The treatment of the plugboard wastewater was performed by an optimal electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton. The organic components with suspended fractions accounting for 30% COD were preferably removed via electrocoagulation at initial 5 min. In contrast, the removal efficiency was increased to 76% with the addition of H(2)O(2). The electrogenerated Fe(2+) reacts with H(2)O(2) and leads to the generation of (·)OH, which is responsible for the higher COD removal. However, overdosage H(2)O(2) will consume (·)OH generated in the electro-Fenton process and lead to the low COD removal. The COD removal efficiency decreased with the increased pH. The concentration of Fe(2+) ions was dependent on the solution pH, H(2)O(2) dosage and current density. The changes of organic characteristics in coagulation and oxidation process were differenced and evaluated using gel permeation chromatography, fluorescence excitation-emission scans and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The fraction of the wastewater with aromatic structure and large molecular weight was decomposed into aliphatic structure and small molecular weight fraction in the electro-Fenton process.
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São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Avenida Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, 13566-590, Brazil. Electronic address:
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School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Functional Biology and Pollution Control in Red Soil Regions, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, PR China. Electronic address:
Anodic oxidation (AO) has been extensively hailed as a robust and promising technology for pollutant degradation, but the parasitic formation of oxychlorides (ClO) would induce a seriously over-evaluated electrochemical COD removal performance and dramatical biotoxicity increasement of the AO-treated Cl-laden effluents. Herein, we shed new light on the roles of HO high-efficiently electrogenerated in three-dimensional (3D) reactor in inhibiting ClO production and promoting pollutant degradation, which has been overlooked in previous literature. Total yield of ClO in phenol simulated wastewater containing 30 mM Cl was dropped from 25 mM and 24.
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Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IER-UNAM). Priv. Xochicalco S/N, Col. Centro, Temixco, Morelos, 62580, Mexico.
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