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Degrade Methyl Orange by a Reverse Electrodialysis Reactor Coupled with Electrochemical Direct Oxidation and Electro-Fenton Processes

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The reverse electrodialysis reactor (REDR) degrades wastewater by coupling with different treatment methods. In the paper, the anodic oxidation (AO) and electro-Fenton (EF) processes were adopted in REDR. And the three different anodes, ruthenium and iridium dioxide (Ti/RuO2-IrO2), lead dioxide (Ti/PbO2) and boron-doped diamond (BDD) were used as the anode in REDR. The influences of working fluids velocity, electrode rinse solution (ERS) flow rate on degradation performance under different anodes were determined and discussed. The results indicated that increasing the working fluid velocity and ERS flow rate can improve COD removal efficiency. And the Ti/PbO2 presented a greater degradation effect than other electrodes. Moreover, the paper investigated the effect of operating conditions on total current efficiency (TCE) and the energy consumption (EC) of REDR when three anodes were employed. The results showed the growth of ERS flow rate could significantly enhance the TCE. However, the increasing of working fluids velocity and ERS flow rate also enhances the EC of the system. Meanwhile, among the three anodes, the value of TCE could reach the largest when the BDD anode was adopted in REDR under the same output current. Furthermore, the system presented excellent economic efficiency compared with other traditional oxidation processes.

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (NSFC, No. 51776029 and No.52076026).

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Leng, Q., Xu, S., Wu, X. et al. Degrade Methyl Orange by a Reverse Electrodialysis Reactor Coupled with Electrochemical Direct Oxidation and Electro-Fenton Processes. Electrocatalysis 13, 242–254 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-022-00712-y

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