نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
This study aims to investigate the decolorization of Ponceau 4R azo dye-containing water using ozone–Electro-Fenton hybrid process and compare it with each of the ozonation and Electro-Fenton processes alone. The experiments were conducted in a batch mode and based on the OFAT (One Factor at a Time) method. The effect of parameters including sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) electrolyte concentration (0.25, 2.5 and 25 mM), initial pH (3, 7 and 8.5), ferrous ion (Fe2+) concentration (0.1, 1 and 10 mM), applied current density (1.05, 6.25 and 14.6 mA/cm2), and ozone injection rate (0.2, 1 and 2 g/h) on decolorization efficiency was evaluated. In all experiments, the initial dye concentration was kept constant on 200 mg/L and the reaction time was considered to be up to 90 minutes. According to the obtained results, under the optimal values of the operating parameters (electrolyte concentration: 2.5 mM, pH=3, ferrous ion concentration: 1 mM, current density: 6.25 mA/cm2, ozone injection rate: 2 g/h), the decolorization efficiency in the ozone–Electro-Fenton hybrid system reached about 100% only after 60 min of reaction time. In comparison, each of the ozonation and Electro-Fenton processes, failed to achieve more than 89% and 51% efficiencies, respectively, even after 90 minutes of reaction under their optimal conditions. The results also showed that increasing the reaction time to 90 min compensated for the undesirability of all the operating parameters measured except the ozone injection rate. This result revealed the key role of ozone in the production of hydroxyl free radicals ( ) in the ozone-Electro-Fenton hybrid process. Examination of kinetic models showed that the first-order kinetics with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.994, compared to the second-order kinetics with a correlation coefficient of 0.575, has a much better ability to estimate the decolorization performance of the hybrid process. In general, the ozone–Electro-Fenton hybrid system showed much better performance than either ozonation or Electro-Fenton processes. The hybrid system increased the reaction speed and achieved complete decolorization in a short time by creating synergy between the two processes. Therefore, the ozone–Electro-Fenton hybrid system can be considered as a suitable alternative to other dye removal methods, which generally suffer from low speed and failure to achieve complete removal of the pollutant. Accordingly, conducting researches on the technical and economic aspects of the ozone–Electro-Fenton hybrid process is valuable for implementing the process on a real scale.
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