APPLICATION OF SEVERAL ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ORGANICS IN EFFLUENTS OF PTA PRODUCTION

Abstract

In this study, the efficiency of several advanced oxidation processes such as ultrasonic oxidation, heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation, ultrasound or UV assisted heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation, heterogeneous sonophotoFenton oxidation and oxidation with ultrasound+UV light combination was tested for COD reduction in effluents of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production. The highest COD removal was achieved as 18% when UV light assisted heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation was applied to PTA manufacturing wastewater in the presence of 5 wt% iron containing TiO₂ catalyst. This combined advanced oxidation process seems to be a promising one to enhance the COD removal when it is used after biological treatment.

Keywords

• Advanced oxidation processes
• Purified terephthalic acid
• Degradation

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