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A laboratory-scale study on the abatement of bisphenol A (BPA) was performed by combining O3 with H2O2 and UV (O3/H2O2/UV), an ozone-based advanced oxidation processes technique (AOP). This work aimed to (1) evaluate the removal of BPA with O3/H2O2/UV, and to compare the degradation efficiency with other ozone-based AOPs (such as O3 alone, O3/H2O2, and O3/UV), (2) structurally optimize BPA abatement by using a central composite design (CCD) for experimental design purposes and/or a response surface methodology to find the optimum, and (3) identify the degradation pathways, and main intermediate products, formed during BPA abatement with O3/H2O2/UV. The degradation pathways of BPA degradation were revealed by O3/H2O2/UV on the basis of evidences of intermediate generation. The effect of initial pH, ozone, and H2O2 dose during BPA abatement was studied in detail. By increasing each of these three parameters, an enhancement of the BPA degradation efficiency is mostly observed. BPA can be degraded completely when a sufficiently high ozone dose is applied. However, excess H2O2, as a scavenger of HO·, has a negative effect on BPA abatement, resulting in a decrease in the BPA’s degradation efficiency. For example, the removal decreased from 64 to 58% by enhancing the H2O2 initial dose from 0.5 to 0.75 mmol/L (at an initial pH and ozone dose of, respectively, 7 and 0.1 mg/L). The results confirmed that combining ozone with H2O2 and UV was a more efficient method than the other three ozone-based AOPs on the removal of BPA. Therefore, this method could be further applied for the treatment of real wastewaters containing BPA and other micropollutants.
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Ze Liu is supported financially by a PhD grant of the China Scholarship Council. Furthermore, this research fits within the LED H2O project, financially supported by The Flanders Knowledge Centre Water.
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Liu, Z., Wardenier, N., Hosseinzadeh, S. et al. Degradation of bisphenol A by combining ozone with UV and H2O2 in aqueous solutions: mechanism and optimization. Clean Techn Environ Policy 20, 2109–2118 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-018-1595-2
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