Análise da presença de surfactante na remoção de microplásticos por eletrocoagulação
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2023-06-05
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Various types of pollutants are found in effluents, which can combine to form even more toxic
components or impair the treatments used in effluent purification. Among the emerging
contaminants, microplastics and surfactants can be mentioned, which coexist in different types of
wastewater. The present work evaluated the effects caused by the anionic surfactant LAS and
nonionic Tween 20 in the removal of pristine and aged PVC microplastic, added in synthetic water,
by the method of electrocoagulation with aluminum electrodes. For the experiments, a bench
reactor was developed, which operated in batches and with synthetic water, in order to avoid
interference from other substances. For the analyses, counting was used with the aid of a
magnifying glass, gravimetry and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that there was
a reduction in the removal of plastic microparticles when surfactant was added, the only one that
showed improvement was with the new microplastic in the presence of LAS at a concentration of
10 ppm. The worst removal percentages were for the concentration of 100 ppm, and when adding
Tween 20 there was a decrease of 23% and 45% for pristine and aged microplastic, respectively,
while for LAS the decrease was 6% and 24 %, for intact and deteriorated microplastic,
respectively. Therefore, it is clear that the drop in removal was greater for degraded microplastics,
both for the tests with Tween 20 and for the LAS. Comparing the decrease in removal between the
two types of surfactant, it is observed that the non-ionic one reduces microplastic removal to a
greater extent.
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OLIVEIRA, L. R. Análise da presença de surfactante na remoção de microplásticos por eletrocoagulação. 2023. 84 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental e Sanitária) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2023.