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A Taguchi approach with electron-beam irradiation to optimize the efficiency of removing enrofloxacin from aqueous media

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Electron-beam (EB) irradiation was employed to degrade enrofloxacin (ENR) in an aqueous solution. The algal growth inhibition test revealed that ENR exhibited low toxicity against the cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp., with an EC50-96 h value of 5.17 mg/L. The Taguchi design also involved finding the best optimum for ENR treatment using EB. Results revealed that the high-efficiency removal of ENR in an aqueous solution was approximately 98.53% under the optimum conditions of an absorbed dose of 5 kGy, a pH of 5.0, and an initial ENR concentration of 10 mg/L and an H2O2 concentration of 2mM. The ERR degradation under a couple of EB irradiation and H2O2 followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, with an R2 of ∼0.970. The major degradation pathways of ENR were suggested by density functional theory, natural bond orbital calculations, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was also performed to evaluate the impact of the EB on removing ENR; the industrial process was designed based on laboratory tests aimed with the ReCiPe tool. The obtained results indicated that energy consumption and H2O2 affect environmental impacts with order human health, ecology systems, and natural resource. The LCA also proved that EB could be a green and efficient method for eliminating pharmaceutical contaminants in water.

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This work is supported by the Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under Grant No. 16/2020/STS02 and Saigon Univesity (TD2020–26).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Biology and Environment, Pham Van Dong University, Quang Ngai Province, Quảng Ngãi, 57000, Vietnam

    Hong Thi Bich Truong

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Dayeh University, Changhua, Dacun, 51591, Taiwan

    Hiep Nghia Bui

  3. Institute of Applied Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province, 75000, Vietnam

    Hieu Trung Nguyen

  4. Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Graduate University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam

    Thanh-Luu Pham

  5. Institute of Tropical Biology, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam

    Thanh-Luu Pham

  6. Research and Development Center for Radiation Technology, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam

    Duy Ngoc Nguyen

  7. Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan

    Yuan-Shing Perng

  8. Faculty of Education, An Giang University, An Giang Province, 90000, Long Xuyên, Vietnam

    Linh Thi My Lam

  9. Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam

    Linh Thi My Lam

  10. Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam

    Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo

  11. Department of Environmental Sciences, Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam

    Van-Truc Nguyen & Ha Manh Bui

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The investigation, software, writing — original draft, writing — review & editing: Hong Thi Bich Truong Investigation, software, writing — original draft: Hiep Nghia Bui; Data curation, conceptualization, methodology: Hieu Trung Nguyen and Thanh-Luu Pham; Investigation, software, writing — original draft: Van-Truc Nguyen, Duy Ngoc Nguyen, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo and Yuan-Shing Perng; Funding acquisition, supervision, conceived, designed the methodology, writing — review & editing: Ha Manh Bui and Linh Thi My Lam.

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A Taguchi approach with electron-beam irradiation to optimize the efficiency of removing enrofloxacin from aqueous media

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Truong, H.T.B., Bui, H.N., Nguyen, H.T. et al. A Taguchi approach with electron-beam irradiation to optimize the efficiency of removing enrofloxacin from aqueous media. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 973–985 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-0995-x

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