title: The comparison of photooxidation processes for the minimization of organic load of colored wastewater applying the response surface methodology.
abstract: In this comparative study, the effectiveness of three photooxidation processes (UV/H(2)O(2), UV/S(2)O(8)(2-) and UV/O(3)) for degradation of an azo dye model pollutant was investigated using several process parameters. The process parameters such as initial pH, the concentrations of oxidant in the reactor inlet stream and the type of oxidant were considered. In order to investigate the influence of cross-factor effects of process parameters, the full factorial design was applied with three factors (two numeric and one categorical) at three levels combined with response surface modeling. The ANOVA results (R(2), F, p) showed high accuracy of developed quadratic model for the zero-order mineralization rate constants of AO7 model wastewater. Among process parameters studied, the type of oxidant and the concentration of oxidant were shown to be the most influential parameters of studied photooxidation processes. The highest rate of mineralization of AO7 model wastewater, k(obs)=7.507×10(-7) M s(-1), was obtained for UV/O(3) process at the initial pH 10 and oxidant reactor input rate of 0.6 mM min(-1). However, when comparing the operating costs for each process studied, it was evident that UV/H(2)O(2) process is 1.6 times less expensive than UV/O(3) process considering the mineralization of organic content of AO7 model wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulicev trg 19, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. hkusic@fkit.hr
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusic
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jovic
authors.forename: Natasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kos
authors.forename: Natalija
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koprivanac
authors.forename: Vedrana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D004396:Coloring Agents; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical