Petrochemical wastewater treatment by modified electro-Fenton process with nano iron particles

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Young researchers and Elite club, Farahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Farahan, Iran

2 Department of Chemical engineering, Farahan branch, Islamic Azad University, Farahan, Iran

Abstract

Petrochemical manufacturing wastewaters often contain a high concentration of biodegradable com-pounds that possess either toxicity or activity inhibition to the biological unit. In this paper, COD removal from Petrochemical wastewaters by electro-Fenton process was studied. The effect of operating conditions such as reaction time, current density, pH, H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio, and H2O2 of petrochemical wastewater (PW) (ml/l) on the performance of the process has been studied. The experimental results showed that COD was 75.52% removed by the reaction with OH radicals generated from electrochemically assisted Fenton’s reaction. With our cell design, the higher oxidation rate has been obtained applying a current of 57.01 mA, at pH 2.92 and in the presence of 0.3 mM Fe2+ as catalyst and at reaction time of 86.33 minutes.

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Journal of Particle Science and Technology
Volume 1, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2015
Pages 215-223

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  • Receive Date: 06 April 2016
  • Revise Date: 17 April 2016
  • Accept Date: 27 April 2016

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