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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 229, Issue -, Pages 177-182Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.118
Keywords
Siderophore; Fenton; Neutral pH; Propranolol; Freshwater
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51078161, 20807016]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [HUST: 2012TS033]
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The use of Fe(III)-siderophore complexes in a Fenton process was investigated for degradation of propranolol, a model pollutant. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 15 was isolated from a freshwater environment and used for siderophore production. The main factors influencing propranolol degradation, such as pH and the concentration of siderophore, H2O2, and O-2, were examined. The degradation of propranolol was increasing with decreasing pH from 8.0 to 3.0. The presence of oxygen accelerated the generation of hydroxyl radicals, (OH)-O-center dot, which were verified to be mainly responsible for the degradation of propranolol. This work suggested that Fe(III)-siderophore complexes are a good alternative for the advanced treatment of organic pollutants at near neutral pH via the Fenton process. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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