A preparation method and application of a zero-valent aluminum/iron-bearing clay composite for catalyzing a persulfate to oxidize organics are provided, which belongs to the field of water environmental treatment. A novel catalyst is prepared by an iron-bearing clay and a zero-valent aluminum through a simple ball milling method, for achieving the effect of activating a persulfate to efficiently oxidize and degrade refractory organics in water. The preparation method and operation process thereof are simple. Compared with a chemical synthesis method, the method of the present disclosure brings about less secondary pollution, and has a shorter synthesis time, higher yield and lower cost. The modified material is the natural iron-bearing clay, which is widely available, non-toxic and stable as a heterogeneous catalyst.

Use of Keplerate type polyoxomolybdates of the general structure Mo.sub.72M.sub.30, wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cr, V or Mo.sub.2, for decontaminating aqueous media (water) from inorganic and organic pollutants.

The disclosure is a method for recovering groundwater contaminated with organic phenols. The method includes the step of injecting a remediation agent into the groundwater extracted from the stratum to be rehabilitated or ex-situ extracted, followed by the step of injecting manganese-based oxidant. By adding a suitable proportion of soluble silicon to the water to be treated as a remediation agent, the efficiency of manganese-based oxidant in the treatment of phenolic pollutants is enhanced based on interface properties and stability of various manganese oxides in the regulating and recovering process. The method for recovering groundwater contaminated with organic phenols provided by the disclosure has a simple process and is convenient to operate, the adopted chemicals are inexpensive and easy to obtain, cause little corrosion to the injection equipment, and has a wide range of applications in practice. The adopted oxidant will not produce halogenated toxic by-products during the treatment process.

Disclosed is a method for degrading antibiotics by aqueous phase transfer catalysis using an anionic liquid and hydrogen peroxide, including: adding hydrogen peroxide to a wastewater containing the antibiotics to obtain a first mixture, and adjusting a pH of the first mixture to 3-4 to form an aqueous phase, and adding a catalyst to a water-insoluble ionic liquid to obtain a second mixture, and stirring the second mixture to form an ionic liquid phase, wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of ferrocene, iron dodecyl sulfonate, ferrous dodecyl sulfonate, and copper dodecyl sulfonate; and mixing the aqueous phase and the ionic liquid phase in a volume ratio of (8-11):1 to obtain a mixed phase, and stirring the mixed phase to degrade the antibiotics.

Present invention is related to a high performance photothermal conversion materials, membrane, layer structure and applications thereof. The said materials comprise an UV and infrared absorbed material and a visible light absorbed material with at least one of or both of these materials has photothermal conversion ability. These materials could be further produced as a porous membrane or foam layer with a plastic material. Further by layered with another hydrophilic fiber layer, a porous layer structure could be obtained by the present invention with high performance photothermal conversion, uni-direction water transportation and photocatalytic abilities. The present invention could absorb a wide range of light source (UV-to-vis-to-NIP) and convert to another energy like heat solving the insufficiency of conventional photothermal conversion material.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising a primary treatment system configured to remove solids from an untreated fluid to generate a primary treated fluid. The apparatus further comprises an oxidation treatment system including an inlet configured to receive the primary treated fluid, an ozone inlet configured to receive ozone from an ozone generator, and an outlet configured to dispense secondary treated fluid. The apparatus may further comprise a controller in electrical communication with the ozone generator. The controller is programmed to regulate the flow of ozone through the oxidation treatment system such that an effective amount of ozone contacts the primary treated fluid to generate the secondary treated fluid. In some embodiments, the secondary treated fluid discharging from the oxidation treatment system has a chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal level of greater than 85%.

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for degrading per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using hydrated electrons generated in an ultraviolet (UV)/sulfite system. These systems and methods may be used, e.g., to remediate wastewater by destroying PFAS and co-contaminants such as chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs).

The present invention refers to an industrial process and system that is efficient and advantageous for inactivation of liquid wastes contaminated by mutagenic, genotoxic and/or teratogenic substances arising from high potency APIs production using inactivation chemical agents and excluding ozone, heat or UV light source.

The disclosure provides a photodegradant for carbamazepine, a method and an apparatus for degrading carbamazepine, and relates to the technical filed of degradation of organic pollutants. The photodegradant provided by the disclosure includes a composite solution of a persulfate and a sulfite. In the disclosure, ultraviolet (UV), the persulfate (PS) and the sulfite (S(IV)) are combined to degrade carbamazepine, during which hydrogen sulfate (HSO.sub.3.sup.−) generated by the hydrolysis of sulfite in water participates in the reaction to produce a large amount of SO.sub.4.sup.⋅− and HO⋅, thus improving the degradation rate and degradation efficiency of carbamazepine. The composite advanced oxidation system, i.e., the ultraviolet/persulfate/sulfite (UV/PS/S(IV)) system, provided by the disclosure has stronger oxidizability than the ultraviolet/persulfate (UV/PS) system and the ultraviolet/sulfite (UV/S(IV)) system, and results in high degradation rate and high degradation efficiency of carbamazepine.

A reactor that operates with ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) to attain UV photoreactions or UV photo-initiated reaction in a fluid flow for various applications, including water purification. The UV-LED reactor is comprised of a conduit means for passing fluid flow, an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED), and a radiation-focusing element to focus the UV-LED radiation to the fluid in the longitudinal direction of the conduit. The UV-LED reactor may include photocatalysts or chemical oxidants, which are activated by UV emitted by UV-LEDs for photocatalytic and photo-initiated reactions.