title: Chemical pretreatment of olive oil mill wastewater using a metal-organic framework catalyst.
abstract: Olive oil mill wastewaters (OOMW) are not suited for direct biological treatment because of their nonbiodegradable and phytotoxic compound (such as polyphenols) content. Advanced technologies for treatment of OOMW consider mainly the use of solid catalysts in processes that can be operated at room conditions. A system based on combined actions of catalytic oxidations and microbial technologies was studied. The wet hydrogen peroxide catalytic oxidation (WHPCO) process is one of the new emerging oxidation processes particularly attractive for the pretreatment of highly polluted OOMW containing polyphenols that are not suited for classical treatments. In this work, the biodegradability of OOMW was evaluated before and after treating the wastewater samples by the WHPCO process using a metal-organic framework (MOF) as a catalyst. This material, containing Cu and prepared with benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (BTC), is a robust metal-organic polymer with a microporous structure that is reminiscent of the topology of zeolite frameworks.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Difesa del Suolo V. Marone, Università della Calabria, I-87030 Rende (CS), Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: Girolamo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Granato
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katovic
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tripicchio
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D008670:Metals; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids; D014867:Water; D003300:Copper; C069849:trimesic acid