title: Photodegradation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans: direct photolysis and photocatalysis processes.
abstract: This study employed direct photolysis to treat mixed polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) solutions. The solutions included a synthetic standard 17 2, 3, 7, 8-substituted congeners solution and a practical liquid extracted from the bag filter ash of an electric arc furnace. Additionally, this work utilized a coupled catalyst (ZnO/SnO2) under UV irradiation for photocatalytic degradation of 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8-HxCDD and OCDD. The direct photolysis rate of PCDFs was faster than that of PCDDs. The degradation rate of international toxicity equivalency quantity (I-TEQ) for PCDDs and PCDFs in the synthetic standard solution was 1.369 and 1.472 h(-1), respectively, and that in the ash-extracted solution was 0.061 and 0.117 h(-1), respectively. The rate of photocatalytic degradation declined as the number of chlorine atoms increased. No 2, 3, 7, 8-substituted congeners were identified during photocatalytic degradation; additionally, the photolytic rate of the UV/coupled catalyst was higher than that of UV/single catalyst system. Experimental results suggested that the primary degradation pathway for direct photolysis and photocatalysis of PCDD/Fs was the CCl cleavage and CO cleavage, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Da-Yeh University, 112 Shan-Jiau Road, Da-Tsuen, Chang-Hua, Taiwan, ROC. chunghsinwu@yahoo.com.tw
authors.forename: Chung-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: How-Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000379:methods*; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D017745:Incineration; D008027:Light; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010777:Photochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D010782:Photolysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins