Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 14, Pages 5400-5408Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.016
Keywords
Catalytic oxidation; Column reactor; Adsorption; Iminoquinone; Dimerization
Funding
- CPER Programme Eaux et Sols (water-soil Programme), through local (Conseil General de la Vienne and Grand Poitiers)
- regional (Conseil Regional Poitou-Charentes)
- national (DRRT)
- national (Ministry of Education and Research)
- European (FEDER) funds
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Diclofenac (DCF) was eliminated by fast chemical oxidation on natural manganese oxide in a column reactor. Identification of transformation by-products of DCF by HPLC-UV-MSn gave evidence of decarboxylation, iminoquinone formation and dimerization. The fast oxidation of DCF is also accompanied by a strong adsorption of organic carbon that was explained by the sorption of dimer products on the surface of manganese oxide. Decarboxylation and dimerization increased the hydrophobic interactions with manganese oxide and reduced the presence of potentially toxic by-products in the effluent. The rate of oxidation was first order with respect to DCF and was slowed down by the presence of organic buffer MOPS (3-morpholinopropane-1-sulfonic acid). The first order rate constant in absence of MOPS was extrapolated by considering a surface site-binding model and MOPS as a co-adsorbate. The rate constant was 0.818 min(-1) at pH 7 and 10 mM NaCl corresponding to empty bed residence time of 50 s only for 50% removal of DCF. Rate constants increased when pH decreased from pH 8.0 to 6.5 and when ionic strength increased. Manganese oxide bed filter can be considered as an alternative treatment for polishing waste water effluent or for remediation of contaminated groundwater. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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