Industrial organic wastewater has become a major challenge in water pollution control due to its complex composition, high biological toxicity, and refractory biodegradability. Traditional wastewater treatment processes exhibit low efficiency, and single advanced oxidation technologies also present obvious bottlenecks, failing to meet the demand for efficient treatment of complex wastewater. Therefore, the ozone-electro-Fenton coupling process was employed to treat simulated wastewater containing methyl orange or malachite green, and its performance was compared with those of the single ozone process and the single electro-Fenton process. The experimental results show that under the optimal conditions of an ozone generation rate of 1.8 g/h, ozone/air mixed gas flow rate of 500 L/h, and current of 100 mA, after 40 minutes of treatment with the ozone–electro-Fenton coupling process, the decolorization rate of methyl orange reached 94.4% and that of malachite green reached 99.6%, superior to the corresponding values for the single ozone process or the single electro-Fenton process. The results indicate that the coupling process overcomes the bottleneck in single oxidation technologies by synergistically enhancing performance, providing a practical technical solution for the efficient treatment of refractory organic wastewater.
臭氧-电芬顿耦合实验装置如图1所示,主要由臭氧供给系统、电化学反应器及尾气处理单元组成。臭氧供给系统包含臭氧发生器(最大臭氧产量6 g/h,功率可调)与转子流量计(量程0~700 L/h),通过聚四氟乙烯管连接至气体分布器。反应器的壳体采用有机玻璃材质(内腔尺寸240 mm × 120 mm ×120 mm)制成,内部交错排布石墨阳极(100 mm × 100 mm × 1 mm)与波纹状铁阴极(单折边长20 mm,折角80°,整体尺寸140 mm × 100 mm × 1 mm)[12],极间距20 mm[13-14]。极板与曝气管排布如图2所示,曝气系统由内径4 mm的聚氯乙烯管道网络组成,与臭氧供给系统联动控制气体分布。直流电源(电流范围0~5 A可调)为电化学反应提供驱动力。未反应的臭氧及产生的尾气通过串联式KI吸收装置处理,确保环境安全。
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