Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 653-661Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.710407
Keywords
tannery effluent; bioassay; photo-Fenton; response surface methodology; toxicity
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- Araucaria Foundation
- CNPq
- CAPES
- PTI
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In this work, an optimized photo-Fenton process was applied to remove pollutants from tannery industrial effluent (TIE) with its final toxicity level being assessed by a lettuce-seed-based bioassay test. A full 3(3) factorial design was applied for the optimization of long-term photo-Fenton experiments. The optimum conditions of the photo-Fenton process were attained at concentration values of 0.3g Fe2+ L-1 and 20g H2O2 L-1 and pH3, for 120min UV irradiation time. Reactor operating parameter (ROP) effects on the removal of chemical oxygen demand, colour, turbidity, total suspended solids and total volatile solids were evaluated, suggesting that a broad range of ROP values are also suitable to give results very near to those of the photo-Fenton experiments under optimal conditions. Based on the low calculated median lethal dose (LD50) values from a lettuce-seed-based bioassay test, we suggest that recalcitrant substances are present in treated TIE samples. A possible cause of the high toxicity level could partly be attributed to the nitrate concentration, which was not completely abated by the photo-Fenton process. Apart from this, the photo-Fenton process can be used as a part of an industrial effluent treatment system in order to abate high organic pollutant loads.
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