| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000420099 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Morais, Ruiter L1 Santiago, Mariangela1 Zang, Joachim W2 Fonseca-Zang, Warde A2 Schimidt, Fernando2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal de Goias, Pos-Graduacao em Engenharia e Ciencia de Alimentos, Goiania, Goias. Brasil 2Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia de Goias, Goiania, Goias. Brasil |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Season: | Jun |
| Volumen: | 90 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 1327-1336 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | One of the most prominent fields of environmental chemistry is the study and the removal of micropollutants from aqueous matrices. Analytical techniques for their identification and quantification are becoming more sensitive and comprehensive and, as a result, an increasing number of drugs have been detected in environmental samples. However, the literature shows that conventional treatments for drinking water and wastewater are not sufficient for remove these compounds. This study aims to check whether the process of hydrothermal carbonization (CHT) is effective in removing the synthetic sex hormones: ethinyl estradiol, gestodene and cyproterone acetate from aqueous samples. The system used in CHT basically consists of a pressurized reactor made of stainless steel and solutions of compounds of interest, both individual and mixed, with a concentration of 1.0 μg.L-1 and a pH range of 2.0 to 3.0. The maximum surface temperature in the reactor was about 180 °C, the internal pressure was 20 bar with 90 minutes for the reaction. Four experiments were conducted, one for each hormone and one with the three hormones together. In individual tests removal of the compounds was found to be 99.8% for ethinyl estradiol, 99.3% for gestodene and 100% for cyproterone acetate. For a mixture of the hormones treated under the same conditions, the mean values of CHT-removal of Ethinylestradiol, Gestodene and Cyproterone Acetate were 99.60%, 96.80% and 68.90%, respectively. The impact of the matrix effect may have affected the efficiency of the hormone removal process by CHT |
| Disciplines: | Química, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Química analítica, Bioquímica, Endocrinología, Carbonización hidrotérmica, Cromatografía líquida, Disruptores endocrinos, Remediación |
| Keyword: | Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Hydrothermal carbonization, Liquid chromatography, Endocrine disruptors, Remediation |
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