Abstract

Fenton oxidation of the nonionic surfactant Brij 35 was enhanced by the effect of 1,4-hydroquinone adsorbed on granular activated carbon (GAC). The procedure allowed 90%-94% surfactant removal after 24 h at pH= 2.7-3.0, using 97mg g- 1 of hydroquinone adsorbed on GAC and concentrations of surfactant, H2O2, and iron (either Fe2 + or Fe3 + ) of, respectively, 1300, 450, and 9mg L- 1. In the absence of carbon and hydroquinone, and with the same concentration of H2O2, conventional Fenton process required 300mg L- 1 of Fe(II) to obtain 85% removal of Brij 35. Quinone-loaded carbon was effectively recycled until surfactant removal decreased to 50%-60%. Only 3% of hydroquinone was desorbed from GAC to the aqueous solution, and about 40% of the dissolved fraction was degraded to low-molecular-weight organic acids. This is the first description of a Fenton process performingthe recycling of a redox-active organic compound adsorbed on GAC, with the aim of decreasing the amount of iron salt utilized in the conventional Fenton reaction.

Autore Pugliese

• Volpe Angela , Mascolo Giuseppe

Tutti gli autori

• Pagano M.; Volpe A.; Mascolo G.; Lopez A.; Locaputo V.; Ciannarella R.

Titolo volume/Rivista

Environmental engineering science

Anno di pubblicazione

2012

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1557-9018

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