Treatment of laundry wastewater by solar photo-Fenton process at pilot plant scale

Laundry sector consumes a huge amount of water which is usually discharged as wastewater instead of being reused. The application of biological treatment of laundry wastewater coupled with post-treatment utilizing advanced oxidation processes creates a possibility to recycle water to the washing process. However, the investigations on such systems are very limited. In the present work, a novel approach of post-treatment of laundry wastewater utilizing solar photo-Fenton operated at a pilot scale in a compound parabolic collector (CPC) photoreactor is proposed. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used as a representative of surfactants applied in the laundry system. The effect of feed matrix was investigated using distilled water as a reference matrix and synthetic wastewater simulating the composition of biologically pre-treated laundry wastewater. Different concentrations of H2O2 (50-400 mg/L) and ferrous iron (2.75-10 mg/L) were assayed. For comparison purpose, experiments at neutral pH using ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid (EDDS) as an iron complexing agent were carried out. A high SDS removal efficiency was obtained under both neutral and acidic pH, reaching 89% and 96%, respectively, in just 8 min. However, the remaining organic load originating from EDDS needs application of further post-treatment steps. Therefore, the solar photo-Fenton operated under acidic pH was found to be a more promising approach of post-treatment of laundry wastewater aimed at its reuse.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Environmental science and pollution research international - 28(2021), 7 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 8576-8584

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Esteban García, Ana Belén [VerfasserIn]
Szymański, Kacper [VerfasserIn]
Mozia, Sylwia [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez Pérez, José Antonio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced oxidation process
BBX060AN9V
Compound parabolic collector
E1UOL152H7
Hydrogen Peroxide
Iron
Journal Article
Mineralization
Sodium dodecyl sulphate
Surfactants
Waste Water
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 05.02.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11356-020-11151-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316337706