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Optimization the Effects of Physicochemical Parameters on the Degradation of Cephalexin in Sono-Fenton Reactor by Using Box-Behnken Response Surface Methodology

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This work aims to study the degradation process using Sono-Fenton reactor for the treating of pharmaceutical wastewater loaded with cephalexin. The degradation process was tested as a function of pH (3–11), concentration of degradation agent H2O2 (40–80 mg/L), metal catalyst agent Fe2+ (4–12 mg/L), reaction time (up to 100 min), and initial cephalexin concentration (50–100 mg/L). The effects of these parameters were tested and optimized by using Box-Behnken response surface methodology (RSM). All the experiments were performed with exposure to ultrasonic irradiation of a frequency of 130 kHz. According to the ANOVA results with a confidence level of 95%, a high regression and fitting values were obtained between the experimental degradation data of cephalexin and the RSM predicted model. This finding suggests that RSM is an extremely significant and accurate methodology to model the degradation process of cephalexin using Sono-Fenton reactor. Accordingly, the optimum degradation efficiency of 90% was obtained at conditions of pH 3, H2O2 concentration = 60 mg/L, Fe2+ concentration = 8 mg/L, cephalexin concentration = 50 mg/L, and reaction time = 60 min. Thus, the current study demonstrated that the Sono-Fenton reactor can be used effectively as an advanced oxidation treatment unit for degradation of cephalexin under optimized environmental conditions.

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The authors appreciate the Vice President for Research and Technology of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences for funding this study with project code (7625). Tariq J. Al-Musawi is also thankful to Isra University and Dr. Haifa from Al-Ahliyya Amman University (Amman, Jordan) for the support extended and revising this work.

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    Tariq J. Al-Musawi

  2. Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

    Hossein Kamani & Gholamreza Abi

  3. Health Sciences Research Center, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

    Edris Bazrafshan

  4. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

    Ayat Hossein Panahi

  5. Chemical Engineering Department, Universidade Estadual de Maringà Av. Colombo n°5790, Maringà-PR, Brazil

    Marcela Fernandes Silva

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Al-Musawi, T.J., Kamani, H., Bazrafshan, E. et al. Optimization the Effects of Physicochemical Parameters on the Degradation of Cephalexin in Sono-Fenton Reactor by Using Box-Behnken Response Surface Methodology. Catal Lett 149, 1186–1196 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02713-x

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