Advanced treatment technologies efficacies and mechanism of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances removal from water

Ahmed, MB; Alam, MM; Zhou, JL; Xu, B; Johir, MAH; Karmakar, AK; Rahman, MS; Hossen, J; Hasan, ATMK; Moni, MA

Advanced treatment technologies efficacies and mechanism of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances removal from water

Ahmed, MB Alam, MM Zhou, JL Xu, B Johir, MAH Karmakar, AK Rahman, MS Hossen, J Hasan, ATMK Moni, MA

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Citation:: Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2020, 136, pp. 1-14
Issue Date:: 2020-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ahmed, MB
dc.contributor.author	Alam, MM
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, JL
dc.contributor.author	Xu, B
dc.contributor.author	Johir, MAH
dc.contributor.author	Karmakar, AK
dc.contributor.author	Rahman, MS
dc.contributor.author	Hossen, J
dc.contributor.author	Hasan, ATMK
dc.contributor.author	Moni, MA
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-28T19:41:51Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-28T19:41:51Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-01
dc.identifier.citation	Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2020, 136, pp. 1-14
dc.identifier.issn	0957-5820
dc.identifier.issn	1744-3598
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143560
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers The increasing occurrence of chemically resistant per- and poly-ﬂuoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the natural environment, animal tissues and even the human body poses a significant health risk. Temporal trend studies on water, sediments, bird, fish, marine mammal and the human show that the exposure of PFAS has significantly increased over the last 20–30 years. Different physical, biological and chemical treatment processes have been investigated for PFAS removal from water. However, there is a lack of detailed understating of the mechanism of removal by different methods, especially by different advanced chemical treatment processes. This article reviews PFASs removal efficacy and mechanism by the advanced chemical treatment methods from aqueous solution. Review shows that several advanced oxidation processes (e.g., electrochemical oxidation, activated persulfate oxidation, photocatalysis, UV-induced oxidation) are successful in degrading PFASs. Moreover, defluorination treatment, some thermal and non-thermal degradation processes are also found to be prominent for the degradation of PFASs with some limitations including process costs over physical treatment (e.g., sorption), production of toxic by-products and greenhouse gases. Finally, knowledge gaps concerning the advanced chemical treatment of PFASs are discussed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER
dc.relation.ispartof	Process Safety and Environmental Protection
dc.relation.hasversion	Accepted Manuscript version	en
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.psep.2020.01.005
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dc.subject	0904 Chemical Engineering, 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy, 0102 Applied Mathematics, 0911 Maritime Engineering
dc.subject.classification	Chemical Engineering
dc.subject.classification	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
dc.title	Advanced treatment technologies efficacies and mechanism of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances removal from water
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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© 2020 Institution of Chemical Engineers The increasing occurrence of chemically resistant per- and poly-ﬂuoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the natural environment, animal tissues and even the human body poses a significant health risk. Temporal trend studies on water, sediments, bird, fish, marine mammal and the human show that the exposure of PFAS has significantly increased over the last 20–30 years. Different physical, biological and chemical treatment processes have been investigated for PFAS removal from water. However, there is a lack of detailed understating of the mechanism of removal by different methods, especially by different advanced chemical treatment processes. This article reviews PFASs removal efficacy and mechanism by the advanced chemical treatment methods from aqueous solution. Review shows that several advanced oxidation processes (e.g., electrochemical oxidation, activated persulfate oxidation, photocatalysis, UV-induced oxidation) are successful in degrading PFASs. Moreover, defluorination treatment, some thermal and non-thermal degradation processes are also found to be prominent for the degradation of PFASs with some limitations including process costs over physical treatment (e.g., sorption), production of toxic by-products and greenhouse gases. Finally, knowledge gaps concerning the advanced chemical treatment of PFASs are discussed.

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