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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 192, Issue 3, Pages 1275-1282Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.039
Keywords
Wastewater electrochemical treatment; Textile wastewater remediation; Dye electrooxidation; Chloride mediated oxidation; Diamond film detachment
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- Brazilian funding agency CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development)
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Constant current electrolyses are carried out in a filter-press reactor using a boron-doped diamond (Nb/BDD) or a Ti-Pt/beta-PbO2 anode, varying current density (j) and temperature. The degradation of the real textile effluent is followed by its decolorization and chemical oxygen demand (COD) abatement. The effect of adding NaCl (1.5 g L-1) on the degradation of the effluent is also investigated. The Nb/BDD anode yields much higher decolorization (attaining the DFZ limit) and COD-abatement rates than the Ti-Pt/beta-PbO2 anode, at any experimental condition. The best conditions are j = 5 mA cm(-2) and 55 degrees C. for the system's optimized hydrodynamic conditions. The addition of chloride ions significantly increases the decolorization rate; thus a decrease of more than 90% of the effluent relative absorbance is attained using an applied electric charge per unit volume of the electrolyzed effluent (Q(ap)) of only about 2 kA h m(-3). Practically total abatement of the effluent COD is attained with the Nb/BDD anode using a Q(ap) value of only 7 kA h m(-3), with an energy consumption of about 30 kW h m(-3). This result allows to conclude that the Nb/BDD electrode might be an excellent option for the remediation of textile effluents. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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