eprintid: 2382 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/23/82 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:50:36 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:50:36 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:43:24 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Affam, A.C. creators_name: Chaudhuri, M. creators_name: Kutty, S.R.M. title: Fenton treatment of chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and chlorothalonil pesticides in aqueous solution ispublished: pub keywords: aqueous solution; biodegradation; chemical oxygen demand; mineralization; pesticide note: cited By 15 abstract: The study examined the effect of operating conditions of the Fenton process on degradation, biodegradability improvement and mineralization of chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and chlorothalonil pesticides in aqueous solution. Also, the degradation of the pesticides under optimum operating conditions was evaluated. The optimum operating conditions for Fenton treatment of an aqueous solution containing 100, 50 and 250 mg L-1 of chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and chlorothalonil, respectively were observed to be H202/C0D molar ratio 3, H202/Fe2+ molar ratio 10 and pH 3. Pesticide degradation increased with temperature. Under the optimum operating conditions, complete degradation of the pesticides occurred in 1 min. Biodegradability (BOD5/COD ratio) increased from zero to 0.35 and COD and TOC removal were 69.03 and 55.61, respectively in 60 min. Due to mineralization of organic carbon, decrease in ammonia-nitrogen from 22-6.1 mg L-1 and increase in nitrate from 0.7-15.2 mg L-1 in 60 min were observed. The study indicated that Fenton process can be used for pretreatment of combined chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and chlorothalonil aqueous solution or wastewater for biological treatment. © 2012 Asian Network for Scientific Information. date: 2012 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84871324732&doi=10.3923%2fjest.2012.407.418&partnerID=40&md5=b92ec4968097c6a5e3d3d45b53a614dc id_number: 10.3923/jest.2012.407.418 full_text_status: none publication: Journal of Environmental Science and Technology volume: 5 number: 6 pagerange: 407-418 refereed: TRUE issn: 19947887 citation: Affam, A.C. and Chaudhuri, M. and Kutty, S.R.M. (2012) Fenton treatment of chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and chlorothalonil pesticides in aqueous solution. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 5 (6). pp. 407-418. ISSN 19947887