Effective degradation of reactive brilliant orange X-GN by heterogeneous Fenton reaction using zero-valent iron and H2O2
- Received Date: 10/10/2011
- Accepted Date: 06/09/2011
- Available Online: 18/03/2013
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Key words:
- zero-valent iron /
- hydrogen peroxide /
- heterogeneous Fenton /
- reactive brilliant orange
Abstract: Heterogeneous Fenton like system was established with zero-valent iron and hydrogen peroxide to degradate an azo dye reactive brilliant orange (X-GN). The effects of initial pH, ZVI and H2O2 dosage, and reaction temperature were investigated. The results showed that 96.2% degradation efficiency of X-GN after 60 min reaction was achieved in the presence of Fe0 (0.8 g/L) and H2O2 (5 mmol/L) at initial pH 3.0 and 30℃. Optimum dosage for ZVI and H2O2 were found to be 0.8 g/L and 5 mmol/L. ·OH would be consumed in other ways causing the decrease of X-GN degradation efficiency as the dosage of ZVI and H2O2 were higher than 0.8 g/L and 5 mmol/L. Lower pH and higher reaction temperature were favorable for X-GN degradation. The degradation of X-GN followed the pseudo first order kinetics and the pseudo-first order rate constant k was estimated as 0.064 min-1(30℃). The activity energy of X-GN degradation was found to be 80.62 kJ/mol. The UV-vis spectra indicated that both the naphthalene ring and the N=N group of X-GN were destroyed during the reaction.