| خلاصه مقاله | Chlorpyrifos (CPF), an organophosphate pesticide, has been widely used in the agricultural industry and may cause
environmental damage. The present study was aimed to evaluate the potential application of Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/PMS
processes for oxidation of CPF in water treatment. Hence, this study was performed in two phases including coagulation
and flocculation process and advanced oxidation process (AOP). In the first phase, the coagulation process was
performed for turbidity removal by ferric chloride (FeCl3). In this phase, using a central composite design (CCD), the
combined effect of four variables including initial turbidity, initial pH, coagulant dose and contact time was investigated.
The supernatant from this process was transferred to the next phase for further analysis. In the AOP phase, the effect of
Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/PMS oxidants were investigated separately. In the first phase (coagulation and flocculation), FeCl3
showed the highest efficiency (95.79%) at alkaline pH (pH=8). In the next phase (AOP), the results showed that the
degradation efficiency of Fe(VI)/PMS process after coagulation processes was higher compared to Fe(VI) process at all
pHs. However, the highest removal efficiency in both processes was obtained at pH=7. Also, by examining the reaction
kinetics, it was found that after the coagulation process by FeCl3, the removal rate in the Fe(VI)/PMS process is 1.5
times higher than the Fe(VI) process. |