Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8(8), P. e10137 - e10137
Published: Aug. 1, 2022
Ciprofloxacin
(CIP)
has
been
listed
in
the
last
version
of
surface
water
due
to
its
ability
kill
human
cells
by
inhibiting
activity
DNA
topoisomerase
IV.
Thus,
CIP,
along
with
other
antibiotic
pollution
become
a
serious
threat
environment
and
public
health.
Ozonation
used
as
an
advanced
technique
that
is
applied
wastewater
treatment
remove
but
primary
limitation
this
method
low
solubility
ozone
water.
This
study
first
report
CIP
removal
scale-up
aqueous
solution
using
self-developed
aerator
pump-enhanced
ozonation
(APO)
system,
which
only
employs
propeller
zigzag
arrangement
meshes.
pump
decreased
size
bubbles
90%
increased
effective
0.47
ppm.
The
mechanism
degradation
attributed
oxidation
reaction
reactive
oxygen
species,
such
hydroxyl,
oxygen,
hydroperoxyl
radicals,
generated
on
microbubbles.
It
was
found
rate
efficiency
APO
system
were
3.64
×
10-3/min
83.5%,
respectively,
higher
compared
those
conventional
flow
(FO)
systems
(1.47
60.9%).
also
revealed
electrical
energy
(0.146
g/kWh),
FO
(0.106
g/kWh).
monitored
resulting
antibacterial
against
Escherichia
coli
Staphylococcus
aureus.
