Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 89, Issue 10, Pages 1218-1223Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.07.040
Keywords
Persulfate; Oxidation; Granular activated carbon; Isotherm; MTBE
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- McNair Scholar Program Office
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through its Office of Research and Development
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Chemical oxidation regeneration of granular activated carbon (GAC) is a developing technology that can be carried out utilizing thermally-activated persulfate. During chemical regeneration of GAC, aggressive oxidative conditions lead to high acidity (pH < 2) and the accumulation of sodium persulfate residuals in the GAC. In this study, we investigated the impact of chemical oxidation on the sorption characteristics of methyl-tert butyl ether (MTBE) in GAC. Loss of MTBE sorption was measured in thermally-activated persulfate regenerated GAC. The accumulation of sulfur was partially responsible for the blockage of sorption sites, but sorption loss was amplified under oxidizing and acidic conditions and attributed to the formation of acidic surface oxides and enhanced electrostatic attraction and accumulation of SO42- in GAC. Raising the pH in the GAC slurry resulted in the removal of the residual sulfate and improved MTBE sorption indicating that the mechanisms responsible for MTBE sorption loss were reversible. These results establish baseline conditions and parameters that can be used to optimize pilot- and full-scale deployment of thermally-activated persulfate regeneration of GAC. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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