Treatment of a wastewater from a pesticide manufacture by combined coagulation and Fenton oxidation

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Nov;21(21):12129-34. doi: 10.1007/s11356-014-2880-1. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

Abstract

The treatment of a non-biodegradable agrochemical wastewater has been studied by coupling of preliminary coagulation-flocculation step and further Fenton oxidation. High percentages of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal (up to 58 %) were achieved in a first step using polyferric chloride as coagulant. This reduced significantly the amount of H2O2 required in the further Fenton oxidation. Using the stoichiometric amount relative to COD around 80 % of the remaining organic load was mineralized. The combined treatment allowed achieving the regional discharge limits of ecotoxicity at a cost substantially lower than the solution used so far where these wastewaters are managed as hazardous wastes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis
  • Flocculation
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Industrial Waste / analysis*
  • Iron
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Pesticides / chemistry*
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*
  • Wastewater / chemistry*

Substances

  • Industrial Waste
  • Pesticides
  • Waste Water
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Iron