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School of Biology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
Dr. Yizhen Zhang
College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Dr. Yusi Tian
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanxi Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
Environmental Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

Wastewater Treatment Based on AOPs, ARPs, and AORPs

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Dear Colleagues,

The pollution of organic wastewaters, such as dyes, phenols, and pharmaceuticals, is a serious environmental problem, and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are potentially sound techniques to degrade such contaminants based on the generation of reactive species that are powerful oxidants and can effectively degrade almost all stable compounds. In addition, AOPs have great advantages for the treatment of trace harmful chemicals such as environmental hormones, enabling the complete mineralization or decomposition of most organic materials. Furthermore, AOPs have good application prospects. AOPs can be divided into photocatalytic oxidation, catalytic oxidation, acoustic chemical oxidation, ozone oxidation, electrochemical oxidation, Fenton oxidation, etc.

However, recent advances have highlighted other advanced treatment processes (ATPs) as possible alternatives, such as advanced reduction processes (ARPs) and advanced oxidation–reduction processes (AORPs). They may remove contaminants that are not readily treatable by AOPs or offer better performance than the former. This Topic will collect some articles about the most common or promising ATPs for the removal of contaminants from water and wastewater and for their application.

Dr. Yuwei Pan
Dr. Ying Zhang
Dr. Yizhen Zhang
Dr. Yusi Tian
Dr. Jinkai Xue
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Keywords

  • wastewater treatment
  • water treatment
  • AOPs
  • ARPs
  • AORPs
  • environmental health

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sustainability
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water
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Electrochemical Co-Degradation of Acetaminophen and Bisphenol A in Aqueous Solutions: Degradation Competition and Pathways
by Kuo-Lin Huang, Jui-Chiung Hung and Yi-Ming Kuo
Processes 2024, 12(12), 2641; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12122641 - 23 Nov 2024
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This study investigated the degradation competition and pathways of electrochemical co-degradation of two emerging environmental contaminants, polar acetaminophen (AP) and (moderately) non-polar bisphenol A (BPA), on a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode in aqueous solutions. The results showed that both compounds mainly relied on [...] Read more.
This study investigated the degradation competition and pathways of electrochemical co-degradation of two emerging environmental contaminants, polar acetaminophen (AP) and (moderately) non-polar bisphenol A (BPA), on a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode in aqueous solutions. The results showed that both compounds mainly relied on hydroxyl radicals (•OH) to trigger indirect oxidation for their electrochemical degradation, although AP also underwent direct oxidation during electrolysis. The effect of increasing current density on the increases in degradation performance was almost the same for AP and BPA. However, BPA exhibited a better performance in mono-degradation than AP, while the opposite tendency was observed for their co-degradation. Their degradation efficiencies were better in 1 M Na2SO4 solution than in a real water matrix. Both UV-vis and excitation–emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence analyses demonstrated that all the aromatic rings of AP and BPA were opened after 30 min of electrolysis at 0.5 A cm−2 in 1 M Na2SO4 solution. Regardless of the small difference in intermediate species, the pathways of electrochemical AP+BPA co-degradation were similar to those of their mono-degradation combination. A double exponential decay model is proposed to simulate the formation and degradation rate constants of benzoquinone (an intermediate). Full article
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