Search results for "electrochemical incineration"
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Electrochemical incineration of organic pollutants: effect of the nature of the pollutants and of the operative conditions
2010
Electrochemical oxidation of organics at metal oxide electrodes: The incineration of oxalic acid at IrO2-Ta2O5 (DSA-O2) anode
2008
Abstract The electrochemical incineration of oxalic acid (OA) at Ti/IrO2–Ta2O5 (DSA-O2) anode was investigated to find the influence of the operative parameters on the performances of the process. Polarization curves and chronoamperometric measurements indicate the probable occurrence of a direct electrochemical oxidation of OA at the surface of the DSA anode. In incineration electrolyses, the performances of the process in terms of OA conversion and current efficiency dramatically depend on the adopted operative conditions. Interestingly, very high OA removal and current efficiency were obtained when the process was performed at relatively high temperatures (50 °C) or in the presence of Na…
Oxidation of carboxylic acids in water at IrO2-Ta2O5 and Boron Doped Diamond anodes
2011
Abstract A detailed study was dedicated to the anodic oxidation of three carboxylic acids (namely, oxalic, formic and maleic acid) with the objective to evaluate in a systematic way the effect on the oxidation of carboxylic acids of numerous relevant parameters, including the nature and the concentration of the carboxylic acid, the alimentation regime (potentiostatic vs. amperostatic), the current density and the working potential values, the flowdynamic regime, the temperature and the nature of the electrode material. It was observed that the effect of some operative parameters strongly depends on the nature of the electrode and of the carboxylic acid. As an example, the efficacy of abatem…
Electrochemical oxidation of organic pollutants in water at metal oxide electrodes: A simple theoretical model including direct and indirect oxidatio…
2009
Abstract The electrochemical oxidation of organics in water at metal oxide electrodes was investigated with the aim to discuss the correlations between the instantaneous current efficiency ICE and operative conditions by considering both the hypothesis of a direct oxidation process and of an indirect process mediated by adsorbed hydroxyl radicals or chemisorbed “oxygen”, in order to explicit the main differences expected between these cases. Thus, a simple theoretical model was discussed, as an extension of previous studies of Comnnellis and co-workers which were focused on indirect oxidation paths [C. Comninellis, Electrochim. Acta 39 (1994) 1857; O. Simond, V. Schaller, Ch. Comninellis, E…
Electrochemical incineration in a micro flow reactor: influence of operative parameters
2010
Electrochemical oxidation of organics in water: Role of operative parameters in the absence and in the presence of NaCl
2008
The electrochemical oxidation of organics in water was investigated theoretically and experimentally to determine the role of several operative parameters on the performances of the process in the presence and in the absence of sodium chloride. Theoretical considerations were used to design the experimental investigation and were confirmed by the results of the electrochemical oxidation of oxalic acid (OA) at boron doped diamond (BDD) or IrO(2)-Ta(2)O(5) (DSA-O(2)) anodes in a continuous batch recirculation reaction system equipped with a parallel plate undivided electrochemical cell. Polarization curves and chronoamperometric measurements indicated that, in the presence of chlorides, the a…
Electrochemical incineration of oxalic acid in a micro-gap flow cell
2009
Innovative chemical processes for the treatment of water polluted by recalcitrant organic substances
2012
In the last years, many research groups have focused their attention on the innovative chemical processes adopted for the treatment of water effluents polluted by recalcitrant organic substances, i.e., substances resistant to biological treatment. The electrochemical oxidation is one of the most studied technologies because it presents high versatility and low cost, it is realized under mild conditions of pressure and temperature and generally it does not involve the use of toxic substances [1]. In this work, the comparative performance of different electrochemical approaches such as direct oxidation processes, oxidation by means of electrogenerated chlorine and electro-Fenton was investiga…
Electrochemical incineration of organic pollutants: effect of the nature of the pollutants and of the temperature
2009
The electrochemical oxidation of some organic pollutants, including three carboxylic acids (oxalic, formic and maleic), at boron doped diamond (BDD) and DSA anodes, using galvanostatic alimentation, was investigated in order to study the effect of the temperature and of the nature of the pollutants on the process. In incineration electrolyses, the performances of the process in terms of carboxylic acid conversion and current efficiency dramatically depend on the adopted operative conditions. The abatement of the organic pollutant depends on the nature of the carboxylic acid. Quite interestingly, the opposite effect of the nature of the substrate on the performances of the process was observ…