Decontamination and toxicity removal of an industrial effluent containing pesticides via multistage treatment: Coagulation-flocculation-settling and photo-Fenton process

Autor: Arlene B. S. Nossol, Oswaldo Gomes Júnior, Maria Clara V.M. Starling, Alam G. Trovó, Maria Gabriela B. Santos
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 147:674-683
ISSN: 0957-5820
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2020.12.021
Popis: This paper evaluates the combination of coagulation-flocculation-settling and photo-Fenton for the decontamination of a real effluent containing ametrine ([AMT]=403 mg L−1), atrazine ([ATZ]=2153 mg L−1), imidacloprid ([IMD]=2936 mg L−1) and tebuthiuron ([TBT]=3354 mg L−1) and which is generated during the manufacturing process of pesticides. Physicochemical treatment (coagulation-flocculation-settling) was tested using different concentrations of Al(NO3)3 and Fe(NO3)3. No significant removal was achieved using Al(NO3)3 as coagulant while best results were obtained via coagulation with Fe(NO3)3 (99 % removal of color and turbidity). Pesticides remaining in the supernatant after coagulation-flocculation-settling stages were removed via photo-Fenton under black-light or solar irradiation. 82–95 % removal of target pesticides were obtained after photo-Fenton treatment (2 mmol L−1 of FeOx, 5463 mg L−1 of H2O2) using black-light lamps (400 kJ m−2). Solar irradiation improved the degradation of target pesticides (>99 %) leading to concentrations below quantification limits (
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