Degradation of methylparaben in water by corona plasma coupled with ozonation

Dobrin, D.; Magureanu, M.; Bradu, C.; Mandache, N. B.; Ionita, P.; Parvulescu, V. I.

Degradation of methylparaben in water by corona plasma coupled with ozonation

2014

The degradation of methylparaben (MeP) in water was investigated using a pulsed corona discharge generated in oxygen, above the liquid. A comparison was made between results obtained in semi-batch corona (SBC) configuration (stationary solution, continuous gas flow) and results obtained in a semi-batch corona with recirculation combined with ozonation (SBCR + O₃), where the liquid is continuously circulated between a solution reservoir and the plasma reactor and the effluent gas containing ozone is bubbled through the solution in the reservoir. It was found that MeP was completely degraded after 10–15 min of treatment in both configurations. Oxidation by ozone alone, in the absence of plasma, was a slower process. The energy efficiency for MeP removal (Y MₑP) and for mineralization (Y TOC) was significantly higher in the SBCR + O₃ configuration (Y MₑP = 7.1 g/kWh at 90 % MeP removal and Y TOC = 0.41 g/kWh at 50 % total organic carbon (TOC) removal) than in the SBC configuration (Y MₑP = 0.6 g/kWh at 90 % MeP removal and Y TOC = 0.11 g/kWh at 50 % TOC removal).

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