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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 156, Issue -, Pages 266-275Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.048
Keywords
Persulfate; Peroxide; Humic acid; Electrical energy per order; Cost analysis
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- Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India
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This work reports on the removal and mineralization of an endocrine disrupting chemical, Bisphenol A (BPA) at a concentration of 0.22 mM in aqueous solution using inorganic oxidants (hydrogen peroxide, H2O2 and sodium persulfate, Na2S2O8; S2O82-) under UV irradiation at a wavelength of 254 nm and 40W power (Io = 1.26 x 10(-6) E s(-1)) at its natural pH and a temperature of 29 +/- 3 degrees C. With an optimum persulfate concentration of 1.26 mM, the UV/S2O82- process resulted in similar to 95% BPA removal after 240 min of irradiation. The optimum BPA removal was found to be similar to 85% with a concentration of 11.76 mM. At higher concentrations, either of the oxidants showed an adverse effect because of the quenching of the hydroxyl or sulfate radicals in the BPA solution. The sulfate-based oxidation process could be used over a wider initial pH range of 3-12, but the hydroxyl radical-based oxidation of BPA should be carried out in the acidic pH range only. The water matrix components (bicarbonate, chloride and humic acid) showed higher scavenging effect in hydroxyl radical-based oxidation than that in the sulfate radical-based oxidation of BPA. UV/S2O82- oxidation system utilized less energy (307 kWh/m(3)) EE/O in comparison to UV/H2O2 system (509 kWh/m(3)) under optimum operating conditions. The cost of UV irradiation far outweighed the cost of the oxidants in the process. However, the total cost of treatment of persulfate-based system was much lower than that of H2O2-based oxidation system. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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