Abstract
Aerobic granulation and UV/H2O2 in a continuous flow-through reactor can effectively degrade emerging contaminates, such as sulfolane.
Highlights
IntroductionVarious anthropogenic chemicals are being engineered everyday throughout the world
With industrial advancements, various anthropogenic chemicals are being engineered everyday throughout the world
The sulfolane residual in the effluent was still above the guideline value of 90 μg L−1.31 When the flow rate was decreased to 15 mL min−1, sulfolane (20 mg L−1) degradation by aerobic granules was observed to be greater than 4.0 log in the bioreactor as sulfolane effluent concentration were below detection limit of 10 μg L−1
Summary
Various anthropogenic chemicals are being engineered everyday throughout the world. Problems arise when these new chemicals that are not regulated for environmental impact are released into our water bodies. One such industrial chemical, sulfolane (C4H8O2S), which is commonly used in oil and natural gas refineries was reported to cause contamination of groundwaters in many places including Alberta,[1] Brisbane,[2] and hundreds of drinking water wells in interior Alaska.[3] Sulfolane is an organo-sulfur compound.
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