Abstract
Benzoylecgonine (BE), the main cocaine metabolite, has been detected in numerous surface water and treatment plants effluents in Europe and there is urgent need for effective treatment methods. In this study, the removal of BE by the UV254/H2O2 process from different water matrices was investigated. By means of competition kinetics method, the kinetic constant of reaction between BE and the photogenerated hydroxyl radicals (radical dotOH) was estimated resulting in kOH/BE = 5.13 × 109 M−1 s−1. By-products and water matrices scavengers effects were estimated by numerical modeling of the reaction kinetics for the UV254/H2O2 process and validated in an innovative microcapillary film (MCF) array photoreactor and in a conventional batch photoreactor. The ecotoxicity of the water before and after treatment was evaluated with four organisms Raphidocelis subcapitata, Daphnia magna, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Vicia faba. The results provided evidence that BE and its transformation by-products do not have significant adverse effects on R. subcapitata, while D. magna underwent an increase of lipid droplets. C. elegans was the most sensitive to BE and its by-products. Furthermore, a genotoxicity assay, using V. faba, showed cytogenic damages during the cell mitosis of primary roots.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 515-525 |
Journal | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
Volume | 318 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2016 |
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Nuno Reis
- Department of Chemical Engineering - Reader
- Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC)
- Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT)
- Reaction and Catalysis Engineering research unit (RaCE)
- Centre for Bioengineering & Biomedical Technologies (CBio)
Person: Research & Teaching, Core staff