of light path length (Lp) in water, while that of UV/H2O2 proportionally decreased with decreasing H2O2 dose regardless of Lp. On increasing Lp from 1.0 to 3.0 cm, the EQH2O2 of VUV/UV decreased from 0.81 to 0.22 mM H2O2. Chloride and nitrate hardly influenced UV/H2O2, but they dramatically inhibited VUV/UV. The competitive absorbance of VUV by chloride and nitrate was verified as the main reason. The inhibitory effect was partially compensated by •OH formation from the propagation reactions of chloride or nitrate VUV photolysis, which was verified by kinetic modeling in Kintecus. In water with an Lp of 2.0 cm, the EQH2O2 of VUV/UV decreased from 0.43 to 0.17 mM (60.8% decrease) on increasing the chloride concentration from 0 to 15 mM and to 0.20 mM (53.5% decrease) at 4 mM nitrate. The results of this study provide a comprehensive understanding of VUV/UV oxidation in comparison to UV/H2O2, which underscores the suitability and efficiency of chemical-free oxidation with VUV/UV.
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- Wen-Long Wang
- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Am Coulombwall 3, Garching 85748, Germany
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- Division of Chemical Research, National Institute of Environmental Research, Seogu, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea
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- Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Am Coulombwall 3, Garching 85748, Germany
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Luo Z, Zhou W, Jiang Y, Minakata D, Spinney R, Dionysiou DD, Liu J, Xiao R. Bimolecular versus Trimolecular Reaction Pathways for H 2O 2 with Hypochlorous Species and Implications for Wastewater Reclamation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:847-858. [PMID: 38153291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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The benchmark advanced oxidation technology (AOT) that uses UV/H2O2 integrated with hypochlorous species exhibits great potential in removing micropollutants and enhancing wastewater treatability for reclamation purposes. Although efforts have been made to study the reactions of H2O2 with hypochlorous species, there exist great discrepancies in the order of reaction kinetics, the rate constants, and the molecule-level mechanisms. This results in an excessive use of hypochlorous reagents and system underperformance during treatment processes. Herein, the titled reaction was investigated systematically through complementary experimental and theoretical approaches. Stopped-flow spectroscopic measurements revealed a combination of bi- and trimolecular reaction kinetics. The bimolecular pathway dominates at low H2O2 concentrations, while the trimolecular pathway dominates at high H2O2 concentrations. Both reactions were simulated using direct dynamics trajectories, and the pathways identified in the trajectories were further validated by high-level quantum chemistry calculations. The theoretical results not only supported the spectroscopic data but also elucidated the molecule-level mechanisms and helped to address the origin of the discrepancies. In addition, the impact of the environmental matrix was evaluated by using two waters with discrete characteristics, namely municipal wastewater and ammonium-rich wastewater. Municipal wastewater had a negligible matrix effect on the reaction kinetics of H2O2 and the hypochlorous species, making it a highly suitable candidate for this integration technique. The obtained in-depth reaction mechanistic insights will enable the development of a viable and economical technology for safe water reuse.
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- Zonghao Luo
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha 410083, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, New York 11367, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha 410083, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Environmental Engineering and Science Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, New York 11367, United States
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
- Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control and Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, Changsha 410083, China
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Chen T, Cevallos D, Hurtado A, Mackey E, Wang C, Hofmann R. Predicting chlorine demand by peracetic acid in drinking water treatment. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 243:120361. [PMID: 37487357 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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Peracetic acid (PAA) may be used in drinking water treatment for pre-oxidation and mussel control at the intake. PAA may exert a downstream chlorine demand, but full details of this reaction have not been reported. There are three possible mechanisms of this demand: (1) PAA may react directly with chlorine; (2) PAA exists in equilibrium with hydrogen peroxide, which is known to react with chlorine; and (3) as H2O2 reacts with chlorine, PAA will hydrolyze to form more H2O2 to re-establish PAA/H2O2 equilibrium, thereby serving as an indirect reservoir of chlorine demand. While the H2O2 reaction with chlorine is well known, the other mechanisms of possible PAA-induced chlorine demand have not previously been investigated. The observed molar stoichiometric ratio of PAA to free chlorine (n) for the presumed direct PAA + free chlorine reaction was determined to be approximately 2, and the corresponding observed reaction rate coefficients at pH 6, 7, 8, and 9 were 2.76, 3.14, 1.61, 10.1 M-n·s-1, respectively (at 25 °C). With these estimated values, a kinetic model was built to predict the chlorine demand by PAA. The results suggest that chlorine demand from PAA is likely to be negligible over the course of several days (e.g., < 20% chlorine loss) for most conditions except for high pH (e.g., >8) and high PAA:Cl2 molar ratios (e.g., >2:1).
