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Published on: December 12, 2013
Application of statistical experimental design to the treatment of bleaching kraft mill effluent using a mediated
1Department of Biotechnology, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, University of São Paulo-USP Lorena, Rodovia Lorena-Itajubá Km 74.5, CP 116, 12600-970 Lorena/SP, Brazil. arantes@debiq.faenquil.br
Abstract:
The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of chelator mediated-Fenton reaction (CMFR) on the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal from bleaching kraft mill effluent. Effluent treatments were carried out to study the effect of the chelator 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), Fe3+ and H2O2 concentrations on COD removal. For optimization of COD removal, the methodology of statistical experimental design was employed. The estimated second-order polynomial multiple regression model predicts a maximum COD removal of 75.5% (COD/COD0 = 0.245) at the confidence level of 95%. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a good coefficient of determination (R2) value of 0.90, thus ensuring a satisfactory adjustment of the second-order regression model with the experimental data. Indeed, CMFR proved to be a potential process to treat industrial effluents characterized by its high COD.
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