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Removal of methylene blue and azo reactive dyes from aqueous solution and textile effluent via modified pulsed low-frequency ultrasound cavitation process

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
卷 30, 期 11, 页码 29258-29280

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24204-0

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Ultrasound power; Solution pH; Oxygen flow rate; Haber-Weiss reaction; Ozone effect; Chemical oxygen demand

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This study focuses on enhancing the efficiency of dye removal by modifying the ultrasound cavitation process and using hydrogen titanate nanotubes as a sonocatalyst. The optimal conditions for 100% dye decomposition were determined, and the effectiveness of the modified process was demonstrated for both aqueous solutions and textile effluents.
Organic dyes in the aqueous solutions and textile effluents cause severe environmental pollution due to their carcinogenic and mutagenic nature. Ultrasound (US) cavitation is one of the promising advanced oxidation processes (AOP) to remove the organic dyes from the aqueous solutions and textile effluents. Nevertheless, the conventional low-frequency US cavitation process exhibits very low efficiency in the dye removal process and demands effective modification to improve its performance. In this investigation, a conventional pulsed low-frequency (22 +/- 2 kHz) US cavitation process has been modified by varying the US power (50-150 W), initial solution pH (2-10), and O-2 flow rate (1-4 L min(-1)) to enhance the decomposition of cationic methylene blue (MB) dye in an aqueous solution. The operation of the classic Haber-Weiss reaction, both in the forward and backward directions, and the ozone effect have been observed, for the first time, under the modified US cavitation process, as confirmed via the radical trapping experiments. Moreover, the hydrothermally synthesized hydrogen titanate (H2Ti3O7) nanotubes (HTN) have been utilized as sonocatalyst, for the first time, for 100% dye removal, with effective regeneration obtained via an in-situ thermal activation of persulfate (PS, S2O82-). The most optimum values of US power, initial solution pH, O-2 flow rate, HTN, and PS concentrations for 100% MB decomposition are observed to be 150 W, 2, 2 L min(-1), 0.3 g L-1, and 10 mM, respectively. The decomposition of industrial azo reactive dyes in an aqueous solution as well as in a textile effluent has also been demonstrated using a modified pulsed low-frequency US cavitation process involving the thermal activation of PS without the use of HTN, which justifies its suitability for a commercial application.

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