Contaminants removal from pharmaceutical industry effluents using new materials from waste biodiesel

• Grant number: 16/05006-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Maraisa Gonçalves
• Grantee: Maraisa Gonçalves
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia (ICT). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São José dos Campos. São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Wagner Alves Carvalho

Abstract

Due to the increasing environmental pollution, an alternative to minimize it are necessary. The strategy proposed in this paper is the removal of pharmaceutical industry contaminants using carbonaceous materials based on iron/activated carbon obtained from biodiesel residue, thus minimizing the impacts caused by two sources of pollutions. The model contaminant compounds, caffeine, acetaminophen and amoxicillin, and also the actual the pharmaceutical industry effluent will be used. For the removal test the adsorption will take place in batch and a fixed bed column using activated carbons derived from biodiesel residue as adsorbents. Adsorption /oxidation tests of contaminants in the presence of hydrogen peroxide will be carried out using a new material: iron/activated carbon composite, as a catalyst. These composites will be prepared by a new method, in situ, which consists of impregnating a glycerine polymer with iron salt and subsequent activation, thus obtaining an iron/activated carbon composite. For composite preparation, different parameters will be evaluated such as: iron amount and temperature and activation time. After obtaining all composites they will be characterized as to their textural and physicochemical properties by different techniques. The catalytic ability of the composite obtained by the new method will be compared with a composite obtained by the traditional method: incipient wetness impregnation. The best composite obtained will be evaluated in the degradation of real pharmaceutical industry effluent contaminants. The adsorption and oxidation efficiency will be assessed by liquid chromatography (HPLC) and/or UV-vis spectroscopy analyses. Possible oxidation products will be identified by mass spectrometry. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

GALHARDO, THALITA S.; GONCALVES, MARAISA; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Glycerol valorization by base-free oxidation with air using platinum-nickel nanoparticles supported on activated carbon as catalyst prepared by a simple microwave polyol method. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, v. 20, n. 9, SI, p. 2075-2088, NOV 2018. (16/05006-5, 13/15783-0)

NUNES, RENAN S.; TUDINO, TATIANE C.; VIEIRA, LIGIA M.; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Rational production of highly acidic sulfonated carbons from kraft lignins employing a fractionation process combined with acid-assisted hydrothermal carbonization. Bioresource Technology, v. 303, MAY 2020. (16/05006-5, 17/24931-4)

MANTOVANI, MICHELLE; MANDELLI, DALMO; GONCALVES, MARAISA; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Fructose dehydration promoted by acidic catalysts obtained from biodiesel waste. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v. 348, p. 860-869, SEP 15 2018. (16/05006-5, 13/21160-6, 14/18529-0)

DE CASTRO, CINTHIA SOARES; VIAU, LUISA NAGYIDAI; ANDRADE, JULIA TEIXEIRA; PRADO MENDONCA, THAIS A.; GONCALVES, MARAISA. Mesoporous activated carbon from polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) waste: pollutant adsorption in aqueous solution. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, v. 42, n. 17, p. 14612-14619, SEP 7 2018. (16/05006-5)

FERNANDES, LUCIANA SARMENTO; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.; CAYTAN, ELSA; FISCHMEISTER, CEDRIC; BRUNEAU, CHRISTIAN. Cross metathesis of (-)-beta-pinene, (-)-limonene and terpenoids derived from limonene with internal olefins. APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, v. 623, AUG 5 2021. (17/24931-4, 16/05006-5, 15/26787-2, 19/18981-4, 18/01258-5)

NUNES, RENAN S.; REIS, GABRIELLE M.; VIEIRA, LIGIA M.; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Ultra-Fast Selective Fructose Dehydration Promoted by a Kraft Lignin Sulfonated Carbon Under Microwave Heating. CATALYSIS LETTERS, v. 151, n. 2, JUL 2020. (17/24931-4, 16/05006-5)

GALHARDO, THALITA S.; GONCALVES, MARAISA; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Glycerol valorization by base-free oxidation with air using platinum-nickel nanoparticles supported on activated carbon as catalyst prepared by a simple microwave polyol method. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, v. 20, n. 9, p. 14-pg., 2018-11-01. (16/05006-5, 13/15783-0)

TUDINO, TATIANE C.; NUNES, RENAN S.; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Influence of Dimethylsulfoxide and Dioxygen in the Fructose Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Mediated by Glycerol's Acidic Carbon. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, v. 8, APR 8 2020. (16/05006-5, 17/24931-4)

TUDINO, TATIANE C.; NUNES, RENAN S.; MANDELLI, DALMO; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Influence of Dimethylsulfoxide and Dioxygen in the Fructose Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Mediated by Glycerol's Acidic Carbon. RONTIERS IN CHEMISTR, v. 8, p. 11-pg., 2020-04-08. (16/05006-5, 17/24931-4)

GALHARDO, THALITA S.; UENO, ANDERSON K.; COSTA-SILVA, THAIS A.; TEMPONE, ANDRE G.; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.; FISCHMEISTER, CEDRIC; BRUNEAU, CHRISTIAN; MANDELLI, DALMO; LAGO, JOAO HENRIQUE G.. New derivatives from dehydrodieugenol B and its methyl ether displayed high anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity and cause depolarization of the plasma membrane and collapse the mitochondrial membrane potential. Chemico-Biological Interactions, v. 366, p. 6-pg., 2022-09-07. (18/01258-5, 18/10279-6, 21/02789-7, 21/04464-8, 17/17044-1, 16/05006-5, 18/07885-1)

GONCALVES, MARAISA; CASTRO, CINTHIA S.; BOAS, V, ISABELA K.; SOLER, FELIPE C.; PINTO, EWERTON DE C.; LAVALL, RODRIGO L.; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. Glycerin waste as sustainable precursor for activated carbon production: Adsorption properties and application in supercapacitors. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 7, n. 3, JUN 2019. (16/05006-5)