Electrochemical treatment of cork boiling wastewater with a boron-doped diamond anode

Anodic oxidation at a boron-doped diamond anode of cork boiling wastewater was successfully used for mineralization and biodegradability enhancement required for effluent discharge or subsequent biological treatment, respectively. The influence of the applied current density (30-70 mA/cm2) and the b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental technology. - 1993. - 36(2015), 1-4 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 26-35
1. Verfasser: Fernandes, Annabel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Santos, Diana, Pacheco, Maria José, Ciríaco, Lurdes, Simões, Rogério, Gomes, Arlindo C, Lopes, Ana
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Environmental technology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't BDD anodic oxidation biodegradability cork boiling wastewater electrolyte concentration Waste Water Water Pollutants, Chemical Diamond mehr... 7782-40-3 Boron N9E3X5056Q
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Zusammenfassung:Anodic oxidation at a boron-doped diamond anode of cork boiling wastewater was successfully used for mineralization and biodegradability enhancement required for effluent discharge or subsequent biological treatment, respectively. The influence of the applied current density (30-70 mA/cm2) and the background electrolyte concentration (0-1.5 g/L Na2SO4) on the performance of the electrochemical oxidation was investigated. The supporting electrolyte was required to achieve conductivities that enabled anodic oxidation at the highest current intensities applied. The results indicated that pollutant removal increased with the applied current density, and after 8 h, reductions greater than 90% were achieved for COD, dissolved organic carbon, total phenols and colour. The biodegradability enhancement was from 0.13 to 0.59 and from 0.23 to 0.72 for the BOD/COD ratios with BOD of 5 and 20 days' incubation period, respectively. The tests without added electrolyte were performed at lower applied electrical charges (15 mA/cm2 or 30 V) with good organic load removal (up to 80%). For an applied current density of 30 mA/cm2, there was a minimum of electric conductivity of 1.9 mS/cm (corresponding to 0.75 g/L of Na2SO4), which minimized the specific energy consumption
Beschreibung:Date Completed 10.09.2015
Date Revised 07.12.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1479-487X
DOI:10.1080/09593330.2014.934743