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Advanced oxidation of the surfactant SDBS by means of hydroxyl and sulphate radicals

Mendez-Diaz, J.
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Sanchez-Polo, M.
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Rivera-Utrilla, J.
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2010
Chemical Engineering Journal

The objective of the present study was to characterize the removal of the model surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) from waters using several radical-based water treatment processes. Fenton's reagent has shown high efficacy in surfactant degradation at pH 2 but does not mineralize the dissolved contaminant and is ineffective at pH 7. Due to a low quantum yield (phi < 0.12 mol(-1) Einstein(-1)), direct photooxidation is not very effective to remove SDBS from aqueous solutions. The presence of H2O2 and K2S2O8 during irradiation generates highly oxidizing radicals that enhance the SDBS degradation rate by radical-based oxidation processes. The UV/K2S2O8 system is the most effective process, because this process can produce the generation of SO4 center dot- and HO center dot radical for SOBS oxidation. Moreover, the results obtained in the presence of HO center dot radical scavengers could indicate that SO4 center dot- is more selective than HO center dot radicals. For a UV dose of 400J m(-2) the depletion yields determined were 0.4%, 15.6% and 27.8% for UV, UV/H2O2 ([H2O2] = 300 mu M) and UV/K2S2O8 ([K2S2O8] = 300 mu M) respectively, confirming that UV/K2S2O8 process is the most efficient to oxidize SDBS. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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DOI
10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.002
Web of Science ID

WOS:000283449400017

Author(s)
Mendez-Diaz, J.
Sanchez-Polo, M.
Rivera-Utrilla, J.
Canonica, S.
von Gunten, U.  
Date Issued

2010

Published in
Chemical Engineering Journal
Volume

163

Start page

300

End page

306

Subjects

Advanced oxidation

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Photolysis

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Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate

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Sulphate radicals

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Hydroxyl radicals

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Waste-Water Treatment

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Hydrogen-Peroxide

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Aqueous-Solutions

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Rate Constants

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Anionic Surfactants

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Fenton Oxidation

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Degradation

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Ozonation

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Persulfate

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Photolysis

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REVIEWED

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