Using the Response Surface Methodology to Treat Tannery Wastewater with the Bicarbonate-Peroxide System

A bicarbonate-peroxide (BAP) system was evaluated to improve the quality of industrial tannery wastewater using an I-optimal experimental design with four variables (temperature, initial pH, bicarbonate, and H2O2 concentration). The response variables were COD removal, ammonia nitrogen removal, and...

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Autores:
Urbina-Suarez, Nestor Andres
Salcedo Pabón, Cristian Jesús
López Barrera, German Luciano
García-Martinez, Janet
Barajas Solano, andres F
Machuca-Martínez, Fiderman
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Repositorio:
Repositorio Digital UFPS
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.ufps.edu.co:ufps/6748
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/6748
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering7040062
Palabra clave:
BAP system
bicarbonate
AOPs
hydrogen peroxide
COD
ammonium oxidation
tannery wastewater
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Summary:A bicarbonate-peroxide (BAP) system was evaluated to improve the quality of industrial tannery wastewater using an I-optimal experimental design with four variables (temperature, initial pH, bicarbonate, and H2O2 concentration). The response variables were COD removal, ammonia nitrogen removal, and nitrate concentration. The most critical variables were optimized using a The process was carried out in 500 mL reactors, the operational volume of 250 mL, and the agitation was at 550 rpm. A new I-optimal reaction surface design at two levels (bicarbonate concentration 0.01–0.3 mol/L and H2O2 0.05–0.35 mol/L) was used to obtain the optimal data of the experimental design. Optimal conditions were validated by one-way ANOVA statistical analysis using Prism software. Temperatures above 50 °C promote the efficiency of the BAP system, and slightly acidic initial pHs allow stabilization of the system upon inclusion of bicarbonate and peroxide in the concentration of bicarbonate, which is critical for the reaction with peroxide and formation of reactive oxygen species. With the validated optimal data, removal percentages above 78% were achieved for nitrites, ammonia nitrogen, chromium, TSS, BOD, conductivity, chromium, and chlorides; for COD and TOC, removal percentages were above 45%, these results being equal and even higher than other AOPs implemented for this type of water.