Conventional wastewater treatments often exhibit limited efficiency in removing antimicrobial residues, thus requiring innovative methods to tackle antimicrobial contamination in the environment. This study employed a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor with NiFeO-cellulose acetate (CA) composite films for ciprofloxacin (CIP) degradation in water. The catalytic efficiency of NiFeO/CA films was tested across the degradation rate of CIP in synthesized wastewater, reaction kinetics, energy utilization, and reductions in total organic carbon (TOC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD), both with and without the films in the DBD system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study focused on the degradation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) aqueous solution and the toxicity of processing aqueous by the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) activated persulfate (PS). The effects of input voltage, input frequency, duty cycle, and PS dosage ratio on the SMX degradation efficiency were measured. Based on the results of the Response Surface Methodology (RSM), SMX degradation efficiency reached 83.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAniline is a priority pollutant that is unfavorable to the environment and human health due to its carcinogenic and mutagenic nature. The performance of the dielectric barrier discharge reactor was examined based on the aniline degradation efficiency. Different parameters were studied and optimized to treat various wastewater conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonylphenol (NP) is a typical environmental endogenous disrupter with low concentration and high toxicity. This paper describes the mechanism of NP degradation in solution by strong ionization dielectric barrier discharge (SIDBD). Furthermore, the degradation performance of NP by SIDBD was tested by changing the equipment voltage, the initial concentration of NP in aqueous solution, pH, and inorganic ions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA magnetic-based immunoassay (MBI) combined with biotin-streptavidin amplification was proposed for butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) investigation and risk assessment. The values of LOD (limit of detection, IC) and IC were 0.57 ng/mL and 119.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBased on the difficulty of the refractory organic compounds degradation in water by the traditional wastewater treatment methods, the research relies on the technology of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma (DBDP) and the catalysis of the nano WO, investigating the bisphenol A (BPA) degradation in the synergistic system of DBDP/WO. The coupled degradation percentage of the BPA under different amounts of WO addition, different initial solution pH and carrier gas were investigated to confirm the catalysis of the WO in the DBDP system. It was obtained from the experimental results that the optimal additive amount of the WO was 175 mg L and change of the solution pH value and the carrier gas variety could not change the catalysis of the WO.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to the multi-catalysis of the WO and excellent properties of the graphene (GO), a series of rGO-WO nanocomposites were prepared through the hydrothermal synthesis procedure by changing the material ratio, the reaction temperature and the reaction time in this paper, and then added it into a dielectric barrier discharge plasma (DBDP) system for investigating the bisphenol A (BPA)'s degradation and corresponding catalytic mechanism of the rGO-WO in the DBDP system. The obtained results show that there was an optimum dosage of the rGO-WO (40 mg/L) as well as the preparation conditions (5:1000 mass ratio of the GO and the WO, 18 h reaction time and 120 °C reaction temperature) for achieving the highest catalytic effect, and the highest degradation rate constant of the BPA was 0.03129 min.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNitrobenzene (NB) is toxic and carcinogenic aromatic compound widely used in several industries which is ultimately found in their effluents. In this work, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) reactor was employed for the degradation of nitrobenzene in aqueous solution. Active species like O and OH produced by DBD reactor were mixed with water which degraded the NB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFe3O4/C/BiVO4 composite photocatalyst was fabricated successfully by a simple approach using yeast as a carbon source. Fe3O4/C/BiVO4 sample exhibited higher efficiency for photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline (TC) as compared to pure BiVO4 under visible light. In addition, after five recycles of photodegradation of TC, Fe3O4/C/BiVO4 showed a slight loss in photocatalytic activity, which confirmed its stability and long-time reusability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPyridine, an important chemical raw material, is widely used in industry, for example in textiles, leather, printing, dyeing, etc. In this research, a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) system was developed to remove pyridine, as a representative type of nitrogen heterocyclic compound in drinking water. First, the influence of the active species inhibitors tertiary butanol alcohol (TBA), HCO, and CO on the degradation rate of pyridine was investigated to verify the existence of active species produced by the strong ionization discharge in the system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGuang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi
December 2016
Based on the higher oxidation potential of OH radicals (2.8 V), the synergetic effect of pulsed discharge plasma (PDP) and activated carbon (AC) and the advantages of emission spectroscopic detection, such as easy operation, high accuracy and high sensitivity, the relative emission spectra of the OH radicals generated in the PDP/AC system with oxygen flow were measured by the emission spectroscopic detection technique and the spectral intensity of the OH radicals was used to represent the relative amount of the OH radicals formed in the reaction system. The effect of additive amount of the AC, peak pulse voltage and electrode gap on the relative emission spectrum intensities of OH radicals were investigated to illustrate the crucial factors for the OH radicals formation in the PDP/AC system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe synergistic technique of pulsed discharge plasma (PDP) and activated carbon (AC) was built to investigate the kinetics of acid orange 7 (AO7) degradation under different conditions of AC addition, electrode gap, initial pH value of solution, gas variety and gas flow rate. Emission spectra of OH and O, UV-vis absorption spectra of the AO7 solution and TOC removal were measured to illustrate the synergistic mechanism of the PDP and the AC. The obtained results indicated that the kinetic constant of AO7 degradation increased from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSilica/cell composites were prepared for the adsorption of lead ions, Pb(II), from aqueous solution in a batch system. The silica/cell composites possessed micropores, high surface area, and abundant functional groups. Adsorption performance was investigated by analyzing the effects of such factors as the initial pH, contact time with different initial concentration, and initial Pb(II) concentration at different temperature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Air Waste Manag Assoc
July 1999
This paper presents a technique for the complete, simultaneous decomposition of CO, SO, and NO, as well as the simultaneous removal of fly ash by ultra-high voltage pulse activation. Ultra-high voltage narrow pulse is used to make the gases in the reactor become active molecules, which are then dissociated into nonpoisonous gas molecules and solid particles under the control of a directional reaction model. By using a sufficient charge and a strong electric field, the fly ash can be removed.
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