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Degradation of Trimethoprim Using the UV/Free Chlorine Process: Influencing Factors and Optimal Operating Conditions

Journal

WATER
Volume 13, Issue 12, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w13121656

Keywords

UV; free chlorine; advanced oxidation; trimethoprim oxidation; reactive chlorine species

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51508343, 2019-ZD-0298]
  2. Project of Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province
  3. Food waste induces surplus sludge to enhance the fermentation performance of L-lactic acid bacteria [1nqn202011]
  4. Project of Education Department of Liaoning Province

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Trimethoprim is a pharmaceutical compound commonly found in water environments and can be effectively degraded using the UV/chlorine process. The study identified influencing factors and optimal operational conditions for the degradation of TMP, with ClO center dot radical being the major reactant responsible for its degradation. The research also determined the best operational conditions to minimize energy consumption per order.
Trimethoprim (TMP) is a pharmaceutical compound, which is commonly found in the water environment. The UV/chlorine process forms several reactive species, including hydroxyl radicals (HO center dot) and reactive chlorine species, to degrade contaminants. The influencing factors and the optimal operational conditions for the degradation of TMP by the UV/chlorine process were investigated. The degradation of TMP was much faster by the UV/chlorine process as compared to the UV alone or free chlorine alone process. A kinetic model was developed to simulate the degradation of TMP and determine the unknown rate constants. This study also predicted the relative contributions of each of the reactive species and photolysis using the developed kinetic model. It was found that the ClO center dot radical was the major reactant responsible for the degradation of TMP. Furthermore, the most important finding was the identification of the best operational conditions. The best operational conditions resulted in the lowest use of energy and electrical energy per order (EE/O), namely, (1) for the ultrapure water, the optimum intensity of the UV light and the free chlorine dosage were 2.56 Einstein/L center dot s and 0.064 mM, respectively, with a minimum EE/O of 0.136 kWh/m(3); and (2) for the water matrix containing 3 mg/L NOM, the optimum intensity of the UV light and the free chlorine dosage were 3.45 Einstein/L s and 0.172 mM, respectively, with a minimum EE/O of 0.311 kWh/m(3).

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