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Simple Catalytic Approach for Removal of Analytical Interferences Caused by Hydrogen Peroxide in a Standard Chemical Oxygen Demand Test.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering . Dec2021, Vol. 147 Issue 12, p1-8. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- To enable the evaluation of water treatment efficiency of electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs), an approach to remove H2O2 as a catalytic pretreatment was investigated to avoid interference in chemical oxygen demand (COD) measurements. Four wastewater types with COD and H2O2 concentrations up to 1,300 mg/L and 90 mmol/L , respectively, were investigated with a novel method. The method requires the addition of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), which decomposes H2O2 at ambient temperature within 24 h without changing COD. For synthetic wastewater (SWW), this time is reduced to 1 h by heating at 70°C. A side-by-side comparison of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 experiments confirmed H2O2 removal without changes in COD via NaHCO3 , whereas a ∼20% decrease in original COD was observed using Na2CO3. The change in COD during catalytical H2O2 decomposition in Na2CO3 solution was highly correlated with the high pH value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07339372
- Volume :
- 147
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Environmental Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153121884
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001923