Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds
Process water from nuclear fuel recovery unit operations contains a variety of toxic organic compounds. The use of decontamination reagents such as CCl4 together with phenolic tar results in wastewater with a high content of chlorophenols. In this study, the extent of dehalogenation of toxic aromati...
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| description | Process water from nuclear fuel recovery unit operations contains a variety of toxic organic compounds. The use of decontamination reagents such as CCl4 together with phenolic tar results in wastewater with a high content of chlorophenols. In this study, the extent of dehalogenation of toxic aromatic compounds was evaluated using a photolytic advanced oxidation process (AOP) followed by biodegradation in the second stage. A hard-to-degrade toxic pollutant, 4-chlorophenol (4-CP), was used to represent a variety of recalcitrant aromatic pollutants in effluent from the nuclear industry. A UV-assisted AOP/bioreactor system demonstrated a great potential in treatment of nuclear process wastewater and this was indicated by high removal efficiency (>98%) under various 4-CP concentrations. Adding hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a liquid catalyst further improved biodegradation rate but the effect was limited by the scavenging of OH• radicals under high concentrations of H2O2. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8648e7ef311a41dca4a06a9ab06459a42025-08-20T03:38:03ZengWileyInternational Journal of Chemical Engineering1687-806X1687-80782010-01-01201010.1155/2010/590169590169Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic CompoundsStanford S. Makgato0Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa1Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaWater Utilization Division, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaProcess water from nuclear fuel recovery unit operations contains a variety of toxic organic compounds. The use of decontamination reagents such as CCl4 together with phenolic tar results in wastewater with a high content of chlorophenols. In this study, the extent of dehalogenation of toxic aromatic compounds was evaluated using a photolytic advanced oxidation process (AOP) followed by biodegradation in the second stage. A hard-to-degrade toxic pollutant, 4-chlorophenol (4-CP), was used to represent a variety of recalcitrant aromatic pollutants in effluent from the nuclear industry. A UV-assisted AOP/bioreactor system demonstrated a great potential in treatment of nuclear process wastewater and this was indicated by high removal efficiency (>98%) under various 4-CP concentrations. Adding hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a liquid catalyst further improved biodegradation rate but the effect was limited by the scavenging of OH• radicals under high concentrations of H2O2.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/590169 |
| spellingShingle | Stanford S. Makgato Evans M. Nkhalambayausi-Chirwa Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds International Journal of Chemical Engineering |
| title | Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| title_full | Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| title_fullStr | Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| title_short | Performance Evaluation of AOP/Biological Hybrid System for Treatment of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of aop biological hybrid system for treatment of recalcitrant organic compounds |
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