Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-WATER SUPPLY
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 667-674Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2015.174
Keywords
aniline; ferrous ion; groundwater; inorganic ions; persulfate
Funding
- Specific Research of the Environmental Nonprofit Research [2013A073]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41302184]
- interdisciplinary research project of Jilin University
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Aniline is widespread in groundwater and of great toxicity. Advanced oxidation processes, such as the ferrous iron (Fe2+)-activated persulfate process, have been proven to be effective for organic pollutants. However, few studies have focused on the effects of coexisting ions on the degradation of aniline. In this study, the degradation efficiency of aniline and the effects of common inorganic ions (CO32-, PO43-, HCO3-, SO42-, NO3-, Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+) on aniline degradation were examined. Under the optimum operating conditions, 86.33% aniline degradation (C-0 = 11 mmol/L) was observed within 60 min. The effects of cations on aniline degradation were negligible. Anions decreased the removal efficiency of aniline because of the radicals generated by the reaction between sulfate radical or hydroxyl radical and these anions. As the concentrations of PO43-, CO32-, SO42-, HCO3-, and NO3- increased from 0 mmol/L to 5 mmol/L, the removal efficiency of aniline decreased to 19.72%, 24.56%, 66.76%, 68.76%, and 82.42%, respectively. The order of inhibitory effects was PO43- > CO32- > > SO42- > HCO3- > > NO3-.
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