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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
卷 29, 期 -, 页码 76-83出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.09.002
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Emerging contaminants; Ibuprofen; Reaction mechanism; Venturi reactor; Modeling; Intermediates
Ibuprofen (IBP) is an anti-inflammatory drug whose residues can be found worldwide in natural water bodies resulting in harmful effects to aquatic species even at low concentrations. This paper deals with the degradation of IBP in water by hydrodynamic cavitation in a convergent-divergent nozzle. Over 60% of ibuprofen was degraded in 60 min with an electrical energy per order (E-EO) of 10.77 kWh m(-3) at an initial concentration of 200 mu g L-1 and a relative inlet pressure p(in) = 0.35 MPa. Five intermediates generated from different hydroxylation reactions were identified; the potential mechanisms of degradation were sketched and discussed. The reaction pathways recognized are in line with the relevant literature, both experimental and theoretical. By varying the pressure upstream the constriction, different degradation rates were observed. This effect was discussed according to a numerical simulation of the hydroxyl radical production identifying a clear correspondence between the maximum kinetic constant k(OH) and the maximum calculated (OH)-O-center dot production. Furthermore, in the investigated experimental conditions, the pH parameter was found not to affect the extent of degradation; this peculiar feature agrees with a recently published kinetic insight and has been explained in the light of the intermediates of the different reaction pathways. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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