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- Tianyi Chen
- Drinking Water Research Group, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada
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- Drinking Water Research Group, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada; Jacobs Engineering Group, North York, Ontario M2J 1R3, Canada
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- Drinking Water Research Group, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada; City of Toronto - Toronto Water, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3C6, Canada
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- Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA
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- Drinking Water Research Group, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Drinking Water Research Group, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada.
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Li Y, Xie S, Yao J. Singlet oxygen generation for selective oxidation of emerging pollutants in a flow-by electrochemical system based on natural air diffusion cathode. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:17854-17864. [PMID: 36201074 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The decay of free radicals involved in side reactions is one of the challenges faced by electrochemical degradation of organic pollutants. To this end, a non-radical oxidation system was constructed by a natural air diffusion cathode (ADC) and a Ti-based dimensional stable anode coated by RuO2 (RuO2-Ti anode) for cathodic hydrogen peroxide activation by anodic chlorine evolution. The ADC fabricated by the carbon black of BP2000 produced a stable concentration of hydrogen peroxide of 339.94 mg L-1 (current efficiency of 73.4%) without aeration, which was superior to the cathode made by the XC72 carbon black. The flow-by ADC-RuO2 system consisted of an ADC and a RuO2-Ti anode showed high selectivity to aniline (AN) compared to benzoate (BA) in a NaCl electrolyte, whose degradation efficiencies were 97.72% and 1.3%, respectively. Rapid degradations of a mixture of emerging pollutants and AN were also observed in the ADC-RuO2 system, with pseudo-first-order kinetic constants of 0.51, 1.29, 0.89, and 0.99 min-1 for Bisphenol A (BPA), tetracycline (TC), sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and AN, respectively. Quenching experiments revealed the main reactive oxygen species for the pollutant degradation was singlet oxygen (1O2), which was also identified by the electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis. Finally, the steady-stable content of 1O2 was quantitatively determined to be 6.25 × 10-11 M by the method of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) probe. Our findings provide a fast, low energy consumption and well controlled electrochemical oxidation method for selective degradation of organic pollutants. H2O2 generated on an air diffusion cathode by naturally diffused O2, reacts with ClO- produced from chloride oxidation on the RuO2-Ti anode to form singlet oxygen (1O2). The electrochemical system shows an efficient oxidation to electron-rich emerging pollutants including bisphenol A, tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole and aniline, but a poor performance on the electron-deficient compounds (e.g., benzoate).
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- Yi Li
- School of Urban Construction, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China
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- School of Urban Construction, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China.
- Institute of High Performance Engineering Structure, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Urban Construction, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, People's Republic of China
- Shenzhen Bao'an Songgang Water Supply Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, 518100, People's Republic of China
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Yang R, Zeng G, Zhou Z, Xu Z, Lyu S. Naphthalene degradation dominated by homogeneous reaction in Fenton-like process catalyzed by pyrite: Mechanism and application. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Yang R, Zeng G, Xu Z, Zhou Z, Zhou Z, Ali M, Sun Y, Sun X, Huang J, Lyu S. Insights into the role of nanoscale zero-valent iron in Fenton oxidation and its application in naphthalene degradation from water and slurry systems. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2022; 94:e10710. [PMID: 35373447 DOI: 10.1002/wer.10710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Few researches have focused on the role of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) in Fenton-like process for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal. In this study, the naphthalene (NAP) degradation tests in ultrapure water showed that nZVI addition could enhance NAP degradation from 79.7% to 99.0% in hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 )/Fe (II)/nZVI/NAP system at the molar ratio of 10/5/3/1, showing the excellent role of nZVI in promoting NAP removal. Multiple linear regression analysis found that the correlation coefficient between H2 O2 consumption and NAP degradation was converted from -9.17 to 0.48 with nZVI and 1-mM H2 O2 , indicating that nZVI could decompose H2 O2 more beneficially for NAP degradation. Multiple Fe (II)-dosing and iron leaching tests revealed that nZVI could gently liberate Fe (II) and promote Fe (II)/Fe (III) redox cycle to enhance the NAP degradation. When the H2 O2 /Fe (II)/nZVI/NAP molar ratios of 10/5/3/1 and 50/25/15/1 were applied in the simulated NAP contaminated actual groundwater and soil slurry, respectively, 75.0% and 82.9% of NAP removals were achieved. Based on the major degradation intermediates detected by GC/MS, such as 1,4-naphthalenedione, cinnamaldehyde, and o-phthalaldehyde, three possible NAP degradation pathways were proposed. This study provided the applicable potential of nZVI in Fenton process for PAHs contaminated groundwater and soil remediation. PRACTITIONER POINTS: nZVI enhanced the NAP degradation in Fenton-like process. Three schemes of NAP degradation pathway were proposed. nZVI performed well in the remediation of the simulated NAP contamination.
