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Reduction of sludge formed during a coagulation treatment of Ridomil Gold by means of non-thermal quenched plasma pre-treatment

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Chemical coagulation and adsorption, despite many drawbacks, are actually the main techniques used for the removal of pollutants from aqueous solution; however, these techniques are becoming ineffective due to the exponential increase in the amount and complexity of discharged pollutants; thus, the sludge treatment process became a more complex challenge. The present study focuses on the way to reduce the quantity of sludge formed during the removal of Ridomil Gold, a widely used pesticide-fungicide in agriculture. Results revealed that pre-treatment of initial waste solution by the gliding arc (Glidarc), a source of non-thermal plasma, leads to a significant reduction of the sludge formed during the coagulation treatment. For a 20-min pre-treated effluent Glidarc followed by chemical coagulation, there was a reduction in the volume of sludge formed in the order of 90 and 80% for alum and ferric sulfate coagulants respectively without reducing the performance of pesticide removal. Therefore, there is a positive synergism between treatment by chemical coagulation and plasma treatment. These results suggest that the Glidarc can be an effective solution for the reduction of sludge obtained during treatment by coagulation.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the International Foundation of Science (IFS) for the provision of equipment through the scholarship (No.: W/4219-1) granted to Mr. Serge Nzali. The authors also thank “Laboratoire d’Electrochimie Interfaciale et de Chimie Analytique” of the University of Rouen (France) for their collaboration and to have offered us the plasma reactor and the TOC analyzer used in this study.

This paper is dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Emeritus Jean-Louis Brisset, who was the Director of the “Laboratoire d’Electrochimie Interfaciale et de Chimie Analytique” of the University of Rouen (France).

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  1. Inorganic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Doringar Tadom, Georges Kamgang-Youbi, Elie Acayanka & Samuel Laminsi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Abéché, P.O. Box 130, Abéché, Chad

    Doringar Tadom

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 96, Dschang, Cameroon

    Estella Njoyim-Tamungang

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Tadom, D., Kamgang-Youbi, G., Acayanka, E. et al. Reduction of sludge formed during a coagulation treatment of Ridomil Gold by means of non-thermal quenched plasma pre-treatment. Environ Monit Assess 190, 443 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6824-y

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