Degradation of polyvinyl alcohol was studied a combination of chemical treatment with Fenton process and biological degradation in anaerobic environment. The experiment was based on different amounts of hydrogen peroxide and of Fe(II) added to water solution of PVA of concentration 200-500 mg.L. Fenton process was monitored by analyzing the total organic carbon (TOC) in the solution. Depending ...

At present, the use of conventional wastewater processes is becoming increasingly challenging, mainly due to presence biorecalcitrant organic matter. Advanced oxidation such as Fenton, Fenton-like and hybrid have been successfully employed for treatment highly concentrated toxic non-biodegradable pollutants. Here, a series bimetallic catalysts, based on Cu/Fe supported over ZrO2, were investiga...

In this work, a flow photoreactor was designed and set up using low-cost recyclable parts to develop chemical treatments based on advanced oxidation processes (AOP) of highly colored textile wastewater. To evaluate sustainable system´s efficiency, we investigated compared the performance three types destructive methods (UV/H2O2, Fenton, photo-Fenton) decolorization aqueous solutions Reactive Bl...

Abstract Abatement of water pollution is being a major concern to be dealt with, as the scarcity for basic needs human beings increasing drastically. As part diminishing pollution, treatment industrial wastewater prior disposal plays paramount role. Due typical characteristics pesticide, intermediate waste also challenging issue. In this study three different sequential methodologies (Methodolo...

The photochemical and photo-Fenton oxidation of 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol was performed in a batch reactor, at room temperature, using UV radiation, H2O2 as oxidant, and Fenton’s reagent. The effect of the oxidative agent’s initial concentration was investigated as well as the effect of the initial concentration of Fe(II) by following the target compound degradation, the total organic carbon remo...

The first step in the proteolytic degradation of bacterial glutamine synthetase is a mixed function oxidation of one of the 16 histidine residues in the glutamine synthetase subunit (Levine, R. L. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 11823-11827). A model system, consisting of oxygen, a metal ion, and ascorbic acid, mimics the bacterial system in mediating the oxidative modification of glutamine syntheta...

At an initial pH of 2, while abiotic oxidation of aqueous Fe(2+) was enhanced by a flux of H2O2 at micromolar concentrations, bio-oxidation of aqueous Fe(2+) could be impeded due to oxidative stress/damage in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans caused by Fenton reaction-derived hydroxyl radical, particularly when the molar ratio of Fe(2+) to H2O2 was low. When pyrite cubes were intermittently expose...

This study aimed at comparing various advanced oxidation processes (H2O2, UV, UV/H2O2, Fe /H2O2, UV/Fe /H2O2) for textile dye Reactive Red 195 decolorization. The use of blast furnace dust (BFD) was also investigated as an alternative source of iron in catalytic peroxidation with and without UV radiation. The effects of H2O2 and dye concentrations in kinetics of decolorization were studied. Dec...