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Application of solar photo-Fenton toward toxicity removal and textile wastewater reuse

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Solar photo-Fenton represents an innovative and low-cost option for the treatment of recalcitrant industrial wastewater, such as the textile wastewater. Textile wastewater usually shows high acute toxic and variability and may be composed of many different chemical compounds. This study aimed at optimizing and validating solar photo-Fenton treatment of textile wastewater in a semi-pilot compound parabolic collector (CPC) for toxicity removal and wastewater reclamation. In addition, treated wastewater reuse feasibility was investigated through pilot tests. Experimental design performed in this study indicated optimum condition for solar photo-Fenton reaction (20 mg L−1 of Fe2+ and 500 mg L−1 of H2O2; pH 2.8), which achieved 96 % removal of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and 99 % absorbance removal. A toxicity peak was detected during treatment, suggesting that highly toxic transformation products were formed during reaction. Toxic intermediates were properly removed during solar photo-Fenton (SPF) treatment along with the generation of oxalic acid as an ultimate product of degradation and COS increase. Different samples of real textile wastewater were treated in order to validate optimized treatment condition with regard to wastewater variability. Results showed median organic carbon removal near 90 %. Finally, reuse of treated textile wastewater in both dyeing and washing stages of production was successful. These results confirm that solar photo-Fenton, as a single treatment, enables wastewater reclamation in the textile industry.

Solar photo-Fenton as a revolutionary treatment technology for “closing-the-loop” in the textile industry

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The authors would like to thank FAPEMIG, CAPES, CNPQ, and BNDES for their financial support and the textile industry for their trustworthy collaboration.

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  1. Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Maria Clara V. M. Starling, Paulo Henrique Rodrigues dos Santos, Felipe Antônio Ribeiro de Souza, Sílvia Corrêa Oliveira, Mônica M. D. Leão & Camila C. Amorim

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Starling, M.C.V.M., dos Santos, P.H.R., de Souza, F.A.R. et al. Application of solar photo-Fenton toward toxicity removal and textile wastewater reuse. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 12515–12528 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7395-5

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