Abstract
Large amounts of ethylene glycol (EG) based antifreeze liquids are daily discharge into the receiving waters. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) detected in most of the lakes and rivers close to the discharge points exceeded 100,000mg O2/L. With such an amount, biological and chemical processes are inefficient to completely remove EG. In order to efficiently remove EG, electrochemical oxidation (ECO) of EG was carried out. Niobium Boron Doped Diamond (Nb/BDD) was used as anode whereas carbon felt was used as cathode. Different operating parameters including current intensity, treatment time, electrolyte concentration and pollutant concentration were tested. The application of 0.077A/cm2 of current density during 120min in the presence of 7.0g/L of Na2SO4 allowed 89.6±0.2% of COD removal with 490mg O2/L of residual COD. This result was far below the legislation standard set by the province of Quebec that allows the discharge of 800mg O2/L of COD. The efficiency of ECO process was attributed to both direct and indirect oxidation that generate strong oxidizing species (OH°, S2O82−, H2O2, etc.) capable of oxidizing organic matters on the surface of the anode and in the bulk of the solution.
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