Degradation kinetics and N-Nitrosodimethylamine formation during monochloramination of chlortoluron

作者:Xu, Bin*; Qin, Cao; Hu, Chen-Yan; Lin, Yi-Li; Xia, Sheng-Ji; Xu, Qian; Mwakagenda, Seleli Andrew; Bi, Xiang-yu; Gao, Nai-Yun
来源:Science of the Total Environment, 2012, 417: 241-247.
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.056

摘要

The degradation of chlortoluron by monochloramination was investigated in the pH range of 4-9. The degradation kinetics can be well described by a second-order kinetic model, first-order in monochloramine (NH2Cl) and first-order in chlortoluron. NH2CI was found not to be very reactive with chlortoluron, and the apparent rate constants in the studied conditions were 2.5-66.3 M(-1)h(-1). The apparent rate constants were determined to be maximum at pH 6, minimum at pH 4 and medium at alkaline conditions. The main disinfection by-products (DBPs) formed after chlortoluron monochloramination were identified by ultra performance liquid chromatography-ESI-MS and GC-electron capture detector. N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and 5 volatile chlorination DBPs including chloroform (CF), dichloroacetonitrile, 1,1-dichloropropanone, 1,1,1-trichloropropanone and trichloronitromethane were identified. The distributions of DBPs formed at different solution pH were quite distinct. Concentrations of NDMA and CF were high at pH 7-9, where NH2Cl was the main disinfectant in the solution. NDMA formation during chlortoluron monochloramination with the presence of nitrogenous salts increased in the order of nitrite<nitrate<ammonium for a given monochloramination and chlortoluron concentration.