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Mineralization of High Saline Petrochemical Wastewater Using Sonoelectro-Activated Persulfate: Degradation Mechanisms and Reaction Kinetics Publisher



Yousefi N1 ; Pourfadakari S2, 3 ; Esmaeili S3 ; Babaei AA3, 4
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  4. 4. Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Source: Microchemical Journal Published:2019


Abstract

This study was to investigate the Sonoelectro-activated persulfate oxidation process for petrochemical wastewater treatment. The effects of Sonoelectro-activated persulfate, electro-activated persulfate, Sono-activated persulfate, persulfate, and ultrasound processes for COD removal were determined. The results reveal that the maximum removal efficiency was obtained at pH = 3, ultrasonic power of 300 W, ultrasonic frequency of 130 kHz, potential electrode of 10 V and persulfate concentration of 20 mM. It was observed that the effective removal of COD was 82.31% for the combined system (Sonoelectro-persulfate), 68.97% for electro-persulfate, 21.11% for Sono-persulfate, 13.06% for persulfate and 2.6% for the single ultrasound system, respectively. The highest removal efficiency obtained at 333 K that was 91.2% after 120 min. In addition, the reaction kinetics of COD removal through Sonoelectro-persulfate process fitted well for pseudo-second-order kinetic model with the regression coefficient of 0.89. According to the results, Sonoelectro-activated persulfate oxidation process has been considered as an effective and efficient technique for petrochemical wastewater treatment. © 2019
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