1. Photocatalytic treatment of organoselenium in synthetic mine-impacted effluents
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Jeffrey Thomas Martin, Tia Chai, Timothy Michael Carter Leshuk, Zachary William Young, and Frank Gu
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organoselenium ,passive treatment ,photocatalysis ,selenium ,selenomethionine ,Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering ,TD1-1066 - Abstract
Biological selenium reduction processes are commonly employed as the best available technology (BAT) for selenium removal; however, as a by-product they produce trace amounts of organoselenium compounds with orders of magnitude greater bioaccumulation potential and toxicity. Here, we assessed buoyant photocatalysts (BPCs) as a potential passive advanced oxidation process (P-AOP) for organoselenium treatment. Using a synthetic mine-impacted water solution, spiked with selenomethionine (96 μg/L) as a representative organoselenium compound, photocatalysis with BPCs fully eliminated selenomethionine to
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- 2023
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