Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters by Sequential Electrochemical, Chemical and Photochemical Methods Using Agricultural Waste Derived Graphene-like Materials

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 2, 234 - 248, 31.12.2023

Burcu Palas , Gülin Ersöz , Süheyda Atalay

https://doi.org/10.54370/ordubtd.1339985

Abstract

The quality of the in-situ pretreated real textile wastewater was improved by a hybrid treatment process comprising of the sequential applications of the electrocoagulation, adsorption and photo Fenton like oxidation processes. Under the most suitable electrocoagulation conditions 19.5% total organic carbon (TOC) removal was accomplished. The textile wastewater was subjected to adsorption after electrocoagulation. Graphene oxide adsorbents were prepared from corncob (C-GO) was used as the adsorbent in the adsorption process. The effect of the adsorbent loading and the initial pH were investigated to determine the most suitable adsorption conditions. At 2 g/L of adsorbent loading and pH 5, 40.3% cumulative TOC removal was achieved. After the adsorption photo Fenton like oxidation was applied as the third treatment step in the presence of BiFeO3/C-GO and BiNiO3/C-GO catalysts. The TOC removal performances of the catalysts were compared at 0.25 and 0.5 g/L of catalyst loading. After the photo Fenton like oxidation the highest cumulative TOC removal was evaluated as 51% in the presence of BiNiO3/C-GO catalysts. The use of biomass-derived graphene oxide as adsorbent and catalyst support material for textile wastewater removal in a sequential treatment system consisting of electrocoagulation, adsorption and photo-Fenton-like oxidation constitutes the main originality of this study.

Keywords

biomass derived graphene-like material, industrial wastewater treatment, electrocoagulation, adsorption, photocatalytic oxidation

Project Number

315M537-ERANETMED–SETPROPER Project

Endüstriyel Atık Suların Zirai Atıktan Türetilmiş Grafen Benzeri Malzemeler Kullanılarak Ardışık Elektrokimyasal, Kimyasal ve Fotokimyasal Yöntemlerle Arıtılması

Abstract

Yerinde ön-işlem görmüş gerçek tekstil atık suyu, elektrokoagülasyon, adsorpsiyon ve foto Fenton benzeri oksidasyon işlemlerinin ardışık uygulamalarından oluşan bir hibrid proses ile arıtılmıştır. Elektrokoagülasyon prosesinde alüminyum elektrot kullanılarak en uygun reaksiyon koşulları altında %19,5 toplam organik karbon (TOK) giderimi sağlanmıştır. Tekstil atık suyu elektrokoagülasyondan sonra adsorpsiyona tabi tutulmuştur. Adsorpsiyon işleminde mısır koçanından hazırlanan grafen oksit (MK-GO) adsorbentler kullanılmıştır. En uygun adsorpsiyon koşullarının belirlenmesi için adsorbent yüklemesinin ve başlangıç pH'sının etkisi incelenmiştir. 2 g/L adsorbent yüklemesinde ve pH 5'de %40,3 kümülatif TOK giderimi sağlanmıştır. Adsorpsiyon sonrasında üçüncü adım olarak BiFeO3/MK-GO ve BiNiO3/MK-GO katalizörler varlığında foto Fenton benzeri oksidasyonu uygulanmıştır. Katalizörlerin TOK giderimi performansları 0,25 ve 0,5 g/L’de karşılaştırılmış ve foto Fenton benzeri oksidasyonu sonrasında en yüksek kümülatif TOK giderimi BiNiO3/MK-GO varlığında %51 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Biyokütleden türetilen grafen oksitin elektrokoagülasyon, adsorpsiyon ve foto Fenton benzeri oksidasyonundan oluşan bir ardışık arıtım sisteminde tekstil atık suyu giderimi için adsorbent ve katalizör destek malzemesi olarak kullanımı bu çalışmanın temel özgün değerini oluşturmaktadır.

Keywords

biyokütleden türetiten grafen benzeri malzeme, endüstriyel atıksu arıtımı, elektrokoagülasyon, adsorpsiyon, fotokatalitik oksidasyon

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

315M537-ERANETMED–SETPROPER Project

Thanks

Bu çalışma Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknik Araştırma Kurumu tarafından desteklenmiştir (Proje Numarası: 315M537-ERANETMED –SETPROPER Project). Atıksu sağlanması konusunda yardımcı olan SUN Tekstil firmasına teşekkürlerimizi sunuyoruz.

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