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Untersuchung der Transformation von umweltrelevanten Schadstoffen am Beispiel von 4-n-Octylphenol
(2015)
Advanced oxidation processes have become an important part of research due to their capacity to degrade many environmental pollutants during water treatment. Especially the heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising method because it often results in a full mineralization of many hazardous compounds. Incomplete degradation reactions can result in transformation products due to oxidative conditions. The transformation products may have a higher toxicity than the precursor substances and are often only partly removed during water treatment. Since a lot of these compounds are still unknown, transformation products are not detected by target analysis used in sewage treatment plants and are often released into the aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, extensive and effective non-target analytical methods are necessary for the monitoring and identification of the transformation products which can be generated during waste water treatment.
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most frequently used photocatalyst because of its inexpensiveness, non-toxicity, chemical stability and its high photocatalytic activity. If TiO2 is irradiated electron-hole pairs are generated on the surface of the TiO2, resulting in the formation of active oxidized species such as hydroxyl radicals which can react with environmental pollutants.
A model system has been developed to simulate photocatalytic reactions in a laboratory scale. The commonly used pharmaceuticals metformin and gabapentin were selected as model substances because of their high input in waste water and the little information about their fate during water treatment. Metformin is the drug of choice for treating type 2 diabetes. More than half of the total amount of pharmaceuticals in the environment are the antidiabetic agent metformin and its major transformation product guanylurea. Gabapentin is used as antiepileptic drug and for the treatment of neuropathic pain. It is found in waste water influent in the high ng/L range.
First results of the optimization of the photocatalyst and its application are shown.
In recent years advanced oxidation processes have become an important part of research due to their capacity to degrade many environmental pollutants during water treatment. Especially the heterogeneous photocatalysis is a promising method because it often results in a full mineralization of many hazardous organic compounds. However incomplete degradation reactions during this process can result in transformation products due to the oxidative conditions. The transformation products may have a higher toxicity than the precursor substances and are often only partly removed during the waste water treatment. Since a lot of these compounds are still unknown, the transformation products are not detected by target analysis used in sewage treatment plants and are often released into the aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, extensive and effective non-target analytical methods are necessary for the monitoring and identification of the transformation products which can be generated during waste water treatment. Among various semiconductors, titanium dioxide (TiO2) is the most frequently used photocatalyst because of its inexpensiveness, non-toxicity, chemical stability and its high photocatalytic activity. If TiO2 is irradiated with light of an energy higher than the band gap of the semiconductor, electron-hole pairs are generated on the surface of the TiO2, resulting in the formation of active oxidized species such as hydroxyl radicals which can react with environmental pollutants. To study photocatalytic reactions, a model system has been developed to simulate environmental relevant conditions for photocatalytic reactions of organic substances on a laboratory scale. The commonly used pharmaceuticals metformin and gabapentin were selected as model substances because of their high input in waste water and the little information about their occurrence, behavior and fate in the environment. Metformin is the drug of choice for treating type 2 diabetes. The drug therapy for diabetes mellitus has increased significantly in recent years. More than half of the total amount of pharmaceuticals in the environment are the antidiabetic agent metformin and its major transformation product guanylurea. Gabapentin is an analogon of the neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) which is used as antiepileptic drug and for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Gabapentin is found in waste water influent in the high ng/L range.
First results of the optimization of the photocatalyst and its application are shown.
Aufgrund der demographischen Entwicklung und dem damit verbundenen gesteigertem Bedarf an Medikamenten besteht in Deutschland das Problem des Eintrags von Rückständen und Transformationsprodukten über das Abwasser in die Umwelt. In herkömmlichen Reinigungsverfahren werden Medikamentenrückstände häufig unvollständig entfernt oder in andere teilweise toxischere Verbindungen umgewandelt (z. B. durch Ozonierung). Eine perspektivisch aussichtsreiche Möglichkeit zur Beseitigung dieser Schadstoffe ist die Oxidation zu Wasser und Kohlendioxid durch Bestrahlung des vorgeklärten Abwassers mit UV-Licht in Gegenwart von Photokatalysatoren wie z. B. TiO2.
Für vergleichende Untersuchungen der photokalalytischen Aktivität von TiO2-Submikro- und Nanopulvern im Labormaßstab wurde Methylenblau als Modellsubstanz gewählt. Kommerziell erhältliche TiO2-Pulver wurden Testlösungen zugesetzt und der zeitlich fortschreitende Abbau von Methylenblau unter Bestrahlung mit UV-Licht in beobachtet. Für die technische Nutzung der photokatalytischen Abwaserreinigung ist die Immobilisierung der eingesetzten Pulver mit der Möglichkeit der Rückgewinnung erforderlich, sowohl aus Umweltschutzgründen als auch für die Wirtschaftlichkeit des Verfahrens.