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- Rumin Yang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MNS University of Engineering and Technology, Multan, Pakistan
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Yang R, Zeng G, Xu Z, Zhou Z, Huang J, Fu R, Lyu S. Comparison of naphthalene removal performance using H 2O 2, sodium percarbonate and calcium peroxide oxidants activated by ferrous ions and degradation mechanism. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 283:131209. [PMID: 34147979 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in groundwater is making a great threat to human health in the world which has received an increasing environmental concern. Among various Fenton oxidation processes, 97.6%, 92.1% and 89.4% naphthalene (NaP) removals were observed using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), sodium percarbonate (SPC) and calcium peroxide (CP) as oxidants activated by Fe(II) in ultrapure water tests, respectively. While, the inhibitory effect on NaP degradation caused by the weak alkaline solution pH and the presence of HCO3- in actual groundwater could be compensated by doubling dosages of oxidants and Fe(II) to different extent. 98.0%, 49.8% and 11.5% of NaP were degraded by using H2O2, SPC and CP, respectively, strongly suggesting the best H2O2 performance among them. It was observed that 83.3% and 9.6% inhibition on NaP degradation in H2O2/Fe(II)/NaP system occurred in the presence of isopropyl alcohol and chloroform, confirming that both hydroxyl radical (HO) and superoxide anion radical () contributed to NaP degradation in Fenton process and HO was the prominent radical. The presence of HO was further demonstrated by electro-spin resonance spectrometer analysis. The identification of transformation products of NaP revealed that hydroxylation and ring rupture were the main NaP degradation pathways.
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- Rumin Yang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Center for Environmental Risk Management & Remediation of Soil & Groundwater, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Zhou Z, Huang J, Danish M, Zeng G, Yang R, Gu X, Ali M, Lyu S. Insights into enhanced removal of 1,2-dichloroethane by amorphous boron-enhanced Fenton system: Performances and mechanisms. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 420:126589. [PMID: 34329106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, amorphous boron was employed as a reductant in traditional Fenton system for the first time to accelerate the regeneration of Fe(II). The degradation of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) was only 40.0% in Fenton system, while in the presence of amorphous boron, it could reach to 93.0% in 60 min. HO• was demonstrated to be the major reactive oxygen species (ROSs) and responsible for DCA degradation. Further, the mechanism of amorphous boron-enhanced Fenton system was described as follows. With the addition of amorphous boron, the reduction process occurred on its surface and Fe(III) was regenerated to Fe(II) to further utilize H2O2 and produce more HO• for DCA removal. Meanwhile, amorphous boron was oxidized to B2O3 and a portion of H3BO3 leaching into the solution occurred. Both B2O3 and H3BO3 had no reactivity for Fe(III) reduction. Moreover, DCA could be entirely dechlorinated and mineralized to CO2, Cl- and H2O. Vinyl chloride (VC) and dichloromethane (DCM) were the mainly intermediates in DCA degradation and two possible pathways were inferred. Eventually, the performance of DCA degradation in complex solution matrixes and for other contaminants removal were tested, demonstrating the broad-spectrum reactivity and superiority of amorphous boron-enhanced Fenton system in the remediation of contaminated groundwater.
