Research progress in the use of ferrate(VI) for the environmental remediation

J.-Q. Jiang*

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review the research progress of using ferrate(VI) in following fields of environmental remediation: (1) water disinfection; (2) degradation of synthetic organic pollutants; (3) treatment of emerging organic pollutants; (4) oxidation of inorganic pollutants; (5) removing humic substance; (6) wastewater treatment and disinfection; and (7) sewage sludge treatment. Whilst the superior performance of potassium ferrate(VI) as an oxidant/disinfectant for the environmental remediation has been demonstrated in various recent researches, challenges have existed to the implementation of ferrate(VI) technology in full-scale water, wastewater and sewage sludge treatment owing to either the instability property of a ferrate(VI) solution or a high preparation cost of a solid ferrate(VI). In addition to this, there are some fundamental issues which have not yet been studied thoroughly which are crucial for the implementation of ferrate(VI)-these lead to the future research work recommended by this paper.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)617-623
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Hazardous Materials
Volume146
Issue number3
Early online date21 Apr 2007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Degradation
  • Disinfection
  • Oxidation
  • Potassium ferrate(VI)
  • Sludge treatment
  • Water and sewage treatment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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