Abstract
Aniline detected in many industrial wastewater is a refractive organic pollutant with strong biological toxicity to aquatic organisms and humans. In this research, electrochemical oxidation process with Ti/RuO2 as the anode has been used to degrade aniline-containing wastewater on a laboratory scale. The influence of anode materials, electrolyte, NaCl concentration, current density, and aniline initial concentration on COD removal, ICE, and Ep were studied. The results showed that Cl- addition in the electrolyte is essential to promote aniline degradation efficiency and avoid the anode being passivated. Furthermore, decreasing the current density, increasing Cl- concentration, and initial aniline concentration are beneficial to increase current efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Although the addition of SO42- has a restriction on the active chlorine evolution process, the conductivity increased, which resulted in the reduction of energy consumption. At last, the aniline degradation mechanism in the presence of chloride ions was summed up and proposed based on the literature.
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