Coupling Fenton and biological oxidation for the removal of nitrochlorinated herbicides from water

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• 作者：S. Sanchis ; A.M. Polo ; M. Tobajas ; J.J. Rodriguez ; A.F. Mohedano
• 关键词：Biodegradability ; Ecotoxicity ; Fenton oxidation ; Herbicides ; Sequencing batch reactor
• 刊名：Water Research
• 出版年：1 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：49
• 期：Complete
• 页码：197-206
• 全文大小：909 K

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The combination of Fenton and biological oxidation for the removal of the nitrochlorinated herbicides alachlor, atrazine and diuron in aqueous solution has been studied. The H₂O₂ dose was varied from 20 to 100% of the stoichiometric amount related to the initial chemical oxygen demand (COD). The effluents from Fenton oxidation were analyzed for ecotoxicity, biodegradability, total organic carbon (TOC), COD and intermediate byproducts. The chemical step resulted in a significant improvement of the biodegradability in spite of its negligible or even slightly negative effect on the ecotoxicity. Working at 60% of the stoichiometric H₂O₂ dose allowed obtaining highly biodegradable effluents in the cases of alachlor and atrazine. That dose was even lower (40% of the stoichiometric) for diuron. The subsequent biological treatment was carried out in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and the combined Fenton-biological treatment allowed up to around 80% of COD reduction.