Degradation of tetracycline in aqueous media by ozonation in an internal loop-lift reactor

Wang, Y; Zhang, H; Zhang, J; Lu, C; Huang, Q; Wu, J; Liu, F

HERO ID

1070892

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2011

Language

English

PMID

21616591

HERO ID 1070892
In Press No
Year 2011
Title Degradation of tetracycline in aqueous media by ozonation in an internal loop-lift reactor
Authors Wang, Y; Zhang, H; Zhang, J; Lu, C; Huang, Q; Wu, J; Liu, F
Journal Journal of Hazardous Materials
Volume 192
Issue 1
Page Numbers 35-43
Abstract The degradation of tetracycline by ozone was investigated in this paper. In the laboratory scale experiments, the effect of major parameters, including pH, gas flow rate, gaseous ozone concentration, hydrogen peroxide concentration and hydroxyl radical scavenger (tert-butyl alcohol) on the degradation of tetracycline was studied. A pseudo-first order kinetic model was used to simulate the experimental results. The results indicated that the tetracycline degradation rate increased with pH, gaseous ozone concentration and gas flow rate. The addition of hydrogen peroxide or hydroxyl radical scavenger had little effect on tetracycline removal, indicating that the direct oxidation of tetracycline by ozone was dominant process and the radical contribution to the tetracycline oxidation could be neglected. The main intermediates were separated and identified as well as the simple degradation pathway of tetracycline was proposed. The COD removal reached to 35% after 90 min reaction. The acute toxicity experiments illustrated that the Daphnia magna mortality reached the maximum after 25 min ozonation and then decreased to zero after 90 min ozonation.
Doi 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.04.086
Pmid 21616591
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Language Text English
Keyword Ozonation; Tetracycline; High-performance liquid chromatography; Intermediates; Degradation pathways
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