Aufbaugranulation wurde als ein prinzipiell auch großtechnisch realisierbares Verfahren der Immobilisierung gewählt. In einem Intensivmischer wurden Granulate auf der Basis von Submikrometer-SiO2 unter Verwendung eines anorganischen Binders hergestellt. Das photokatalytisch aktive TiO2 wurde in Anteilen von 10-25 Ma.-% entweder dem Ausgangspulver zugemischt oder am Ende des Granulierprozesses als Granulat-Coating aufgebracht. Eine Temperung der Granalien bei Temperaturen von maximal 300°C – 500°C erwies sich als ausreichend, um deren Stabilität beim Einsatz in Methylenblau-Lösung im Batch-Verfahren zu gewährleisten.
Tests zum Einsatz der SiO2-TiO2-Granulate als Photokatalysatoren zum Abbau von Methylenblau-Lösungen unter UV-Bestrahlung verliefen erfolgreich. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich die Granalien nach erfolgtem Farbstoffstoff-Abbau aus den Lösungen rückgewinnen und erneut verwenden ließen. Die recycelten Granulate wiesen eine ähnliche photokatalytische Aktivität wie frisch hergestellte auf.
A first pilot study on the sorption of environmental pollutants on various microplastic materials
(2017)
With the drastic increase in plastic production, the input of plastic particles into the environment has become a recognised problem.
Xenobiotics are able to sorb to polymer materials, and this process is further enhanced where they Encounter microplastics (plastic fragments <5 mm). In this work we studied the sorption of metformin, a type-2 diabetes drug, and difenoconazole, a fungicide, onto the virgin polymer materials polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). Additionally, PP was cryo-milled and PA was treated with acid to investigate the influence of an increase in surface area and chemical modification. The material properties were also studied by dynamic scanning calorimetry (DSC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Sorption experiments were performed on the basis of a full factorial design examining the effect of agitation, pH value, and salinity. Experimental results showed that difenoconazole sorbs readily to all microplastics, whereas the more polar analyte metformin did not show any affinity to the materials used. For difenoconazole the governing factor in all cases is agitation, while both pH and salinity exhibited only a slight influence. The modification of polymers leads to enhanced sorption, indicating that an increase in surface area (cryo-milled PP) or inner volume (acid-treated PA) strongly favours adsorption. Moreover, long-term experiments demonstrated that the time until equilibrium is reached depends strongly on the particle size.
For years there have been more and more reports on the presence of drugs in the aquatic environment. Due to the demographic change, the consumption of pharmaceuticals has risen sharply. After taking the drugs, they are partly metabolized in the human body. However, the metabolism is not complete so that both the metabolites and non-metabolized amounts of the parent compounds are excreted. These compounds reach the waste water and afterwards the sewage treatment plants. In sewage treatment plants transformation products can be formed by the oxidative conditions during wastewater treatment processes. The transformation products may have a higher toxicity than the actual environmental pollutants and are often only partly removed during the waste water treatment. Since a lot of these compounds are still unknown, the transformation products are not detected by target analysis used in sewage treatment plants and are often released undetected in the aquatic ecosystems. The released substances may be subject to additional transformation processes in the environment. Pharmaceuticals produced in high amounts can be already detected in the μg/L range in water bodies worldwide.
Metformin and its major transformation product guanylurea are one of the main representatives. Metformin is the drug of choice for treating type 2 diabetes. The drug therapy for diabetes mellitus has increased significantly in recent years. In the year 2015 1500 tons of metformin were prescribed in Germany (for statutory insured persons). Metformin is not metabolized in the human body and is excreted unchanged therefore concentrations between 57 μg/L and 129 μg/L are found in German waste water treatment plants influents.
In this work the transformation of the antidiabetic drug metformin is investigated. The degradation of metformin is initialize by commercial water treatment techniques like UV-radiation or noncommercial techniques like heterogenous photocatalysis based on titanium dioxide. The degradation of metformin and resulting transformation products are analyzed by LC-MS/MS and LC-HRMS.
Drug therapy for diabetes mellitus has increased significantly in recent years. 1,1-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride (metformin) is the most common drug used for the treatment of diabetes. Metformin is not metabolized in the human body and enters thewater cycle via sewage.
A new gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method has been developed which enables the quantification of metformin in surface water samples even at low concentrations in the ng L-1 range.
A solid phase extraction (SPE) method for the preconcentration of metformin and the internal standard 1-butylbiguanide (buformin) was established, and the method parameters such as the composition and volume of the eluent were optimized. Derivatization of metformin and
buformin was obtained by using n-methyl-bis (trifluoroacetamide)(MBTFA). The reaction conditions of the derivatization, such as the reaction temperature and volume of the derivatization agent, were evaluated. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were determined to be 3.9 ng L-1 and 12 ng L-1 in surface water samples. Linearity was shown over a concentration range of 10–50 ng L-1. The good performance of the method was demonstrated by comparison with a liquid chromatography tandemmass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. The results indicate that the GC-MS method is a reliable and sensitive alternative for the quantification of metformin in surface water.
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