A comparison study of Fenton-like and Fenton reactions in dichloromethane removal
Xin Jin1, JunJie Su2, Qi Yang2
1Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu An, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Dichloromethane (DCM), as a low-chlorinated organic compound, is hardly to be degraded through the reductive dechlorination pathway. In this study, the removal of DCM in Fenton-like system, using activated carbon fibres-supported zero-valence Fe/Ni nanoparticles (ACF-Fe/Ni) as catalysts, was investigated and compared with that of a traditional Fenton system (Fe2+/H2O2). The influence of vital parameters, including initial solution pH, DCM concentration, catalyst and H2O2 dosages, temperature and cosolute on the removal of DCM, was systematically studied. The results showed that 94.2% of DCM with an initial concentration of 5 mg/L could be removed in the Fenton-like reaction under the optimum condition: initial pH of 2.0, 0.4 g/L of ACF-Fe/Ni, 10 mM of H2O2 and a temperature of 30°C. In comparison, the removal of DCM in the Fenton-like system was faster than that of the Fenton system and the corresponding activation energies were 39.69 and 33.82 kJ/mol, respectively. The coexistence of solute was adverse to the removal of DCM in both Fenton-like and Fenton systems. Moreover, the active species for DCM removal in the Fenton-like system was confirmed as hydroxyl radical (·OH) via the quenching experiment and electron paramagnetic resonance measurement. The incomplete mineralisation (41.7%) of DCM after reaction indicated that the Fenton-like technology had the potential to realise DCM's non-toxic and harmless conversion and organic intermediates formed needed to take longer time to be decomposed.
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