Highly efficient degradation of ofloxacin by UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process

Sun, Jianhui; Song, Mengke; Feng, Jinglan; Pi, Yunqing

Highly efficient degradation of ofloxacin by UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process

2012

Sun, Jianhui | Song, Mengke | Feng, Jinglan | Pi, Yunqing

INTRODUCTION: In this study, UV/Oxone/Co2+ oxidation process was applied to degradation of ofloxacin (OFL) in the presence of Co2+ as the catalytic and Oxone as the oxidant. The operation parameters including pH, temperature, dosages of reagents, and reaction time were studied in detail. RESULTS: The results showed that the optimum conditions for the UV/Oxone/Co2+ processes were determined as follows: temperature = 25°C, pH = 5.0, [Oxone] = 0.6 mmol/L, [Oxone]/[Co2+] = 1,000, and reaction time = 60 min. Under these conditions, 100% of the OFL degraded. The kinetics was also studied, and degradation of OFL by the UV/Oxone/Co2+ process could be described by first-order kinetics. CONCLUSIONS: Mineralization of the process was investigated by measuring the total organic carbon (TOC), and the TOC decreased by 87.0% after 60 min. This process could be used as a pretreatment method for wastewater containing ofloxacin.

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