Environmental Engineering / Çevre Mühendisliği
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Book Part The Role of Polyurethane Foam Indoors in the Fate of Flame Retardants and Other Semivolatile Organic Compounds(American Chemical Society, 2021) Genişoğlu, Mesut; Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil; Sofuoğlu, AysunFlame retardant chemicals are added to polyurethane foams (PUFs) during production. These chemicals are released to the environment during the use of PUF containing furniture or building materials. In contrast, organic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, synthetic musk compounds, and volatile organic compounds could be sorbed by PUF depending on the concentration gradient, ambient temperature, and the physicochemical properties. Most of these substances tend to accumulate by adhering to organic matter in dust, particles, and surfaces, as they do not degrade for long periods of time. Sorption-emission cycles of PUF-associated organic compounds prolong their presence in indoor environments, which could increase human exposure. Since these organic compounds might have carcinogenic or chronic-toxic health effects on living organisms, it is important to understand the role of PUF in exposure to these substances in indoor environments. This chapter reviews the literature on the relationship of organic substances with PUF in indoor environments.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 5Combined Influence of Some Cations on Arsenic Removal by an Air-Injection Ec Reactor Using Aluminum Ball Electrodes(Desalination Publications, 2020) Gören, Ayşegül Yağmur; Kobya, Mehmet; Şık, Emrah; Demirbaş, Erhan; Öncel, Mehmet SalimCombined effects of some cations such as calcium (Ca2+), iron (Fe2+), manganese (Mn2+), and magnesium (Mg2+) and operating time on the removal of arsenic by air-injected electrocoagulation (EC) reactor with aluminum (Al) ball electrodes were investigated. The operating conditions were optimized with the Box-Behnken design of response surface methodology (RSM). The response variables were selected from the program as removal efficiency, residual arsenic concentration, energy consumption and operating cost (OC) in the EC process. A total of 46 experimental run was performed. The removal efficiency of arsenic increased with an increase in iron concentration (0.5-4.5 mg/L). The rest of the cations showed no noticeable effect on arsenic removal efficiency. The maximum arsenic removal efficiency and minimum OC at the optimum operating conditions (C-Ca: 305 mg/L, C-Mg: 42 mg/L, C-Fe: 3.3 mg/L, C-Mn: 2.34 mg/L, initial pH of 7.5 applied current of 0.15 A, Al ball size of 7.5 mm, 5.0 cm of Al ball anodes height in the EC reactor, air-fed rate of 6.0 L/min and t(EC): 16.83 min) in the EC process were 99.9% and 0.0332 $/m(3) for initial arsenic concentration of 200 mu g/L, respectively. The removal mechanism of As(III) by EC seems to be oxidation of As(III) to As(V) and subsequent removal by adsorption/complexation with aluminum hydroxides generated in the process. The results showed that the air-injected EC reactor can be used effectively for arsenic and hardness removal simultaneously from real groundwater sources.