title: Treatment of simulated wastewater containing Reactive Red 195 by zero-valent iron/activated carbon combined with microwave discharge electrodeless lamp/sodium hypochlorite.
abstract: A comparative study of treatment of simulated wastewater containing Reactive Red 195 using zero-valent iron/activated carbon (ZVI/AC), microwave discharge electrodeless lamp/sodium hypochlorite (MDEL/NaClO) and the combination of ZVI/AC-MDEL/NaClO was conducted. The preliminary results showed the two steps method of ZVI/AC-MDEL/NaClO had much higher degradation efficiency than both single steps. The final color removal percentage was nearly up to 100% and the chemical oxygen demand reduction percentage was up to approximately 82%. The effects of operational parameters, including initial pH value of simulated wastewater, ZVI/AC ratio and particle size of ZVI were also investigated. In addition, from the discussion of synergistic effect between ZVI/AC and MEDL/NaClO, we found that in the ZVI/AC-MEDL/NaClO process, ZVI/AC could break the azo bond firstly and then MEDL/NaClO degraded the aromatic amine products effectively. Reversing the order would reduce the degradation efficiency.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qing-Shan
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shu-Qing
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Qing-Fu
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Hai-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008872:Microwaves; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C545303:reactive red 195; D002244:Carbon; D012973:Sodium Hypochlorite; D007501:Iron