Removal of PFOA from Water Using UV Treatment, Chemical Oxidation, & Adsorption by Activated Carbon & Zeolites Major Qualifying Project completed in partial fulfillment Of the degree requirements at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Submitted by: Julie Bliss
Removal of PFOA from Water Using UV Treatment, Chemical Oxidation, & Adsorption by Activated Carbon & Zeolites Major Qualifying Project completed in partial fulfillment Of the degree requirements at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Submitted by: Aakriti Bhakhri Julie Bliss Thomas Finelli Smita Kurrumchand Kashane Roberts Zhixin Wang
Get PriceThe objective of this project was to evaluate the removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water through various oxidation and adsorption treatment methods. PFOA is a fluorosurfactant and is found in many firefighting foams. Treatment by chemical oxidation was performed with dichromate, calcium hypochlorite, sodium persulfate, potassium permanganate, potassium ferrate, and UV light.
Get PriceRemoval of PFOA using CHT could achieve excellent effect. The kinetic study showedfast removal and the isotherm study showed high PFOA removal capacity up to 1587 mg/g (ca. 3.8 mmol/g), almost the same as the AEC of the HT. As such, the amount of CHT used could be minimized so that the disposal of PFOA-laden solid could be more practical.
Get PriceAssuming the output of water is split 85% and 15% between purified recycled water and the ROC, the outflows of PFOS and PFOA are estimated at 0.9 g d −1 and 1 g d −1 in the ROC (7 ML d −1 × 136 ng PFOS L −1 and 152 ng PFOA d −1). Although using this method there is a surplus in the outflows of PFOA relative to inflows and a
Get PriceGiri et al. (2012) studied the effect of DO on photodecomposition of PFOA by using N 2, no gas, air and O 2 supply to create DO values of 0, 1.6, 7.1 and 36.4 mg/L, respectively. In the direct photolysis process, PFOA removal by these four different DO conditions is presented in Fig. 4B with highest removal being observed at 0 mg/L of DO. With
Get PriceTherefore, pH 3.77 was the optimal value for PFOA removal in this system with the highest removal efficiency of PFOA at 93% within 90-min electrolysis. Download : Download full-size image; Fig. 4. Variation of pH values with time for different initial pH during the electrocoagulation removal of PFOA using Fe electrode.
Get PriceAccording to the WRF, PFOA and/or PFOS occurrence has been discovered in 30 states. The WRF advised that any water treatment plant that’s near a chemical manufacturing operation or military base should be on alert for PFASs contamination. While the EPA’s recent guidelines are a non-enforceable suggestion, municipalities should still take heed.
Get PriceConcentrations of PFOS and PFOA in potable tap water were 0.16–22 ng l −1 and 2.3–84 ng l −1, respectively, and there was a positive correlation between raw and tap water levels, suggesting that removal by the treatment processes is low.
Get PricePerfluorooctanoate( PFOA) is environmentally stable and endocrine-disrupting. It was resistant to conventional biodegradation and advanced oxidation processes. Electrochemical oxidation method was adopted to degrade PFOA. The anodes, including BDD,Pt,Ti,Ti
Get PricePFASs are not biodegradable under typical water treatment conditions and must be removed from water using physical/chemical processes. Removal of PFASs from drinking water and wastewater in bench-scale studies and with various conventional processes has been reviewed previously [103,104,105]. A critical review of published data on removal of
Get PricePerfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are persistent organic pollutants that have been found to be ubiquitous in the environment. This article, for the first time, delineates removal areas of these polar compounds on a coagulation diagram that associates chemical conditions with different coagulation mechanisms.
Get Pricetreatment processes. In this work, a novel photocatalyst was fabricated by modifying TiO 2 nanotube arrays with molecularly imprintedpolymers.e molecularlyimprintedpolymer-modi edTiO 2 nanotubes(MIP-TiO 2 NTs)werecharacterizedandtested for the selective removal of peruo rooctanoic acid (PFOA) from water. e amount of PFOA adsorbed by the MIP-TiO
Get PriceIt is important to develop efficient technologies on removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) from water due to their wide distribution and potential threat to human health. In this work, a durable and convenient electrosorption device was designed in continuous flow mode to investigate the adsorption of PFOX (X = A and S) on multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Get PriceThe removal of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) during wastewater reclamation is a great concern. However, the existing advanced treatment processes are inefficient for the removal of PFCs from secondary effluents of municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) because other coexistent pollutants with less environmental significance are removed simultaneously.
Get PriceIn addition, PFOS and PFOA have been detected in wildlife (9-11) as well as in human blood serum (12), seminal plasma (13), and breast milk (14). The presence of PFOS and PFOA has initiated efforts to develop effective water treatment technologies. Both
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Get PriceConcentrations of PFOS and PFOA in potable tap water were 0.16–22 ng l −1 and 2.3–84 ng l −1, respectively, and there was a positive correlation between raw and tap water levels, suggesting that removal by the treatment processes is low.
Get PricePerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is an anthropogenic contaminant different from most other organic pollutants. Notably, PFOA is water soluble, does not bind well to soil or sediments, and bio-accumulates in serum rather than in fat. PFOA thus enhances the health risks, including endocrine disrupting properties, immunotoxicity and developmental effects etc.
Get PricePerfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are persistent organic pollutants that have been found to be ubiquitous in the environment. This article, for the first time, delineates removal areas of these polar compounds on a coagulation diagram that associates chemical conditions with different coagulation mechanisms.
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Get PriceAlthough a full-scale UV treatment process was reported ineffective in removal of PFOA in drinking water, several laboratory-scale evaluations of synthetic waters, wastewaters and industrial waters have reported that UV-visible light, UV in the presence of persulfate, UV in the presence of TiO 2 and perchlorate, UV in the presence of iodide and
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Get PricePFOA treatment experiments. PFOA reactions with S 2 O 8 2− in the presence and absence of PAC were conducted in sealed 40 mL flasks under acidic, neutral and basic pH conditions with reaction temperatures of 80 °C maintained with a constant temperature water bath. For most experiments, the initial PFOA concentration was 0.5 μM and the PAC concentration was 200 mg/L, 500 mg/L or 1000 mg/L
Get PriceIt is important to develop efficient technologies on removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) from water due to their wide distribution and potential threat to human health. In this work, a durable and convenient electrosorption device was designed in continuous flow mode to investigate the adsorption of PFOX (X = A and S) on multiwalled carbon nanotubes
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