Iron mediated processes for the degradation of emerging contaminants

• Grant number: 10/02611-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2010
• End date: November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Raquel Fernandes Pupo Nogueira
• Grantee: Raquel Fernandes Pupo Nogueira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project is based on the study of the degradation of different therapeutic classes of pharmaceuticals using the photo-Fenton process and metalic iron. The degradation of the pharmaceuticals fluoxetine, sertraline, ciprofloxacin and 17beta-estradiol will be studied in conditions near to those found in the environment, as low concentrations and in the presence of the effluent of sewage treatment plant. The influence of complexing agents (EDTA, citrate and ferrioxalate) and/or hydroxyl radical scavenging (carbonate and cloride), as well as medium pH for the degradation of the pharmaceuticals will be evaluated and compared for both treatment processes. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE LIMA PERINI, JOAO ANGELO; SILVA, BIANCA FERREIRA; PUPO NOGUEIRA, RAQUEL F.. Zero-valent iron mediated degradation of ciprofloxacin - Assessment of adsorption, operational parameters and degradation products. Chemosphere, v. 117, p. 345-352, DEC 2014. (10/02611-9)