Abstract
AbstractA simple, low cost, highly effective, and useful Fenton oxidation treatment of synthetic dye bath waste with pickling liquor as a source of iron (Fe2+ catalyst) is reported. Optimizations of contact time, Fe2+ and H2O2 doses are carried out. Oxidative de‐colorization and degradation of Reactive Blue 4 and Reactive Orange 16 was measured in terms of decrease in absorbance at their wavelength of maximum absorption (RB4, 599 nm; and RO16, 493 nm) and also as reduction in chemical oxygen demand (COD). Approximately, 62% COD was removed in 2 h at optimized doses of Fe2+ (8.95 mM) and H2O2 (61.8 mM) by using pickling waste as a source of Fe2+ catalyst. Similar performance efficiency was observed when neat FeSO4 was used as a source of Fe2+, indicating that pickling liquor can be a low cost source of Fe2+ to treat synthetic dye bath waste by Fenton method.
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