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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 12-22Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.09.043
Keywords
EPA; Hydrogen peroxide; UV; Advanced oxidation process (AOP); GC-MS; Degradation pathway
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- Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
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The removal of Bisphenol-A (BPA) from contaminated water using advanced oxidation methods such as UV-C assisted oxidation by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and sodium persulfate (SPS) has been reported by the authors earlier (Sharma et al., 2015a). In the present study, the authors report the removal of BPA from aqueous solution by the above two methods and its degradation mechanism. UV-C light (254 nm wavelength, 40 W power) was applied to BPA contaminated water at natural pH (pH(N)) under room temperature conditions. Experiments were carried out with the initial BPA concentration in the range of 0.04 mM-0.31 mM and the oxidant/EPA molar ratio in the range of 294:1-38:1 for UV-C/H2O2 and 31.5 -4.06:1 for UV-C/SPS systems. The removal of BPA enhanced with decreasing BPA concentration. The total organic carbon also decreased with the UV-C irradiation time under optimum conditions ([H2O2](0) = 11.76 mM; [SPS](0) = 1.26 mM; temperature (29 +/- 3 degrees C). Competition of BPA for reaction with HO center dot or SO4 center dot- radicals at its higher concentrations results in a decrease in the removal of BPA. The intermediates with smaller and higher molecular weights than that of BPA were found in the treated water. Based on GC-MS and FTIR spectra of the reaction mixture, the formation of hydroxylated by-products testified the HO center dot mediated oxidation pathway in the BPA degradation, while the formation of quinones and phenoxy phenols pointed to the SO4 center dot- dominating pathway through the formation of hydroxycyclohexadienyl (HCHD) and BPA phenoxyl radicals. The main route of BPA degradation is the hydroxylation followed by dehydration, coupling and ring opening reactions. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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