Jiong Gao , Roberta Frinhani Nunes , Kevin O'Shea , Greg L. Saylor , Lingjun Bu , Yu-Gyeong Kang , Xiaodi Duan , Dionysios D. Dionysiou , Shenglian Luo
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Abstract
Reported herein is an investigation of the impact of water quality parameters on the formation of carbonate radical anion () and hydroxyl radical () in UV/sodium percarbonate (UV/SPC) system versus in UV/hydrogen peroxide (UV/H2O2) system for bisphenol A (BPA) degradation in water. Pathways of oxidation of BPA were proposed in this study based on the evolution of direct transformation products of BPA. Observed in this study, the degradation of BPA in the UV/SPC system was slower than that in the UV/H2O2 system in the secondary effluents collected from a local wastewater treatment plant due to the significant impact of coexisting constituents in the matrices on the former system. Single water quality parameter (e.g., solution pH, common anion, or natural organic matter) affected radical formations and BPA degradation in the UV/SPC system in a way similar to that in the UV/H2O2 system. Namely, the rise of solution pH decreased the steady state concentration of resulting in a decrease in the observed pseudo first-order rate constant of BPA (). Chloride anion and sulfate anion played a negligible role over the examined concentrations; nitrate anion slightly suppressed the reaction at the concentration of 20 mM; bicarbonate anion decreased the steady state concentrations of both and exerting significant inhibition on BPA degradation. Different extents of scavenging were observed for different types of natural organic matter in the order of fulvic acid > mixed NOM > humic acid. However, the impact was generally less pronounced on BPA degradation in the UV/SPC system than that in the UV/H2O2 system due to the existence of . The results of this study provide new insights into the mechanism of based oxidation and new scientific information regarding the impact of water quality parameters on BPA degradation in the sytems of UV/SPC and UV/H2O2 from the aspect of reactive radical formation, which have reference value for UV/SPC application in wastewater treatment.
期刊介绍:
Water Research, along with its open access companion journal Water Research X, serves as a platform for publishing original research papers covering various aspects of the science and technology related to the anthropogenic water cycle, water quality, and its management worldwide. The audience targeted by the journal comprises biologists, chemical engineers, chemists, civil engineers, environmental engineers, limnologists, and microbiologists. The scope of the journal include:
•Treatment processes for water and wastewaters (municipal, agricultural, industrial, and on-site treatment), including resource recovery and residuals management;
•Urban hydrology including sewer systems, stormwater management, and green infrastructure;
•Drinking water treatment and distribution;
•Potable and non-potable water reuse;
•Sanitation, public health, and risk assessment;
•Anaerobic digestion, solid and hazardous waste management, including source characterization and the effects and control of leachates and gaseous emissions;
•Contaminants (chemical, microbial, anthropogenic particles such as nanoparticles or microplastics) and related water quality sensing, monitoring, fate, and assessment;
•Anthropogenic impacts on inland, tidal, coastal and urban waters, focusing on surface and ground waters, and point and non-point sources of pollution;
•Environmental restoration, linked to surface water, groundwater and groundwater remediation;
•Analysis of the interfaces between sediments and water, and between water and atmosphere, focusing specifically on anthropogenic impacts;
•Mathematical modelling, systems analysis, machine learning, and beneficial use of big data related to the anthropogenic water cycle;
•Socio-economic, policy, and regulations studies.