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Greenhouse gas emissions from advanced oxidation processes in the degradation of bisphenol A: a comparative study of the H2O2/UV, TiO2 /UV, and ozonation processes

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To estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and degradation rate constants (kobs) from H2O2/UV-C, TiO2/UV-C, and ozonation processes in the degradation of bisphenol A (BPA), the laboratory scale experiments were conducted. In the H2O2/UV-C process, the fastest degradation rate constant (kobs = 0.353 min−1) was observed at 4 mM of H2O2, while the minimum GHG emission was achieved at 3 mM of H2O2. In the TiO2/UV-C process, the fastest rate constant (kobs = 0.126 min−1) was achieved at 2000 mg/L of TiO2, while the minimum GHG emission was observed at 400 mg/L of TiO2. In the ozonation process, GHG emissions were minimal at 5 mg/L of O3, but the degradation rate constant kept on increasing as the O3 concentration increased. There were three major types of GHG emissions in the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). In the ozonation process, most of the GHG emissions were generated by electricity consumption. TiO2/UV-C process accounted for a significant portion of the GHGs generated by the use of chemicals. Finally, the H2O2/UV-C process produced similar GHG emissions from both chemical inputs and electricity consumption. The carbon footprint calculation revealed that for the treatment of 1 m3 of water contaminated with 0.04 mM BPA, the H2O2/UV-C process had the smallest carbon footprint (0.565 kg CO2 eq/m3), followed by the TiO2/UV-C process (3.445 kg CO2 eq/m3) and the ozonation process (3.897 kg CO2 eq/m3). Our results imply that the increase in removal rate constant might not be the optimal parameter for reducing GHG emissions during the application of these processes.

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This study was supported by the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) through the project for developing innovative drinking water and wastewater technologies funded by Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) (NO. 2019002710001).

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    Young-Min Kang, Tae-Kyoung Kim & Kyung-Duk Zoh

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Highlights

• We estimated GHG emission during H2O2/UV, TiO2/UV, and O3 reactions of bisphenol A.

• Carbon footprint concept was used to compare GHG emission in different AOP processes.

• Conditions to increase the rate constant may not be optimal in terms of GHG emission.

• H2O2/UV process showed the smallest carbon footprint among the AOP processes.

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Kang, YM., Kim, TK., Kim, MK. et al. Greenhouse gas emissions from advanced oxidation processes in the degradation of bisphenol A: a comparative study of the H2O2/UV, TiO2 /UV, and ozonation processes. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 12227–12236 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07807-3

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