Decontamination of cork wastewaters by solar-photo-Fenton process using cork bleaching wastewater as H2O2 source

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Ariana M. A. Pintor (Author) FEUP; Vítor J. P. Vilar (Author) FEUP; Rui A. R. Boaventura (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Solar Energy

Vol. 85 No. 3

Pages: 579-587

ISSN: 0038-092X

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-002-TF6

DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.01.003

Abstract (EN): This paper reports on a treatment strategy of cork wastewaters through the design of a solar-photo-Fenton process using cork bleaching wastewater as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) source, as a pre-oxidation step, before a conventional biological oxidation process. This method proved to be efficient, achieving mineralization rates higher than 90% for different iron concentrations (20-80 mg Fe L-1). Higher iron concentrations resulted in the lower energy consumption and 60 mg Fe L-1 was selected as the optimum dose for 91% mineralization and used for biodegradability studies. According to the Zahn-Wellens test, the optimum phototreatment energy to achieve a biodegradable effluent is 13.6 kJ(UV) L-1 (65% mineralization), which corresponds to H2O2 consumption of 76.1 mM (approximately 8.5 L of cork bleaching wastewater (at 7.7g H2O2 L-1) for 15 L of cork boiling wastewater).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9