Significant role of UV and carbonate radical on the degradation of oxytetracycline in UV-AOPs: Kinetics and mechanism

WATER RESEARCH

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Liu, Yiqing^1,2  He, Xuexiang²  Duan, Xiaodi²  Fu, Yongsheng¹  Fatta-Kassinos, Despo^3,4  Dionysiou, Dionysios D.^2,4 

[1] Southwest Jiaotong Univ, Fac Geosci & Environm Engn, Chengdu 611756, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Cincinnati, Environm Engn & Sci Program, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA

[3] Univ Cyprus, Sch Engn, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, POB 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

[4] Univ Cyprus, Sch Engn, Nireas Int Water Res Ctr, POB 20537, CY-1678 Nicosia, Cyprus

关键词: Oxytetracycline;    UV-254 nm;    Carbonate radical;    Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs);    Transformation products;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.011

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Carbonate radical (CO3 center dot-), a selective oxidant, reacts readily with electron-rich compounds through electron transfer and/or hydrogen abstraction. In this study, the role of CO3 center dot- in degrading oxytetracycline (OTC) by UV only, UV/H2O2 and UV/persulfate (UV/PS) advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in the presence of HCO3- or CO32- was investigated. For UV only process, the presence of photosensitizers, i.e., nitrate (NO3-) and natural organic matter (NOM), had different impacts on OTC degradation, i.e., an enhancing effect by NO3- due to the generation of HO center dot and a slight inhibiting effect by NOM possibly due to a light scattering effect. Differently for UV/H2O2 and UV/PS processes, the presence of NO3- hardly influenced the destruction of OTC. Generation of CO3 center dot- presented a positive role on OTC degradation by UV/NO3-/HCO3-. Such influence was also observed in the two studied AOPs in the presence of both bicarbonate and other natural water constituents. When various natural water samples from different sources were used as reaction matrices, UV only and UV/H2O2 showed an inhibiting effect while UV/PS demonstrated a comparable or even promoting effect in OTC decomposition. After elucidating the potential contribution of UV direct photolysis via excited state OTC* at an elevated reaction pH condition, putative OTC transformation byproducts via CO3 center dot- reaction were identified by ultra-high definition accurate-mass quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (QTOF/MS). Five different reaction pathways were subsequently proposed, including hydroxylation (+16 Da), quinonization (+14 Da), demethylation (-14 Da), decarbonylation (-28 Da) and dehydration (-18 Da). The significant role of UV at high pH and CO3 center dot- on OTC removal from contaminated water was therefore demonstrated both kinetically and mechanistically. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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