Dolores Camacho-Muñoz
Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2.
Camacho-Muñoz, Dolores; Fervers, Anne-Sophie; Pestana, Carlos J.; Edwards, Christine; Lawton, Linda A.
Authors
Anne-Sophie Fervers
Dr Carlos Pestana c.pestana@rgu.ac.uk
Lecturer
Professor Christine Edwards c.edwards@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Linda Lawton l.lawton@rgu.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
The increasing presence of freshwater toxins have brought new challenges to preserve water quality due to their potential impact on the environment and human health. Two commonly occurring cyanotoxins, microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin, with different physico-chemical properties were used to evaluate the efficiency of photocatalysis using a continuous-flow reactor with immobilized TiO2 on glass tubes and UV-A light. The effect of flow rate and hydrogen peroxide addition on the efficiency of cyanotoxin removal were evaluated. An analysis of the effects on microcystin-LR removal efficiency showed that low flow rates (1 mL/min) and high H2O2 concentrations (120 mg/L) were needed to provide effective degradation. Up to 27.9% and 39.1% removal of MC-LR and CYN, respectively were achieved by UV-A/TiO2 after a single pass through the reactor. A slight increase of the removal of both cyanotoxins was observed when they were in a mixture (35.5% of MC-LR and 51.3% of CYN). The addition of H2O2 to the UV/TiO2 system led to an average removal enhancement of 92.6% of MC-LR and of 29.5% of CYN compared to the UV/TiO2 system. Photolysis assisted by H2O2 degraded MC-LR by up to 77.7%. No significant removal ([less than] 10%) was observed by photolysis alone or physical alone or physical adsorption. This study presents a proof-of-principle that demonstrates the feasibility for this technology to be integrated in large-scale applications.
Citation
CAMACHO-MUÑOZ, D., FERVERS, A.-S., PESTANA, C.J., EDWARDS, C. and LAWTON, L.A. 2020. Degradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by continuous flow UV-A photocatalysis over immobilised TiO2. Journal of environmental management [online], 276, article ID 111368. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111368
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 7, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 14, 2020 |
Publication Date | Dec 15, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Sep 22, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 15, 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Management |
Print ISSN | 0301-4797 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-8630 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 276 |
Article Number | 111368 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111368 |
Keywords | Photocatalysis; Cyanotoxin; Hydrogen peroxide; Immobilized titanium dioxide |
Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/968513 |
Related Public URLs | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/969451 |
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