Destruction of microcystins (cyanotoxins) by UV-254nm-based direct photolysis and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs): Influence of variable amino acids on the degradation kinetics and reaction mechanisms

Water Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-238

  He, Xuexiang ^a,b   de la Cruz, Armah A ^c   Hiskia, Anastasia ^d   Kaloudis, Triantafyllos ^e   O'Shea, Kevin ^f   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company S A   (Greece)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Mechanism; Microcystins; Second order rate constant; UV 254nm; Variable amino acids

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDANTS; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

AMINO-ACIDS; CYANOTOXINS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIRECT PHOTOLYSIS; MICROCYSTIN-LR; MICROCYSTINS; REACTION MECHANISM; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; UV-254NM; VARIABLE AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MICROCYSTIN; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL BONDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIHYDROXYLATION; HYDRATION; HYDROXYLATION; ISOMERIZATION; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

AMINO ACIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MICROCYSTINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFATES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84923923464     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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