Development of a Hybrid O3/H2O2-Adsorption Process for the Removal of Amoxicillin from Effluents: Application of Moringa oleifera Biomass and Process Intensification

• Grant number: 21/03446-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2021
• End date: June 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: André Luís de Castro Peixoto
• Grantee: Beatriz Santos Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP). Campus Capivari. Capivari , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present research project is a continuation of completed research projects (Fapesp #2018/05698-0, Fapesp #2019/09991-6 and IFSP-PRP Public Call 823/2018), of an ongoing research project (Fapesp # 2018 / 17913-2), and the search for the closure of a hybrid technology capable of removing amoxicillin from a drug dissolved in water. Therefore, it is proposed to intensify processes for the removal of amoxicillin in water with the O3/H2O2-Adsorption technologies in an alkaline medium (pH e 9.0). The alkaline medium, in addition to providing greater solubility of amoxicillin in water, hydroxyl (OH^-) participates in mechanisms for the generation of radicals (*OH) from auxiliary oxidants O3 and H2O2 in water, even in the absence of low-pressure germicide lamps. As a highlight of the project, there is the application of Moringa oleifera seeds purified by protocols adapted by our research group. There is not a single work published in the literature that involves the removal of amoxicillin from a commercial formulation in water by adsorption mechanisms with Moringa oleifera seeds, much less as a complementary process to advanced oxidative processes. The project will be developed by the student responsible for adapting the moringa purification protocol (IFSP-PRP Edital 823/2018) and who informally helped the Fapesp project #2019/09991-6.

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)

SILVA, BEATRIZ SANTOS; PEIXOTO, ANDRE LUIS DE CASTRO. Amoxicillin Degradation by Reactive Oxygen Species on H2O2-Alone Process. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2023-06-26. (18/17913-2, 18/05698-0, 21/03446-6)

SILVA, BEATRIZ SANTOS; BARROS RIBEIRO, MARIANA CARDOSO; RAMOS, BRUNO; DE CASTRO PEIXOTO, ANDRE LUIS. Removal of Amoxicillin from Processing Wastewater by Ozonation and UV-Aided Ozonation: Kinetic and Economic Comparative Study. WATER, v. 14, n. 20, p. 18-pg., 2022-10-01. (19/09991-6, 18/05698-0, 21/03446-6, 18/17913-2)