Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2.
Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111368
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发表时间:
2020-09
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8.7
通讯作者:
D. Camacho-Muñoz;Anne-Sophie Fervers;Carlos J. Pestana;C. Edwards;L. Lawton
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作者:
D. Camacho-Muñoz;Anne-Sophie Fervers;Carlos J. Pestana;C. Edwards;L. Lawton
The increasing presence of freshwater toxins have brought new challenges to preserve water quality due to their potential impact on the environment and human health. Two commonly occurring cyanotoxins, microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin, with different physico-chemical properties were used to evaluate the efficiency of photocatalysis using a continuous-flow reactor with immobilized TiO2on glass tubes and UV-A light. The effect of flow rate and hydrogen peroxide addition on the efficiency of cyanotoxin removal were evaluated. An analysis of the effects on microcystin-LR removal efficiency showed that low flow rates (1 mL/min) and high H2O2concentrations (120 mg/L) were needed to provide effective degradation. Up to 27.9% and 39.1% removal of MC-LR and CYN, respectively were achieved by UV-A/TiO2after a single pass through the reactor. A slight increase of the removal of both cyanotoxins was observed when they were in a mixture (35.5% of MC-LR and 51.3% of CYN). The addition of H2O2to the UV/TiO2system led to an average removal enhancement of 92.6% of MC-LR and of 29.5% of CYN compared to the UV/TiO2system. Photolysis assisted by H2O2degraded MC-LR by up to 77.7%. No significant removal (<10%) was observed by photolysis alone or physical adsorption.This study presents a proof-of-principle that demonstrates the feasibility for this technology to be integrated in large-scale applications.