Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by ozone in the presence of sand

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Choi ◽  
Y.-Y. Kim ◽  
H. Lim ◽  
J. Cho ◽  
J.-W. Kang ◽  
...  

A series of soil slurry experiments was performed to investigate the characteristics of PAHs removal by ozone in various conditions. Gaseous ozone was bottled into the aqueous phase in the presence of soil contaminated by PAHs. The effects of soil media, OH radical scavengers, ozone dosage, and humic acid were examined at the given experimental conditions. There exists a substantial difference in the removal of PAH according to the types of soil media tested. Baked sand showed the highest removal efficiency compared to the others. The descending order of removal rate was: BS>S>GB. This is considered to be due to the OH radical effect produced by catalytic reactions of ozone with the reactive site on the and. This is qualitatively proved by the experiment of scavenging OH radicals using tert-butanol. The comparison of half-lives of ozone in sand and glass bead columns further supports this hypothesis. It was found that about 22% of enhancement of phenanthrene destruction was accomplished by OH radicals produced by the catalytic ozone decomposition. The rate of ozone consumption for the phenanthrene oxidation was obtained as 1.88 mg/mgO3/min.

Author(s):  
Jing-song Wang ◽  
Zheng-lei Bao ◽  
Si-guang Chen ◽  
Jin-hui Yang

This study focuses on developing a new method to remove uranium from aqueous solution. Chitosan and ferrous ions were used together to remove uranium ions from aqueous solution. Through two-step pH adjustment, the uptake behavior of chitosan and ferrous ions toward uranium in aqueous solution using batch systems were studied in different experimental conditions. The experimental results indicated that the removal of uranium by synergetic effect of chitosan and ferrous ions was more effective than the way of adsorbing uranium ions by chitosan alone. Under the given experimental conditions, the concentration of the residual uranium in the effluent after chitosan and ferrous ions treatment could meet the discharge standard (< 0.05mg·l−1) when initial concentration of uranium ions was 10 mg·l−1 or 100 mg·l−1. The synergetic effect of chitosan and ferrous ions including adsorption, coacervation and coprecipitation, are responsible for the high removal rate of uranium.


Author(s):  
Jing-song Wang ◽  
Zheng-lei Bao ◽  
Si-guang Chen ◽  
Jin-hui Yang

This study focuses on developing a new method to remove uranium from aqueous solution. Chitosan and ferrous ions were used together to remove uranium ions from aqueous solution. Through two-step pH adjustment, the uptake behavior of chitosan and ferrous ions toward uranium in aqueous solution using batch systems was studied in different experimental conditions. The experimental results indicated that the removal of uranium by the synergetic effect of chitosan and ferrous ions was more effective than the way of adsorbing uranium ions by chitosan alone. Under the given experimental conditions, the concentration of the residual uranium in the effluent after the chitosan and ferrous ion treatment could meet the discharge standard (<0.05 mg l−1) when the initial concentration of uranium ions was 10 mg l−1 or 100 mg l−1. The synergetic effect of chitosan and ferrous ions, including adsorption, coacervation, and coprecipitation, was responsible for the high removal rate of uranium.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 16301-16335 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Berndt ◽  
M. Sipilä ◽  
F. Stratmann ◽  
T. Petäjä ◽  
J. Vanhanen ◽  
...  

