Physicochemical regeneration of high silica zeolite Y used to clean-up water polluted with sulfonamide antibiotics  

作　　者：I.Braschi S.Blasioli E.Buscaroli D.Montecchio A.Martucci 

机构地区：[1]Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna [2]NanoSiSTeMI Interdisciplinary Centre, Università del Piemonte Orientale A.Avogadro [3]Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara

出　　处：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》2016年第5期302-312,共11页环境科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (No. PRIN 2008 BL2NWK: Zeolites as nano-reactors for the environment: efficiency, selectivity and stability in the adsorption of drugs from contaminated waters)

摘　　要：High silica zeolite Y has been positively evaluated to clean-up water polluted with sulfonamides, an antibiotic family which is known to be involved in the antibiotic resistance evolution. To define possible strategies for the exhausted zeolite regeneration,the efficacy of some chemico-physical treatments on the zeolite loaded with four different sulfonamides was evaluated. The evolution of photolysis, Fenton-like reaction, thermal treatments, and solvent extractions and the occurrence in the zeolite pores of organic residues eventually entrapped was elucidated by a combined thermogravimetric（TGA–DTA）, diffractometric（XRPD）, and spectroscopic（FT-IR） approach. The chemical processes were not able to remove the organic guest from zeolite pores and a limited transformation on embedded molecules was observed. On the contrary, both thermal treatment and solvent extraction succeeded in the regeneration of the zeolite loaded from deionized and natural fresh water. The recyclability of regenerated zeolite was evaluated over several adsorption/regeneration cycles, due to the treatment efficacy and its stability as well as the ability to regain the structural features of the unloaded material.High silica zeolite Y has been positively evaluated to clean-up water polluted with sulfonamides, an antibiotic family which is known to be involved in the antibiotic resistance evolution. To define possible strategies for the exhausted zeolite regeneration,the efficacy of some chemico-physical treatments on the zeolite loaded with four different sulfonamides was evaluated. The evolution of photolysis, Fenton-like reaction, thermal treatments, and solvent extractions and the occurrence in the zeolite pores of organic residues eventually entrapped was elucidated by a combined thermogravimetric（TGA–DTA）, diffractometric（XRPD）, and spectroscopic（FT-IR） approach. The chemical processes were not able to remove the organic guest from zeolite pores and a limited transformation on embedded molecules was observed. On the contrary, both thermal treatment and solvent extraction succeeded in the regeneration of the zeolite loaded from deionized and natural fresh water. The recyclability of regenerated zeolite was evaluated over several adsorption/regeneration cycles, due to the treatment efficacy and its stability as well as the ability to regain the structural features of the unloaded material.

关 键 词：Zeolite recyclability Water depollution Sulfa drugs Thermal regeneration Solvent extraction 

分 类 号：X703[环境科学与工程—环境工程]