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Integrated Sono-Fenton ultrafiltration process for 4-chlorophenol removal from aqueous effluents: assessment of operational parameters (Part 1)

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Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and membrane separation processes are successfully used in the final stages of wastewater treatment for recycling and reuse purposes. This research proposes a new two stage process including in the first step a homogeneous Sono-Fenton process (as an AOP), coupled with ultrafiltration (UF), as a cleaner and safer alternative for advanced wastewater treatment, designed specially to enhance the removal of priority organic pollutants which are difficult to eliminate by means of conventional treatments. The aim of this study is to analyze experimentally the performances of an integrated ultrasonication-UF process for the removal of 4-chlorophenol (4CP) (as a model-pollutant for priority organic compounds from wastewaters), both from the removal efficiency (expressed as phenolic concentration and chemical oxygen demand reduction) and the energy consumption point of view. The most important factors with influence on both stages of the proposed process, such as acoustic amplitude, power density, and operating mode for the Sono-Fenton process and pressure, time, operating mode, and cleaning operations for the UF stage, were assessed in this paper (Part 1). The experimental results indicate that the process can be applied for such aqueous effluents, in laboratory scale equipments and represent the basis for modeling the process steps and scale-up of different process arrangements (Cailean et al. (2014): “Integrated Sono-Fenton UF Process for 4CP Removal from Aqueous Effluents: Process Modeling and Simulation (Part 2)”), with the purpose to analyze and control such a process, under various conditions and to understand better its advantages and disadvantages.

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Abbreviations

A:

Acoustic amplitude

AOPs:

Advanced oxidation processes

4CP:

4-Chlorophenol

CF:

Cross-flow mode

DE:

Dead-end mode

DW:

Direct washing

J0 :

Clean water flux

Lm :

Initial permeability determined with demineralised water

MWCO:

Molecular weight cutoff

RE:

Removal efficiency

UF:

Ultrafiltration process

US:

Homogeneous Sono-Fenton process

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNDI–UEFISCDI, Project no. 60/2012 (PNII Parteneriate), “Integrated System for Reducing Environmental and Human-related Impacts and Risks in the Water Use Cycle” (WATUSER) and BRAIN project “Doctoral scholarships as an investment in intelligence” (ID-6681), financed by the European Social Fund and the Romanian Government.

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  1. Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof.dr.doc. D. Mangeron Street, 700050, Iasi, Romania

    Daniela Cailean & Carmen Teodosiu

  2. Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria

    Anton Friedl

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Cailean, D., Teodosiu, C. & Friedl, A. Integrated Sono-Fenton ultrafiltration process for 4-chlorophenol removal from aqueous effluents: assessment of operational parameters (Part 1). Clean Techn Environ Policy 16, 1145–1160 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0723-x

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