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Metoprolol abatement from wastewaters by electrochemical oxidation with boron doped diamond anodes
Author(s) -
Martín de Vidales María J.,
Sáez Cristina,
Cañizares Pablo,
Rodrigo Manuel A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.2701
Subject(s) - metoprolol tartrate , chemistry , electrochemistry , wastewater , metoprolol , pollutant , electrolyte , stoichiometry , supporting electrolyte , degradation (telecommunications) , diamond , effluent , anode , reaction rate constant , metal , inorganic chemistry , environmental chemistry , electrode , kinetics , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , environmental science , medicine , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , cardiology
BACKGROUND: Metoprolol is a beta‐blocker that can be found in urban wastewaters and which is not removed efficiently by conventional wastewater treatments. In this work, the removal of this pollutant by conductive diamond electrochemical oxidation (CDEO) is studied. RESULTS: CDEO is able to degrade Metoprolol tartrate down to the 10 ppb level (detection limit of the technique used) with a current charge requirement that increases with increase in the initial concentration of pollutant, although it is many times greater than the stoichiometric current charge required. CDEO also removed very efficiently the reaction intermediates. In terms of TOC the depletion follows a first‐order kinetic, but the kinetic constant of Metoprolol decreases with concentration. NaCl increases significantly Metoprolol degradation rate, but it barely affects the TOC removal rate. CONCLUSIONS: CDEO can be used to remove Metoprolol from wastewaters, independently of the initial concentration of compound. Several reaction intermediates are formed during the electrolyses although their concentrations are very low and negligible compared with that of Metoprolol. The removal rate (in terms of TOC) does not depend on the nature of the electrolyte used. The process is under mass transfer control for the complete range of concentrations studied. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry