Mitra Gholami; Mojtaba Davoudi; Simin Naseri; Amir Hossein Mahvi; Mehdi Farzadkia; Ali Esrafili; Hossein Alidadi
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Backgrounds & Objectives: Elimination of phenolic compounds which is considered as resistant pollutants to biological degradation has a great importance. This study aims to investigate the electrochemical oxidation process efficiency in removal of phenol compounds using a continuous and divided rector. ...
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Backgrounds & Objectives: Elimination of phenolic compounds which is considered as resistant pollutants to biological degradation has a great importance. This study aims to investigate the electrochemical oxidation process efficiency in removal of phenol compounds using a continuous and divided rector. Materials & Methods: The catalytic anodes of Ti/SnO2-Sb and cathodes of iron were employed in a reactor divided into anolyte and catholyte chambers by a cellulosic separator. The influence of initial phenol concentration (14.12‒40.88 mg L‒1), retention time (32.23‒82.77 min), and current intensity (0.18‒0.42 A) on TPh removal efficiency, TPh residual concentration, and energy consumption was investigated using response surface methodology. Results: The results showed that TPh removal efficiency strongly depends on retention time, followed by current intensity and initial phenol concentration. The importance order of factors affecting on TPh residual concentration were distinguished as initial TPh concentration > retention time > current intensity. The energy consumption in terms of kWh m‒3 is mostly affected by retention time and then current intensity, and irrespective of initial phenol concentration. Under the optimal conditions, removal efficiency of 93.21%, residual concentration of 1 mg L‒1, and energy consumption of 34.40 kWh m‒3 is achieved. Conclusion: Based on the obtained results, the electro-oxidation is a very efficient process for diminution of wastewater phenolic content, and is able to set the allowable limits to discharge to the environment.
Mohsen Mehdipoor; Mohammad Hadi Dehghani; Simin Nasseri; Kazem Nadafi; Amir Hossein Mahvi
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Background and objective: One of the industries producing environmental pollutant is the rubber industry, which has a lot of in environmental dangers. This study was conducted in the purpose of investigation on Ozone and coagulant material’s (Aluminum sulfate –Ferric chloride) efficiency ...
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Background and objective: One of the industries producing environmental pollutant is the rubber industry, which has a lot of in environmental dangers. This study was conducted in the purpose of investigation on Ozone and coagulant material’s (Aluminum sulfate –Ferric chloride) efficiency in waste water treatmentof Rubber Industry. Materials and Method: In this work Rubber industries with the industrial waste volume over 2500 m3 per mount was studied. In order to qualitative evaluation of wastewater in this industry, the reduction of turbidity and the amount of COD were considered as the qualitative criteria. Results: In this study, the reduction rate of COD by chemical treatment with Ferric chloride after ozonation was 34 percent and the wastewater of chemical treatment with aluminum sulfate after ozonation shown 48 percent, the reduction of COD. Conclusion: One of the scientific and practical approaches for the treatment of wastewater in these industries is the use of complex process like chemical coagulation and ozonation along with possible biological processes. Paper type: Research article