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Fanfan Liang1, Yungen Liu1, Silin Yang2
1College of Soil and Water Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
Abstract:
High-concentration refractory coffee wastewater containing about 2,000 mg/L of biotoxic lactic acid is treated by microwave technology. At a microwave power of 900 W, a large amount of activated carbon (AC) reduces the number of hot spots. After microwave radiation, the lactic acid concentration drops to 200 mg/L, with a removal rate of 90%. CaO promotes the process. In the microwave-AC-CaO method, "hotspots" on AC generate free radicals. The effects of microwaves degrade lactic acid into CO2 and H2O. The microwave-AC-CaO method can rapidly degrade lactic acid. The degradation rate of lactic acid can be further improved by adding transition-metal oxides to modify AC.
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