Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment

The study was undertaken to examine the effect of H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio as one of the important operating conditions on the performance of the combined photo-Fenton-SBR process for treatment of recalcitrant (antibiotic) wastewater. The SBR was fed with photo-Fenton-treated antibiotic wastewater unde...

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Main Authors: Elmolla, E. S., Chaudhuri, M.
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Language:English
Published: Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010
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Chaudhuri, M.
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description The study was undertaken to examine the effect of H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio as one of the important operating conditions on the performance of the combined photo-Fenton-SBR process for treatment of recalcitrant (antibiotic) wastewater. The SBR was fed with photo-Fenton-treated antibiotic wastewater under five H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratios (10, 20, 50, 100 and 150). The results indicated that as H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio decreases (increase of Fe2+ concentration) BOD5/COD ratio of the photo-Fenton-treated effluent increases and SBR and overall efficiency increases. The SBR efficiency in terms of sCOD removal was observed to be very sensitive to BOD5/COD ratio below 0.40. It decreased from 69±1% at BOD5/COD ratio of 49±0.01 to 44±1% at 0.19±0.02. In this study, the best H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio for treatment of the antibiotic wastewater was observed to be 20. At photo-Fenton-SBR operating conditions H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 20, H2O2/COD molar ratio 2.5, pH 3 and 30 min photo-Fenton irradiation time and 24 h hydraulic retention time in SBR, the combined photo-Fenton-SBR efficiency was 86% as sCOD and final sCOD was 56±2 mg/L, which met the requirements of the discharge standard.
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:29392017-01-19T08:24:40Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2939/ Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment Elmolla, E. S. Chaudhuri, M. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The study was undertaken to examine the effect of H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio as one of the important operating conditions on the performance of the combined photo-Fenton-SBR process for treatment of recalcitrant (antibiotic) wastewater. The SBR was fed with photo-Fenton-treated antibiotic wastewater under five H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratios (10, 20, 50, 100 and 150). The results indicated that as H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio decreases (increase of Fe2+ concentration) BOD5/COD ratio of the photo-Fenton-treated effluent increases and SBR and overall efficiency increases. The SBR efficiency in terms of sCOD removal was observed to be very sensitive to BOD5/COD ratio below 0.40. It decreased from 69±1% at BOD5/COD ratio of 49±0.01 to 44±1% at 0.19±0.02. In this study, the best H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio for treatment of the antibiotic wastewater was observed to be 20. At photo-Fenton-SBR operating conditions H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 20, H2O2/COD molar ratio 2.5, pH 3 and 30 min photo-Fenton irradiation time and 24 h hydraulic retention time in SBR, the combined photo-Fenton-SBR efficiency was 86% as sCOD and final sCOD was 56±2 mg/L, which met the requirements of the discharge standard. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2010 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2939/1/Effect_of_Photo-Fenton_Operating_Conditions_on_the_Performance_of_Photo-Fenton-SBR_Process_for_Recalcitrant_Wastewater_Treatment.pdf Elmolla, E. S. and Chaudhuri, M. (2010) Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment. [Citation Index Journal]
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Elmolla, E. S.
Chaudhuri, M.
Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title_full Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title_fullStr Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title_short Effect of Photo-Fenton Operating Conditions on the Performance of Photo-Fenton-SBR Process for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment
title_sort effect of photo-fenton operating conditions on the performance of photo-fenton-sbr process for recalcitrant wastewater treatment
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
url http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2939/
http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/2939/1/Effect_of_Photo-Fenton_Operating_Conditions_on_the_Performance_of_Photo-Fenton-SBR_Process_for_Recalcitrant_Wastewater_Treatment.pdf