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Performance evaluation of different solar advanced oxidation processes applied to the treatment of a real textile dyeing wastewater

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The performance of different solar-driven advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), such as TiO2/UV, TiO2/H2O2/UV, and Fe2+/H2O2/UV–visible in the treatment of a real textile effluent using a pilot plant with compound parabolic collectors (CPCs), was investigated. The influence of the main photo-Fenton reaction variables such as iron concentration (20–100 mg Fe2+ L−1), pH (2.4–4.5), temperature (10–50 °C), and irradiance (22–68 WUV m−2) was evaluated in a lab-scale prototype using artificial solar radiation. The real textile wastewater presented a beige color, with a maximum absorbance peak at 641 nm, alkaline pH (8.1), moderate organic content (dissolved organic carbon (DOC) = 129 mg C L−1 and chemical oxygen demand (COD) = 496 mg O2 L−1), and high conductivity mainly associated to the high concentration of chloride (1.1 g Cl L−1), sulfate (0.4 g SO 2 −4  L− 1), and sodium (1.2 g Na+ L−1) ions. Although all the processes tested contributed to complete decolorization and effective mineralization, the most efficient process was the solar photo-Fenton with an optimum catalyst concentration of 60 mg Fe2+ L−1, leading to 70 % mineralization (DOCfinal = 41 mg C L−1; CODfinal < 150 mg O2 L−1) at pH 3.6, requiring a UV energy dose of 3.5 kJUV L−1 (t 30 W = 22.4 min; \( \overline{T}=30\ {}^{\circ}\mathrm{C} \); \( {\overline{\mathrm{UV}}}_{G,n}=44\kern0.75em \mathrm{W}\ {\mathrm{m}}^{-2} \)) and consuming 18.5 mM of H2O2.

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This work was supported by projects PEst-C/EQB/LA0020/2013 and NORTE-07-0162-FEDER-000050, financed by FEDER through COMPETE - Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade, by FCT, QREN and ON2. V.J.P. Vilar acknowledges the FCT Investigator 2013 Programme (IF/01501/2013). Diego R. Manenti and Petrick A. Soares acknowledge their Ph.D. fellowships (BEX 9794-11-5 and 5512-10-7) supported by CAPES. Tânia F.C. Silva also wants to acknowledge her Ph.D. scholarship, reference SFRH/BD/73510/2010, supported by FCT. Aparecido N. Módenes thanks CNPq and CAPES for financial support.

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Manenti, D.R., Soares, P.A., Silva, T.F. et al. Performance evaluation of different solar advanced oxidation processes applied to the treatment of a real textile dyeing wastewater. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 833–845 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-2767-1

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