Catalytic Ozonation of Pesticide Wastewater by Using MCM-41 and ZSM-5/MCM-41 as Catalysts
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 6
Abstract
In the present study, two catalysts, MCM-41 and ZSM-5/MCM-41, were prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis method and their catalytic ozonation performances on pesticide wastewater were investigated. MCM-41 and ZSM-5/MCM-41 were proved to be a mesoporous structure and a micro-mesoporous structure, respectively, by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption measurements. The experimental results indicated that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate increased from 57.46% without catalysts to 79.35% and 87.56%, respectively, in the presence of MCM-41 and ZSM-5/MCM-41 after 100 min of catalytic ozonation. The catalytic activity of ZSM-5/MCM-41 was found to be greater than that of MCM-41. played an important role in the catalytic ozonation, which was verified by the tert-butanol test. The catalysts had highest activity at pH of 7, and both higher and lower pH values reduced the catalytic ozonation. The optimal ozone dosage was found to be for the COD removal of the pesticide wastewater. The catalysts could be reused five times without significant loss of the catalytic activity, suggesting that the catalysts could be promising catalysts for the catalytic ozonation of the pesticide wastewater.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Doctoral Start-up Foundation of Liaoning Province (20170520368); the Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of Dalian (2019J13FZ128); and the Joint Research Fund Liaoning-Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (20180510004).
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