Study on the treatment of simulated azo dye wastewater by a novel micro-electrolysis filler

• Published in: Water science and technology 2019-06, Vol.79 (12), p.2279-2288
• Main Authors: Sun, Zhen-Zhu, Liu, Zhong-Hai, Han, Le, Qin, Dong-Ling, Yang, Gang, Xing, Wei-Hong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Activated sintering; Aeration; Azo Compounds; Azo dyes; Bentonite; Carbon; Charcoal; Chemical engineering; Computer simulation; Copper; Degradation; Dosage; Dyes; Electrolysis; Electrolytic cells; Electron microscopy; Environmental science; Industrial wastewater; Iron; pH effects; Photocatalysis; Pollutants; Powder; Reaction time; Scanning electron microscopy; Temperature; Textiles; Transmission efficiency; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Waste Water; Wastewater; Water treatment; X-ray diffraction
• ISSN: 0273-1223; 1996-9732
• DOI: 10.2166/wst.2019.234

A new type of iron-copper-carbon (Fe-Cu-C) ternary micro-electrolysis filler was prepared with a certain proportion of iron powder, activated carbon, bentonite, copper powder, etc. The effect of the new type of micro-electrolysis filler on the simulated methyl orange dye wastewater was studied. The effects of various operational parameters, such as reaction time, initial pH value, aeration rate, filler dose and reaction temperature, on the degradation rate of methyl orange were studied to determine the optimum treatment conditions, and the micro-electrolysis filler was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The experimental results show that the degradation rate of 220 mL of simulated dye wastewater with a concentration of 100 mg/L reached 93.41% ± 2.94% after 60 mL/min of aeration, with an initial pH = 2, a dose of 45 g and 125 minutes of reaction at room temperature. The new micro-electrolysis filler has a high degradation rate for methyl orange solution, which is attributed to the iron and activated carbon particles sintered into an integrated structure, which makes the iron and carbon difficult to separate and affects the galvanic cell reaction. The addition of copper also greatly increases the transmission efficiency of electrons, which promotes the reaction. In addition, the surface iron is consumed, the adjacent carbon is stripped layer by layer, and the new micro-electrolytic filler does not easily passivate and agglomerate during its use.