ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Removal of Tetracycline Hydrochloride (TCH)
in Simulated Wastewater by Zero-Valent Iron with
Ultrasonic Irradiation (US-ZIV)
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State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection,
Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Submission date: 2019-12-11
Final revision date: 2020-05-02
Acceptance date: 2020-06-09
Online publication date: 2020-09-16
Publication date: 2020-11-10
Corresponding author
Wenlai Xu
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, China, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(1):903-916
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ABSTRACT
In this study, ultrasonic radiation zero-valent iron is used to remove tetracycline hydrochloride in
aqueous solution. Zero-valent iron was characterized by SEM and XRD. The mechanism of tetracycline
hydrochloride removal process by zero-valent iron was proposed. The effects of initial pH, zerovalent
iron dosage, ultrasonic power and tetracycline hydrochloride concentration on the removal of
tetracycline hydrochloride in the US-ZVI system were studied in detail. The US-ZVI system produces
strong reducing agent ·H and new Fe2+, which can rapidly reduce tetracycline hydrochloride. The results
show that with the US-ZVI system, a lower initial pH helps accelerate the removal of tetracycline
hydrochloride. In addition, with the US-ZVI system, with the increase of initial zero-valent iron dosage
can promote the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride. However, compared with pH, the zerovalent
iron dosage has less effect on the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride. In addition, the
ultrasonic wave improves the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride by zero-valent iron. The higher
the ultrasonic power, the better the removal effect of tetracycline hydrochloride. However, the initial
tetracycline hydrochloride dosage has hardly affected on the degradation efficiency of tetracycline
hydrochloride. And the improvement of degradation rate is mainly due to the synergy between US and
ZVI. Then, the recycling experiments were carried out. Finally, according to liquid chromatographymass
spectrometry results, the degradation pathway of tetracycline hydrochloride was proposed.