Dimethyl phthalate is low molecular weight phthalate used on a wide scale within industry for manufacture of plastics, solvents, adhesives, lubricants, coatings and due to its poor biodegradability is not removed by classic wastewater treatment processes. It was proved that it affects the endocrine system, presenting carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic effects on upon living organisms. Therefore, there is a need for more advanced treatment methods such as advanced oxidation processes for dimethyl phthalate removal from aqueous systems. A hybrid process consisting from photo catalysis and membrane based processes was investigated and the optimum parameters for dimethyl phthalate removal were established. In respect to photocatalytic process the influence of photo catalyst dose, pH, irradiation time were studied and process kinetics were set up using a synthetic dimethyl phthalate solution. In order to recover and reuse the photocatalyst a membrane process was used and optimum working pressure was determined. In the case of real wastewater matrix the addition of hydrogen peroxide was needed, in the photocatalytic stage, in order to improve process efficiency. Four treatment cycles, using real wastewater spiked with dimethyl phthalate, were performed with the reuse of photo catalyst proving that the use of photocatalytic membrane reactor with suspended photo catalyst represents a promising method for phthalates removal from aqueous systems.
The food industry wastewater is known to present a high organic matter content, due to specific raw materials and processing activities. Even if these compounds are not directly toxic to the environment, high concentrations in effluents could represent a source of pollution as discharges of high biological oxygen demand may impact receiving river's ecosystems. Identifying the main organic contaminants in wastewater samples represents the first step in establishing the optimum treatment method. The sample analysis for the non-target compounds through the GC-MS technique highlights, along with other analytical parameters, the efficiency of the main physical and biological treatment steps of the middle-size Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Long-chain fatty acids and their esters were the main abundant classes of non-target identified compounds. The highest intensity detection signal was reached by n-hexadecanoic acid or palmitic acid, a component of palm oil, after the physical treatment processes with dissolved air flotation, and by 1-octadecanol after biological treatment.
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