Experimental study of sinusoidal alternating electro-Fenton technology for tetracycline removal from wastewater
Sinusoidal alternating electro-Fenton(SAEF)is a new type of electro-Fenton technology.In or-der to discuss the efficiency and mechanism of SAEF in removing tetracycline(TC)from wastewater,the effects of current density,initial pH value,conductivity,H2O2 dosage,and some other factors on TC wastewater treat-ment,the oxidation degradation process and mechanism of dynamics of TC wastewater by SAEF were investigat-ed.The results showed that,using SAEF technology to treat TC wastewater with initial mass concentration of 100 mg/L,when the electric current density was 0.694 mA/cm2,the conductivity was 1 075 μS/cm,the 30%H2O2 dosage was 1.17 mL/L,the initial pH value was 3.0,the reaction time was 120 min,the removal rates of TC and COD reached 94.87%and 82.42%respectively.During the SAEF process,the conjugated structure of TC was firstly destroyed to form intermediate products,and then gradually mineralized into inorganic matters.Under the optimal conditions,the TC degradation process follows the second-order kinetic model.