{"title":"Rapid green degradation of ethylene glycol-based antifreeze wastewater via a coupled photolytic and photocatalytic double-pathway mechanism","authors":"Yiheng Wang, Meng Liu, Qi Miao, Pan Wu, Jian He, Changjun Liu, Wei Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.107191","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ethylene glycol (EG)-based antifreeze wastewater, commonly found in industrial and daily applications, is difficult to treat using low-cost and efficient methods. This study introduces a novel ultraviolet (UV)/P25/O₂ photodegradation process for EG-containing wastewater, powered by sunlight. A key finding of this research is the self-generation of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) through the homolysis of EG's C<img>O and C<img>H bonds under UV light, which plays a critical role in the degradation process. The P25 photocatalyst effectively accelerates the decomposition of H₂O₂ into hydroxyl radicals (·OH), facilitating the degradation of EG. The dual-pathway mechanism, combining photolysis and photocatalysis, leads to the complete mineralization of a 530 mg·L<sup>−1</sup> EG solution within 1.4 h under UV light, achieving a COD removal efficiency of 98.30 %. Furthermore, after five cycles, the degradation efficiency only decreased by 11.66 %, demonstrating strong cycling stability. Experiments show that the process can effectively degrade real antifreeze wastewater collected from the airport under natural sunlight and in the presence of air. This research highlights the high applicability of the UV/P25/O₂ system as a simple, green, and cost-effective solution for on-site EG wastewater treatment under natural sunlight.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17528,"journal":{"name":"Journal of water process engineering","volume":"71 ","pages":"Article 107191"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of water process engineering","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214714425002636","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/2/8 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ethylene glycol (EG)-based antifreeze wastewater, commonly found in industrial and daily applications, is difficult to treat using low-cost and efficient methods. This study introduces a novel ultraviolet (UV)/P25/O₂ photodegradation process for EG-containing wastewater, powered by sunlight. A key finding of this research is the self-generation of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) through the homolysis of EG's CO and CH bonds under UV light, which plays a critical role in the degradation process. The P25 photocatalyst effectively accelerates the decomposition of H₂O₂ into hydroxyl radicals (·OH), facilitating the degradation of EG. The dual-pathway mechanism, combining photolysis and photocatalysis, leads to the complete mineralization of a 530 mg·L−1 EG solution within 1.4 h under UV light, achieving a COD removal efficiency of 98.30 %. Furthermore, after five cycles, the degradation efficiency only decreased by 11.66 %, demonstrating strong cycling stability. Experiments show that the process can effectively degrade real antifreeze wastewater collected from the airport under natural sunlight and in the presence of air. This research highlights the high applicability of the UV/P25/O₂ system as a simple, green, and cost-effective solution for on-site EG wastewater treatment under natural sunlight.
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