Degradation of folic acid wastewater by electro-Fenton with three-dimensional electrode and its kinetic study

Autor: Gu Xiaochao, Lu Xuebin, Tian Jin, Li Xiaoyun, Zhou Bin, Zheng Xujing, Xu Jin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170926
Popis: The three-dimensional electro-Fenton method was used in the folic acid wastewater pretreatment process. In this study, we researched the degradation of folic acid and the effects of different parameters such as the air sparging rate, current density, pH and reaction time on chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal in folic acid wastewater. A four-level and four-factor orthogonal test was designed and optimal reaction conditions to pretreat folic acid wastewater by three-dimensional electrode were determined: air sparge rate 0.75 l min−1, current density 10.26 mA cm−2, pH 5 and reaction time 90 min. Under these conditions, the removal of COD reached 94.87%. LC-MS results showed that the electro-Fenton method led to an initial folic acid decomposition into p-aminobenzoyl-glutamic acid (PGA) and xanthopterin (XA); then part of the XA was oxidized to pterine-6-carboxylic acid (PCA) and the remaining part of XA was converted to pterin and carbon dioxide. The kinetics analysis of the folic acid degradation process during pretreatment was carried out by using simulated folic acid wastewater, and it could be proved that the degradation of folic acid by using the three-dimensional electro-Fenton method was a second-order reaction process. This study provided a reference for industrial folic acid treatment.
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