Adsorption; Advanced oxidation process; Microcontaminants; Open photoreactor; Water remediation; Advanced Oxidation Processes; Benzotriazoles; Granular activated carbons; Micro-contaminants; Micropollutants; Photoreactors; Solar photo-Fenton; Water matrices; Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous); Waste Management and Disposal; Pollution; Process Chemistry and Technology
Abstract :
[en] This study evaluates the effectiveness of coupling solar photo-Fenton (SPF) with granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to remove three selected micropollutants (benzotriazole, carbamazepine and diclofenac) from municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent. SPF was first studied stand-alone at natural pH with simulated and real irradiation in raceway pond reactors (RPR) in different water matrices. The scenario with the poorest removal was the use of real WWTP effluent as water matrix; the removal achieved was 25 % of benzotriazole, 57 % of carbamazepine and up to 80 % of diclofenac (6 mg L−1 of iron, 40 mg L−1 of H2O2, 15 cm depth, 0.49 kJ L−1). In the second phase, fresh and regenerated GAC were studied in different water matrices, showing that the complex matrices had a higher influence on the regenerated GAC. Thus, the breakthrough of regenerated GAC was achieved quicker than fresh GAC. The aim of the work was to extend the GAC lifetime by a pre-oxidation process; thus, SPF was applied for 5 minutes (0.05–0.08 kJ L−1) as a first step. GAC lifetime was extended between 2 and 12 times thanks to the pre-treatment by SPF, equaling the lifetime of the regenerated GAC to the fresh one in the more complex matrix.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
NUNEZ TAFALLA, Paula ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE)
Salmerón, I.; University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, Chair for Urban Water Management, Luxembourg
Oller, I.; Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT), Almería, Spain
VENDITTI, Silvia ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE)
Malato, S.; Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT), Almería, Spain
HANSEN, Joachim ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Engineering (DoE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Micropollutant elimination by sustainable technologies: Coupling activated carbon with solar photo-Fenton as pre-oxydation step
European Union's Research and Innovation Spain Ministry of Science and Innovation Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Agencia Estatal de Investigación European Regional Development Fund
Funding text :
The authors acknowledge Plataforma Solar de Almeria-CIEMAT for providing access to its installations, the support of its scientific and technical staff, as well as the financial support of the SFERA-III project (Grant Agreement No 823802). The authors wish to thank the Grant PID2021-126400OB-C33 (AquaEnAgri) funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and, by \u201CERDF A way of making Europe\u201D.
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