Coupling solar photo-Fenton and biotreatment at industrial scale: main results of a demonstration plant.
This paper reports on the combined solar photo-Fenton/biological treatment of an industrial effluent (initial total organic carbon, TOC, around 500mgL(-1)) containing a non-biodegradable organic substance (alpha-methylphenylglycine at 500mgL(-1)), focusing on pilot plant tests performed for design of an industrial plant, the design itself and the plant layout. Pilot plant tests have demonstrated that biodegradability enhancement is closely related to disappearance of the parent compound, for which a certain illumination time and hydrogen peroxide consumption are required, working at pH 2.8 and adding Fe(2+)=20mgL(-1). Based on pilot plant results, an industrial plant with 100m(2) of CPC collectors for a 250L/h treatment capacity has been designed. The solar system discharges the wastewater (WW) pre-treated by photo-Fenton into a biotreatment based on an immobilized biomass reactor. First, results of the industrial plant are also presented, demonstrating that it is able to treat up to 500Lh(-1) at an average solar ultraviolet radiation of 22.9Wm(-2), under the same conditions (pH, hydrogen peroxide consumption) tested in the pilot plant.
Malato
Sixto
S
Plataforma Solar de Almería-CIEMAT, Crta. Senés km 4, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain. Sixto.malato@psa.es
Blanco
Julián
J
Maldonado
Manuel I
MI
Oller
Isabel
I
Gernjak
Wolfgang
W
Pérez-Estrada
Leonidas
L
D019149:Bioreactors; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D012623:Seawater; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects
D007220:Industrial Waste; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C033393:methyl phenylglycine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron; D005998:Glycine