Onsite Graywater Treatment in a Two-Stage Electro-Peroxone Reactor with a Partial Recycle of Treated Effluent.

The efficacy of an uncoupled electro-peroxone (E-peroxone) prototype reactor system for the treatment of synthetic graywater is determined. The two-stage E-peroxone process integrates ozonation with the production of hydrogen peroxide (HO) in a first stage reactor before ozone (O) is converted via the peroxone reaction to a hydroxyl radical (OH). The two-stage prototype reactor system allows for the generation of HO via cathodic oxygen reduction in the first-stage reactor before mixing with O in the second-stage reactor.

Reduction Potentials of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Accessory Iron-Sulfur Clusters Provide Insights into the Energetics of Proton Reduction Catalysis.

An [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Clostridium pasteurianum, CpI, is a model system for biological H activation. In addition to the catalytic H-cluster, CpI contains four accessory iron-sulfur [FeS] clusters in a branched series that transfer electrons to and from the active site. In this work, potentiometric titrations have been employed in combination with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at defined electrochemical potentials to gain insights into the role of the accessory clusters in catalysis.