Mineralization enhancement of a recalcitrant pharmaceutical pollutant in water by advanced oxidation hybrid processes
ABSTRACT: Degradation of the biorecalcitrant pharmaceutical micropollutant ibuprofen (IBP) was carried out by means of several advanced oxidation hybrid configurations. TiO2 photocatalysis, photo-Fenton and sonolysis – all of them under solar simulated illumination – were tested in the hybrid system...
- Autores:
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Méndez Arriaga, Fabiola
Pétrier, Christian
Pulgarín, César
Esplugas, Santiago
Gimenez, Jaime
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of investigation
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2009
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/11906
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10495/11906
- Palabra clave:
- Oxidación
Ibuprofeno
Advanced oxidation process
Hybrid systems
Photo-Fenton
Sonolysis
TiO2
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia
Summary: | ABSTRACT: Degradation of the biorecalcitrant pharmaceutical micropollutant ibuprofen (IBP) was carried out by means of several advanced oxidation hybrid configurations. TiO2 photocatalysis, photo-Fenton and sonolysis – all of them under solar simulated illumination – were tested in the hybrid systems: sonophoto-Fenton (FS), sonophotocatalysis (TS) and TiO2/Fe2+/sonolysis (TFS). In the case of the sonophoto-Fenton process, the IBP degradation (95%) and mineralization (60%) were attained with photo-Fenton (FH). The presence of ultrasonic irradiation slightly improves the iron catalytic activity. On the other hand, total removal of IBP and elimination of more than 50% of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were observed by photocatalysis with TiO2 in the presence of ultrasound irradiation (TS). In contrast only 26% of mineralization was observed by photocatalysis with H2O2 (TH) in the absence of ultrasound irradiation. Additional results showed that, in the TFS system, 92% of DOC removal and complete degradation of IBP were obtained within 240 min of treatment. The advanced oxidation hybrid systems seems to be a promising alternative for full elimination/mineralization for the recalcitrant micro-contaminant IBP. |
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