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Sonochemical Treatment of Textile Wastewater

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Water Pollution and Remediation: Photocatalysis

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 57))

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Owing to the stability and resistance to biodegradation of synthetic dyes, their elimination from industrial wastewater is a very difficult task. This problem has triggered environmental engineers and scientists to search for innovative solutions. Over the last two decades, considerable attention has been paid to the use of ultrasound as an alternative advanced oxidation process for the degradation of textile dyes in wastewater. This process offers effective destruction of contaminants via reaction with OH radical or pyrolysis in different reaction zones.

In this chapter, we reviewed the major progresses in the application of ultrasound, i.e., sonochemical process, for the destruction of textile dyes in aqueous solutions: (i) principles of the sonochemical process and sonoreactors were given, (ii) the most interesting works conducted in the field were summarized together with their significant findings, (iii) the influence of sonochemical and environmental parameters on the process performance was discussed in depth, (iv) the impact of the water matrix on the sonochemical treatment of dyes was elucidated, and (v) the most recent intensification techniques of the sonochemical process were emphasized. Finally, some interesting trends and perspectives were reported together with some highlighting needs to innovation.

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This work was supported by The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Algeria (project No. A16N01UN250320180001) and The General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development (GD-SRTD).

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Merouani, S., Hamdaoui, O. (2021). Sonochemical Treatment of Textile Wastewater. In: Inamuddin, Ahamed, M.I., Lichtfouse, E. (eds) Water Pollution and Remediation: Photocatalysis. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 57. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54723-3_5

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