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- Zhengyuan Zhou
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore (Faisalabad Campus), G.T. Road, Lahore, Pakistan
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Urban Construction Design & Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd, 3447 Dongfang Road, Shanghai 200125, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, MNS University of Engineering and Technology, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Leite LDS, Tango MD, Filho JAZ, Hoffmann MT, Daniel LA. Implications of COD analysis use in the peracetic acid-based wastewater treatment. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2021; 84:1270-1279. [PMID: 34534122 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Peracetic acid (PAA) stands out as a safe and environmental-friendly oxidant and disinfectant which has been effectively used in wastewater treatment. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is a very popular analysis in wastewater treatment; however, the interference of residual PAA on the COD measurement is still unknown. In this context, this study investigated the implications of applying the COD analysis in PAA-based treatment. Each 1 mg·L-1 of PAA increased the COD concentration around 13.5 mg O2·L-1. Residual PAA and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were efficiently neutralized by sodium metabisulfite (SMBS) at the optimal SMBS/PAA ratio of 10.2:1 in a wide pH range (5 to 9). The effect of PAA addition on the COD concentration was evaluated in different water matrices (potassium hydrogen phthalate and wastewater solutions). The COD results with the SMBS addition at optimal SMBS/PAA ratio were lower than the ones without it. It may happen due to the neutralization of residual H2O2/PAA and the complexity of the water matrices which can interfere in the COD results. This study discussed the impact of the residual H2O2/PAA neutralization before the COD analysis, and this investigation can be used as a practical guideline for the correct COD measurement in PAA-based treatment.
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- Luan de Souza Leite
- Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-59, São Carlos - São Paulo, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-59, São Carlos - São Paulo, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-59, São Carlos - São Paulo, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-59, São Carlos - São Paulo, Brazil E-mail:
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- Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, 13566-59, São Carlos - São Paulo, Brazil E-mail:
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Prostějovský T, Reli M, Žebrák R, Konečná T, Salvadores F, Ballari MM, Kočí K. Advanced oxidation processes for elimination of xylene from waste gases. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.113047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ding J, Nie H, Wang S, Chen Y, Wan Y, Wang J, Xiao H, Yue S, Ma J, Xie P. Transformation of acetaminophen in solution containing both peroxymonosulfate and chlorine: Performance, mechanism, and disinfection by-product formation. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 189:116605. [PMID: 33189970 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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With the fast development of peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-dominating processes in drinking water and wastewater treatment, residual PMS is easy to come across chlorine as these processes are usually followed by secondary chlorine disinfection. The synergistic effect of PMS and chlorine on the degradation of micro-organic pollutants is investigated by selecting acetaminophen (ACT) as a reference compound for the first time in this study. Unlike conventional PMS or chlorine activation which generates reactive species such as hydroxyl radical (HO•), sulfate radical (SO4•-), chlorine radical (Cl•), and singlet oxygen (1O2), the efficient ACT removal is attributed to the direct catalytic chlorination by PMS due to the significantly enhanced consumption of chlorine along with negligible change of PMS concentration at neutral condition, and the same reaction pathways in both PMS/chlorine and chlorine processes. The kinetic study demonstrates that ACT oxidation by PMS/chlorine follows second order reaction, and the degradation efficiency can be promoted at alkaline conditions with peak rate constants at pH 9.0-10.0. The presence of chloride can enhance the removal of ACT, while ammonium and humic acid significantly retard ACT degradation. Higher formation of selected disinfection by-products (DBPs) is observed in the PMS/chlorine process than in the sole chlorination. This study highlights the important role of PMS in organic pollutants degradation and DBPs formation during the chlorination process.
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- Jiaqi Ding
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China; Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham 27708-0287, USA.
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Abdalrhman AS, Wang C, How ZT, Gamal El-Din M. Degradation of cyclohexanecarboxylic acid as a model naphthenic acid by the UV/chlorine process: Kinetics and by-products identification. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 402:123476. [PMID: 32711384 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Degradation kinetics, by-products identification and pathways of a model naphthenic acid, cyclohexanecarboxylic acid (CHA), by the UV/Chlorine process were investigated in this study. Mathematical modeling indicated that the initial CHA decay rate increased rapidly with the chlorine dose when the chlorine dose was lower than 45 mg/L and decreased with further chlorine dose increases. Increasing the chlorine dose from 400 to 800 mg/L resulted in a steady increase in the total removal of CHA after 60 min of UV photolysis. By dividing the 700 mg/L chlorine dose into five separated doses (140 mg/L each) added at 10 min intervals, the total CHA removal increased from 72% to 91%. This implies that the ideal condition of the UV/Chlorine process in degrading CHA is to add chlorine continuously at a constant rate to compensate any chlorine consumption to reduce the radical scavenging effect. It was found that the CHA decay was mainly attributed to the hydroxyl radical (OH) attack and the reactive chlorine species (RCS) contribution was relatively small. Various by-products, including the mono-chlorinated and di-chlorinated by-products, were identified and the reaction pathway for CHA degradation during UV/Chlorine treatment was proposed.
