Elham Aseman-Bashiz; Hossein Sayyaf
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This study was conducted with the aim of introducing a new sono-Fenton system containing nano-pyrite catalyst and hydrogen peroxide (HP) for the effective removal of tetracycline (TC) from aqueous solutions. The synthesized nano-pyrite was characterized through XRD, FTIR, FE-SEM, and EDX analyses. The ...
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This study was conducted with the aim of introducing a new sono-Fenton system containing nano-pyrite catalyst and hydrogen peroxide (HP) for the effective removal of tetracycline (TC) from aqueous solutions. The synthesized nano-pyrite was characterized through XRD, FTIR, FE-SEM, and EDX analyses. The best performance of the sono-Fenton nano-pyrite/HP system was observed under the condition of pH 3.0, TC 8.0 mg/L, HP 4.0 mM, ultrasound (US) 40 W, nano-pyrite 1.0 g/L, and 20 min with 93.1% removal efficiency. Comparison of the efficiency of the proposed system components confirmed the remarkable synergy between sono-catalysis and Fenton reactions due to the simultaneous application of nano-pyrite, HP, and US power. Meanwhile, US irradiation caused fluidization, turbulence, mass transfer, and nano-pyrite surface cleaning due to its cavitation and oscillation effects. According to the tracer test, the main agent of TC degradation in the sono-Fenton process was HO^•. The results showed that the TC removal efficiency from the first to the fourth run reached from 93.1% to 70.3%. This means that the recyclability of nano-pyrite has been very successful. Overall, the proposed sono-Fenton system was an efficient and sustainable process for the rapid and effective removal of pharmaceutical contaminants from water and wastewater.
Siroos Shojaei; Somaye Khammarnia; Saeed Shojaei; Mojtaba Sasani
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Although dyes are widely used in textile industries, they are carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic. Industries discharge their wastewater containing a variety of colors into water resources and make harmful effect on the environment. The present study aims to Evaluate removal of reactive red 198 by ...
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Although dyes are widely used in textile industries, they are carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic. Industries discharge their wastewater containing a variety of colors into water resources and make harmful effect on the environment. The present study aims to Evaluate removal of reactive red 198 by nanoparticle zero valent iron (NZVI) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide from aqueous solution. The effective parameters on the removal of dye such as the hydrogen peroxide concentration of NZVI, contact time, pH and dye concentration were investigated and optimized. According to the results, the combination of NZVI with hydrogen peroxide is more effective than single hydrogen peroxide. At pH = 4, contact time= 40 min, 200 M of hydrogen peroxide, dye concentration= 75 mg/L and concentration of NZVI 2g/L, color removal was achieved 91% approximately. Based on the results of experiments, using hydrogen peroxide- NZVI has high efficiency in removal of azo dye type.