Mathematical modelling of simultaneous nitrate and dissolved oxygen reduction by Cu-nZVI using a bi-component shrinking core model
This article proposes the aqueous system Cu-Fe(0)/NO3 ? mathematical modelling through a classical shrinking core model, taking into account the presence of dissolved oxygen in the reaction medium and considering it in the model equation. In this work the nitrate reduction to ammonia was assumed to occur onto the lab-made bimetallic nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) surface, simultaneously with the nZVI consumption due to the oxidation carried out by dissolved oxygen.