Efficient Sorption and Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) from Aqueous Solution by Metal Hydroxides Generated in Situ by Electrocoagulation

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• 作者：Hui Lin ; Yujuan Wang ; Junfeng Niu ; Zhihan Yue ; Qingguo Huang
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 1, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：49
• 期：17
• 页码：10562-10569
• 全文大小：454K
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Removal of environmentally persistent perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), that is, perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs, C₄ 鈭?C₁₀) were investigated through sorption on four metal hydroxide flocs generated in situ by electrocoagulation in deionized water with 10 mM NaCl as supporting electrolyte. The results indicated that the zinc hydroxide flocs yielded the highest removal efficiency with a wide range concentration of PFOA/PFOS (1.5 渭M 鈭?0.5 mM) at the zinc dosage <150 mg L^鈥? with the energy consumption <0.18 Wh L^鈥?. The sorption kinetics indicated that the zinc hydroxide flocs had an equilibrium adsorbed amount (q_e) up to 5.74/7.69 mmol g^鈥? (Zn) for PFOA/PFOS at the initial concentration of 0.5 mM with an initial sorption rate (v₀) of 1.01 脳 10³/1.81 脳 10³ mmol g^鈥? h^鈥?. The sorption of PFOA/PFOS reached equilibrium within <10 min. The sorption mechanisms of PFAAs on the zinc hydroxide flocs were proposed based on the investigation of various driving forces. The results indicated that the hydrophobic interaction was primarily responsible for the PFAAs sorption. The electrocoagulation process with zinc anode may have a great potential for removing PFAAs from industrial wastewater as well as contaminated environmental waterbody.