A new water treatment technology for degradation of B[a]A by hydrodynamic cavitation and chlorine dioxide oxidation
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Chaoqi Wang1, Riya Jin1, Zengdi He1
1School of Environment and Safety Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China.
Abstract:
Managing environmental contamination with Benz[a]anthracene (B[a]A) is essential due to its carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic effects on humans and the environment. At present, the mainly B[a]A degradation methods used are photodegradation, bioremediation and traditional advanced oxidation, although they all have disadvantages. In this study, B[a]A was degraded by hydrodynamic cavitation (HC), chlorine dioxide (ClO2), or an innovative combination of the two methods. According to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysed the degradation products and degradation pathway of B[a]A, with the kinetics of different degradation methods discussed. Under optimal conditions, HC combined with ClO2 oxidation can further degrade products to achieve ring cleavage. Compared with the two separate degradation process methods, the combined method exerts a synergistic effect on the degradation of B[a]A, with an enhancement factor of 1.48. Experimental results showed that the combination method can realize enhanced complete degradation of B[a]A, reduce ClO2 requirements, improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption and produce less harmful products with ring cleavage achieved.
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