Submerged arc plasma system combined with ozone oxidation for the treatment of wastewater containing non-degradable organic compounds

doi:10.1007/s11783-020-1384-0

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2021, Vol. 15

Issue (5) : 90 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1384-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Submerged arc plasma system combined with ozone oxidation for the treatment of wastewater containing non-degradable organic compounds

Byungjin Lee, Eun Seo Jo, Dong-Wha Park(

), Jinsub Choi(

)

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Regional Innovation Center for Environmental Technology of Thermal Plasma (RIC-ETTP), INHA University, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea

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Abstract

• Submerged arc plasma was introduced in terms of wastewater treatment.

• Ozone oxidation was coupled with submerged arc plasma system.

• Ozone was converted into O and O₂ by submerged arc plasma.

• Decomposition rate was accelerated by submerged arc plasma.

• Introduction of ozone led to significant increase in mineralization.

Submerged arc plasma technology was assessed for the removal of phenols from wastewater. The OH radicals generated from the boundary between the plasma and waste solution were considered as a significant factor on the degradation reaction. In this study, the effects of highly energetic electrons released from the submerged arc plasma were mainly studied. The highly energetic electrons directly broke the strong chemical bond and locally increased the reaction temperatures in solution. The effects of the submerged-arc plasma on the decomposition of phenol are discussed in terms of the input energy and initial concentration. The single use of submerged arc plasma easily decomposed the phenol but did not increase the mineralization efficiency. Therefore, the submerged arc plasma, coupled with the ozone injection, was investigated. The submerged arc plasma combined with ozone injection had a synergic effect, which led to significant improvements in mineralization with only a small increase in input energy. The decomposition mechanism of phenol by the submerged arc plasma with the ozone was analyzed.

Keywords Thermal plasma Submerged arc plasma Wastewater Ozone Phenol Highly energetic electron

Corresponding Author(s): Dong-Wha Park,Jinsub Choi

Issue Date: 17 December 2020

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Byungjin Lee,Eun Seo Jo,Dong-Wha Park, et al. Submerged arc plasma system combined with ozone oxidation for the treatment of wastewater containing non-degradable organic compounds[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2021, 15(5): 90.

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Fig.1 Detailed sketch of (a) ozone generator system and (b) submerged arc plasma reactor system.

Tab.1 Experimental conditions

Fig.2 FT-IR spectrum of the gas released from outlet at the ozone injection (frequency: 60 kHz); (a) off-submerged arc plasma, (b) on-submerged arc plasma.

Fig.3 Phenol degradation efficiency as a function of the consumed energy; the integers in the graph indicate the treatment time (min).

Fig.4 TOC removal efficiency as a function of the consumed energy; the integers indicate the treatment time (min).

Fig.5 Detected concentration of CO_x by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy as a result of mineralization: (a) CO₂, (b) CO.

Fig.6 Color change of a phenol solution as a function of the treatment time; (a) SS, (b) SO, (c) SOZ₆₀.

Fig.7 Gas chromatogram of a phenol solution decomposed in SS and SOZ60; (a) two minutes, (b) 15 minutes, (c) 30 minutes (1.013: formic acid, 1.222: 2-deutero-2-nitropropane, 7.422: 1,4-benzoquinone, 9.855: phenol, 11.804: 1,2-propanediol, 12.735: 1,7-diaminoheptane, 13.069: pyrocatechol, 13.984: hydroquinone, 14.058: dimethylformamide, 15.701: oxalic acid, 15.789: benzoic acid, 16.458: 4-nitrophenol).

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