@article { ISI:000373419900016,
	title = {Intensification of degradation of methomyl (carbamate group pesticide) by using the combination of ultrasonic cavitation and process intensifying additives},
	journal = {Ultrasonics Sonochemistry},
	volume = {31},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {135-142},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>In the present work, the degradation of methomyl has been carried out by using the ultrasound cavitation (US) and its combination with H2O2, Fenton and photo-Fenton process. The study of effect of operating pH and ultrasound power density has indicated that maximum extent of degradation of 28.57\% could be obtained at the optimal pH of 2.5 and power density of 0.155 W/mL. Application of US in combination with H2O2, Fenton and photo-Fenton process has further accelerated the rate of degradation of methomyl with complete degradation of methomyl in 27 min, 18 min and 9 min respectively. Mineralization study has proved that a combination of US and photo -Fenton process is the most effective process with maximum extent of mineralization of 78.8\%. Comparison of energy efficiency and cost effectiveness of various processes has indicated that the electrical cost of 79892.34 Rs./m(3) for ultrasonic degradation of methomyl has drastically reduced to 2277.00 Rs./m(3), 1518.00 Rs./m(3) and 807.58 Rs./m(3) by using US in combination with H2O2, Fenton and photo-Fenton process respectively. The cost analysis has also indicated that the combination of US and photo-Fenton process is the most energy efficient and cost effective process. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Fenton, Hydrogen peroxide, Methomyl, Photo-Fenton, Synergistic coefficient, Ultrasound cavitation},
	issn = {1350-4177},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.12.015},
	author = {Raut-Jadhav, Sunita and Pinjari, Dipak V. and Saini, Daulat R. and Sonawane, Shirish H. and Pandit, Aniruddha B.}
}
@article { ISI:000375507300036,
	title = {Treatment of the pesticide industry effluent using hydrodynamic cavitation and its combination with process intensifying additives (H2O2 and ozone)},
	journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal},
	volume = {295},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {326-335},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA},
	address = {PO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) and its combination with H2O2 and ozone have been applied in the present work for the treatment of industrial pesticide effluent. Initially, the effect of dilution of the effluent on the efficacy of hydrodynamic cavitation has been studied using circular venturi as a cavitator. Although an increase in the extent of dilution has not shown any beneficial effect on the actual moles of pollutant degraded, hybrid processes have been studied using 1:5 dilution due to very high TDS content of the effluent. Treatment of the industrial pesticide effluent using HC + ozone (3 gbh) process has demonstrated that the biodegradability index (BI) of the effluent increases from 0.123 to 0.324 after 2 h of operation. The rate of COD and TOC reduction has also increased by many folds by using HC in combination with ozone. In addition this, the treatment of industrial pesticide effluent using HC + H2O2 has also indicated that the rate of COD and TOC reduction increases significantly by using HC in combination with various loadings of H2O2. The study of interference of added H2O2 on the COD analysis has exhibited that the COD equivalence is 0.441 mg/L for 1 mg/L of H2O2. The energy efficiency and operating cost of various hybrid processes have been compared based on the cavitational yield and the cost of electricity. The combined process of HC and H2O2 has observed to be the most cost-effective one due to its higher cavitational yield and lower power consumption. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Biodegradability index, Hydrodynamic cavitation, Hydrogen peroxide, Industrial pesticide effluent, Ozone, Venturi},
	issn = {1385-8947},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.019},
	author = {Raut-Jadhav, Sunita and Badve, Mandar P. and Pinjari, Dipak V. and Saini, Daulat R. and Sonawane, Shirish H. and Pandit, Aniruddha B.}
}
