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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 3265-3278Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3101-7
Keywords
Ampicillin; Boron-doped diamond; Electrochemical oxidation; Optimization; Response surface methodology
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Electrochemical oxidation and process optimization of ampicillin antibiotic at boron-doped diamond electrodes (BDD) were investigated in a batch electrochemical reactor. The influence of operating parameters, such as ampicillin concentration, electrolyte concentration, current density, and reaction temperature, on ampicillin removal, COD removal, and energy consumption was analyzed in order to optimize the electrochemical oxidation process under specified cost-driven constraints using response surface methodology. Quadratic models for the responses satisfied the assumptions of the analysis of variance well according to normal probability, studentized residuals, and outlier t residual plots. Residual plots followed a normal distribution, and outlier t values indicated that the approximations of the fitted models to the quadratic response surfaces were very good. Optimum operating conditions were determined at 618 mg/L ampicillin concentration, 3.6 g/L electrolyte concentration, 13.4 mA/cm(2) current density, and 36 degrees C reaction temperature. Under response surface optimized conditions, ampicillin removal, COD removal, and energy consumption were obtained as 97.1%, 92.5%, and 71.7 kWh/kg CODr, respectively.
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