- Title
- Advancements on Ultrasonic Degradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Toward Hybrid Approaches
- Creator
- Awoyemi, Olalekan Simon; Naidu, Ravi; Fang, Cheng
- Relation
- ARC.SR180200015 https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/SR180200015
- Relation
- Environments Vol. 11, Issue 9, no. 187
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments11090187
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination has emerged as a significant environmental concern, necessitating the development of effective degradation technologies. Among these technologies, ultrasonication has gained increasing attention. However, there is still limited knowledge of its scale-up or on-site applications due to the complexity of real-world conditions and its high energy consumption. Herein, we provide an overview of recent advancements in the ultrasonic degradation of PFAS toward hybrid technologies. This review contains information regarding the physical and chemical properties of PFAS, followed by an exploration of degradation challenges, the mechanisms of ultrasonication, and recent experimental findings in this field. The key factor affecting ultrasonication is cavitation intensity, which depends on ultrasonic frequency, power density, and PFAS structure. Its main advantages include the generation of reactive species without chemicals and the compatibility with other degradation technologies, while its main disadvantages are high energy consumption and limited applications to liquid-based media. We also highlight the integration of ultrasonication with other advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to create hybrid systems for enhanced degradation of PFAS in order to significantly improve PFAS degradation efficiency, with enhancement factors ranging between 2 and 12. Finally, we discuss prospects for scaling up the ultrasonic degradation of PFAS and address the associated limitations. This review aims to deepen the understanding of ultrasonication technology in addressing PFAS contamination and to guide future research and development efforts.
- Subject
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS); sonication; degradation; advanced oxidation process; hybrid
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1513526
- Identifier
- uon:56745
- Identifier
- ISSN:2076-3298
- Rights
- © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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