Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst

Heterogeneous catalysts of ruthenium were prepared by impregnation on activated carbon and ZSM-5 and were used to degrade phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulphate (PMS). The ruthenium based catalysts were characterised by several techniques such as XRD, SEM, and N2 adsorption. It was found that...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Syaifullah, Shukla, Pradeep, Wang, Shaobin, Tade, Moses
Other Authors: IChemE
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Engineers Australia, 2011 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21881
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author Muhammad, Syaifullah
Shukla, Pradeep
Wang, Shaobin
Tade, Moses
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Shukla, Pradeep
Wang, Shaobin
Tade, Moses
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description Heterogeneous catalysts of ruthenium were prepared by impregnation on activated carbon and ZSM-5 and were used to degrade phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulphate (PMS). The ruthenium based catalysts were characterised by several techniques such as XRD, SEM, and N2 adsorption. It was found that Ru-AC is highly effective in heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulphate to produce sulphate radicals resulting in higher reaction rate compared with Ru-ZSM5. Degradation efficiency of phenol follows the order of Ru-AC > Ru-ZSM5 at all reaction conditions due to higher surface area and pore volume of Ru-AC. Degradation efficiency of phenol could be achieved at 100% of phenol degradation and 70% of TOC removal in 1 hour. It was also found that phenol degradation is strongly influenced by amount of catalyst loading, phenol concentration, oxidant concentration and temperature. Kinetic study proved that the pseudo firts order kinetics would fit to phenol oxidation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-218812017-03-08T13:10:46Z Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst Muhammad, Syaifullah Shukla, Pradeep Wang, Shaobin Tade, Moses IChemE Heterogeneous catalysts of ruthenium were prepared by impregnation on activated carbon and ZSM-5 and were used to degrade phenol in the presence of peroxymonosulphate (PMS). The ruthenium based catalysts were characterised by several techniques such as XRD, SEM, and N2 adsorption. It was found that Ru-AC is highly effective in heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulphate to produce sulphate radicals resulting in higher reaction rate compared with Ru-ZSM5. Degradation efficiency of phenol follows the order of Ru-AC > Ru-ZSM5 at all reaction conditions due to higher surface area and pore volume of Ru-AC. Degradation efficiency of phenol could be achieved at 100% of phenol degradation and 70% of TOC removal in 1 hour. It was also found that phenol degradation is strongly influenced by amount of catalyst loading, phenol concentration, oxidant concentration and temperature. Kinetic study proved that the pseudo firts order kinetics would fit to phenol oxidation. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21881 Engineers Australia, 2011 restricted
spellingShingle Muhammad, Syaifullah
Shukla, Pradeep
Wang, Shaobin
Tade, Moses
Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title_full Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title_fullStr Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title_full_unstemmed Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title_short Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using Ruthenium Catalyst
title_sort heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of phenol for wastewater treatment using ruthenium catalyst
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21881