PROCESOS

OXIDATIVOS
AVANZADOS PARA Prof. Raúl Lima

EL TRATAMIENTO Coasaca

DE AGUA Y AGUAS
RESIDUALES
KNOWN AND NEW EMERGING CONTAMINANTS

1. Pesticides
2. Pharmaceuticals
3. “Life-style” and personal care compounds
4. Industrial additives and by-products
5. Food additives
6. Water treatment by-products
7. Flame/fire retardants/suppressants
8. Recently identified emerging contaminants: nanomaterial, metal oxides, zero valetn metals,
quantum dots, compositos y nanosilver.
REGULATION

The following aspects must therefore be considered: how do the contaminant interacts with the
groundwater body and the immediate ecological unit?; are there any toxicological effects
associated with the contaminant?; how is it distributed?; does it bioaccumulate?; and finally, is it
persistent?
YOUR OPINION

• Management of ECs is extremely challenging. From the policy and regulation perspective it
requires changes in current practices including the development of ambitious yet feasible
policies to address contaminants yet to be adequately studied and contaminants of ongoing
concern. Best practice in regulating ECs includes an integration of science-policy in the
frameworks for preventing, assessing, and managing contaminated sites.
• How do you manage the fate and impact of ECs in all exposed environmental units across
their whole life cycle?
PROCESOS OXIDATIVOS AVANZADOS

Los procesos oxidativos avanzados (POA) han sido definidos con precisión por Glaze et al. (1987)
como procesos de tratamiento de aguas realizados a temperatura ambiente y presión normal y
basados en la generación in situ de un potente agente oxidante, como son los radicales hidroxilo
(•OH)

Glaze, W. H., Kang, J. W., and Chapin, D. H. (1987). The chemistry of water treatment processes involving ozone, hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone Sci. Eng., 9(4), 335–352.
AOP

All advanced oxidation processes (AOP) are characterized by a common chemical feature: the
capability of exploiting the high reactivity of HO radicals in driving oxidation processes which
are suitable for achieving the complete abatement and through mineralization of even less reactive
pollutants
FENTON PROCESSES

• Production of OH radicals by Fenton reagent occurs by means of addition of H2O2 to Fe2+

salts
PHOTOASSISTED FENTON PROCESSES

• This is an extension of Fenton process which takes advantage from UV-VIS light irradiation at
wavelength values higher than 300 nm. In these conditions, the photolysis of Fe3+ complexes
allows Fe2+ regeneration
PHOTOCATALYSIS

• The initiating event in the photocatalytic process is the absorption of the radiation with the
formation of electron-hole pairs
OZONE WATER
SYSTEM
• To illustrate the fundamental
chemistry upon which
O3/H2O2 and O3/UV
processes are based, a
reference to the ozone
chemistry in aqueous
alkaline solutions is required
PEROXONATION

• The principle of peroxonation is based on a coupling between ozone (O3) and H2O2, resulting
in the generation of oxidizing radicals
PHOTOLYSIS
OF H2O2
(H2O2/UV)
CONCLUSIONS

• This is of vital importance in Latin America, because in many cases there is no adequate
management of wastewater, which often ends up being discharged into surface waters without
treatment. As a consequence, developing countries are exposed to high concentrations of ECs
putting the health of the population and the environment at risk
• Advanced oxidation processes represent a powerful mean for the abatement of refractory
and/or toxic pollutants in wastewaters.
• Different AOP techniques have been developed thus allowing to make choices the most
appropriate for the specific treatment problems.
¡GRACIAS!
Saneamiento = sanar el ambiente