Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 64, Issue 10, Pages 2126-2131Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.803
Keywords
Fenton process; para-chloronitrobenzene; sequential treatment; zero-valent iron
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50708039]
- National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2009AA063902]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2009zm0202, 2009zz0073, 2009zz0048]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [SRFDP 20070561011]
- Guangdong Provincial Natural Foundation for Science [05300188]
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In this study, zero-valent iron (ZVI) was used to pretreat para-chloronitrobenzene (p-CNB), and the major product was para-chloroaniline (p-CAN). By adding H(2)O(2) directly, further p-CAN degradation can be attributed to Fenton oxidation because ferrous ions (Fe(2+)) released during the ZVI corrosion could be used as an activator for H(2)O(2) decomposition. In the reduction process, the reduction efficiency of p-CNB as well as Fe(2+) concentration increased with increasing iron dosage and decreasing solution pH. Under the optimal conditions, 25 mg L(-1) of p-CNB could be transformed in 3 h when initial solution pH was 3.0 and ZVI dosage was 2.0 g L(-1). A sufficient amount of Fe(2+) (50.4 mg L(-1)) was obtained after the above reaction to activate H(2)O(2). In the Fenton process, the oxidization of p-CAN was also more effective in acidic conditions and it increased with increasing H(2)O(2) concentration. The control experiments showed that the sequential treatment was more effective than Fenton oxidation alone in treating p-CNB wastewater since the removal rate of total organic carbon (TOC) was improved by about 34%. It suggested that the amino function group is more susceptible to oxidative radical attack than the nitro function group. Therefore, sequential treatment using zero-valent iron reduction followed by Fenton oxidation is a promising method for p-CNB degradation.
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