Transformation characteristics of organic pollutants in Fered-Fenton process for dry-spun acrylic fiber wastewater treatment

Water Sci Technol. 2014;70(12):1976-82. doi: 10.2166/wst.2014.441.

Abstract

The Fered-Fenton process using Ti sheet as cathode and RuO2/Ti as anode was employed for the pretreatment of dry-spun acrylic fiber manufacturing wastewater. The effects of feeding mode and concentration of H2O2 on chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency as well as the biodegradability variation during the Fered-Fenton process were investigated. The feeding mode of H2O2 had significant influence on COD removal efficiency: the removal efficiency was 44.8% if all the 60.0 mM H2O2 was fed at once, while it could reach 54.1% if the total H2O2 was divided into six portions and fed six times. The biochemical oxygen demand/COD ratio increased from 0.29 to above 0.68 after 180 min treatment. The transformation characteristics of organic pollutants during the Fered-Fenton process were evaluated by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy. Most of the refractory organic pollutants with aromatic structure or large molecular weight were decomposed during the Fered-Fenton process.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biodegradation, Environmental
  • Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis
  • Electrodes
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry*
  • Industrial Waste*
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Ruthenium Compounds
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Textiles*
  • Titanium
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*
  • Wastewater
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fenton's reagent
  • Industrial Waste
  • Ruthenium Compounds
  • Waste Water
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • ruthenium dioxide
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Titanium
  • Iron