Oxidation of industrial dyeing wastewater by supercritical water oxidation in transpiring-wall reactor

Water Environ Res. 2008 Feb;80(2):186-92. doi: 10.2175/106143007x221067.

Abstract

Industrial dyeing wastewater was oxidized in supercritical water in a transpiring-wall reactor, using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant. Experiments were performed at 595 to 704 K and 18 to 30 MPa, with an oxidant dosage ratio ranging from 0.6 to 2.0. A chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal of more than 98.4% was achieved at 704 K and 28 MPa, with a retention time less than 35 seconds, which increased with the temperature, pressure, and oxidant. A modified first-order rate expression was regressed from experimental data, taking into account the influence of induction time. The resulting pre-exponential factor, A, and activation energy, Ea, were 1.07 seconds(-1) and 12.12 kJ x mol(-1), respectively, while the reaction order for feed wastewater (based on COD) and oxidant were assumed to be 1 and 0, respectively. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis for effluents indicated that carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen were the main reaction products, and phenol; benzenecarboxylic acid; 1, 2-benzenedicarboxylic acid; and isoquinoline were detected as intermediates.

MeSH terms

  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry*
  • Industrial Waste*
  • Kinetics
  • Oxidants / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Pressure
  • Temperature
  • Water / chemistry*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry
  • Water Pollution, Chemical / prevention & control
  • Water Purification / instrumentation*
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • Industrial Waste
  • Oxidants
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Water
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Oxygen