Application of MoO3 as an efficient catalyst for wet air oxidation treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater (Experimental and DFT study)

• Autorzy: Chen Chen , Cheng Ting , Wang Lei , Tian Yuan , Deng Qin , Shi Yisu

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DOI

10.24425/aep.2021.137277

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this work, a highly effective catalyst (MoO₃) is synthesized and applied for catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater. The catalyst is systematically characterized to investigate the morphology, crystal structure and chemical composition, and the findings demostrated that MoO₃ catalyst is successfully synthesized. The degradation mechanism is also illustrated by the density functional theory (DFT) calculation. The degradation experiments confirm that MoO₃ catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic performance in CWAO, and the removal rate of TOC (Total Organic Carbon) and COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) is achieved to more than 93%. The catalyst doses, reaction temperature and reaction time have a significant impact on the removal of pollutants. The degradation process of pollutants in CWAO could be satisfactorily fitted by the second-order kinetics. Besides, MoO3 displays a favorable stability as CWAO catalyst. DFT calculation illustrates that MoO₃ catalyst is a typical indirect band gap semiconductor. Moreover, the high temperature environment provides the thermal excitation energy, which favors to the free electrons nearing Fermi level to escape the material surface, and excites them to the conduction band, then directly reduces the pollutants in CWAO. These findings demonstrate that MoO₃ can be used as an efficient and excellent catalyst for CWAO of pharmaceutical wastewater.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

wet air oxidation; catalytic wet air oxidation; pharmaceutical wastewater; DFT

• Wydawca: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Environmental Protection
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 47, no. 2
• Strony: 47--60
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

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Chen Chen

• School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

autor

Cheng Ting

• School of Environmental Ecology, Jiangsu City Vocational College, China

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Wang Lei

• School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

autor

Tian Yuan

• School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

autor

Deng Qin

• School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

autor

Shi Yisu

• School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).