Fate and degradation kinetics of nonylphenol compounds in aerobic batch digesters

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2014-11-01

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Omeroglu, Seçil
Sanin, Faika Dilek

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Nonylphenol (NP) compounds are toxic and persistent chemicals that are not fully degraded either in natural or engineered systems. Current knowledge indicates that these compounds concentrate in sewage sludge. Therefore, investigating the degradation patterns and types of metabolites formed during sludge treatment are important for land application of sewage sludge. Unfortunately, the information on the fate of nonylphenol compounds in sludge treatment is very limited. This study aims to investigate the biodegradation patterns of nonylphenol diethoxylate (NP2EO) in aerobic batch digesters. For this purpose, two NP2EO spiked and two control laboratory aerobic batch digesters were operated. The spiked digester contained 3 mg/L NP2EO in the whole reactor content. The compounds of interest (parent compound and expected metabolites) were extracted with sonication and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as a function of time. Results showed that, following the day of spike, NP2EO degraded rapidly. The metabolites observed were nonylphenol monoethoxylate (NP1EO), NP and dominantly, nonylphenoxy acetic acid (NP1EC). The mass balance over the reactors indicated that the total mass spiked was highly accounted for by the products analyzed. The time dependent analysis indicated that the parent compound degradation and daughter product formation followed first order kinetics. The digester performance parameters analyzed (VS and COD reduction) indicated that the spike of NP2EO did not affect the digester performance. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Aerobic digestion, Nonylphenol, Nonylphenoxy acetic acid, Nonylphenol diethoxylate, Sewage sludge

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36822

Journal

WATER RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.033

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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S. Omeroglu and F. D. Sanin, “Fate and degradation kinetics of nonylphenol compounds in aerobic batch digesters,” WATER RESEARCH, pp. 1–12, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36822.