Abstract
The performance of ferrate(VI) in treating sulfamethoxazole (SMX), diclofenac (DCF), carbamazepine (CBZ) and bezafibrate (BZF) in test solutions containing the four compounds was investigated. A series of jar-test experiments was performed on a bench-scale at pH 6–9 and at a ferrate(VI) dose of 1–5 mg Fe/L. The results suggested that ferrate(VI) can effectively remove SMX, DCF and CBZ from the test solutions, with greater than 80% removal under optimum conditions. However, the removal efficiency of BZF was very low, less than 25% under the studied conditions. Increasing the dose of ferrate(VI) improved the treatment performance, while the influence of solution pH on ferrate(VI) performance varied among the different target compounds.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 37-45 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis |
Volume | 106 |
Early online date | 1 Jul 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2015 |
Keywords
- water treatment
- ferrate (VI)