Abstract. Atmospheric H2SO4/H2O nucleation influencing effects have been studied in the flow tube IfT-LFT (Institute for Tropospheric Research – Laminar Flow Tube) at 293 ± 0.5 K and a pressure of 1 bar using synthetic air as the carrier gas. The presence of a possible background amine concentration in the order of 107–108 molecule cm−3 throughout the experiments has to be taken into account. In a first set of investigations, ozonolysis of olefins (tetramethylethylene, 1-methyl-cyclohexene, α-pinene and limonene) for close to atmospheric concentrations, served as the source of OH radicals and possibly other oxidants initiating H2SO4 formation starting from SO2. The oxidant generation is inevitably associated with the formation of a series of organic oxidation products arising from the parent olefins. These products (first generation mainly) showed no clear effect on the number of nucleated particles within a wide range of experimental conditions for H2SO4 concentrations higher than ~107 molecule cm−3. A comparison of the results of two different particle counters (50% cut-off size: about 1.5 nm or 2.5–3 nm) suggested that the early growth process of the nucleated particles was not significantly influenced by the organic oxidation products. An additional, H2SO4-independent process of particle (nano-CN) formation was observed in the case of α-pinene and limonene ozonolysis for H2SO4 concentrations smaller than ~10 7 molecule cm−3. Furthermore, the findings confirm the existence of an additional oxidant for SO2 beside OH radicals, very likely stabilized Criegee Intermediate (sCI). In the case of the ozonolysis of tetramethylethylene, the H2SO4 measurements in the absence and presence of an OH radical scavenger were well described by modelling using recently obtained kinetic data for the sCI reactivity in this system. A second set of experiments has been performed in the presence of added amines (trimethylamine, dimethylamine, aniline and pyridine) in the concentration range of a few 107–1010 molecule cm−3. Here, photolytic OH radical generation was applied for H2SO4 production with no addition of other organics. All amines showed a significant nucleation enhancement with increasing efficiency in the order pyridine < aniline < dimethylamine < trimethylamine. This result supports the idea of H2SO4 cluster stabilization by amines due to strong H2SO4 &amp;leftrightarrow; amine interactions. On the other hand, this study reveals that for organic oxidation products (in presence of the possible amine background as stated) a distinct H2SO4/H2O nucleation enhancement can be due to increased H2SO4 formation caused by additional organic oxidant production (sCI) rather than by stabilization of H2SO4 clusters due to H2SO4 &amp;leftrightarrow; organics interactions. However, because the molecular composition of nucleating clusters was not measured, the role of any background substances, unavoidably present in any system, to experimental data remains unclear. Also the experimental conditions do not cover fully the range of atmospheric observations, e.g., the concentration of precursor vapours represents rather the upper end of the atmospheric range. More experimental work is needed before definite conclusions about the nucleation mechanisms in the atmosphere can be drawn.


2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (8) ◽  
pp. 1635-1642
Author(s):  
Ling Zhou ◽  
Zhongying Xu ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Zhifang Zhang ◽  
Ying Tang

Abstract To seek for efficient Fenton-like oxidation processing for treatment of waste fracturing fluid containing hydroxypropyl guar gum (HPGG), in heterogeneous reaction, five bentonite-supported zero-valent metal catalysts were prepared by liquid-phase reduction. The results showed that the bentonite-supported zero-valent copper exhibited best catalytic performance, attributed to the high dispersion of active sites of zero-valent copper. The effects of the most relevant operating factors (H2O2 concentration, catalyst dosage, temperature and pH) were evaluated in detail. Moreover, the chemical oxygen demand removal rate of HPGG can achieve 76% when the reaction time was selected at 45 min under optimal experimental conditions. The stability evaluation showed that the catalytic performance was almost unaffected after the catalyst was recycled and used once more showing the good stability of the bentonite-supported zero-valent copper in the application process.


2014 ◽  
Vol 665 ◽  
pp. 534-537
Author(s):  
Hong Wang ◽  
Hai Bo Li ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Ji Fu Ma

Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and microbial quantity were investigated in aged PAHs-contaminated soil in a pot experiment with regrass and alfalfa. After 60 days germination the concentration of total PAHs in soil decreased by 37.57% and 38.41% with the treatment of ryegrass-microbe agent and alfalfa-microbe agent. The processes of ryegrass and alfalfa were 18.72% and 19.34%. The root system promoted the quantity of microbe and the microbial agent was benefit for the PAHs degrading microbe. And there was significant positive correlation between the number of PAHs degrading microorganisms and the removal rate of PAHs in the soil.


1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 221 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Garnett ◽  
KJ Nicol ◽  
A Rainis

Experimental conditions are reported for resolving the hyperfine splitting of e.p.r. spectra obtained from the interaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with platinum oxide. By contrast with earlier interpretations where only a singlet was obtained even with perylene, the present results indicate that the adsorbed species are radical cations.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yat Sing Pang ◽  
Martin Kaminski ◽  
Anna Novelli ◽  
Philip Carlsson ◽  
Ismail-Hakki Acir ◽  
...  

