Treatment of textile effluents by the heterogeneous Fenton process in a continuous packed-bed reactor using Fe/activated carbon as catalyst

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Filipa Duarte (Autor) FEUP; Vânia Morais (Autor) FEUP; F. J. Maldonado-Hódar (Autor) Outra; Luís M. Madeira (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering Journal

Vol. 232

Páginas: 34-41

ISSN: 1385-8947

Editora: Elsevier

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia química

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia química

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-008-D51

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.061

Abstract (EN): This work deals with the treatment of textile effluents by the heterogeneous Fenton-like process in a fixed-bed reactor filled with a catalyst based on activated carbon impregnated with iron (AC/Fe). In a preliminary stage, the dye Alcian Blue-tetrakis (methylpyridinium) was used as model compound. The catalyst is essentially microporous, with large micropores and some mesopores, and is able to adsorb the dye, although its adsorption capacity is limited as a consequence of the large size of the dye molecule. The stability of the catalyst was checked with five consecutive runs, without significant loss of activity (less than 5%). Then, the effect of the main operating conditions was analyzed, and the H2O2 dose, pH and temperature were optimized; the best conditions found using CAB,feed = 0.01 mM and a contact time of 3.3 g min ml1 were: CH2O2,feed = 30.0 mM, pH = 2.5 and T = 50 C, with which it was achieved 93.2% of discoloration and 54.1% of total organic carbon (TOC) removal in the steady-state. It was verified that pH had a preponderant effect on the oxidation performance. Finally, the selected catalytic system was applied to the treatment of a real textile effluent used in the cotton dyeing. It was achieved almost total discoloration (96.7%) and a strong abatement of the TOC – 73.6%, as well as of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) – 66.3%, and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) – 72.5%. The iron leached reached very low levels in every run, which is a crucial factor for the catalyst long-term use

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 8