Degradation of sulfapyridine antibiotics by chlorination in a pilot-scale water distribution system: kinetics, THMs, and DFT studies

Autor: Jie Ji, Changjie Shi, Luo Xu, Kai Zhang, YunShu Zhang, Cong Li, Eric Lichtfouse
Přispěvatelé: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xjtu), Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (20ZR1438200) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (51778565)
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental Science : Water Research and Technology
Environmental Science : Water Research and Technology, In press, ⟨10.1039/d2ew00198e⟩
ISSN: 2053-1419
2053-1400
DOI: 10.1039/d2ew00198e
Popis: International audience; Sulfonamides have been proved to damage organisms if the contact time last over the long term. We studied the degradation kinetic of sulfapyridine in the chlorination stage of a pilot-scale water distribution system. Results show that the degradation of sulfapyridine simultaneously followed the first-order and pseudo second-order kinetics. In the beakers tests or water distribution system, the reaction rate reaches maximum values when the pH is about 7. The degradation rate of sulfapyridine would be higher with the increase of water velocity in the water distribution system. Degradation experiments in different pipe materials show that degradation efficiency is in the following order: stainless-steel pipe > ductile iron pipe > polyethylene pipe. We observed a significant increase in the content of trihalomethanes when chlorination of tap water-containing sulfapyridine were performed in both the water distribution system and beakers. The mechanism of this process was analyzed in combination with the intermediate products. In addition, density functional theory calculations were performed to assist in the identification of 6 intermediates and possible degradation pathways.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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