Treatment of wastewater containing Cu(II)-EDTA using immobilized TiO2/solar light

J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2007 Feb;42(2):165-70. doi: 10.1080/10934520601011338.

Abstract

The photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) of Cu(II)-ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA), employing immobilized TiO2, under natural sunlight rather than artificial UV light conditions, was investigated at a latitude 38 degrees. The immobilized TiO2 film was prepared using a sol gel process, the crystalline structure of which was identified, by X-ray diffraction analysis, as a mixture of the rutile and anatase forms. The PCO of Cu(II)-EDTA was examined in a circulating reactor with 20 L of 10(-4) M Cu(II)-EDTA and synthetic and real wastewaters at pH 4 and 6.5, respectively. The removals of both Cu(II) and DOC were initially relatively rapid, but slowed as the reaction proceeded and generally followed first-order kinetics. The rate constants for the removal of Cu(II) and DOC were 1.1 x 10(-3) and 1.6 x 10(-3) min-1, respectively. The efficiency of the PCO in the decomplexation of Cu(II)-EDTA increased with increasing H2O2 dose using both the synthetic and real wastewaters. Therefore, we suggest the PCO process using the solar/immobilized TiO2 system, with addition of H2O2 as well as filtration for the removal of suspended solids, can be effectively applied to the treatment of Cu(II)-EDTA containing real wastewater.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Edetic Acid / chemistry*
  • Edetic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Photochemistry / instrumentation
  • Photochemistry / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sunlight*
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / instrumentation
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*

Substances

  • titanium dioxide
  • Edetic Acid
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Titanium