Catalytic Plasma Reactor for Degradation and Mineralization of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

Reddy, P M K and Ch, Subrahmanyam (2015) Catalytic Plasma Reactor for Degradation and Mineralization of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products. Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 18 (1). pp. 161-166. ISSN 1203-8407

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Abstract

Electrical discharges generated at water-gas interface in a dielectric barrier discharge reactor have been tested for the degradation and mineralization of a model pharmaceutical compound sulfamethoxazole (SMX). Nonthermal plasma degradation of the pollutant proceeds via in-situ generation of active species like hydroxyl radical (HO•), hydrogen peroxide and ozone. It has been observed that degradation and mineralization of SMX was enhanced on addition of ZrO2/CeO2 catalyst to the plasma reactor. Typical results indicated that SMX degradation followed first-order kinetics.

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IITH Creators:	IITH Creators ORCiD
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Advanced oxidation processes; Degradation and Mineralization; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; first order kinetics
Subjects:	Others > Pharmacy ?? sub5.8 ??
Divisions:	Department of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Team Library
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2015 10:58
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2015 04:46
URI:	http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/1351
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OA policy:	http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1203-8407/
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