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Energy-efficient erythromycin degradation using UV-LED (275 nm)/chlorine process: Radical contribution, transformation products, and toxicity evaluation
년도 2020
날짜 Oct
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185:116159 / Water Research
논문저자 Tae-Kyoung Kim 1, Taeyeon Kim 1, Youngho Cha 1, Kyung-Duk Zoh 2
Link 관련링크 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004313542030696… 174회 연결
Affiliations
1Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
2Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea. Electronic address: zohkd@snu.ac.kr.

Abstract
In this study, we investigated the degradation mechanism of erythromycin (ERY) during UV-LED/chlorine treatment using a 275-nm ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED). This wavelength is known to generate fewer disinfection byproducts (DBPs), and to have higher energy and photon yield efficiency compared to low pressure mercury (LP-UV) lamp which emits 254 nm of UV radiation. The degradation of ERY during the UV-LED/chlorine reaction followed pseudo-first-order kinetics. While Cl• and ClO• radicals along with other secondary radicals played key roles in the degradation of ERY at alkaline pH conditions, •OH radical was the main contributor at acidic pH conditions. Using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QToF-MS), we tentatively identified six byproducts. Trace amounts of DBPs, such as chloroform (CHCl3) and chlorate (ClO3-) ions, were also detected at less than 0.3 mg/L. There was no residual antibiotic effect at the end of the UV-LED/chlorine reaction due to the complete degradation of important moieties, such as macrolide, in ERY. Toxicity decreased by 20% after 20 min during the UV-LED/chlorine process of ERY (1.0 mg/L) degradation. Finally, we confirmed the inactivation of ARB and ARG during the UV-LED/chlorine process.

Keywords: Byproduct; Radical; Radical scavenger; Toxicity; UV/Chlorine; Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED).

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