A Taguchi approach with electron-beam irradiation to optimize the efficiency of removing enrofloxacin from aqueous media

Hong Thi Bich Truong; Hiep Nghia Bui; Hieu Trung Nguyen; Thanh-Luu Pham; Duy Ngoc Nguyen; Yuan-Shing Perng; Linh Thi My Lam; Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo; Van-Truc Nguyen; Ha Manh Bui

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.39, No.4, 973-985, April, 2022

DOI10.1007/s11814-021-0995-x Export Citation

A Taguchi approach with electron-beam irradiation to optimize the efficiency of removing enrofloxacin from aqueous media

Hong Thi Bich Truong¹, Hiep Nghia Bui², Hieu Trung Nguyen³, Thanh-Luu Pham^{4, 5}, Duy Ngoc Nguyen⁶, Yuan-Shing Perng⁷, Linh Thi My Lam^{8, 9}, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo¹⁰, Van-Truc Nguyen¹¹, and Ha Manh Bui^{11, †}

¹Department of Chemistry, Biology and Environment, Pham Van Dong University, Quang Ngai Province 57000, Vietnam
²Department of Environmental Engineering, Dayeh University, Changhua 51591, Taiwan
³Institute of Applied Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province 75000, Vietnam
⁴Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
⁵Institute of Tropical Biology, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
⁶Research and Development Center for Radiation Technology, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
⁷Department of Forestry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
⁸Faculty of Education, An Giang University, An Giang Province 90000, Vietnam
⁹Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
¹⁰Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam
¹¹Department of Environmental Sciences, Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City 70000, Vietnam

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Electron-beam (EB) irradiation was employed to degrade enrofloxacin (ENR) in an aqueous solution. The algal growth inhibition test revealed that ENR exhibited low toxicity against the cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp., with an EC50-96 h value of 5.17mg/L. The Taguchi design also involved finding the best optimum for ENR treatment using EB. Results revealed that the high-efficiency removal of ENR in an aqueous solution was approximately 98.53% under the optimum conditions of an absorbed dose of 5 kGy, a pH of 5.0, and an initial ENR concentration of 10 mg/L and an H2O2 concentration of 2mM. The ERR degradation under a couple of EB irradiation and H2O2 followed pseudo-firstorder kinetics, with an R2 of ~0.970. The major degradation pathways of ENR were suggested by density functional theory, natural bond orbital calculations, and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was also performed to evaluate the impact of the EB on removing ENR; the industrial process was designed based on laboratory tests aimed with the ReCiPe tool. The obtained results indicated that energy consumption and H2O2 affect environmental impacts with order human health, ecology systems, and natural resource. The LCA also proved that EB could be a green and efficient method for eliminating pharmaceutical contaminants in water.

Keywords:Enrofloxacin;Pharmaceutical;Electron Beam;Life Cycle Assessment

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