Highly efficient degradation of ofloxacin by UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process
Jianhui Sun1, Mengke Song, Jinglan Feng
1College of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, People's Republic of China. sunjh_hj@yahoo.com.cn
Introduction:
In this study, UV/Oxone/Co(2+) oxidation process was applied to degradation of ofloxacin (OFL) in the presence of Co(2+) as the catalytic and Oxone as the oxidant. The operation parameters including pH, temperature, dosages of reagents, and reaction time were studied in detail.
Results:
The results showed that the optimum conditions for the UV/Oxone/Co(2+) processes were determined as follows: temperature = 25°C, pH = 5.0, [Oxone] = 0.6 mmol/L, [Oxone]/[Co(2+)] = 1,000, and reaction time = 60 min. Under these conditions, 100% of the OFL degraded. The kinetics was also studied, and degradation of OFL by the UV/Oxone/Co(2+) process could be described by first-order kinetics.
Conclusions:
Mineralization of the process was investigated by measuring the total organic carbon (TOC), and the TOC decreased by 87.0% after 60 min. This process could be used as a pretreatment method for wastewater containing ofloxacin.
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