Performance evaluation of photolytic and electrochemical oxidation processes for enhanced degradation of food dyes laden wastewater

Wastewater containing dyes is considered as the top-priority pollutant when discharged into the environment. Herein, we report for the applicability of 254 nm ultraviolet light and electrochemical process using a titanium ruthenium oxide anode for the degradation of Allura red and erythrosine dyes....

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Veröffentlicht in:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. - 1986. - 81(2020), 5 vom: 25. März, Seite 971-984
1. Verfasser: Sartaj, Seema (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ali, Nisar, Khan, Adnan, Malik, Sumeet, Bilal, Muhammad, Khan, Menhad, Ali, Nauman, Hussain, Sajjad, Khan, Hammad, Khan, Sabir
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Schlagworte:Journal Article Coloring Agents Waste Water Water Pollutants, Chemical
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Zusammenfassung:Wastewater containing dyes is considered as the top-priority pollutant when discharged into the environment. Herein, we report for the applicability of 254 nm ultraviolet light and electrochemical process using a titanium ruthenium oxide anode for the degradation of Allura red and erythrosine dyes. During the photolytic process, 95% of Allura red dye (50 ppm) was removed after 1 h at pH 12 and 35 °C, whereas 90% color removal of erythrosine dye (50 ppm) was achieved after 6 h of treatment at pH 6.0 and 30 °C. On the other hand, 99.60% of Allura red dye (200 ppm) was removed within 5 min by the electrochemical process applying a current density (5 mA cm-2) at pH 5.0 and 0.1 mol L-1 sodium chloride (NaCl) electrolytic medium. Similarly, 99.61% of erythrosine dye (50 ppm) degradation was achieved after 10 min at a current density of 8 mA cm-2, pH 6.0, and 0.1 mol L-1 of NaCl electrolyte. The minimum energy consumption value for Allura red and erythrosine dyes (0.196 and 0.941 kWh m-3, respectively) was calculated at optimum current densities of 5 and 8 mA cm-2. The results demonstrated that the electrochemical process is more efficient at removing dyes in a shorter time than the photolytic process since it generates powerful oxidants like the chlorine molecule, hypochlorous acid, and hypochlorite on the surface of the anode and initiates a chain reaction to oxidize the dyes molecules
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.06.2020
Date Revised 07.12.2022
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0273-1223
DOI:10.2166/wst.2020.182