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Post-treatment of bio-treated acrylonitrile wastewater using UV/Fenton process: degradation kinetics of target compounds

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In this study, post-treatment of bio-treated acrylonitrile wastewater was performed using the UV/Fenton process. Five target compounds (furmaronitrile, 3-pyridinecarbonitrile, 1,3-dicyanobenzene, 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole, and 7-azaindole) were selected as target compounds and their degradation kinetics were examined. Under optimal reaction conditions (H2O2 dosage 3.0 mM, Fe2+ dosage 0.3 mM, and initial pH 3.0), more than 85% of total organic carbon (TOC) was eliminated in 30 min when a 10-W UV lamp was employed, and the electrical energy per order of magnitude for TOC removal was as low as 2.96 kWh m−3. Furthermore, the target compounds and the toxicity were largely removed from the bio-treated effluent. Size exclusion chromatography with organic carbon detector analysis revealed that organic components with a wide range of molecular weights were greatly reduced after the UV/Fenton process. A simplified pseudo steady-state (SPSS) model was applied to predict the degradation of target compounds during the UV/Fenton process. The concentrations of generated hydroxyl radicals were estimated to be 3.06 × 10−12 M, 6.37 × 10−12 M, and 10.9 × 10−12 M under 5-, 10-, and 15-W UV lamps, respectively. These results demonstrate that the proposed SPSS model fitted well with experimental data on the post-treatment of real wastewater, and consequently indicate that this model can be a useful tool in the prediction of degradation of target compounds during the UV/Fenton process.

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This work was financially supported by the China National Key Project of Science and Technology “Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment” (2012ZX07202-002 and 2012ZX07202-005), the National Science Foundation of China (No. 51778390), and the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering (No. Zd20170X).

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Tu, X., Pan, Y., Gao, H. et al. Post-treatment of bio-treated acrylonitrile wastewater using UV/Fenton process: degradation kinetics of target compounds. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26, 24570–24580 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05663-4

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