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- Abdallatif Satti Abdalrhman
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada; Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada; Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada.
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Cheng Z, Ling L, Wu Z, Fang J, Westerhoff P, Shang C. Novel Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Chlorine Activation Process for Carbamazepine Degradation in Drinking Water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:11584-11593. [PMID: 32794774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c03170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Photolysis of free chlorine (HOCl/ClO-) is an advanced oxidation process (AOP) to produce hydroxyl (HO•) and other radicals for refractory micropollutant degradation. However, HOCl/ClO- is only conducive to activation and production of radicals by ultraviolet (UV) light. For the first time, we show the use of visible light (>400 nm) to produce HO• and ClO•, through use of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and photogenerated hvb+, ecb-, and O2•- in the presence of HOCl/ClO-, which was termed visible light g-C3N4-enabled chlorine AOP (VgC-AOP). The VgC-AOP increased the pseudo first-order degradation rate constant of a model micropollutant, carbamazepine, by 16 and 7 times higher than that without g-C3N4 and HOCl/ClO-, respectively, and remained active over multiple use cycles. Effects of water quality [pH, alkalinity, Cu(II), and natural organic matter (NOM)] and the operational conditions (g-C3N4 and HOCl/ClO- concentrations, irradiation wavelength, and dose) were investigated. Of particular significance is its superior performance in the presence of NOM, which absorbs less light at visible light wavelengths and scavenges less surface-bonded reactive species, compared against UV/TiO2 or UV/chlorine AOPs. The VgC-AOP is practically relevant, feasible, and easily implementable and it expands the potential types of light sources (e.g., LEDs and solar light).
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- Zihang Cheng
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 99977, Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 99977, Hong Kong
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe 85281, Arizona, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 99977, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon 99977, Hong Kong
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Ding X, Gutierrez L, Croue JP, Li M, Wang L, Wang Y. Hydroxyl and sulfate radical-based oxidation of RhB dye in UV/H 2O 2 and UV/persulfate systems: Kinetics, mechanisms, and comparison. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 253:126655. [PMID: 32302899 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The degradation kinetics and mechanisms of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye by •OH and SO4•- based advanced oxidation processes were investigated. The •OH and SO4•- radicals were generated by UV photolysis of hydrogen peroxide and persulfate (i.e., UV/H2O2 and UV/PS), respectively. The effects of initial solution pH, RhB concentration, oxidant dosage, Fe2+ concentration, and water matrices were examined. The results showed that the degradation of RhB followed pseudo-first-order kinetics in both processes, with the UV/H2O2 process exhibiting better performance than that of the UV/PS process. Acidic conditions were favorable to the degradation of RhB in both systems. Increasing the oxidant dosage or decreasing the contaminant concentration could enhance the degradation of RhB. Photo-Fenton-like processes accelerated the performance when Fe2+ was added into both systems. The removal efficiency of RhB was inhibited upon the addition of humic substances. The addition of Cl- displayed no significant effect and promoted RhB degradation in UV/H2O2 and UV/PS systems, respectively. The presence of NO3- promoted RhB degradation, while H2PO4- and C2O42- showed an inhibitory effect on both UV/H2O2 and UV/PS processes. Radical scavenging tests revealed the dominant role of SO4•- radicals in the UV/PS system. Furthermore, the evolution of low molecular weight organic acids and NH4+ during the degradation of RhB in these two processes were compared. Both UV/H2O2 and UV/PS systems led to similar formation trends of NH4+ and some ring-opening products (e.g., formic acid, acetic acid, and oxalic acid), suggesting some analogies in the decay pathways of RhB by •OH and SO4•--induced oxidation processes.
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- Xinxin Ding
- Department of Environmental Science, School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux IC2MP UMR, 7285 CNRS, Université de Poitiers, France.
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
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