title: Degradation of Active Brilliant Red X-3B by a microwave discharge electrodeless lamp in the presence of activated carbon.
abstract: Degradation of Active Brilliant Red X-3B (X-3B) in aqueous solution by a microwave discharge electrodeless lamp (MDEL) in the presence of activated carbon was investigated. The preliminary results proved this method could effectively degrade X-3B in aqueous solution. The removal percentages of colour and chemical oxygen demand were up to approximately 99% and 66%, respectively, at the conditions of 0.8 g/L dye concentration, 20 g/L activated carbon, pH 7.0 and 8 min microwave irradiation time. The degradation basically belonged to first-order reaction kinetics and its rate constant was 0.42 min(-1). No aromatic organics were detected in the final treated solution, indicating that the mineralization was relatively complete. By studying the change in solution properties, it could be concluded that MDEL-assisted oxidation was the dominant reaction mechanism. In addition, the influence of operational parameters and reuse of activated carbon were also discussed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing-Fu
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Shu-Qing
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Hai-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008872:Microwaves; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002606:Charcoal