Journal
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 966-974Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2012.11.018
Keywords
Bentonite; Copper pillaring; Visible light; pH adjustment; Mineralization
Funding
- Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Port Harcourt
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Copper pillared bentonite catalyst (CuPBC) was developed from ferrioxalate complex and copper pillared bentonite (CuPB). The samples were characterized for physical and chemical properties. The CuPBC degraded 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in a batch ultra violet and visible light assisted Fenton process with and without pH adjustments. The best experimental condition that achieved total degradation of 100 ppm of 4-NP was 20% excess H2O2, 2.0 g CuPBC at 40 degrees C in 6 min without pH adjustments. The CuPBC reusability study showed marginal drop of 4.4% in efficiency in the 5th round of experiment. These qualities made CuPBC promising for treating 4-NP pollutant. (C) 2012 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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