Removal of leather tanning agent syntan from aqueous solution using Fenton oxidation followed by GAC adsorption

R. Thankappan; T.V. Nguyen; S.V. Srinivasan; S. Vigneswaran; J. Kandasamy; P. Loganathan

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 483-488, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.03.008 Export Citation

Removal of leather tanning agent syntan from aqueous solution using Fenton oxidation followed by GAC adsorption

R. Thankappan^{1, 2}, T.V. Nguyen², S.V. Srinivasan¹, S. Vigneswaran^{2, †}, J. Kandasamy², and P. Loganathan²

¹Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600020, India
²University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2000, NSW, Australia

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The optimum conditions for the removal of leather tanning agent syntan from aqueous solution by Fenton oxidation at 22 ℃ for an initial syntan concentration of 500 mg/L were pH 3, and concentrations of H2O2 and FeSO4 of 300 mg/L and 500 mg/L, respectively. Fenton oxidation followed by granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption in fixed-bed column resulted in more than 95% removal of dissolved organic carbon, compared to 55-70% removal by Fenton oxidation alone and GAC adsorption alone. The removal of individual organic fractions was also higher for the combined treatment compared to the Fenton oxidation alone.

Keywords:Adsorption;Fenton;Leather industry;Dissolved organic carbon;Syntan;Wastewater

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[2] Ganesh R, Ramanujam RA, Int. J. Environ. Eng., 1, 165 (2009)

[3] Peter ALJ, Viraraghavan T, Ramanujam RA, Fresenius Environ. Bull., 13, 560 (2004)

[4] Danhong S, Qiang H, Wenjun Z, Yulu W, Bi S, J. Soc. Leather Technol. Chem., 92, 59 (2008)

[5] Tisler T, Zagorc-Koncan J, Water Air Soil Poll., 97, 315 (1997)

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[7] Schrank SG, Jose HJ, Moreira RFPM, Schroder HF, Chemosphere, 60, 644 (2005)

[8] Lofrano G, Meric S, Belgiorno V, Napoli RMA, Desalination, 211(1-3), 10 (2007)

[9] Perez M, Torrades F, Garcia-Hortal JA, Domenech X, Peral J, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 36(1), 63 (2002)

[10] Yue L, Wang K, Guo J, Yang J, Luo X, Lian J, Wang L, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20(2), 725 (2014)

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[13] Dantas TLP, Jorse HJ, Moreira RFPM, Acta Sci. Technol., 25, 91 (2003)

[14] Sevimli MF, Ozone Sci. Eng., 27, 37 (2005)

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[16] Ayoub GM, Hamzeh A, Semerjian L, Desalination, 273(2-3), 359 (2011)

[17] Vigneswaran S, Shon HK, Kandasamy J, Shim WG, Sep. Sci. Technol., 42(14), 3101 (2007)

[18] Saldana-Robles A, Guerra-Sanchez R, Maldonado-Rubio MI, Peralta-Hernandez JM, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2013.06.015. (2013)

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