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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Degradation of Chloramphenicol
by VUV/Peroxymonosulfate Process: Kinetics,
Effects of Water Matrix Components,
Modeling and Economic Optimization
1
Naval Logistics Academy, Tianjin 300000, China
2
Unit 91292 of PLA, Baoding, 074000, China
3
State Key Laboratory of Technologies in Space Cryogenic Propellants, Beijing Special Engineering Design
and Research Institute, Beijing 100028, China
Submission date: 2024-08-08
Final revision date: 2024-11-21
Acceptance date: 2024-12-02
Online publication date: 2025-03-27
Publication date: 2026-01-30
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2026;35(1):961-975
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ABSTRACT
As a cost-effective and wide-spectrum antibiotic with potent antibacterial properties, CAP
(chloramphenicol) has been widely used in aquaculture and human medicine in recent years
and is difficult to degrade by traditional biological treatment methods. In this study, the kinetics
and economy in the oxidization of CAP by the VUV/PMS (peroxymonosulfate) process were
investigated. The degradation of CAP was exhibited remarkably by the VUV/PMS process, compared
with the individual effects of VUV and PMS. The degradation reaction followed pseudo-zero-order
kinetics, with R2 of 0.993, indicating a relatively constant rate of degradation under certain conditions.
Quenching experiments revealed that hydroxyl radicals (•OH) played a predominant role in the reaction.
The degradation process was simulated effectively by a quadratic polynomial model, with degradation
efficiency as the response variable and dosages of PMS, UV power, and retention time as independent
variables, utilizing response surface methodology (RSM). The lowest total operating cost for CAP
degradation was determined to be 0.417 USD/m³/order.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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