Many studies related to the effects of contamination water by emerging pollutants are being currently developed. Due to lack of information for the characterization of these pollutants, conventional treatment techniques are not efficient, requiring additional steps to the treatment. Advanced oxidation processes have high efficiency in the degradation of organic contaminants. This work studies the optimization of the oxidation process of the emerging pollutant 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) using sodium persulfate-UV. Experiments were carried out in a photochemical reactor using two fluorescent black light and 40 W. Results indicated higher than 95% degradation of EE2 in 60 minutes of reaction using 10 g / L of oxidant at pH 3.<br/>

Degradation of 17-ethinylestradiol by UV-activated persulfate oxidation

254th National Meeting (2017)

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