&lt;p&gt;Limonene is the fourth-most abundant monoterpene in the atmosphere, which upon oxidation leads to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and thereby influences climate and air quality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this study, the oxidation of limonene by OH at different atmospherically relevant NO and HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; levels (NO: 0.1 &amp;#8211; 10 ppb; HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;: 20 ppt) was investigated in simulation experiments in the SAPHIR chamber at Forschungszentrum J&amp;#252;lich. The analysis focuses on comparing measured radical concentrations (RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, OH) and OH reactivity (k&lt;sub&gt;OH&lt;/sub&gt;) with modeled values calculated using the Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) version 3.3.1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At high and medium NO concentrations, RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; is expected to quickly react with NO. An HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; radical is produced during the process that can be converted back to an OH radical by another reaction with NO. Consistently, for experiments conducted at medium NO levels (~0.5 ppb, RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; lifetime ~10 s), simulated RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, and OH agree with observations within the measurement uncertainties, if the OH reactivity of oxidation products is correctly described.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At lower NO concentrations, the regeneration of HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; in the RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; + NO reaction is slow and the reaction of RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; with HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; gains importance in forming peroxides. However, simulation results show a large discrepancy between calculated radical concentrations and measurements at low NO levels (&lt;0.1 ppb, RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; lifetime ~ 100 s). Simulated RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations are found to be overestimated by a factor of three; simulated HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations are underestimated by 50 %; simulated OH concentrations are underestimated by about 35%, even if k&lt;sub&gt;OH&lt;/sub&gt; is correctly described. This suggests that there could be additional RO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; reaction pathways that regenerate HO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and OH radicals become important, but they are not taken into account in the MCM model.&lt;/p&gt;


2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 269-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Shen ◽  
Zhongping Ou ◽  
Jianguo Shao ◽  
Michał Gałęzowski ◽  
Daniel T. Gryko ◽  
...  

A series of free-base corroles with different electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituents were reacted with piperidine, 4-aminopyridine, 2-methylimidazole, 2-aminopyridine or pyridine in PhCN and the UV-visible spectral changes monitored during conversion of ( Cor ) H 3 to [( Cor ) H 2]- as a function of the concentration and strength of the added organic base. Analysis of the UV-visible spectral changes as a function of the added base concentration enabled calculation of equilibrium constants ( logK ) for deprotonation of each corrole under the given experimental conditions. Relationships are examined between the experimentally measured logK values and previously published spectroscopic and structural properties of the compounds.


2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 6447-6484 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Berndt ◽  
F. Stratmann ◽  
M. Sipilä ◽  
J. Vanhanen ◽  
T. Petäjä ◽  
...  

Abstract. Nucleation experiments starting from the reaction of OH radicals with SO2 have been performed in the IfT-LFT flow tube under atmospheric conditions at 293±0.5 K for a relative humidity of 13–61%. The presence of different additives (H2, CO, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene) for adjusting the OH radical concentration and resulting OH levels in the range (4–300)·105 molecule cm−3 did not influence the nucleation process itself. The number of detected particles as well as the threshold H2SO4 concentration needed for nucleation was found to be strongly dependent on the counting efficiency of the used counting devices. High-sensitivity particle counters allowed the measurement of freshly nucleated particles with diameters down to about 1.5 nm. A parameterization of the experimental data was developed using power law equations for H2SO4 and H2O vapour. The exponent for H2SO4 from different measurement series was in the range of 1.7–2.1 being in good agreement with those arising from analysis of nucleation events in the atmosphere. For increasing relative humidity, an increase of the particle number was observed. The exponent for H2O vapour was found to be 3.1 representing a first estimate. Addition of 1.2·1011 molecule cm−3 or 1.2·1012 molecule cm−3 of NH3 (range of atmospheric NH3 peak concentrations) revealed that NH3 has a measureable, promoting effect on the nucleation rate under these conditions. The promoting effect was found to be more pronounced for relatively dry conditions. NH3 showed a contribution to particle growth. Adding the amine tert-butylamine instead of NH3, the enhancing impact for nucleation and particle growth appears to be stronger.


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