Pilot scale mineralization of organic acids by electro-Fenton ® process plus sunlight exposure

Juan Casado; Jordi Fornaguera; Maria Isabel Galán

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2006.04.047

Pilot scale mineralization of organic acids by electro-Fenton ^® process plus sunlight exposure

Juan Casado, Jordi Fornaguera, Maria Isabel Galán

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Abstract

The viability of the electro-Fenton ® degradation of aqueous solutions of benzoic acid, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and oxalic acid has been studied at 20 A using a pilot flow reactor containing an anode and an oxygen diffusion cathode, both of 100 cm 2 section. Pollutants were preferentially oxidized by hydroxyl radicals formed in solution from reaction of Fe 2+ with electrogenerated H 2 O 2 , allowing mineralization of benzoic acid and 2,4-D. For oxalic acid no electrochemical mineralization was observed. After electrolysis, samples of the different effluents were exposed to sunlight (Helielectro-Fenton process) and almost complete mineralization was reached after ca. 30-50 min without additional cost. Effects of parameters such as electrolysis time, pH and solar irradiation time on the process efficiencies were studied. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2511-2516
Journal	Water Research
Volume	40
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.04.047
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2006

Keywords

Electro-Fenton
Electrochemical mineralization
Helielectro-Fenton
Organic acids
Pilot reactor
Wastewater treatment

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