Plasma degradation of Cationic Blue dye with contact glow discharge electrolysis
Xing-long Jin1, Xiao-yan Wang, Qing-feng Wang
1School of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China. xljin7911@126.com
Abstract:
Contact glow discharge electrolysis (CGDE) of Cationic Blue SD-GTL (CB) was investigated by determining degradation rates and rate constants under different voltages, pH, temperature and initial concentrations. The results indicated that 500 V was the optimum voltage for CGDE of CB under experimental conditions. The effect of pH was not appreciable. Fe²(+) and Fe³(+) had a remarkable catalytic effect on the degradation of CB. The degradation rate was up to 99.7% after 3 minutes CGDE treatment when the concentration of Fe²(+) was 20.0 mg/L. And when the concentration of Fe³ (+) was 5.0 mg/L, the degradation rate was only 68.6% after 10 minutes CGDE treatment. The reaction mechanisms were also well illustrated by relative reactions and their rate constants. It had been demonstrated that CB underwent oxidative degradation in CGDE.
