Bacteria inactivation using spinel cobalt ferrite catalyst

Nazarii Danyliuk; Ivanna Lapchuk; Tetiana Tatarchuk; Roman Kutsyk; Volodymyr Mandzyuk

doi:10.15330/pcss.24.2.256-261

Authors

Nazarii Danyliuk Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Ivanna Lapchuk Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Tetiana Tatarchuk Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Roman Kutsyk Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Volodymyr Mandzyuk Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.2.256-261

Keywords:

fixed-bed reactor, E.coli, cobalt ferrite, hydrogen peroxide, bacteria inactivation

Abstract

The E. coli inactivation using hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and cobalt ferrite granulated catalyst was investigated in a fixed-bed flow reactor. CoFe₂O₄ catalyst was synthesized by the co-precipitation method, granulated, and annealed at 1150°C. X-ray diffraction analysis was used to identify the crystal structure of the catalyst. CoFe₂O₄ catalyst demonstrates good catalytic activity for bacteria inactivation in the presence of H₂O₂. An increase in the hydrogen peroxide concentration increases the inactivation efficiency. The reactor demonstrates the E. coli inactivation of 99.94% at the H₂O₂ hydrogen peroxide concentration of 15 mM and initial bacterial concentration of 6·10³ CFU/L. The water disinfection using a fixed-bed reactor demonstrates the broad prospects for industrial use.

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