Ibuprofen Degradation from Synthetic Wastewater Using Photo-Fenton Process

Authors

  • Haneen Ali Abdulrazaq Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Abeer I. Alwared Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, Iraq
  • Helen Onyeaka Chemical Engineering Department, Birmingham University, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2023.4.11

Keywords:

Ibuprofen antibiotic; Homogeneous Process; UVC; First order model

Abstract

   The removal of Ibuprofen antibiotics (IBU) by photo-degradation UV/H2O2/Fe+2 system was investigated in a batch reactor under different initial concentrations of H2O2 (100-500) mg/L, Fe+2 (10-40) mg/L, pH (3-9) and initial concentrations of IBU (10-80) mg/L, and their relationship with the degradation efficiency were studied. The result demonstrated that the maximum elimination of IBU was 85.54% achieved at 300 mg/L of H2O2, 30 mg/L of Fe+2, pH=3, and irradiation time of 150 min, for 10 mg/L of IBU. The results have shown that the oxidation reagent H2O2 plays a very important role in IBU degradation.

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2023-12-30

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Abdulrazaq, H. A., Alwared, A. I., & Onyeaka , H. (2023). Ibuprofen Degradation from Synthetic Wastewater Using Photo-Fenton Process. Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 24(4), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.31699/IJCPE.2023.4.11

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