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Quoc Bien Nguyen1, Cheolyong Kim2, Inseong Hwang1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil 2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
A sequential reduction-oxidation process using silica-coated nanosized zero-valent iron (nZVI) particles (nZVI@SiO2) and persulfate for mineralizing recalcitrant compounds was developed, and the effects of the process on nitrobenzene were evaluated. This sequential process significantly enhanced contaminant mineralization, which could not be effectively achieved by reduction or oxidation alone. The nZVI@SiO2 rapidly reduced nitrobenzene to aniline, then the aniline concentration gradually decreased after persulfate had been added and initiated sequential oxidative degradation. The SiO2 coating on the nZVI@SiO2 limited outward mass transfer of reaction products and increased the efficiency with which nitrobenzene was converted into aniline. Slow release of Fe(II) caused by the coating caused persulfate activation and subsequent aniline oxidation to be more sustained and efficient than without the coating. The final nitrobenzene-aniline mineralization efficiency was higher for the nZVI@SiO2/persulfate system than the nZVI/persulfate system. The SiO2 coating of the nZVI@SiO2 particles was an excellent protective layer, protecting the particles from undesirable consumption through reactions with groundwater components. nZVI@SiO2 particle transformations during the sequential process were investigated, and the operating conditions were optimized to maximize the recalcitrant compound removal efficiency. The results indicated that nZVI@SiO2 and persulfate could be used to mineralize organic contaminants in groundwater through sequential reduction-oxidation.
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