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R Maciel1, G L Sant'Anna, M Dezotti
1Programma de Engenharia Quimica, COPPE/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Post Office Box 68502, CEP 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil.
Abstract:
The removal of pollutants in saline medium by the Fenton's reagent needs a more detailed investigation, since the presence of chloride may inhibit or retard degradation. Phenol was used as a model pollutant and the influence of some important process variables for the removal of total organic carbon and phenol were investigated, such as FeSO4 and H2O2 concentrations, pH and salinity. The reactivity of iron cations and alternative procedures of applying UV radiation (photo-Fenton) were evaluated. Phenol was fast and completely removed by the Fenton's process even in a high saline medium (50,000mg NaCll(-1)). However, TOC was only moderately or poorly removed in saline media, depending on the salt concentration. When the photo-Fenton process was used, mineralization was improved and high TOC removals were observed in moderately saline media (NaCl concentration < or =10,000mgl(-1)). For the highest NaCl concentration tested (50,000mgl(-1)) only a moderate TOC removal was observed (50%).
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